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PROPOSAL NO. 1
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Our Board currently consists of nine directors, each of whom is nominated for election at the Annual Meet-
ing, including eight independent directors and our interim President and 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 nine persons to serve as direc-
tors for the term beginning at the Annual Meeting on October 28, 2014: Michael A. Brown, Frank E. Dangeard,
Geraldine B. Laybourne, David L. Mahoney, Robert S. Miller, Anita M. Sands, Daniel H. Schulman, V. Paul
Unruh and Suzanne M. Vautrinot.
Unless proxy cards are otherwise marked, the persons named as proxies will vote all proxies FOR the elec-
tion of each nominee named in this section. Proxies submitted to Symantec cannot be voted at the Annual Meet-
ing 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 resig-
nation or removal.
Nominees for Director
The names of each nominee for director, their ages as of August 1, 2014, and other information about each
nominee is shown below.
Nominee Age Principal Occupation
Director
Since
Michael A. Brown ....... 55 Interim President and Chief Executive Officer 2005
Frank E. Dangeard ...... 56 Managing Partner, Harcourt 2007
Geraldine B. Laybourne . . 67 Chairman of the Board, Defy Media, LLC 2008
David L. Mahoney ...... 60 Director 2003
Robert S. Miller ........ 72 Chairman of the Board, American International Group 1994
Anita M. Sands ......... 38 Director 2013
Daniel H. Schulman ..... 56 Group President- Enterprise Growth, American Express 2000
V. Paul Unruh .......... 65 Director 2005
Suzanne M. Vautrinot .... 54 President, Kilovolt Consulting Inc. 2013
Mr. Brown has served as our interim President and Chief Executive Officer since March 2014 and as a
member of our Board since July 2005, following the acquisition of Veritas. Mr. Brown had served on the Veritas
board of directors since 2003. Mr. Brown previously served as Chairman of Line 6, Inc., a provider of musical
instruments, amplifiers and audio gear that incorporate digital signal processing, from October 2005 to January
2014. 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 Board from 1998 to 2003. Mr. Brown is a member of the board of directors of Quan-
tum Corporation. He has previously served as a director of a variety of public companies, including Digital
Impact, Maxtor Corporation and Nektar Therapeutics. Mr. Brown holds a master’s of business administration
from Stanford Business School and a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University.
Director Qualifications:
‰Industry and Technology Experience — former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Quantum
Corporation; current member of the board of directors of Quantum Corporation; former member of the
board of directors of Equal Logic and Digital Impact.
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