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Adobe Systems is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California. In 1982, John Warnock and Charles Geschke left Xerox PARC and established Adobe Systems to develop and sell the PostScript page description language.[1] Apple Computer licensed PostScript in 1985 for use in its LaserWriter printers, which helped spark the desktop publishing revolution.[2] The company has acquired 25 companies, purchased stakes in 5 companies, and divested 6 companies, most of which were software companies. Of the companies that Adobe Systems has acquired, 18 were based in the United States. Adobe Systems has not released the financial details for most of these mergers and acquisitions.

Adobe Systems' first acquisition was Emerald City Software in March 1990. In August 1994, the company acquired Aldus, a Seattle-based software company credited with creating the desktop publishing industry with its PageMaker software.[3] The company's products were integrated into Adobe Systems' product line later in the year, and re-branded as Adobe PageMaker and Adobe After Effects;[4] Aldus also owned the TIFF file format, transferring ownership to Adobe.[5] In October 1995, Adobe acquired the desktop publishing software company Frame Technology for US$566 million, and re-branded its FrameMaker software to Adobe FrameMaker.[6] Adobe acquired GoLive Systems in January 1999 and obtained its CyberStudio HTML editor software, releasing it as Adobe GoLive.[7] In May 2003, Adobe acquired Syntrillium Software and its digital audio editor software Cool Edit Pro, and merged it into its product line, re-releasing it as Adobe Audition.[8]

In the 1990s, Adobe purchased a minority stake in four companies, and it purchased a stake in one company in the 2000s. Adobe has also divested six companies, in which parts of the company are sold to another company. All of its divestments were made in the 1990s, with its most recent divestment made in August 1999 when it sold Macromedia Pathware to Lotus Software. Adobe Systems' largest acquisition was San Francisco-based Macromedia in December 2005 for $3.57 billion. Adobe Systems made the most acquisitions in 2006, with four: Trade and Technologies France, Pixmantec, InterAKT, and Serious Magic.

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Acquisitions

Date Company Business Country Value (USD) References
01990-03-19 March 19, 1990 Emerald City Software Software Flag of the United States.svg United States — [9]
01990-06-20 June 20, 1990 BluePoint Technologies Computer chips Flag of the United States.svg United States — [10]
01992-06-01 June 1, 1992 LaserTools-Language Tech[note 1] Software Flag of the United States.svg United States — [11]
01992-06-29 June 29, 1992 OCR Systems Software Flag of the United States.svg United States — [12]
01994-08-31 August 31, 1994 Aldus Publishing software Flag of the United States.svg United States $&0000000437676000.000000437,676,000 [13]
01994-09-09 September 9, 1994 LaserTools Software Flag of the United States.svg United States — [14]
01995-10-30 October 30, 1995 Frame Technology Publishing software Flag of the United States.svg United States $&0000000566567000.000000566,567,000 [15]
01996-05-20 May 20, 1996 Ares Software Font management software Flag of the United States.svg United States — [16]
01997-03-14 March 14, 1997 Sandcastle Internet latency software Flag of the United States.svg United States $&0000000003500000.0000003,500,000 [17]
01997-09-05 September 5, 1997 HyWay Ferranti Computer software Flag of the United States.svg United States — [18]
01997-09-16 September 16, 1997 DigiDox Electronic catalog Flag of the United States.svg United States — [19]
01999-01-04 January 4, 1999 GoLive Systems Internet service provider Flag of the United States.svg United States — [20]
02001-12-05 December 5, 2001 Fotiva Digital photo software Flag of the United States.svg United States — [21]
02002-04-15 April 15, 2002 Accelio[note 2] Software Flag of Canada.svg Canada $&0000000072000000.00000072,000,000 [22]
02003-05 May 2003 Syntrillium Software Software Flag of the United States.svg United States — [23]
02003-11-10 November 10, 2003 Yellow Dragon Software-Tech[note 3] Tech assets Flag of the United States.svg United States — [24]
02004-12-07 December 7, 2004 OKYZ 3D collaboration software Flag of France.svg France — [25]
02005-12-03 December 3, 2005 Macromedia Internet software Flag of the United States.svg United States $&0000003573000000.0000003,573,000,000 [26]
02005-12-16 December 16, 2005 Navisware Enterprise software Flag of the United States.svg United States — [27]
02006-04-21 April 21, 2006 Trade and Technologies France Wholesale software Flag of France.svg France — [28]
02006-06-26 June 26, 2006 Pixmantec Software Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark — [29]
02006-09-05 September 5, 2006 InterAKT Software Flag of Romania.svg Romania — [30]
02006-10-19 October 19, 2006 Serious Magic Video software Flag of the United States.svg United States — [31]
02007-05-31 May 31, 2007 Scene7 Multimedia software Flag of the United States.svg United States — [32]
02008-09-15 September 15, 2008 YaWah Prepackaged software Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark — [33]
02009-08-31 August 31, 2009 Business Catalyst Hosting and eCommerce Flag of Australia.svg Australia — [34]
02009-09-15 September 15, 2009 Omniture Web Analytics Flag of the United States.svg United States $&0000001800000000.0000001,800,000,000 [35]

Stakes

Date Company Business Country Value (USD) References
01992-09-21 September 21, 1992 Verity Computer consulting Flag of the United States.svg United States — [36]
01994-03-01 March 1, 1994 Crosswise Applications software Flag of the United States.svg United States — [37]
01995-04-19 April 19, 1995 Siebel Systems Application services provider Flag of the United States.svg United States — [38]
01995-08-08 August 8, 1995 Fractal Design Graphics software Flag of the United States.svg United States $&0000000002000000.0000002,000,000 [39]
02007-03-23 March 23, 2007 Skysoft Online digital music services Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China $&0000000001000000.0000001,000,000 [40]

Divestitures

Date Acquirer Target company Target business Acquirer country Value (USD) References
01991-11-01 November 1, 1991 Paracomp MacroMind Software Flag of the United States.svg United States — [41]
01996-03-28 March 28, 1996 — Luminous[note 4] Graphics software Flag of the United States.svg United States — [42]
01997-02-05 February 5, 1997 INSO MasterSoft Publishing software Flag of the United States.svg United States $&0000000003000000.0000003,000,000 [43]
01999-03-24 March 24, 1999 Creative Internet Solutions ChangeMedia Internet service provider Flag of the United States.svg United States — [44]
01999-05-20 May 20, 1999 Calian Technology Why Interactive Multi-media company Flag of Canada.svg Canada $&0000000004360000.0000004,360,000 [45]
01999-08-30 August 30, 1999 Lotus Development Macromedia Pathware Internet software Flag of the United States.svg United States — [46]

Notes

  1. ^ Acquired from LaserTools
  2. ^ Acquired from Adobe Systems Canada
  3. ^ Acquired from Yellow Dragon Software
  4. ^ Adobe Systems retained a 19.9% stake in Luminous

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  10. ^ "Adobe Systems Inc acquires BluePoint Technologies". Thomson Financial. http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/Thomson_M&A/Adobe_Systems_Inc_acquires_BluePoint_Technologies-167911020. Retrieved 2008-10-03. 
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  16. ^ "Adobe Systems Inc acquires Ares Software Corp". Thomson Financial. http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/Thomson_M&A/Adobe_Systems_Inc_acquires_Ares_Software_Corp-554986020. Retrieved 2008-10-03. 
  17. ^ "Adobe Systems Inc acquires Sandcastle Inc". Thomson Financial. http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/Thomson_M&A/Adobe_Systems_Inc_acquires_Sandcastle_Inc-672845020. Retrieved 2008-10-03. 
  18. ^ "Adobe Systems Inc acquires HyWay Ferranti". Thomson Financial. http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/Thomson_M&A/Adobe_Systems_Inc_acquires_HyWay_Ferranti-693250040. Retrieved 2008-10-03. 
  19. ^ "Adobe Systems Inc acquires DigiDox Inc". Thomson Financial. http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/Thomson_M&A/Adobe_Systems_Inc_acquires_DigiDox_Inc-695591020. Retrieved 2008-10-03. 
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  24. ^ "Adobe Systems Inc acquires Yellow Dragon Software-Tech from Yellow Dragon Software Corp". Thomson Financial. http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/Thomson_M&A/Adobe_Systems_Inc_acquires_Yellow_Dragon_Software_Tech_from_Yellow_Dragon_Software_Corp-1449344040. Retrieved 2008-10-03. 
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  27. ^ "Adobe Systems Inc acquires Navisware". Thomson Financial. http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/Thomson_M&A/Adobe_Systems_Inc_acquires_Navisware-1724617020. Retrieved 2008-10-03. 
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  31. ^ "Adobe Systems Inc acquires Serious Magic Inc". Thomson Financial. http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/Thomson_M&A/Adobe_Systems_Inc_acquires_Serious_Magic_Inc-1803656020. Retrieved 2008-10-03. 
  32. ^ "Adobe Systems Inc acquires Scene7 Inc". Thomson Financial. http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/Thomson_M&A/Adobe_Systems_Inc_acquires_Scene7_Inc-1864771020. Retrieved 2008-10-03. 
  33. ^ "Adobe Systems Inc acquires YaWah ApS". Thomson Financial. http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/Thomson_M&A/Adobe_Systems_Inc_acquires_YaWah_ApS-2013835040. Retrieved 2008-10-03. 
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  39. ^ "Adobe Ventures acquires a minority stake in Fractal Design Corp". Thomson Financial. http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/Thomson_M&A/Adobe_Ventures_acquires_a_minority_stake_in_Fractal_Design_Corp-485477020. Retrieved 2008-10-03. 
  40. ^ "Adobe Sys Software Ireland Ltd acquires a minority stake in Skysoft Co Ltd". Thomson Financial. http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/Thomson_M&A/Adobe_Sys_Software_Ireland_Ltd_acquires_a_minority_stake_in_Skysoft_Co_Ltd-1858668040. Retrieved 2008-10-03. 
  41. ^ "Paracomp Inc acquires Macromind Inc from Adobe Systems Inc". Thomson Financial. http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/Thomson_M&A/Paracomp_Inc_acquires_Macromind_Inc_from_Adobe_Systems_Inc-219207020. Retrieved 2008-10-03. 
  42. ^ "Investor Group acquires Luminous Corp(Adobe Systems) from Adobe Systems Inc". Thomson Financial. http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/Thomson_M&A/Investor_Group_acquires_Luminous_Corp_Adobe_Systems_from_Adobe_Systems_Inc-547362020. Retrieved 2008-10-03. 
  43. ^ "INSO Corp acquires Adobe Systems-MasterSoft Prods from Adobe Systems Inc". Thomson Financial. http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/Thomson_M&A/INSO_Corp_acquires_Adobe_Systems_MasterSoft_Prods_from_Adobe_Systems_Inc-635481020. Retrieved 2008-10-03. 
  44. ^ "Creative Internet Solutions acquires ChangeMedia(Allaire Corp) from Adobe Systems Inc". Thomson Financial. http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/Thomson_M&A/Creative_Internet_Solutions_acquires_ChangeMedia_Allaire_Corp_from_Adobe_Systems_Inc-864678020. Retrieved 2008-10-03. 
  45. ^ "Calian Technology Ltd acquires Why Interactive Inc from Adobe Systems Inc". Thomson Financial. http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/Thomson_M&A/Calian_Technology_Ltd_acquires_Why_Interactive_Inc_from_Adobe_Systems_Inc-884273040. Retrieved 2008-10-03. 
  46. ^ "Lotus Development Corp(IBM) acquires Macromedia Inc-Pathware Bus from Adobe Systems Inc". Thomson Financial. http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/Thomson_M&A/Lotus_Development_Corp_IBM_acquires_Macromedia_Inc_Pathware_Bus_from_Adobe_Systems_Inc-911881020. Retrieved 2008-10-03. 

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