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
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Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Person/company obliged to make the notification:
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Name: Michael Ashley State: United Kingdom
Company data: ------------- Name: adidas AG Address: Adi-Dassler-Str. 1, 91074 Herzogenaurach Place: Herzogenaurach State: Deutschland
26.03.2007
On March 23, 2007, Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Group Plc, London, UK, sent us the following notification pursuant to section 21 paragraph 1 sentence 1 WpHG (German Securities Trading Act) in the name and on behalf of its client MR. MICHAEL ASLEY (London, United Kingdom):
"On behalf of our client Mr Michael Ashley we hereby notify you pursuant to Section 21 para. 1 WpHG that, on 16 March 2007, the voting rights of Mr Michael Ashley' in adidas AG have exceeded the threshold of 3% and amount to 3.14% (6,395,167 voting rights) as at this date
All of these voting rights are attributed to Mr Michael Ashley pursuant to Section 22 para. 1 sentence 1 no. 2 WpHG."
adidas AG The Executive Board
end of announcement euro adhoc 26.03.2007 17:37:27
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