FILE - In this July 1, 2014 file picture Kasper Rorsted, then Chief Executive Officer of Henkel AG & Co., is interviewed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Shoe and sports gear maker Adidas AG says it is bringing in Kasper Rorsted, the CEO of consumer products company Henkel, as its next CEO. Adidas said in a statement Monday Jan. 18, 2016 that Rorsted will take over from Herbert Hainer on Oct. 1. (AP Photo/Richard Drew,file)
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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Shoe and sports-gear maker Adidas AG says it is bringing in Kasper Rorsted, the head of consumer products company Henkel, as its next CEO.
Adidas said in a statement Monday that Rorsted will take over from Herbert Hainer on Oct. 1.
Rorsted is to join the top management board in August to start the transition before then.
Adidas board chairman Igor Landau said in a statement that the Danish-born Rorsted, 53, was "the perfect candidate" due to extensive international experience at Oracle, Compaq and Hewlett Packard, in addition to eight years heading Henkel.
Laundau said Hainer, 61, "has done a tremendous job" in his 15 years as Adidas CEO, during which sales tripled and the company's value rose from 3 billion euros ($3.3 billion) to 18 billion.
Hainer is leaving five months ahead of the expiration of his contract.
Adidas shares spiked higher on the news, initially trading up more than 12 percent. They remained 7.1 percent higher at 90.00 euros per share in early afternoon trading in Europe.
Henkel, which makes Schwarzkopf hair products, Loctite glue and Persil detergent, said beauty care chief Hans Van Bylen would replace Rorsted.
FILE - In this April 20, 2009 file picture then Henkel's CEO Kasper Rorsted from Denmark attends the annual shareholders' meeting of chemical company Henkel in Duesseldorf, Germany. Shoe and sports gear maker Adidas AG says it is bringing in Kasper Rorsted, the CEO of consumer products company Henkel, as its next CEO. Adidas said in a statement Monday Jan. 18, 2016 that Rorsted will take over from Herbert Hainer on Oct. 1. (AP Photo/Roberto Pfeil,file)
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FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2009 file picture Hans Van Bylen, Executive Vice President Cosmetics & Toiletries, of German Henkel company looks on during the annual balance news conference at the company's headquarters in Duesseldorf, western Germany. Shoe and sports gear maker Adidas AG says it is bringing in Kasper Rorsted, the CEO of consumer products company Henkel, as its next CEO. Adidas said in a statement Monday Jan. 18, 2016 that Rorsted will take over from Herbert Hainer on Oct. 1. Henkel, which makes Schwarzkopf hair products, Persil detergent and Loctite glue, said beauty care chief Hans Van Bylen would replace Rorsted. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein,file)
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