Symantec Announces New Board of Directors

Symantec Announces New Board of Directors

Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced the 10 directors who will serve on the company’s board of directors following the completed merger with VERITAS. The new board, comprised predominately of independent directors, will be eligible for re-election at the company’s 2005 annual stockholders’ meeting.

John W. Thompson will remain as chairman of the board of directors as well as chief executive officer. Gary Bloom, formerly VERITAS CEO, will serve as vice chairman and co-president.

Michael Brown, who joined the VERITAS board in 2003, is a former chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Quantum Corporation, a provider of data back-up solutions.

William (Bill) Coleman has served on the Symantec board since January 2003. He is currently the founder, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Cassatt Corporation, an enterprise software and services company. Coleman founded and was the first chairman and CEO of BEA Systems. Coleman has more than 30 years of high-technology industry experienced focused in software development.

Appointed to the Symantec board of directors in April 2003, David Mahoney is the former co-CEO of McKesson HBOC, Inc. and CEO of iMcKesson LLC, a healthcare services and information technology company. Prior to that, he was a principal with McKinsey & Company.

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