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Item 3. Legal Proceedings
Information with respect to this Item may be found in Note 14 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements in this annual report which information is incorporated into this Item 3 by reference. In addition to the
information included in Note 14 referred to above, the matter described below was resolved during fiscal 2007.
In February 2007, the SEC filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
against Veritas asserting Securities Act and Exchange Act violations related to Veritas’ previously disclosed
transactions with AOL Time Warner and to matters underlying Veritas’ restatement of its financial statements
announced in March 2004. At the same time, without admitting or denying the allegations in the SEC’s complaint,
Veritas consented to the entry of a final judgment permanently enjoining it from violating Section 17(a) of the
Securities Act of 1933, Sections 10(b), 13(a), 13(b)(2)(A), and 13(b)(2)(B) of the Exchange Act, and Exchange Act
rules 10b-5, 12b-20,13a-1,13a-11, 13a-13, and 13b2-1 and from aiding and abetting violations of Section 10(b) of
the Exchange Act and Exchange Act rule 10b-5, and paid a civil penalty of $30 million.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007.
PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of
Equity Securities
Market for Our Common Stock
Our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “SYMC.” The high and low
sales prices set forth below are as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (formerly the Nasdaq National
Market).
Mar. 31,
2007
Dec. 31,
2006
Sep. 30,
2006
Jun. 30,
2006
Mar. 31,
2006
Dec. 31,
2005
Sep. 30,
2005
Jun. 30,
2005
Fiscal 2007 Fiscal 2006
High .................. $21.86 $22.19 $21.42 $17.90 $19.94 $24.01 $24.38 $22.90
Low .................. $16.20 $18.59 $14.78 $14.98 $15.30 $16.32 $19.63 $18.01
As of March 31, 2007, there were approximately 4,000 stockholders of record of Symantec common stock.
Symantec has never declared or paid any cash dividends on its capital stock. We currently intend to retain future
earnings for use in our business, and, therefore, we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our capital stock
in the foreseeable future.
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