EANS-Voting Rights: Wienerberger AG / Publication of a participation notification according to art. 135 para. 2 Stock Exchange Act

25.11.2020




Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution. The issuer is responsible for the content of this announcement.
Overview Notification made after deadline Caution: In case of violations of major holdings notification rules, please pay attention to Section 137 BörseG 2018 (Suspension of voting rights) 1. Issuer: Wienerberger AG 2. Reason for the notification: Acquisition or disposal of voting rights 3. Person subject to notification obligation Name: Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association City: New York City Country: USA 4. Name of shareholder(s): 1. College Retirement Equities Fund; 2. TIAA-CREF Qnt Intl Small-Cap Equity Fund 5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached: 20.11.2020 6. Total positions
______________________________________________________________________________ | | | % of voting | | | | | |rights through | | | | | % of voting |financial/other|Total of both |Total number of| | |rights attached| instruments | in % (7.A + | voting rights | | |to shares (7.A)|(7.B.1 + 7.B.2)| 7.B) | of issuer | | | | | | | | | | | | | |_______________|_______________|_______________|______________|_______________| | Resulting | | | | | | situation on | | | | | | the date on | | | | | |which threshold| 4.04 % | 0.00 % | 4.04 % | 115 187 982 | | was crossed / | | | | | | reached | | | | | |_______________|_______________|_______________|______________|_______________| | Position of | | | | | | previous | | | | | | notification | 4.35 % | 0.00 % | 4.35 % | | |(if applicable)| | | | | |_______________|_______________|_______________|______________|_______________|

Details 7. Notified details of the resulting situation:
______________________________________________________________________________ |A: Voting rights attached to shares | |______________________________________________________________________________| | | Number of voting rights | % of voting rights | | |_______________________________|________________________________| | | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | | ISIN Code |(Sec 130 BörseG|(Sec 133 BörseG|(Sec 130 BörseG|(Sec 133 BörseG | | | 2018) | 2018) | 2018) | 2018) | |_____________|_______________|_______________|_______________|________________| |AT0000831706 | 0| 4 652 886| 0.00 %| 4.04 %| |_____________|_______________|_______________|_______________|________________| | SUBTOTAL A | 4 652 886 | 4.04 % | |_____________|_______________________________|________________________________|

______________________________________________________________________________ |B 1: Financial / Other Instruments pursuant to Sec. 131 para. 1 No. 1 BörseG | |2018 | |______________________________________________________________________________| | | | |Number of voting | | | | | | rights that may | | | | | | be | | | Type of |Expiration Date|Exercise Period|acquired if the | % of voting | | instrument | | | instrument is | rights | | | | | exercised | | |_____________|_______________|_______________|_________________|______________| | | | SUBTOTAL B.1 | | | |_____________|_______________|_______________|_________________|______________|

_____________________________________________________________________________ |B 2: Financial / Other Instruments pursuant to Sec. 131 para. 1 No. 2 BörseG | |2018 | |_____________________________________________________________________________| | | | | Physical / | | | | Type of | Expiration | Exercise | Cash | Number of |% of voting | |instrument | Date | Period | Settlement |voting rights| rights | |___________|____________|___________|_____________|_____________|____________| | | | |SUBTOTAL B.2 | | | |___________|____________|___________|_____________|_____________|____________|

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:
______________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Financial/ | | | | | Directly | | other | | | No. | Name |controlled | Shares held | instruments |Total of both| | | | by No. |directly (%) |held directly| (%) | | | | | | (%) | | |__________|_____________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________| | |Teachers | | | | | | |Insurance and| | | | | | 1 |Annuity | | 0.00 %| 0.00 %| 0.00 %| | |Association | | | | | |__________|_____________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________| | 2 |Nuveen, LLC | 1 | 0.00 %| 0.00 %| 0.00 %| |__________|_____________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________| | |TIAA-CREF | | | | | | |Asset | | | | | | 3 |Management, | 2 | 0.00 %| 0.00 %| 0.00 %| | |LLC | | | | | |__________|_____________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________| | |TIAA-CREF | | | | | | |Investment | | | | | | 4 |Management, | 3 | 0.00 %| 0.00 %| 0.00 %| | |LLC | | | | | |__________|_____________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________| | |College | | | | | | 5 |Retirement | 4 | 3.90 %| 0.00 %| 3.90 %| | |Equities Fund| | | | | |__________|_____________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________| | |Nuveen | | | | | | 6 |Finance, LLC | 2 | 0.00 %| 0.00 %| 0.00 %| |__________|_____________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________| | |Teachers | | | | | | 7 |Advisers, LLC| 6 | 0.00 %| 0.00 %| 0.00 %| |__________|_____________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________| | |TIAA-CREF | | | | | | 8 |International| 7 | 0.00 %| 0.00 %| 0.00 %| | |Equity Fund | | | | | |__________|_____________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________| | |TIAA-CREF | | | | | | |Life | | | | | | 9 |International| 7 | 0.00 %| 0.00 %| 0.00 %| | |Equity Fund | | | | | |__________|_____________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________| | |TIAA-CREF Qnt| | | | | | |Intl Small- | | | | | | 10 |Cap Equity | 7 | 0.14 %| 0.00 %| 0.14 %| | |Fund | | | | | |__________|_____________|___________|_____________|_____________|_____________|

9. In case of proxy voting Date of general meeting: - Voting rights after general meeting: - is equivalent to - voting rights.
10. Sonstige Kommentare: The voting rights of the 4.493.886 shares (3.90 %) 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 4.493.886 shares (3.90 %) are attributable also to TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC pursuant to sec 133 of the Austrian Stock Exchange Act 2018.
Immediately before the trade on 20 October 2020 (which is hereby notified) the voting rights directly held by College Retirement Equities Fund and attributable also to TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC were 4,06% and that is why this notification is made (as the voting rights have fallen and crossed 4%, namely from 4,06% to 3,90%).
The voting rights of the 159.000 shares (0.14 %) in Wienerberger AG directly held by TIAA-CREF Qnt Intl Small-Cap Equity Fund can be exercised independently by Teachers Advisers, LLC pursuant to a Policy Statement on Corporate Governance. Therefore, the above mentioned 159.000 shares (0.14 %) are attributable also to Teachers Advisers, LLC pursuant to sec 133 of the Austrian Stock Exchange Act 2018.
The aforementioned (in point 6.) previous notification (4.35 %) relates to the notification made by the same group-highest controlling person (Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association) on 20 October 2020.
end of announcement euro adhoc
issuer: Wienerberger AG Wienerbergerplatz 1 A-1100 Wien phone: +43 1 60 192-0 FAX: +43 1 60 192-10159 mail: office@wienerberger.com WWW: www.wienerberger.com ISIN: AT0000831706, AT0000A2GLA0 indexes: ATX stockmarkets: Wien language: English
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