UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

FORM 10-K/A

(Mark One)

OR

Commission File Number: 0-17781

SYMANTEC CORPORATION

20330 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino 95014
(Address of principal executive offices)

(408) 517-8000
(The Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to section 12(b) of the Act: none

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, $0.01 par value, and Related Stock Purchase Rights
(Title of Class)

     Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o

     Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. o

     Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes x No o

     Aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant, based upon the closing sale price of Symantec common stock on October 1, 2004 as reported on the Nasdaq National Market:

$18,094,697,000

     Number of shares outstanding of the Registrant’s common stock as of May 27, 2005:

711,727,753

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

     No documents are incorporated by reference into this Form 10-K/A. Portions of the Proxy Statement for the 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference in Part III of the Form 10-K filed on June 15, 2005.

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXPLANATORY NOTE
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 31.1
EXHIBIT 31.2

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

     We are filing this Amendment No.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 1, 2005, solely to amend and restate the certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 filed previously as Exhibits 31.01 and 31.02 with the original Annual Report on Form 10-K. The amended and restated certifications are being filed to include certain required representations with respect to internal control over financial reporting that were inadvertently omitted from the previously filed certifications.

     This Amendment No. 1 does not reflect events occurring after the filing of the original Annual Report on Form 10-K and, other than the filing of amended and restated Exhibits 31.01 and 31.02, does not modify or update the disclosures in the original Annual Report on Form 10-K in any way.

 

SIGNATURES

     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, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: June 16, 2005	SYMANTEC CORPORATION (Registrant)
	By:	/s/ John W. Thompson
		John W. Thompson
		Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

EXHIBIT INDEX