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EANS-Voting Rights: HeidelbergCement AG / Release according to article 27 a, section 2 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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05.10.2009

Person/company obliged to make the notification:

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Name:    Morgan Stanley
Place:   Wilmington
State:   USA

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

On 25 September 2009 Morgan Stanley notified us according to Sec. 21 and 24 of
the German Securities Trading Act that Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley
International Holdings Inc. and Morgan Stanley Bank AG have exceeded and fallen
below the 10% threshold of voting rights in HeidelbergCement AG.

Further to this notification, on 1 October 2009, Morgan Stanley, Wilmington, USA
("Morgan Stanley"), notifies us on its behalf and on behalf of the subsidiaries
Morgan Stanley Bank AG, Frankfurt, Germany, and the holding entity of Morgan
Stanley Bank AG, Frankfurt, Germany, Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc.,
Wilmington, USA, pursuant Sec. 27a of the German Securities Trading Act that:

"1. the intention of the excess of the 10% threshold in voting rights of
HeidelbergCement AG was not strategic and did not serve the purpose of making
trading profit
2. none of the Morgan Stanley entities mentioned above intend to obtain further
voting rights in HeidelbergCement AG during the next 12 months,
3. none of the Morgan Stanley entities mentioned above intend to influence the
staffing of the management or supervisory board or any other controlling
committee of HeidelbergCement AG and
4. none of the Morgan Stanley entities mentioned above intend to significantly
change the capital structure, the equity debt ratio or the dividend policy of
HeidelbergCement AG.

The purchase of the voting rights was financed using debt capital."

Heidelberg, 5 October 2009
The Managing Board

Ende der Mitteilung                               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: Frankfurt / regulated dealing/prime standard
Berlin / free trade
Hamburg / free trade
Hannover / free trade
Stuttgart / regulated dealing
Düsseldorf / regulated dealing
München / regulated dealing

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