Notification in accordance with Article 5, Paragraph 3 of Regulation (EU) 596/2014 and Article 2, Paragraphs 2 and 3 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 – share buyback tranche 1
On 7 November 2018, RWE Aktiengesellschaft commenced the share buyback started by way of the notification of 10 September 2018 in accordance with Article 5, Paragraph 1(a) of Regulation (EU) 596/2014 and Article 2, Paragraph 1 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052. In a first tranche, a total of 196,400 shares (ISIN DE0007037129 (common shares)), corresponding to 0.03182% of the company’s capital stock were bought back. The average purchase price paid on the stock market was EUR 18.4437. The company bought back shares for a total price of EUR 3,622,338 (excluding ancillary costs) in the first tranche.
The acquisition of the shares served the sole purpose of fulfilling obligations relating to an employee stock option plan within the meaning of Article 5, Paragraph 2(c).
The buyback was implemented via the XETRA trading system of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the lead of a bank which decided on the timing of the acquisition of the shares independently of RWE Aktiengesellschaft.
In the period from 7 November 2018 to 9 November 2018, the daily number of shares bought back, weighted average share price and aggregated volume totalled:
Date: 07.11.2018
Total number of shares bought back: 67,000
Weighted average share price (EUR): 18.2934
Aggregated volume (EUR): 1,225,657.80
Date: 08.11.2018
Total number of shares bought back: 67,000
Weighted average share price (EUR): 18.555
Aggregated volume (EUR): 1,243,185
Date: 09.11.2018
Total number of shares bought back: 62,400
Weighted average share price (EUR): 18.4855
Aggregated volume (EUR): 1,153,495.20
Total
Total number of shares bought back: 196,400
Weighted average share price (EUR): 18.4437
Aggregated volume (EUR): 3,622,338
The single transactions effected within one day have been published at www.rwe.com.
Essen, November 2018
RWE Aktiengesellschaft
The Executive Board