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.

Overview
1. Issuer: Wienerberger AG
2. Reason for the notification: Acquisition or disposal of voting rights 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: 27.8.2019
6. Total positions

______________________________________________________________________________
| | | % of voting | | |
| | % of voting |rights through | | |
| |rights attached|financial/other|Total of both|Total number of |
| |to shares (7.A)| instruments |in % (7.A + |voting rights of|
| | |(7.B.1 + 7.B.2)|7.B) | issuer |
|_______________|_______________|_______________|_____________|________________|
| Resulting | | | | |
| situation on | | | | |
| the date on | | | | |
|which threshold| 4.39 % | 0.62 % | 5.01 % |116 351 496 |
| was crossed / | | | | |
| reached | | | | |
|_______________|_______________|_______________|_____________|________________|
|Position of | | | | |
|previous | | | | |
|notification | 4.33 % | 0.66 % | 4.99 % | |
|(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| |5 107 385 | |4.39 % |
|____________|_______________|_____________|_________________|_________________|
|SUBTOTAL A | 5 107 385 | 4.39 % |
|____________|_____________________________|___________________________________|

__________________________________________________________________________
|B 1: Financial / Other Instruments pursuant to Sec. 131 para. 1 No. 1 |
|BörseG 2018 |
|__________________________________________________________________________|
| | | | Number of | |
| | | | voting rights | |
| | | | that may be | |
|Type of |Expiration Date|Exercise Period|acquired if the|% of voting |
|instrument| | | instrument is |rights |
| | | | exercised | |
|__________|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________|
|Securities| | | | |
|Lent |N/A |N/A | 117 522| 0.10 %|
|__________|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________|
| | SUBTOTAL B.1| 117 522| 0.10 %|
|__________________________|_______________|_______________|_______________|

______________________________________________________________________________
|B 2: Financial / Other Instruments pursuant to Sec. 131 para. 1 No. 2 BörseG |
|2018 |
|______________________________________________________________________________|
| | | | | | |
|Type of |Expiration|Exercise|Physical / Cash|Number of |% of voting |
|instrument|Date |Period |Settlement |voting rights |rights |
|__________|__________|________|_______________|_______________|_______________|
|CFD |N/A |N/A | Cash | 603 222| 0.52 %|
|__________|__________|________|_______________|_______________|_______________|
| | SUBTOTAL B.2 | 603 222| 0.52 %|
|______________________________|_______________|_______________|_______________|

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 |(%) |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|(%)____________|______________|
| | BlackRock, | | | | |
|1 | Inc. | | | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |Trident | | | | |
|2 |Merger, LLC | 1| | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Investment | | | | |
|3 |Management, | 2| | | |
| |LLC | | | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
|4 |Holdco 2, Inc.| 1| | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Financial | | | | |
|5 |Management, | 4| | | |
| |Inc. | | | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
|6 |Holdco 4, LLC | 5| | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
|7 |Holdco 6, LLC | 6| | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Delaware | 7| | | |
|8 |Holdings Inc. | | | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Institutional | | | | |
| |Trust Company,| 8| | | |
|9 |National | | | | |
| |Association | | | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock Fund| | | | |
|10 |Advisors | 8| | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Capital | 5| | | |
|11 |Holdings, Inc.| | | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
|12 |Advisors, LLC | 11| | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |International | 5| | | |
|13 |Holdings, Inc.| | | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BR Jersey | | | | |
| |International | 13| | | |
|14 |Holdings L.P. | | | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |(Singapore) | | | | |
|15 |Holdco Pte. | 14| | | |
| |Ltd. | | | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
|16 |Cayman 1 LP | 25| | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock HK | | | | |
|17 |Holdco Limited| 15| | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Cayman West | | | | |
|18 |Bay Finco | 16| | | |
| |Limited | | | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Asset | | | | |
| |Management | 17| | | |
|19 |North Asia | | | | |
| |Limited | | | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Japan Holdings| 22| | | |
|20 |GK | | | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
|21 |Japan Co., | 20| | | |
| |Ltd. | | | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock Lux | | | | |
|22 |Finco S.à r.l.| 17| | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Australia | | | | |
|23 |Holdco Pty. | 14| | | |
| |Ltd. | | | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Investment | | | | |
| |Management | 23| | | |
|24 |(Australia) | | | | |
| |Limited | | | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
|25 |Holdco 3, LLC | 14| | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Canada | 25| | | |
|26 |Holdings LP | | | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Canada | 26| | | |
|27 |Holdings ULC | | | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Asset | | | | |
|28 |Management | 27| | | |
| |Canada Limited| | | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Cayman West | 18| | | |
|29 |Bay IV Limited| | | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
|30 |Group Limited | 29| | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Advisors (UK) | 32| | | |
|31 |Limited | | | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Finance Europe| 30| | | |
|32 |Limited | | | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |International | 30| | | |
|33 |Limited | | | | |
|___|______________|_______________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |(Netherlands) | 32| | | |
|34 |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 above 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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