UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 10-Q


(Mark One)

x

 

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended March 2, 2007

OR

o

 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from                           to                          

Commission file Number: 0-15175


ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware

 

77-0019522

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation or organization)

 

Identification No.)

345 Park Avenue, San Jose, California 95110-2704

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

(408) 536-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 


Indicate by checkmark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Act”) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x     No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer or a non-accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Large accelerated filer x     Accelerated filer o     Non-accelerated filer o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes o No x

The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock as of March 30, 2007 was 588,006,207.

 




ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
FORM 10-Q

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page No.

PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

Item 1.

 

Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements:

 

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
March 2, 2007 and December 1, 2006

 

3

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
Quarters Ended March 2, 2007 and March 3, 2006

 

4

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Quarters Ended March 2, 2007 and March 3, 2006

 

5

 

 

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

6

Item 2.

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations

 

22

Item 3.

 

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

32

Item 4.

 

Controls and Procedures

 

32

PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

 

 

Item 1.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

34

Item 1A.

 

Risk Factors

 

34

Item 2.

 

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

42

Item 5.

 

Other Information

 

42

Item 6.

 

Exhibits

 

44

Signature

 

50

Summary of Trademarks

 

51

 

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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

 

 

March 2,

 

December 1,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

526,030

 

$

772,500

 

Short-term investments

 

1,756,370

 

1,508,379

 

Trade receivables, net of allowances for doubtful accounts of $6,733 and $6,798, respectively

 

304,748

 

356,815

 

Other receivables

 

63,511

 

51,851

 

Deferred income taxes

 

164,264

 

155,613

 

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

42,077

 

39,311

 

Total current assets

 

2,857,000

 

2,884,469

 

Property and equipment, net

 

258,899

 

227,197

 

Goodwill

 

2,134,058

 

2,149,494

 

Purchased and other intangibles, net

 

464,338

 

506,405

 

Investment in lease receivable

 

126,800

 

126,800

 

Other assets

 

63,089

 

68,183

 

 

 

$

5,904,184

 

$

5,962,548

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Trade and other payables

 

$

46,867

 

$

55,031

 

Accrued expenses

 

270,515

 

303,550

 

Accrued restructuring

 

8,066

 

10,088

 

Income taxes payable

 

190,384

 

178,368

 

Deferred revenue

 

139,692

 

130,310

 

Total current liabilities

 

655,524

 

677,347

 

Long-term liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred revenue

 

30,847

 

32,644

 

Deferred income taxes

 

78,368

 

70,715

 

Accrued restructuring

 

19,120

 

21,984

 

Other liabilities

 

12,250

 

7,982

 

Total liabilities

 

796,109

 

810,672

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 2,000 shares authorized

 

 

 

Common stock, $0.0001 par value

 

61

 

61

 

Additional paid-in-capital

 

2,429,252

 

2,451,610

 

Retained earnings

 

3,461,636

 

3,317,785

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

7,103

 

6,344

 

Treasury stock, at cost (13,916 and 13,608 shares, respectively), net of re-issuances

 

(789,977

)

(623,924

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

5,108,075

 

5,151,876

 

 

 

$

5,904,184

 

$

5,962,548

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 2,
2007

 

March 3,
2006

 

Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

Products

 

$

620,298

 

$

636,826

 

Services and support

 

29,109

 

18,652

 

Total revenue

 

649,407

 

655,478

 

Cost of revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

Products

 

53,815

 

62,849

 

Services and support

 

18,448

 

14,897

 

Total cost of revenue

 

72,263

 

77,746

 

Gross profit

 

577,144

 

577,732

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development

 

137,129

 

137,543

 

Sales and marketing

 

214,678

 

213,816

 

General and administrative

 

61,275

 

60,297

 

Restructuring and other charges

 

 

18,984

 

Amortization of purchased intangibles

 

17,725

 

17,112

 

Total operating expenses

 

430,807

 

447,752

 

Operating income

 

146,337

 

129,980

 

Non-operating income:

 

 

 

 

 

Investment gain (loss)

 

5,601

 

(1,265

)

Interest and other income, net

 

22,464

 

15,542

 

Total non-operating income

 

28,065

 

14,277

 

Income before income taxes

 

174,402

 

144,257

 

Provision for income taxes

 

30,551

 

39,185

 

Net income

 

$

143,851

 

$

105,072

 

Basic net income per share

 

$

0.24

 

$

0.18

 

Shares used in computing basic net income per share

 

587,969

 

598,451

 

Diluted net income per share

 

$

0.24

 

$

0.17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares used in computing diluted net income per share

 

604,249

 

621,839

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 2,
2007

 

March 3,
2006

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

143,851

 

$

105,072

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation, amortization and accretion

 

68,488

 

78,350

 

Stock-based compensation

 

31,906

 

46,482

 

Deferred income taxes

 

904

 

39,967

 

Recovery of losses on receivables

 

(163

)

(247

)

Tax benefit from employee stock option plans

 

15,935

 

23,420

 

Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation

 

(1,556

)

(18,823

)

Retirements of property and equipment

 

163

 

 

Net (gains) losses on sales and impairments of investments

 

(5,835

)

1,310

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquired assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Receivables

 

53,484

 

(40,327

)

Prepaid expense and other current assets

 

(2,658

)

14,395

 

Trade and other payables

 

(8,455

)

8,196

 

Accrued expenses

 

(29,104

)

(44,512

)

Accrued restructuring

 

(5,097

)

(16,920

)

Income taxes payable

 

1,070

 

(31,257

)

Deferred revenue

 

7,585

 

12,263

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

270,518

 

177,369

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases of short-term investments

 

(586,305

)

(665,942

)

Maturities of short-term investments

 

129,765

 

113,880

 

Sales of short-term investments

 

207,000

 

357,950

 

Purchases of property and equipment

 

(48,300

)

(11,634

)

Purchases of long-term investments and other assets

 

(8,915

)

(5,222

)

Cash (paid for) received from acquisitions, net

 

(3,094

)

497,979

 

Net cash (used for) provided by investing activities

 

(309,849

)

287,011

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases of treasury stock

 

(301,468

)

(504,482

)

Proceeds from issuance of treasury stock

 

94,033

 

234,378

 

Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation

 

1,556

 

18,823

 

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

 

 

306

 

Net cash used for financing activities

 

(205,879

)

(250,975

)

Effect of foreign currency exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents

 

(1,260

)

963

 

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

(246,470

)

214,368

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

772,500

 

420,818

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

526,030

 

$

635,186

 

Supplemental disclosures:

 

 

 

 

 

Common and treasury stock issued and stock options assumed for acquisition of Macromedia

 

$

 

$

3,436,725

 

Sale of long-term investment in exchange for short-term receivable

 

$

12,914

 

$

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

NOTE 1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The Company has prepared the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission). Pursuant to these rules and regulations, the Company has condensed or omitted certain information and footnote disclosures it normally includes in its annual consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). In management’s opinion, the Company has made all adjustments (consisting only of normal, recurring adjustments, except as otherwise indicated) necessary to fairly present its financial position, results of operations and cash flows. The Company’s interim period operating results do not necessarily indicate the results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the full fiscal year. These financial statements and accompanying notes should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto in Adobe’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 1, 2006 on file with the Commission.

There have been no significant changes in our significant accounting policies during the three months ended March 2, 2007 as compared to the significant accounting policies described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 1, 2006.

Reclassification

Certain amounts in the first quarter of fiscal year ended December 1, 2006 (fiscal year 2006) as reported in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows have been revised. Specifically, in the first quarter of fiscal 2006, there were revisions and reclassifications totaling ($0.4) million to operating activities, $5.0 million to investing activities and ($4.5) million to financing activities. These revisions and reclassifications related to the following:

·       Prepaid expenses related to the Macromedia acquisition have been reclassified from Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities to Net Cash Provided by Investing Activities.

·       The amortization of premium on available for sale securities have been reclassified from Net Cash Provided by Investing Activities to Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities.

·       Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation have been reclassified from Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities to Net Cash Used for Financing Activities.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

With the exception of the financial accounting standards board statement defined below, there have been no significant changes in recent accounting pronouncements during the three months ended March 2, 2007 as compared to the recent accounting pronouncements described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 1, 2006.

In February 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities” (“SFAS 159”). SFAS 159 permits companies to choose to measure certain financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. The standard requires that unrealized gains and losses on

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ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

NOTE 1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

items for which the fair value option has been elected be reported in earnings. SFAS 159 is effective for the company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2008, although earlier adoption is permitted. The company is currently evaluating the impact that SFAS 159 will have on its consolidated financial statements.

NOTE 2. ACQUISITIONS

On December 3, 2005, we completed the acquisition of Macromedia, a provider of software technologies that enables the development of a wide range of internet and mobile application solutions. The acquisition of Macromedia accelerated our strategy of delivering an industry-defining technology platform that provided more powerful solutions for engaging people with digital information.

The total purchase price was allocated to Macromedia’s net tangible and identifiable intangible assets based upon their estimated fair values as of December 3, 2005. The total purchase price for Macromedia was approximately $3.5 billion, which consisted of 109.0 million shares of Adobe common stock valued at $3.2 billion issued in exchange for 100% of Macromedia outstanding common stock, $227.6 million for the fair value of Macromedia options assumed, $29.1 million for transaction costs, and $72.7 million for restructuring costs. In allocating the purchase price based on fair values, we recorded $713.2 million in net tangible assets, $680.5 million in identifiable intangible assets, $146.2 million in stock-based compensation, and $2.0 billion in goodwill.

During the first quarter of fiscal 2007 we completed an acquisition for cash consideration of $3.9 million. This acquisition was not material to our consolidated balance sheet and results of operations.

NOTE 3. GOODWILL AND PURCHASED AND OTHER INTANGIBLES

Below is our goodwill reported by segment as of December 1, 2006 and March 2, 2007:

 

2006

 

Acquisitions

 

Other

 

2007

 

Creative Solutions

 

$

782,717

 

 

$

3,897

 

 

$

(6,042

)

$

780,572

 

Knowledge Worker Solutions

 

429,036

 

 

 

 

(5,713

)

423,323

 

Enterprise and Developer Solutions

 

382,911

 

 

 

 

(2,902

)

380,009

 

Mobile and Device Solutions

 

321,323

 

 

 

 

(3,200

)

318,123

 

Other*

 

233,507

 

 

 

 

(1,476

)

232,031

 

Total

 

$

2,149,494

 

 

$

3,897

 

 

$

(19,333

)

$

2,134,058

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


*                    All goodwill in our Other segments relates to the Platform segment.

Shown above in the column labeled Other are primarily immaterial revisions to the valuation of Macromedia assumed options which reduced goodwill and additional paid-in capital at March 2, 2007.

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ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

NOTE 3. GOODWILL AND PURCHASED AND OTHER INTANGIBLES (Continued)

Amortization expense related to purchased and other intangible assets was $48.7 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2007 as compared to $57.0 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2006. Of these amounts, $27.9 million and $34.0 million are included in cost of sales for the three months ended March 2, 2007 and March 3, 2006 respectively. Purchased and other intangible assets, subject to amortization, were as follows as of March 2, 2007:

 

Cost

 

Accumulated
Amortization

 

Net

 

Purchased technology

 

$

399,168

 

 

$

(176,072

)

 

$

223,096

 

Localization

 

$

12,400

 

 

$

(2,576

)

 

$

9,824

 

Trademarks

 

130,925

 

 

(33,216

)

 

97,709

 

Other intangibles

 

188,272

 

 

(54,563

)

 

133,709

 

Total other intangible assets

 

$

331,597

 

 

$

(90,355

)

 

$

241,242

 

Total purchased and other intangible assets

 

$

730,765

 

 

$

(266,427

)

 

$

464,338

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchased and other intangible assets, subject to amortization, were as follows as of December 1, 2006:

 

Cost

 

Accumulated
Amortization

 

Net

 

Purchased technology

 

$

397,098

 

 

$

(147,376

)

 

$

249,722

 

Localization

 

$

9,060

 

 

$

(2,261

)

 

$

6,799

 

Trademarks

 

130,925

 

 

(26,857

)

 

104,068

 

Other intangibles

 

189,001

 

 

(43,185

)

 

145,816

 

Total other intangible assets

 

$

328,986

 

 

$

(72,303

)

 

$

256,683

 

Total purchased and other intangible assets

 

$

726,084

 

 

$

(219,679

)

 

$

506,405

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of March 2, 2007, we expect amortization expense in future periods to be as shown below:

Fiscal year

 

 

 

Purchased
Technology

 

Other Intangible
Assets

 

Remainder of 2007

 

 

$

85,850

 

 

 

$

58,730

 

 

2008

 

 

81,896

 

 

 

67,713

 

 

2009

 

 

50,595

 

 

 

57,437

 

 

2010

 

 

773

 

 

 

46,842

 

 

2011

 

 

660

 

 

 

10,481

 

 

Thereafter

 

 

3,322

 

 

 

39

 

 

Total expected amortization expense

 

 

$

223,096

 

 

 

$

241,242

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

NOTE 4. OTHER ASSETS

Other assets consisted of the following as of March 2, 2007 and December 1, 2006:

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

Investments

 

$

40,515

 

$

46,273

 

Security deposits and other

 

12,621

 

13,304

 

Prepaid land lease

 

3,253

 

3,263

 

Prepaid rent

 

4,300

 

2,943

 

Unbilled receivables

 

2,400

 

2,400

 

Total other assets

 

$

63,089

 

$

68,183

 

 

Included in investments are our limited partnership interests in Adobe Ventures which are consolidated in accordance with FASB Interpretation No. 46R, a revision to FASB Interpretation No. 46, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities.” The partnerships are controlled by Granite Ventures, an independent venture capital firm and sole general partner of Adobe Ventures. Investments also include our direct investments which are accounted for under the cost method.

NOTE 5. TRADE AND OTHER PAYABLES AND ACCRUED EXPENSES

Trade and other payables consisted of the following as of March 2, 2007 and December 1, 2006:

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

Trade payables

 

$

31,981

 

$

37,915

 

Sales and use tax and other payables

 

14,886

 

17,116

 

Total trade and other payables

 

$

46,867

 

$

55,031

 

 

Accrued expenses consisted of the following as of March 2, 2007 and December 1, 2006:

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

Accrued compensation and benefits

 

$

122,980

 

$

148,000

 

Sales and marketing allowances

 

18,169

 

20,361

 

Other

 

129,366

 

135,189

 

Total accrued expenses

 

$

270,515

 

$

303,550

 

 

NOTE 6. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

Stock Options

Our stock option program is a long-term retention program that is intended to attract, retain and provide incentives for talented employees, officers and directors, and to align stockholder and employee interests. Currently, we grant options from the 1) 2003 Equity Incentive Plan (“2003 Plan”), under which options could be granted to all employees, including executive officers, and outside consultants and 2) the 1996 Outside Directors Stock Option Plan, as amended, under which options are granted automatically under a pre-determined formula to non-employee directors. In addition, our stock option program

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ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

NOTE 6. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Continued)

includes the 2005 Equity Incentive Assumption Plan, from which we currently do not grant options, but may do so. The plans listed above are collectively referred to in the following discussion as “the Plans.” Option vesting periods are generally three to four years for all of the Plans. At the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2007, the number of shares outstanding was 64.5 million.

The total intrinsic value of options exercised during the period was $69.3 million. The intrinsic value is calculated as the difference between the market value on the date of exercise and the exercise price of the shares.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Our 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”) allows eligible employee participants to purchase shares of our common stock at a discount through payroll deductions. The ESPP consists of twenty-four-month offering periods with four six-month purchase periods in each offering period. Employees purchase shares in each purchase period at 85% of the market value of our common stock at either the beginning of the offering period or the end of the purchase period, whichever price is lower.

Restricted Stock

We grant restricted stock awards and units to employees under our Amended 1994 Performance and Restricted Stock Plan (“Restricted Stock Plan”). The Restricted Stock Plan provides for the granting of restricted stock and/or performance awards to officers and key employees. Restricted stock issued under the Restricted Stock Plan generally vest annually over four years.

Restricted stock awards are considered outstanding at the time of grant, as the stockholders are entitled to dividends and voting rights. At the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2007, the number of shares granted but unreleased was less than 0.1 million.

Restricted stock units are not considered outstanding at the time of grant, as the holders of these units are not entitled to dividends and voting rights. At the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2007, the number of shares granted, but unreleased was 1.3 million.

Neither restricted stock awards nor restricted stock units are considered outstanding in the computation of basic earnings per share.

Performance Shares

Effective February 2, 2006, the Executive Compensation Committee adopted the 2006 Performance Share Program (the “2006 Program”). The Executive Compensation Committee established the 2006 Program to align the new leadership team to achieve key integration milestones and create stockholder value and to retain key executives. All members of Adobe’s executive management team and other key members of senior management are participating in the 2006 Program which runs through the end of our fiscal 2007. Awards under the 2006 Program were granted in the form of performance shares pursuant to the terms of our 2003 Plan or Restricted Stock Plan. Performance shares will vest 100% at the end of fiscal

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ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

NOTE 6. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Continued)

2007 if performance goals are met. Participants in the 2006 Program have the ability to receive up to 150% of the shares originally granted. At the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2007, the number of shares granted was 0.3 million and the maximum number of shares eligible to be received is 0.5 million.

Effective January 24, 2007, the Executive Compensation Committee adopted the 2007 Performance Share Program (“2007 Program”). Similar to the 2006 Program, its purpose is to align key management and senior leadership with stockholder’s interest and to retain key executives. The measurement period for the program is our fiscal 2007 year. All members of Adobe’s executive management and other key senior leaders are participating in the 2007 Program. Awards granted under the 2007 Program were granted in the form of performance shares pursuant to the terms of Restricted Stock Plan. Upon achieving pre-determined attainment goals, shares of stock are granted to the recipient, with 25% vesting immediately, and the remaining 75% vesting evenly on the following three annual anniversary dates of the grant, contingent upon the recipient’s continued service to Adobe. Participants in the 2007 Program have the ability to receive up to 200% of the shares originally granted. At the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 2007, the number of shares granted was 0.3 million and the maximum number of shares eligible to be received is 0.7 million.

Stock-Based Compensation

We currently use the Black-Scholes option pricing model to determine the fair value of stock options and employee stock purchase plan shares. The determination of the fair value of stock-based payment awards on the date of grant using an option-pricing model is affected by our stock price as well as assumptions regarding a number of complex and subjective variables. These variables include our expected stock price volatility over the term of the awards, actual and projected employee stock option exercise behaviors, risk-free interest rate and expected dividends.

We estimate the expected term of options granted by calculating the average term from our historical stock option exercise experience. We estimate the volatility of our common stock by using implied volatility in market traded options in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107, “Share-Based Payment,” (“SAB 107”). Our decision to use implied volatility was based upon the availability of actively traded options on our common stock and our assessment that implied volatility is more representative of future stock price trends than historical volatility. We base the risk-free interest rate that we use in the option valuation model on zero-coupon yields implied by U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues with remaining terms similar to the expected term on the options. We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future and therefore use an expected dividend yield of zero in the option valuation model. We are required to estimate forfeitures at the time of grant and revise those estimates in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. We use historical data to estimate pre-vesting option forfeitures and record stock-based compensation expense only for those awards that are expected to vest. All stock-based payment awards are amortized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service periods of the awards, which are generally the vesting periods.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

NOTE 6.  STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Continued)

The assumptions used to value option grants for the quarters ended March 2, 2007 and March 3, 2006 are as follows:

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

Expected term (in years)

 

3.54-3.66

 

4.37-4.58

 

Volatility

 

31.58-32.71

%

30.26-36

%

Risk free interest rate

 

4.47-4.83

%

4.30-4.64

%

 

The expected term of employee stock purchase plan shares is the average of the remaining purchase periods under each offering period. The assumptions used to value employee stock purchase rights for the quarters ended March 2, 2007 and March 3, 2006 are as follows:

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

Expected term (in years)

 

0.5 - 2.0

 

1.25

 

Volatility

 

31.46 - 32.75

%

30.3 - 31.3

%

Risk free interest rate

 

4.79 - 5.11

%

4.32 - 4.41

%

 

As of March 2, 2007, there was $184.9 million of unrecognized compensation cost, adjusted for estimated forfeitures, related to non-vested stock-based payments granted to Adobe employees. Additionally, as of March 2, 2007, there was $55.3 million of unamortized stock-based compensation, related to the assumption of Macromedia unvested options, which will be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.15 years. Total unrecognized compensation cost will be adjusted for future changes in estimated forfeitures.

NOTE 7.  RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER CHARGES

In the first quarter of fiscal 2006, pursuant to Board of Directors’ approval, we initiated plans to restructure both the pre-merger operations of Adobe and Macromedia to eliminate certain duplicative activities, focus our resources on future growth opportunities and reduce our cost structure. In connection with the worldwide restructuring plan, we recognized costs related to termination benefits for employee positions that were eliminated and for the closure of duplicative facilities. We also recognized costs related to the cancellation of certain contracts associated with the wind-down of subsidiaries and other service contracts held by Macromedia.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

NOTE 7.  RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER CHARGES (Continued)

Macromedia Merger Restructuring Charges

A summary of restructuring activities follows as of December 1, 2006 and March 2, 2007:

 

2006

 

Cash Payments

 

Adjustments

 

2007

 

Termination benefits

 

$

1,002

 

 

$

(168

)

 

 

$

(577

)

 

$

257

 

Cost of closing redundant facilities

 

28,934

 

 

(3,269

)

 

 

(658

)

 

25,007

 

Cost of contract termination

 

46

 

 

(8

)

 

 

(38

)

 

 

Other

 

1,444

 

 

(11

)

 

 

 

 

1,433

 

Total

 

$

31,426

 

 

$

(3,456

)

 

 

$

(1,273

)

 

$

26,697

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We completed our acquisition of Macromedia on December 3, 2005. Pursuant to Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 95-3, “Recognition of Liabilities in Connection with a Purchase Business Combination,”  all restructuring charges related to the Macromedia acquisition are recognized as a part of the purchase price allocation.

Accrued restructuring charges of $26.7 million at March 2, 2007 includes $7.9 million recorded in accrued restructuring, current and $18.8 million, related to long-term facilities obligations, recorded in accrued restructuring, non-current in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. At December 1, 2006, accrued restructuring charges of $31.4 million includes $9.8 million recorded in accrued restructuring, current and $21.6 million, related to long-term facilities obligations, recorded in accrued restructuring, non-current in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. We expect to pay these liabilities through fiscal 2011.

Adobe Restructuring Charges

In connection with the worldwide restructuring plan, we recognized costs related to termination benefits for former Adobe employees whose positions were eliminated and for the closure of Adobe facilities. We also recognized costs related to the cancellation of certain contracts held by Adobe. In addition, costs related to the write-off of fixed assets located at facilities that will no longer be used will be recognized in the periods that the respective offices are vacated. We expect to pay these liabilities through fiscal 2010.

A summary of exit costs follows as of December 1, 2006 and March 2, 2007:

 

2006

 

Cash Payments

 

Adjustments

 

2007

 

Termination benefits

 

$

179

 

 

$

(37

)

 

 

$

(102

)

 

$

40

 

Cost of closing redundant facilities

 

467

 

 

(64

)

 

 

46

 

 

449

 

Total

 

$

646

 

 

$

(101

)

 

 

$

(56

)

 

$

489

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pursuant to FASB’s Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 146, “Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities,” all facility related charges related to the pre-merger operations are expensed and accrued for based upon the cease use date. Accrued restructuring charges as of March 2, 2007 includes $0.2 million recorded in accrued restructuring, current and $0.3 million, related

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

NOTE 7.  RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER CHARGES (Continued)

to long-term facilities obligations, recorded in accrued restructuring, non-current in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of December 1, 2006, accrued restructuring charges of $0.6 million includes $0.3 million recorded in accrued restructuring, current and $0.3 million, related to long-term facilities obligations, recorded in accrued restructuring, non-current in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

NOTE 8.  STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Stock Repurchase Program—On-going Dilution Coverage

To facilitate our stock repurchase program, designed to return value to our stockholders and minimize dilution from stock issuances, we repurchase shares in the open market and from time to time enter into structured repurchase agreements with third parties.

Authorization to repurchase shares to cover on-going dilution is not subject to expiration. However, this repurchase program is limited to covering net dilution from stock issuances and is subject to business conditions and cash flow requirements as determined by our Board of Directors from time to time.

During the first quarter of fiscal 2007 and the first quarter of fiscal 2006, we entered into several structured repurchase agreements with large financial institutions, whereupon we provided the financial institutions with prepayments of $300.0 million and $500.0 million, respectively. We entered into these agreements in order to take advantage of repurchasing shares at a guaranteed discount to the Volume Weighted Average Price (“VWAP”) of our stock. We only enter into such transactions when the discount that we receive is higher than the foregone return on our cash prepayments to the financial institutions. There are no explicit commissions or fees on these structured repurchases. Under the terms of the agreements, there is no requirement for the financial institutions to return any portion of the prepayment to us.

The financial institutions agree to deliver shares to us at monthly intervals during the contract term. The parameters used to calculate the number of shares deliverable are: the total notional amount of the contract, the number of trading days in the contract, the number of trading days in the interval, and the average VWAP of our stock during the interval less the agreed upon discount. During the first quarter of fiscal 2007, we repurchased 4.8 million shares at an average price of $38.22 through structured repurchase agreements which included prepayments from fiscal 2006. During the first quarter of fiscal 2006, we repurchased 9.6 million shares at an average price of $37.12 through structured repurchase agreements which included prepayments remaining from fiscal 2005.

The prepayments are classified as treasury stock on our balance sheet at the payment date, though only shares physically delivered to us by March 2, 2007 are excluded from the denominator in the computation of earnings per share. All outstanding structured repurchase agreements as of March 2, 2007 will expire on or before September 26, 2007. As of March 2, 2007 and March 3, 2006, approximately $319.3 million and $299.6 million respectively, of up-front payments remained under the agreements.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

NOTE 9.  COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 130 (“SFAS 130”), “Reporting Comprehensive Income,” establishes standards for the reporting and display of comprehensive income and its components in the financial statements. Items of comprehensive income that we currently report are unrealized gains and losses on marketable securities categorized as available-for-sale and foreign currency translation adjustments. We also report unrealized gains and losses on derivative instruments qualifying as cash flow hedges.

The following table sets forth the components of comprehensive income for the three months ended March 2, 2007 and March 3, 2006:

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

Net income

 

$

143,851

 

$

105,072

 

Other comprehensive income (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

Change in unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities

 

1,893

 

(142

)

Currency translation adjustments

 

(1,260

)

963

 

Net gain (loss) in derivative instruments

 

126

 

(4,941

)

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

759

 

(4,120

)

Total comprehensive income, net of tax

 

$

144,610

 

$

100,952

 

 

NOTE 10.  NET INCOME PER SHARE

Basic net income per share is computed using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period, excluding unvested restricted stock. Diluted net income per share is based upon the weighted average common shares outstanding for the period plus dilutive potential common shares, including unvested restricted common stock and stock options using the treasury stock method.

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income per share for the three months ended March 2, 2007 and March 3, 2006:

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

Net income

 

$

143,851

 

$

105,072

 

Shares used to compute basic net income per share (weighted average shares outstanding during the period, excluding unvested restricted stock)

 

587,969

 

598,451

 

Dilutive potential common shares:

 

 

 

 

 

Unvested restricted stock

 

14

 

265

 

Stock options

 

16,266

 

23,123

 

Shares used to compute diluted net income per share

 

604,249

 

621,839

 

Basic net income per share

 

$

0.24

 

$

0.18

 

Diluted net income per share

 

$

0.24

 

$

0.17

 

 

For the quarters ended March 2, 2007 and March 3, 2006, options to purchase approximately 8.6 million and 7.3 million shares, respectively, of common stock with exercise prices greater than the average fair market value of our stock of $39.70 and $38.16, respectively, were not included in the calculation

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

NOTE 10.  NET INCOME PER SHARE (Continued)

because the effect would have been antidilutive. In addition, excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share are performance shares.

NOTE 11.  COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Lease Commitments

We occupy three office buildings in San Jose, California where our corporate headquarters are located. We reference these office buildings as the “Almaden Tower” and the “East and West Towers.”

In December 2003, upon completion of construction, we began a five year lease agreement for the Almaden Tower. Under the agreement, we have the option to purchase the building at any time during the lease term for approximately $103.0 million. The maximum recourse amount (“residual value guarantee”) under this obligation is $90.8 million. This lease has been subsequently amended and extended effective March 26, 2007. See Note 14 of our Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for more detailed information.

In August 2004, we extended the lease agreement for our East and West Towers for an additional five years with an option to extend for an additional five years solely at Adobe’s election. As part of the lease extension, we purchased a portion of the lease receivable from the lessor for $126.8 million, which is recorded as an investment in lease receivable on our consolidated balance sheet. This purchase may be credited against the residual value guarantee if we purchase the properties or will be repaid from the sale proceeds if the properties are sold to third parties. Under the agreement for the East and West Towers, we have the option to purchase the buildings at any time during the lease term for approximately $143.2 million. The maximum recourse amount (“residual value guarantee”) under this obligation is $126.8 million.

These two leases are both subject to standard covenants including liquidity, leverage and profitability ratios that are reported to the lessors quarterly. As of March 2, 2007, we were in compliance with all covenants. In the case of a default, the lessor may demand we purchase the buildings for an amount equal to the lease balance, or require that we remarket or relinquish the buildings. Both leases qualify for operating lease accounting treatment under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 13, “Accounting for Leases,” and, as such, the buildings and the related obligations are not included on our consolidated balance sheet. We utilized this type of financing in order to access bank-provided funding at the most favorable rates and to provide the lowest total cost of occupancy for the headquarter buildings. At the end of the lease term, we can extend the lease for an additional five year term (for the East and West Towers lease only), purchase the buildings for the lease balance, remarket or relinquish the buildings. If we choose to remarket or are required to do so upon relinquishing the buildings, we are bound to arrange the sale of the buildings to an unrelated party and will be required to pay the lessor any shortfall between the net remarketing proceeds and the lease balance, up to the maximum recourse amount.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

NOTE 11.  COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Continued)

Guarantees

The lease agreements for our corporate headquarters provide for residual value guarantees. Under FIN 45, the fair value of a residual value guarantee in lease agreements entered into after December 31, 2002, must be recognized as a liability on our consolidated balance sheet. As such, we recognized a $5.2 million liability related to the East and West Tower lease that was extended in August 2004. This liability is recorded in other long-term liabilities with the offsetting entry recorded as prepaid rent in other assets. The balance will be amortized to the income statement over the life of the lease. As of March 2, 2007, the unamortized portion of the fair value of the residual value guarantee remaining in other long-term liabilities and prepaid rent was $2.5 million.

Royalties

We have certain royalty commitments associated with the shipment and licensing of certain products. Royalty expense is generally based on a dollar amount per unit shipped or a percentage of the underlying revenue.

Indemnifications

In the normal course of business, we provide indemnifications of varying scope to customers against claims of intellectual property infringement made by third parties arising from the use of our products. Historically, costs related to these indemnification provisions have not been significant and we are unable to estimate the maximum potential impact of these indemnification provisions on our future results of operations.

To the extent permitted under Delaware law, we have agreements whereby we indemnify our officers and directors for certain events or occurrences while the officer or director is, or was serving, at our request in such capacity. The indemnification period covers all pertinent events and occurrences during the officer’s or director’s lifetime. The maximum potential amount of future payments we could be required to make under these indemnification agreements is unlimited; however, we have director and officer insurance coverage that reduces our exposure and enables us to recover a portion of any future amounts paid. We believe the estimated fair value of these indemnification agreements in excess of applicable insurance coverage is minimal.

As part of our limited partnership interests in Adobe Ventures, we have provided a general indemnification to Granite Ventures, an independent venture capital firm and sole general partner of Adobe Ventures, for certain events or occurrences while Granite Ventures is, or was serving, at our request in such capacity provided that Granite Ventures acts in good faith on behalf of the partnerships. We are unable to develop an estimate of the maximum potential amount of future payments that could potentially result from any hypothetical future claim, but believe the risk of having to make any payments under this general indemnification to be remote.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

NOTE 11.  COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Continued)

Legal Proceedings

On September 6, 2002, Plaintiff Fred B. Dufresne filed suit against Adobe, Microsoft Corporation, Macromedia, Inc. and Trellix Corporation in the U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 5,835,712, entitled “Client-Server System Using Embedded Hypertext Tags for Application and Database Development.” The Plaintiff’s complaint asserts that “defendants have infringed, and continue to infringe, one or more claims of the ‘712 patent by making, using, selling and/or offering for sale, inter alia, products supporting Microsoft Active Server Pages technology.” Plaintiff seeks unspecified compensatory damages, preliminary and permanent injunctive relief, trebling of damages for “willful infringement,” and fees and costs. We believe the action has no merit and are vigorously defending against it. As of March 2, 2007, we do not believe that a loss is probable or estimable.

On October 13, 2006, a purported shareholder derivative action entitled Steven Staehr v. Bruce R. Chizen, et al was filed in the Superior Court of California for the County of Santa Clara against certain of the Company’s current and former officers and directors, and against Adobe as a nominal defendant. The complaint asserts that stock option grants to executives were priced retroactively by Adobe and were improperly accounted for, and alleges various causes of action based on that assertion. The complaint seeks payment by the defendants to Adobe of damages allegedly suffered by it and disgorgement of profits, as well as injunctive relief. As of March 2, 2007, we do not believe that a loss is probable or estimable.

In connection with our anti-piracy efforts, conducted both internally and through the Business Software Alliance, from time to time we undertake litigation against alleged copyright infringers. Such lawsuits may lead to counter-claims alleging improper use of litigation or violation of other local law and have recently increased in frequency, especially in Latin American countries. We believe we have valid defenses with respect to such counter-claims; however, it is possible that our consolidated financial position, cash flows or results of operations could be affected in any particular period by the resolution of one or more of these counter-claims.

From time to time, in addition to those identified above, Adobe is subject to legal proceedings, claims, investigations and proceedings in the ordinary course of business, including claims of alleged infringement of third-party patents and other intellectual property rights, commercial, employment and other matters. In accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, Adobe makes a provision for a liability when it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. These provisions are reviewed at least quarterly and adjusted to reflect the impacts of negotiations, settlements, rulings, advice of legal counsel, and other information and events pertaining to a particular case. Litigation is inherently unpredictable. However, we believe that we have valid defenses with respect to the legal matters pending against Adobe. It is possible, nevertheless, that our consolidated financial position, cash flows or results of operations could be affected by the resolution of one or more of such contingencies.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

NOTE 12.  CREDIT FACILITY

On February 16, 2007, we entered into a five year, $500.0 million senior syndicated unsecured revolving credit facility providing for loans to us and certain of our foreign subsidiaries. The facility will be used to provide funding for general corporate purposes. Adobe can request two one-year extensions effective on the first and/or second anniversaries of the closing date of the original agreement, subject to a majority consent of the original bank syndicate or any new lenders that may be added. In addition, the amount of the facility may be increased by up to an additional $500.0 million. The existing lenders may elect to increase their commitments or new lenders may be added to the syndicate up to the maximum additional increase of $500.0 million. The facility contains a financial covenant requiring us not to exceed a certain maximum leverage ratio. The facility terminates on February 16, 2012 if no extensions have been requested. Borrowings under the facility bear interest based on a pricing grid tied to the financial covenant. Commitment fees are payable on the facility at rates between 0.05% and 0.15% per year based on the same pricing grid. As of March 2, 2007 we had no outstanding borrowings under this credit facility and were in compliance with all the covenants.

NOTE 13.  INDUSTRY SEGMENTS

We have the following segments: Creative Solutions, Knowledge Worker Solutions, Enterprise and Developer Solutions, Mobile and Device Solutions, and Other, which includes the Print and Classic Publishing and Platform segments. Our Creative Solutions segment focuses on delivering a complete professional line of integrated tools for a full range of creative and developer tasks to an extended set of customers. This segment combines the products of our Creative Professional and Digital Imaging and Video business segments. The Knowledge Worker Solutions segment focuses on the needs of knowledge worker customers, providing essential applications and services to help them share information and collaborate. This segment contains revenue generated by Adobe Acrobat Connect and our Acrobat family of products. Our Enterprise segment provides server-based enterprise interaction solutions that automate people-centric processes. The segment contains revenue generated by our LiveCycle, ColdFusion and Flex lines of products. The Mobile and Device Solutions segment provides solutions that create compelling experiences through rich content, user interfaces, and data services on mobile and non-PC devices such as cellular phones, consumer devices and internet connected hand-held devices. Finally, Other contains several of our products and services which address market opportunities ranging from the diverse publishing needs of technical and business publishing, to our legacy type and OEM printing businesses, to new strategic opportunities such as OEM revenue generated from our desktop technology platform—which includes Adobe Reader and Adobe Flash Player applications.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

NOTE 13.  INDUSTRY SEGMENTS (Continued)

With the exception of goodwill, we do not identify or allocate our assets by operating segments. See Note 3 for the allocation of goodwill to our reportable segments.

 

 

Creative
Solutions

 

Knowledge
Worker
Solutions

 

Enterprise
and
Developer
Solutions

 

Mobile and
Device
Solutions

 

Other*

 

Total

 

Quarter ended March 2, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue.

 

$

346,391

 

 

$

174,828

 

 

 

$

50,915

 

 

 

$

13,733

 

 

$

63,540

 

$

649,407

 

Cost of revenue.

 

30,100

 

 

10,674

 

 

 

16,765

 

 

 

6,880

 

 

7,844

 

72,263

 

Gross profit.

 

$

316,291

 

 

$

164,154

 

 

 

$

34,150

 

 

 

$

6,853

 

 

$

55,696

 

$

577,144

 

Gross profit as a percentage of revenues

 

91

%

 

94

%

 

 

67

%

 

 

50

%

 

88

%

89

%

Quarter ended March 3, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue.

 

$

382,124

 

 

$

166,267

 

 

 

$

45,040

 

 

 

$

8,575

 

 

$

53,472

 

$

655,478

 

Cost of revenue.

 

37,345

 

 

9,815

 

 

 

15,766

 

 

 

4,792

 

 

10,028

 

77,746

 

Gross profit.

 

$

344,779

 

 

$

156,452

 

 

 

$

29,274

 

 

 

$

3,783

 

 

$

43,444

 

$

577,732

 

Gross profit as a percentage of revenues

 

90

%

 

94

%

 

 

65

%

 

 

44

%

 

81

%

88

%


*                    Other segments revenue includes platform revenue of $7.5 million and $6.6 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2007 and 2006 respectively. Costs of revenue related to our platform segment are insignificant for each period. Gross margins for our platform segment are $7.4 million and $6.6 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2007 and 2006, respectively, or 99% and 100% of revenues, respectively. In addition, also included in Other segments is revenue related to our print and publishing businesses.

A reconciliation of the totals reported for the operating segments to the applicable line items in the condensed consolidated financial statements for the quarters ended March 2, 2007 and March 3, 2006 is as follows:

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

Total gross profit from operating segments above

 

$

577,144

 

$

577,732

 

Total operating expenses *

 

430,807

 

447,752

 

Total operating income

 

146,337

 

129,980

 

Non-operating income

 

28,065

 

14,277

 

Income before income taxes

 

$

174,402

 

$

144,257

 


*                    Total operating expenses comprise research and development, sales and marketing, general and administrative, restructuring and other charges, and amortization of purchased intangibles.

NOTE 14.  SUBSEQUENT EVENT

Renewal of Almaden Tower Lease

On March 26, 2007, the Almaden Tower lease was amended and extended to March 26, 2012, with a renewal option for an additional five years solely at Adobe’s election. This lease will continue to qualify for

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

NOTE 14.  SUBSEQUENT EVENT (Continued)

operating lease treatment under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 13, “Accounting for Leases”, and as such, the buildings and the related obligations will not be included on our consolidated balance sheet. However, as part of the lease extension, we purchased a portion of the lease receivable of the lessor for $80.4 million, which will be recorded as an investment in lease receivable on our consolidated balance sheet for the quarter ended June 1, 2007, similar in structure to the lease for the East and West Towers. This purchase may be credited against the residual value guarantee if we purchase the properties or will be repaid from the sale proceeds if the properties are sold to third parties. Under the agreement, we have the option to purchase the buildings at any time during the lease term for approximately $103.6 million. The maximum recourse amount (“residual value guarantee”) under this obligation is $89.4 million.

In addition, under FIN 45 “Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others”, we will record $3.0 million in other long-term liabilities, equal to the fair value of the residual value guarantee, with the offsetting entry recorded to prepaid rent in other assets. This balance will be amortized to the income statement over the life of the lease.

Structured Stock Repurchase Agreements

In April 2007, we entered into additional structured stock repurchase agreements with large financial institutions whereupon we provided the financial institutions with pre-payments of $300.0 million. The $300.0 million will be classified as treasury stock on our balance sheet. See Note 8 of our Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information regarding our structured stock repurchase agreements.

New Stock Repurchase Program

In April 2007, we announced that our Board of Directors authorized a new stock repurchase program. Under the new program, we are authorized to repurchase in aggregate up to 20 million shares of our common stock and is not subject to expiration. This program is in addition to our existing stock repurchase program to offset dilution from employee stock programs.

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion (presented in millions, except share and per share amounts, and is unaudited) should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto.

In addition to historical information, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding product plans, future growth and market opportunities, which involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. Factors that might cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A. You should carefully review the risks described herein and in other documents we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for fiscal 2006  and the other Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q to be filed by us in fiscal 2007. When used in this report, the words “expects,” “could,” “would”, “may,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “targets,” “estimates,” “looks for,” “looks to,” and similar expressions, as well as statements regarding our focus for the future, are generally intended to identify forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. We undertake no obligation to publicly release any revisions to the forward-looking statements or reflect events or circumstances after the date of this document.

BUSINESS OVERVIEW

Founded in 1982, Adobe Systems Incorporated is one of the largest and most diversified software companies in the world. We offer a line of creative, business and mobile software and services used by high-end consumers, creative professionals, designers, knowledge workers, OEM partners, developers and enterprises for creating, managing, delivering and engaging with compelling content and experiences across multiple operating systems, devices and media. We distribute our products through a network of distributors and dealers, value-added resellers (“VARs”), systems integrators, independent software vendors (“ISVs”) and OEMs; direct to end users; and through our own Web site at www.adobe.com. We also license our technology to major hardware manufacturers, software developers and service providers and we offer integrated software solutions to businesses of all sizes. We have operations in the Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa (“EMEA”); and Asia. Our software runs on Microsoft Windows, Apple OS, Linux, UNIX and various non-personal computer platforms, depending on the product.

We maintain executive offices and principal facilities at 345 Park Avenue, San Jose, California 95110-2704. Our telephone number is 408-536-6000. We maintain a Web site at www.adobe.com. Investors can obtain copies of our SEC filings from this site free of charge, as well as from the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov.

OPERATIONS OVERVIEW

During the first quarter of fiscal 2007, we continued to focus on driving revenue growth and increasing market share of our products through the continued delivery of comprehensive software solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers.

In our Creative Solutions business, revenue declined sequentially from our fourth quarter as we expected. We attributed this decline due to lower demand as some of our customers wait for a new major product launch to occur in our second quarter of fiscal 2007, which we previously announced publicly. To spur continued demand, we released an updated version of our Creative Suite 2 Premium product, which contained the new Acrobat 8 Professional software.

In our Knowledge Worker Solutions business, following the launch of Acrobat 8 in our fourth quarter of fiscal 2006, we achieved the second highest quarterly revenue ever for our Acrobat family of products in our first quarter of fiscal 2007. Helping drive this success was ongoing adoption by users in enterprises,

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governments, and vertical markets such as architecture, engineering and construction. Acrobat revenue was somewhat negatively impacted in the quarter due to the issues with our new license management technology in the product, which were resolved later in the quarter.

Our Enterprise and Developer Solutions business achieved 13% year-over-year growth as we continued to focus on delivering innovative products and solutions for our customers. Our Mobile and Device business achieved strong year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter growth due to the ongoing success we have had targeting mobile operators, handset manufacturers, and consumer electronic device manufactures with our Flash Lite and FlashCast technologies. Other segment revenue increased primarily due to higher revenue from the monetization of our free download client software.

We continue to focus on delivering innovative products and solutions for our customers. Our success could be limited by several factors, including the timely release of new products, continued market acceptance of our products, the introduction of new products by existing or new competitors and unfavorable exchange rate fluctuations. For a further discussion of these and other risk factors, see Part II, Item IA, “Risk Factors.”

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES

In preparing our consolidated financial statements, we make assumptions, judgments and estimates that can have a significant impact on amounts reported in our consolidated financial statements. We base our assumptions, judgments and estimates on historical experience and various other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. On a regular basis, we evaluate our assumptions, judgments and estimates and make changes accordingly. We also discuss our critical accounting estimates with the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. We believe that the assumptions, judgments and estimates involved in the accounting for revenue recognition, stock-based compensation, goodwill and income taxes have the greatest potential impact on our consolidated financial statements. These areas are key components of our results of operations and are based on complex rules which require us to make judgments and estimates, so we consider these to be our significant accounting policies. Historically, our assumptions, judgments and estimates relative to our significant accounting policies have not differed materially from actual results.

There have been no significant changes in our critical accounting estimates during the three months ended March 2, 2007 as compared to the critical accounting estimates disclosed in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 1, 2006.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Revenue

 

 

First Quarter

 

Percent

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

Change

 

Product

 

$

620.3

 

$

636.8

 

 

(3

)%

 

Percentage of total revenues

 

96

%

97

%

 

 

 

 

Services and support

 

29.1

 

18.7

 

 

56

%

 

Percentage of total revenues

 

4

%

3

%

 

 

 

 

Total revenues

 

$

649.4

 

$

655.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

As described in Note 13 of our Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, we have the following segments: Creative Solutions, Knowledge Worker Solutions, Enterprise and Developer Solutions, Mobile and Device Solutions, and Other, which includes the Print and Classic Publishing and Platform segments.

Our services and support revenue is composed of consulting, training, and maintenance and support, primarily related to the licensing of our Enterprise and Developer Solutions products. Our support revenue also includes technical support and developer support to partners and developer organizations related to our desktop products. Our consulting revenue is recognized using the proportionate performance method and is measured monthly based on input measures, such as on hours incurred to date compared to total estimated hours to complete, with consideration given to output measures, such as contract milestones, when applicable. Our maintenance and support offerings, which entitle customers to receive product upgrades and enhancements or technical support, depending on the offering, is recognized ratably over the term of the arrangement.

Segment Information

 

 

First Quarter

 

Percent

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

Change

 

Creative Solutions

 

$

346.4

 

$

382.1

 

 

(9

)%

 

Percentage of total revenues

 

53

%

58

%

 

 

 

 

Knowledge Worker Solutions

 

174.8

 

166.3

 

 

5

%

 

Percentage of total revenues

 

27

%

25

%

 

 

 

 

Enterprise and Developer Solutions

 

50.9

 

45.0

 

 

13

%

 

Percentage of total revenues

 

8

%

7

%

 

 

 

 

Mobile and Device Solutions

 

13.7

 

8.6

 

 

59

%

 

Percentage of total revenues

 

2

%

1

%

 

 

 

 

Other*

 

63.6

 

53.5

 

 

19

%

 

Percentage of total revenues

 

10

%

8

%

 

 

 

 

Total revenues

 

$

649.4

 

$

655.5

 

 

 

 

 


*                    Other segments revenue includes Platform revenue of $7.5 million and $6.6 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2007 and 2006 respectively, or 1% and 1% of revenues, respectively. Also included in Other segments is revenue related to our Print and Publishing businesses.

Revenue from our Creative Solutions segment decreased during the first quarter of fiscal 2007 as compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2006 primarily due to weaker sales from our Adobe Creative Suites product in anticipation of our release of CS3. Offsetting this decline was strength with our Flash Media Server and Flash Video Streaming Service solutions which customers use to offer Flash Video on their websites.

Revenue from our Knowledge Worker Solutions segment increased during the first quarter of fiscal 2007 as compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2006 primarily due to the continued success of Acrobat 8.0

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which was launched at the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006, followed by launches in additional languages during the first quarter of fiscal 2007. There were no significant decreases in revenues from products in this segment during the first quarter of fiscal 2007 as compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2006.

Revenue from our Enterprise and Developer Solutions segment increased during the first quarter of fiscal 2007 as compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2006 partially due to an increase in revenues from our Flex products due to increased licensing, services and support.

Revenue from our Mobile and Device Solutions segment increased during the first quarter of fiscal 2007 as compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2006 primarily due to the continued growth of its products, including Flash Lite and FlashCast.

Revenue from our Other segments increased during the first quarter of fiscal 2007 as compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2006 primarily due to stronger revenue related to our PostScript licensing and also due to increased licensing related to our Flash Player and Shockwave during the quarter. In addition, Other segment revenue increased primarily due to higher revenue from the monetization of our free download client software Revenue from PostScript licensing has generally declined over the last few years and we do not expect to sustain the growth achieved during this quarter.

Geographical Information

 

 

First Quarter

 

Percent

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

Change

 

Americas

 

$

298.3

 

$

313.7

 

 

(5

)%

 

Percentage of total revenues

 

46

%

48

%

 

 

 

 

EMEA

 

215.7

 

207.0

 

 

4

%

 

Percentage of total revenues

 

33

%

32

%

 

 

 

 

Asia

 

135.4

 

134.8

 

 

*

%

 

Percentage of total revenues

 

21

%

20

%

 

 

 

 

Total revenues

 

$

649.4

 

$

655.5

 

 

 

 

 


*                    Percentage is not meaningful.

Revenues in the Americas decreased during the first quarter of fiscal 2007 as compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2006 primarily due to the decline in revenues from our Creative Solutions products but was slightly offset by an increase in revenues from our Other segment products.

Revenues in EMEA increased during the first quarter of fiscal 2007 as compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2006 due to increases of approximately $13.5 million due to the strengthening of the dollar against the euro. This increase was partially offset by a decline in revenues from our Creative Solutions products.

Revenues in Asia increased slightly during the first quarter of fiscal 2007 as compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2006 due to the strength of our Mobile and Device Solutions products and Other products. This increase was partially offset by a decline in revenues from our Creative Solutions products. Revenues in Asia were not materially impacted by changes in the yen.

Inventory Information

At the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2007 our distributor inventory position was within our global inventory policy which allows up to an estimated 4.5 weeks of anticipated product supply at our distributors.

With regard to our product backlog, our experience is that the actual amount of backlog at any particular time may not be a meaningful indicator of future business prospects. For example, prior to the finalization and release of new products, we may have significant levels of orders for new product releases. Our backlog of unfulfilled orders at the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2007, other than those associated

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with new product releases, those pending credit review and those not shipped due to the application of our global distributor inventory policy, was less than 1% of first quarter fiscal 2007 revenue. The comparable backlog at the end of fiscal 2006 was approximately 2% of fourth quarter fiscal 2006 revenue.

Cost of Revenue

 

 

First Quarter

 

Percent

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

Change

 

Product

 

$

53.8

 

$

62.8

 

 

(14

)%

 

Percentage of total revenues

 

8

%

10

%

 

 

 

 

Services and support

 

18.5

 

14.9

 

 

24

%

 

Percentage of total revenues

 

3

%

2

%

 

 

 

 

Total cost of revenue

 

$

72.3

 

$

77.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of product revenue includes product packaging, third-party royalties, excess and obsolete inventory, amortization related to localization costs and acquired technologies and the costs associated with the manufacturing of our products.

Cost of product revenue fluctuated due to the following:

 

% Change
2006 to
2007

 

Decreased amortization of purchased technology

 

 

(11

)%

 

Decreased localization costs related to our product launches

 

 

(4

)

 

Decreased material costs due to product mix

 

 

(2

)

 

Increased excess and obsolete inventory

 

 

1

 

 

Various individually insignificant items

 

 

2

 

 

Total change

 

 

(14

)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of services and support revenue is composed primarily of employee-related costs and related costs incurred to provide consulting services, training and product support.

Cost of services and support revenue increased in the first quarter of fiscal 2007 as compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year primarily due to increases in services and support activities.

Operating Expenses

 

 

First Quarter

 

Percent

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

Change

 

Research and development

 

$

137.1

 

$

137.5

 

 

*%

 

 

Percentage of total revenues

 

21

%

21

%

 

 

 

 


*                    Percentage is less than 1%.

Research and development expenses consist primarily of salary and benefit expenses for software developers, contracted development efforts, related facilities costs and expenses associated with computer equipment used in software development.

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Research and development expenses fluctuated due to the following:

 

% Change
2006 to
2007

 

Increased compensation and related benefits associated with headcount growth, higher incentive compensation and stock-based compensation costs

 

 

8

%

 

Decreased property tax costs

 

 

(4

)

 

Decreased facility costs

 

 

(1

)

 

Various individually insignificant items

 

 

(3

)

 

Total change

 

 

*%

 

 

 

 

 


*                    Percentage is less than 1%.

We believe that investments in research and development, including the recruiting and hiring of software developers, are critical to remain competitive in the marketplace and are directly related to continued timely development of new and enhanced products. We will continue to focus on long-term opportunities available in our end markets and make significant investments in the development of our desktop application and server-based software products.

 

 

First Quarter

 

Percent

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

Change

 

Sales and marketing

 

$

214.7

 

$

213.8

 

 

*%

 

 

Percentage of total revenues

 

33

%

33

%

 

 

 

 


*                    Percentage is less than 1%.

Sales and marketing expenses primarily include salary and benefit expenses, sales commissions, travel expenses and related facilities costs for our sales, marketing, customer support, order management and global supply chain management personnel. Sales and marketing expenses also include the costs of programs aimed at increasing revenue, such as advertising, trade shows, public relations and other market development programs.

Sales and marketing expenses fluctuated due to the following:

 

% Change
2006 to
2007

 

Increased compensation and related benefits associated with headcount growth, higher incentive compensation and stock-based compensation costs

 

 

3

%

 

Increased professional fees

 

 

2

 

 

Increased facility costs

 

 

1

 

 

Decreased marketing spending related to product launches and overall marketing efforts

 

 

(4

)

 

Various individually insignificant items

 

 

(2

)

 

Total change

 

 

*%

 

 

 

 

 

 


*                    Percentage is less than 1%.

 

 

First Quarter

 

Percent

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

Change

 

General and administrative

 

$

61.3

 

$

60.3

 

 

2

%

 

Percentage of total revenues

 

9

%

9

%

 

 

 

 

 

General and administrative expenses consist primarily of compensation and benefit expenses, travel expenses, and related facilities costs for our finance, facilities, human resources, legal, information services

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and executive personnel. General and administrative expenses also include outside legal and accounting fees, provision for bad debts, expenses associated with computer equipment and software used in the administration of the business, charitable contributions and various forms of insurance.

General and administrative expenses fluctuated due to the following:

 

% Change
2006 to
2007

 

Decreased compensation and related benefits

 

 

(1

)%

 

Increased facility costs

 

 

1

 

 

Decreased contractor fees

 

 

(1

)

 

Increased depreciation and amortization

 

 

2

 

 

Increased legal fees

 

 

2

 

 

Various individually insignificant items

 

 

(1

)

 

Total change

 

 

2

%

 

 

 

 

 

Restructuring and Other Charges

 

 

First Quarter

 

Percent

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

Change

 

Restructuring and other charges

 

$

 

$

19.0

 

 

*%

 

 

Percentage of total revenues

 

*%

 

3

%

 

 

 

 


*                    Percentage is not meaningful.

In the first quarter of fiscal 2006, pursuant to Board of Directors’ approval, we implemented a restructuring plan to eliminate 313 positions, held by Adobe employees worldwide and which impacted all functional areas. The reduction in force was completed in fiscal 2006. The restructuring plan, also includes costs related to the world-wide consolidation of facilities, the cancellation of certain contracts and the write-off of fixed assets located at facilities that will be vacated.

Amortization of Purchased Intangibles

 

 

First Quarter

 

Percent

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

Change

 

Amortization of purchased intangibles

 

$

17.7

 

$

17.1

 

 

4

%

 

Percentage of total revenues

 

3

%

3

%

 

 

 

 

 

As a result of acquiring Macromedia, we acquired purchased intangibles that which will be amortized over their estimated useful lives of two to four years. In addition, during the first quarter of fiscal 2007 we acquired $2.0 million of purchased intangibles which will be amortized over their estimated useful lives.

Non-operating Income

 

 

First Quarter

 

Percent

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

Change

 

Investment gain (loss)

 

$

5.6

 

$

(1.2

)

 

*

%

 

Percentage of total revenues

 

1

%

*

%

 

 

 

 

Interest and other income

 

22.5

 

15.5

 

 

45

%

 

Percentage of total revenues

 

3

%

2

%

 

 

 

 

Total non-operating income.

 

$

28.1

 

$

14.3

 

 

 

 

 


*                    Percentage is not meaningful.

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Investment Gain/(Loss)

Investment gain/(loss) consists principally of realized gains or losses from the sale of marketable equity investments, other-than-temporary declines in the value of marketable and non-marketable equity securities and gains and losses of Adobe Ventures.

Interest and Other Income

The largest component of interest and other income is interest earned on cash, cash equivalents and short-term fixed income investments, but also includes gains and losses on the sale of fixed income investments, foreign exchange transaction gains and losses, and interest expense.

Interest and other income increased during the first quarter of fiscal 2007 as compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2006 primarily due to higher interest income as a result of increased levels of cash and higher rates of return during the first quarter of fiscal 2007.

Provision for Income Taxes

 

 

First Quarter

 

Percent

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

Change

 

Provision for income taxes

 

$

30.6

 

$

39.2

 

 

(22

%)

 

Percentage of total revenues

 

5

%

6

%

 

 

 

 

Effective tax rate

 

17.5

%

27.2

%

 

 

 

 

 

Overall our effective tax rate decreased approximately 9.7% in the first quarter of fiscal 2007 as compared to the same period last year. The net decrease is primarily due to the reinstatement of the federal research and development tax credit in December 2006. The reinstatement of the credit was retroactive to January 1, 2006. A $12.3 million cumulative tax benefit for the credit relating to fiscal 2006 was reflected in its entirety in the first quarter of fiscal 2007.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

 

 

March 2,
2007

 

December 1,
2006

 

Percent
Change

 

Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments

 

$

2,282.4

 

 

$

2,280.9

 

 

 

*

%

 

Working capital

 

2,201.5

 

 

2,207.1

 

 

 

*

%

 

Stockholders’ equity

 

$

5,108.1

 

 

$

5,151.9

 

 

 

1

%

 


*                    Percentage is less than 1%.

Our primary source of cash is receipts from revenue. The primary uses of cash are payroll (salaries, bonuses, and benefits), general operating expenses (marketing, travel, office rent) and cost of product revenue. Another source of cash is proceeds from the exercise of employee options and another use of cash is our stock repurchase program, which is detailed below.

Net cash provided by operating activities in the first quarter of fiscal 2007 of $270.5 million was primarily comprised net income, net of non-cash related expenses. The primary working capital source of cash was a decrease in trade receivables and an increase in deferred revenue. Trade receivables decreased primarily due to the overall decrease in revenue and a higher receivable balance as of December 1, 2006 due to the launch of Acrobat 8 during the latter part of fiscal 2006. Deferred revenue increased due to the deferral of revenue related to our Lightroom product, an increase in maintenance and support contracts and revenue related to products shipping in the second quarter of fiscal 2007. Working capital uses of cash included decreases in trade and other payables, accrued expenses, and accrued restructuring. Accrued expenses decreased due to compensation related costs and other expenses. Accrued restructuring

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decreased primarily due to cash payments for facilities and termination benefits. At the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2007, our days sales outstanding in trade receivables (“DSO”) was 43 days as compared to 48 days at the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006. The decrease in DSO was primarily due to strong cash collections during the first quarter of fiscal 2007 and due to the late shipment of Acrobat 8.0 during the fourth quarter of 2006.

Net cash from investing activities decreased from cash provided in 2006 of $287.0 million to cash used in the first quarter of fiscal 2007 of $309.8 million. The decrease in the first quarter of fiscal 2007 is primarily due to the purchases of short term investments and the $32.0 million land purchase in downtown San Jose in the first quarter of fiscal 2007. The cash provided by investing activities in the first quarter of fiscal 2006 was due to the large amount of cash received from acquisitions.

Net cash used for financing activities in the first quarter of fiscal 2007 of $205.9 million decreased from the $251.0 million cash used in the first quarter of fiscal 2006 primarily due to a lower amount of purchases of treasury stock. Cash used for stock repurchases during the first quarter of fiscal 2007 decreased from the prior year due to a lower number of shares being repurchased, and less prepayments related to stock repurchase agreements (see section titled “Stock Repurchase Program—On-Going Dilution).

We expect to continue our investing activities, including short-term and long-term investments and purchases of computer systems for research and development, sales and marketing, product support, and administrative staff. Furthermore, cash reserves may be used to repurchase stock under our stock repurchase programs and strategically acquire software companies, products or technologies that are complementary to our business. The Board of Directors has approved a facilities expansion for our operations in India, which may include the purchase of land and buildings. In addition, we plan to invest approximately $100 million in venture capital over the next three to five years in companies leveraging our platform technologies.

Our existing cash, cash equivalents and investment balances may decline during fiscal 2007 in the event of a weakening of the economy or changes in our planned cash outlay. However, based on our current business plan and revenue prospects, we believe that our existing balances together with our anticipated cash flows from operations will be sufficient to meet our working capital and operating resource expenditure requirements for the next twelve months. Cash from operations could be affected by various risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to the risks detailed in Part II, Item 1A titled “Risk Factors.” We entered into a $500 million credit facility that will provide backup liquidity for general corporate purposes for a period of up to 5 years. Also, we believe that our banking relationships and good credit should afford us the opportunity to raise additional sufficient debt in the bank or public market, if required.

Adobe uses professional investment management firms to manage most of our invested cash. External investment firms managed, on average, 77% of Adobe’s invested balances during the first quarter of fiscal 2007. Within the U.S., the fixed income portfolio is primarily invested in municipal bonds. Outside of the U.S., our fixed income portfolio is primarily invested in U.S. Treasury notes and highly rated corporate notes. The balance of the fixed income portfolio is managed internally and invested primarily in money market and enhanced money market funds for working capital purposes. As of March 2, 2007, $140.4 million of the securities now classified as short-term investments have structural features that allow us to sell the securities at par within 90 days and thus retain similar liquidity characteristics as cash equivalents. All investments are made according to policies approved by the Board of Directors.

During the second quarter of fiscal 2007, we amended our lease of the Almaden Tower effective March 26, 2007. In connection with the amendment, we purchased a $80.4 million portion of the lease receivable of the lessor similar to the structure of the lease for the East and West Towers. See Note 14 of our Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for more detailed information.

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Stock Repurchase Program—On-going Dilution Coverage

To facilitate our stock repurchase program, designed to return value to our stockholders and minimize dilution from stock issuances, we repurchase shares in the open market and from time to time enter into structured stock repurchase agreements with third parties.

Authorization to repurchase shares to cover on-going dilution is not subject to expiration. However, this repurchase program is limited to covering net dilution from stock issuances and is subject to business conditions and cash flow requirements as determined by our Board of Directors from time to time. Refer to Part II, Item 2(c) in this filing for share repurchases during the quarter ended March 2, 2007.

During the first quarter of fiscal 2007 we entered into several structured repurchase agreements with large financial institutions, whereupon we provided the financial institutions with prepayments of $300.0 million. We entered into these agreements in order to take advantage of repurchasing shares at a guaranteed discount to the VWAP of our common stock. We only enter into such transactions when the discount that we receive is higher than the foregone return on our cash prepayments to the financial institutions. There were no explicit commissions or fees on these structured repurchases. Under the terms of the agreements, there is no requirement for the financial institutions to return any portion of the prepayment to us.

The financial institutions agree to deliver shares to us at monthly intervals during the contract term. The parameters used to calculate the number of shares deliverable are: the total notional amount of the contract, the number of trading days in the contract, the number of trading days in the interval, and the average VWAP of our stock during the interval less the agreed upon discount.

For the first quarter of fiscal 2007, the $300.0 million prepayment was classified as treasury stock on our balance sheet at the payment date, though only shares physically delivered to us by March 2, 2007 are excluded from the denominator in the computation of earnings per share. All outstanding structured repurchase agreements as of March 2, 2007 will expire on or before September 26, 2007. As of March 2, 2007 approximately $319.3 million of up-front payments remained under the agreements.

In April 2007, we announced that our Board of Directors authorized a new stock repurchase program. Under the new program, we are authorized to repurchase in aggregate up to 20 million shares of our common stock and is not subject to expiration. This program is in addition to our existing stock repurchase program to offset dilution from employee stock programs.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Aggregate Contractual Obligations

Our principal commitments as of March 2, 2007 consist of obligations under operating leases, royalty agreements and various service agreements. See Note 11 of our Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for more detailed information.

Lease Commitments

The two lease agreements discussed in Note 11 of our Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are subject to standard financial covenants. As of March 2, 2007, we were in compliance with all of our financial covenants. We expect to remain within compliance in the next 12 months. We believe these limitations will not impact our cash or credit in the coming year or restrict our ability to execute our business plan. See Note 11 of our Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information regarding our lease commitments.

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Royalties

We have certain royalty commitments associated with the shipment and licensing of certain products. Royalty expense is generally based on a dollar amount per unit shipped or a percentage of the underlying revenue.

Guarantees

The lease agreements for our corporate headquarters provide for residual value guarantees. Under FIN 45, the fair value of a residual value guarantee in lease agreements entered into after December 31, 2002, must be recognized as a liability on our consolidated balance sheet. As such, we recognized a $5.2 million liability related to the East and West Towers lease that was extended in August 2004. This liability is recorded in other long-term liabilities with the offsetting entry recorded as prepaid rent in other assets. The balance will be amortized to the income statement over the life of the lease. As of March 2, 2007, the unamortized portion of the fair value of the residual value guarantee remaining in other long-term liabilities and prepaid rent was $2.5 million.

Indemnifications

In the normal course of business, we provide indemnifications of varying scope to customers against claims of intellectual property infringement made by third parties arising from the use of our products. Historically, costs related to these indemnification provisions have not been significant and we are unable to estimate the maximum potential impact of these indemnification provisions on our future results of operations.

To the extent permitted under Delaware law, we have agreements whereby we indemnify our officers and directors for certain events or occurrences while the officer or director is, or was serving, at our request in such capacity. The indemnification period covers all pertinent events and occurrences during the officer’s or director’s lifetime. The maximum potential amount of future payments we could be required to make under these indemnification agreements is unlimited; however, we have director and officer insurance coverage that limits our exposure and enables us to recover a portion of any future amounts paid. We believe the estimated fair value of these indemnification agreements in excess of applicable insurance coverage is minimal.

As part of our limited partnership interests in Adobe Ventures, we have provided a general indemnification to Granite Ventures, an independent venture capital firm and sole general partner of Adobe Ventures, for certain events or occurrences while Granite Ventures is, or was serving, at our request in such capacity provided that Granite Ventures acts in good faith on behalf of the partnerships. We are unable to develop an estimate of the maximum potential amount of future payments that could potentially result from any hypothetical future claim, but believe the risk of having to make any payments under this general indemnification to be remote.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

We believe that there have been no significant changes in our market risk exposures for the quarter ended March 2, 2007 from those disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for fiscal 2006.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Based on their evaluation as of March 2, 2007, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) were sufficiently effective to ensure

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that the information required to be disclosed by us in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and Form 10-Q.

There were no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting during the quarter ended March 2, 2007 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal controls over financial reporting.

Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within Adobe have been detected.

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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

On September 6, 2002, Plaintiff Fred B. Dufresne filed suit against Adobe, Microsoft Corporation, Macromedia, Inc. and Trellix Corporation in the U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 5,835,712, entitled “Client-Server System Using Embedded Hypertext Tags for Application and Database Development.” The Plaintiff’s complaint asserts that “defendants have infringed, and continue to infringe, one or more claims of the ‘712 patent by making, using, selling and/or offering for sale, inter alia, products supporting Microsoft Active Server Pages technology.” Plaintiff seeks unspecified compensatory damages, preliminary and permanent injunctive relief, trebling of damages for “willful infringement,” and fees and costs. We believe the action has no merit and are vigorously defending against it.

On October 13, 2006, a purported shareholder derivative action entitled Steven Staehr v. Bruce R. Chizen, et al was filed in the Superior Court of California for the County of Santa Clara against certain of the Company’s current and former officers and directors, and against Adobe as a nominal defendant. The complaint asserts that stock option grants to executives were priced retroactively by Adobe and were improperly accounted for, and alleges various causes of action based on that assertion. The complaint seeks payment by the defendants to Adobe of damages allegedly suffered by it and disgorgement of profits, as well as injunctive relief.

In connection with our anti-piracy efforts, conducted both internally and through the Business Software Alliance, from time to time we undertake litigation against alleged copyright infringers. Such lawsuits may lead to counter-claims alleging improper use of litigation or violation of other local law and have recently increased in frequency, especially in Latin American countries. We believe we have valid defenses with respect to such counter-claims; however, it is possible that our consolidated financial position, cash flows or results of operations could be affected in any particular period by the resolution of one or more of these counter-claims.

From time to time, in addition to those identified above, Adobe is subject to legal proceedings, claims, investigations and proceedings in the ordinary course of business, including claims of alleged infringement of third-party patents and other intellectual property rights, commercial, employment and other matters. In accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, Adobe makes a provision for a liability when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. These provisions are reviewed at least quarterly and adjusted to reflect the impacts of negotiations, settlements, rulings, advice of legal counsel, and other information and events pertaining to a particular case. Litigation is inherently unpredictable. However, we believe that we have valid defenses with respect to the legal matters pending against Adobe. It is possible, nevertheless, that our consolidated financial position, cash flows or results of operations could be affected by the resolution of one or more of such contingencies.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

As previously discussed, our actual results could differ materially from our forward looking statements. Factors that might cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed below. These and many other factors described in this report could adversely affect our operations, performance and financial condition.

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Delays in development or shipment of new products or major new versions of existing products could cause a decline in our revenue.

Any delays or failures in developing and marketing our products, including upgrades of current products and the integration of Macromedia products into our product line, may have a harmful impact on our results of operations. We may have particular difficulty and delays developing products that integrate Adobe and Macromedia products, since our products are highly complex, have been designed independently and were designed without regard to such integration. Our inability to extend our core technologies into new applications and new platforms and to anticipate or respond to technological changes could affect continued market acceptance of our products and our ability to develop new products. Delays in product or upgrade introductions could cause a decline in our revenue, earnings or stock price. We cannot determine the ultimate effect these delays or the introduction of new products or upgrades will have on our revenue or results of operations.

Introduction of new products by existing and new competitors could harm our competitive position and results of operations.

The end markets for our software products are intensely and increasingly competitive, and are significantly affected by product introductions and market activities of industry competitors, including Microsoft’s Vista operating system which contains a new fixed document format, XPS, which competes with Adobe PDF, and its introduction of Office 12 which offers a feature to save Microsoft Office documents as PDF files through a freely distributed plug-in, which competes with Adobe PDF creation. If these competing products achieve widespread acceptance, our operating results could suffer. In addition, consolidation has occurred among some of the competitors in our markets. Any further consolidations among our competitors may result in stronger competitors and may therefore harm our results of operations. For additional information regarding our competition and the risks arising out of the competitive environment in which we operate, see the section entitled “Competition” contained in Item 1 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A.

If we fail to successfully manage transitions to new business models and markets, our results of operations could be negatively impacted.

We are devoting significant resources to the development of technologies and service offerings where we have a limited operating history, including the enterprise and government markets and the mobile and device markets. In the enterprise and government markets, we intend to increase our focus on vertical markets such as education, financial services, manufacturing, and the architecture, engineering and construction markets. With our Adobe Acrobat Connect product line, we intend to increase awareness in targeted horizontal markets such as training and marketing and vertical markets such as manufacturing, financial services and telecommunications. These new offerings and markets require a considerable investment of technical, financial and sales resources, and a scaleable organization. Many of our competitors may have advantages over us due to their larger presence, larger developer network, deeper experience in the enterprise and government markets and the mobile and device markets, and greater sales and marketing resources. In the mobile and device markets, our intent is to license our technology to device makers, manufacturers and telecommunications carriers that embed our technology on their platforms, and in the enterprise and government market our intent is to form strategic alliances with leading enterprise and government solutions and service providers to provide additional resources to further enable penetration of such markets. If we are unable to successfully enter into strategic alliances with device makers, manufacturers, telecommunication carriers and leading enterprise and government solutions and service providers, or if they are not as productive as we anticipate, our market penetration may not proceed as rapidly as we anticipate and our results of operations could be negatively impacted. Another development is the software-as-a-service business model, by which companies provide

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applications, data and related services over the Internet. Providers use primarily advertising or subscription-based revenue models. Recent advances in computing and communications technologies have made this model viable and could enable the rapid growth of some of our competitors. We are exploring the development of our own software-as-a-service strategies. It is uncertain whether these strategies will prove successful. Additionally, customer requirements for “open standards” or “open source” products could impact adoption or use with respect to some of our products.

Adverse changes in general economic or political conditions in any of the major countries in which we do business could adversely affect our operating results.

If the economy worsens in any geographic areas where we do business, it would likely cause our future results to vary materially from our targets. A slower economy also may adversely affect our ability to grow. Political instability in any of the major countries in which we do business also may adversely affect our business.

Revenues from our new businesses may be difficult to predict.

As previously discussed, we are devoting significant resources to the development of product and service offerings where we have a limited operating history. This makes it difficult to predict revenues. Additionally, we intend to expand the use of our Mobile and Device Solutions by licensing our products for use in mobile phones, set-top boxes, game devices, personal digital assistants, hand-held computers and other consumer electronic devices; however, we have a limited history of licensing products in these markets and may experience a number of factors that will make our revenue less predictable, including longer than expected sales and implementation cycles, potential deferral of revenue due to multiple-element revenue arrangements and alternate licensing arrangements.

If we fail to anticipate and develop new products in response to changes in demand for application software, computers, printers, or other non PC-devices our business could be harmed.

Any failure to anticipate changing customer requirements and develop and deploy new products in response to changing market conditions may have a material impact on our results of operations. As previously discussed, we plan to release numerous new product offerings and upgrade versions of our current products in connection with our transition to new business models and the acquisition of Macromedia. Market acceptance of our new product or version releases will be dependent on our ability to include functionality and usability in such releases that address the requirements of customer demographics with which we have limited prior experience. To the extent we incorrectly estimate customer requirements for such products and version releases or if there is a delay in market acceptance of such products and version releases, our business could be harmed.

We offer our Creative Solutions and Knowledge Worker Solutions application-based products primarily on Windows and Macintosh platforms and on some UNIX platforms. We generally offer our server-based products, but not desktop application products, on the Linux platform as well as the Windows and UNIX platforms. To the extent that there is a slowdown of customer purchases of personal computers on either the Windows or Macintosh platform or in general, or to the extent that significant demand arises for our products or competitive products on the Linux desktop platform before we choose and are able to offer our products on this platform, our business could be harmed. Additionally, to the extent that we have difficulty transitioning product or version releases to new Windows and Macintosh operating systems, e.g., porting our applications to the “Mactel” platform, or to the extent new releases of operating systems or other third party products make it more difficult for our products to perform, our business could be harmed.

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We may incur substantial costs enforcing or acquiring intellectual property rights and defending against third-party claims as a result of litigation or other proceedings.

In connection with the enforcement of our own intellectual property rights, the acquisition of third-party intellectual property rights or disputes relating to the validity or alleged infringement of third-party rights, including patent rights, we have been, are currently and may in the future be subject to claims, negotiations or complex, protracted litigation. Intellectual property disputes and litigation are typically very costly and can be disruptive to our business operations by diverting the attention and energies of management and key technical personnel. Although we have successfully defended or resolved past litigation and disputes, we may not prevail in any ongoing or future litigation and disputes. We may incur significant costs in acquiring the necessary third party intellectual property rights for use in our products. Third party intellectual property disputes could subject us to significant liabilities, require us to enter into royalty and licensing arrangements on less favorable terms, prevent us from manufacturing or licensing certain of our products, cause severe disruptions to our operations or the markets in which we compete, or require us to satisfy indemnification commitments with our customers including contractual provisions under various license arrangements any one of which could seriously harm our business.

We may not be able to protect our intellectual property rights, including our source code, from third-party infringers, or unauthorized copying, use, disclosure or malicious attack.

Although we defend our intellectual property rights and combat unlicensed copying and use of software and intellectual property rights through a variety of techniques, preventing unauthorized use or infringement of our rights is inherently difficult. We actively pursue software pirates as part of our enforcement of our intellectual property rights, but we nonetheless lose revenue due to illegal use of our software. If piracy activities increase, it may further harm our business.

Additionally, we take significant measures to protect the secrecy of our confidential information and trade secrets, including our source code (the detailed program commands for our software programs). If unauthorized disclosure of our source code occurs, we could potentially lose future trade secret protection for that source code. The loss of future trade secret protection could make it easier for third parties to compete with our products by copying functionality, which could adversely affect our revenue and operating margins. We also seek to protect our confidential information and trade secrets through the use of non-disclosure agreements with our customers, contractors, vendors, and partners. However there is a risk that our confidential information and trade secrets may be disclosed or published without our authorization, and in these situations it may be difficult and or costly for us to enforce our rights.

We also devote significant resources to maintaining the security of our products from malicious hackers who develop and deploy viruses, worms, and other malicious software programs that attack our products. Nevertheless, actual or perceived security vulnerabilities in our products could harm our reputation and lead some customers to seek to return products, to reduce or delay future purchases, to use competitive products or to make claims against us. Also, with the introduction of hosted services with some of our product offerings, our customers may use such services to share confidential and sensitive information. If a breach of security occurs on these hosted systems, we could be held liable to our customers. Additionally, such breaches could lead to interruptions, delays and data loss and protection concerns as well as harm to our reputation.

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We may not realize the anticipated benefits of past or future acquisitions, and integration of these acquisitions may disrupt our business and management.

We have in the past and may in the future acquire additional companies, products or technologies. We may not realize the anticipated benefits of an acquisition and each acquisition has numerous risks. These risks include:

·       difficulty in assimilating the operations and personnel of the acquired company;

·       difficulty in effectively integrating the acquired technologies or products with our current products and technologies;

·       difficulty in maintaining controls, procedures and policies during the transition and integration;

·       disruption of our ongoing business and distraction of our management and employees from other opportunities and challenges due to integration issues;

·       difficulty integrating the acquired company’s accounting, management information, human resources and other administrative systems;

·       inability to retain key technical and managerial personnel of the acquired business;

·       inability to retain key customers, distributors, vendors and other business partners of the acquired business;

·       inability to achieve the financial and strategic goals for the acquired and combined businesses;

·       incurring acquisition-related costs or amortization costs for acquired intangible assets that could impact our operating results;

·       potential impairment of our relationships with employees, customers, partners, distributors or third-party providers of technology or products;

·       potential failure of the due diligence processes to identify significant issues with product quality, architecture and development, or legal and financial contingencies, among other things;

·       incurring significant exit charges if products acquired in business combinations are unsuccessful;

·       potential inability to assert that internal controls over financial reporting are effective;

·       potential inability to obtain, or obtain in a timely manner, approvals from governmental authorities, which could delay or prevent such acquisitions; and

·       potential delay in customer and distributor purchasing decisions due to uncertainty about the direction of our product offerings

Mergers and acquisitions of high technology companies are inherently risky, and ultimately, if we do not complete the integration of acquired businesses successfully and in a timely manner, we may not realize the anticipated benefits of the acquisitions to the extent anticipated, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.

We rely on distributors to sell our products and any adverse change in our relationship with our distributors could result in a loss of revenue and harm our business.

We distribute our application products primarily through distributors, resellers, retailers and increasingly systems integrators, ISVs and VARs (collectively referred to as “distributors”). A significant amount of our revenue for application products is from two distributors, Ingram Micro, Inc. and Tech Data Corporation. In addition, our channel program focuses our efforts on larger distributors, which has

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resulted in our dependence on a relatively small number of distributors licensing a large amount of our products. Our distributors also sell our competitors’ products, and if they favor our competitors’ products for any reason, they may fail to market our products as effectively or to devote resources necessary to provide effective sales, which would cause our results to suffer. In addition, the financial health of these distributors and our continuing relationships with them are important to our success. Some of these distributors may be unable to withstand adverse changes in business conditions. Our business could be seriously harmed if the financial condition of some of these distributors substantially weakens.

Catastrophic events may disrupt our business.

We are a highly automated business and rely on our network infrastructure and enterprise applications, internal technology systems and our Website for our development, marketing, operational, support, hosted services and sales activities. A disruption or failure of these systems in the event of a major earthquake, fire, telecommunications failure, cyber-attack, terrorist attack, or other catastrophic event could cause system interruptions, delays in our product development and loss of critical data and could prevent us from fulfilling our customers’ orders. Our corporate headquarters, a significant portion of our research and development activities, our data centers, and certain other critical business operations are located in San Jose, California, which is near major earthquake faults. We have developed disaster recovery plans and backup systems to reduce the potentially adverse effect of such events, but a catastrophic event that results in the destruction or disruption of any of our data centers or our critical business or information technology systems could severely affect our ability to conduct normal business operations and, as a result, our future operating results could be adversely affected.

We rely on turnkey assemblers and any adverse change in our relationship with our turnkey assemblers could result in a loss of revenue and harm our business.

We currently rely on six turnkey assemblers of our products, with at least two turnkeys located in each major region we serve. If any significant turnkey assembler terminates its relationship with us, or if our supply from any significant turnkey assembler is interrupted or terminated for any other reason, we may not have enough time or be able to replace the supply of products replicated by that turnkey assembler to avoid serious harm to our business.

Our future operating results are difficult to predict and are likely to fluctuate substantially from quarter to quarter and as a result the market price of our common stock may be volatile and our stock price could decline.

As a result of a variety of factors discussed herein, our quarterly revenues and operating results for a particular period are difficult to predict. Our revenues may grow at a slower rate than experienced in previous periods and, in particular periods, may decline. Additionally, we periodically provide operating model targets. These targets reflect a number of assumptions, including assumptions about product pricing and demand, economic and seasonal trends, competitive factors, manufacturing costs and volumes, the mix of shrink-wrap and licensing revenue, full and upgrade products, distribution channels and geographic markets. If one or more of these assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, estimated or projected.

Due to the factors noted above, our future earnings and stock price may be subject to volatility, particularly on a quarterly basis. Shortfalls in revenue or earnings or delays in the release of products or upgrades compared to analysts’ or investors’ expectations have caused and could cause in the future an immediate and significant decline in the trading price of our common stock. Additionally, we may not learn of such shortfalls or delays until late in the fiscal quarter, which could result in an even more immediate and greater decline in the trading price of our common stock. Finally, we participate in a highly dynamic industry. In addition to factors specific to us, changes in analysts’ earnings estimates for us or our industry,

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and factors affecting the corporate environment, our industry, or the securities markets in general, have resulted, and may in the future result, in volatility of our common stock price.

We are subject to risks associated with international operations which may harm our business.

We typically generate over 50% of our total revenue from sales to customers outside of the Americas. Sales to these customers subject us to a number of risks, including (i) foreign currency fluctuations, (ii) changes in government preferences for software procurement, (iii) international economic and political conditions, (iv) unexpected changes in, or impositions of, international legislative or regulatory requirements, (v) inadequate local infrastructure, (vi) delays resulting from difficulty in obtaining export licenses for certain technology, tariffs, quotas and other trade barriers and restrictions, (vii) transportation delays, (viii) the burdens of complying with a variety of foreign laws, including more stringent consumer and data protection laws, and other factors beyond our control, including terrorism, war, natural disasters and diseases. If sales to any of our customers outside of the Americas are delayed or cancelled because of any of the above factors, our revenue may be negatively impacted.

We may incur losses associated with currency fluctuations and may not be able to effectively hedge our exposure.

Our operating results are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. We attempt to mitigate a portion of these risks through foreign currency hedging, based on our judgment of the appropriate trade-offs among risk, opportunity and expense. We have established a hedging program to partially hedge our exposure to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, primarily the Japanese yen and the euro. We regularly review our hedging program and will make adjustments as necessary based on the judgment factors discussed above. Our hedging activities may not offset more than a portion of the adverse financial impact resulting from unfavorable movement in foreign currency exchange rates, which could adversely affect our financial condition or results of operations.

Changes in, or interpretations of, accounting principles could result in unfavorable accounting charges.

We prepare our consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. These principles are subject to interpretation by the SEC and various bodies formed to interpret and create appropriate accounting principles. A change in these principles can have a significant effect on our reported results and may even retroactively affect previously reported transactions. Our accounting principles that recently have been or may be affected by changes in the accounting principles are as follows:

·       software revenue recognition;

·       accounting for stock-based compensation;

·       accounting for income taxes; and

·       accounting for business combinations and related goodwill

In particular, in the first quarter of fiscal 2006, we adopted SFAS 123R which requires the measurement of all stock-based compensation to employees, including grants of employee stock options, using a fair-value-based method and the recording of such expense in our consolidated statements of income. The adoption of SFAS 123R had a significant adverse effect on our reported financial results. It will continue to significantly adversely affect our reported financial results and may impact the way in which we conduct our business. Please refer to Note 6 of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information regarding the impact of SFAS 123R.

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If our goodwill or amortizable intangible assets become impaired we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings.

Under generally accepted accounting principles, we review our amortizable intangible assets for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable. Goodwill is required to be tested for impairment at least annually. Factors that may be considered a change in circumstances indicating that the carrying value of our goodwill or amortizable intangible assets may not be recoverable include a decline in stock price and market capitalization, future cash flows, and slower growth rates in our industry. We may be required to record a significant charge to earnings in our financial statements during the period in which any impairment of our goodwill or amortizable intangible assets is determined resulting in an impact on our results of operations.

Changes in, or interpretations of, tax rules and regulations may adversely affect our effective tax rates.

Unanticipated changes in our tax rates could affect our future results of operations. Our future effective tax rates could be unfavorably affected by changes in tax laws or the interpretation of tax laws, by unanticipated decreases in the amount of revenue or earnings in countries with low statutory tax rates, or by changes in the valuation of our deferred tax assets and liabilities. In addition, we are subject to the continual examination of our income tax returns by the Internal Revenue Service and other domestic and foreign tax authorities, including a current examination by the Internal Revenue Service for our fiscal 2001, 2002 and 2003 tax returns, primarily related to our intercompany transfer pricing. We regularly assess the likelihood of outcomes resulting from these examinations to determine the adequacy of our provision for income taxes and have reserved for potential adjustments that may result from the current examination. We believe such estimates to be reasonable; however, there can be no assurance that the final determination of any of these examinations will not have an adverse effect on our operating results and financial position.

If we are unable to recruit and retain key personnel our business may be harmed.

Much of our future success depends on the continued service and availability of our senior management, including our Chief Executive Officer and other members of our executive team. These individuals have acquired specialized knowledge and skills with respect to Adobe. The loss of any of these individuals could harm our business. Our business is also dependent on our ability to retain, hire and motivate talented, highly skilled personnel. Experienced personnel in the information technology industry are in high demand and competition for their talents is intense, especially in the Silicon Valley, where the majority of our employees are located. We have relied on our ability to grant equity compensation as one mechanism for recruiting and retaining such highly skilled personnel. Recently enacted accounting regulations requiring the expensing of equity compensation may impair our ability to provide these incentives without incurring significant compensation costs. If we are unable to continue to successfully attract and retain key personnel, our business may be harmed.

We may suffer losses from our equity investments which could harm our business.

We hold equity investments in public companies that have experienced significant declines in market value. We also have investments and plan to continue to make future investments in privately held companies, many of which are considered in the start-up or development stages. These investments are inherently risky, as the market for the technologies or products these companies have under development is typically in the early stages and may never materialize. Our investment activities can impact our net income. Future price fluctuations in these securities and any significant long-term declines in value of any of our investments could reduce our net income in future periods.

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ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

(c)   Below is a summary of stock repurchases for the quarter ended March 2, 2007. See Note 8 of our Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for information regarding our stock repurchase plans.

Plan/
Period

 

 

 

Shares
Repurchased
(1)

 

Average
Price Per
Share

 

Maximum Number
of Shares that May
Yet Be Purchased
Under the Plan

 

Stock Repurchase Program I

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning shares available to be repurchased as of December 1, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

155,850,799

(2)

 

December 2 – December 29, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From employees(3)

 

 

37,307

 

 

 

$

39.15

 

 

 

 

 

 

Structured repurchases

 

 

1,103,832

 

 

 

38.87

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 30, 2006 – January 26, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From employees(3)

 

 

61

 

 

 

39.66

 

 

 

 

 

 

Structured repurchases

 

 

1,985,929

 

 

 

38.43

 

 

 

 

 

 

January 27 – March 2, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From employees(3)

 

 

143

 

 

 

39.30

 

 

 

 

 

 

Structured repurchases

 

 

1,743,338

 

 

 

37.56

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjustments to repurchase authority for net dilution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,512,226

(4)

 

Total shares repurchased

 

 

4,870,610

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4,870,610

)

 

Ending shares available to be repurchased as of March 2, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

154,492,415

(5)

 


(1)                All shares were purchased as part of publicly announced plans.

(2)                Additional 109.0 million shares were issued for the acquisition of Macromedia which accounted for the majority of the repurchase authorization.

(3)                The repurchases from employees represent shares canceled when surrendered in lieu of cash payments for withholding taxes due.

(4)                Adjustment of authority to reflect changes in the dilution from outstanding shares and options.

(5)                The remaining authorization for the ongoing stock repurchase program is determined by combining all stock issuances, net of any canceled, surrendered or exchanged shares less all stock repurchases under the ongoing plan, beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 1998.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

Attached as Exhibit 100 to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are the following materials, formatted in Extensible Business Reporting Language (“XBRL”): (i) the information contained in Item 2 of Part II, (ii) the Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 2, 2007 and December 1, 2006, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Income for the quarters ended March 2, 2007 and March 3, 2006 and (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the quarters ended March 2, 2007 and March 3, 2006. The financial information contained in the XBRL documents is unaudited and these are not the official publicly filed financial statements of the Registrant. The purpose of submitting these XBRL documents is to test the

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related format and technology and, as a result, investors should continue to rely on the official filed version of the furnished documents and not rely on this information in making investment decisions.

As noted in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the fiscal year ended December 1, 2006, we received a letter dated January 31, 2007 from the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Staff”) with respect to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed for the quarterly period ended September 1, 2006. The Staff requested additional information regarding our adoption of Securities and Exchange Commission Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108, Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in the Current Year Financial Statements. In response to this request we submitted a reply letter to the Staff on February 13, 2007. On April 3, 2007, the Staff issued us a letter stating it had completed its review of our filing and had no further comments at this time.

The information in Exhibit 100 attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

Exhibit

 

 

 

Incorporated by Reference**

 

Filed

 

Number

 

Exhibit Description

 

Form

 

Date

 

Number

 

Herewith

 

3.1

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws

 

8-K

 

9/23/05

 

3.1

 

 

 

 

 

3.2

 

Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on 5/22/01

 

10-Q

 

7/16/01

 

3.6

 

 

 

 

 

3.2.1

 

Certificate of Correction of Restated Certificate of Incorporation as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware

 

10-Q

 

4/11/03

 

3.6.1

 

 

 

 

 

3.3

 

Certificate of Designation of Series A Preferred Stock of Adobe Systems Incorporated

 

10-Q

 

7/8/03

 

3.3

 

 

 

 

 

4.1

 

Fourth Amended and Restated Rights Agreement between the Company and Computershare Investor Services, LLC

 

8-K

 

7/3/00

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

4.1.1

 

Amendment No. 1 to Fourth Amended and Restated Rights Agreement between the Company and Computershare Investor Services, LLC

 

8-A/2G/A

 

5/23/03

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

10.1

 

1984 Stock Option Plan, as amended*

 

10-Q

 

7/02/93

 

10.1.6

 

 

 

 

 

10.2

 

Amended 1994 Performance and Restricted Stock Plan*

 

10-K/A

 

2/6/07

 

10.2

 

 

 

 

 

10.3

 

Form of Restricted Stock Agreement used in connection with the Amended 1994 Performance and Restricted Stock Plan*

 

10-Q

 

10/7/04

 

10.7

 

 

 

 

 

10.4

 

1994 Stock Option Plan, as amended*

 

S-8

 

5/30/97

 

10.40

 

 

 

 

 

10.5

 

1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended*

 

10-K

 

12/1/00

 

10.70

 

 

 

 

 

10.6

 

1996 Outside Directors Stock Option Plan, as amended*

 

10-Q

 

4/12/06

 

10.6

 

 

 

 

 

10.7

 

Forms of Stock Option Agreements used in connection with the 1996 Outside Directors Stock Option Plan*

 

S-8

 

6/16/00

 

4.8

 

 

 

 

 

10.8

 

1999 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan, as amended*

 

S-8

 

10/29/01

 

4.6

 

 

 

 

 

10.9

 

1999 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended*

 

10-K

 

2/26/03

 

10.37

 

 

 

 

 

10.10

 

2003 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended*

 

DEF 14A

 

3/14/05

 

Appendix A

 

 

 

 

 

10.11

 

Forms of Stock Option and Restricted Stock Agreement used in connection with the 2003 Equity Incentive Plan*

 

10-Q

 

10/7/04

 

10.11

 

 

 

 

 

10.12

 

Form of Indemnity Agreement*

 

10-Q

 

5/30/97

 

10.25.1

 

 

 

 

 

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10.13

 

Forms of Retention Agreement*

 

10-K

 

11/28/97

 

10.44

 

 

 

 

 

10.14

 

Second Amended and Restated Master Lease of Land and Improvements by and between SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc. and Adobe Systems Incorporated

 

10-Q

 

10/7/04

 

10.14

 

 

 

 

 

10.15

 

Lease between Adobe Systems and Selco Service Corporation, dated March 26, 2007

 

8-K

 

3/28/07

 

10.1

 

 

 

 

 

10.16

 

Participation agreement among Adobe Systems, Selco Service Corporation, et al. dated March 26, 2007

 

8-K

 

3/28/07

 

10.2

 

 

 

 

 

10.17

 

Lease Agreement by and between Allaire Corporation and EOP Riverside Project LLC dated November 23, 1999

 

10-K

 

3/30/00

 

10.23

 

 

 

 

 

10.18

 

First Amendment to Lease Agreement by and between Allaire Corporation and EOP Riverside Project LLC dated May 31, 2000

 

10-Q

 

8/14/00

 

10.3

 

 

 

 

 

10.19

 

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement used in connection with the Amended 1994 Performance and Restricted Stock Plan*

 

10-K/A

 

2/6/07

 

10.20

 

 

 

 

 

10.20

 

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement used in connection with the 2003 Equity Incentive Plan*

 

10-K/A

 

2/6/07

 

10.21

 

 

 

 

 

10.21

 

Adobe Systems Incorporated 2004 Annual Executive Incentive Plan*

 

8-K

 

1/13/05

 

10.1

 

 

 

 

 

10.22

 

Adobe Systems Incorporated 2005 Annual Executive Incentive Plan*

 

8-K

 

1/13/05

 

10.2

 

 

 

 

 

10.23

 

Description of 2005 Director Compensation*

 

10-K

 

2/2/05

 

10.21

 

 

 

 

 

10.24

 

Description of 2006 Director Compensation*

 

8-K

 

9/23/05

 

10.1

 

 

 

 

 

10.25

 

Adobe Systems Incorporated 2006 Management Team Annual Incentive Plan*

 

8-K

 

1/13/06

 

10.1

 

 

 

 

 

10.26

 

2007 Executive Oficer Annual Incentive Plan*

 

8-K

 

1/30/07

 

10.5

 

 

 

 

 

10.27

 

2005 Equity Incentive Assumption Plan*

 

8-K

 

12/07/05

 

10.2

 

 

 

 

 

10.28

 

Form of Stock Option Agreement used in connection with the 2005 Equity Incentive Assumption Plan*

 

8-K

 

12/07/05

 

10.3

 

 

 

 

 

10.29

 

Allaire Corporation 1997 Stock Incentive Plan*

 

S-8

 

03/27/01

 

4.06

 

 

 

 

 

45




 

10.30

 

Allaire Corporation 1998 Stock Incentive Plan*

 

S-8

 

03/27/01

 

4.07

 

 

 

 

 

10.31

 

Allaire Corporation 2000 Stock Incentive Plan*

 

S-8

 

03/27/01

 

4.08

 

 

 

 

 

10.32

 

Andromedia, Inc. 1996 Stock Option Plan*

 

S-8

 

12/07/99

 

4.07

 

 

 

 

 

10.33

 

Andromedia, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan*

 

S-8

 

12/07/99

 

4.08

 

 

 

 

 

10.34

 

Andromedia, Inc. 1999 Stock Plan*

 

S-8

 

12/07/99

 

4.09

 

 

 

 

 

10.35

 

ESI Software, Inc. 1996 Equity Incentive Plan*

 

S-8

 

10/18/99

 

4.08

 

 

 

 

 

10.36

 

eHelp Corporation 1999 Equity Incentive Plan*

 

S-8

 

12/29/03

 

4.08

 

 

 

 

 

10.37

 

Blue Sky Software Corporation 1996 Stock Option Plan*

 

S-8

 

12/29/03

 

4.07

 

 

 

 

 

10.38

 

Bright Tiger Technologies, Inc. 1996 Stock Option Plan*

 

S-8

 

03/27/01

 

4.11

 

 

 

 

 

10.39

 

Live Software, Inc. 1999 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan*

 

S-8

 

03/27/01

 

4.10

 

 

 

 

 

10.40

 

Macromedia, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan*

 

S-8

 

08/17/00

 

4.07

 

 

 

 

 

10.41

 

Macromedia, Inc. 1993 Directors Stock Option Plan*

 

10-Q

 

08/03/01

 

10.02

 

 

 

 

 

10.42

 

Macromedia, Inc. 1992 Equity Incentive Plan*

 

10-Q

 

08/03/01

 

10.01

 

 

 

 

 

10.43

 

Macromedia, Inc. 2002 Equity Incentive Plan*

 

S-8

 

08/10/05

 

4.08

 

 

 

 

 

10.44

 

Form of Macromedia, Inc. Stock Option Agreement*

 

S-8

 

08/10/05

 

4.09

 

 

 

 

 

10.45

 

Middlesoft, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan*

 

S-8

 

08/17/00

 

4.09

 

 

 

 

 

10.46

 

Form of Macromedia, Inc. Revised Non-Plan Stock Option Agreement*

 

S-8

 

11/23/04

 

4.10

 

 

 

 

 

10.47

 

Form of Macromedia, Inc. Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement*

 

10-Q

 

2/8/05

 

10.01

 

 

 

 

 

10.48

 

Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement between Macromedia, Inc. and Stephen Elop, dated January 24, 2005*

 

10-Q

 

2/8/05

 

10.02

 

 

 

 

 

10.49

 

Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement between Macromedia, Inc. and Robert Burgess, dated January 24, 2005*

 

10-Q

 

2/8/05

 

10.03

 

 

 

 

 

10.50

 

Amended and Restated Employment Agreement by and between Robert K. Burgess, dated January 21, 2005*

 

8-K

 

1/21/05

 

10.01

 

 

 

 

 

46




 

10.51

 

Amendment to Employment Agreement by and between Adobe Systems Incorporated, Adobe Macromedia Software LLC and Robert K. Burgess, dated December 7, 2005*

 

8-K

 

12/12/05

 

10.2

 

 

 

 

 

10.52

 

Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between Adobe Systems Incorporated and Stephen Elop, dated May 23, 2005*

 

S-4

 

6/28/05

 

10.1

 

 

 

 

 

10.53

 

Adobe Systems Incorporated 2006 Performance Share Program pursuant to the 2003 Equity Incentive Plan*

 

8-K

 

2/3/06

 

10.1

 

 

 

 

 

10.54

 

Adobe Systems Incorporated 2006 Performance Share Program pursuant to the Amended 1994 Performance and Restricted Stock Plan*

 

8-K

 

2/3/06

 

10.2

 

 

 

 

 

10.55

 

Form of Maximum Award Grant Notice used in connection with grants under the Adobe Systems Incorporated 2006 Performance Share Program pursuant to the 2003 Equity Incentive Plan*

 

8-K

 

2/3/06

 

10.3

 

 

 

 

 

10.56

 

Form of Performance Share Maximum Award Agreement used in connection with grants under the Adobe Systems Incorporated 2006 Performance Share Program pursuant to the 2003 Equity Incentive Plan*

 

8-K

 

2/3/06

 

10.4

 

 

 

 

 

10.57

 

Form of Performance Share Maximum Award Agreement used in connection with grants under the Adobe Systems Incorporated 2006 Performance Share Program pursuant to the 2003 Equity Incentive Plan*

 

8-K

 

2/3/06

 

10.4

 

 

 

 

 

10.58

 

Form of Maximum Award Grant Notice used in connection with grants under the Adobe Systems Incorporated 2006 Performance Share Program pursuant to the Amended 1994 Performance and Restricted Stock Plan*

 

8-K

 

2/3/06

 

10.5

 

 

 

 

 

10.59

 

Form of Performance Share Maximum Award Agreement used in connection with grants under the Adobe Systems Incorporated 2006 Performance Share Program pursuant to the Amended 1994 Performance and Restricted Stock Plan*

 

8-K

 

2/3/06

 

10.6

 

 

 

 

 

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10.60

 

Adobe Systems Incorporated 2007 Performance Share Program pursuant to the 2003 Equity Inventive Plan*

 

8-K

 

1/30/07

 

10.1

 

 

 

 

 

10.61

 

Form of Award Grant Notice and Performance Share Award Agreement used in connection with grants under the Adobe Systems Incorporated 2007 Performance Share Program pursuant to the 2003 Equity Incentive Plan*

 

8-K

 

1/30/07

 

10.2

 

 

 

 

 

10.62

 

Adobe Systems Incorporated 2007 Performance Share Program pursuant to the Amended 1994 Performance and Restricted Stock Plan*

 

8-K

 

1/30/07

 

10.3

 

 

 

 

 

10.63

 

Form of Form of Award Grant Notice and Performance Share Award Agreement used in connection with grants under the Adobe Stems Incorporated 2007 Performance Share Program pursuant to the Amended 1994 Performance and Restricted Stock Plan*

 

8-K

 

1/30/07

 

10.4

 

 

 

 

 

10.64

 

Adobe Systems Incorporated Executive Cash Bonus Plan

 

DEF 14A

 

2/24/06

 

Appendix B

 

 

 

 

 

10.65

 

Employment Transition Agreement between Adobe Systems Incorporated and Murray J. Demo, dated March 21, 2006*

 

8-K

 

3/22/06

 

10.1

 

 

 

 

 

10.66

 

Employment offer letter between Adobe Systems Incorporated and Randy Furr, dated May 16, 2006*

 

8-K

 

5/22/06

 

10.1

 

 

 

 

 

10.67

 

Adobe Systems Incorporated Executive Severance Plan in the Event of a Change of Control*

 

8-K

 

11/16/06

 

10.2

 

 

 

 

 

10.68

 

Employment offer letter between Adobe Systems Incorporated and Richard Rowley, dated October 30, 2006*

 

8-K

 

11/16/06

 

10.1

 

 

 

 

 

10.69

 

Confidential Resignation Agreement and General Release of Claims between Adobe Systems Incorporated and Peg Wynn, dated January 22, 2007*

 

10-K/A

 

2/6/07

 

10.66

 

 

 

 

 

10.70

 

Employment offer letter between Adobe Systems Incorporated and Mark Garrett dated January 5, 2007*

 

8-K

 

1/26/07

 

10.1

 

 

 

 

 

31.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer, as required by Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

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31.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer, as required by Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

32.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer, as required by Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934†

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

32.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer, as required by Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934†

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

100.INS

 

XBRL Instance††

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

100.SCH

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema††

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

100.CAL

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension††

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

100.LAB

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels††

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

100.PRE

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension††

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 


*                    Compensatory plan or arrangement

**             References to Exhibits 10.18 and 10.19 are to filings made by the Allaire Corporation. References to Exhibits 10.29 through 10.50 are to filings made by Macromedia, Inc.

                    The certifications attached as Exhibits 32.1 and 32.2 that accompany this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, are not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Adobe Systems Incorporated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date of this Form 10-Q, irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.

††             Furnished not filed as stated in Part II, Item 5.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/  MARK GARRETT

 

 

Mark Garrett

 

 

Executive Vice President and

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

(Principal Financial Officer)

Date: April 9, 2007

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SUMMARY OF TRADEMARKS

The following trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated, which may be registered in certain jurisdictions, are referenced in this Form 10-Q:

Adobe

Acrobat

Acrobat Connect

Adobe Encore

Adobe LiveCycle

Adobe Premiere

After Effects

ColdFusion

Creative Suite

Flash

FlashCast

Flash Lite

Flex

Lightroom

LiveCycle

Macromedia

PostScript

Reader

Shockwave

All other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

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