John Thompson, CEO of Symantec, discussed the company's strategy to secure and manage customers' information-driven worlds. Symantec aims to reduce risks, control complexity, and more completely and efficiently manage security, risk and infrastructure. The company sees opportunities in its core security businesses as well as high growth areas like data loss prevention. Symantec is committed to corporate responsibility and long-term financial objectives of growing revenue above market rates while expanding margins and optimizing its capital structure.

1. Secure and Manage Your
Information-driven World
John W. Thompson, Chairman and CEO
Annual Stockholder Meeting
September 22, 2008

2. Cautionary Note Regarding Forward
Looking Statements
• This presentation may include predictions, estimates or other information that is
not a statement of historical fact that might be considered forward-looking.
Reference is made in particular to forward-looking statements regarding
projections of our future financial performance, capital resources, anticipated
growth and trends in our business and in our industries, the anticipated impact of
acquisitions, potential stock repurchases and other characterizations of future
events. While these forward-looking statements represent our current judgment on
what the future holds, they are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially. Additional information concerning these risks and
uncertainties can be found in our most recent periodic reports filed with the U.S.
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reliance on these forward-looking statements and please keep in mind that we are
not obligating ourselves to revise or publicly release the results of any revision to
these forward-looking statements.
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3. Consumers and Businesses
Want to Reduce Risks
• Define and Enforce Policies • Keep Bad Things Out
• Standardize and Automate • Keep Good Things In
Your
Information-
driven world
• Ensure Regulations & • Keep Systems Up
Governance • Enable Rapid Recovery
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4. Control Complexity
Information
Infrastructure Process
• Multiple platform and • Increasing data • Increasing cost and
tools complexity
• Different value and
• Physical and virtual sensitivity • Manual processes
• Endpoint complexity • Structured and • Growing regulation
unstructured and governance
• Managed and
unmanaged
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5. The Strategy
Secure Manage
Your
Information-
driven world
More
More
COMPLETELY &
RISKS &
EFFICIENTLY
POINTS
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6. Symantec’s Five Engines of Growth
Grow our core/franchise businesses at, or above, market growth rate
1 - Security, data protection, and storage mgmt
Scale high growth businesses to contribute to top-line growth
2 - Data loss prevention, archiving, compliance, and consumer services
Seed longer term growth by exploiting emerging trends
3 - Software-as-a-Service and virtualization
Grow faster than the market in the world’s fast-growing economies
4 - Eastern Europe, Russia, Middle East, Latin America, India, China
5 Use M&A to complement our portfolio growth strategy
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7. Industry Recognition
Category Market CAGRs 2007-2011
Consumer Security 7%
Endpoint Security 6%
Core
Businesses Data Protection 7%
Storage Management 5%
Consumer Services 12%
Messaging Security 17%
High
Growth Compliance 20%
Businesses
Archiving 37%
Data Loss Prevention 93%
Sources: IDC, Gartner
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8. Leading Security Brand and
Consumer Franchise
Loyal Customer Base Broad Channels
Retail Online
Stores Storefronts
50 Million
Active Users
ISPs OEMs
Extensive Product Line Leading Products
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9. Symantec Enterprise Solutions
Endpoint Information Data Center
Security & Risk
Management Risk Management Transformation
Management
INFO RISK & BUSINESS
INFRASTRUCTURE
SECURITY STORAGE
OPERATIONS COMPLIANCE CONTINUITY
Security Server IT Storage Disaster
Management Management Compliance Management Recovery
Discovery & High
Endpoint Client
Archiving
Retention Availability
Security Management
Management
Messaging Data
IT Service
Data Loss
Security Protection
Delivery
Prevention
Application Server
Messaging
Security Virtualization
Management
Endpoint
Virtualization

10. Committed to Corporate
Responsibility
THE ENVIRONMENT
OUR COMMUNITIES
Member of the Green Grid; committed to providing
Cyber Awareness and Education
solutions which enable energy efficiency in the data
• Internet Keep Safe Coalition, National Cyber
center and beyond
Security Alliance, Web Wise Kids
Science and Technology Education Partnerships Joined Sustainable Silicon Valley's Carbon Dioxide
Emissions Reduction Initiative
• Teach For America, Science Buddies, Symantec
Utah scholarship program. Dublin manufacturing site ISO 1400 certified, won 2006
Engagement via philanthropy and volunteerism National Repak Recycling Award – Best Preventative
Waste Management Program
• Donated more than $16 million in cash and
software in FY08
• Employees volunteered 20,000+ hours in FY08
OUR EMPLOYEES AND SUPPLIERS GOVERNANCE
Signatory to the UN Global Compact
Global network of Diversity and Inclusion Councils
FTSE4Good Global Index
Symantec Women’s Action Network (SWAN)
Calvert Social Index
Supplier Diversity Programs
Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index
Support for the Universal Declaration on Human Rights
Outperformed 94% of the companies in the S&P 500
Signatory to the Calvert Women’s Principles
and 99.7% of the companies in the Software & Services
group
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11. Long-Term Financial Objectives
• Grow revenue and deferred at or better than market
– 8-12% revenue growth including acquisitions
• Generate cash flow growth in line with revenue and
deferred revenue growth
• Balance use of cash between driving growth and share
repurchases
– Use half of CFFO for buy backs
• Expand operating margins through growth and expense
discipline
– 100 basis points improvement per year
• Grow EPS faster than revenue
• Optimize capital structure
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12. Summary
• Strong brand equity
• Broad product portfolio across multiple segments and
geographies
• Significant global expansion opportunities
• Financial performance driven by:
– Revenue growth
– Ongoing expense discipline
• Focus on shareholder value
– Cash flow and earnings growth
– Maintaining share buyback
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13. Thank You
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