Employee Benefits And Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 29, 2013

Employee Benefits And Stock-Based Compensation [Abstract]

Schedule Of Stock Option and PRU Valuation


	Fiscal 2013	Fiscal 2012	Fiscal 2011
Stock Options:
Expected life	3.5 years	3.8 years	3.5 years
Weighted-average expected volatility	31%	35%	34%
Weighted-average risk-free interest rate	0.52%	1.62%	1.85%
Expected dividends	—	—	—
PRUs and PCSUs:
Expected life	2.6 - 2.9 years	2.8 - 2.9 years
Expected volatility	31% - 32%	48% - 49%
Weighted-average expected volatility	32%	49%
Risk-free interest rate	0.36% - 0.38%	0.65% - 0.90%
Expected dividends	—	—

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


	Year Ended
	March 29, 2013	March 30, 2012	April 1, 2011
	(In millions, except per share data)
Cost of revenue	$ 15	$ 16	$ 22
Sales and marketing	67	70	58
Research and development	50	49	40
General and administrative	32	29	25
Total stock-based compensation expense	164	164	145
Tax benefit associated with stock-based compensation expense	(48)	(46)	(41)
Net stock-based compensation expense	$ 116	$ 118	$ 104
Net stock-based compensation expense per share attributable to Symantec Corporation stockholders— basic	$ 0.17	$ 0.16	$ 0.13
Net stock-based compensation expense per share attributable to Symantec Corporation stockholders— diluted	$ 0.16	$ 0.16	$ 0.13

Schedule Of Stock Options Activity


	Number of Shares	Weighted-Average Exercise Price	Weighted-Average Remaining Years	Aggregate Intrinsic Value ⁽¹⁾
	(In millions, except per share and years data)
Outstanding at March 30, 2012	41	$ 18.98
Granted	—	—
Exercised	(13)	16.10
Forfeited	(1)	15.74
Expired	(9)	21.97
Outstanding at March 29, 2013	18	$ 19.86	2.0	$ 102
Exercisable at March 29, 2013	16	$ 20.41	1.6	$ 82
Vested and expected to vest at March 29, 2013	18	$ 19.90	1.9	$ 101

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Intrinsic value is calculated as the difference between the market value of our common stock as of the last trading day of the fiscal year and the exercise price of the option. The aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding and exercisable includes options with an exercise price below $24.68, the closing price of our common stock on the last trading day of the fiscal year, as reported by the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

Schedule Of Restricted Stock Activity


	Number of Shares	Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value	Weighted-Average Remaining Years	Aggregate Intrinsic Value
	(In millions, except per share and years data)
Outstanding and unvested at March 30, 2012	18	$ 16.62
Granted	11	15.74
Vested and released	(6)	16.28
Forfeited	(4)	16.34
Outstanding and unvested at March 29, 2013	19	$ 16.25	1.5	$ 472
Expected to vest at March 29, 2013	16		1.4	$ 406

Schedule Of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units Activity


	Number of Shares
Unvested at March 30, 2012	490,350
Granted	1,373,233
Incremental grants due to performance and market conditions	536,316
Vested and released	—
Issued	(103,195)
Forfeited	(563,948)
Unvested at March 29, 2013	1,732,756

Schedule Of Reserved Shares


Stock purchase plans	22
Stock award plans	104
Total	126

- 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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