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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:    FMR LLC
Place:   Boston
State:   USA

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

On 26 August 2010, FMR LLC, Boston, USA, has notified us pursuant to section 21
para. 1 German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) that, on 24 August 2010, the voting
rights held by FMR LLC in HeidelbergCement AG, Heidelberg, Germany, crossed
below the threshold of 5%. On that date, FMR LLC held 4.86% of the voting rights
in HeidelbergCement AG arising from 9,107,552 voting rights.

All voting rights in HeidelbergCement AG were attributed to FMR LLC pursuant to
sec. 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 in connection with sent. 2 WpHG.

Heidelberg, 27 August 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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