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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:    VEM Vermögensverwaltung GmbH
Place:   Dresden
State:   Germany

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

08.10.2008

VEM Vermögensverwaltung GmbH, Dresden,Germany, has notified us pursuant to Art. 21 I S. 1 German Securities Trading Act that on 6 October 2008 its voting rights in our company went over the threshold of 25% and amounts of 25.19% (31,486,928 voting rights) as per this day.

Out of these 0.06% (80,000 voting rights) are assigned to it via a subsidiary pursuant to Art. 22 I S. 1 No. 1 German Securities Trading Act.

Heidelberg, 8 October 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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