secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ADOBE INC. (ADBE)
CIK:        0000796343
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-08T20:38:46+00:00
Accession:  0000796343-26-000144
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Adobe names Anil Chakravarthy as CEO, Narayen becomes Executive Chair Dec 1, 2026
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- Chakravarthy, President of Adobe's CX Orchestration business & field ops, becomes CEO and joins Board effective Dec 1, 2026.
- Shantanu Narayen retires as CEO, transitions to Executive Chair on Dec 1, 2026; will support Adobe's transformation.
- David Wadhwani steps down as President of Creativity & Productivity, effective Sept 27, 2026, remains senior advisor.
- Board unanimously appointed Chakravarthy after rigorous selection; he led CX business since Jan 2020 and scaled Adobe Experience Platform.
- Chakravarthy championed Workfront and Semrush acquisitions; prior CEO of Informatica; holds Ph.D from MIT.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796343/000079634326000144/0000796343-26-000144-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796343/000079634326000144/adbe-20260902.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000796343-26-000144

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