Macromedia to Hold 2005 Annual Financial Analyst Meeting in San Franci

    Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

    SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 2005--Macromedia, Inc. (Nasdaq:MACR) today announced that its management team will provide an update on the Company's financial strategies and growth initiatives at its 2005 annual financial analyst meeting in San Francisco, California, beginning at 1:30 p.m. (PDT) on Wednesday, May 18.
    The meeting will feature presentations by Chief Executive Officer Stephen Elop, Chief Financial Officer Betsey Nelson, Chief Software Architect Kevin Lynch, and General Managers Tom Hale, Al Ramadan, and Don Hunt. A live webcast of the presentation will be available to the public and archived online on the Macromedia website. To listen to the webcast, please visit the Macromedia Investor Relations website at http://www.macromedia.com/macr/.

    ABOUT MACROMEDIA

    Experience matters. Macromedia is motivated by the belief that great experiences build great businesses. Our software empowers millions of business users, developers, and designers to create and deliver effective, compelling, and memorable experiences -- on the Internet, on fixed media, on wireless, and on digital devices.

    CAUTIONARY NOTE ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

    Matters discussed in this news release, and the meeting announced herein, may be considered forward-looking statements, including those that relate to expected future financial strategies and growth initiatives, which involve risks and uncertainties. Such risks and uncertainties include impacts resulting from Adobe System Inc.'s proposed acquisition of the Company, customer acceptance of new products and services and new versions of existing products, the impact of competition, the risk of adequately evolving and operating our internal systems and processes in a dynamic business environment, the risk of delays in product development and release dates, the risk of not attracting and retaining key personnel, new regulations and other government actions that may materially increase the cost of compliance and doing business, risks associated with participating in international markets, quarterly fluctuations of the Company's operating results, the Company's dependence on distributors and resellers, the risk of product returns, the challenges faced in protecting the Company's intellectual property within and outside the U.S., the risks associated with potential litigation and intellectual property ownership claims, volatility of the Company's stock price, and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the SEC, including, without limitation, its annual report on Form 10-K and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, as they may be updated or amended with future filings. The actual results the Company achieves may differ materially from any forward-looking statements due to such risks and uncertainties.

    Copyright 2005 Macromedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Macromedia and the Macromedia logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Macromedia, Inc., which may be registered in the United States and internationally. Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.

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CONTACT: Macromedia Michael Look, 415-832-5995 mlook@macromedia.com

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