EANS-Voting Rights: Wienerberger AG / Publication of a participation notification according to art. 135 para. 2 Stock Exchange Act

Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution. The issuer is responsible for the content of this announcement.

1. Issuer: Wienerberger AG

2. Reason for the notification:
Acquisition or disposal of voting rights
Acquisition or disposal of financial/other instruments

3. Person subject to notification obligation
Name: BlackRock, Inc.
City: Wilmington
Country: U.S.A.

4. Name of shareholder(s):

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached: 22.8.2019

6. Total positions

______________________________________________________________________________
| | | % of voting | | |
| | % of voting |rights through | |Total number of |
| |rights attached|financial/other|Total of both|voting rights of|
| |to shares (7.A)| instruments |in % (7.A + | issuer |
|_______________|_______________|(7.B.1_+_7.B.2)|7.B)_________|________________|
| Resulting | | | | |
| situation on | | | | |
| the date on | | | | |
|which threshold| 4.33 % | 0.66 % | 4.99 % |116 351 496 |
| was crossed / | | | | |
|____reached____|_______________|_______________|_____________|________________|
|Position of | | | | |
|previous | | | | |
|notification | 4.91 % | 0.95 % | 5.86 % | |
|(if_applicable)|_______________|_______________|_____________|________________|

Details
7. Notified details of the resulting situation:

______________________________________________________________________________
|A:_Voting_rights_attached_to_shares___________________________________________|
| |Number_of_voting_rights______|%_of_voting_rights_________________|
| | Direct |Indirect (Sec| Direct |Indirect (Sec 133|
|ISIN Code |(Sec 130 BörseG|133 BörseG | (Sec 130 BörseG |BörseG |
|____________|_____2018)_____|____2018)____|______2018)______|______2018)______|
|AT0000831706|_______________|5_039_602____|_________________|4.33_%___________|
|SUBTOTAL_A__|__________5_039_602__________|______________4.33_%_______________|

__________________________________________________________________________
|B 1: Financial / Other Instruments pursuant to Sec. 131 para. 1 No. 1 |
|BörseG_2018_______________________________________________________________|
| | | | Number of | |
| | | | voting rights | |
|Type of | | | that may be |% of voting |
|instrument|Expiration Date|Exercise Period|acquired if the|rights |
| | | | instrument is | |
|__________|_______________|_______________|___exercised___|_______________|
|Securities|N/A |N/A | 117 791| 0.10 %|
|Lent______|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________|
|__________________________|___SUBTOTAL_B.1|________117_791|_________0.10_%|

______________________________________________________________________________
|B 2: Financial / Other Instruments pursuant to Sec. 131 para. 1 No. 2 BörseG |
|2018__________________________________________________________________________|
| |Expiration|Exercise|Physical / Cash|Number of |% of voting |
|Type of |Date |Period |Settlement |voting rights |rights |
|instrument|__________|________|_______________|_______________|_______________|
|CFD_______|N/A_______|N/A_____|_____Cash______|________652_337|_________0.56_%|
|______________________________|_SUBTOTAL_B.2__|________652_337|_________0.56_%|

8. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation:
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial/other instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity:

______________________________________________________________________________
| | |Directly | |Financial/other| |
| | |controlled by |Shares held |instruments |Total of both |
|No.| Name |No. |directly (%)|held directly |(%) |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|(%)____________|______________|
|1 | BlackRock, | | | | |
|___|_____Inc._____|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
|2 |Trident | 1 | | | |
|___|Merger,_LLC___|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Investment | | | | |
|3 |Management, | 2 | | | |
|___|LLC___________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
|4 |BlackRock | 1 | | | |
|___|Holdco_2,_Inc.|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Financial | | | | |
|5 |Management, | 4 | | | |
|___|Inc.__________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
|6 |BlackRock | 5 | | | |
|___|Holdco_4,_LLC_|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
|7 |BlackRock | 6 | | | |
|___|Holdco_6,_LLC_|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
|8 |Delaware | 7 | | | |
|___|Holdings_Inc._|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Institutional | | | | |
|9 |Trust Company,| | | | |
| |National | 8 | | | |
|___|Association___|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
|10 |BlackRock Fund| 8 | | | |
|___|Advisors______|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
|11 |Capital | 5 | | | |
|___|Holdings,_Inc.|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
|12 |BlackRock | 11 | | | |
|___|Advisors,_LLC_|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
|13 |International | 5 | | | |
|___|Holdings,_Inc.|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BR Jersey | | | | |
|14 |International | 13 | | | |
|___|Holdings_L.P._|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |(Singapore) | | | | |
|15 |Holdco Pte. | 14 | | | |
|___|Ltd.__________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
|16 |BlackRock | 25 | | | |
|___|Cayman_1_LP___|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
|17 |BlackRock HK | 15 | | | |
|___|Holdco_Limited|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Cayman West | 16 | | | |
|18 |Bay Finco | | | | |
|___|Limited_______|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Asset | | | | |
|19 |Management | 17 | | | |
| |North Asia | | | | |
|___|Limited_______|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
|20 |Japan Holdings| 22| | | |
|___|GK____________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
|21 |Japan Co., | 20| | | |
|___|Ltd.__________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
|22 |BlackRock Lux | 17| | | |
|___|Finco_S.à_r.l.|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Australia | | | | |
|23 |Holdco Pty. | 14| | | |
|___|Ltd.__________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Investment | | | | |
| |Management | | | | |
|24 |(Australia) | 23| | | |
|___|Limited_______|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
|25 |BlackRock | 14| | | |
|___|Holdco_3,_LLC_|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
|26 |Canada | 25| | | |
|___|Holdings_LP___|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
|27 |Canada | 26| | | |
|___|Holdings_ULC__|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Asset | | | | |
|28 |Management | 27| | | |
|___|Canada_Limited|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
|29 |Cayman West | 18| | | |
|___|Bay_IV_Limited|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
|30 |BlackRock | 29| | | |
|___|Group_Limited_|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
|31 |Advisors (UK) | 32| | | |
|___|Limited_______|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
|32 |Finance Europe| 30| | | |
|___|Limited_______|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
|33 |International | 30| | | |
|___|Limited_______|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
|34 |(Netherlands) | 32| | | |
|___|B.V.__________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Investment | | | | |
|35 |Management | 32| | | |
|___|(UK)_Limited__|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Asset | | | | |
|36 |Management | 35| | | |
|___|Deutschland_AG|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|

9. In case of proxy voting
Date of general meeting: –
Voting rights after general meeting: – is equivalent to – voting rights.

10. Other comments:
The disclosure obligation arose due to total holdings attached to shares for BlackRock, Inc. going below 5%.

end of announcement euro adhoc

issuer: Wienerberger AG
Wienerbergerstraße 11
A-1100 Wien
phone: +43 1 60 192-0
FAX: +43 1 60 192-10159
mail: office@wienerberger.at
WWW: www.wienerberger.at
ISIN: AT0000831706
indexes: ATX
stockmarkets: Wien
language: English

Digital press kit: http://www.ots.at/pressemappe/594/aom

Barbara Grohs, Head of Corporate Communications Wienerberger AG
t +43 664 828 31 39 | Barbara.Grohs@wienerberger.com

Klaus Ofner, Head of Investor Relations Wienerberger AG
t +43 1 601 92 – 10221 | investor@wienerberger.com

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