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: 26.11.2019
6. Total positions

______________________________________________________________________________
| | | % of voting | | |
| | |rights through | | |
| | % of voting |financial/other|Total of both|Total number of |
| |rights attached| instruments |in % (7.A + |voting rights of|
| |to shares (7.A)|(7.B.1 + 7.B.2)|7.B) | issuer |
|_______________|_______________|_______________|_____________|________________|
|Resulting | | | | |
|situation on | | | | |
|the date on | | | | |
|which threshold| 3.98 % | 0.42 % | 4.40 % |116 351 496 |
|was crossed / | | | | |
|reached | | | | |
|_______________|_______________|_______________|_____________|________________|
|Position of | | | | |
|previous | | | | |
|notification | 4.29 % | 0.62 % | 4.91 % | |
|(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| |4 632 449 | |3.98 % |
|____________|_______________|_____________|_________________|_________________|
|SUBTOTAL A | 4 632 449 | 3.98 % |
|____________|_____________________________|___________________________________|

__________________________________________________________________________
|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 | 17 594| 0.02 %|
|__________|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________|
| | SUBTOTAL B.1| 17 594| 0.02 %|
|__________________________|_______________|_______________|_______________|

______________________________________________________________________________
|B 2: Financial / Other Instruments pursuant to Sec. 131 para. 1 No. 2 BörseG |
|2018 |
|______________________________________________________________________________|
| | | | |Number of | |
|Type of |Expiration|Exercise|Physical / Cash|voting rights |% of voting |
|instrument|Date |Period |Settlement | |rights |
|__________|__________|________|_______________|_______________|_______________|
|CFD |N/A |N/A | Cash | 471 143| 0.40 %|
|__________|__________|________|_______________|_______________|_______________|
| | SUBTOTAL B.2 | 471 143| 0.40 %|
|______________________________|_______________|_______________|_______________|

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:

______________________________________________________________________________
| | | | |Financial/other| |
| | |Directly |Shares held |instruments |Total of both |
|No.|Name |controlled by|directly (%)|held directly |(%) |
| | |No. | |(%) | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
|1 |BlackRock, Inc. | | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock Holdco| | | | |
|2 |2, Inc. |1 | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Financial | | | | |
|3 |Management, |2 | | | |
| |Inc. | | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |International | | | | |
|4 |Holdings, Inc. |3 | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BR Jersey | | | | |
| |International | | | | |
|5 |Holdings L.P. |4 | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Australia Holdco| | | | |
|6 |Pty. Ltd. |5 | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Investment | | | | |
| |Management | | | | |
|7 |(Australia) |6 | | | |
| |Limited | | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |Trident Merger, | | | | |
|8 |LLC |1 | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Investment | | | | |
|9 |Management, LLC |8 | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |(Singapore) | | | | |
|10 |Holdco Pte. Ltd.|5 | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock HK | | | | |
|11 |Holdco Limited |10 | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock Lux | | | | |
|12 |Finco S.à r.l. |11 | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock Japan | | | | |
| |Holdings | | | | |
|13 |GK |12 | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock Japan | | | | |
|14 |Co., Ltd. |13 | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
|15 |Holdco 3, LLC |5 | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock Cayman| | | | |
|16 |1 LP |15 | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock Cayman| | | | |
| |West Bay Finco | | | | |
|17 |Limited |16 | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Cayman West Bay | | | | |
|18 |IV Limited |17 | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock Group | | | | |
|19 |Limited |18 | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
|20 |Finance Europe |19 | | | |
| |Limited | | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Investment | | | | |
|21 |Management |20 | | | |
| |(UK) Limited | | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock Asset | | | | |
| |Management | | | | |
|22 |Deutschland AG |21 | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |International | | | | |
|23 |Limited |19 | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |(Netherlands) | | | | |
|24 |B.V. |20 | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Advisors (UK) | | | | |
|25 |Limited |20 | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Capital | | | | |
|26 |Holdings, Inc. |3 | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
|27 |Advisors, LLC |26 | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Canada Holdings | | | | |
|28 |LP |15 | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock Canada| | | | |
|29 |Holdings ULC |28 | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock Asset | | | | |
| |Management | | | | |
|30 |Canada Limited |29 | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
|31 |Holdco 4, LLC |3 | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
|32 |Holdco 6, LLC |31 | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Delaware | | | | |
|33 |Holdings Inc. |32 | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock Fund | | | | |
|34 |Advisors |33 | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|
| |BlackRock | | | | |
| |Institutional | | | | |
| |Trust Company, | | | | |
|35 |National |33 | | | |
| |Association | | | | |
|___|________________|_____________|____________|_______________|______________|

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

10. Additional comments:
The disclosure obligation arose due to voting rights attached to shares for BlackRock, Inc. going below 4%.

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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