Symantec announced the sale of its Veritas information management business to The Carlyle Group for $8 billion. This will allow Symantec to focus on growing its security business and unlock more value as the world's largest cybersecurity company. Symantec expects to receive net proceeds of $6.3 billion from the sale. It plans to use the funds to invest in new security products and services, continue its dividend, and purchase $2.6 billion of its own stock over the next 18 months to return value to shareholders. The sale is expected to close by the end of the third quarter of fiscal year 2016.

1. Investor Presentation August 2015
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Symantec Announces Sale of Veritas
August 2015
Forward Looking Statements
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This presentation contains statements regarding the pending sale of our information management business to The Carlyle Group,
which may be considered forward‐looking within the meaning of the U.S. federal securities laws, including statements regarding the
expected benefits to be realized as a result of the sale; statements with respect to our anticipated proceeds from the sale and our
expected use of such proceeds; statements regarding the growth prospects of our security business; statements with respect to our
continuation of our current dividend; and statements with respect to the proposed timing of the closing of the sale. These
statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance
or achievements to differ materially from results expressed or implied in this press release. Such risk factors include those related to:
receiving all regulatory approvals, satisfying all closing conditions and consummating the pending transaction; separation of the
company into the security business and the information management business; general economic conditions; maintaining customer
and partner relationships; fluctuations in tax rates and currency exchange rates; the timing and market acceptance of new product
releases and upgrades; the successful development of new products, and the degree to which these products and businesses gain
market acceptance. Actual results may differ materially from those contained in the forward‐looking statements in this press release.
We assume no obligation, and do not intend, to update these forward‐looking statements as a result of future events or
developments. Additional information concerning these and other risks factors is contained in the Risk Factors section of our Form
10‐K for the year ended April 3, 2015.
Any information regarding pre‐release of Symantec offerings, future updates or other planned modifications is subject to ongoing
evaluation by Symantec and therefore subject to change. This information is provided without warranty of any kind, express or
implied. Customers who purchase Symantec offerings should make their purchase decision based upon features that are currently
available.
We assume no obligation to update any forward‐looking information contained in this presentation.

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Use of GAAP and Non‐GAAP Financial Information
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Our results of operations have undergone significant change due to the impact of litigation accruals, stock‐based compensation,
restructuring, transition and separation matters, charges related to the amortization of intangible assets, and certain other income
and expense items that management considers unrelated to the Company’s core operations. To help our readers understand our past
financial performance and our future results, we supplement the financial results that we provide in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, with non‐GAAP financial measures. The method we use to produce non‐GAAP results is not
computed according to GAAP and may differ from the methods used by other companies. Non‐GAAP financial measures are
supplemental, should not be considered a substitute for financial information presented in accordance with GAAP and should be
read only in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Our management team uses these non‐GAAP financial measures in assessing the Company’s operating results, as well as when
planning, forecasting and analyzing future periods. Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliation of our non‐GAAP financial
measures to the comparable GAAP results, which is attached to our quarterly earnings release and which can be found, along with
other financial information, on the investor relations page of our website at: www.symantec.com/invest.
Symantec Announces the Sale of Veritas to The Carlyle Group
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Transaction Overview
• $8 billion all cash transaction, with approximately net proceeds of $6.3 billion
• Attractive and certain value generation for Symantec shareholders
• Allows Symantec to grow its security business and increase its lead as the world’s
largest cybersecurity company
• Provides Symantec with capital to continue investments in the rapidly growing
market for security products and services, and to support its capital return initiatives
through the purchase of common stock and its dividend
• Expected closing by end of Q3 FY16 (subject to certain closing conditions and
regulatory approvals)

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Summary
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• Transaction delivers attractive and certain value generation for Symantec
shareholders
• Symantec to focus on unlocking significant value as the world’s largest cybersecurity
company in a rapidly growing market
• Implementing comprehensive and balanced capital deployment focused on
significant capital return to shareholders and investment in the core business
• Transaction expected to close by January 1, 2016, subject to certain closing
conditions and regulatory approvals
Announced Plan to Separate the IM Business in October 2014
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Focus and strategic
flexibility to address
market dynamics
driven by different
trends and customer
needs
Reduce operational
complexity
Enable each business
to unlock its full
growth potential and
win in its respective
market
World’s largest civilian
cyberintelligence threat network
Security
#1 in Backup and Recovery

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• FY15 Revenue1: $2.1 billion
• FY15 Operating Margin1: 14%
• Unified security analytics platform
monetization
• Growth from cloud and mobile offerings
Improving Revenue Outlook with
Outstanding Margin
CONSUMER SECURITY
• FY15 Revenue1: $1.9 billion
• FY15 Operating Margin1: 53%
• Premium support services
• Customer experience improvements
• Leverage consumer mobile
ENTERPRISE SECURITY
Accelerating Growth and Margin Expansion
1 FY2015 Non‐GAAP metrics
Symantec: World’s Largest Security Business
Symantec Security Strategy Leverages Unique Assets
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• Consumer
– Norton Security
• Enterprise
– Symantec Threat Protection
– Symantec Information
Protection
We see more, analyze more, and therefore protect
from more cyber threats than any other company in the world
Best‐in‐Class
Security Products
Our Competitive Advantage: Global Scale & Real‐Time Visibility
Cyber Security
Services
Unified Security
Analytics Platform
• Security Big Data Analytics
• Unparalleled scope of telemetry
(Symantec and 3rd Party)
• Unrivalled visibility into real‐time
global threats
• Powers Symantec and 3rd party
security analytics applications
• Full‐suite of services
– Monitoring services
– Incident response services
– Threat intelligence services
• Supported by 500+ world‐class
cyber security experts and
9 global threat centers

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Scale & Scope of Enterprise Security Franchises Underpin Growth
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#1 share; AAArating
nine quarters in a row
Endpoint
Security
#1 email share; 100%
availability with <0.0003% FPs
Email and
Web Security
#1 DLP share
100% of Fortune 100
Data
Protection
#1 share
6B certificate lookups/day
SSL
Certificates
13B validations every day
100% uptime last 5 years
Authentication
& Authorization
Managed
Security Services
5 global SOCs
30B logs analyzed/day
Source: IDC, Gartner, Symantec.
Drivers to Accelerate Growth & Unlock Value for FY16‐17
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Security
Increase in NEW security offerings in FY16
3 new ATP offerings
2 new Cyber Security services
2 new Security Analytics applications
Norton subscription traction
CISO
40% increase for enterprise security quota
carrying reps
Shifting & increasing R&D to growth markets
10% CAGR in addressable security market
1,750 dedicated security sales professionals

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$3,600
$2,800
$1,500
$700
$553
$870 $893 $826 $918 $913
FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15
Returned more than $10 billion to
shareholders in the past ten years
Share buyback
Dividend
($ in millions)
Demonstrated Track Record of Capital Return
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Historical Cash Deployment
Continued Commitment to a Balanced Capital Allocation
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35%
65%
Domestic
Capital Allocation Strategy
• The Board of Directors is authorizing an increase of the
stock buyback program to $2.6 billion, with $2 billion
expected to be executed over the 18 months post
closing
• While new Symantec operating income is materially
reduced, the company is retaining a $0.60 per share
dividend per year, significantly increasing Symantec’s
dividend payout ratio post separation
• Between dividend and share repurchases, Symantec
expects to return approximately 120% of its after‐tax
domestic cash sale proceeds over the 18 months post
closing
• Committed to strong balance sheet and investment
grade rating
Offshore
Veritas Sale Proceeds
$1.3
$0.5
Security
Operating Income1: $1.8 Billion
Information Management
1 FY2015 Non‐GAAP metrics

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Summary
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• Transaction delivers attractive and certain value generation for Symantec
shareholders
• Symantec to focus on unlocking significant value as the world’s largest cybersecurity
company in a rapidly growing market
• Implementing comprehensive and balanced capital deployment focused on
significant capital return to shareholders and investment in the core business
• Transaction expected to close by January 1, 2016, subject to certain closing
conditions and regulatory approvals
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Contact Investor Relations
Sean Hazlett
(650) 527‐6273
Sean_Hazlett@symantec.com