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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

I. On July 21, 2015, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., Wilmington, DE, 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 exceeded the 5% threshold of the Voting Rights on July 17, 2015 and on
adidas AG 23.07.2015 12:25Dissemination 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 July 21, 2015, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., Wilmington, DE,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 July 17,2015 and on that day amounted to 5.001% (this corresponds to 10463059Voting Rights).2.25% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 4699779 Voting Rights) areattributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1,Sentence 1, No. 1 of the WpHG (German Securities Trading Act).0.01% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 26865 Voting Rights) areattributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1,Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG (German Securities Trading Act).3.06% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 6391595 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 July 21, 2015, BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc., Wilmington, DE, United Stateshas informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that viashares its Voting Rights on adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, Germany, haveexceeded the 5% threshold of the Voting Rights on July 17, 2015 and on thatday amounted to 5.001% (this corresponds to 10463059 Voting Rights).2.25% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 4699779 Voting Rights) areattributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1,Sentence 1, No. 1 of the WpHG (German Securities Trading Act).3.07% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 6418460 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.23.07.2015 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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