Press release
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Essen , 28 April 2021 • Acts of the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board RWE Annual General Meeting approves dividend of € 0.85 per share , higher approved by large than in previous year majority / all proposed resolutions approved by majority • All Supervisory Board members newly appointed At the entirely virtual AGM held today by RWE AG , shareholders voted by a large majority in favour of the resolutions presented by the Executive Board and Supervisory Board . Among other things , the shareholders approved an increased dividend for fiscal 2020 compared to the previous year , of € 0.85 per share . The dividend will be paid out on 3 May . In addition , they approved the remuneration system for members of the Executive Board and passed a resolution on the modifications to the remuneration system for members of the Supervisory Board . Item 6 on the agenda was an individual vote to elect the ten shareholder representatives on the Supervisory Board : ⚫ Dr. Werner Brandt , Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE • Dr. Hans Bünting , Self - employed Management Consultant • Ute Gerbaulet , Personally Liable Partner at Bankhaus Lampe KG • Prof. Dr. Ing . Dr. Ing . E.h. Hans - Peter Keitel , Self - employed Management Consultant • Mag . Dr. h.c. Monika Kircher , Self - employed Management Consultant ⚫ Günther Schartz , Administrator of the Trier - Saarburg District • Dr. Erhard Schipporeit , Self - employed Management Consultant • Ullrich Sierau , Self - employed Consultant for Business Start - ups • Hauke Stars , Member of various Supervisory Boards • Helle Valentin , General Manager Global Business Services Nordic , IBM Corporation Five candidates were newly elected for a tenure of four years and a further five candidates for a tenure of three years . This was done to avoid the need to hold new elections for all seats on the Supervisory Board at a single Annual General Meeting , which could cause the Board to lose a substantial amount of experience . The tenure of all members previously belonging to the Supervisory Board ended today . The entire AGM was broadcast live online . The recordings of the Executive Board and Supervisory Board speeches are available afterwards online . Once they had registered , all shareholders had the opportunity to submit their questions via internet by 26 April , all of which were responded to at the AGM . The votes were cast online and by postal vote by using a form or by granting proxy to the voting rights