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: Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association
City: New York City
Country: USA

4. Name of shareholder(s): 1. College Retirement Equities Fund; 2. TIAA-CREF International Equity Fund; 3. TIAA-CREF Life International Equity Fund; 4. TIAA-CREF Qnt Intl Small-Cap Equity Fund

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached: 9.1.2020

6. Total positions

_____________________________________________________________________________
| | | % of voting | | |
| | % of voting |rights through | |Total number of|
| |rights attached|financial/other|Total of both | voting rights |
| |to shares (7.A)| instruments |in % (7.A + | of issuer |
|_____________|_______________|(7.B.1_+_7.B.2)|7.B)___________|_______________|
| Resulting | | | | |
|situation on | | | | |
| the date on | | | | |
| which | 4.00 % | 0.00 % | 4.00 %|116,351,496 |
| threshold | | | | |
|was crossed /| | | | |
|___reached___|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________|
|Position of | | | | |
|previous | | | | |
|notification | 4.01 % | 0.00 % | 4.01 %| |
|(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 |
|ISIN Code |(Sec 130 BörseG|133 BörseG |(Sec 130 BörseG |133 BörseG |
|____________|_____2018)_____|_____2018)_____|_____2018)______|_____2018)______|
|AT0000831706|______________0|______4,654,064|__________0.00_%|__________4.00_%|
|SUBTOTAL_A__|______________________4,654,064|___________________________4.00_%|

__________________________________________________________________________
|B 1: Financial / Other Instruments pursuant to Sec. 131 para. 1 No. 1 |
|BörseG_2018_______________________________________________________________|
| | | |Number of voting | |
| | | | rights that may | |
|Type of |Expiration Date| Exercise Period| be acquired if |% of voting|
|instrument| | |the instrument is|rights |
|__________|_______________|_________________|____exercised____|___________|
|__________|_______________|_________________|_________________|___________|
|__________________________|_____SUBTOTAL_B.1|_________________|___________|

________________________________________________________________________
|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|__________|________|_______________|_____________|___________|
|__________|__________|________|_______________|_____________|___________|
|______________________________|_SUBTOTAL_B.2__|_____________|___________|

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/ | |
| | | Directly |Shares held | other | Total of |
| No. | Name | controlled |directly (%)|instruments | both (%) |
| | | by No. | | held | |
|____________|_____________|____________|____________|directly_(%)|____________|
| | Teachers| | | | |
| 1|Insurance and| | 0.00 %| 0.00 %| 0.00 %|
| | Annuity| | | | |
|____________|__Association|____________|____________|____________|____________|
|___________2|__Nuveen,_LLC|___________1|______0.00_%|______0.00_%|______0.00_%|
| | TIAA-CREF| | | | |
| 3| Asset| 2| 0.00 %| 0.00 %| 0.00 %|
| | Management,| | | | |
|____________|__________LLC|____________|____________|____________|____________|
| | TIAA-CREF| | | | |
| 4| Investment| 3| 0.00 %| 0.00 %| 0.00 %|
| | Management,| | | | |
|____________|__________LLC|____________|____________|____________|____________|
| | College| | | | |
| 5| Retirement| 4| 2.92 %| 0.00 %| 2.92 %|
|____________|Equities_Fund|____________|____________|____________|____________|
| 6| Nuveen| 2| 0.00 %| 0.00 %| 0.00 %|
|____________|_Finance,_LLC|____________|____________|____________|____________|
| 7| Teachers| 6| 0.00 %| 0.00 %| 0.00 %|
|____________|Advisers,_LLC|____________|____________|____________|____________|
| | TIAA-CREF| | | | |
| 8|International| 7| 0.92 %| 0.00 %| 0.92 %|
|____________|__Equity_Fund|____________|____________|____________|____________|
| | TIAA-CREF| | | | |
| 9| Life| 7| 0.02 %| 0.00 %| 0.02 %|
| |International| | | | |
|____________|__Equity_Fund|____________|____________|____________|____________|
| |TIAA-CREF Qnt| | | | |
| 10| Intl Small-| 7| 0.14 %| 0.00 %| 0.14 %|
| | Cap Equity| | | | |
|____________|_________Fund|____________|____________|____________|____________|
|____________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|

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

10. Other comments:
The voting right of the 23246 shares (0.02 %) in Wienerberger AG directly held by TIAA-CREF Life International Equity Fund can be exercised independently by Teachers Advisers, LLC pursuant to a Policy Statement on Corporate Governance. Therefore, the above mentioned 23246 shares (0.02 %) are attributable also to Teachers Advisers, LLC pursuant to sec 133 of the Austrian Stock Exchange Act 2018.

The voting rights of the 3396783 shares (2.92 %) in Wienerberger AG directly held by College Retirement Equities Fund can be exercised independently by TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC pursuant to a Policy Statement on Corporate Governance. Therefore, the above mentioned 3396783 shares (2.92 %) are attributable also to TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC pursuant to sec 133 of the Austrian Stock Exchange Act 2018.

The voting right of the 1075035 shares (0.92 %) in Wienerberger AG directly held by TIAA-CREF International Equity Fund can be exercised independently by Teachers Advisers, LLC pursuant to a Policy Statement on Corporate Governance. Therefore, the above mentioned 1075035 shares (0.92 %) are attributable also to Teachers Advisers, LLC pursuant to sec 133 of the Austrian Stock Exchange Act 2018.

The voting right of the 159000 shares (0.14 %) in Wienerberger AG directly held by TIAA-CREF Qnt Intl Small-Cap Equity Fund can be exercised independently by Teachers Advisers, LLC pursuant to a Policy Statement on Corporate Governance. Therefore, the above mentioned 159000 shares (0.14 %) are attributable also to Teachers Advisers, LLC pursuant to sec 133 of the Austrian Stock Exchange Act 2018.

The aforementioned (in point 6.) previous notification (4.01 %) relates to the notification made by the same group-highest controlling person (Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association) on 19 April 2019.

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.com
WWW: www.wienerberger.com
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

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

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