euro adhoc: adidas AG / Release of a voting rights announcement according to article 26, section 1.1 WpHG (Securities Trading Act) with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution

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Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is
responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Person/company obliged to make the notification:
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Name: Capital Research and Management Company
Place: Los Angeles
State: USA

Company data:
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Name: adidas AG
Address: Adi-Dassler-Str. 1-2, 91074 Herzogenaurach
Place: Herzogenaurach
State: Germany

07.01.2009

On January 5, 2009, Capital Research and Management Company, Los Angeles, USA
notified us pursuant to article 21 section 1 sentence 1 WpHG (German Securities
Trading Act) that the percentage of voting rights held by them in adidas AG
(ISIN DE0005003404), Adi-Dassler-Strasse 1, 91074 Herzogenaurach, has exceeded
the threshold of 5% on December 19, 2008 and on this date amounted to 5.01%
(9,695,127 shares with voting rights).

5.01% (9,695,127 shares with voting rights) of these voting rights are to be
attributed to Capital Research and Management Company pursuant to article 22
section 1 sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG.

Herzogenaurach, January 7, 2009

adidas AG
The Executive Board

end of announcement euro adhoc
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emitter: adidas AG
Adi-Dassler-Str. 1-2
D-91074 Herzogenaurach
phone: +49 (0)9132 84-0
FAX: +49 (0)9132 84-2241
mail: [email protected]
WWW: http://www.adidas-Group.com
sector: Recreational & Sports goods
ISIN: DE0005003404, A0DMK03
indexes: DAX, CDAX, HDAX, Prime All Share
stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Börse Frankfurt, free trade:
Börse Berlin, Börse Hamburg, Börse Stuttgart, Börse Düsseldorf,
Börse Hannover, Börse München
language: English

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