euro adhoc: HeidelbergCement AG / Release according to article 41 section 4a 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: Allianz SE
Place: Munich
State: Germany

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

29.03.2007

On 20 March 2007, Allianz SE, Munich, notified us the following:

"Persuant to § 41 sub-section 4a, sentence 5 German Securities
Trading Act, we inform you that on 20 January 2007, we held
indirectly financial instruments that grant the right to acquire
shares in HeidelbergCement AG, Berliner Str. 6, 69120 Heidelberg,
which represent 5.98% (6,918,238 voting rights) of the voting rights.

The financial instruments indirectly held by us are held by the
following companies controlled by us:

- Allianz Finanzbeteiligungs GmbH,
- Dresdner Bank AG,
- Dresdner Kleinwort Securities Ltd.

At the same time we inform you pursuant to § 41 sub-section 4a,
sentence 5 German Securities Trading Act, in connection with § 24
German Securities Trading Act that:

On 20 January 2007, Allianz Finanzbeteiligungs GmbH, Königinstr. 28,
80802 Munich, held indirectly financial instruments that grant the
right to acquire shares in HeidelbergCement AG, Berliner Str. 6,
69120 Heidelberg, which represent 5.98% (6,918,238 voting rights) of
the voting rights.

On 20 January 2007, Dresdner Bank AG, Jürgen-Ponto-Platz 1, 60301
Frankfurt am Main, held indirectly and directly financial instruments
that grant the right to acquire shares in HeidelbergCement AG,
Berliner Str. 6, 69120 Heidelberg, which represent 5.98% (6,918,238
voting rights) of the voting rights.

Heidelberg, 29 March 2007

The Managing Board

end of announcement euro adhoc 29.03.2007 12:03:44
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