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euro adhoc: HeidelbergCement AG / Release of a voting rights announcement according to article 26, section 1.1 WpHG (Securities Trading Act) with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution

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  Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is
  responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Person/company obliged to make the notification:
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Name:    Adolf Merckle
State:   Deutschland

Company data:
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Name:    HeidelbergCement AG
Address: Berliner Straße 6, 69120 Heidelberg
Place:   Heidelberg
State:   Germany

19.03.2008

On 19 March 2008, Mr. Adolf Merckle, Germany, notified us the following:

"Herewith I inform you, that on 18 March 2008 I went over the threshold of 25% and that I now hold 25.46% of the voting rights (31,823,163 votes) in HeidelbergCement AG, Berliner Str. 6, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany, pursuant to Art. 22 I S. 1 German Securities Trading Act.

Out of these 25.46% (31,823,163 votes) are assigned to me pursuant to Art. 22 I S. 1 No. 1 German Securities Trading Act from VEM Vermögensverwaltung GmbH and three other subsidiaries."

Heidelberg, 19 March 2008

The Managing Board

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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