As of the balance-sheet date, the RWE Group employed 65,908 people (converted to full-time positions), 60 % (39,220) of whom worked in Germany. As in the previous year, American Water is not included in these figures. The workforce expanded by 2,469 employees, or 4 %, compared to December 31, 2007. Company acquisitions added 846 staff members. Operating staff changes added 1,623 employees, 539 of whom work in Germany. We created new jobs within the scope of our investment programme dedicated to the expansion and modernization of our electricity generation capacity. This mainly affected RWE Power and RWE Innogy. RWE npower increased its headcount in sales and customer service. The internal reclassification of activities, e.g., the transfer of subsidiaries to RWE Innogy, had an additional impact on employee numbers. As in prior years, we trained far more people than we needed. By December 31, 2008, 2,999 young adults were in a professional training programme at RWE. Staff figures do not include trainees.