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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:    see notification text
Place:   see notification text
State:   see notification text

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

On May 21, 2010, First Eagle Investment Management, LLC, New York, USA, has
notified us of the following:

"Hereby we inform you pursuant to Section 21 (1) German Securities Trading Act
(Wertpapierhandelsgesetz) that on May 20, 2010, the shareholding imputed to
Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder Holdings, Inc. (the parent company of First Eagle
Investment Management, LLC), New York, USA, of voting rights in HeidelbergCement
AG, Heidelberg, Germany, has increased above the 3 percent threshold and that it
currently is imputed to hold 3.12 percent of the voting rights in this company
(5,853,268 of the 187,500,000 outstanding voting shares). These voting rights
are attributed to Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder Holdings, Inc. pursuant to Section
22 (1) sentence 1 no. 6 in connection with Section 22 (1) sentence 2 German
Securities Trading Act.

Furthermore, First Eagle Investment Management, LLC, New York, USA, hereby
informs you pursuant to Sections 21 (1), 24 German Securities Trading Act that
on May 20, 2010, our shareholding in HeidelbergCement AG, Heidelberg, Germany,
has increased above the 3 percent threshold and amounts to 3.12 percent of the
voting rights (5,853,268 of the 187,500,000 outstanding voting shares). These
voting rights are attributed to us, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Arnhold and S.
Bleichroeder Holdings, Inc., pursuant to Section 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 6 German
Securities Trading Act."

Heidelberg, 25 May 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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