SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BLOOM GARY L (Last) (First) (Middle) 20330 STEVENS CREEK BOULEVARD (Street) CUPERTINO CA 95014 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SYMANTEC CORP [ SYMC ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Vice-Chairman and President
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 07/02/2005
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	07/02/2005		A(1)		5,887	A	(2)	5,887	I	by Trust

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Incentive Stock Option (right to buy)	$35.0916	07/02/2005		A(3)	V	14,243		(4)	04/04/2011	Common Stock	14,243	(4)	14,243	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$14.4636	07/02/2005		A(3)	V	825,724		(5)	11/19/2012	Common Stock	825,724	(5)	825,724	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$16.2871	07/02/2005		A(3)	V	1,405,250		(6)	10/01/2011	Common Stock	1,405,250	(6)	1,405,250	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$29.3898	07/02/2005		A(3)	V	449,680		(7)	02/17/2014	Common Stock	449,680	(7)	449,680	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$35.0916	07/02/2005		A(3)	V	1,109,956		(8)	04/04/2011	Common Stock	1,109,956	(8)	1,109,956	D
Incentive Stock Option (right to buy)	$21.22	07/02/2005		A		18,848		(9)	07/02/2015	Common Stock	18,848	$0.00	18,848	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$21.22	07/02/2005		A		231,152		(9)	07/02/2015	Common Stock	231,152	$0.00	231,152	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$21.8466	07/02/2005		A(3)	V	621,682		(10)	02/15/2012	Common Stock	621,682	(10)	621,682	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Exempt transaction pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 as amended.

2. Shares were received pursuant to merger agreement with Symantec Corporation in exchange for shares of VERITAS Software Corporation common stock based on an exchange ratio of 1.1242. On the trading day preceding the effective date of the merger (which effective date was not a trading day), the closing prices of VERITAS Software Corporation common stock and Symantec Corporation common stock were $23.60 per share and $21.22 per share, respectively.

3. Exempt transaction pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

4. Option was received in the merger with Symantec Corporation in exchange for an employee stock option to acquire 12,670 shares of VERITAS Software Corporation common stock having an exercise price of $39.45 per share with one-eighth of the option vesting on 5/4/2001 and the remaining option vesting in forty-two equal monthly installments thereafter, subject to 50% acceleration for all unvested shares on the effective date of the merger.

5. Option was received in the merger with Symantec Corporation in exchange for an employee stock option to acquire 734,500 shares of VERITAS Software Corporation common stock having an exercise price of $16.26 per share and vesting in forty-eight equal monthly installments beginning 9/1/2002, subject to 50% acceleration for all unvested shares on the effective date of the merger.

6. Option was received in the merger with Symantec Corporation in exchange for an employee stock option to acquire 1,250,000 shares of VERITAS Software Corporation common stock having an exercise price of $18.31 per share and vesting in forty-eight equal monthly installments beginning 10/1/2005, subject to 50% acceleration for all unvested shares on the effective date of the merger.

7. Option was received in the merger with Symantec Corporation in exchange for an employee stock option to acquire 400,000 shares of VERITAS Software Corporation common stock having an exercise price of $33.04 per share and vesting in forty-eight equal monthly installments beginning 11/1/2003, subject to 50% acceleration for all unvested shares on the effective date of the merger.

8. Option was received in the merger with Symantec Corporation in exchange for an employee stock option to acquire 987,330 shares of VERITAS Software Corporation common stock having an exercise price of $39.45 per share and vesting in forty-eight equal monthly installments beginning 4/1/2001, subject to 50% acceleration for all unvested shares on the effective date of the merger.

9. Twenty-five percent of the option vests and becomes exercisable on the first anniversary of the grant date, and the remaining option vests and becomes exercisable in thirty-six equal monthly installments thereafter.

10. Option was received in the merger with Symantec Corporation in exchange for an employee stock option to acquire 553,000 shares of VERITAS Software Corporation common stock having an exercise price of $24.56 per share and vesting in forty-eight equal monthly installments beginning 11/15/2004.

Remarks:

	Edward F. Malysz, as attorney-in-fact for Gary Bloom	07/06/2005
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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