Employee shares—sharing success

Our staff participate in the company’s commercial success. Part of their compensation is linked to it. Our white collar workers’ personal commitment is rewarded through performance-based compensation components. Furthermore, we offer our workforce the opportunity to become involved in the company directly by subscribing to employee shares under favourable conditions. In 2008, a total of 20,500 staff members purchased 377,000 shares–an average of 18 shares per participant. All in all, 51 % of eligible subscribers participated in the programme. Costs related to the issuance of employee shares amounted to €1.8 million in the year under review. Our staff currently own some 1 % of RWE’s subscribed capital.