EANS-Voting Rights: HeidelbergCement AG
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Announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG (share)
Person/company obliged to make the notification: -----------------------------------
Name: Ludwig Merckle State: Germany Ludwig Merckle, Germany, has notified us pursuant to Art. 21, 22 German
Securities Trading Act of the following:
"Hereby I notify you pursuant to Art. 21 I German Securities Trading Act, that on 04 November 2010 my voting rights in HeidelbergCement AG, Heidelberg, Germany, exceeded the threshold of 25.00% and on that day amounts to 25.11% (47,074,927) of the voting rights.
Out of these, 25.11% (47,074,927 votes) of the voting rights are attributed to me pursuant to Art. 22 I S. 1 No. 1 German Securities Trading Act.
The voting rights attributed 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 - Merckle Service GmbH (ehemals 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 - LuMe Vermögensverwaltung GmbH"
Heidelberg, 5 November 2010 The Managing Board
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Further inquiry note:
Andreas Schaller
+49 (0)6221/481-249
andreas.schaller@heidelbergcement.com
Branche: Construction & Property
ISIN: DE0006047004
WKN: 604700
Index: DAX, CDAX, Classic All Share, HDAX, Prime All Share
Börsen: Frankfurt / regulated dealing/prime standard
Berlin / free trade
Hamburg / free trade
Hannover / free trade
Stuttgart / regulated dealing
Düsseldorf / regulated dealing
München / regulated dealing
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