Ned Barnholt Joins Adobe Board of Directors

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sept. 1, 2005 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the appointment of Edward W. (Ned) Barnholt, retired chairman, president and chief executive officer of Agilent Technologies, to the company´s board of directors. Barnholt´s appointment is effective immediately, expanding Adobe´s board membership from nine to 10 directors.

˝Ned is an accomplished leader whose wealth of business experience will be a great complement to our board´s existing expertise. We´re delighted to welcome him as our newest board member,˝ said Bruce Chizen, Adobe chief executive officer.

Barnholt said, ˝I am very pleased to join Adobe´s board. I have great respect for this company and its innovative products, and look forward to working with the board and management team.˝

Barnholt retired from his post as Agilent´s top executive in March 2005. As Agilent´s chairman, president and chief executive officer, he led the company´s four business sectors --- Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis, Semiconductor Products, Test and Measurement and Automated Test --- and was responsible for guiding Agilent through its spin-off from Hewlett-Packard in 1999.

Barnholt received bachelor´s and master´s degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University. He serves on the boards of KLA-Tencor, eBay and the Silicon Valley Leadership (SVLG) Group.

Other Adobe board members are: John E. Warnock, Adobe founder and co-chairman of the board; Charles M. Geschke, Adobe founder and co-chairman of the board; Michael R. Cannon, president, chief executive officer and director, Solectron Corporation; Bruce R. Chizen, chief executive officer, Adobe; James E. Daley, independent consultant, formerly executive vice president and chief financial officer of Electronic Data Systems; Carol Mills, executive vice president and general manager, Infrastructure Products Group, Juniper Networks; Colleen M. Pouliot, attorney in private practice, formerly senior vice president and general counsel at Adobe; Robert Sedgewick, professor of computer science and founding chairman of the Department of Computer Science, Princeton University; and Delbert W. Yocam, independent consultant, formerly chairman and chief executive officer of Borland Software Corporation.

About Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adobe is the world´s leading provider of software solutions to create, manage and deliver high-impact, reliable digital content. For more information, visit www.adobe.com.

Source: Adobe Systems Incorporated
www.adobe.com

2005-09-03 12:28

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