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PROPOSAL NO. 1
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Our Board consists of ten directors, each of whom is nominated for election at the 2008 annual meeting,
including nine independent directors and one member of our senior management. Each director is elected to serve a
one-year term, with all directors subject to annual election. At the recommendation of the Nominating and
Governance Committee, the Board has nominated the following ten persons to serve as directors for the term
beginning at the annual meeting on September 22, 2008: Michael A. Brown, William T. Coleman, Frank E. Dangeard,
Geraldine B. Laybourne, David L. Mahoney, Robert S. Miller, George Reyes, Daniel H. Schulman, John W. Thompson
and V. Paul Unruh. Ms. Laybourne was appointed to the Board in October 2007 with such appointment to take effect
on January 1, 2008. Ms. Laybourne was recommended by the Nominating and Governance Committee after one of our
non-management directors recommended her for its consideration.
Unless proxy cards are otherwise marked, the persons named as proxies will vote all proxies FOR the election
of each nominee named in this section. Proxies submitted to Symantec cannot be voted at the 2008 annual meeting
for nominees other than those nominees named in this proxy statement. However, if any director nominee is unable
or unwilling to serve at the time of the annual meeting, the persons named as proxies may vote for a substitute
nominee designated by the Board. Alternatively, the Board may reduce the size of the Board. Each nominee has
consented to serve as a director if elected, and the Board does not believe that any nominee will be unwilling or
unable to serve if elected as a director. Each director will hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders
and until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.
Nominees for Director
The names of each nominee for director, their ages as of July 4, 2008, and other information about each
nominee is shown below.
Nominee Age Principal Occupation
Director
Since
John W. Thompson ................ 59 Chairman of the Board of Directors and
Chief Executive Officer
1999
Michael A. Brown ................. 49 Director 2005
William T. Coleman ............... 60 Founder, Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer, Cassatt
Corporation
2003
Frank E. Dangeard ................ 50 Former Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer, Thomson S.A.
2007
Geraldine B. Laybourne. . . .......... 61 Founder and Former Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer, Oxygen Media
2008
David L. Mahoney ................ 54 Director 2003
Robert S. Miller .................. 66 Executive Chairman, Delphi Corporation 1994
George Reyes .................... 54 Chief Financial Officer, Google Inc. 2000
Daniel H. Schulman ............... 50 Chief Executive Officer, Virgin Mobile
USA
2000
V. Paul Unruh .................... 59 Director 2005
Mr. Thompson has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since April 1999, and as
President from April 1999 to January 2002. Mr. Thompson joined Symantec after 28 years at International Business
Machines Corporation, a global information technology company, where he held senior executive positions in sales,
marketing and software development. In his last assignment, he was general manager of IBM Americas and a
member of the company’s Worldwide Management Council. Mr. Thompson is a member of the board of directors of
Seagate Technology, Inc. and United Parcel Service, Inc.
Mr. Brown was appointed to the Board in July 2005 following the acquisition of Veritas Software Corporation.
Mr. Brown had served on the Veritas board of directors since 2003. Mr. Brown is currently the Chairman of Line 6, Inc., a
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