Notification concerning transactions by persons performing managerial responsibilities pursuant to section 15a of the WpHG

Essen, 14 April 2016

Details of the person subject to the disclosure requirement
Last name: Schüssel
First name: Dr. Wolfgang

Position: Member of an administrative or supervisory body

Information about the transaction with duty of notification

Description of the financial instrument: RWE Common Share
ISIN/WKN of the financial instrument: DE0007037129
Type of transaction: Purchase
Date: 14.04.2016
Price: 11.935
Currency: EUR
No. of items: 835
Total amount traded: 9965.73
Place: Frankfurt Xetra

Explanation for publication:

Purchase in connection with the Supervisory Board members´ commitment to
buy RWE Shares.

Information about the company with duty of publication

Issuer: RWE Aktiengesellschaft
Opernplatz 1
45128 Essen
Germany
ISIN: DE0007037129
WKN: 703712