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through certain external software associations. In addition, we have activation technology in certain products to guard against
illegal use and will continue to do so in certain future products.
EMPLOYEES
As of January 18, 2008, we employed 6,959 people. We have not experienced work stoppages and believe our employee
relations are good.
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 Website is not incorporated
into this report.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Adobe’ s executive officers as of January 18, 2008 are as follows:
Name Age Positions
Shantanu Narayen............ 44 President and Chief Executive Officer
Mark Garrett................ 50 Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Karen O. Cottle .............. 58 Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Johnny Loiacono............. 46 Senior Vice President, Creative Solutions Business Unit
David Mendels .............. 41 Senior Vice President, Business Productivity Business Unit
Matthew Thompson .......... 49 Senior Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations
Richard T. Rowley........... 51 Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer
Mr. Narayen currently serves as Adobe’ s President and Chief Executive Officer. 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
and in December 2007, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Adobe and joined the Adobe Board of Directors. 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. Narayen is also a director of Metavante Technologies, Inc., a banking and payment technology solutions
provider.
Mr. Garrett joined Adobe in February 2007 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Garrett served
as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Software Group of EMC Corporation, a products, services and
solutions provider for information management and storage, from June 2004 to January 2007, his most recent position since
EMC’ s acquisition of Documentum, Inc., an enterprise content management company, in December 2003. Mr. Garrett first
joined Documentum as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 1997, holding that position through October
1999 and then re-joining Documentum as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 2002.
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.