EANS-Voting Rights: adidas AG
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG (share) 1) BlackRock Advisors Holdings, Inc., New York, NY, USA, notified us pursuant to article 21 section 1 WpHG (German Securities Trading Act) that the percentage of voting rights held by them in adidas AG (ISIN DE000A1EWWW0), Adi-Dassler-Strasse 1, 91074 Herzogenaurach, has exceeded the threshold of 3% on March 16, 2012 and on this date amounted to 3.50% (7,316,232 shares with voting rights). 3.50% (7,316,232 shares with voting rights) of these voting rights are to be attributed to BlackRock Advisors Holdings, Inc. pursuant to article 22 section 1 sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG in connection with article 22 section 1 sentence 2 WpHG. 2) BlackRock International Holdings, Inc., New York, NY, USA, notified us pursuant to article 21 section 1 WpHG that the percentage of voting rights held by them in adidas AG (ISIN DE000A1EWWW0), Adi-Dassler-Strasse 1, 91074 Herzogenaurach, has exceeded the threshold of 3% on March 16, 2012 and on this date amounted to 3.35% (7,011,762 shares with voting rights). 3.35% (7,011,762 shares with voting rights) of these voting rights are to be attributed to BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. pursuant to article 22 section 1 sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG in connection with article 22 section 1 sentence 2 WpHG. 3) BR Jersey International Holdings, L.P., St. Helier, Jersey, United Kingdom, notified us pursuant to article 21 section 1 WpHG that the percentage of voting rights held by them in adidas AG (ISIN DE000A1EWWW0), Adi-Dassler-Strasse 1, 91074 Herzogenaurach, has exceeded the threshold of 3% on March 16, 2012 and on this date amounted to 3.35% (7,011,762 shares with voting rights). 3.35% (7,011,762 shares with voting rights) of these voting rights are to be attributed to BR Jersey International Holdings, L.P. pursuant to article 22 section 1 sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG in connection with article 22 section 1 sentence 2 WpHG. 4) BlackRock Group Limited, London, United Kingdom, notified us pursuant to article 21 section 1 WpHG that the percentage of voting rights held by them in adidas AG (ISIN DE000A1EWWW0), Adi-Dassler-Strasse 1, 91074 Herzogenaurach, has exceeded the threshold of 3% on March 16, 2012 and on this date amounted to 3.15% (6,593,306 shares with voting rights). 3.15% (6,593,306 shares with voting rights) of these voting rights are to be attributed to BlackRock Group Limited pursuant to article 22 section 1 sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG in connection with article 22 section 1 sentence 2 WpHG. Herzogenaurach, March 28, 2012 adidas AG The Executive Board Further inquiry note: end of announcement euro adhoc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- issuer: adidas AG Adi-Dassler-Str. 1 D-91074 Herzogenaurach phone: +49 (0)9132 84-0 FAX: +49 (0)9132 84-2241 mail: investor.relations@adidas-Group.com WWW: http://www.adidas-Group.de sector: Recreational & Sports goods ISIN: DE000A1EWWW0 indexes: DAX, CDAX, HDAX, Prime All Share stockmarkets: free trade: Hannover, Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt language: English
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