ETERNIT S.A.- UNDER COURT-SUPERVISED REORGANIZATION

Corporate Taxpayer ID (C.N.P.J.) 61.092.037/0001-81

Company Registration (NIRE): 35.300.013.344

MATERIAL FACT

Eternit suspends sale of asbestos fiber in the domestic market

Eternit S.A. - Under Court-Supervised Reorganization (B3: ETER3, "Company") hereby announces to its shareholders and the market that, in line with the Material Fact notice of November 27, 2017, it has stopped using asbestos as raw material for producing fiber-cement roofing tiles. Its plants now add exclusively synthetic fibers to the roofing tiles.

Consistent with its strategic planning, SAMA (Eternit's mining subsidiary) also stopped marketing asbestos fibers in the domestic market, and will continue to operate by directing its production exclusively to export markets, serving clients in countries where the product is permitted, such as the United States, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and etc.

Eternit emphasizes its commitment to work within the best safety practices, caring for the environment, always committed to the community and its employees and complying with the standards and laws governing the industry.

São Paulo, January 10, 2019.

Rodrigo Lopes da Luz Investor Relations Officer

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