38 Employees Workforce Figures At year-end 2009, the E.ON Group had 88,227 employees world- wide, about 6 percent less than at year-end 2008. In addition, E.ON had 2,556 apprentices and 330 board members and managing directors. The changes in workforce figures at the market units are largely attributable to restructuring mea- sures in Eastern Europe, the United Kingdom, and Russia and to asset sales. The changes in the workforce figures for the Central Europe market unit are predominantly attributable to two effects. First, Central Europe's and Pan-European Gas's operations in Romania were combined at Central Europe. Second, restruc- turing at Central Europe East led to a reduction in the number of employees. The transfer of about 6,000 employees in Romania to Central Europe and the sale of Thüga were responsible for the sig- nificant workforce reduction at Pan-European Gas. Employees1 December 31 +/- %2009 2008 Central Europe 48,126 44,142 +9 Pan-European Gas 3,143 9,827 -68 U.K. 16,098 17,480 -8 Nordic 5,570 5,826 -4 U.S. Midwest 3,119 3,110 ­ Energy Trading 1,075 885 +21 New Markets 7,976 9,214 -13 Corporate Center2 3,120 3,054 +2 Total 88,227 93,538 -6 1Figures do not include board members, managing directors, or apprentices. 2Includes E.ON IS. U.K.'s headcount declined by about 8 percent, mainly due to restructuring measures in the retail and energy services businesses. The reduction in Nordic's workforce is mostly due to restruc- turing in sales and services. Energy Trading's workforce increased by 21 percent, mainly due to further business expansion and the addition of trad- ing operations in Italy. There were countervailing effects in New Markets' employee figures. There was an 18-percent reduction in headcount at Russia (due mainly to efficiency-enhancement measures) and at Italy (due to the sale of power stations and the transfer of trading operations to Energy Trading). By contrast, Climate & Renewables' headcount increased by 22 percent due to business expansion. Geographic Profile At year-end 2009, the E.ON Group employed 52,591 people, or 60 percent of our workforce, outside Germany. This repre- sents a decrease from the figure of 57,134 employees, or 61 percent of our workforce, for year-end 2008. These figures do not include board members, managing directors, or apprentices.