1. On April 10, 2015, CREF purchased 56,592 shares/voting rights of Wienerberger AG, increasing its total holdings in Wienerberger AG to 4,702,963 shares/voting rights. By purchasing the 56,592 shares/voting rights of Wienerberger AG, CREF has therefore as of April 10, 2015 exceeded the 4% voting rights threshold.


2. CREF is exclusively managed by US-based TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC, which is wholly owned by US-based TIAA-CREF Asset Management LLC (a holding company), which is in turn wholly owned by TIAA.


The voting rights of the above mentioned 4,702,963 shares (4.002%) in Wienerberger AG directly held by CREF 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 4,702,963 shares (4.002%) are attributable also to IAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC pursuant to sec 92 (5) of the Austrian Stock Exchange Act. TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC has, thus, exceeded the 4% threshold as of April 10, 2015.

3. Since TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC - as outlined above - is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of TIAA, the total voting rights of 4.002% in Wienerberger AG are attributable - pursuant to the requirements of the Austrian Stock Exchange Act - to TIAA which has exceeded the 4% threshold as of April 10, 2015.

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