Wienerberger AG

Major Shareholding Notification • May 15, 2017

publication: 15.05.2017 16:30 source: http://adhoc.pressetext.com/news/1494858600153 keywords: Company / Voting rights / Wienerberger AG

Announcement according to article 93 section 2 BörseG (ESMA 2015/1597)

Wienerberger AG: Release according to art. 93 section 2 BörseG

Vienna (pta033/15.05.2017/16:30) - Release of Announcement according to art. 93 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: Black Creek Investment Management Inc. City and country of registered office: Toronto, Canada

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

Battelle Pension Management and Investment Council International Equity Alpha Corporate Class Select International Equity Managed Fund Select International Equity Managed Corporate Class Comcast Corporation Retirement Investment Plan Black Creek Global Leaders Fund Black Creek Global Balanced Fund Black Creek International Equity Fund Black Creek Global Balanced Corporate Class Metal Box Pension Trustees Limited The Coca-Cola Company Master Retirement Trust Towers Watson U.S. Pension Plan Trust Valeo North America, Inc. Master Pension Trust

5. Date on which threshold was crossed or reached

16.05.2017

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	4.99	0.00	4.99	117,526,800

Position of previous	5,01	5,01
notification

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	216,616	5,649,920	0.18	4.81
Total:		5,866,536		4.99

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

Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled and does itself not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer (1.).

No.	Name	Directly	Shares held	Financial/other	Total of both
		controlled by	directly (%)	instruments	(%)
		No.		held directly (%)

9. In case of proxy voting

Date of general meeting: N/A

10. Additional Information

The notifier is an investment management company. The shares are beneficially owned by 16 separate accounts which the notifier advises regarding their investment portfolios. None of the funds by itself reaches or exceeds the 4% threshold. The accounts give a proxy to the notifier who can exercise voting rights for the shares in its own discretion pursuant to an investment advisory agreement with the notifier. A portion of the shares are held by certain funds for which CI Investments Inc. is the investment fund manager and trustee.

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

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