Adobe and Figma have terminated their $20 billion merger agreement announced last September, the companies said today.
They cited regulatory hurdles, which surrounded the agreement from the start against the backdrop of strong antitrust regimes in both the U.S. and abroad, Axios' Kerry Flynn notes.
Flashback: Adobe investors had expressed shock at the sticker price — 40 times Figma's annual revenue run rate, Axios' Ina Fried has written. (Maybe why the stock shot up nearly 2.5% today.)
The other side: Adobe needs a rethink for the cloud era, Adobe general counsel Dana Rao previously told Ina. The Figma deal was supposed to be a start.