Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2012

Schedule Of Stock-Based Compensation Expense Recognized In Our Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Income


	Three Months Ended		Six Months Ended
	September 28, 2012	September 30, 2011	September 28, 2012	September 30, 2011
	(In millions, except per share data)
Cost of revenue	$ 4	$ 3	$ 8	$ 8
Sales and marketing	17	17	33	32
Research and development	13	12	24	23
General and administrative	11	6	18	14
Total stock-based compensation expense	45	38	83	77
Tax benefit associated with stock-based compensation expense	(14)	(11)	(24)	(22)
Net stock-based compensation expense	$ 31	$ 27	$ 59	$ 55
Net stock-based compensation expense per share attributable to Symantec Corporation stockholders— basic	$ 0.04	$ 0.04	$ 0.08	$ 0.07
Net stock-based compensation expense per share attributable to Symantec Corporation stockholders— diluted	$ 0.04	$ 0.04	$ 0.08	$ 0.07

Schedule Of Stock-Based Compensation Arrangements By Stock-Based Payment Award


	Six Months Ended
	September 28, 2012	September 30, 2011
	($ in millions, except per grant data)
Restricted stock
Weighted-average fair value per grant	$ 15.20	$ 18.33
Fair value of awards granted	155	173
Total fair value of awards vested	39	79
Total unrecognized compensation expense	272	221
Weighted-average remaining vesting period	3 years	3 years
Performance-based restricted stock
Weighted-average fair value per grant	$ 16.15	$ 23.58
Fair value of awards granted	29	11
Total fair value of awards vested	1	”-“
Total unrecognized compensation expense	23	10
Weighted-average remaining vesting period	2 years	3 years
Stock options
Weighted-average fair value per grant	$ 4.07	$ 5.24
Total intrinsic value of stock options exercised	13	26
Total unrecognized compensation expense	22	38
Weighted-average remaining vesting period	2 years	3 years

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of components of a stock option or other award plan under which equity-based compensation is awarded to employees, typically comprised of the amount of unearned compensation (deferred compensation cost), compensation expense, and changes in the quantity and fair value of the shares (or other type of equity) granted, exercised, forfeited, and issued and outstanding pertaining to that plan. Disclosure may also include nature and general terms of such arrangements that existed during the period and potential effects of those arrangements on shareholders, effect of compensation cost arising from equity-based payment arrangements on the income statement, method of estimating the fair value of the goods or services received, or the fair value of the equity instruments granted, during the period, cash flow effects resulting from equity-based payment arrangements and, for registrants that accelerate vesting of out of the money share options, reasons for the decision to accelerate.

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the allocation of equity-based compensation costs to a given line item on the balance sheet and income statement for the period. This may include the reporting line for the costs and the amount capitalized and expensed.

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