PURPOSE: To provide hot melt adhesive which has good low-temperature flexibility, and good adhesiveness to cable base material, by mixing specified alkyl terpolymer ethylene/acrylate and specified alkyl copolymer ethylene/acrylate.

CONSTITUTION: An adhesive composition is mixture of (a) 25-40 pts.wt. of alkyl terpolymer ethylene/acrylate which has a melt flow index more than 40, which is measured following ASTM D1238-70, and contains maleic acid anhydride and (b) 25-70 pts.wt. of alkyl copolymer ethylene/acrylate which has a melt flow index more than 40, which is measured following ASTM D1238-70. As the terpolymer (a), terpolymer of ethylene, ethyl acrylate and/or butyl acrylate, and maleic acid anhydride is preferably used. As the copolymer (b), copolymer of ethylene, and ethyl acrylate and/or butyl acrylate is preferably used.