Press release

euro adhoc: HeidelbergCement AG / Directors' Dealings Notification concerning transactions by persons performing managerial responsibilities pursuant to section 15a of the WpHG

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  Notification concerning transactions by persons discharging managerial
  responsibilities pursuant to section 15a of the WpHG, transmitted by euro
  adhoc with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution. The issuer is responsible
  for the content of this announcement.
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14.03.2008

off-market (euro adhoc) - Details of the person subject to the disclosure
requirement:

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Name:              VEM Vermögensverwaltung GmbH

Reason for the disclosure requirement:

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Reason:            Legal person, company or institution closely associated
Relationship:      To a person performing managerial responsibilities

Person performing managerial responsibilities, triggering the disclosure
requirement:

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Position:          Member of an administrative or supervisory body

Details of the transaction:
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Description of financial instrument: Shares
ISIN:                DE0006047004
Type of transaction: purchase
Date:                14.03.2008
No of items:         5708306
Currency:            Euro
Price:               105.11000
Total amount traded: 600,000,043.66
Place:               off-market
Explanation:         In this regard we also refer to the press release of Spohn
                   Cement GmbH of 14 March 2008, whose wording we provide
                   below:

                   "Spohn Cement GmbH sold with effect of 14 March 2008
                   5,708,306 shares in HeidelbergCement AG
                   off-market at a price of €105.11 per share to VEM
                   Vermögensverwaltung GmbH, Dresden.

                   Spohn Cement GmbH will use the revenues exclusively for the
                   reduction of its bank debts.

                   Following this transaction, Spohn Cement GmbH owns 53.60 % of
                   the shares in HeidelbergCement AG."

Issuer subject to the publication requirement:

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end of announcement                               euro adhoc
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Further inquiry note:

Branche: Construction & Property
ISIN: DE0006047004
WKN: 604700
Index: Midcap Market Index, MDAX, CDAX, Classic All Share, HDAX,
Prime All Share
Börsen: Börse Frankfurt / regulated dealing/prime standard
Börse Berlin / free trade
Börse Hamburg / free trade
Börse Hannover / free trade
Börse Stuttgart / regulated dealing
Börse Düsseldorf / regulated dealing
Börse München / regulated dealing

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