euro adhoc: adidas AG / Release of a voting rights announcement according to article 26, section 1.1 WpHG (Securities Trading Act) with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution

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Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is
responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Person/company obliged to make the notification:
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Name: UBS AG
Place: Zurich
State: Switzerland

Company data:
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Name: adidas AG
Address: Adi-Dassler-Str. 1-2, 91074 Herzogenaurach
Place: Herzogenaurach
State: Germany

05.03.2009

UBS AG, Zurich, Switzerland, informed us pursuant to article 21
section 1 WpHG (German Securities Trading Act) on March 3, 2009, that
the percentage of voting rights held by them in adidas AG (ISIN
DE0005003404), Adi-Dassler-Strasse 1, 91074 Herzogenaurach, has
exceeded the threshold of 3% on February 25, 2009 and on this date
amounted to 3.37% (6,525,021 shares with voting rights).

0.23% (442,894 shares with voting rights) of these voting rights are
to be attributed to UBS AG pursuant to article 22 section 1 sentence
1 no. 1 WpHG.

Furthermore, UBS AG, Zurich, Switzerland, informed us pursuant to
article 21 section 1 WpHG (German Securities Trading Act) on March 4,
2009, that the percentage of voting rights held by them in adidas AG
(ISIN DE0005003404), Adi-Dassler-Strasse 1, 91074 Herzogenaurach, has
fallen below the threshold of 3% on February 26, 2009 and on this
date amounted to 1.04% (2,010,607 shares with voting rights).

0.23% (442,832 shares with voting rights) of these voting rights are
to be attributed to UBS AG pursuant to article 22 section 1 sentence
1 no. 1 WpHG.

Herzogenaurach, March 5, 2009

adidas AG
The Executive Board

end of announcement euro adhoc
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ots Originaltext: adidas AG
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Further inquiry note:

Branche: Recreational & Sports goods
ISIN: DE0005003404
WKN: 500340
Index: DAX, CDAX, HDAX, Prime All Share
Börsen: Börse Frankfurt / regulated dealing/prime standard
Börse Berlin / free trade
Börse Hamburg / free trade
Börse Stuttgart / free trade
Börse Düsseldorf / free trade
Börse Hannover / free trade
Börse München / free trade