questions provided on the company's website at www.wienerberger.com [http:// www.wienerberger.com]. Additional details on how to exercise the right to receive information are set out in the notice of information concerning the organizational and technical requirements for participating in the virtual Annual General Meeting. Additional information concerning the rights of shareholders under Sections 109, 110, 118 and 119 of the Stock Corporation Act is now available on the company's website at www.wienerberger.com [http://www.wienerberger.com]. Privacy information for shareholders For purposes of the Annual General Meeting, Wienerberger AG processes the personal data of shareholders (including, but not limited to, data pursuant to Section 10a (2) of the Stock Corporation Act, i.e. name; address; date of birth; number of the securities deposit account; number of shares held by the shareholder; type of shares, where applicable; number of the voting card and; where applicable, name and date of birth of the attorney(s)-in-fact) on the basis of applicable data protection provisions, including, but not limited to, the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Austrian Data Protection Act (Datenschutzgesetz - DSG), in order to enable shareholders to exercise their rights at the Annual General Meeting. You cannot register for the Annual General Meeting without disclosing your personal data. Pursuant to Section 104 (1) of the Stock Corporation Act, Wienerberger AG is obliged by law to convene an ordinary General Meeting once a year. To comply with this legal obligation, the processing of personal data of shareholders is indispensable for shareholders and their proxyholders to participate in the Annual General Meeting. Article 6 (1) c) of the GDPR, according to which processing is lawful if necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject, constitutes the legal basis for processing personal data. Wienerberger AG is the controller responsible for processing personal data. For the purpose of organizing the Annual General Meeting, Wienerberger AG uses the services of external service providers, such as notaries public, lawyers, banks and IT service providers. These receive from Wienerberger AG only such personal data as required for performing the contractually agreed services and process such data exclusively in accordance with instructions received from Wienerberger AG. Where required by law, Wienerberger AG has concluded data privacy agreements with these service providers. Personal data is not disclosed to third parties for any other purpose. If a shareholder participates in the Annual General Meeting, the special proxies present, the members of the Managing Board and the Supervisory Board, the notary public and all other people having a statutory right to participate in the Annual General Meeting may view the legally required list of participants (Section 117 Stock Corporation Act) and thus also the personal data mentioned therein (such as name, place of residence, shareholding). Moreover, Wienerberger AG is obliged by law to file with the commercial register personal shareholder data (in particular the list of participants) as part of the minutes prepared by the notary public (Section 120 Stock Corporation Act). The aforementioned data is erased two years after the end of the Annual General Meeting, unless further processing of the data is necessary on a case-by-case basis to process motions, decisions or legal proceedings relating to the Annual General Meeting. On request, you have the right to request free access to your personal data stored by us. Moreover, you have the right to request rectification of inaccurate data, the right to request restriction of processing of data processed in excess of what is required, and the right to request erasure of personal data unlawfully processed and/or stored for too long a period of time (unless preservation of the data is required by law or other reasons under Art. 17 (3) GDPR apply). Moreover, you have the right to receive all data provided to us in a commonly used data format (right to data portability). To exercise your rights, all you need to do is send an email to datenschutz@wienerberger.com [datenschutz@wienerberger.com]. Moreover, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority. For further information on data protection, please refer to our Privacy Policy on the website of Wienerberger AG at www.wienerberger.com [http:// www.wienerberger.com/]. Total number of shares and voting rights On the date the 152nd Annual General Meeting was called, the company's share capital amounted to EUR 115,187,982 and was divided into 115,187,982 no-par value bearer shares. Each share grants one vote. The company and its subsidiaries hold 2,922,168 treasury shares as of the cut-off date, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. No rights accrue to the company from these shares. The total number of shares entitled to participate and vote is 112,265,814 on the above date. We would like to again point out and ask for your understanding that for the purpose of protecting the participants of the Annual General Meeting, neither shareholders nor any guests may attend the Annual General Meeting in person. Vienna, April 2021 The Managing Board Disclaimer This is a working translation from the German language version and for convenience purposes only. In the event of conflict with the German language version, the German language version shall prevail. Further inquiry note: Shareholder Inquiry +43 664 264 26 45 Investor Relations Wienerberger AG t +43 1 601 92 - 10221 | investor@wienerberger.com end of announcement euro adhoc =-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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