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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 Annual Meeting, including
eight independent directors, one member of our senior management and our former Chief Executive Officer. 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 23, 2009: Michael A. Brown, William T.
Coleman, Frank E. Dangeard, Geraldine B. Laybourne, David L. Mahoney, Robert S. Miller, Enrique Salem,
Daniel H. Schulman, John W. Thompson and V. Paul Unruh.
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 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 3, 2009, and other information about each
nominee is shown below.
Nominee Age Principal Occupation
Director
Since
John W. Thompson ................ 60 Chairman of the Board of Directors 1999
Michael A. Brown ................. 50 Director 2005
William T. Coleman ............... 61 Founder, Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer, Cassatt
Corporation
2003
Frank E. Dangeard ................ 51 Managing Partner, Harcourt 2007
Geraldine B. Laybourne. . . .......... 62 Founder and Former Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer, Oxygen Media 2008
David L. Mahoney ................ 55 Director 2003
Robert S. Miller .................. 67 Executive Chairman, Delphi Corporation 1994
Enrique Salem.................... 43 President and Chief Executive Officer 2009
Daniel H. Schulman ............... 51 Chief Executive Officer, Virgin Mobile
USA 2000
V. Paul Unruh .................... 60 Director 2005
Mr. Thompson has served as Chairman of the Board since April 1999. Before retiring in April 2009,
Mr. Thompson served as our Chief Executive Officer from April 1999 to April 2009 and as President from April
1999 to January 2002. Mr. Thompson joined Symantec after 28 years at International Business Machines
Corporation (“IBM”), a global information technology company, where he held senior executive positions in
sales, marketing and software development. He last served as a 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. Mr. Brown had served
on the Veritas board of directors since 2003. Mr. Brown is currently the Chairman of Line 6, Inc., a provider of
musical instruments, amplifiers and audio gear that incorporate digital signal processing. From 1984 until
September 2002, Mr. Brown held various senior management positions at Quantum Corporation, a leader in
computer storage products and most recently as Chief Executive Officer from 1995 to 2002 and Chairman of the
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