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[July 2006]
Wienerberger Announces Share Buyback
A resolution passed by the 137th Wienerberger AG Annual General Meeting on 27 April 2006 authorised the Managing Board to repurchase up to 10% of the issued capital of Wienerberger AG during a period of 18 months beginning on the date the resolution was passed. This authorisation was published on the Wienerberger website on 28 April 2006.
On 26 June 2006, the Managing Board of Wienerberger AG decided to make use of this authorisation and to subsequently repurchase shares for use in the stock option plans. Wienerberger plans to buy back up to 250,000 shares of its own common stock, which represents up to 0.34% of current issued capital
totaling 74,167,796 shares, during the period from 10 July 2006 to 9 October 2006. The repurchase will be executed at the current market price over the Vienna Stock Exchange, with a maximum of €88.70 and a minimum of €1 per share. This treasury stock will be used primarily to serve a stock option model for key managers, in accordance with a resolution passed by the 137th Annual General Meeting.Any changes to and transactions conducted as part of this share buyback programme will be disclosed on the Wienerberger AG website in accordance with § 2 Par. 4 of the Austrian disclosure regulations.
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