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<p align=center><font size=4><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></font><br>
<font size=2><b>Washington, D.C. 20549</b></font></p><br><HR noshade width=120>
<p align=center><font size=4><B>FORM S-8</B></font><br>
<p align=center><font size=2><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B><br><B>UNDER</B><br><B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></font></p><br><HR noshade width=120>
<p align=center><font size=6><B>ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED</B></font><br>
<font size=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>
<table width=100% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=50>&nbsp;</td><td align=center width=280><font size=2><b>Delaware</b><br>
(State of Incorporation)<br>
<br>
</font></td>
<td align=center width=280>&nbsp;</td><td align=center width=280><font size=2><b>77-0019522</b><br>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
</font></td><td width=50>&nbsp;</td></tr></TABLE><br><br><HR noshade width=120>
<p align=center><font size=2><b>345 Park Avenue</b><br><b>San Jose, California 95110</b><br><b>(408) 536-6000</b><br>(Address and telephone number<br>of principal executive offices)</font></p><br><HR noshade width=120>
<p align=center><font size=2><b>1999 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan</b><br>(Full title of the plans)</font></p>
<p align=center><font size=2><b>Murray J. Demo</b><br><b>Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</b><br><b>Adobe Systems Incorporated</b><br><b>345 Park Avenue</b><br><b>San Jose, California  95110</b><br><b>(408) 536-6000</b><br>(Name,
address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></p><br><HR noshade width=120>
<p align=center><font size=2><i>Copies to:</i></font></p>
<p align=center><font size=2>Cheryl K. House, Esq.<br>Adobe Systems Incorporated<br>345 Park Avenue<br>San Jose, California  95110<br>(408) 536-6000</font></p><br><HR noshade width=120>
<p align=center><font size=2><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></font></p>
<table width=100% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=1><tr><td width=250  align=center><font size=1><b>Title of Securities to be Registered</b></font></td>
  <td width=250 align=center><font size=1><b>Amount to be</b><br><b>Registered</b></font></td>
  <td width=250 align=center><font size=1><b>Proposed</b><br><b>Maximum  Offering</b><br><b>Price per Share (1)</b></font></td>
  <td width=250 align=center><font size=1><b>Proposed</b><br><b>Maximum Aggregate</b><br><b>Offering Price (1)</b></font></td>
  <td width=250 align=center><font size=1><b>Amount of</b><br><b>Registration Fee</b></font></td></tr>
<tr><td width=250 align=left><font size=1>Stock Options and Common Stock (par value $.0001)</font></td>
  <td width=250 align=center><font size=1>8,000,000 shares</font></td>
  <td width=250 align=center><font size=1>$58.625</font></td>
  <td width=250 align=center><font size=1>$463,000,000</font></td>
  <td width=250 align=center><font size=1>$123,816</font></td></tr>
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width=20>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top width=20><font size=2>(1)</font></td><td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
<td valign=top><font size=2>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h). The offering price per share and aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low prices of
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock on December 14, 2000 as reported on the Nasdaq National Market.</font></td></tr></TABLE>
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<p align=center><font size=2><B>INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</B></font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by Adobe Systems Incorporated (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement:</font></p>
<table width=100% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0><tr><td width=30>&nbsp;</td><td valign=top width=20><font size=2>(a)</font></td><td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
<td valign=top><font size=2>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 3, 1999; </font></td></tr><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td><td width=10>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr><td width=30>&nbsp;</td><td valign=top width=20><font size=2>(b)</font></td><td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
<td valign=top><font size=2>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 3, 2000, June 2, 2000 and September 1, 2000; and</font></td></tr><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td><td width=10>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr><td width=30>&nbsp;</td><td valign=top width=20><font size=2>(c)</font></td><td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
<td valign=top><font size=2>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act of 1934, including any amendments or reports filed
for the purpose of updating such description.</font></td></tr><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td><td width=10>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr></TABLE>
<p align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this registration
statement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents.</font></p>
<p align=center><font size=2><B>INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</B></font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;Delaware Code&#148;) authorizes a court to award, or a corporation&#146;s board of
directors to grant, indemnification to directors and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933.
The Registrant&#146;s Bylaws provide for indemnification of its directors, officers, employees and other agents to the fullest extent not prohibited by the Delaware Code. The Registrant also maintains directors&#146; and officers&#146; insurance against
liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933 for its directors and principal executive officers. In addition, each officer and director is a party to a written agreement which states that the Registrant agrees to hold each of them harmless against any and
all jud
gments, fines, settlements and expenses related to claims against such person by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or other agent of the Registrant, and otherwise to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by
the Registrant&#146;s Bylaws and under the non-exclusivity provisions of the Delaware Code.</font></p>
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<p align=center><font size=2><B>EXHIBITS</B></font></p>
<table width=95% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0><tr><td width=10>&nbsp;</td><td valign=bottom align=center width=52><font size=1><b>Exhibit</b><br><b><u>Number</u></b></font></td><td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
<td valign=bottom align=left width=850><font size=1><b><u>Description</u></b></font></td></tr>
<tr><td width=10>&nbsp;</td><td valign=top align=center width=52><font size=2>4.1</font></td><td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
<td align=left width=850><font size=2>The Registrant&#146;s (as successor-in-interest to Adobe Systems (Delaware) Incorporated by virtue of a reincorporation effective May 30, 1997) Certificate of Incorporation, as filed with the Secretary of State of
the State of Delaware on May 9, 1997.</font></td></tr>
<tr><td width=10>&nbsp;</td><td valign=top align=center width=52><font size=2>4.2</font></td><td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
<td align=left width=850><font size=2>Amended and Restated Bylaws of Registrant as currently in effect.</font></td></tr>
<tr><td width=10>&nbsp;</td><td valign=top align=center width=52><font size=2>4.3</font></td><td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
<td align=left width=850><font size=2>Certificate of Designation of the Series A Preferred Stock.</font></td></tr>
<tr><td width=10>&nbsp;</td><td valign=top align=center width=52><font size=2>4.4</font></td><td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
<td align=left width=850><font size=2>Agreement and Plan of Merger effective May 30, 1997 (by virtue of a reincorporation), by and between Adobe Systems Incorporated, a California corporation, and Adobe Systems (Delaware) Incorporated, a Delaware
corporation.</font></td></tr>
<tr><td width=10>&nbsp;</td><td valign=top align=center width=52><font size=2>4.5</font></td><td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
<td align=left width=850><font size=2>Third Amended and Restated Rights Agreement between the Registrant and Harris Trust Company of California.</font></td></tr>
<tr><td width=10>&nbsp;</td><td valign=top align=center width=52><font size=2>4.6</font></td><td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
<td align=left width=850><font size=2>1999 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan, as amended.</font></td></tr>
<tr><td width=10>&nbsp;</td><td valign=top align=center width=52><font size=2>4.7</font></td><td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
<td align=left width=850><font size=2>Forms of Stock Option Agreement used in connection with the 1999 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan.</font></td></tr>
<tr><td width=10>&nbsp;</td><td valign=top align=center width=52><font size=2>4.8</font></td><td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
<td align=left width=850><font size=2>Fourth Amended and Restated Rights Agreement between the Registrant and Computershare Investor Services, LLC.</font></td></tr>
<tr><td width=10>&nbsp;</td><td valign=top align=center width=52><font size=2>5</font></td><td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
<td align=left width=850><font size=2>Opinion of Cheryl K. House, Esq., corporate securities counsel. </font></td></tr>
<tr><td width=10>&nbsp;</td><td valign=top align=center width=52><font size=2>23.1</font></td><td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
<td align=left width=850><font size=2>Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Auditors.</font></td></tr>
<tr><td width=10>&nbsp;</td><td valign=top align=center width=52><font size=2>23.2</font></td><td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
<td align=left width=850><font size=2>Consent of Cheryl K. House, Esq., contained within Exhibit 5.</font></td></tr></TABLE>
<p align=center><font size=2><B>UNDERTAKINGS</B></font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
</font></p>
<ul><p align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</font></p></ul>
<ul><p align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) ((S) 230.424(b) of this chapter) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration
Fee&#148; table in the
effective registration statement;</font></p></ul>
<ul><p align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration
statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;</font></p></ul>
<ul><p align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by or furnished by the issuer pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference herein.</font></p></ul>
<p align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
the termination of the offering.</font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section </font></p>
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<p align=left><font size=2>15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to the court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whethe
r such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></p>
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<p align=center><font size=2><B>SIGNATURES</B></font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Jose, State of California, on December 19, 2000.</font></p>
<table width=80% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=40%  align=left><font size=2><br><br><br></font></td>
  <td width=5%>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=5%>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=40% align=left><font size=2><B>ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED</B><br><br><br></font></td></tr>
<tr><td width=40% align=left><font size=2></font></td>
  <td width=5%>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=5% align=right><font size=2>By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
  <td width=40% align=left><font size=2>/s/ Murray J. Demo</font></td></tr>
<tr><td></td>
  <td width=5%>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=5%>&nbsp;</td>
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<tr><td width=40% align=left><font size=2></font></td>
  <td width=5%>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=5%>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=40% align=left><font size=2>Murray J. Demo<br>Senior Vice President and Chief Financial<br>Officer</font></td></tr>
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<p align=center><font size=2><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS</B>, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Murray J. Demo and Colleen M.
Pouliot, and each or any one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys
-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed on December 19, 2000 by the following persons
in the capacities indicated. </font></p>
<table width=95% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=200  align=center><font size=2><b><u>Signature</u></b></font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=270  align=center><font size=2><b><u>Title</u></b></font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td></TR>
<tr><td width=200 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=270>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr><td width=200 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>/s/ John E. Warnock<HR noshade align=center width=100% size=1></font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=270 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer</font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<TR><TD WIDTH=200 VALIGN=TOP  ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2>(John E.
Warnock)</FONT></TD></tr>
<tr><td width=200 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=270>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr><td width=200 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>/s/ Charles M. Geschke<HR noshade align=center width=100% size=1></font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=270 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>Chairman of the Board </font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr><td width=200 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>(Charles M.
Geschke)</font></td></tr>
<tr><td width=200 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=270>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr><td width=200 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>/s/ Murray J. Demo<HR noshade align=center width=100% size=1></font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=270 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial  and Accounting Officer)</font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR><TD WIDTH=200 VALIGN=TOP  ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2>(Murray J.
Demo)</FONT></TD></tr>
<tr><td width=200 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=270>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr><td width=200 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>/s/ Carol Mills Baldwin<HR noshade align=center width=100% size=1></font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=270 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>Director</font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR><TD WIDTH=200 VALIGN=TOP  ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2>(Carol Mills
Baldwin)</FONT></TD></tr>
<tr><td width=200 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=270>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr><td width=200 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>/s/ Robert Sedgewick<HR noshade align=center width=100% size=1></font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=270 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>Director</font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR><TD WIDTH=200 VALIGN=TOP  ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2>(Robert
Sedgewick)</FONT></TD></tr>
<tr><td width=200 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=270>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr><td width=200 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>/s/ Delbert W. Yocam<HR noshade align=center width=100% size=1></font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=270 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>Director</font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR><TD WIDTH=200 VALIGN=TOP  ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2>(Delbert W.
Yocam)</FONT></TD></tr>
<tr><td width=200 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=270>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr><td width=200 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>/s/ Antonio M. Perez<HR noshade align=center width=100% size=1></font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=270 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>Director</font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR><TD WIDTH=200 VALIGN=TOP  ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2>(Antonio M.
Perez)</FONT></TD></tr>
<tr><td width=200 valign=top  align=left><font size=2></font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=270>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td></tr>
</TABLE><br>
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<p align=center><font size=2><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B></font></p>
<table width=100% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td valign=bottom align=center
width=93><font size=1></font></td>
  <td valign=bottom align=left width=32><font size=1><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=bottom align=center width=153 colspan=5><font size=1><b><u>Incorporated by Reference</u></b></font></td>
  <td valign=bottom align=center width=30><font size=1><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=bottom align=left width=32><font size=1><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></font></td>
</tr><tr><td valign=bottom align=center><font size=1><b>Exhibit</b><br><b><u>Number</u></b></font></td>
  <td valign=bottom align=left><font size=1><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></font></td>
  <td valign=bottom align=left><font size=1><b><u>Exhibit Description</u></b></font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=bottom align=center><font size=1><br><b><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;Form&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></b></font></td>
  <td valign=bottom align=center><font size=1><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></font></td>
  <td valign=bottom align=center><font size=1><b>Date</b><br><b><u>of Report</u></b></font></td>
  <td valign=bottom align=center><font size=1><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></font></td>
  <td valign=bottom align=center><font size=1><b>Exhibit</b><br><b><u>Number</u></b></font></td>
  <td valign=bottom align=center><font size=1><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></font></td>
  <td valign=bottom align=center><font size=1><b>Filed<u> Herewith</u></b></font></td>
  <td valign=bottom align=left><font size=1><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></font></td>
</tr><tr><td valign=top align=center><font size=2>4.1</font></td>
  <td valign=top align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></td>
  <td valign=top align=left><font size=2>The Registrant&#146;s (as successor-in-interest to Adobe Systems (Delaware) Incorporated by virtue of a reincorporation effective May&nbsp;30, 1997) Certificate of Incorporation, as filed with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware on May 9, 1997.</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=center><font size=2>10-Q</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=center><font size=2>5/30/97</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=center><font size=2>3.1</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr><tr><td valign=top align=center><font size=2>4.2</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=left><font size=2>Amended and Restated Bylaws of Registrant as currently in effect.</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=center><font size=2>8-K</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=center><font size=2>9/03/98</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=center><font size=2>3.2</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr><tr><td valign=top align=center><font size=2>4.3</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=left><font size=2>Certificate of Designation of the Series A Preferred Stock.</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=center><font size=2>10-K</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=center><font size=2>11/28/97</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=center><font size=2>3.3</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr><tr><td valign=top align=center><font size=2>4.4</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=left><font size=2>Agreement and Plan of Merger effective May 30, 1997 (by virtue of a reincorporation), by and between Adobe Systems Incorporated, a California corporation, and Adobe Systems (Delaware) Incorporated, a Delaware
corporation.</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=center><font size=2>10-Q</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=center><font size=2>5/30/97</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=center><font size=2>2.1</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr><tr><td valign=top align=center><font size=2>4.5</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=left><font size=2>Third Amended and Restated Rights Agreement between the Registrant and Harris Trust Company of California.</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=center><font size=2>8-K</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=center><font size=2>12/15/98</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=center><font size=2>1</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr><tr><td valign=top align=center><font size=2>4.6</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=left><font size=2>1999 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan, as amended.</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=center><font size=2>X</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr><tr><td valign=top align=center><font size=2>4.7</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=left><font size=2>Forms of Stock Option Agreement used in connection with the 1999 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan.</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=center><font size=2>S-8</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=center><font size=2>9/15/99</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=center><font size=2>4.7</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr><tr><td valign=top align=center><font size=2>4.8</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=left><font size=2>Fourth Amended and Restated Rights Agreement between the Registrant and Computershare Investor Services, LLC.</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=center><font size=2>8-K</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=center><font size=2>7/3/00</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=center><font size=2>1</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr><tr><td valign=top align=center><font size=2>5</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=left><font size=2>Opinion of Cheryl K. House, Esq., corporate securities counsel.</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=center><font size=2>X</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr><tr><td valign=top align=center><font size=2>23.1</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=left><font size=2>Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Auditors.</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=center><font size=2>X</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr><tr><td valign=top align=center><font size=2>23.2</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=left><font size=2>Consent of Cheryl K. House, Esq., contained within Exhibit 5.</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=center><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=top align=center><font size=2>X</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State of Incorporation)
77-0019522
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
345 Park Avenue
San Jose, California 95110
(408) 536-6000
(Address and telephone number
of principal executive offices)
1999 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan
(Full title of the plans)
Murray J. Demo
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Adobe Systems Incorporated
345 Park Avenue
San Jose, California  95110
(408) 536-6000
(Name,
address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Cheryl K. House, Esq.
Adobe Systems Incorporated
345 Park Avenue
San Jose, California  95110
(408) 536-6000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered
Proposed
Maximum  Offering
Price per Share (1)
Proposed
Maximum Aggregate
Offering Price (1)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Stock Options and Common Stock (par value $.0001)
8,000,000 shares
$58.625
$463,000,000
$123,816
(1)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h). The offering price per share and aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low prices of
Registrant's Common Stock on December 14, 2000 as reported on the Nasdaq National Market.
INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed by Adobe Systems Incorporated (the "Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 3, 1999;
(b)
The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 3, 2000, June 2, 2000 and September 1, 2000; and
(c)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act of 1934, including any amendments or reports filed
for the purpose of updating such description.
All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this registration
statement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents.
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "Delaware Code") authorizes a court to award, or a corporation's board of
directors to grant, indemnification to directors and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933.
The Registrant's Bylaws provide for indemnification of its directors, officers, employees and other agents to the fullest extent not prohibited by the Delaware Code. The Registrant also maintains directors' and officers' insurance against
liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933 for its directors and principal executive officers. In addition, each officer and director is a party to a written agreement which states that the Registrant agrees to hold each of them harmless against any and
all jud
gments, fines, settlements and expenses related to claims against such person by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or other agent of the Registrant, and otherwise to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by
the Registrant's Bylaws and under the non-exclusivity provisions of the Delaware Code.
EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
The Registrant's (as successor-in-interest to Adobe Systems (Delaware) Incorporated by virtue of a reincorporation effective May 30, 1997) Certificate of Incorporation, as filed with the Secretary of State of
the State of Delaware on May 9, 1997.
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Registrant as currently in effect.
4.3
Certificate of Designation of the Series A Preferred Stock.
4.4
Agreement and Plan of Merger effective May 30, 1997 (by virtue of a reincorporation), by and between Adobe Systems Incorporated, a California corporation, and Adobe Systems (Delaware) Incorporated, a Delaware
corporation.
4.5
Third Amended and Restated Rights Agreement between the Registrant and Harris Trust Company of California.
4.6
1999 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan, as amended.
4.7
Forms of Stock Option Agreement used in connection with the 1999 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan.
4.8
Fourth Amended and Restated Rights Agreement between the Registrant and Computershare Investor Services, LLC.
5
Opinion of Cheryl K. House, Esq., corporate securities counsel.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Auditors.
23.2
Consent of Cheryl K. House, Esq., contained within Exhibit 5.
UNDERTAKINGS
1.   The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(a)   To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)   To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)   To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) ((S) 230.424(b) of this chapter) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration
Fee" table in the
effective registration statement;
(iii)   To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration
statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by or furnished by the issuer pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference herein.
(b)   That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)   To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
the termination of the offering.
2.   The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
3.   Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to the court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whethe
r such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Jose, State of California, on December 19, 2000.
ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
By:
/s/ Murray J. Demo
Murray J. Demo
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS
, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Murray J. Demo and Colleen M.
Pouliot, and each or any one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys
-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed on December 19, 2000 by the following persons
in the capacities indicated.
Signature
Title
/s/ John E. Warnock
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
(John E.
Warnock)
/s/ Charles M. Geschke
Chairman of the Board
(Charles M.
Geschke)
/s/ Murray J. Demo
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial  and Accounting Officer)
(Murray J.
Demo)
/s/ Carol Mills Baldwin
Director
(Carol Mills
Baldwin)
/s/ Robert Sedgewick
Director
(Robert
Sedgewick)
/s/ Delbert W. Yocam
Director
(Delbert W.
Yocam)
/s/ Antonio M. Perez
Director
(Antonio M.
Perez)
EXHIBIT INDEX
Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Description
Form
Date
of Report
Exhibit
Number
Filed
Herewith
4.1
The Registrant's (as successor-in-interest to Adobe Systems (Delaware) Incorporated by virtue of a reincorporation effective May 30, 1997) Certificate of Incorporation, as filed with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware on May 9, 1997.
10-Q
5/30/97
3.1
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Registrant as currently in effect.
8-K
9/03/98
3.2
4.3
Certificate of Designation of the Series A Preferred Stock.
10-K
11/28/97
3.3
4.4
Agreement and Plan of Merger effective May 30, 1997 (by virtue of a reincorporation), by and between Adobe Systems Incorporated, a California corporation, and Adobe Systems (Delaware) Incorporated, a Delaware
corporation.
10-Q
5/30/97
2.1
4.5
Third Amended and Restated Rights Agreement between the Registrant and Harris Trust Company of California.
8-K
12/15/98
1
4.6
1999 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan, as amended.
X
4.7
Forms of Stock Option Agreement used in connection with the 1999 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan.
S-8
9/15/99
4.7
4.8
Fourth Amended and Restated Rights Agreement between the Registrant and Computershare Investor Services, LLC.
8-K
7/3/00
1
5
Opinion of Cheryl K. House, Esq., corporate securities counsel.
X
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Auditors.
X
23.2
Consent of Cheryl K. House, Esq., contained within Exhibit 5.
X