Wienerberger AG

Major Shareholding Notification • Nov 15, 2017

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

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

Vienna (pta027/15.11.2017/17:25) - 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

• 1. Names of shareholder(s) holding directly 3% or more voting rights, if different from 3
• 1. College Retirement Equities Fund; 2. TIAA-CREF International Equity Fund; 3. TIAA-CREF Life International Equity Fund.

5. Date on which threshold was crossed or reached

10.11.2017

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	4.97	0.00	4.97	117,526,764
Position of previous notification	5,01	0,00	5,01

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	5,842,881	0.00	4.97
Total:		5,842,881		4.97

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	Nuveen, LLC	1
3	TIAA-CREF Asset Management, LLC	2
4	TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC	3
5	College Retirement Equities Fund	4	4.07		4.07
6	Nuveen Finance, LLC	2
7	Teachers Advisers, LLC	6
8	TIAA-CREF International Equity Fund	7	0.88		0.88
9	TIAA-CREF Life International Equity Fund	7	0.02		0.02

9. In case of proxy voting

Date of general meeting: N/A

10. Additional Information

The voting rights of the 4.782.671 shares (4.07 %) 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 4.782.671 shares (4.07 %) are attributable also to TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC pursuant to sec 92 of the Austrian Stock Exchange Act.

The voting right of the 1.037.862 shares (0.88 %) in Wienerberger AG directly held by TIAA-CREF International Equity Fund can be exercised independently by Teachers Advisers, LLC pursuant to a Policy Statement on Corporate Governance. Therefore, the above mentioned 1.037.862 shares (0.88 %) are attributable also to Teachers Advisers, LLC pursuant to sec 92 of the Austrian Stock Exchange Act.

The voting right of the 22.348 shares (0.02 %) in Wienerberger AG directly held by TIAA-CREF Life International Equity Fund can be exercised independently by Teachers Advisers, LLC pursuant to a Policy Statement on Corporate Governance. Therefore, the above mentioned 22.348 shares (0.02 %) are attributable also to Teachers Advisers, LLC pursuant to sec 92 of the Austrian Stock Exchange Act.

The aforementioned (in point 6.) previous notification (5.01 %) relates to the notification made by the same group-highest controlling person (Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association) on 8 November 2016.

Regarding the person no 2. in point 8. above (Nuveen, LLC): this person changed its name into the current name after the date of the previous notification on 8 November 2016 (at that time its name was TIAA Global Asset Management, LLC).

Regarding the person no 6. in point 8. above (Nuveen Finance, LLC): this person changed its name into the current name after the date of the previous notification on 8 November 2016 (at that time its name was TIAA Asset Management Finance, 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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