8-K

UNITED STATES
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 14, 2007

Symantec Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation) 000-17781
(Commission
File Number) 77-0181864
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

20330 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino, CA
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) 95014
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code (408) 517-8000

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

	Item 8.01. Other Events
	Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
SIGNATURE
Exhibit Index
EXHIBIT 99.01

Item 8.01. Other Events

On June 14, 2007, the Company issued a press release announcing the authorization of a $2 billion share repurchase program. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.01 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit Number	Exhibit Title or Description
99.01	Press release issued by Symantec Corporation, dated June 14, 2007

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
Date: June 14, 2007	By:	/s/ Arthur F. Courville
		Arthur F. Courville
		Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Exhibit Index

Exhibit Number	Exhibit Title or Description
99.01	Press release issued by Symantec Corporation, dated June 14, 2007

EX-99.01

Exhibit 99.1

News Release

MEDIA CONTACT:	INVESTOR CONTACT:
Yunsun Wee	Helyn Corcos
Symantec Corporation	Symantec Corporation
310-449-7009	408-517-8324
ywee@symantec.com	hcorcos@symantec.com

Symantec Authorizes $2 Billion Share Repurchase Program

CUPERTINO, Calif. — June 14, 2007 — Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a $2 billion share repurchase program. This open-ended program is effective immediately. Repurchases will be made in accordance with applicable securities laws in the open market or in private negotiated transactions. Depending on market conditions and other factors, these repurchases may be commenced or suspended from time to time without prior notice.

Symantec has completed the $1 billion share repurchase program announced in January 2007 — repurchasing 54 million shares at an average price $18.51. In the past two years, Symantec has repurchased nearly $7 billion of its shares.

About Symantec

Symantec is a global leader in infrastructure software, enabling businesses and consumers to have confidence in a connected world. The company helps customers protect their infrastructure, information, and interactions by delivering software and services that address risks to security, availability, compliance and performance. Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has operations in 40 countries. More information is available at www.symantec.com.

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Symantec and the Symantec Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Symantec Corporation or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains statements regarding our planned share repurchase program, which may be considered forward-looking within the meaning of the U.S. federal securities laws. These statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from results expressed or implied in this press release. Such risk factors include those related to whether or not we will complete our share repurchase program during any particular time frame or at all and whether our cash and short term investments may be insufficient to fund our share repurchase program. Actual results may differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements in this press release. Additional information concerning these and other risk factors is contained in the Risk Factors section of our Form 10-K for the year ended March 30, 2007. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this press release.