About Adobe - Adobe to acquire Macromedia

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Macromedia (Nasdaq: MACR) in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $3.4 billion. 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.


I, for one, welcome our new Adobe overlords....

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Agreed. Adobe has been trying to dive into the area Macromedia conquered for years, with very limited success. They kept trying to make print design fit onto a screen, rather than trying to understand the screen as a medium. Anyway, I think it's a good deal for everyone involved.
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