ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED EXHIBIT 21 SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT SUBSIDIARY LEGAL NAME JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION - -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- The Americas: Adobe Systems FSC, Inc................................ Territory of Guam Adobe Enterprise Publishing Services, Inc............. Michigan OCR Systems, Inc...................................... Pennsylvania Frame International, Inc.............................. Delaware Frame Canada Limited.................................. Canada Mastersoft Corporation................................ Arizona Sandcastle, Inc....................................... California Visualware Incorporated............................... California Europe: Adobe Systems Europe Ltd.............................. United Kingdom Adobe Systems Direct Ltd.............................. United Kingdom Adobe Systems Nordic AB............................... Sweden Adobe Systems Benelux BV.............................. The Netherlands Adobe Systems GmbH.................................... Federal Republic of Germany Adobe Systems Software AG............................. Switzerland Adobe Systems France SARL............................. France Adobe Systems Italia SRL.............................. Italy Adobe Systems Informatica............................. Spain Adobe Systems U.K., Ltd............................... United Kingdom Aldus Ireland......................................... Ireland Frame International Limited........................... Ireland Frame International Limited........................... United Kingdom Frame Technology GmbH................................. Federal Republic of Germany Japan: Adobe Systems Company Ltd............................. Japan Adobe Systems Japan, Inc.............................. California Asia, Pacific, and Latin America: Adobe Australia Pty. Ltd.............................. Australia Adobe Systems India Pvt. Ltd.......................... India Adobe Systems Korea Ltd............................... Korea Adobe Systems Pte. Pty................................ Singapore All subsidiaries of the registrant are wholly owned and do business under their legal names.