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Notes – Additional Information
Accountant service fees for the auditor of the financial statements
The expenses for the audit fees comprise the expenses of adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, as well as all German
subsidiaries of adidas AG. In 2015, the expenses for the professional service fees of the auditor KPMG AG
amounted to € 1.3 million (2014: € 1.0 million).
Expenses for tax consultancy services provided by the auditor, for other confirmation services provided
by the auditor and for other services provided by the auditor amounted to € 0.0 million (2014: € 0.1 million),
€ 0.5 million (2014: € 1.0 million) and € 0.1 million (2014: € 0.3 million), respectively.
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 € 1.2 million (2014: € 0.9 million).
Members of the Supervisory Board were not granted any loans in 2015.
Executive Board
In 2015, the overall compensation of the members of the Executive Board totalled € 12.0 million (2014:
€ 5.9 million), € 7.4 million thereof relates to short-term benefits (2014: € 5.9 million) and € 4.6 million to
long-term benefits (2014: € 0.0 million). Post-employment benefits (costs for accrued pension entitlements
for members of the Executive Board) totalled € 1.8 million (2014: € 2.8 million).
In 2015, former members of the Executive Board and their survivors received pension payments totalling
€ 3.5 million (2014: € 3.5 million).
Pension obligations relating to former members of the Executive Board and their survivors amount in
total to € 55.4 million (2014: € 59.5 million).
Members of the Executive Board were not granted any loans in 2015.
Further information on disclosures according to § 314 section 1 no. 6a German Commercial Code
(Handelsgesetzbuch – HGB) is provided in the Compensation Report SEE COMPENSATION REPORT, P. 36.
Information pursuant to § 161 German Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz – AktG)
On November 4, 2015, the Executive Board and Supervisory Board of adidas AG made an intra-year change
to the Declaration of Compliance in accordance with § 161 AktG issued on February 12, 2015 and made it
permanently available to the shareholders. On February 15, 2016, the Executive Board and Supervisory
Board issued the annually updated Declaration of Compliance in accordance with § 161 AktG. The full text
of the Declaration of Compliance is available on the Group’s corporate website.
Group-specific subsequent events
No Group-specific subsequent events are known which might have a material influence on the assets,
liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the Group.
Date of preparation
The Executive Board of adidas AG prepared and approved the consolidated financial statements for
submission to the Supervisory Board on February 15, 2016. It is the Supervisory Board’s task to examine
the consolidated financial statements and give their approval and authorisation for issue.
Herzogenaurach, February 15, 2016
The Executive Board of adidas AG
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