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EANS-Voting Rights: HeidelbergCement AG / Release according to article 26, section 1 WpHG (Securities Trading Act) with the aim of 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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Announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG (share)

Person/company obliged to make the notification:
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Name:    Artisan Partners Limited Partnership
Place:   Wisconsin
State:   USA


Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, USA, has notified us with a letter dated 9
September 2011 pursuant to sections 21 para. 1, 22 para. 1 German Securities
Trading Act (WpHG) that, on 5 September 2011, the voting rights held by Artisan
Partners Limited Partnership in HeidelbergCement AG, Heidelberg, Germany,
crossed above the threshold of 3%. On that date, Artisan Partners Limited
Partnership held 3.09% of the voting rights in HeidelbergCement AG arising from
5,787,327 voting rights.

All voting rights in HeidelbergCement AG were attributed to Artisan Partners
Limited Partnership pursuant to sec. 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 WpHG.



Heidelberg, 13 September 2011

The Managing Board


Further inquiry note:
Andreas Schaller
Telefon: +49 (0) 6221/481-227
E-Mail: andreas.schaller@heidelbergcement.com

end of announcement                               euro adhoc 
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issuer:      HeidelbergCement AG
             Berliner Straße 6
             D-69120 Heidelberg
phone:       +49(0)6221/481-227
FAX:         +49(0)6221/481-217
mail:        info@heidelbergcement.com
WWW:         http://www.heidelbergcement.com
sector:      Construction & Property
ISIN:        DE0006047004
indexes:     DAX, CDAX, Classic All Share, HDAX, Prime All Share
stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt, free trade: Berlin,
             Hamburg, Hannover, regulated dealing: Stuttgart, Düsseldorf,
             München 
language:   English

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