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
Notification made after deadline
Caution: In case of violations of major holdings notification rules, please pay attention to Section 137 BörseG 2018 (Suspension of voting rights) 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 Qnt Intl Small-Cap Equity Fund
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached: 15.10.2020
6. Total positions

______________________________________________________________________________
| | | % of voting | | |
| | % of voting |rights through |Total of both |Total number of|
| |rights attached|financial/other| in % (7.A + | voting rights |
| |to shares (7.A)| instruments | 7.B) | of issuer |
| | |(7.B.1 + 7.B.2)| | |
|_______________|_______________|_______________|______________|_______________|
| Resulting | | | | |
| situation on | | | | |
| the date on | | | | |
|which threshold| 4.13 % | 0.00 % | 4.13 % | 115 187 982 |
| was crossed / | | | | |
| reached | | | | |
|_______________|_______________|_______________|______________|_______________|
| Position of | | | | |
| previous | | | | |
| notification | 3.96 % | 0.00 % | 3.96 % | |
|(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 | Direct | Indirect |
| ISIN Code |(Sec 130 BörseG|(Sec 133 BörseG|(Sec 130 BörseG|(Sec 133 BörseG |
| | 2018) | 2018) | 2018) | 2018) |
|_____________|_______________|_______________|_______________|________________|
|AT0000831706 | 0| 4 756 099| 0.00 %| 4.13 %|
|_____________|_______________|_______________|_______________|________________|
| SUBTOTAL A | 4 756 099 | 4.13 % |
|_____________|_______________________________|________________________________|

______________________________________________________________________________
|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 | |
|_____________|_______________|_______________|_________________|______________|
| | | SUBTOTAL B.1 | | |
|_____________|_______________|_______________|_________________|______________|

_____________________________________________________________________________
|B 2: Financial / Other Instruments pursuant to Sec. 131 para. 1 No. 2 BörseG |
|2018 |
|_____________________________________________________________________________|
| | | | Physical / | | |
| Type of | Expiration | Exercise | Cash | Number of |% of voting |
|instrument | Date | Period | Settlement |voting rights| rights |
|___________|____________|___________|_____________|_____________|____________|
| | | |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 | | other | |
| No. | Name |controlled | Shares held | instruments |Total of both|
| | | by No. |directly (%) |held directly| (%) |
| | | | | (%) | |
|__________|_____________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
| |Teachers | | | | |
| |Insurance and| | | | |
| 1 |Annuity | | 0.00 %| 0.00 %| 0.00 %|
| |Association | | | | |
|__________|_____________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
| 2 |Nuveen, LLC | 1 | 0.00 %| 0.00 %| 0.00 %|
|__________|_____________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
| |TIAA-CREF | | | | |
| |Asset | | | | |
| 3 |Management, | 2 | 0.00 %| 0.00 %| 0.00 %|
| |LLC | | | | |
|__________|_____________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
| |TIAA-CREF | | | | |
| |Investment | | | | |
| 4 |Management, | 3 | 0.00 %| 0.00 %| 0.00 %|
| |LLC | | | | |
|__________|_____________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
| |College | | | | |
| 5 |Retirement | 4 | 3.99 %| 0.00 %| 3.99 %|
| |Equities Fund| | | | |
|__________|_____________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
| |Nuveen | | | | |
| 6 |Finance, LLC | 2 | 0.00 %| 0.00 %| 0.00 %|
|__________|_____________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
| |Teachers | | | | |
| 7 |Advisers, LLC| 6 | 0.00 %| 0.00 %| 0.00 %|
|__________|_____________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
| |TIAA-CREF | | | | |
| 8 |International| 7 | 0.00 %| 0.00 %| 0.00 %|
| |Equity Fund | | | | |
|__________|_____________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
| |TIAA-CREF | | | | |
| |Life | | | | |
| 9 |International| 7 | 0.00 %| 0.00 %| 0.00 %|
| |Equity Fund | | | | |
|__________|_____________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|
| |TIAA-CREF Qnt| | | | |
| |Intl Small- | | | | |
| 10 |Cap Equity | 7 | 0.14 %| 0.00 %| 0.14 %|
| |Fund | | | | |
|__________|_____________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|

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

10. Sonstige Kommentare:
The voting rights of the 4.597.099 shares (3.99 %) 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 4.597.099 shares (3.99 %) are attributable also to TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC pursuant to sec 133 of the Austrian Stock Exchange Act 2018.

The voting rights of the 159.000 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 159.000 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 (3.96 %) relates to the notification made by the same group-highest controlling person (Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association) on 13 January 2020.

end of announcement euro adhoc

issuer: Wienerberger AG
Wienerbergerplatz 1
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, AT0000A2GLA0
indexes: ATX
stockmarkets: Wien
language: English

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

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