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: Ludwig Merckle
State: Germany

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

06.05.2009

Ludwig Merckle, Germany, has notified us pursuant to Art. 21 I German
Securities Trading Act of the following:

"Hereby I notify you pursuant to Art. 21 I German Securities Trading
Act, that on 5 January 2009 (day of my father Adolf Merckle's death)
my voting rights went over the thresholds of 3%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%,
25%, 30%, 50% and 75% and on that day amount to 79.52% of the voting
rights (99,397,749 voting rights).

Out of these 79.52% of the voting rights (99,397,749 voting rights)
are assigned to me pursuant to Art. 22 I S. 1 No. 1 German Securities
Trading Act.

The voting rights assigned to me are held by the following companies
controlled by me whose votings rights in HeidelbergCement AG amount
to 3% or more:

- KL Holding GmbH - Kötitzer Ledertuch- und Wachstuch-Werke
Aktiengesellschaft - Spohn Cement GmbH - UBH Unternehmens- und
Beteiligungsholding mbH - Ludwig Merckle GmbH & Co. KG - L. Merckle
GmbH - Pan GmbH - LH Leder Holding GmbH - LH Leder Holding
Vermögensverwaltung GmbH - VEM Vermögensverwaltung GmbH - Horst
Plaschna Management GmbH & Co. Beteiligungssanierungs- und -verkaufs
KG - VEM Management GmbH - VEM Beteiligungen GmbH

The opening of the will of Adolf Merckle was on 30 April 2009."

Heidelberg, 6 May 2009
The Managing Board

end of announcement euro adhoc
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