Adobe Acquires Macromedia

Announced December 3, 2005 — $3.57B

What happened

Maker of Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and other web/multimedia design tools.

Adobe's acquisition history

23rd of 61 tracked deals

Disclosed prices

16 of 61 Adobe deals

Adobe's average disclosed price

$1.24B

Adobe's largest disclosed deal

Marketo ($4.75B)

Tracked acquisitions in 2005

102 across all acquirers

Adobe in Multimedia and web software

1 acquisition

When did Adobe acquire Macromedia?

Adobe acquired Macromedia on December 3, 2005. This was Adobe's 23rd publicly tracked acquisition out of 61 we have on record.

How much did Adobe pay for Macromedia?

Adobe paid $3.57B for Macromedia.

What does Macromedia do?

Maker of Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and other web/multimedia design tools.

What other Multimedia and web software companies has Adobe acquired?

Macromedia is Adobe's only publicly tracked acquisition in Multimedia and web software so far.