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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:    BlackRock, Inc.
Place:   New York
State:   USA

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

BlackRock, Inc., New York, USA, has notified us pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1
German Securities Trading Act that on 21 July 2010 its voting rights in our
company exceeded the threshold of 5% and amount to 5.05% (9,460,039 voting
rights) as per this day. Out of these 5.05% (9,460,039 voting rights) are
assigned to it pursuant to Art. 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 in connection with Art.
22 para. 1 sent. 2 German Securities Trading Act.

Heidelberg, 28 July 2010
The Managing Board

end of announcement                               euro adhoc
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Further inquiry note:

Branche: Construction & Property
ISIN: DE0006047004
WKN: 604700
Index: DAX, 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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