Imprint

RWE Aktiengesellschaft

Opernplatz 1
45128 Essen
Germany

Phone +49 201 12-00
Fax +49 201 12-15199
E-mail contact@rwe.com

Investor Relations:

Phone +49 201 12-15025
Fax +49 201 12-15265
E-mail invest@rwe.com

Corporate Communications:

Phone +49 201 12-15250
Fax +49 201 12-15094

For annual reports, interim reports and other information on RWE, please visit us on the Web at www.rwe.com or call our shareholder hotline:
Phone 01801 451280 (callers in Germany)
Phone +49 1801 451280 (callers outside Germany, excluding the USA)
Phone +11 49 1801 451280 (from the USA)

The annual report was published on February 26, 2009. This is a translation of the German annual report. In case of divergence from the German version, the German version shall prevail.

Design concept and layout:

Claus Koch Identity, Düsseldorf

Photographs:

Julia Baier, Berlin

• “Make it happen“: Sutmann family, customer (RWE Rhein-Ruhr AG)
• “Don’t stand still”: Wahid Zayed, engineer (RWE Dea Egypt)
• “Embrace the new”: Annika Szurmann, apprentice (RWE AG)
• “Make ideas reality”: Steffen Kartenbender, project manager (RWE Power AG)
• “Enable”: Jochen Pils and daughter (RWE AG)
• “Lead”: Dr. Frank-Detlef Drake, Head of Research & Development (RWE AG)

HTML-Concept and Implementation:

Nexxar, Vienna, Web site: www.nexxar.com

RWE is member of DIRK, the German Investor Relations Association.