Non-Financial Statement

In accordance with §§ 315b, 315c HGB in combination with §§ 289b to 289e HGB, adidas publishes a combined non-financial statement for adidas AG and the Group in this combined Management Report. The content of the non-financial statement can be found throughout the entire combined Management Report, with relevant parts being indicated by this symbol:

These parts are not covered by the Audit of the Con-solidated Financial Statements and of the Group Management Report, as they were subject to a separate limited assurance engagement of KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. Links and references are not part of the non-financial statement and have not been assessed. SEE LIMITED ASSURANCE REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR

adidas applied the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines as an external reporting framework. The content of the non-financial statement combined with further information in this report and on our corporate website is prepared with reference to the GRI Standard ‘Core’ option. The GRI content index can be found online.