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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 October 08, 2014, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., New York, NY, United States has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares its Voting Rights on adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, Germany, have fallen below the 5% threshold of the Voting Rights on October 03, 2014
adidas AG 13.10.2014 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.---------------------------------------------------------------------------1.On October 08, 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 fallen below the 5% threshold of the Voting Rights on October03, 2014 and on that day amounted to 4.97% (this corresponds to 10395149Voting Rights).2.71% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 5678512 Voting Rights) areattributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1,Sentence 1, No. 1 of the WpHG (German Securities Trading Act).0.003% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 6964 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 19337 Voting Rights) areattributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1,Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG (German Securities Trading Act).2.45% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 5135418 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.2.On October 08, 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, havefallen below the 5% threshold of the Voting Rights on October 03, 2014 andon that day amounted to 4.98% (this corresponds to 10411746 Voting Rights).2.71% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 5678512 Voting Rights) areattributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1,Sentence 1, No. 1 of the WpHG (German Securities Trading Act).0.003% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 6964 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).2.47% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 5171352 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.3.On October 09, 2014, BlackRock, Inc., New York, NY, United States hasinformed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via sharesits Voting Rights on adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, Germany, have fallen belowthe 5% threshold of the Voting Rights on October 06, 2014 and on that dayamounted to 4.90% (this corresponds to 10244094 Voting Rights).2.55% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 5325273 Voting Rights) areattributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1,Sentence 1, No. 1 of the WpHG (German Securities Trading Act).0.003% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 6964 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).2.56% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 5356939 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.13.10.2014 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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