Supervisory Board Compensation
The compensation of the Supervisory Board is set forth in the Articles of Incorporation and is determined by the Annual General Meeting. Supervisory Board members receive a fixed compensation of €40,000 per fiscal year for their services at the end of each fiscal year. The compensation increases by €225 for every €0.01 by which the dividend exceeds €0.10 per common share.
The Chairperson of the Supervisory Board receives three times and the Deputy Chairperson receives twice the aforementioned amount. If a committee has been active at least once in a fiscal year, committee members receive one-and-a-half times the total compensation and the committee chairperson receives twice the total compensation. If a member of the Supervisory Board holds several offices on the Supervisory Board of RWE AG concurrently, he or she receives compensation only for the highest-paid position. Out-of pocket expenses are refunded.
In total, the emoluments of the Supervisory Board amounted to €3,434,000 in fiscal 2010. Additionally, certain Supervisory Board members were paid compensation totalling €243,000 for exercising mandates at subsidiaries.
| Supervisory Board compensation | 2010 base compensation | 2010 committee compensation | Total | |||
| € ‘000 | Fixed | Variable | Fixed | Variable | 2010 | 2009 |
| Dr. Manfred Schneider, Chairman | 40 | 77 | 80 | 153 | 350 | 292 |
| Frank Bsirske, Deputy Chairman | 40 | 77 | 40 | 77 | 234 | 234 |
| Dr. Paul Achleitner | 40 | 77 | 20 | 38 | 175 | 175 |
| Werner Bischoff | 40 | 77 | 20 | 38 | 175 | 175 |
| Carl-Ludwig von Boehm-Bezing | 40 | 77 | 40 | 77 | 234 | 234 |
| Heinz Büchel | 40 | 77 | 20 | 38 | 175 | 175 |
| Dieter Faust | 40 | 77 | 20 | 38 | 175 | 175 |
| Dr. Thomas R. Fischer (until 31 Jan 2010) | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 193 |
| Andreas Henrich | 40 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 117 |
| Heinz-Eberhard Holl (until 31 Jan 2010) | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 175 |
| Frithjof Kühn (since 1 Feb 2010) | 37 | 70 | 18 | 35 | 160 | 0 |
| Hans-Peter Lafos | 40 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 21 |
| Dr. Gerhard Langemeyer | 40 | 77 | 20 | 38 | 175 | 175 |
| Dagmar Mühlenfeld | 40 | 77 | 20 | 38 | 175 | 175 |
| Dr. Wolfgang Reiniger | 40 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 117 |
| Günter Reppien | 40 | 77 | 20 | 38 | 175 | 175 |
| Dagmar Schmeer | 40 | 77 | 20 | 38 | 175 | 175 |
| Dr.-Ing. Ekkehard D. Schulz | 40 | 77 | 20 | 38 | 175 | 175 |
| Dr. Wolfgang Schüssel (since 1 March 2010) | 34 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 0 |
| Uwe Tigges | 40 | 77 | 20 | 38 | 175 | 175 |
| Manfred Weber | 40 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 117 |
| Dr. Dieter Zetsche | 40 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 54 |
| Total | 797 | 1,532 | 380 | 725 | 3,434 | 3,304 |
