Adobe完成对Macromedia的并购

--合并公司提供的软件平台将重新定义数字信息沟通方式

2005年12月5日，[北京] —Adobe公司(Nasdaq：ADBE)今天正式宣布对Macromedia 的并购成功，最后的手续于2005年12月3日(周六)完成。之后，Macromedia 的普通股票将不再被交易，一股Macromedia 普通股将被转换成Adobe 普通股的1.38股股权。

Adobe和Macromedia的结合将使合并后的公司成为世界上最大的，最具创新和多样化的软件公司之一，此次并购行动将行业中一些最强的软件品牌和最普遍应用的科技结合起来，帮助用户在各种多样的媒介和系统上创作，管理，传达各种引人注目的内容。此次行动更加速实现了Adobe的战略主动性，提升和创造一个基于PDF和Macromedia® Flash®技术，从移动设备到高端服务器的强大软件平台。

“数字信息内容的爆炸，加上移动电话使用量的迅猛增长，无线设备和宽带的增长，将彻底转化整个世界信息沟通的方式”Adobe首席执行官Bruce Chizen表示，“Adobe 和Macromedia 正位于这个趋势的核心, 结合之后我们将为信息的沟通重新定义。”

本周，公司将开始执行将两个公司的运营，网络，和客户服务机构合并的计划，以确保客户，合作伙伴和投资者的直接利益，达到平稳的过渡。

合并后的公司的管理层包括来自于两个组织的董事会和执行管理层。Bruce Chizen 将继续担任首席执行官，Shantanu Narayen 将仍旧担任公司总裁和首席营运官。 

原Macromedia公司的Stephen Elop加入了Adobe 担任全球营运总裁。Murray Demo将依然担任行政副总裁和首席财政官。Dr.John Warnock和Dr.Charles Geschke继续留任董事会，分别担任合并后公司董事会的联合主席和Macromedia的主席, Rob Burgess,加入Adobe董事会。

Conference Call for Financial Analysts, Press

Additional information regarding acquisition-related expenses and Adobe’s fiscal year 2006 financial targets will be provided during the company’s fourth quarter fiscal 2005 earnings conference call scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 15, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time.

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Forward Looking Statements

This press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements in this press release include expectations about the anticipated benefits of the Macromedia acquisition, which involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from results expressed or implied by these statements. Factors that might cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: difficulties encountered in integrating merged businesses and the ability to successfully combine product offerings and customer acceptance of combined products. For further discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties, individuals should refer to the Company’s SEC filings, including the 2004 annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q filed in 2005. Adobe undertakes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after this press release. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.

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