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

02.07.2009

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

"Hereby I notify you that on 30 June 2009 my stake went below the
threshold of 75% and amounts on that day to 72,42 % (90.520.624
shares) of the voting rights in HeidelbergCement AG pursuant to Art.
21 I S. 1 German Securities Trading Act.

Out of these 72,42 % of the voting rights (90.520.624 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 voting rights in HeidelbergCement 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."

Heidelberg, 2 July 2009
The Managing Board

end of announcement euro adhoc
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