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Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Relating to Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated September 13, 2010
Registration No. 333-169330
September 13, 2010
SYMANTEC CORPORATION
Pricing Term Sheet
2.750% Senior Notes due 2015
     
Issuer:
  Symantec Corporation
 
    
Size:
  $350,000,000 
 
    
Security Type:
  Senior Notes
 
    
Maturity:
  September 15, 2015
 
    
Coupon:
  2.750%
 
    
Price per bond:
  99.935% of face amount
 
    
Ratings:
  Baa2 by Moody’s Investor Service, Inc.
BBB by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services
 
    
Yield to maturity:
  2.764%
 
    
Spread to Benchmark Treasury:
  125 bps
 
    
Benchmark Treasury:
  1.250% due August 31, 2015
 
    
Benchmark Treasury Price and Yield:
  98-23 3/4 1.514%
 
    
Interest Payments:
  Semi-annually on March 15 and September 15, commencing March 15, 2011
 
    
Make-Whole Premium:
  At any time at a discount rate of Treasury plus 20 basis points
 
    
Distribution Method:
  Registered
 
    
Trade Date:
  September 13, 2010
 
    
Settlement:
  T+3; September 16, 2010
 
    
Joint Bookrunners:
  J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
UBS Securities LLC

 

 

     
Senior Co-Managers:
  Banc of America Securities LLC
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
 
 
Co-Managers:
  BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
Mizuho Securities USA Inc.
 
    
4.200% Senior Notes due 2020
 
    
Issuer:
  Symantec Corporation
 
    
Size:
  $750,000,000 
 
    
Security Type:
  Senior Notes
 
    
Maturity:
  September 15, 2020
 
    
Coupon:
  4.200%
 
    
Price per bond:
  99.612% of face amount
 
    
Ratings:
  Baa2 by Moody’s Investor Service, Inc.
BBB by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services
 
    
Yield to maturity:
  4.248%
 
    
Spread to Benchmark Treasury:
  150 bps
 
    
Benchmark Treasury:
  2.625% due August 15, 2020
 
    
Benchmark Treasury Price and Yield:
  98-30 2.748%
 
    
Interest Payments:
  Semi-annually on March 15 and September 15, commencing March 15, 2011
 
    
Make-Whole Premium:
  At any time at a discount rate of Treasury plus 25 basis points
 
    
Distribution Method:
  Registered
 
    
Trade Date:
  September 13, 2010
 
Settlement:
  T+3; September 16, 2010
 
    
Joint Bookrunners:
  J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
UBS Securities LLC

 

 

     
Senior Co-Managers:
  Banc of America Securities LLC
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
 
Co-Managers:
  BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
Mizuho Securities USA Inc.
Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.
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