The 2012 Annual General Meeting of adidas AG was held on May 10, 2012 at the Stadthalle Fuerth, Fuerth/Bavaria, Germany. The Annual General Meeting agreed to each of the proposed resolutions with a clear majority. No countermotions were received.
>> RESOLUTIONS TAKEN BY THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The shareholders amongst others resolved to increase the dividend to 1.00 € per share. This represents an increase of 25% versus the previous year, when the dividend amounted to 0.80 € per share. The dividend amounting to a total of 209,216,186.00 € was paid out on May 11, 2012.
The actions of the members of the Executive Board were ratified with a majority of 99.01% and those of the Supervisory Board with a majority of 98.96%.
The Annual General Meeting has further approved the compensation system for the members of the Executive Board as proposed by the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board and adopted several amendments to the company’s Articles of Association, which amongst others shall improve the efficiency regarding the convocation and conduct of Supervisory Board meetings and their resolutions as well as facilitate the registration for the General Meeting and the granting of powers of representation for shareholders.
>> Go to the voting results
>> ATTENDANCE
The Annual General Meeting of adidas AG was attended by approximately 430 shareholders and shareholder representatives as well as by around 120 guests. At the time the presence was announced, 62.24% of the nominal capital were represented at the Annual General Meeting.
>> ONLINE SERVICES
The number of shareholders who used our internet-based Shareholder Portal to order entrance tickets, issue powers of representation and voting instructions to the proxies appointed by adidas AG, register for the future receipt of the AGM invitation and documents by e-mail and view or change their address data in the share register further increased in 2012. Shareholders who could not attend the Annual General Meeting in person had the option of watching the entire event live on the Internet.
>> SWEEPSTAKE 2012
As last year, also in 2012 our shareholders had the possibility to register for the e-mail dispatch of the invitation to the Annual General Meeting and further documents pertaining to the Annual General Meeting and to thus participate in a sweepstake. Shareholders of adidas AG who had registered in the Shareholder Portal by May 10, 2012 and who had agreed to the e-mail dispatch or who maintained the e-mail dispatch participated in the sweepstake.
The 10 winners have meanwhile been drawn and notified by e-mail. The prizes were amongst others the Official Match Ball of the EURO 2012, one DFB Home and one DFB Away Jersey as well as several adidas bags.
We would like to thank all participants for their contribution to saving printing costs and reducing the environmental impact.
>> SPEECH AND FURTHER DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE EVENT