Wienerberger AG: ADHOC / Wienerberger resolves on second amendment of share buyback program
July 08, 2022 at 04:36 am EDT
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Wienerberger AG: ADHOC / Wienerberger resolves on second amendment of share buyback program
08-Jul-2022 / 10:34 CET/CEST
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ADHOC / Wienerberger resolves on second amendment of share buyback program
Buyback of now up to 8,830,000 shares corresponding to up to approx. 7.7% of Wienerberger's share capital
Vienna, July 08, 2022 – Based on the authorization granted by the 153rd Annual General Meeting on May 3, 2022 pursuant to sect. 65 para. 1 item (8) of the Stock Corporation Act, which was published via an electronic information dissemination system on May 3, 2022 as well as in the Federal Gazette of Wiener Zeitung on May 5, 2022, the Managing Board of Wienerberger AG today decided on a second amendment of the currently conducted share buyback program, which – after an amendment published on 10 May 2022 – provided for a buyback of own ordinary bearer shares of the Company at their market price via the Vienna Stock Exchange as well as via multilateral trading facilities between March 9, 2022 (inclusive) and September 30, 2022 (inclusive) in a total of up to 6,450,000 shares for a price per share of between EUR 1.00 and EUR 32.50 (the "buyback program"). The maximum number of shares to be repurchased under the amended buyback program has almost been reached. Wienerberger raises the maximum buyback volume of own shares by additional 2,380,000 shares from up to 6,450,000 shares to up to 8,830,000 shares (corresponding to up to approx. 7.7% of the share capital of Wienerberger AG). The maximum term of the buyback program until (and including) September 30, 2022 is not amended. The maximum purchase price for shares under the buyback program now corresponds to EUR 230,000,000. The shares bought back are to be used for purposes in accordance with the authorization granted by the Annual General Meeting on May 3, 2022. The buyback will still have no impact on the admission of the shares of Wienerberger AG to stock exchange trading.
A credit institution continues to be mandated to execute the share buyback. The credit institution has to take its decision on the timing of the buyback of Wienerberger AG shares independently of Wienerberger AG and comply with the conditions for trading laid down in Article 3 of the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 of 8 March 2016.
Note pursuant to sect. 5 para. 4 of the Publication Ordinance 2018: This modification as well as further modifications (if any) of the buyback program to be disclosed pursuant to sect. 6 of the Publication Ordinance 2018 are published on the website of Wienerberger AG (https://www.wienerberger.com/en/investors/share.html). This publication neither constitutes a public offering for the purchase of Wienerberger shares, nor does it create an obligation for Wienerberger AG or any of its subsidiaries to accept offers for the buyback of Wienerberger shares.
08-Jul-2022 CET/CEST News transmitted by EQS Group AG. www.eqs.com
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 
