Symantec confirms Michael Brown as the President and CEO

– USA, CA – Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced the appointment of Michael A. Brown as the company’s CEO, effective immediately. Mr. Brown has been serving as interim president and CEO since March 2014.

Mr. Brown will share the company’s strategic plan with shareholders, customers and employees within the next 30 days. The plan will build upon the company’s stated priorities, increase focus on the customer and build shareholder value.

David Mahoney, head of the Board’s CEO search committee, said, “The Board ran a robust and diligent global CEO search over the last six months, during which we received interest from world-class candidates, including current and former CEOs and technology leaders from successful public companies. Mike went through this same rigorous process and distinguished himself among the candidates.”

Mr. Brown’s appointment follows a multistep search process conducted by a special committee of the Board of Directors in conjunction with leading executive search firm Russell Reynolds over the last six months. The search included reviewing over 100 qualified candidates, more than 30 of whom were actively vetted.

Michael Brown said, “The demand for security and information management solutions has never been greater, and I am honored to be named Symantec’s Chief Executive Officer as we work to deliver innovation and value for our customers. Symantec is the global leader in security, and the threats facing our customers are becoming increasingly sophisticated and complex. In my time as interim CEO, Symantec has made significant progress to strengthen our business and accelerate our innovation, and I am proud of the individual and collective efforts of Symantec’s team. Specifically, we are focusing our investments in businesses where demand is greatest and improving operational efficiencies to grow revenue and operating margin. I look forward to continuing to focus the company’s strategy to deliver for our customers and our shareholders.”

Since Mr. Brown was appointed interim president and CEO in March 2014, Symantec has returned to year-over-year revenue growth and has consistently exceeded its revenue and operating margin guidance. Mr. Brown has introduced new revenue and efficiency initiatives, which contributed to increased revenue in the first quarter of fiscal 2015 and have put Symantec in position to further enhance revenue growth in the second half of fiscal 2015. He also made key executive hires as he worked to further develop Symantec’s industry-leading executive management team.

Michael A. Brown joined Symantec’s Board of Directors following the company’s merger with VERITAS Software in July 2005, and previously served as chairman and chief executive officer of Quantum Corporation. Under his leadership, Quantum grew from $3 billion to $6 billion in revenues and held market leadership positions in primary storage, secondary storage as well as back-up and archiving solutions. More recently, Mr. Brown has been a board chairman and chief executive officer coach for several successful technology companies prior to their acquisitions, including EqualLogic, Line 6 and The Echo Nest. In addition to his deep expertise in growing businesses, Mr. Brown has extensive experience in leading and developing executive management teams.

About Symantec

At Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC), we protect your information wherever it’s stored, accessed or shared. Founded in April 1982, Symantec operates the largest civilian cyberintelligence threat network in the world. The company’s more than 20,000 employees reside in more than 50 countries and are pioneering new solutions in growing markets like backup appliances, mobile, cloud, advanced threat protection, data loss prevention, and managed security services. Ninety-nine percent of Fortune 500 companies are Symanteccustomers. In fiscal 2014, it recorded revenues of $6.7 billion.