Symantec, the world leader in Internet security technology, provides a broad range of content and network security software and appliance solutions to individuals, enterprises and service providers. The company is a leading provider of virus protection, firewall and virtual private network, vulnerability assessment, intrusion prevention, Internet content and e-mail filtering, and remote management technologies and security services to enterprises and service providers around the world. Symantec's Norton brand of consumer security products is a leader in worldwide retail sales and industry awards. Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has worldwide operations in 37 countries.

History
Founded in 1982.
IPO on June 23, 1989.

Mission
Be a leading growth company in the worldwide Internet security solutions and services industry.

Employees
More than 4,000 employees.

Financial Status
Symantec is publicly traded on the Nasdaq National Market System under the symbol SYMC.

• 1999 Fiscal Revenues: US$632.2 million*
• 2000 Fiscal Revenues: US$826.6 million*
• 2001 Fiscal Revenues: US$944.2 million*

Solutions
With threats to information systems coming from all sides and growing in number and complexity, enterprise customers know that hardening network perimeters is not enough. Symantec provides best-of-breed security solutions for all tiers of a network: at the gateways between the network and the outside world, at the servers that act as the network's vital organs, and at end-user devices including desktop PCs, laptops and handhelds.

Enterprises and individuals alike use Symantec's firewall solutions to protect data and assets without slowing performance. Symantec also provides enterprises with intrusion detection solutions that act as a "security force" inside the perimeter to spot intruders that penetrate the outer defenses.

In addition, enterprises are getting a firmer grip on their networks by establishing comprehensive security policies. Symantec's vulnerability management solutions help customers define and enforce policies from a central location as well as probe for network vulnerabilities and suggest remedies. Symantec's anti-virus solutions offer critical protection from Internet-borne threats for the desktop through the gateway for individuals all the way up to the largest enterprise.

Symantec's enterprise administration tools provide secure, economical, centralized network management for rolling out thousands of new PCs or migrating existing PCs to new operating systems, reducing total cost of ownership. In addition, Symantec provides a solution for highly secure remote control and access.

Symantec's line of consumer security products is the market leader in desktop protection, providing peace of mind with integrated products that work seamlessly to protect individual's computers from virus outbreaks or malicious hacker attacks.

Services
Symantec Security Services provides information security solutions that incorporate best-of-breed technology, security expertise, and global resources to help enable e-business success. Through its four service families, Symantec offers industry best practices, expert implementation, proactive monitoring and management, and knowledge transfer.

• Consulting Services provides professional security assessments and planning to help organizations protect business-critical assets.
• Implementation Services delivers effective deployments of advanced security technologies.
• Managed Security Services provides outsourced solutions for the management and monitoring of security systems.
• Education Services offers the knowledge to develop internal security skills and resources.

Response
Symantec Security Response delivers knowledgeable proactive security protection through product security policies and best practice guidelines that can be updated and distributed through automated processes, like LiveUpdate. Additionally, Symantec Security Response provides rapid reactive security protection through its incident response program, including emergency signatures, definitions and policies, and outbound communications like alerting services.

With such a complete breadth of security expertise, Symantec Security Response provides thorough analysis of emerging, integrated threats, such as the increased use of exploits integrated into worms to attack a system. This allows Symantec to respond to complex security threats in a more holistic, preventative manner. The Symantec Security Response's analysis can show how multiple threats work together and how this could impact a customer and offer countermeasures to protect the customer.

Symantec Security Response is committed to providing customers and affiliates with global support and immediate response to meet all types of emergency conditions. It is through this quality of service and around the clock dedication that Symantec continues to be a trusted partner among its customers.

Symantec has response centers strategically located around the world including:

• Santa Monica, Calif.
• San Antonio, Texas
• American Fork, Utah
• Sydney, Australia
• Tokyo, Japan
• Leiden, The Netherlands

Customers
Symantec provides comprehensive Internet security products, solutions and services for more than 100 million users around the world ranging from some of the world's largest corporate enterprises, government agencies and higher education institutions, to small businesses and individuals.

98 of the Fortune 100 companies rely on Symantec solutions every day.

Historical Highlights:

• December 2000 AXENT Technologies Acquisition
• February 2000 L-3 Network Security Acquisition
• December 1999 ACT! and Visual Caf� Divestiture
• July 1999 URLabs Acquisition
• November 1998 Quarterdeck Corporation Acquisition
• September 1998 Acquisition of Intel's anti-virus business and systems management technology
• June 1998 Binary Research Limited (Ghost) Acquisition
• May 1998 Acquisition of IBM's anti-virus business and immune system technology
• November 1995 Delrina (WinFax) Acquisition
• June 1994 Central Point Software Acquisition
• August 1990 Peter Norton Computing, Inc. Acquisition

Executive Officers

• John W. Thompson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
• John Schwarz, President and Chief Operating Officer
• Arthur Courville, Senior Vice President, General Counsel
• Stephen G. Cullen, Senior Vice President, Consumer and Client Product Delivery
• Don Frischmann, Senior Vice President, Communications and Branding
• Dieter Giesbrecht, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Services
• Gail E. Hamilton, Executive Vice President, Product Delivery and Response
• Greg Myers, Senior Vice President of Finance & Operations, Chief Financial Officer
• Rebecca Ranninger, Senior Vice President, Human Resources
• Gary Warren, Senior Vice President, Gateway Products

Other Senior Management

• Rob Clyde, Vice President, Chief Technical Officer
• John Holland, Vice President, Worldwide Security Services
• Steve Messick, Vice President, North American Enterprise Sales
• Akihiko Narita, President, SKK, Vice President, Japan
• Cecil Perez, Vice President, Latin America
• Allyson Seelinger, Vice President, Consumer Sales
• Garry Sexton, Vice President, Asia Pacific
• Giuseppe Verrini, Vice President, Europe, Middle East, Africa Sales and Marketing
• Joe Wang, Vice President, Enterprise Administration Products

Board of Directors

• John W. Thompson, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
• Tania Amochev, Chairman of the Executive Committee, QRS Corporation (retired)
• Charles M. Boesenberg, President, Post PC Ventures
• Dr. Per-Kristian Halvorsen, Center Director, Solutions & Services Technologies Center, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
• Robert S. Miller, Chairman of the Board, Federal Mogul Corporation
• Bill Owens, co-Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman, Teledesic LLC
• Georges Reyes, former Vice-President and Treasurer, Sun Microsystems
• Dan Schulman, former President and Chief Executive Officer, priceline.com

Global Presence

• Symantec's world headquarters is located in Cupertino, Calif.
• Symantec's main manufacturing facility is located in Dublin, Ireland.
• Development facilities are located in:
  • Santa Monica, California
  • American Fork, Utah
  • San Antonio, Texas
  • Waltham, Massachusetts
  • Nashua, New Hampshire
  • Beaverton, Oregon
  • Newport News, Virginia
  • Auckland, New Zealand
• Symantec's technical support and customer services centers are located in:
  • Eugene, Oregon
  • Leiden, The Netherlands
  • Sydney, Australia
  • Tokyo, Japan
  • Toronto, Canada
  • Dublin, Ireland