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adidas AG: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

1) On April 25, 2014, The Capital Group Companies, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, USA, notified us pursuant to article 21 section 1 WpHG(German Securities Trading Act) that the percentage of voting rights held by them in adidas AG(ISIN DE000A1EWWW0), Adi-Dassler-Strasse 1, 91074 Herzogenaurach, has fallen below
adidas AG 28.04.2014 12:30Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted byDGAP - a company of EQS Group AG.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.---------------------------------------------------------------------------1) On April 25, 2014, The Capital Group Companies, Inc., Los Angeles, CA,USA, notified us pursuant to article 21 section 1 WpHG (German SecuritiesTrading Act) that the percentage of voting rights held by them in adidas AG(ISIN DE000A1EWWW0), Adi-Dassler-Strasse 1, 91074 Herzogenaurach, hasfallen below the threshold of 5% on April 22, 2014 and on this dateamounted to 4.92% (10,293,960 shares with voting rights).4.92% (10,293,960 shares with voting rights) of these voting rights are tobe attributed to The Capital Group Companies, Inc. pursuant to article 22section 1 sentence 1 no. 6 in connection with article 22 section 1sentences 2 and 3 WpHG.Furthermore, The Capital Group Companies, Inc. informed us that noindividual fund holds more than 3% of the voting rights in adidas AG.2) On April 25, 2014, Capital Research and Management Company, Los Angeles,CA, USA, notified us pursuant to article 21 section 1 WpHG (GermanSecurities Trading Act) that the percentage of voting rights held by themin adidas AG (ISIN DE000A1EWWW0), Adi-Dassler-Strasse 1, 91074Herzogenaurach, has fallen below the threshold of 5% on April 22, 2014 andon this date amounted to 4.92% (10,293,828 shares with voting rights).4.92% (10,293,828 shares with voting rights) of these voting rights are tobe attributed to Capital Research and Management Company pursuant toarticle 22 section 1 sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG.Furthermore, Capital Research and Management Company informed us that noindividual fund holds more than 3% of the voting rights in adidas AG.Herzogenaurach, April 28, 2014adidas AGThe Executive Board28.04.2014 DGAP's 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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