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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Washington, D.C. 20549  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>FORM S-8<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(State of Incorporation)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>345
Park Avenue<BR>
San Jose, California 95110<BR>
(408) 536-6000<BR>
(Address of principal executive offices) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>1999 NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION PLAN<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Full title of the plans) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>Murray
J. Demo<BR>
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
Adobe Systems Incorporated<BR>
345 Park Avenue<BR>
San Jose, California 95110<BR>
(408) 536-6000<BR>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>Copies
to:<BR>
Cheryl K. House, Esq.<BR>
Adobe Systems Incorporated<BR>
345 Park Avenue<BR>
San Jose, California 95110<BR>
(408) 536-6000 </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE  </B></FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="20%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount to be Registered</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum Offering Price per Share (1)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (1)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount of Registration Fee</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="30%"><FONT SIZE=2>Stock Options and Common Stock (par value $.0001)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="20%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>3,500,000 shares</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$31.1035</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$108,862,250</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$27,216</FONT></TD>
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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><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's Common Stock on October 23, 2001 as reported on the Nasdaq National Market. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by Adobe Systems Incorporated (the "Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated by reference into
this Registration Statement: </FONT></P>

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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(a)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 1, 2000;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(b)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
Registrant's Periodic Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended August 31, 2001, June 1, 2001 and March 2, 2001; and
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(c)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>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. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&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>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 judgments, 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. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>EXHIBITS    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2>The Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 22, 2001.</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2>Amended and Restated Bylaws of Registrant as currently in effect.</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2>Agreement and Plan of Merger effective May&nbsp;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>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>4.6</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2>1999 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan, as amended.</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>4.7</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2>Forms of Stock Option Agreement used in connection with the 1999 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan.</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2>Fourth Amended and Restated Rights Agreement between the Registrant and Computershare Investor Services, LLC</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>5&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2>Opinion of Cheryl K. House, Esq., corporate securities counsel</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>23.1</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2>Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Auditors.</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2>Consent of Cheryl K. House, Esq., contained within Exhibit 5.</FONT></TD>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>UNDERTAKINGS    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>1.</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(a)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(i)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(ii)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>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;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(iii)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>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></DD></DL>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>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>

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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(b)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>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.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(c)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>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></DD></DL>
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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>2.</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=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.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>3.</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>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 whether 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></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>SIGNATURES    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&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 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 October&nbsp;29, 2001. </FONT></P>

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By:</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>MURRAY J. DEMO</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Murray J. Demo<BR>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>, 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
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed on October&nbsp;29, 2001 by the following persons in the capacities
indicated. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JOHN E. WARNOCK</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> (John E. Warnock)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="49%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>Chairman of the Board</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>CHARLES M. GESCHKE</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> (Charles M. Geschke)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Chairman of the Board</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>BRUCE R. CHIZEN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> (Bruce R. Chizen)</FONT></TD>
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President, Chief Executive Officer<BR>
and Director<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>MURRAY J. DEMO</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> (Murray J. Demo)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Senior Vice President and<BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><BR><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> (Carol Mills Baldwin)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ROBERT SEDGEWICK</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> (Robert Sedgewick)</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>DELBERT W. YOCAM</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> (Delbert W. Yocam)</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><BR><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> (Antonio M. Perez)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="50%"><FONT SIZE=2>The Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 22, 2001.</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>10-Q</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>5/30/97</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="7%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>3.1</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="8%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Amended and Restated Bylaws of Registrant as currently in effect.</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
8-K</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
9/03/98</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
3.2</FONT></TD>
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4.4</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="50%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
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>
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<TD WIDTH="6%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
10-Q</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
5/30/97</FONT></TD>
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2.1</FONT></TD>
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4.6</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="50%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
1999 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan, as amended.</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="6%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
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4.7</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="50%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Forms of Stock Option Agreement used in connection with the 1999 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan.</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="7%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
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<TD WIDTH="50%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Fourth Amended and Restated Rights Agreement between the Registrant and Computershare Investor Services, LLC.</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="6%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
8-K</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
7/3/00</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Cheryl K. House, Esq., corporate securities counsel.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Auditors.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Cheryl K. House, Esq., contained within Exhibit 5.</FONT></TD>
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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
77-0019522
(State of Incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
345
Park Avenue
San Jose, California 95110
(408) 536-6000
(Address 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)
3,500,000 shares
$31.1035
$108,862,250
$27,216
(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 October 23, 2001 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 1, 2000;
(b)
The
Registrant's Periodic Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended August 31, 2001, June 1, 2001 and March 2, 2001; 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 judgments, 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 Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 22, 2001.
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Registrant as currently in effect.
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.
4.6
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 whether 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 October 29, 2001.
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 October 29, 2001 by the following persons in the capacities
indicated.
Signature
Title
/s/
JOHN E. WARNOCK
(John E. Warnock)
Chairman of the Board
/s/
CHARLES M. GESCHKE
(Charles M. Geschke)
Chairman of the Board
/s/
BRUCE R. CHIZEN
(Bruce R. Chizen)
President, Chief Executive Officer
and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/
MURRAY J. DEMO
(Murray J. Demo)
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
(Carol Mills Baldwin)
Director
/s/
ROBERT SEDGEWICK
(Robert Sedgewick)
Director
/s/
DELBERT W. YOCAM
(Delbert W. Yocam)
Director
(Antonio M. Perez)
Director
EXHIBIT INDEX
Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit
Number
Description
Form
Date of
Report
Exhibit
No.
Filed Herewith
4.1
The Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 22, 2001.
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
4.4
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
4.6
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.
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