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ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL
DISCLOSURE
None.
ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management has evaluated, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Financial Officer, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 3, 2010. Based on their
evaluation as of December 3, 2010, 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 effective at the reasonable assurance level to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by us in
this Annual Report on Form 10-K was (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in
the SEC’ s rules and regulations and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure
controls and procedures or our internal controls over financial reporting will prevent all error 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.
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as
defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). Our management assessed the
effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 3, 2010. In making this assessment, our
management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission
(“COSO”) in Internal Control-Integrated Framework. Our management has concluded that, as of December 3, 2010, our
internal control over financial reporting is effective based on these criteria.
KPMG LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm that audited our financial statements included in this
Annual Report on Form 10-K, has issued an attestation report on our internal control over financial reporting, which is
included herein.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended December 3, 2010 that
have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
None.
PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The information required by this Item 10 of Form 10-K that is found in our 2011 Proxy Statement to be filed with the
SEC in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the Company’ s 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (“2011 Proxy
Statement”) is incorporated by reference to our 2011 Proxy Statement. The 2011 Proxy Statement will be filed with the SEC
within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year to which this report relates. For information with respect to our executive
officers, see “Executive Officers” at the end of Part I, Item 1 of this report.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The information required by this Item 11 of Form 10-K that is found in our 2011 Proxy Statement is incorporated by
reference to our 2011 Proxy Statement.