EANS-Voting Rights: HeidelbergCement AG
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Person/company obliged to make the notification: ------------------------------------------------ Name: Ludwig Merckle State: Germany Company data: ------------- Name: HeidelbergCement AG Address: Berliner Straße 6, 69120 Heidelberg Place: Heidelberg State: Germany
06.05.2009
Ludwig Merckle, Germany, has notified us pursuant to Art. 21 I German Securities Trading Act of the following:
"Hereby I notify you pursuant to Art. 21 I German Securities Trading Act, that on 5 January 2009 (day of my father Adolf Merckle's death) my voting rights went over the thresholds of 3%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 50% and 75% and on that day amount to 79.52% of the voting rights (99,397,749 voting rights).
Out of these 79.52% of the voting rights (99,397,749 voting rights) are assigned to me pursuant to Art. 22 I S. 1 No. 1 German Securities Trading Act.
The voting rights assigned to me are held by the following companies controlled by me whose votings rights in HeidelbergCement AG amount to 3% or more:
- KL Holding GmbH - Kötitzer Ledertuch- und Wachstuch-Werke Aktiengesellschaft - Spohn Cement GmbH - UBH Unternehmens- und Beteiligungsholding mbH - Ludwig Merckle GmbH & Co. KG - L. Merckle GmbH - Pan GmbH - LH Leder Holding GmbH - LH Leder Holding Vermögensverwaltung GmbH - VEM Vermögensverwaltung GmbH - Horst Plaschna Management GmbH & Co. Beteiligungssanierungs- und -verkaufs KG - VEM Management GmbH - VEM Beteiligungen GmbH
The opening of the will of Adolf Merckle was on 30 April 2009."
Heidelberg, 6 May 2009 The Managing Board
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