Wienerberger AG

Major Shareholding Notification • Apr 5, 2016

publication: 05.04.2016 18:30 source: http://adhoc.pressetext.com/news/1459873800960 keywords: Wienerberger AG / Shareholder Structure / TIAA

Holding announcement according to article 93 section 2 BörseG

Wienerberger AG: Change in Wienerberger's Shareholder Structure

Wien (pta034/05.04.2016/18:30) - The Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA), which is based in the USA, holds less than 4% of Wienerberger stock

Wienerberger AG received an announcement in accordance with Sec. 91 seq. of the Austrian Stock Exchange Act from the USbased College Retirement Equities Fund ("CREF"), the Active Extension Fund V - Analyst Market Neutral, LLC ("AEF-V"), the USbased Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America ("TIAA"), the US-based Teachers Advisors, Inc., the US-based TIAA-CREF Asset Management LLC, the US-based TIAA Global Asset Management LLC and the US-based TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC about the following changes in holdings of Wienerberger stock:

1. On March 29, 2016, CREF sold 107,938 shares/voting rights of Wienerberger AG, reducing its total holdings in Wienerberger AG to 4,605,341 shares/voting rights. By selling the 107,938 shares/voting rights of Wienerberger AG, CREF has therefore as of March 29, 2016 fallen below the 4% voting rights threshold.

2. AEF-V owns 11,729 shares (equal to 11,729 voting rights) of Wienerberger AG. AEF-V is wholly owned by TIAA.

3. AEF-V is exclusively managed by the US-based Teachers Advisors, Inc. CREF is exclusively managed by US-based TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC. Both Teachers Advisors, Inc. and TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC are wholly owned by US-based TIAA-CREF Asset Management LLC (a holding company), which is in turn wholly owned by TIAA.

Teachers Advisors, Inc. and TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC have agreed to follow the same policies, pursuant to the common TIAA-CREF Policy Statement on Corporate Governance (the "Policy Statement"), when exercising the voting rights for the Wienerberger AG shares directly held by CREF and AEF-V.

Pursuant to the terms of the Policy Statement, the voting rights of the above mentioned 4,605,341 shares (3.919%) in Wienerberger AG directly held by CREF can be exercised independently by TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC in its own name. Similarly, pursuant to the terms of the Policy Statement, the voting rights of the above mentioned 11,729 shares (0.010%) (equal to 11,729 voting rights) of Wienerberger AG directly held by AEF-V and indirectly held by TIAA can be exercised independently by Teachers Advisors, Inc. in its own name.

Therefore, the above mentioned holdings/voting rights exercisable by way of proxy by TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC and Teachers Advisors, Inc. need to be aggregated pursuant to sec 91 (1) and 92 para 1 of the Austrian Stock Exchange Act. The aggregated holdings amount to 4,617,070 or 3.929% shares/voting rights of Wienerberger AG as of March, 29, 2016. Both TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC and Teachers Advisors, Inc. have thus together fallen below the 4% threshold as of March 29, 2016.

1. Since TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC and Teachers Advisors, - as outlined above - are indirect wholly owned subsidiary of TIAA, the total voting rights of 3.929% in Wienerberger AG are attributable also to TIAA-CREF Asset Management LLC (a holding company) and TIAA Global Asset Management LLC (a holding company), and ultimately attributable - pursuant to the requirements of the Austrian Stock Exchange Act - to TIAA which has fallen below the 4% threshold as of March 29, 2016.

For further information, please contact:

Karin Steinbichler, Head of Corporate Communications Wienerberger AG T +43 1 601 92 - 10149 | communication@wienerberger.com

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Wienerberger AG is a pure free float company, whereby the majority of shares are held by Austrian and international institutional investors. Additional information on the shareholder structure is provided under http://www.wienerberger.com/investor-relations/thewienerberger-share/the-wienerberger-share/shareholder-structure.http://www.wienerberger.com/investor-relations/thewienerberger-share/the-wienerberger-share/shareholder-structure.

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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