Ad-hoc | 21 February 2006 12:54

HeidelbergCement AG: HeidelbergCement outperforms forecast for operating results and plans to return to dividend payment in the amount of previous years

Ad hoc announcement transmitted by DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— The Managing Board of HeidelbergCement AG presented to the Supervisory Board in its today’s meeting the following preliminary key financial figures of the 2005 Group annual accounts (previous year’s figures in brackets): – Turnover: EUR 7,803 million (EUR 6,929 million) – Operating income before depreciation: EUR 1,506 million (EUR 1,219 million) – Operating income: EUR 1,010 million (EUR 735 million) – Profit before tax: EUR 772 million (EUR -152 million) – Profit for the financial year, Group share: EUR 415 million (EUR -366 million) – Net financial liabilities: EUR 3,535 million (EUR 3,668 million) As part of the additional ordinary result of EUR -117 million, significant provisions for restructuring costs and loss risks as well as impairment of previously acquired goodwill and fixed assets have been recorded. In addition, the Managing Board presented to the Supervisory Board its proposal for the agenda for this year’s Annual General Meeting to be held on 23 May 2006. The agenda includes among others the return to the previous dividend amount of EUR 1.15 per share, the creation of new Authorised Capital I and II amounting to the legal maximum volume of 50% of the subscribed share capital, the authorisation to acquire own shares up to 10% of the subscribed share capital, the reduction of the number of Supervisory Board members from 16 to 12 as of the start of the next term of office (2009), and the conversion of the Supervisory Board’s remuneration to a purely fixed remuneration. The approval of the audited annual accounts and the adoption of the agenda of the Annual General Meeting shall be reserved for the Supervisory Board meeting on 22 March 2006. Heidelberg, 21 February 2006 The Managing Board Contact: Abt. Unternehmenskommunikation; Tel. 0049-6221-481-227; Fax: 0049-6221-481-217 (c)DGAP 21.02.2006 ————————————————————————— language: English emitter: HeidelbergCement AG Berliner Straße 6 69120 Heidelberg Deutschland phone: +49 (0)6221 481-227 fax: +49 (0)6221 481-217 email: ir-info@heidelbergcement.com WWW: www.heidelbergcement.com ISIN: DE0006047004 WKN: 604700 indexes: M-Dax stockmarkets: Amtlicher Markt in Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart; Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Hamburg End of News DGAP News-Service —————————————————————————