CFO Christopher Delbrueck gave details of progress after regional newspaper Rheinische Post earlier reported the figure of 2,000 job losses. The group has agreed the cuts with labor bosses via natural attrition, semi-retirement and severance packages.
"One thousand four hundred of those positions are already not filled today any more," Delbrueck said, adding that agreements had also been made for the 600 remaining jobs.Most of the cuts will be made in Germany, the group said.Uniper, the power plant and energy trading unit spun off by German utility E.ON