adidas AG / Key word(s): Change of Personnel 18.01.2016 11:46 Dissemination of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- For immediate release January 18, 2016 AD HOC: Kasper Rorsted to succeed Herbert Hainer as CEO of adidas AG Herzogenaurach - Kasper Rorsted (53), currently Chief Executive Officer of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, is to succeed Herbert Hainer (61) as CEO of adidas AG. At today's extraordinary meeting of the Supervisory Board in Herzogenaurach, he was appointed as ordinary member of the Executive Board effective August 1, 2016 and CEO of adidas AG effective October 1, 2016. After a two-month transition period, Herbert Hainer will relinquish his Executive Board mandate effective September 30, 2016, prior to the expiry of his Executive Board service contract at the end of March 2017. *** Contact: Media Relations Investor Relations Jan Runau Sebastian Steffen Chief Corporate Communication Officer Vice President Investor Relations Tel.: +49 (0) 9132 84-3830 Tel.: +49 (0) 9132 84-4401 Katja Schreiber Christian Stoehr Senior Director Corporate Communication Director Investor Relations Tel.: +49 (0) 9132 84-3810 Tel.: +49 (0) 9132 84-4989 Please also visit our corporate website: www.adidas-Group.de 18.01.2016 The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: adidas AG Adi-Dassler-Straße 1 91074 Herzogenaurach Germany Phone: +49 9132 84 0 Fax: E-mail: Internet: www.adidas-group.com ISIN: DE000A1EWWW0, US00687A1079, US00687P1049 WKN: A1EWWW, A0MNCC , 909676 Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------