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Holding announcement according to article 135 section 2 BörseG (ESMA 2015/1597)

Wienerberger AG: Release according to art. 135 section 2 BörseG

Vienna (pta021/29.01.2018/11:50) - Release of Announcement according to art. 135 section 2 BörseG Notification of Major Holdings

1. Issuer:

Wienerberger AG, Wienerbergstraße 11, 1100 Wien, Austria

2. Reason for notification:

Acquisition / disposal of shares with voting rights

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name: TIAA-CREF Asset Management, LLC

City and country of registered office: New York City, USA - United States

4. Names of shareholder(s) holding directly 3% or more voting rights, if different from 3

College Retirement Equities Fund

5. Date on which threshold was crossed or reached

24.01.2018

6. Total positions

	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 7.a.)	% of voting rights through instruments (total of 7.b.1 + 7.b.2)	total of both in % (7.a. + 7.b.)	total number of voting rights of issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed / reached	4.06	0.00	4.06	117,526,764
Position of previous notification	3,98	0	3,98

7. Notified details of the resulting situation

7.a. Voting rights attached to shares

ISIN code	absolute direct (Sec	absolute indirect	in % direct (Sec 91	in % indirect (Sec
	91 BörseG)	(Sec 92 BörseG)	BörseG)	92 BörseG)
AT0000831706	0	4,767,943	0.00	4.06
Total:		4,767,943		4.06

7.b.1. Financial / Other Instruments pursuant to Sec. 91a para. 1 No. 1 BörseG

Type of instrument	Expiration Date	Exercise Period	Voting Rights Absolute	Voting Rights in %
		Total:

7.b.2 Financial / Other Instruments pursuant to Sec. 91a para. 1 No. 3 BörseG

Type of	Expiration Date	Exercise Period	Physical /Cash	Voting Rights	Voting Rights in
instrument			Settlement	Absolute	%
			Total:

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.

No.	Name	Directly controlled by	Shares held directly (%)	Financial/other instruments	Total of both (%)
		No.		held directly (%)
1	TIAA-CREF
	Asset
	Management,
	LLC
2	TIAA-CREF	1
	Investment
	Management,
	LLC
3	College	2	4.06		4.06
	Retirement
	Equities Fund

9. In case of proxy voting

Date of general meeting: N/A

10. Additional Information

The voting rights of the 4.767.943 shares (4.06 %) 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 4.767.943 shares (4.06 %) are attributable also to TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC pursuant to section 133 of the Austrian Stock Exchange Act 2018.

The aforementioned (in point 6.) previous notification (3.98 %) relates to the notification made by the same controlling person (TIAA-CREF Asset Management, LLC) on 23 November 2017.

emitter:	Wienerberger AG Wienerbergstraße 11 1100 Wien Austria
contact person:	Karin Steinbichler
phone:	+43 1 60192-10149
e-mail:	[email protected]
website:	www.wienerberger.com
ISIN(s):	AT0000831706 (share)
stock exchanges:	official trade in Vienna

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