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EANS-Voting Rights: 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:    Gartmore Investment Limited
Place:   London EC3M 4PB
State:   United Kingdom

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

Gartmore Investment Ltd, London, United Kingdom, has notified us on 22 October
2009 pursuant to sec. 21 para. 1 of the WpHG, that on 21 October 2009 its voting
interest in HeidelbergCement AG, Heidelberg, Germany, went below the threshold
of 3% and on that day amounted to 2.998% (equivalent to 5,622,022 shares).

2.998% of the voting rights (equivalent to 5,622,022 shares) are attributable to
it in accordance with sec. 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 of the WpHG.

Heidelberg, 27 October 2009
The Managing Board

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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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