Heidelberg Withdraws 1,684,611 Shares

On March 11th, 2008 the Management Board of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) decided to withdraw 1,684,611 no-par bearer shares (2.1 percent of outstanding shares) by means of a simplified capital retirement process in compliance with the Stock Corporation Act, Section 71 para. 1 no. 8 sentence 6. The Management Board was authorized accordingly by the Annual General Meetings of July 20th, 2006 and July 26th, 2007. The Supervisory Board agreed with this measure during its board meeting on March 31st, 2008.
 
The Company's capital stock now amounts to EUR 199,791,191.04 and is divided into 78,043,434 no-par bearer shares.
 
For further information:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Investor Relations
Andreas Trösch
Tel: +49 (0)6221 92 60 20
Fax: +49 (0)6221 92 51 89
E-mail: andreas.troesch@heidelberg.com