EANS-Voting Rights: 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: Euro Pacific Growth Fund
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

15.06.2009

Euro Pacific Growth Fund, Los Angeles, USA, informed us pursuant to article 21
section 1 WpHG (German Securities Trading Act) on June 11, 2009, 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
June 8, 2009 and on this date amounted to 5.01% (9,696,414 shares with voting
rights).

Herzogenaurach, June 15, 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: investor.relations@adidas-Group.com
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: Frankfurt, free trade: Berlin,
Hamburg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Hannover, München
language: English

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