Voting Rights Announcements | 1 March 2007 11:34


HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft: Release according to article 26, section 1 WpHG [Securities Trading Act] with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution

HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft / Release of an announcement according to article 21 WpHG [German Securities Trading Act] (share)

Release of a Voting rights announcement according to article 21, section 1
WpHG , transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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On February 28, 2007, Schroders plc, 31 Gresham Street, London EC2V
7QA,Great Britain, informed us of the following:

Please be aware that Schroders plc is the parent company of Schroder
Administration Limited, which itself is the parent company of Schroder
Investment Management Limited. The registered address for all three
companies is 31 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7QA, United Kingdom.

We, Schroders plc write to advise you, in accordance with sec. 21 Para. 1
WpHG that our shareholding in HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft (Opernplatz 2,
D-45128 Essen, Germany) went below the 3% threshold and amounted to 2.84%
(equivalent to 1,985,378 shares of 70,000,000 total shares) on 23 February
2007. These voting rights are in their entirety attributable to Schroders
plc. pursuant to sec. 22 Para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 and sent. 2 and 3 WpHG.

We, Schroder Administration Limited, write to advise you in accordance with
sec. 21 Para. 1 WpHG that our shareholding in HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft
(Opernplatz 2, D-45128 Essen, Germany) went below the 3% threshold and
amounted to 2.84% (equivalent to 1,985,378 shares of 70,000,000 total
shares) on 23 February 2007. These voting rights are in their entirety
attributable to Schroder Administration Limited pursuant to sec. 22 Para. 1
sent. 1 no. 6 and sent. 2 and 3 WpHG.

We, Schroder Investment Management Ltd. write to advise you in accordance
with sec. 21 Para 1 WpHG that our shareholding in HOCHTIEF
Aktiengesellschaft (Opernplatz 2, D-45128 Essen, Germany) went below the 3%
threshold and amounted to 2,84% (equivalent to 1,985,378 shares of
70,000,000 total shares) on 23 February 2007. These voting rights are in
their entirety attributable to Schroder Investment Management Ltd. pursuant
to sec. 22 Para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 WpHG.

DGAP 01.03.2007 
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Language:     English
Issuer:       HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft
              Opernplatz 2
              45128 Essen Deutschland
www:          www.hochtief.de
 
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