PVR: Wienerberger AG: Release according to Article 135, Section 3 BörseG with the objective of Europe-wide distribution
June 28, 2022 at 08:31 am EDT
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EQS Voting Rights Announcement: Wienerberger AG
Wienerberger AG: Release according to Article 135, Section 3 BörseG with the objective of Europe-wide distribution
28.06.2022 / 14:30
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Wienerberger AG has repurchased 5,409,940 shares of treasury stock as part of its ongoing share buyback program 2022 and holds a total of 5,791,850 shares of treasury stock as of June 24, 2022. This corresponds to 5.028% of the voting rights of Wienerberger AG. Thus, the reporting threshold of 5% pursuant to § 135 (3) Stock Exchange Act was exceeded on June 24, 2022.
Wienerberger AG is one of Europe's largest building materials producers. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- walls, ceilings and roofing (54%): perforated bricks, facing bricks, tiles (clay, concrete or chimney tiles). Wienerberger AG is the world's leading producer of bricks;
- pipes (27%): pipes for water conveyance and sewers and concrete floor tiles.
The remaining sales (19%) relate to activity in North America.
At the end of 2022, the group operated 216 industrial sites worldwide.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Germany (6%), the United Kingdom (8.2%), the Netherlands (8%), Austria (5.8%), Poland (5.5%), France (5%), Europe (30.5%), the United States (17.4%) and other (13.6%).
WIENERBERGER AG 
