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AVAILABLE INFORMATION
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and
amendments to reports filed or furnished pursuant to Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, are available free of charge on our Investor Relations Web site at www.adobe.com as soon as
reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the SEC. The information
posted on our Web site is not incorporated into this Annual Report on Form 10-K/A.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Adobe’s executive officers as of January 19, 2007 are as follows:
Name Age Positions
Bruce R. Chizen 51 Chief Executive Officer and acting Chief
Financial Officer
Karen O. Cottle 57 Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary
Shantanu Narayen 43 President and Chief Operating Officer
Matthew Thompson 48 Senior Vice President, Worldwide Field
Operations
Richard T. Rowley 51 Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer
Mr. Chizen joined Adobe upon the closing of the acquisition of Aldus in August 1994 as Vice President and
General Manager, Consumer Products Division. In December 1997, he was promoted to Senior Vice President
and General Manager, Graphic Products Division and in August 1998, Mr. Chizen was promoted to Executive
Vice President, Products and Marketing. In April 2000, Mr. Chizen was promoted to President of Adobe and in
December 2000, he also became Adobe’s Chief Executive Officer and joined the Adobe Board of Directors in
December 2000. In January 2005, Mr. Chizen relinquished the title of President, but remains as Adobe’s Chief
Executive Officer and a member of Adobe’s Board of Directors. Mr. Chizen was also appointed as Adobe’s
acting Chief Financial Officer in November 2006. Mr. Chizen is a member of the Board of Directors of Synopsys,
Inc.
Ms. Cottle joined Adobe in February 2002 as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. Prior to
joining Adobe, Ms. Cottle served as General Counsel for Vitria Technology, Inc., a service-oriented business
application software company from February 2000 to February 2002. From 1996 to 1999, Ms. Cottle served as
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Raychem Corporation.
Mr. Narayen joined Adobe in January 1998 as Vice President and General Manager of Adobe’s engineering
technology group. In January 1999, he was promoted to Senior Vice President, Worldwide Products and in March
2001 he was promoted to Executive Vice President, Worldwide Product Marketing and Development. In January
2005, Mr. Narayen was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer of Adobe. Prior to joining Adobe, Mr.
Narayen co-founded Pictra Inc., a digital photo sharing software company, in 1996. He was Director of Desktop
and Collaboration products at Silicon Graphics Inc. and held various senior manager positions at Apple Inc.
before founding Pictra.
Mr. Thompson joined Adobe in January 2006 as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations. Prior
to joining Adobe, Mr. Thompson served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Borland Software
Corporation, a software delivery optimization solutions provider, from October 2003 to December 2006. Prior to
joining Borland, Mr. Thompson was Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Field Operations for Marimba, Inc.,
a provider of products and services for software change and configuration management, from February 2001 to
January 2003. From July 2000 to January 2001, Mr. Thompson was Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Calico
Commerce, Inc., a provider of eBusiness applications. Prior to joining Calico, Mr. Thompson spent six years at