Essent is a major integrated energy company in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany. It has over 5 GW of installed generation capacity including 636 MW of renewables. Essent has 3.9 million customers in the Netherlands and a 26% market share in the Dutch electricity and gas retail market. Following its acquisition by RWE, Essent will be integrated into RWE's operations in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany while maintaining its brand and operations.

1. Overview of Essent
Essent
Peter Terium Rinse de Jong Erwin van Laethem Huib Morelisse
(46) (61) (45) (44)
Chief Executive Chief Financial Chief Commercial Chief Technology
Officer Officer Officer Officer
> Human Resources > Finance & Controlling > Marketing > Production
> Corporate Affairs > Information > B2C, SME, Energie:direct & > Projects
> High Performance > Essent Support Greenfield > Business Development
Organisation > Legal > Small and Medium Size > New Energy
> Corporate Social > Procurement Enterprises
Responsibility > Risk Management > Sales Portfolio Management
> Health, Safety & Environment > B2B
> Strategy & Consulting > CHP, Distributed Generation
> Corporate Audit > Local Energy Solutions
Development & Management
> Local Energy Solutions
Management
Key statistics
> 5 GW installed capacity in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium1
> thereof 636 MW renewable capacity installed; 27 MW wind under construction; 2,800 MW wind under development
> 3.9 million customers in the Netherlands
> 26% market share in electricity and gas retail
> 250,000 customers in Belgium
1 September 2009 data; excluding EPZ and Stadtwerke Bremen (swb)
RWE AG | Essent fact sheets PAGE 1

2. Integration of Essent into the new RWE
RWE AG
Germany Netherlands/ UK Central and Renewables Upstream Trading/
Belgium Eastern Europe gas and oil gas midstream
Power generation Essent RWE npower RWE Hungária RWE Innogy RWE Dea RWE Supply &
Distribution RWE Polska Trading
networks VSE (Slovakia)
Retail RWE Transgas
Energy efficiency/ (Czech Republic)
e-mobility
Regional
companies
> Integration of RWE Energy Nederland into Essent’s Dutch operations
> Combination of Essent’s wind activities and RWE Innogy’s renewable portfolio
> Integration of Essent‘s trading organisation into RWE Supply & Trading
Region Function
RWE AG | Essent fact sheets PAGE 2

3. Attractive position in the Dutch generation and
supply market
Major generation plants and new build projects in NL Essent Dutch generation mix 2008
Biomass 0.6% Biomass 0.9%
Essent generation plant in operation
Eemshaven (Coal) Wind 2% Wind 1.1%
Essent new build project
1,560 MW (2013)
RWE new build project
Coal
Coal 33%
29%
Gas Gas
68% 65%
Total installed capacity: 4.2 GW1 Total output: 17,734 GWh1
Dutch electricity and gas supply (2008)
Electrabel 1%
Electrabel 2%
E.ON 2% E.ON 2%
Moerdijk (Gas) Amer 8 (Coal) Other 8% Other 10%
339 MW + 426 MW (2011) 645 MW Delta 2% Delta 2%
Amer 9 (Coal) Nuon
Centrica Centrica 3%
600 MW Nuon 28%
5% 30%
Claus C (Gas) Eneco
Claus A (Gas) 1,275 MW (2012) Eneco 24%
24%
640 MW
Essent
Essent
RWE 2% RWE 3% 26%
26%
Total number of customers Total number of customers
Electricity: 8.0 million Gas: 6.9 million
1 Excluding Belgium CHP and German wind
RWE AG | Essent fact sheets PAGE 3