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: BlackRock Inc.
Place: New York
State: USA

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

On January 5, 2010, BlackRock, Inc., New York, USA, 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 DE0005003404), Adi-Dassler-Strasse
1, 91074 Herzogenaurach, has exceeded the threshold of 5% on December 9, 2009
and on this date amounted to 5.03% (10,521,736 shares with voting rights).

5.03% (10,521,736 shares with voting rights) of these voting rights are to be
attributed to BlackRock, Inc. pursuant to article 22 section 1 sentence 1 no. 6
WpHG in connection with article 22 section 1 sentence 2 WpHG.

Herzogenaurach, January 8, 2010

adidas AG
The Executive Board

end of announcement euro adhoc
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issuer: 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, XS0439260398
indexes: DAX, CDAX, HDAX, Prime All Share
stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt, free trade: Berlin,
Hamburg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Hannover, München
language: English

Digitale Pressemappe: http://www.ots.at/pressemappe/EASY_13664

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