ADBEAdobe Inc.
Adobe’s mission is to empower everyone to create. 10-K, Item 1
- Employees
- 31,360
- Headquarters
- San Jose, CA
- CEO
- Shantanu Narayen
- Next results
- around Dec 9, 2026
7 paragraphs in Risk Factors of the 10-K filed Jan 15, 2026 with nothing like them in the 10-K filed Jan 13, 2025. Quoted exactly. Paragraphs that were only edited are under 10-K change.
Compared with the Risk Factors in the latest 10-K of the other 74 Technology companies: a paragraph with at least half its words the same at another company is called similar, and the companies are listed under it. A paragraph most of them have is marked boilerplate. No line means no other company has one like it. This counts text; it does not say how serious a risk is.
•in the case of foreign transactions, the impact of particular economic, tax, currency, political, legal and regulatory risks associated with specific countries;
•brand or reputational harm associated with our acquisitions, investments or other strategic transactions; and
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to regulatory and customer notification requirements, violations of service level agreement commitments or financial liabilities and result in customer dissatisfaction or harm our business. If we supply materially inaccurate information or experience significant interruptions in our systems, our reputation could be harmed, we could lose customers and we could be found liable for damages or incur other losses.
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Our solutions are incorporated into the supply chain of a large number of companies worldwide and, as a result, if our solutions experience a compromise, a large portion or, in some instances, all of our customers and their data for a given solution could be simultaneously affected. The potential liability and associated consequences we could suffer as a result of such a large scale event could be significant, and materially and adversely impact our business. Malicious actors may also engage in fraudulent or abusive activities through our solutions, including unauthorized use of accounts through stolen credentials, use of stolen credit cards or other payment vehicles, failure to pay for services accessed, or other activities that violate our terms of service. While we actively combat such fraudulent activities, we have experienced, and may in the future experience, impacts to our revenue and reputation from such activities.
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systems. Even if such breach is unrelated to our security systems, solutions or programs, such breach could cause us reputational harm and require us to incur significant economic and operational consequences to adequately assess and respond to their breach, and to implement additional safeguards designed to protect against future breaches.
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•changes in laws governing the flow of data across borders including into the United States;
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We may be subject to certain aspects of the EU’s Digital Services Act, which imposes additional legal requirements on certain types of digital service providers, including online platforms and content sharing sites. Moreover, some of our customers are subject to the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act and similar UK regulatory requirements on operational resilience. There may be certain aspects of the EU’s Data Act that could apply to certain types of cloud services providers and require them to facilitate data portability (e.g., switching between services), as well as certain requirements concerning cross border international transfers of, and governmental access to, non-personal information outside of the European Economic Area. Further, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a rule entitled Preventing Access to U.S. Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern or Covered Persons, which placed additional restriction on certain data transactions involving countries of concern and covered individuals that may impact certain business activities, and has impacted the transfer of data in connection with certain transactions.
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New in the latest 10-Q
9 paragraphs in the 10-Q filed Sep 22, 2026 with nothing like them in the 10-Q filed Jun 15, 2026 (at least half the words must differ; new numbers alone do not count). Quoted exactly, grouped by the item heading above them. This is text that changed, not a judgement of how serious it is.
Financial statements and notes
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended August 28, August 29, August 28, August 29,
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Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended August 28, August 29, August 28, August 29,
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Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
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Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquired assets and assumed liabilities:
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On June 24, 2026, we entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Topaz Labs Inc., a privately-held AI company specializing in video and image enhancement models, for approximately $ 340 million, primarily in cash consideration, subject to customary purchase price adjustments. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026.
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We are subject to legal proceedings, claims, including claims relating to intellectual property, consumer protection, commercial, employment and other matters, and investigations, including government investigations, that arise in the ordinary
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Components of Components of % Change % Change 2026-2025 2026-2025 QTD YTD ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Hosting services and data center costs 22% 17% Compensation costs 5 4 Amortization of intangibles (5) (6) Various individually insignificant items 2 2 Total change 24% 17%
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Components of Components of % Change % Change 2026-2025 2026-2025 QTD YTD ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Compensation costs 7% 7% Professional and consulting fees 7 2 Software licenses 5 5 Loss contingency — 8 Impairment of goodwill — 6 Various individually insignificant items 1 2 Total change 20% 30%
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On June 24, 2026, we entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Topaz Labs Inc., a privately-held AI company specializing in video and image enhancement models, for approximately $340 million, primarily in cash consideration, subject to customary purchase price adjustments. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026. We expect to finance the acquisition using cash on hand.
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The 10-Q's risk factors against the 10-K
Item 1A of the 10-Q filed Sep 22, 2026 against Item 1A of the 10-K filed Jan 15, 2026.
A 10-Q repeats only the risks that changed, so a 10-K paragraph that is missing from it is not counted as removed.
Added is a paragraph with nothing like it in the 10-K, Reworded a sentence that is in both with several words changed,
Quiet changes a sentence in both where one to four words changed and one is a hedge or a modal
(cut words struck through, new words highlighted and underlined).
Text on the page, not a score; each links to the filing at sec.gov.
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