euro adhoc: 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: VEM Vermögensverwaltung GmbH
Place: 01257 Dresden
State: Deutschland

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

22.02.2008

On 21 February 2008, VEM Vermögensverwaltung GmbH, Dresden, Germany, notified us
the following:

"Herewith we inform you, that on 20 February 2008 our proportion of voting
rights in HeidelbergCement AG, Berliner Str. 6, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany*, went
over the threshold of 20% and that we now hold 20.03% of the voting rights
(25,034,241 votes).

Out of these 0.06% (80,000 votes) are assigned from subsidiaries pursuant to §
22 I S. 1 No. 1 German Securities Trading Act."

* amended by emitter according to § 19 German Securities Trading Announcement
and Insider Register Decree

Heidelberg, 22 February 2008

The Managing Board

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emitter: 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: Midcap Market Index, MDAX, CDAX, Classic All Share, HDAX, Prime
All Share
stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Börse Frankfurt, free trade:
Börse Berlin, Börse Hamburg, Börse Hannover, regulated dealing:
Börse Stuttgart, Börse Düsseldorf, Börse München
language: English

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