Wienerberger AG

Major Shareholding Notification • Nov 9, 2016

publication: 09.11.2016 17:00 source: http://adhoc.pressetext.com/news/1478707200484 keywords: Company / Voting rights / Wienerberger AG

Announcement according to article 93 section 2 BörseG

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

Vienna (pta032/09.11.2016/17:00) - 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: Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association 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

AEF Fund III, LLC

5. Date on which threshold was crossed or reached

04.11.2016

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	5.01	0.00	5.01	117,526,764
Position of previous notification	4,12		4,12

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	5,891,967	0.00	5.01
Total:		5,891,967		5.01

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 No.	Shares held directly (%)	Financial/other instruments held directly (%)	Total of both (%)
1	Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association
2	TIAA Global Asset Management, LLC	1
3	TIAA-CREF Asset Management, LLC	2
4	TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC	3
5	College Retirement Equities Fund	4	5.01		5.01
6	TIAA Asset Management Finance Company, LLC	2
7	Teachers Advisors, LLC	6
8	AEF Fund III, LLC	7

9. In case of proxy voting

Date of general meeting: N/A

10. Additional Information

For the sake of completness, we point out that the shares directly held by AEF Fund III, LLC correspond to 0,004% (4,428 shares). This value has been rounded down automatically by the online plattform to 0,00%.

The voting rights of the 5,887,539 shares (5.01%) in Wienerberger AG directly held by College Retirement Equities Fund can be exercised independently by TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC in its own name pursuant to a Policy Statement on Corporate Governance. Therefore, the above mentioned 5,887,539 shares (5.01%) are attributable also to TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC pursuant to sec 92 of the Austrian Stock Exchange Act.

"Teachers Advisors, LLC" can independently exercise the voting rights of the above mentioned 4,428 shares (0.004%) in Wienerberger AG directly held by AEF Fund III, LLC.

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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