The company’s share capital amounted to Euro 168.72 million in total at the balance sheet date on 30 September 2009 and was divided into 65.9 million individual registered shares with a prorated amount in the share capital of Euro 2.56 per share. Each share entitles its holder to one vote at the Annual General Meeting of MVV Energie AG. The City of Mannheim indirectly held 50.1 % of the shares in MVV Energie AG at the balance sheet date. RheinEnergie AG, Cologne, increased its direct shareholding by 0.2 % to 16.3 % in October 2008 by acquiring shares on the stock exchange. EnBW AG, Karlsruhe, continued to hold a direct stake of 15.1 % of the shares. The remaining 18.5 % of the shares were in free float at the balance sheet date.

There are no restrictions on voting rights or the assignment of shares. There are also no shares with special rights lending powers of control, neither is there any control of voting rights as defined in § 289 (4) No. 5 and § 315 (4) No. 5 of the German Commercial Code (HGB).