Adobe Systems said Monday it will reduce part of its hands in light of its acquisition of Macromedia , saying other employees may be offered relocation packages .
Layoffs will happen in business where there is duplication , said Pierre Van Beneden , vice President of the United States for Europe , the Middle East and Africa for Adobe . Other worker in Europe , for instance , some in the U.K. , may be offered jobs in Nordic region or Eastern Europe to bolster production offerings there , he said .
Adobe may also hire new endowment within Europe , he said . The cut will be officially announce on Dec. 15 during the company ’s 4th quarter fiscal net . As of March 2005 , Macromedia had 1,445 employees worldwide , with 1,151 of those workers in the U.S.
“ When you speak about reductions in force , I want to say that we apportion the pain between the two company , Adobe and Macromedia , ” Beneden said .
Adobe completed its $ 3.4 billion acquisition of Macromedia on Saturday , a softwood first announced in April . Macromedia investors will receive 1.38 shares of Adobe common livestock for each of their shares , the company said .
Bruce Chizen , principal executive officer of Adobe , and Shantanu Narayen , president and CEO , will remain at the helm of Adobe . Stephen Elop , former president and chief executive police officer of Macromedia , will become Adobe ’s President of the United States of general field of study operation . Murray Demo remains executive vice prexy and chief financial officer . John Warnock and Charles Geschke remain carbon monoxide gas - president of the board of directors of the combined company ; Macromedia ’s chairperson , Rob Burgess , joins the Adobe table .
The two former competitors are both longtime Mac developer , and are among the political program ’s most - recognized software package publishers . Adobe is best cognize for its Photoshop and Acrobat product , while Macromedia is similarly reknowned for Flash .
“ The blowup of digital content , immix with the quicken proliferation of fluid phone , wireless gimmick and the ontogenesis of broadband are transforming the means the world hire with entropy , ” Chizen said in a statement foretell completion of the purchase . “ Adobe and Macromedia are at the center of this trend , and together we will build up on our immix inheritance to redefine the way masses and businesses communicate . ”
As part of the initial integrating of the two companies ’ ware lines , Adobe announced three fresh ware bundles that combine Adobe Creative Suite 2 and Adobe TV dick with Macromedia Flash Professional 8 and Macromedia Studio 8 computer software .
The fresh product configurations are the Adobe Design Bundle that combines Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium with Flash Professional 8 software program ; the Adobe Web Bundle that take together Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium and Studio 8 ; and the Adobe Video Bundle that surrender Adobe video solutions coupled with Flash Professional 8 . The Adobe Design Bundle and Web Bundle are available for leverage right away and the Adobe Video Bundle is expected to send in other 2006 .
Adobe say it will start out integrating the two companies operations , networks and customer care establishment this hebdomad . Adobe will go from 30 to about 70 products , and employees will undergo internal training , Beneden say . Macromedia ’s logo will no longer appear on products , he said .
Updated at 12:49 p.m. ET to include information on Adobe ’s young product configurations .
[ Mathew Honan ofMacworldcontributed to this report . ]
