0000796343-18-000127.txt : 20180620 0000796343-18-000127.hdr.sgml : 20180620 20180620161300 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000796343-18-000127 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20180618 FILED AS OF DATE: 20180620 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180620 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Rao Dana CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001744048 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-15175 FILM NUMBER: 18909478 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 345 PARK AVE CITY: SAN JOSE STATE: CA ZIP: 95110 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ADOBE SYSTEMS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000796343 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372] IRS NUMBER: 770019522 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1202 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 345 PARK AVE CITY: SAN JOSE STATE: CA ZIP: 95110-2704 BUSINESS PHONE: 4085366000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 345 PARK AVENUE CITY: SAN JOSE STATE: CA ZIP: 95110-2704 3 1 wf-form3_152952556224963.xml FORM 3 X0206 3 2018-06-18 0 0000796343 ADOBE SYSTEMS INC ADBE 0001744048 Rao Dana 345 PARK AVENUE SAN JOSE CA 95110 0 1 0 0 EVP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary Common Stock 16693 D Restricted Stock Units 0.0 Common Stock 998.0 D Performance Shares 0.0 Common Stock 5990.0 D Restricted Stock Units 0.0 Common Stock 2730.0 D Restricted Stock Units 0.0 Common Stock 1733.0 D Performance Shares 0.0 Common Stock 5200.0 D Restricted Stock Units 0.0 Common Stock 1025.0 D Performance Shares 0.0 Common Stock 2050.0 D Vests at a rate of 1/3 annually of the first, second and third anniversaries of the January 24, 2016 vesting commencement date. The Performance Shares will vest in full upon the certification of performance goal achievement following the three-year anniversary of the January 24, 2016 vesting commencement date, if the performance goal is achieved. Represents 200% of the target payout (the maximum number of Performance Shares that will be earned, if at all) following the three-year performance period. Vests 100% on July 2, 2018. Vests at a rate of 1/3 annually of the first, second and third anniversaries of the January 24, 2017 vesting commencement date. The Performance Shares will vest in full upon the certification of performance goal achievement following the three-year anniversary of the January 24, 2017 vesting commencement date, if the performance goal is achieved. Vests at a rate of 1/3 annually of the first, second and third anniversaries of the January 24, 2018 vesting commencement date. The Performance Shares will vest in full upon the certification of performance goal achievement following the three-year anniversary of the January 24, 2018 vesting commencement date, if the performance goal is achieved. /s/ Allison Blais, as attorney-in-fact 2018-06-20 EX-24 2 powerofattorney-danarao.htm DANA RAO POWER OF ATTORNEY
POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Tracy Hanson, Jillian Forusz, Jonathan Vaas, Allison Blais,
and Lucy Jensen signing individually, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1)    execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as a Section 16 officer of Adobe Systems
Incorporated (the "Company"), Form ID, and Forms 3, 4 and 5 (collectively, "Forms") in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(2)    do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any such Forms and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange
or similar authority; and
(3)    take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,
 may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed
by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such
terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
The undersigned agrees that each such attorney-in-fact may rely on information furnished by the undersigned.  The undersigned also agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each attorney-in-fact against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in these
respects) that arise as a result of any untrue statements or omission of necessary facts in the information provided by the undersigned to such
attorney-in fact for purposes of executing, acknowledging, delivering or filing Forms.
This Power of Attorney supersedes any power of attorney previously executed by the undersigned regarding the purposes outlined herein ("Prior
Powers of Attorney"), and the authority of the attorneys-in-fact named in any Prior Powers of Attorney is hereby revoked.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms with respect to the
undersigned's holding of and transaction in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of June 14, 2018.

By:

/s/ Dana Rao
Dana Rao