Shareholder Sues Adobe Over Macromedia Buy

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Adobe Systems sued by a shareholder
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Adobe Systems sued by a shareholder
angry with the Macromedia acquisition
restatement 06/17/2005 03:38 PM
Softpedia Jun 17 2005 6:14PM GMT

Macromedia - Press Room : ADOBE TO
ACQUIRE MACROMEDIA

Macromedia - Press Room : ADOBE TO
ACQUIRE MACROMEDIA 04/18/2005 06:41 PM
integrated solutions from the acquisition .. Holy Mother of fucking christ!!! .. Press release .. Macromedia's

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Adobe to buy Macromedia for $3.4B

Adobe to buy Macromedia for $3.4B 04/18/2005 08:25 AM
CNN Apr 18 2005 11:09AM GMT

Adobe to Buy Macromedia for $3.4 Bln

Adobe to Buy Macromedia for $3.4 Bln 04/18/2005 02:53 PM
ABCNEWS.com Apr 18 2005 6:22PM GMT

Adobe to buy $3.4bn Macromedia

Adobe to buy $3.4bn Macromedia 04/18/2005 10:09 AM
Adobe is to buy Macromedia, a specialist in software for animated graphics and web design.

Adobe to buy Macromedia for $3.4 bn

Adobe to buy Macromedia for $3.4 bn 04/19/2005 02:35 AM
Economictimes Apr 19 2005 3:31AM GMT

Adobe + Macromedia = ?

Adobe + Macromedia = ? 04/18/2005 09:21 PM

Seems straightforward to me. Adobe is in at the center of print production (PhotoShop & friends, InDesign, PDF), while Macromedia’s DreamWeaver is the single most important Web-design product. Dave Shea says this might be about Flash, but let me suggest exactly the opposite: if you’re hitching your career to Flash, it might be a good time to look at alternatives. Why’s that? Because, near as I can tell, Macromedia has never made any serious money with Flash. They’ve accomplished one of the great, heroic, marketing coups of all time, getting the plug-in onto substantially every desktop on the planet; and this bought them, uh, what exactly? They sell authoring tools, but seriously, how many Flash designers does the world need? Anyhow, most of the good things you can do with Flash, you can do about as well with DHTML (oops that’s called AJAX now) and your “back” button still works. I guess there’s no reason to actually shut Flash down, the tool revenue must about cover the engineering costs. But Adobe, historically, has been good at focusing on what works and dropping the distractions. (Can you remember PageMill?) Flash is a distraction.

Adobe and Macromedia

Adobe and Macromedia 04/18/2005 08:37 PM
p2pnet.net Apr 19 2005 12:12AM GMT

Adobe to buy Macromedia!

Adobe to buy Macromedia! 04/18/2005 04:25 AM
A blockbuster sized story just broke--Macromedia will be bought out by graphics giant Adobe. Between the two companies, nearly 100% of people in the design industry use at least one of their products. The $3.4 billion deal has been approved by execs from both companies. Here are the specs:

Under the terms of the agreement, which has been approved by both boards of directors, Macromedia stockholders will receive, at a fixed exchange ratio, 0.69 shares of Adobe common stock for every share of Macromedia common stock in a tax-free exchange. Based on Adobe's and Macromedia's closing prices on Friday, April 15, 2005, this represents a price of $41.86 per share of Macromedia common stock. Upon the close of the transaction, Macromedia stockholders will own approximately 18 percent of the combined company on a pro forma basis.

Shares of Macromedia [MACR] closed at $33.45 Friday, making Adobe's bid a large premium. The real story here is the massive market share Adobe will control in the creative industry. Besides video and out of date print publishing, they have it wrapped up. What are your thoughts? Sound off! (Personally I thought I read the headline wrong...)

Adobe to buy Macromedia

Adobe to buy Macromedia 04/18/2005 04:13 AM
Adobe to buy Macromedia I almost choked when I saw this press release, Adobe is going to buy out Macromedia for $3.4 billion in stock. Adobe is paying about $9 over the current share price, which means the investors will make out nicely. With the two largest design software companies becoming one, the new Adobe will be a monopoly (if it isn't already with Photoshop). I just hope they remove the ability to make really annoying Flash movies...

Adobe to buy rival Macromedia for $3.4
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Adobe to buy rival Macromedia for $3.4
bln 04/18/2005 06:30 PM
Reuters India Apr 18 2005 10:09PM GMT

Adobe + Macromedia + Longhorn

Adobe + Macromedia + Longhorn 04/18/2005 02:31 PM

Adobe applications are built with a proprietary platform-independent application framework to support both Windows and Macintosh.  I've used it in the past to write plugins for various Adobe products and found them very cumbersome to use.

The situation at Macromedia is about the same since they also have to support both platforms.  Both companies' product lines are also littered with products acquired from other companies which are at various stages of integration.

With Adobe's buyout of Macromedia, Adobe ends up with quite a pile of mess to cleanup.  Now factor in Longhorn and .NET migration ahead and I think you get the picture Adobe's engineering executives are looking at.

Adobe to buy rival Macromedia

Adobe to buy rival Macromedia 04/19/2005 06:49 AM
stuff.co.nz Apr 19 2005 7:20AM GMT

"What Do I Know?: Adobe Buys Macromedia"

"What Do I Know?: Adobe Buys Macromedia" 04/19/2005 08:36 AM

Update: Adobe to buy Macromedia for
$3.4B

Update: Adobe to buy Macromedia for
$3.4B 04/18/2005 11:25 AM
Adobe Systems said today that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Macromedia Inc. for $3.4 billion in stock.

Adobe to Buy Macromedia for $3.4
Billion

Adobe to Buy Macromedia for $3.4
Billion 04/18/2005 11:22 AM
Adobe says it will buy multimedia software firm Macromedia for about $3.4 billion in stock, a move designed to extend its lead in the market for creating and distributing digital documents.

Adobe to Buy Macromedia in $3.4B
Deal (AP)

Adobe to Buy Macromedia in $3.4B
Deal (AP) 04/18/2005 11:20 AM
AP - Combining two of the largest makers of software for creating and delivering digital content, Adobe Systems Inc. said Monday it will acquire Macromedia Inc. in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $3.4 billion.

Adobe To Acquire Macromedia

Adobe To Acquire Macromedia 04/18/2005 08:22 AM

We don't generally delve into the software side of things, but this is pretty big news for webheads and the public at large. Adobe announced this morning that they will be acquiring webdev tool powerhouse Macromedia in an all stock exchange valued at approximately $3.4 billion, pending SEC approval. Adobe's PDF (Acrobat) format and Macromedia's Flash platform are probably their two most pervasive products and so the effects of such an acquisition will likely be felt by anyone with an Internet connection in some form or another.

Put another way, it's a safe bet to say that soon, we'll be able to generate PDFs from Flash movies with a ColdFusion backend that plays back video edited in Premiere wrapped in an interface laid out in Dreamweaver, designed in Fireworks and colored in Illustrator. All within a single company's product lineup. Get ready for a productivity suite that leaves you winded, for sure.

Macromedia + Adobe [MacromediaBlogs]
Press Release [Adobe via MAKEblog]

"Adobe to acquire Macromedia"

"Adobe to acquire Macromedia" 04/18/2005 11:42 PM

Adobe Swallows Macromedia

Adobe Swallows Macromedia 04/18/2005 06:32 PM

The future is clearly about a very small number of graphics developers with integrated applications. By Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS

Adobe Buys Macromedia for $3.4 Bil

Adobe Buys Macromedia for $3.4 Bil 04/19/2005 06:49 AM
iMedia Connection Apr 19 2005 9:38AM GMT

Adobe Gobbles Up Macromedia

Adobe Gobbles Up Macromedia 04/18/2005 02:53 PM
DevHardware Apr 18 2005 6:12PM GMT

Adobe, Macromedia OK acquisition

Adobe, Macromedia OK acquisition 04/19/2005 02:30 AM
Houston Chronicle Apr 19 2005 6:29AM GMT

Adobe to acquire Macromedia for $3.4B

Adobe to acquire Macromedia for $3.4B 04/18/2005 06:30 PM
USA Today Apr 18 2005 10:24PM GMT

Adobe to buy rival Macromedia for US$3.4
bln

Adobe to buy rival Macromedia for US$3.4
bln 04/19/2005 02:32 AM
The New Zealand Herald Apr 19 2005 4:38AM GMT

Adobe aquire Macromedia

Adobe aquire Macromedia 04/19/2005 02:33 AM
Builder AU Apr 19 2005 4:14AM GMT

Adobe takes over Macromedia

Adobe takes over Macromedia 04/18/2005 06:29 PM
Business Standard India Apr 18 2005 11:06PM GMT

Adobe Snaps Up Macromedia

Adobe Snaps Up Macromedia 04/18/2005 06:17 PM
TheStreet.com Apr 18 2005 9:24PM GMT

Adobe Buys Macromedia:

Adobe Buys Macromedia: 04/18/2005 02:56 PM
Adobe Buys Macromedia A deafening blip on the radar for designers and other artists? Is this good for innovation? And, how is Adobe gonna make up for the $3.4 billion purchase price?

Adobe to buy Macromedia for $3.4 bn in
stock

Adobe to buy Macromedia for $3.4 bn in
stock 04/18/2005 02:54 PM
Economictimes Apr 18 2005 4:37PM GMT

Adobe to buy Macromedia for US$3.4
billion

Adobe to buy Macromedia for US$3.4
billion 04/19/2005 02:29 AM
Australian PC World Apr 19 2005 6:33AM GMT

Adobe Acquires Macromedia for $3.4B

Adobe Acquires Macromedia for $3.4B 04/18/2005 02:54 PM
NewsFactor Network Apr 18 2005 4:37PM GMT

Adobe buys Macromedia for $3.4bn

Adobe buys Macromedia for $3.4bn 04/18/2005 02:54 PM
BBC Apr 18 2005 4:55PM GMT

Adobe in $3.4 Bln Deal for Macromedia

Adobe in $3.4 Bln Deal for Macromedia 04/18/2005 11:15 AM
Washington Post Apr 18 2005 1:48PM GMT

Adobe agrees to buy Macromedia for $3.4
bln

Adobe agrees to buy Macromedia for $3.4
bln 04/18/2005 04:50 AM
Reuters Apr 18 2005 9:13AM GMT

UPDATE 3-Adobe to buy Macromedia for
$3.4 bln

UPDATE 3-Adobe to buy Macromedia for
$3.4 bln 04/18/2005 08:24 AM
Reuters Apr 18 2005 12:53PM GMT

Adobe Buying Macromedia

Adobe Buying Macromedia 04/18/2005 07:45 AM

Adobe buys up Macromedia

Adobe buys up Macromedia 04/18/2005 08:24 AM
Mac User Apr 18 2005 12:21PM GMT

UPDATE 2-Adobe to buy Macromedia for
$3.4 bln

UPDATE 2-Adobe to buy Macromedia for
$3.4 bln 04/18/2005 08:24 AM
Reuters Apr 18 2005 1:02PM GMT
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