UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): September 20, 2010
Symantec Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 000-17781 | 77-0181864 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 350 Ellis Street, Mountain View, CA | 94043 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code (650) 527-8000
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| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
The stockholders of Symantec Corporation (the “Company”) approved an amendment to Company’s 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “EIP”) and an amendment to the Company’s 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”) at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company held on September 20, 2010 (the “Annual Meeting”). The Board of Directors of the Company approved the amendments to the EIP and ESPP on May 4, 2010, subject to stockholder approval at the Annual Meeting. Accordingly, the EIP and ESPP amendments became effective upon stockholder approval at the Annual Meeting. The Company’s named executive officers may participate in each of these plans.
As a result of stockholder approval of an amendment to the Company’s EIP at the Annual Meeting, the EIP was amended to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock issuable thereunder by 55,000,000 shares. In addition, as a result of stockholder approval of an amendment to the Company’s ESPP at the Annual Meeting, the ESPP was amended to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock issuable thereunder by 20,000,000 shares.
| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
Symantec’s 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders was held on September 20, 2010. Set forth below are the matters the stockholders voted on and the final voting results.
| 1. | Election of Directors: |
| Nominee |
Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | ||||
| Stephen M. Bennett | 586,742,823 | 11,454,376 | 4,098,595 | 75,267,436 | ||||
| Michael A. Brown | 567,239,093 | 30,948,855 | 4,107,846 | 75,267,436 | ||||
| William T. Coleman III | 573,466,384 | 24,709,065 | 4,120,345 | 75,267,436 | ||||
| Frank E. Dangeard | 572,140,921 | 26,042,743 | 4,112,130 | 75,267,436 | ||||
| Geraldine B. Laybourne | 568,013,254 | 30,191,723 | 4,090,817 | 75,267,436 | ||||
| David L. Mahoney | 568,273,779 | 29,912,574 | 4,109,441 | 75,267,436 | ||||
| Robert S. Miller | 545,683,755 | 52,504,529 | 4,107,510 | 75,267,436 | ||||
| Enrique Salem | 569,461,379 | 30,721,571 | 2,112,844 | 75,267,436 | ||||
| Daniel H. Schulman | 583,998,945 | 14,192,304 | 4,104,545 | 75,267,436 | ||||
| John W. Thompson | 537,139,776 | 63,030,455 | 2,125,563 | 75,267,436 | ||||
| V. Paul Unruh | 571,958,530 | 26,232,929 | 4,104,335 | 75,267,436 |
| 2. | Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as Symantec’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2011 fiscal year: |
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 668,927,505 | 8,236,435 | 399,290 | 0 |
| 3. | Approval of an amendment to Symantec’s 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, to increase the number of authorized shares issuable thereunder by 55,000,000 shares: |
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 516,863,486 | 84,350,568 | 1,081,740 | 75,267,436 |
| 4. | Approval of an amendment to Symantec’s 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan to increase the number of authorized shares issuable thereunder by 20,000,000 shares: |
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 581,521,629 | 20,362,311 | 411,854 | 75,267,436 |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| SYMANTEC CORPORATION | ||||||
| Dated: September 23, 2010 | By: | /S/ SCOTT C. TAYLOR | ||||
| Name: | Scott C. Taylor | |||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |||||