Preliminary Announcement regarding the Disclosure of Financial Statements according to Articles 37v, 37w, 37x et seqq. of the WpHG [the German Securities Act]

Essen, 01 March 2016

RWE Aktiengesellschaft hereby announces that the following financial
reports ahall be disclosed:

Report: Annual financial report
Date of disclosure / German: March 08, 2016
Date of disclosure / English: March 08, 2016
German: http://www.rwe.com/RWE-Jahresabschluss-2015.pdf
English: http://www.rwe.com/RWE-Financial-Statements-2015.pdf

Report: Annual financial report of the group
Date of disclosure / German: March 08, 2016
Date of disclosure / English: March 08, 2016
German: http://www.rwe.com/RWE-Geschaeftsbericht-2015.pdf
English: http://www.rwe.com/RWE-Annual-Report-2015.pdf