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): October 23, 2012
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
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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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. |
William T. Robbins, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Services of Symantec Corporation (the “Company”) is no longer serving in such capacity effective as of October 24, 2012 as a result of the Company’s elimination of such position. Mr. Robbins is expected to remain employed by the Company for a transitional period of time.
| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The Company’s 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders was held on October 23, 2012. Set forth below are the matters the stockholders voted on and the final voting results.
Proposal 1: Election of Directors:
| Nominee |
Votes For | Votes Against |
Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes |
||||||||||||
| Stephen M. Bennett |
520,411,366 | 23,066,228 | 3,891,580 | 69,101,274 | ||||||||||||
| Michael A. Brown |
533,076,907 | 10,724,516 | 3,567,751 | 69,101,274 | ||||||||||||
| Frank E. Dangeard |
481,838,651 | 61,984,513 | 3,546,010 | 69,101,274 | ||||||||||||
| Stephen E. Gillett |
539,807,260 | 4,004,398 | 3,557,516 | 69,101,274 | ||||||||||||
| Geraldine B. Laybourne |
533,948,060 | 9,888,936 | 3,532,178 | 69,101,274 | ||||||||||||
| David L. Mahoney |
533,121,762 | 10,684,413 | 3,562,999 | 69,101,274 | ||||||||||||
| Robert S. Miller |
531,464,697 | 12,359,702 | 3,544,775 | 69,101,274 | ||||||||||||
| Daniel H. Schulman |
532,056,935 | 11,744,075 | 3,568,164 | 69,101,274 | ||||||||||||
| V. Paul Unruh |
533,421,857 | 10,382,578 | 3,564,739 | 69,101,274 | ||||||||||||
Each of the nine nominees were elected to the Board of Directors, each to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor has been duly elected or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.
Proposal 2: Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2013 fiscal year:
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 609,657,508 |
3,002,739 | 3,810,201 | 0 |
The appointment was ratified.
Proposal 3: Advisory vote to approve executive compensation:
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 530,738,063 |
13,152,357 | 3,478,754 | 69,101,274 |
The proposal was approved.
Proposal 4: Stockholder proposal regarding executives to retain significant stock:
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 159,069,453 |
382,509,211 | 5,790,510 | 69,101,274 |
The proposal was defeated.
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: October 24, 2012 |
By: | /s/ GREGORY KING | ||||
| Name: | Gregory King | |||||
| Title: | Vice President, Corporate Legal Services | |||||
| and Assistant Secretary | ||||||