GROUP HEADQUARTERS

CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS To the Editors

Dear editorial team,
Attached please find a press release from Habtoor Leighton Group (HLG), a 45% participating interest of HOCHTIEF subsidiary Leighton Holdings. HOCHTIEF currently holds 58.77% in Leighton. The share of HLG in the joint venture that takes over the assignment is 55%.
Kind regards,
HOCHTIEF Corporate Communications

03/24/2014

HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft Registered Office: Essen, Court of Registration: Essen HRB 279, Sales Tax ID: DE 1198 171 25, Tax No.: 5112/5710/0012, Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Thomas Eichelmann; Executive Board: Marcelino Fernández Verdes (Chairman), Peter Sassenfeld


23 March, 2014


HLG joint venture awarded QR6.15 billion (US$1.7 billion) New Orbital Highway Project in Qatar

An!HLG!joint!venture!with!Al!Jaber!Engineering!has!been!awarded!a!QR6.15!billion!(US$ 1.7!billion)!contract!for!the! design!and!construction!of!the!New!Orbital!Highway!and!Truck!Route!(P023),!Contract! 3,!near!Doha,!Qatar,!for! Ashghal!-!Qatar's!Public!Works!Authority.!
HLG!CEO!and!Managing!Director,!José!Antonio!López"Monís,!said!the!new!project!furth er!strengthened!the!
Group's!presence!in!Qatar,!where!HLG!has!worked!successfully!with!gover
2009.!
ment!client s!such!as!Kahramaa!since!
"Qatar!is!a!very!important!market!for!HLG.!!We!have!had!a!local!office!in!Doha!since!20 05,!and!during!this!time!we!
have!been!involved!in!a!number!of!projects!perfectly!aligned!with!our!expertise!and!ex perience.!
"The!Orbital!Highway!is!a!major!oppor unity!for!HLG!and!our!joint!venture!partner!Al!J aber!Engineering,!and!we! are!pleased!to!have!been!selected!by!Ashghal!to!work!in!partnership!with!them!to!deli ver!such!an!important! element!of!national!infrastructure!for!Qatar,"!he!said.!
Package!3!of!this!large"scale!urban!infrastructure!project!connects!the!Mesaieed!indus trial!area!and!New!Port! Projects!to!Salwa!Road,!and!includes!a!total!of!approximately!56!kilometres!of!road!wo rks!and!five!main! interchanges!that!will!service!the!projected!increase!in!the!area's!traffic.!
Design!and!Construction!works!will!take!approximately!36!months!to!complete.!
ENDS!

In!Dubai:!

! Andy!Abey! HLG!(Habtoor!Leighton!Group)! M:!+971!(0)55!862!2767! E:!andy.abey@hlgroup.com!!

! HLG!(Habtoor!Leighton!Group)! HLG!is!one!of!the!leading!diversified!international!contractors!in!the!Middl

!East!and!N orth!Africa.!The!Group!
operates!in!the!UAE,!Oman,!Northern!Gulf,!Qatar!and!the!Kingdom!of!Saudi!Arabia.!!In! Qatar,!HLG!operates!as!
Le ghton!Contracting!Qatar.!

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