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Item
5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(e) Amendment and Restatement of 2003 Equity Incentive Plan and Approval of 2016 Executive Cash Performance Bonus Plan
2003 Equity Incentive Plan
On April 13, 2016, at the 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Adobe Systems Incorporated (the “Company”), the Company’s stockholders approved the Adobe Systems
Incorporated 2003 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2003 Plan”) as amended to increase the available share reserve by 10 million shares and provide a maximum annual limit on non-employee director compensation as described in our definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 4, 2016 (the “Proxy Statement”). The amended 2003 Plan previously had been approved, subject to stockholder approval, by the Executive Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”).
A summary of the amended 2003 Plan is set forth in our Proxy Statement. That summary and the foregoing description of the amendment are qualified in their entirety by reference
to the text of the amended 2003 Plan, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
2016 Executive Cash Performance Bonus Plan
On April 13, 2016, at the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved a new Executive Cash Performance Bonus Plan (the “2016 Executive Master Bonus Plan”), which will allow bonuses paid under it to “covered employees” to qualify as deductible “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended. The 2016 Executive Master Bonus Plan previously had been approved, subject to stockholder approval, by the Executive Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.
A summary of the 2016 Executive Master Bonus Plan is set forth in our Proxy Statement. That summary and the foregoing description are qualified in their entirety by reference to the text of the 2016 Executive Master Bonus Plan, which was filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29, 2016 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07. Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the Annual Meeting, held on April 13, 2016, the Company’s stockholders approved the five proposals listed below. The final results for the votes regarding each proposal are set forth in the following tables. Each of these proposals is described in detail in the Company’s Proxy Statement.
1. Elect ten members of the Board of Directors, each to serve for a one-year term:
Votes
Votes
Broker
Name
For
Against
Abstentions
Non-Votes
Amy
L. Banse
412,117,062
889,764
357,763
37,682,598
Edward W. Barnholt
409,370,935
3,652,801
340,853
37,682,598
Robert
K. Burgess
410,404,590
2,594,485
365,514
37,682,598
Frank A. Calderoni
412,676,157
331,980
356,452
37,682,598
James
E. Daley
409,205,627
3,790,383
368,579
37,682,598
Laura B. Desmond
251,335,891
161,126,836
901,862
37,682,598
Charles
M. Geschke
409,555,135
3,509,520
299,934
37,682,598
Shantanu Narayen
411,530,992
1,523,070
310,527
37,682,598
Daniel
L. Rosensweig
410,491,248
2,538,191
335,150
37,682,598
John E. Warnock
409,635,477
3,442,474
286,638
37,682,598
2.
Approve the Adobe Systems Incorporated 2003 Equity Incentive Plan as amended to increase the available share reserve by 10 million shares and provide a maximum annual limit on non-employee director compensation.
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
390,347,702
22,451,429
565,458
37,682,598
3.
Approve the 2016 Executive Cash Performance Bonus Plan.
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
406,495,455
6,059,445
809,689
37,682,598
4.
Ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending on December 2, 2016.
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
446,308,505
4,326,768
411,914
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5.
Approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
