Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(b) and (c). On September 29, 2009, Symantec announced the appointment of
Phillip A. Bullock as its new Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting
Officer, effective October 1, 2009. Mr. Bullock, 45 years old, had served as the
Company's Vice President of Tax and Trade Compliance since March 2006 and
assumed responsibility for the Company's corporate risk assurance function in
March 2007. Prior to joining Symantec in March 2006, Mr. Bullock had been
employed by Ernst & Young LLP since 1988 and was a partner in Ernst & Young's
tax practice from September 2000 through February 2006. Mr. Bullock holds a
bachelor of science degree in business administration, accounting information
systems, from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and a master's
in professional accounting degree from the University of Texas at Austin.
George W. Harrington, who was appointed as Symantec's Chief Accounting Officer
in January 2007, announced his retirement effective September 30, 2009.
