The adidas AG Executive and Supervisory Boards will recommend paying a dividend of € 0.80 to shareholders at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on May 12, 2011 (2009: € 0.35). Subject to the meeting’s approval, the dividend will be paid on May 13, 2011. This represents an increase of 129% and reflects the strong improvement in profitability in 2010. The total payout of € 167 million (2009:€ 73 million) reflects a payout ratio of 30% of net income, as in the prior year. This is in line with our dividend policy where we intend to pay out between 20% and 40% of net income attributable to shareholders.