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                                  ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2016

                                  The 2016 Annual General Meeting of adidas AG was held on May 12, 2016 at the Stadthalle Fuerth, Fuerth/Bavaria, Germany.

                                  The Annual General Meeting of adidas AG was attended by approximately 560 shareholders and shareholder representatives as well as by around 170 guests. At the time the presence was announced, 66.63% of the nominal capital were represented at the Annual General Meeting.

                                  The shareholders amongst others resolved to pay out a dividend of 1.60 € per share. The dividend amounting to a total of 320,315,867.20 € was paid out on May 13, 2016.

                                  The Annual General Meeting agreed to each of the resolutions proposed by the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board with the required majority. No countermotions were received.

                                  Below please find the speech of the Chief Executive Officer Mr. Herbert Hainer with presentation slides, the complete voting results as well as further documents relating to the event.

                                  Speech and Further Documents Relating to the Event

                                  Speech of the Chief Executive Officer Herbert Hainer

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                                  Presentation slides of Herbert Hainer's speech

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                                  Dividend Announcement

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                                  Attendance and Voting Results

                                  The Annual General Meeting of adidas AG was attended by approximately 560 shareholders and shareholder representatives as well as by around 170 guests.

                                  At the time of voting on the agenda items 2 to 11, 139.403.496 no-par-value shares with the same amount of votes were represented at the Annual General Meeting. This corresponds to 66.63% of the nominal capital entitled to vote.

                                  VOTING RESULTS

                                   

                                  Valid votes total

                                  Valid votes

                                  in % of

                                  nom. capital

                                  Yes-votes

                                  total

                                  Yes-votes

                                  in % of

                                  valid votes

                                  No-votes

                                  total

                                  No-votes

                                  in % of

                                  valid votes

                                  ITEM 2:

                                  Appropriation of Retained Earnings

                                  139,107,836

                                  66.49

                                  138,653,387

                                  99.67

                                  454,449

                                  0.33

                                  ITEM 3:

                                  Ratification of the actions of the Executive Board for 2015

                                  137,058,367

                                  65.51

                                  136,855,704

                                  99.85

                                  202,663

                                  0.15

                                  ITEM 4:

                                  Ratification of the actions of the Supervisory Board for 2015

                                  136,315,844

                                  65.16

                                  128,631,942

                                  94.36

                                  7,683,902

                                  5.64

                                  ITEM 5:

                                  Amendment of § 9 section 1 (Composition of the Supervisory Board) of the Articles of Association

                                  137,740,642

                                  65.84

                                  132,790,187

                                  96.41

                                  4,950,455

                                  3.59

                                  ITEM 6a:

                                  Election of Ian Gallienne as additional Supervisory Board member

                                  136,387,755

                                  65.19

                                  115,591,244

                                  84.75

                                  20,796,511

                                  15.25

                                  ITEM 6b:

                                  Election of Nassef Sawiris as additional Supervisory Board member

                                  136,767,054

                                  65.37

                                  123,965,615

                                  90.64

                                  12,801,439

                                  9.36

                                  ITEM 7:

                                  Approval of the profit and loss transfer agreement with adidas anticipation GmbH

                                  137,746,138

                                  65.84

                                  137,729,787

                                  99.99

                                  16,351

                                  0.01

                                  ITEM 8:

                                  Creation of an Authorised Capital 2016 for the issuance of shares to employees and members of management bodies while excluding subscription rights; amendment to the Articles of Association

                                  139,093,250

                                  66.48

                                  138,022,095

                                  99.23

                                  1,071,155

                                  0.77

                                  ITEM 9:

                                  Authorisation to repurchase and use treasury shares purs. to § 71 sec. 1 no. 8 AktG; cancellation of the existing authorisation

                                  139,070,834

                                  66.47

                                  134,994,005

                                  97.07

                                  4,076,829

                                  2.93

                                  ITEM 10:

                                  Authorisation to use equity derivatives in connection with the acquisition of treasury shares

                                  139,286,571

                                  66.58

                                  134,078,311

                                  96.26

                                  5,208,260

                                  3.74

                                  ITEM 11a:

                                  Appointment of the Auditor and of the Group Auditor for the 2016 financial year

                                  138,661,483

                                  66.28

                                  130,527,533

                                  94.13

                                  8,133,950

                                  5.87

                                  ITEM 11b:

                                  Appointment of the auditor for a possible audit review of the 2016 financial year

                                  138,661,331

                                  66.28

                                  130,534,821

                                  94.14

                                  8,126,510

                                  5.86

                                  ITEM 11c:

                                  Appointment of the auditor for a possible audit review of the first quarter of 2017

                                  138,660,212

                                  66.28

                                  130,506,808

                                  94.12

                                  8,153,404

                                  5.88

                                  Thus, all proposed resolutions were adopted by the Annual General Meeting with the required majority.

                                  Attendance and Voting Results

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                                  Invitation incl. Agenda and related Documents

                                  Invitation 2016 including the Agenda (Print version)

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                                  Report of the Executive Board on Agenda Item 7

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                                  Profit and Loss Transfer Agreement dated March 4, 2016

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                                  Report of the Executive Board on Agenda Item 8

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                                  Report of the Executive Board on Agenda Item 9

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                                  Report of the Executive Board on Agenda Item 10

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