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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on June 16, 2004



<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>Symantec Corporation</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">77-0181864<BR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">of Incorporation or
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Identification No.)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">20330 Stevens Creek Boulevard<BR>
Cupertino, California 95014-2132<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Symantec Corporation 1998 Employee Stock Purchase<BR>
Plan, as amended<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">John W. Thompson<BR>
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
20330 Stevens Creek Boulevard<BR>
Cupertino, California 95014-2132<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Name and Address of Agent For Service)</DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(408)&nbsp;517-8000<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For<BR>
Service)</DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Copy to:<BR>
Richard A. Peers<BR>
Heller Ehrman White &#038; McAuliffe LLP<BR>
2775 Sand Hill Road<BR>
Menlo Park, California 94025<BR>
Telephone: (650)&nbsp;324-7000<BR>
Facsimile: (650)&nbsp;324-0638



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Offering</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Aggregate</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Securities</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>to be</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Price</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Offering</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Registration</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">3,103,258</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>$41.57
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"  nowrap>$129,002,435.00
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), this registration statement also covers any
additional securities that may be offered or issued in connection with any
stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the amount of registration
fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
based on the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common
Stock reported on the Nasdaq National Market on June 15, 2004.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents, which have been filed by Symantec Corporation
(the &#147;Registrant&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;), are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement:


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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="right">(a)</TD>
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    <TD>Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended April&nbsp;2, 2004; and</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="right">(b)</TD>
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    <TD>The description of Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement filed with the Commission under
Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of
such documents.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>



<P align="left" style="margin-left:4%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>



<P align="left" style="margin-left:4%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a court to
award, or a corporation&#146;s board of directors to grant, indemnity to directors
and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under
certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses
incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;).


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law,
Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation includes a provision that eliminates
the personal liability of its directors for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability:


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    <TD width="6%" nowrap align="right">-</TD>
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    <TD>for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty
to Registrant or its stockholders;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" nowrap align="right">-</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>for acts or omissions not in good faith or that
involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the
law;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" nowrap align="right">-</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>under Section&nbsp;174 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law regarding unlawful dividends and stock
purchases; and</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" nowrap align="right">-</TD>
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    <TD>for any transaction from which the director
derived an improper personal benefit.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, Registrant&#146;s Bylaws
provide that:


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    <TD>Registrant is required to indemnify its directors
and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware
General Corporation Law, subject to limited exceptions;</TD>
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    <TD>Registrant may indemnify its other employees and
agents to the extent that it indemnifies its officers and
directors, unless otherwise required by law, its certificate
of incorporation, its bylaws or agreements to which it is a
party;</TD>
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    <TD>Registrant is required to advance expenses, as
incurred, to its directors and officers in connection with a
legal proceeding to the fullest extent permitted by the
Delaware General Corporation Law, subject to limited
exceptions; and</TD>
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    <TD>the rights conferred in the Bylaws are not
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Registrant has entered into Indemnity Agreements with each of its current
directors and officers to give such directors and officers additional
contractual assurances regarding the scope of the indemnification set forth in
Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation and to provide additional procedural
protections. At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding
involving a director, officer or employee of Registrant regarding which
indemnification is sought, nor is Registrant aware of any threatened litigation
that may result in claims for indemnification.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Registrant maintains directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance and
intends to extend that coverage for public securities matters.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See also the undertakings set out in response to Item&nbsp;9.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>



<P align="left" style="margin-left:4%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Heller Ehrman White &#038; McAuliffe LLP</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Heller Ehrman White &#038; McAuliffe LLP (filed as part of Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (See page II-4)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Symantec Corporation 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended
(Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on
Form&nbsp;S-8 filed on December&nbsp;19, 2000) (No.&nbsp;333-52200)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement;
and


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement; provided,
however, that paragraphs A(1)(i) and A(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to
be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B.&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C.&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">SIGNATURES



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the city of Cupertino, State of California, on this 16th day of
June, 2004.


<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3"><B>Symantec Corporation</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/John W. Thompson
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">John W. Thompson&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY TO SIGN AMENDMENT




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Thompson, Gregory E. Myers and
Arthur F. Courville, and each of them, with full power of substitution, such
person&#146;s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents for such person in such
person&#146;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement
on Form S-8 and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all intents
and purposes, as he or such person might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signature </B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Capacity</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/John W. Thompson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 16, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR align="left" size="1" noshade width="100%">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John W. Thompson</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/Gregory E. Myers
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 16, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR align="left" size="1" noshade width="100%">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President of Finance</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Gregory E. Myers</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/Tania Amochaev
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 16, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR align="left" size="1" noshade width="100%"></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Tania Amochaev</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/George Reyes
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 16, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR align="left" size="1" noshade width="100%"></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">George Reyes</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/Franciscus Lion
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 16, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR align="left" size="1" noshade width="100%"></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Franciscus (Frans) Lion</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/Robert S. Miller
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 16, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%"></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert S. Miller</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/William T. Coleman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 16, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%"></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">William T. Coleman</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/Daniel H. Schulman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 16, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%"></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Daniel H. Schulman</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/David Mahoney
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 16, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%"></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">David Mahoney</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="87%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>No.</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Description of Item</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Heller Ehrman White &#038; McAuliffe LLP</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Heller Ehrman White &#038; McAuliffe LLP (filed as part of Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (See page II-4)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Symantec Corporation 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended
(Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on
Form&nbsp;S-8 filed on December&nbsp;19, 2000) (No.&nbsp;333-52200)</TD>
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As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on June 16, 2004
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Symantec Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
77-0181864
(State or Other Jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation or
Identification No.)
Organization)
20330 Stevens Creek Boulevard
Cupertino, California 95014-2132
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Symantec Corporation 1998 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan, as amended
(Full Title of the Plan)
John W. Thompson
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
20330 Stevens Creek Boulevard
Cupertino, California 95014-2132
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(408) 517-8000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For
Service)
Copy to:
Richard A. Peers
Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP
2775 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, California 94025
Telephone: (650) 324-7000
Facsimile: (650) 324-0638
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Amount
Offering
Aggregate
Amount of
Title of Securities
to be
Price
Offering
Registration
to be Registered
Registered(1)
per Share(2)
Price
Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
3,103,258
$41.57
$129,002,435.00
$16,344.61
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this registration statement also covers any
additional securities that may be offered or issued in connection with any
stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the amount of registration
fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
based on the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's Common
Stock reported on the Nasdaq National Market on June 15, 2004.
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PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
Index to Exhibits
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
EXHIBIT 23.2
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been filed by Symantec Corporation
(the "Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement:
(a)
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended April 2, 2004; and
(b)
The description of Registrant's Common Stock contained in the
Registrant's Registration Statement filed with the Commission under
Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of
such documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a court to
award, or a corporation's board of directors to grant, indemnity to directors
and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under
certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses
incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act").
As permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law,
Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation includes a provision that eliminates
the personal liability of its directors for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability:
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for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty
to Registrant or its stockholders;
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for acts or omissions not in good faith or that
involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the
law;
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under Section 174 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law regarding unlawful dividends and stock
purchases; and
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for any transaction from which the director
derived an improper personal benefit.
As permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, Registrant's Bylaws
provide that:
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Registrant is required to indemnify its directors
and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware
General Corporation Law, subject to limited exceptions;
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Registrant may indemnify its other employees and
agents to the extent that it indemnifies its officers and
directors, unless otherwise required by law, its certificate
of incorporation, its bylaws or agreements to which it is a
party;
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Registrant is required to advance expenses, as
incurred, to its directors and officers in connection with a
legal proceeding to the fullest extent permitted by the
Delaware General Corporation Law, subject to limited
exceptions; and
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the rights conferred in the Bylaws are not
exclusive.
Registrant has entered into Indemnity Agreements with each of its current
directors and officers to give such directors and officers additional
contractual assurances regarding the scope of the indemnification set forth in
Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation and to provide additional procedural
protections. At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding
involving a director, officer or employee of Registrant regarding which
indemnification is sought, nor is Registrant aware of any threatened litigation
that may result in claims for indemnification.
Registrant maintains directors' and officers' liability insurance and
intends to extend that coverage for public securities matters.
See also the undertakings set out in response to Item 9.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Item
No.
Description of Item
5.1
Opinion of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.3
Consent of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP (filed as part of Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (See page II-4)
99.1
Symantec Corporation 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended
(Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-8 filed on December 19, 2000) (No. 333-52200)
Item 9. Undertakings.
A.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement;
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement;
and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement; provided,
however, that paragraphs A(1)(i) and A(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to
be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
B. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the city of Cupertino, State of California, on this 16th day of
June, 2004.
Symantec Corporation
By:
/s/John W. Thompson
John W. Thompson
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY TO SIGN AMENDMENT
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Thompson, Gregory E. Myers and
Arthur F. Courville, and each of them, with full power of substitution, such
person's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents for such person in such
person's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement
on Form S-8 and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all intents
and purposes, as he or such person might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Capacity
Date
/s/John W. Thompson
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief
June 16, 2004
Executive Officer
John W. Thompson
/s/Gregory E. Myers
Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice
June 16, 2004
President of Finance
Gregory E. Myers
/s/Tania Amochaev
Director
June 16, 2004
Tania Amochaev
/s/George Reyes
Director
June 16, 2004
George Reyes
/s/Franciscus Lion
Director
June 16, 2004
Franciscus (Frans) Lion
/s/Robert S. Miller
Director
June 16, 2004
Robert S. Miller
/s/William T. Coleman
Director
June 16, 2004
William T. Coleman
/s/Daniel H. Schulman
Director
June 16, 2004
Daniel H. Schulman
/s/David Mahoney
Director
June 16, 2004
David Mahoney
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Index to Exhibits
Item
No.
Description of Item
5.1
Opinion of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.3
Consent of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP (filed as part of Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (See page II-4)
99.1
Symantec Corporation 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended
(Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-8 filed on December 19, 2000) (No. 333-52200)