Announcement Pursuant to § 30 b Sec. 1 Sent. 1 No. 2 German Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz - WpHG) concerning the cancellation of treasury shares in order to reduce the stock capital

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Herzogenaurach (euro adhoc) - The Annual General Meeting of adidas AG
held on 10 May 2007 authorized the Executive Board pursuant to § 71
sec. 1 no. 8 German Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz - AktG) to
repurchase treasury shares. The authorization also stipulates that
treasury shares repurchased by adidas AG based on this authorization
may be cancelled subject to Supervisory Board approval without a
further resolution by the Annual General Meeting being required.
Subject to Supervisory Board approval, the Executive Board of adidas
AG decided on 25 June 2008 to cancel the 5,511,023 treasury shares
repurchased based on the authorization of 10 May 2007, thus reducing
the stock capital. This corresponds to 2.71% of the stock capital
before the cancellation and capital decrease. The Supervisory Board
granted its approval to this resolution on 25 June 2008.

The cancellation and capital decrease were carried out on 2 July
2008.

Consequently, the collective securities deposit at Clearstream
Banking AG, Frankfurt am Main, has been reduced and the
deliverability/listing of the cancelled shares at the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange (Regulated Market) has been changed accordingly.

Following the cancellation of the shares, the stock capital of adidas
AG amounts to EUR 198,133,937.00 and is divided into 198,133,937
no-par value shares with a pro-rata amount in the stock capital of
EUR 1.00 per share.

Herzogenaurach, July 2008

adidas AG
THE EXECUTIVE BOARD

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Further inquiry note:

Dennis Weber

Investor Relations Manager

Phone: +49 (0)9132 84 4989

E-Mail: dennis.weber@adidas-Group.com

Branche: Recreational & Sports goods
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