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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): June 24, 2005

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

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

     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 8.01: OTHER EVENTS.

On June 24, 2005, Symantec Corporation held a special meeting of stockholders in connection with its planned merger with VERITAS Software Corporation. At the special meeting, the stockholders approved the following proposals:

  •   the issuance and reservation for issuance of shares of Symantec common stock to holders of VERITAS securities pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated December 15, 2004, by and among Symantec, Carmel Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Symantec, and VERITAS, as the same may be amended from time to time; and

  •   amendments to Symantec’s certificate of incorporation to increase the authorized number of shares of common stock of Symantec from 1,600,000,000 shares, $0.01 par value per share, to 3,000,000,000 shares, $0.01 par value per share, and to authorize one share of a class of special voting stock, $1.00 par value per share.

Symantec currently expects that the merger will close on July 2, 2005 if (i) the closing conditions regarding the representations and warranties of the parties are satisfied by the close of business on June 27, 2005 and (ii) all other closing conditions to effect the merger have been satisfied or waived on or before July 1, 2005.

 

 

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
 		  
  /s/ Arthur F. Courville    
Date: June 24, 2005  Arthur F. Courville   
  Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary