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

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

Vienna (pta026/22.11.2017/17:30) - 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
Visteon Corporation Defined Benefit Master Trust

5. Date on which threshold was crossed or reached
20.11.2017

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	5.04	0.00	5.04	117,526,764
Position of previous notification	4,99	0	4,99

7. Notified details of the resulting situation

7.a. Voting rights attached to shares

ISIN code	absolute direct (Sec 91 BörseG)	absolute indirect (Sec 92 BörseG)	in % direct (Sec 91 BörseG)	in % indirect (Sec 92 BörseG)
AT0000831706	218,703	5,706,603	0.19	4.86
Total:		5,925,306		5.04

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 instrument	Expiration Date	Exercise Period	Physical /Cash Settlement	Voting Rights Absolute	Voting Rights in %
			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 controlled by No.

Shares held directly (%)

Financial/other instruments held directly (%)

Total of both (%)

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 17 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.

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emitter: Wienerberger AG
address: Wienerbergstraße 11, 1100 Wien
country: Austria
contact person: Karin Steinbichler
phone: [phone]
e-mail: [e-mail]
website: www.wienerberger.com

ISIN(s): AT0000831706 (share)
stock exchanges: official trade in Vienna

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