euro adhoc: adidas AG / Release of a voting rights announcement according to article 26, section 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: 8098 Zurich
State: Switzerland

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

02.05.2007

On April 30, 2007, UBS AG, Zurich, Switzerland, sent us the following
notification of voting rights pursuant to article 21 section 1 WpHG
(German Securities Trading Act):

"Hiermit teilen wir Ihnen gemäss § 21 Abs. 1 WpHG mit, dass unser
Stimmrechtsanteil an der adidas AG (ISIN DE0005003404),
Adi-Dassler-Strasse 1-2, 91074 Herzogenaurach am 24. April 2007 die
Schwelle von 3% überschritten hat und nun 3.12% (6'343'681
Stimmrechtsaktien) beträgt.

Davon sind 0.06% (123'358 Stimmrechtsaktien) der Stimmrechte nach §
22 Absatz 1 Satz 1 Nr. 1 WpHG der UBS AG zuzurechnen."

English convenience translation of the original German notification:
"We herewith inform you pursuant to article 21 section 1 WpHG that
the percentage of our voting rights in adidas AG (ISIN DE0005003404),
Adi-Dassler-Strasse 1-2, 91074 Herzogenaurach, exceeded the threshold
of 3% on April 24, 2007 and now amounts to 3.12% (6'343'681 shares
with voting rights).

0.06% (123'358 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, May 2, 2007

adidas AG
The Executive Board

end of announcement euro adhoc 02.05.2007 14:36:24
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ots Originaltext: adidas AG
Im Internet recherchierbar: http://www.presseportal.de

Further inquiry note:

Branche: Recreational & Sports goods
ISIN: DE0005003404
WKN: 500340
Index: DAX, HDAX, Prime All Share, CDAX
Börsen: Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse / regulated dealing/prime
standard
Börse Berlin-Bremen / free trade
Hamburger Wertpapierbörse / free trade
Baden-Württembergische Wertpapierbörse / free trade
Börse Düsseldorf / free trade
Niedersächsische Börse zu Hannover / free trade
Bayerische Börse / free trade


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