Wienerberger ensures long-term continuity of Managing Board

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- Wienerberger Supervisory Board extends term of office for CFO Willy
Van Riet up to May 20, 2014
- Heimo Scheuch named Deputy CEO of Wienerberger AG as of January 1,
2009

Vienna, December 10, 2008 - Through a resolution dated December 9,
2008, the Supervisory Board of Wienerberger AG has extended the term
of Willy Van Riet as Chief Financial Officer of Wienerberger to May
20, 2014. As a result of this decision, the terms of office for the
three members of the Managing Board - Heimo Scheuch, Willy Van Riet
and Johann Windisch - will extend to May 2014. The Supervisory Board
has also appointed Heimo Scheuch, COO of Wienerberger AG, as Deputy
Chief Executive Officer effective on January 1, 2009. The term of
office for Wolfgang Reithofer, Chief Executive Officer of
Wienerberger AG, remains unchanged and extends to May 20, 2011.

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