This year's Annual General Meeting takes place on May 10, 2012 at the Stadthalle Fuerth, Rosenstraße 50, 90762 Fuerth (Bavaria), Germany. The Stadthalle Fuerth opens at approx. 9:30 hrs, the Annual General Meeting begins at 10:30 hrs.

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By car:
The Stadthalle Fuerth offers only a limited number of parking spaces. We therefore kindly ask shareholders who intend to travel by car to go to the nearby car park at the “Fürthermare” in Fuerth (please follow the signs), where sufficient parking spaces are available. You may either take one of our shuttle buses from there which will take you directly to the Stadthalle Fuerth or enjoy the short walk across the river (approx. 5 minutes). Of course, the shuttle buses are also available to take you back from the Stadthalle Fuerth to the Fürthermare car park at any time.
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By train/bus:
- From Nuremberg central train station (“Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof”): take subway line U1 to station “Stadthalle”
- From Fuerth central train station (“Fürth(Bay) Hauptbahnhof”): take subway line U1 to station “Stadthalle” or bus line no. 172 to station “Stadthalle Süd”

By plane:
- From Nuremberg Airport: take subway line U2 to Nuremberg central train station (“Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof”) and then take subway line U1 to station “Stadthalle”

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Every shareholder entered in the Company's share register on the day of the Annual General Meeting and who has registered in due time for the Annual General Meeting is entitled to participate. The registration must reach the Company until May 3, 2012 (24:00 hrs CEST) at an address specified in the invitation to the Annual General Meeting under the preconditions for participation. For organisational reasons, changes to the entries in the share register, e.g. due to the purchase and/or sale of shares, will not be made from May 4, 2012 until the day of the Annual General Meeting (each including).

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Shareholders entered in the Company's share register will be provided with the invitation as well as the documents for registration in April: A first dispatch of the documents to shareholders who are registered in the share register on March 30, 2012 will be made as of April 16, 2012. This main dispatch can take some days due to the large quantity. A later dispatch is intended on April 26, 2012 considering shareholders who were entered in the share register between March 31, 2012 and April 25, 2012. Shareholders who are entered in the share register after April 25, 2012 will not receive a separate invitation to the Annual General Meeting anymore.

Those shareholders having agreed already to the receipt by e-mail of the documents relating to the Annual General Meeting, will receive the e-mail with the invitation including the agenda as pdf file attachment as well as a link to the password-protected internet portal (Shareholder Portal) of the Company.
(see answer to question 5.)

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There are various possibilities why you did not receive an invitation to the Annual General Meeting: The purchase of shares either was made after the date of the main dispatch or after the date of the later dispatch of the invitation, or the invitation could not be delivered. Please contact the Annual General Meeting hotline and ask for a new invitation to be sent to you (or a new entrance ticket to be issued if desired) and if necessary, your new correct address to be registered.

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For participating in the Annual General Meeting and exercising voting rights it is necessary to be entered in the share register as well as to register for the Annual General Meeting in due time. The time period for registration for this year's Annual General Meeting of adidas AG ends on May 3, 2012 (24:00 hrs CEST). The day of receipt of the registration by the Company is decisive.

Please consider the time it takes to deliver mail and send your registration in due time.

For registration you may use the reply form sent together with the invitation to the Annual General Meeting.

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You can register for the Annual General Meeting electronically by using the password-protected Shareholder Portal of the Company at www.adidas-Group.com/agm from April 16, 2012 to May 3, 2012 (24:00 hrs CEST). To access the Shareholder Portal, you will need your personal access data (shareholder number and individual access number) which are sent to you together with the invitation and the documents pertaining to the Annual General Meeting. Shareholders having registered already via the Shareholder Portal, use the user ID and the access password selected by them upon registration.

The Shareholder Portal furthermore offers you the possibility to change your address and register for electronic delivery of the invitation for future Annual General Meetings. In such cases, you should additionally contact your depository bank.

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Entrance tickets can be ordered via mail, fax or e-mail by using the reply form sent together with the invitation as well as via the Shareholder Portal at www.adidas-Group.com/agm reaching the Company by May 3, 2012 (24:00 hrs CEST) at the latest. Shareholders can order up to 2 entrance tickets per depository. Entrance tickets can also be ordered directly for a person authorised by the shareholder. The ordered entrance tickets will be sent out as of April 16, 2012.

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The shares will not be blocked when registering for the Annual General Meeting. Thus, shareholders may continue to dispose of their shares at their discretion even after having registered.
(see answer to question 10.)

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Only shareholders who are entered in the share register on the day of the Annual General Meeting are authorised to participate in the Annual General Meeting and exercise their voting rights.

Please note however that changes to the entries in the share register, for example due to the sale and/or acquisition of shares, will not be made from May 4, 2012 until the day of the Annual General Meeting (each including). Purchasers of shares, whose requests for changing the respective entry in the share register reach the Company after May 3, 2012 (24:00 hrs CEST) will thus not be able to participate in the Annual General Meeting and to exercise voting rights deriving from these shares. In such cases, the right to participate in and vote at the Annual General Meeting remains with the shareholder entered in the share register until the change of the entry if s/he registered for the Annual General Meeting in due time.

If shares are sold until May 3, 2012, a corresponding change to the entry will be made. If thereinafter, the seller is not entered in the share register anymore, then s/he is no longer entitled to participate in the Annual General Meeting. An entrance ticket, which had possibly been issued before, becomes invalid.

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If you have not received an entrance ticket despite having registered for participation in due time, you can still attend the Annual General Meeting. If an entrance ticket is issued and merely does not reach you (in due time) by mail, you still remain on the list of shareholders having registered for the Annual General Meeting. Such registration will be verified at the registration counters at the Stadthalle Fuerth and, if required, a substitute entrance ticket will be issued entitling you to participation. Please kindly have your ID card or passport available at the registration counter.

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You may authorise a bank, a shareholders’ association or any other person of your choice to exercise your voting rights.

Moreover, we offer you the possibility to authorise the proxies appointed by the Company to represent you at the Annual General Meeting. The proxies are bound to vote in accordance with your instructions. You may either use the reply form sent together with the invitation or the entrance ticket form sent upon request for granting powers of representation and voting instructions. Instructions for granting those powers may also be found on these forms.
When granting a power of representation to the proxies appointed by the Company, the proxies also have to be given instructions on how to exercise your voting rights. Without such instructions, the power of representation will be invalid. You may submit a power of representation and voting instructions to the proxies in writing, by fax, e-mail or otherwise in text form, to be received by the Company on May 9, 2012 (24:00 hrs CEST) at the latest. Via the password-protected Shareholder Portal at www.adidas-Group.com/agm, you may grant powers of representation and voting instructions to the proxies appointed by the Company still until the end of the general debate on May 10, 2012. Only such powers of representation and voting instructions which were granted via the Shareholder Portal to the proxies appointed by the Company can still be changed or revoked during the course of the Annual General Meeting until the end of the general debate, subject to the technical availability.

More details on granting powers of representation and voting instructions can be found in the section “Proxy Voting Procedure” in the invitation sent to you as well as on the reply form. The invitation is also available on the Company’s website at www.adidas-Group.com/agm.

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You may change powers of representation and voting instructions granted to the proxies appointed by the Company during the course of the Annual General Meeting until the end of the general debate via the Shareholder Portal. The access to the Shareholder Portal is available on our website at www.adidas-Group.com/agm. For using this service, you need your shareholder number as well as the respective individual access number, which are sent out together with the documents accompanying the invitation. Shareholders already having registered via the Shareholder Portal, use the user ID and the access password selected by them upon registration. More details on voting via the Shareholder Portal and on granting powers of representation and voting instructions can be found in the section “Proxy Voting Procedure” in the invitation sent to you as well as on the reply form. The invitation is also available on the Company’s website at www.adidas-Group.com/agm.

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Yes. Participating in and voting at the Annual General Meeting in person always has priority. Your power of representation and voting instructions granted to the proxies will be treated as revoked if you or a third party authorised by you register at the registration counters in the Stadthalle Fuerth before the end of the general debate of the Annual General Meeting on May 10, 2012.

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Yes. Ideally, you request an additional entrance ticket upon registration and ordering of your own entrance ticket already.

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The Annual General Meeting is the most important annual event of a German stock corporation. In principle, only the shareholders and their representatives participate in this event, discuss issues with the Executive Board and pass resolutions. Ordering a guest card is principally possible. In this regard, please contact our Annual General Meeting hotline at +49 9132 84-4917. However, please understand that we have only a strictly limited amount of guest cards available. Nonetheless, you have the possibility to view the entire Annual General Meeting live via the internet. Access to this webcast will be provided on May 10, 2012 on the Company's website www.adidas-Group.com/agm.

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Yes, we provide a live webcast of the entire Annual General Meeting. This webcast, which will be available on the day of the Annual General Meeting on the Company's website at www.adidas-Group.com/agm, will be accessible for the general public (no password required). Information on required software and further technical information can be found on this website under “SERVICE”. In case you are not in the position to view the live webcast, you will have the possibility to view the archived video of the speech of the Chief Executive Officer after the Annual General Meeting. The voting results will be published on the website after the Annual General Meeting as well.

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All statements of the members of the Executive Board as well as of the Supervisory Board are made in either German or English and are interpreted simultaneously. At the Stadthalle Fuerth, we will therefore have headsets available for you for listening to the simultaneous interpretation into German and English. The internet webcast of the Annual General Meeting will be available in German and English.

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You can leave the Annual General Meeting at any time either temporarily or entirely. Details on the further procedure are contained in the information leaflet for shareholders and proxies, which will be handed out to you on the day of the Annual General Meeting in the Stadthalle Fuerth.

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A dividend of € 1.00 per dividend-entitled share will be proposed to the Annual General Meeting. The total amount of the dividend is € 209,216,186.00.

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No. In such cases, the Supervisory Board and the Executive Board will submit to the Annual General Meeting an accordingly modified proposal for the appropriation of the retained earnings with the dividend remaining unchanged at € 1.00 per dividend-entitled share.

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Subject to the Annual General Meeting's approval, the dividend will be paid on May 11, 2012; this will also be the day of ex dividend trading.

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You are entitled to a dividend payment based on the number of adidas AG shares held in your account on the day of the Annual General Meeting (May 10, 2012; at the close of the business day).

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An overview of the dividend amounts and pay-out dates since the financial year 1996 can be found here >>

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The 2013 Annual General Meeting will be held on May 8, 2013 at the Stadthalle Fuerth, Fuerth/Bavaria, Germany. Details will be announced on the Company's website in due time.

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