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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 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 directors for the
term beginning at the Annual Meeting on November 3, 2015: 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, 2015, and other information about each
nominee is shown below.
Nominee Age Principal Occupation
Director
Since
Michael A. Brown ....... 56 President and Chief Executive Officer 2005
Frank E. Dangeard ...... 57 Managing Partner, Harcourt 2007
Geraldine B. Laybourne . . 68 Chairman of the Board, Kandu 2008
David L. Mahoney ...... 61 Director 2003
Robert S. Miller ........ 73 President and CEO, International Automotive
Components Group
1994
Anita M. Sands ......... 39 Director 2013
Daniel H. Schulman ..... 57 President and CEO, PayPal Holdings, Inc. 2000
V. Paul Unruh .......... 66 Director 2005
Suzanne M. Vautrinot .... 55 President, Kilovolt Consulting Inc. 2013
Mr. Brown has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since September 2014 and as a member
of our Board since July 2005, following the acquisition of Veritas. He previously served as our interim President
and Chief Executive Officer from March 2014 to September 2014. 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 instru-
ments, 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 Corpo-
ration, 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. He has previously served as a director of a variety of public
companies, including Digital Impact, Maxtor Corporation, Nektar Therapeutics and Quantum Corporation.
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; former member of the board of directors of Quantum Corporation, Equal Logic and Digital
Impact.
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