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Our Share
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In terms of geographical distribution, the North American market currently accounts for 34% of
institutional shareholdings, followed by the UK with 16% and Switzerland with 10%. Identified
German institutional investors hold 10% of shares outstanding and France accounts for 7%. 23% of
institutional shareholders were identified in other regions of the world.
Voting rights notifications published
All voting rights notifications received in 2014 and thereafter in accordance with §§ 21 section 1,
25 section 1 and 25a of the German Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz – WpHG) can
be viewed on our corporate website. Information on reportable shareholdings that currently exceed
or fall below a certain threshold can also be found in the Notes section of this Annual Report.
Directors’ dealings reported on corporate website
The purchase or sale of adidas AG shares (ISIN DE000A1EWWW0) or related financial instruments,
as defined by § 15a WpHG, conducted by members of our Executive or Supervisory Boards, by key
executives or by any person in close relationship with these persons, is reported on our website. In
2014, adidas AG received five notifications pursuant to § 15a WpHG: Herbert Kauffmann, member
of the adidas AG Supervisory Board, purchased 1,000 shares on August 7, 2014, Herbert Hainer,
CEO of adidas AG, purchased 7,000 shares on August 12, 2014, Robin J. Stalker, CFO of adidas
AG, purchased 1,750 shares on August 12, 2014 and Willi Schwerdtle, member of the adidas AG
Supervisory Board, purchased a total of 1,615 shares in two transactions on November 11, 2014.
adidas AG share again receives strong analyst support
The adidas Group and the adidas AG share continued to receive strong analyst attention in 2014.
Around 35 analysts from investment banks and brokerage firms regularly published research
reports on our Group. As a consequence of the overall adidas AG share price development
in 2014, the vast majority of analysts updated their recommendations as well as target prices
during the twelve-month period. This is reflected in the recommendation split for our share as at
December 31, 2014. 24% of analysts recommended investors to ’buy’ our share (2013: 74%). 57%
advised to ‘hold’ our share (2013: 19%) and 19% of the analysts recommended to ‘sell’ our share
(2013: 7%).
Successful Investor Relations activities
adidas AG strives to maintain close contact to institutional and private shareholders as well as
analysts. In 2014, Management and the Investor Relations team spent 29 days on roadshows and
also spent 17 days presenting at 12 national and international conferences.
In July 2014, the adidas Group Annual Report once again won the Best of Corporate Publishing (BCP)
Award. This is the second time in three years that the adidas Group Annual Report has received this
prestigious award.
Extensive financial information available online
We offer extensive information around our share as well as the adidas Group’s strategy and financial
results on our corporate website. Our event calendar lists all conferences and roadshows we attend
and provides all presentations for download. In addition to live webcasts of all major events such as
our Analyst Conferences, the Annual General Meeting and Investor Days, we also offer webcasts of
our quarterly conference calls.
see Diagram 06
www.adidas-group.com/voting_rights_notifications
see Note 26, p. 221
www.adidas-Group.com/directors_dealings
www.adidas-group.com/investors