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Chief Financial Officer, that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period
covered by this report.
(b) Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) for Symantec. Our management, with
the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, has conducted an evaluation of the
effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of April 2, 2010, based on criteria established in
Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway
Commission.
Our management has concluded that, as of April 2, 2010, our internal control over financial reporting was
effective based on these criteria.
The Company’s independent registered public accounting firm has issued an attestation report regarding its
assessment of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of April 2, 2010, which is included in
Part IV, Item 15 of this annual report.
(c) Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended April 2, 2010
that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial
reporting.
(d) Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls
Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our
disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no
matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of
the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource
constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent
limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and
instances of fraud, if any, within our Company have been detected.
Item 9B. Other Information
None
PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to Symantec’s Proxy Statement for its 2010
Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year ended
April 2, 2010.
Item 11. Executive Compensation
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to Symantec’s Proxy Statement for its 2010
Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year ended
April 2, 2010.
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