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PROPOSAL NO. 1
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Our Board consists of eleven directors, each of whom is nominated for election at the Annual Meeting,
including nine 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 eleven
persons to serve as directors for the term beginning at the Annual Meeting on September 20, 2010: Stephen M.
Bennett, 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. Mr. Bennett was
recommended by the Nominating and Governance Committee after an extensive and careful search was conducted
by a global search firm, and numerous candidates were considered.
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 2, 2010, and other information about each
nominee is shown below.
Nominee Age Principal Occupation
Director
Since
John W. Thompson ................ 61 Chairman of the Board of Directors 1999
Stephen M. Bennett ................ 56 Director 2010
Michael A. Brown ................. 51 Chairman of the Board, Line 6, Inc. 2005
William T. Coleman ............... 62 Operating Partner, Alsop Louie Partners 2003
Frank E. Dangeard ................ 52 Managing Partner, Harcourt 2007
Geraldine B. Laybourne. . . .......... 63 Director 2008
David L. Mahoney ................ 56 Director 2003
Robert S. Miller .................. 68 Chairman of American International
Group 1994
Enrique Salem.................... 44 President and Chief Executive Officer 2009
Daniel H. Schulman ............... 52 President, Prepaid Group, Sprint Nextel
Corp 2000
V. Paul Unruh .................... 61 Director 2005
Mr. Thompson has served as Chairman of the Board since April 1999. He has been Chief Executive Officer of
Virtual Instruments, a virtual infrastructure optimization company, since May 2010. 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. He has previously served as a director of a variety of companies, including NiSource, Inc.
Mr. Thompson holds a bachelor’s degree from Florida A&M University and a master’s degree from MIT’s Sloan
School of Management.
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