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
On 8 December 2020, RWE Aktiengesellschaft commenced the share buyback started by way of the notifications of 12 November 2020 and 26 November 2020 in accordance with Article 5, Paragraph 1(a) of Regulation (EU) 596/2014 and Article 2, Paragraph 1 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052. A total of 314,808 shares (ISIN DE0007037129), corresponding to 0.04655% of the company’s capital stock were bought back. The average purchase price paid on the stock market was EUR 33.7776. The company bought back shares for a total price of EUR 10,633,444.15 (excluding ancillary costs).
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) of Regulation (EU) 596/2014.
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 8 December 2020 to 14 December 2020, the daily number of shares bought back, weighted average share price and aggregated volume totaled:
Date: 08.12.2020
Total number of shares bought back: 80,000
Weighted average share price (EUR): 34.1225
Aggregated volume (EUR): 2,729,800.00
Date: 09.12.2020
Total number of shares bought back: 80,000
Weighted average share price (EUR): 33.9408
Aggregated volume (EUR): 2,715,264.00
Date: 10.12.2020
Total number of shares bought back: 80,000
Weighted average share price (EUR): 33.8027
Aggregated volume (EUR): 2,704,216.00
Date: 11.12.2020
Total number of shares bought back: 74,736
Weighted average share price (EUR): 33.2071
Aggregated volume (EUR): 2,481,765.83
Date: 14.12.2020
Total number of shares bought back: 72
Weighted average share price (EUR): 33.3100
Aggregated volume (EUR): 2,398.32
Total
Total number of shares bought back: 314,808
Weighted average share price (EUR): 33.7776
Aggregated volume (EUR): 10,633,444.15
The single transactions effected within one day have been published at www.rwe.com.
Essen, December 2020
RWE Aktiengesellschaft
The Executive Board