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Rwe — Q3 2008 Earnings Presentation

28 slides from Rwe's earnings presentation, Nov 11, 2008

  1. Slide 1: Investor and Analyst Conference Call Q1-Q3 2008

    Investor and Analyst Conference Call Q1-Q3 2008 Essen, November 11, 2008 Rolf Pohlig Chief Financial Officer Ingo Alphéus Vice President Investor Relations 1

  2. Slide 2: Forward Looking Statement

    Forward Looking Statement This presentation contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the US federal securities laws. Especially all of the following statements: „ Projections of revenues, income, earnings per share, capital expenditures, dividends, capital structure or other

  3. Slide 3: Key messages

    Key messages Performance ¾ Operating result +5% mainly due to German electricity generation Q1-Q3 2008 ¾ Recurrent net income +20% Strategy ¾ Further steps taken to grow our renewable energy portfolio ¾ Preferred bidder for Bulgarian nuclear power plant project ¾ Acquisition of Russian TGK-2 stopped

  4. Slide 4: RWE Group key performance indicators

    RWE Group key performance indicators January – September change € million 2008 20071 in % External revenue 34,454 30,272 +13.8 Cash flows from operating activities 4,349 4,801 -9.4 EBITDA 6,844 6,432 +6.4 Operating result 5,788 5,505 +5.1 Non-operating result -506 -85 - Financial result -1,019 -838

  5. Slide 5: Performance of RWE Power

    Performance of RWE Power Operating Result EBITDA January – September Change Change € million 2008 20071 in % 2008 20071 in % 2,678 2,189 +22.3 2,943 2,469 +19.2 ¾ Higher realised electricity prices and higher volumes (+€1.5 bn) ¾ Increased costs due to higher fuel prices (-€300 million) ¾ Higher cos

  6. Slide 6: RWE Power: forward selling in the German market

    RWE Power: ca. €20/MWh1) to catch up with current market price Forward selling of RWE Power in the German market (base load forwards in €/MWh) 100 90 Forward 2008 80 >>10% 10%sold sold >>45% 45%sold sold >>60% 60%sold sold >>85% 85%sold sold >>90% 90%sold sold 70 60 50 40 100 90 Forward 2009 80 70 6

  7. Slide 7: Germany: Higher Clean Dark Spreads due to lower hard coal and CO2 prices

    Germany: Higher Clean Dark Spreads (CDS) due to lower hard coal and CO2 prices 40 120 Forward 2008 30 90 20 60 10 30 0 0 40 160 Forward 2009 30 120 20 80 10 40 0 0 40 240 Forward 2010 30 180 20 120 10 60 0 0 01.01.2006 01.07.2006 01.01.2007 01.07.2007 01.01.2008 01.07.2008 01.01.2009 CDS Cal 2008-10

  8. Slide 8: Performance of RWE Dea

    Performance of RWE Dea Operating Result EBITDA January – September Change Change € million 2008 2007 in % 2008 2007 in % 436 394 +10.7 620 546 +13.6 ¾ Significant increase in crude oil prices not fully reflected due to the dollar’s weakness and our hedge policy. Oil production declining. ¾ Increased

  9. Slide 9: Performance of RWE Supply & Trading

    Performance of RWE Supply & Trading Operating Result EBITDA January – September Change Change € million 2008 20071 in % 2008 20071 in % 341 647 -47.3 369 648 -43.1 ¾ Despite operational performance in line with last year, reported IFRS relevant trading performance lower due to - in 2008 higher porti

  10. Slide 10: Performance of RWE Energy

    Performance of RWE Energy Operating Result EBITDA January – September Change Change € million 2008 20071 in % 2008 20071 in % 1,971 1,867 +5.6 2,344 2,213 +5.9 German regions 1,075 995 +8.0 1,334 1,242 +7.4 International regions 512 475 +7.8 569 530 +7.4 Supraregional operations 518 629 -17.6 610 67

  11. Slide 11: Performance of RWE npower

    Performance of RWE npower Operating Result EBITDA January – September Change Change € million 2008 2007 in % 2008 2007 in % 379 535 -29.2 506 635 -20.3 ¾ Negative impact from currency exchange rate changes (-€60 million) ¾ Power generation: - Higher plant availability and improved short term positio

  12. Slide 12: Non-operating result

    Non-operating result January – September Change € million 2008 20071 (absolute) Capital gains 47 327 -280 Impairment losses - - - Restructuring / other -553 -412 -141 Total -506 -85 -421 ¾ Capital gains: disposal of a further 8% stake in rhenag. Q1-Q3 2007 dominated by the disposal of the Dutch gas

  13. Slide 13: Financial result

    Financial result January – September Change € million 2008 20071 in % Net interest -36 -377 +90.5 Interest accretion to non-current provisions -561 -629 +10.8 Other financial result -422 168 - Total -1,019 -838 -21.6 ¾ Net interest: Among other reasons better due to improved net financial position a

  14. Slide 14: Cash flow statement including American Water

    Cash flow statement including American Water January – September Change € million 20081 20071 (absolute) Income 2,459 2,972 -513 Depreciation, amortization, 1,612 1,746 -134 impairment losses and write-backs Changes in provisions -123 -236 +113 Changes in deferred taxes, disposal gains 1,577 111 1,4

  15. Slide 15: Financial liabilities and assets: Solid financing in place

    Financial liabilities and assets: Solid financing in place (as of 30.09.2008) Financial liabilities in billion Euros Financial assets in billion Euros Split of securities 15 15 12.5 12.4 11.3 1.2 1.1 0.4 9.7 1.1 1% 10 10 2.5 0.5 1.0 2.5 13% 0.5 1.8 1.8 5 9.2 5 8.7 86% 2.8 7.0 6.6 0.7 0.6 1.1 1.0 0.7

  16. Slide 16: Limited need for refinancing and sufficient sources to finance investment programmes

    Limited need for refinancing and sufficient sources to finance future investment programmes Bond maturities1 in € billion Strong sources for financing Cash Flow 2,0 Fiscal Year 2007 €6.1 bn 1,5 Q1-Q3 2008 €4.3 bn 1,0 Fully committed syndicated loan 0,5 (€1.6 bn 364 days1 for liquidity €2.0 bn 3 year

  17. Slide 17: Outlook for 2008

    Outlook for 2008 20071 20081 € million forecast External revenue 42,507 Up by more than 10% EBITDA 7,915 At least matching previous year Operating result 6,533 At least matching previous year RWE Power 2,617 Up by more than 10% RWE Dea 492 Up by more than 10% RWE Supply & Trading 532 Below previous

  18. Slide 18: Back-up Charts

    Back-up Charts RWE AG | Conference Call Q1-Q3 2008 | November 11, 2008 1818

  19. Slide 19: RWE Group electricity production

    RWE Group electricity production January – September Other Total Total in TWh Germany UK Internat. 2008 2007 Lignite 50.9 - 4.2 55.1 56.4 Nuclear 37.1 - - 37.1 23.7 Hard coal 33.5 11.9 0.3 45.7 49.5 thereof contracts 22.1 - - 22.1 25.0 Gas 9.5 14.9 0.1 24.5 20.3 Renewable energies 2.9 0.6 0.5 4.0 3.

  20. Slide 20: RWE Group electricity sales volume

    RWE Group electricity sales volume January – September Total Total in TWh Germany UK Poland Hungary Other 2008 2007 Private and commercial 19.3 15.6 2.4 4.4 0.5 42.2 43.0 customers Industrial and corporate 44.6 22.8 2.4 5.4 0.4 75.6 72.8 customers Distributors 60.3 - 0.3 4.0 0.7 65.3 62.3 Electricit

  21. Slide 21: RWE Group gas sales volume

    RWE Group gas sales volume January – September Ger- Czech Total Total in TWh many Rep. UK Other 2008 2007 Private and commercial 12.7 21.4 32.0 5.1 71.2 67.2 customers Industrial and corporate 28.9 22.9 7.0 16.5 75.3 83.1 customers Distributors 69.3 10.1 - - 79.4 72.3 Total 110.9 54.4 39.0 21.6 225.

  22. Slide 22: Germany: Clean Spark Spread versus natural gas and CO2 prices

    Germany: Clean Spark Spread (CSS) versus natural gas and CO2 prices 40 40 Forward 2008 30 30 20 20 10 10 0 0 40 80 Forward 2009 30 60 20 40 10 20 0 0 40 80 Forward 2010 30 60 20 40 10 20 0 0 01.01.2006 01.07.2006 01.01.2007 01.07.2007 01.01.2008 01.07.2008 01.01.2009 CSS Peakload Cal 2008-10 (€/MWh;

  23. Slide 23: UK: Clean Dark Spread versus hard coal and CO2 prices

    UK: Clean Dark Spread (CDS) versus hard coal and CO2 prices 50 150 Forward 2008 40 120 30 90 20 60 10 30 0 0 50 200 Forward 2009 40 160 30 120 20 80 10 40 0 0 40 240 Forward 2010 30 180 20 120 10 60 0 0 01.01.2006 01.07.2006 01.01.2007 01.07.2007 01.01.2008 01.07.2008 01.01.2009 CDS Cal 2008-10 Base

  24. Slide 24: UK: Clean Spark Spread versus natural gas and CO2 prices

    UK: Clean Spark Spread (CSS) versus natural gas and CO2 prices 40 40 Forward 2008 30 30 20 20 10 10 0 0 50 100 Forward 2009 40 80 30 60 20 40 10 20 0 0 40 80 Forward 2010 30 60 20 40 10 20 0 0 01.01.2006 01.07.2006 01.01.2007 01.07.2007 01.01.2008 01.07.2008 01.01.2009 CSS Peakload Cal 2008-10 (€/MW

  25. Slide 25: Development of net debt

    Development of net debt € billion Capex Share Dividends Cash flows Acquisitions/ Others Change in buy back from disposals/ including pension, operating (de)consoli- f/x effects nuclear, activities dations mining provisions 25 +2.0 -4.3 +2.5 20 -0.2 +2.5 -0.3 -0.2 18.4 16.5 Including Including DCO*:

  26. Slide 26: Development of pension liabilities, plan assets and provisions

    Development of pension liabilities, plan assets and provisions change € million 30.09.2008 31.12.2007 absolute Present value of funded benefit obligations 10,794 12,298 -1,504 Fair value of plan assets 11,095 12,675 -1,580 Net amount for funded plans -301 -377 +76 Capitalized surplus of plan assets

  27. Slide 27: RWE's current Kyoto credit portfolio for 2008 – 2012

    RWE’s current Kyoto credit portfolio for 2008 – 2012 Projects by September 2008 Contract volume by technology Hydro 100 N 2O N2O 90 HFC23 Energy Efficiency 90 90 80 Wind Biogas 70 LoI/ Coal Mine Methane mill. certificates 60 ERPA1 Biomass 50 In In 40 Validation Validation ERPA11 LoI/ ERPA Contract v

  28. Slide 28: Gross financial debt currency and interest exposure

    Gross financial debt currency and interest exposure1 € / Others 39% $ 11% Floating 11% £ 50% Fixed 89% With debt in foreign currencies we hedge the translation risk of our international activities. 1 Including cross-currency swaps RWE AG | Conference Call Q1-Q3 2008 | November 11, 2008 2828

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