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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Notes 209
Other information 39
Employees Employees
The average numbers of employees are as follows:
N °-
39
EMPLOYEES
Year ending
Dec. 31, 2009 Year ending Dec. 31, 2008
Own retail 19,460 16,071
Sales 3,905 4,133
Logistics 5,484 5,395
Marketing 3,375 3,308
Central functions and administration 3,075 3,160
Production 1,892 2,118
Research and development 1,005 1,058
Information technology 875 886
Total 39,071 36,129
Accountant service fees for the auditor of the financial statements Accountant service fees for the auditor of the financial statements
Following the formation of KPMG Europe LLP effective October 1, 2007, KPMG LLP (UK) is an
affiliated company of KPMG Germany as defined under § 271 section 2 HGB. The disclosure
requirement for audit and accounting services fees provided by KPMG LLP (UK) relates to services
rendered after September 30, 2007.
Effective October 1, 2008, KPMG Switzerland and KPMG Spain are part of KPMG Europe LLP
and are thus affiliated companies of KPMG Germany as defined under § 271 section 2 HGB. The
disclosure requirement for audit and accounting services fees provided by KPMG Switzerland and
KPMG Spain relates to services rendered after September 30, 2008.
Effective April 1, 2009, KPMG Belgium is part of KPMG Europe LLP and is thus an affiliated
company of KPMG Germany as defined under § 271 section 2 HGB. The disclosure requirement for
audit and accounting services fees provided by KPMG Belgium relates to services rendered after
March 31, 2009.
Effective October 1, 2009, KPMG Netherlands and KPMG Turkey are part of KPMG Europe
LLP and are thus affiliated companies of KPMG Germany as defined under § 271 section 2 HGB.
The disclosure requirement for audit and accounting services fees provided by KPMG Netherlands
and KPMG Turkey relates to services rendered after September 30, 2009.
In 2009, adidas AG recorded € 1.8 million (2008: € 1.2 million) as expense for the profes-
sional service fee for the auditor of the annual and consolidated financial statements.
Expenses for tax consultancy services provided by the auditor, for other confirmation serv-
ices provided by the auditor and for other services provided by the auditor amounted to € 0.3 mil-
lion (2008: € 0.2 million), € 0.1 million (2008: € 0.0 million) and € 0.0 million (2008: € 0.1 million),
respectively.
Remuneration of the Supervisory Board and the Executive Board of adidas AG Remuneration of the Supervisory Board and the Executive Board of adidas AG
Supervisory Board
Pursuant to the Articles of Association, the Supervisory Board members’ fixed annual payment
amounted to € 0.9 million (2008: € 0.9 million). No members of the Supervisory Board were
granted loans in 2009.
Executive Board
In 2009, the overall compensation of the members of the Executive Board totalled € 10.5 mil-
lion (2008: € 8.4 million); € 6.8 million thereof relates to short-term benefits (2008: € 7.2 million)
and € 3.7 million to long-term benefits (2008: € 1.2 million). Post-employment benefits (costs for
accrued pension entitlements for members of the Executive Board) totalled € 0.4 million (2008:
€ 0.4 million).
In 2009, former members of the Executive Board and their survivors received pension
payments totalling € 2.2 million (2008: € 1.7 million).
Pension provisions for pension obligations relating to former members of the Executive
Board and their survivors amount in total to € 39.5 million (2008: € 36.4 million).
No members of the Executive Board were granted loans in 2009.
Members of the Executive Board have not been granted any stock options since 2004. In 2009
and 2008, current and former members of the Executive Board did not exercise any stock options.
Details of the Management Share Option Plan are also included in these Notes see Note 38.
Further information on disclosures according to § 314 section 1 no. 6a HGB (German
commercial law) is provided in the Compensation Report see Compensation Report, p 38.