adidas AG 23.10.2014 10:30Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted byDGAP - a service of EQS Group AG.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.---------------------------------------------------------------------------I.On October 21, 2014, BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc., Wilmington, DE, UnitedStates has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG thatvia shares its Voting Rights on adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, Germany, haveexceeded the 5% threshold of the Voting Rights on October 17, 2014 and onthat day amounted to 5.01% (this corresponds to 10472263 Voting Rights).2.72% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 5684356 Voting Rights) areattributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1,Sentence 1, No. 1 of the WpHG (German Securities Trading Act).0.004% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 9193 Voting Rights) areattributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1,Sentence 1, No. 2 in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG (GermanSecurities Trading Act).2.50% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 5227761 Voting Rights) areattributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1,Sentence 1, No. 6 in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG (GermanSecurities Trading Act).Please note that the total amount stated above does not necessarily equalthe sum of the detailed attributed holdings. This results from votingrights having multiple attributions within the BlackRock group structure. II.On October 22, 2014, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., New York, NY,United States has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of theWpHG that via shares its Voting Rights on adidas AG, Herzogenaurach,Germany, have exceeded the 5% threshold of the Voting Rights on October 20,2014 and on that day amounted to 5.003% (this corresponds to 10466870Voting Rights).2.72% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 5696365 Voting Rights) areattributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1,Sentence 1, No. 1 of the WpHG (German Securities Trading Act).0.004% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 9193 Voting Rights) areattributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1,Sentence 1, No. 2 in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG (GermanSecurities Trading Act).0.01% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 21222 Voting Rights) areattributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1,Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG (German Securities Trading Act).2.48% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 5191070 Voting Rights) areattributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1,Sentence 1, No. 6 in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG (GermanSecurities Trading Act).Please note that the total amount stated above does not necessarily equalthe sum of the detailed attributed holdings. This results from votingrights having multiple attributions within the BlackRock group structure.23.10.2014 The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements,Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases.Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: EnglishCompany: adidas AG Adi-Dassler-Straße 1 91074 Herzogenaurach GermanyInternet: www.adidas-group.com End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
