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directly and 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 November 28, 2014, we employed 12,499 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 website at www.adobe.com/adbe 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 16, 2015 are as follows:
Name Age Positions
Shantanu Narayen
51 President and Chief Executive 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. before founding Pictra. Mr. Narayen is also a
director of Pfizer Inc.
Mark Garrett 57 Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
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. Mr. Garrett is also a director of Informatica
Corporation and Model N, Inc.
Matthew Thompson 56 Executive Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations
Mr. Thompson currently serves as Executive Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations. Mr.
Thompson joined Adobe in January 2007 as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations.
In January 2013, he was promoted to Executive 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
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a provider of electronic design technologies. While at Cadence,
from January 1998 to June 2000, Mr. Thompson served as Senior Vice President, Worldwide
Sales and Field Operations and from April 1994 to January 1998 as Vice President, Worldwide
Professional Services.