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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29.09.2009

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

Ludwig Merckle, Germany, has notified us pursuant to Art. 21, 22 German
Securities
Trading Act of the following:

"Hereby I notify you, that on 25 September 2009 my voting rights went below the
thresholds of 50%, 30% and 25% and on that day amount to 24.42% of the voting
rights (45,780,912 voting rights) in HeidelbergCement AG pursuant to Art. 21 I
German Securities Trading Act.

Out of these 24.42% of the voting rights (45,780,912 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 each amount to 3% or more:

- KL Holding GmbH
- Kötitzer Ledertuch- und Wachstuch-Werke GmbH
- 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"

Heidelberg, 29 September 2009
The Managing Board

Ende der Mitteilung euro adhoc
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