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EANS-Voting Rights: HeidelbergCement AG / Correction: 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:    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

Morgan Stanley, Wilmington, USA, on 26 January 2010 has notified us on its own
behalf and on behalf of such further subsidiaries as mentioned below pursuant
Sec. 21 para. 1 and Sec. 24 German Securities Trading Act that:

1. Morgan Stanley Bank AG, Frankfurt, Germany, has fallen below the thresholds
of 10%, 5% and 3% on 25 September 2009 and on that day holds 1.29% (2,412,994
voting rights) of the voting rights of HeidelbergCement AG, Heidelberg, Germany,
whereby these voting rights have to be attributed pursuant to Sec. 22 para. 1
sent. 1 no. 2 German Securities Trading Act.

2. Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc., Wilmington, USA, on 25 September
2009 has fallen below the thresholds of 10%, 5% and 3% of the voting rights of
HeidelbergCement AG, Heidelberg, Germany, and on that day holds 1.29% (2,412,994
voting rights) of the voting rights, whereby these voting rights have to be
attributed pursuant to Sec. 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 2 and sent. 2 German
Securities Trading Act.

3. Morgan Stanley, Wilmington, USA, on 25 September 2009 has fallen below the
thresholds of 10%, 5% and 3% of the voting rights of HeidelbergCement AG,
Heidelberg, Germany, and on that day holds 1.45% (2,713,044 voting rights) of
the voting rights, whereby of these voting rights 1.29% (2,412,994 voting
rights) have to be attributed pursuant to Sec. 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 2 and
sent. 2 German Securities Trading Act and 0.16% (300,050 voting rights) have to
be attributed pursuant to Sec. 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 1 German Securities
Trading Act.

Heidelberg, 26 January 2010
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: 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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