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
Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is responsible for the content of this announcement.
Person/company obliged to make the notification: Name: UBS AG Place: 8098 Zurich State: Switzerland
Company data: Name: adidas AG Address: Adi-Dassler-Str. 1, 91074 Herzogenaurach Place: Herzogenaurach State: Deutschland
04.05.2007
On May 4, 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 27. April 2007 die Schwelle von 3% unterschritten hat und nun 2.09% (4'245'811 Stimmrechtsaktien) beträgt.
Davon sind 0.06% (123'703 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, fell below the threshold of 3% on April 27, 2007 and now amounts to 2.09% (4'245'811 shares with voting rights).
0.06% (123'703 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 4, 2007
adidas AG The Executive Board
end of announcement euro adhoc 04.05.2007 17:49:28
Further inquiry note:
Branche: Recreational & Sports goods
ISIN: DE0005003404
WKN: 500340
Index: DAX, HDAX, Prime All Share, CDAX
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