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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:    FIL Investment Management Limited
Place:   Kent
State:   England

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

On 26 April 2010, FIL Investment Management Limited, Kent, England, has notified
us pursuant to section 21 para. 1 German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) that, on
22 April 2010, the voting rights held by FIL Investment Management Limited in
HeidelbergCement AG, Heidelberg, Germany, crossed above the threshold of 3%. On
that date, FIL Investment Management Limited held 3.01% of the voting rights in
HeidelbergCement AG arising from 5,644,793 voting rights.

All voting rights in HeidelbergCement AG were attributed to FIL Investment
Management Limited pursuant to sec. 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 in connection with
sent. 2 WpHG.

Heidelberg, 28 April 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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