Shareholder structure

Pure free float company with almost € 820 million market capitalization at year-end 2011.

Wienerberger AG is listed with 117.5 million shares of zero par value common stock (bearer shares, no preferred or registered shares) in the Prime Market segment of the Vienna Stock Exchange. In the USA the company trades on the OTC market through an ADR Level 1 Program of the Bank of New York. With market capitalization of € 819.2 million and a weighting of 3% in the ATX at year-end 2011, Wienerberger is one of the largest publicly traded companies in Austria.

Wienerberger is a pure free float company without a core shareholder, and 100% of the shares are held in free float. In accordance with § 91 of the Austrian Stock Exchange Act, which requires the reporting of changes in significant investments, we have received the following notifications: Dodge & Cox Inc., which is headquartered in the USA, has been the largest Wienerberger shareholder since July 31, 2008 with over 10% of the shares outstanding. First Eagle Investment Management, LLC, which is also located in the USA, has held an investment of more than 5% since September 14, 2011. There are no other reports of shareholdings that exceed 5%.

Wienerberger has a widely diversified shareholder structure, which is typical for an international publicly traded company. A January 2012 survey of the shareholder structure showed the majority of investors in the Anglo-Saxon region: North America (50%) as well as Great Britain and Ireland (9%). The majority of Wienerberger shares are held by institutional investors (80%), while the share of private investors equals 20%. Among the institutional investors, value-oriented investors dominate at 54%, followed by growth-oriented and GARP investors. Detailed information is provided on the graphs below.