EANS-Voting Rights: adidas AG / Release according to article 26, section 1 WpHG (Securities Trading Act) with the aim of Europe-wide distribution

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Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is
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Announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG (share)

Person/company obliged to make the notification:
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Name: Warburg Invest Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH
Place: Hamburg
State: Germany

On May 14, 2012, Warburg Invest Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH, Hamburg, Germany,
notified us pursuant to article 21 section 1 WpHG (German Securities Trading
Act) that the percentage of voting rights held by them in adidas AG (ISIN
DE000A1EWWW0), Adi-Dassler-Strasse 1, 91074 Herzogenaurach, has exceeded the
threshold of 3% on May 10, 2012 and on this date amounted to 3.18% (6,651,665
shares with voting rights).

0.01% (28,295 shares with voting rights) of these voting rights are to be
attributed to Warburg Invest Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH pursuant to article
22 section 1 sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG.

Furthermore, Warburg Invest Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH, Hamburg, Germany,
notified us pursuant to article 21 section 1 WpHG (German Securities Trading
Act) on May 18, 2012 that the percentage of voting rights held by them in adidas
AG (ISIN DE000A1EWWW0), Adi-Dassler-Strasse 1, 91074 Herzogenaurach, has fallen
below the threshold of 3% on May 15, 2012 and on this date amounted to 2.87%
(6,000,065 shares with voting rights).

0.01% (28,295 shares with voting rights) of these voting rights are to be
attributed to Warburg Invest Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH pursuant to article
22 section 1 sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG.

Herzogenaurach, May 23, 2012

adidas AG
The Executive Board

Further inquiry note:

end of announcement euro adhoc
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issuer: adidas AG
Adi-Dassler-Str. 1
D-91074 Herzogenaurach
phone: +49 (0)9132 84-0
FAX: +49 (0)9132 84-2241
mail: [email protected]
WWW: http://www.adidas-Group.de
sector: Recreational & Sports goods
ISIN: DE000A1EWWW0
indexes: DAX, CDAX, HDAX, Prime All Share
stockmarkets: free trade: Hannover, Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf,
Stuttgart, regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt
language: English

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