| Prospectus Supplement #3 (to prospectus dated February 19, 2002) | Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) Registration No. 333-77072 |
SYMANTEC CORPORATION
3% Convertible Subordinated Notes Due November 1, 2006 and
Shares of Common Stock Issuable Upon Conversion of the Notes
This prospectus supplement relates to the resale by the holders of our 3% convertible subordinated notes due November 1, 2006 and the shares of our common stock issuable upon the conversion of the notes. You should read this prospectus supplement in conjunction with the prospectus dated February 19, 2002, which is to be delivered with this prospectus supplement.
The information in the table appearing under the heading “Selling Holders” in the prospectus is amended by the addition of the information appearing in the table below:
| Principal | ||||||||||||||||
| Amount of Notes | Common Stock | Common Stock | ||||||||||||||
| Beneficially | Owned | Common | Owned After | |||||||||||||
| Owned and | Prior to the | Stock | Completion of | |||||||||||||
| Name of Beneficial Owner | Offered | Offering(1)(2) | Offered(2) | the Offering | ||||||||||||
| 1976 Distribution Trust FBO A.R. Lauder/ Zinterhofer | $ | 12,000 | 351 | 351 | — | |||||||||||
| 1976 Distribution Trust FBO Jane A. Lauder | 22,000 | 644 | 644 | — | ||||||||||||
| 2000 Revocable Trust FBO A.R. Lauder/ Zinterhofer | 11,000 | 322 | 322 | — | ||||||||||||
| Allentown City Firefighters Pension Plan | 40,000 | 1,171 | 1,171 | — | ||||||||||||
| Allentown City Officers & Employees Pension Fund | 16,000 | 468 | 468 | — | ||||||||||||
| Allentown City Police Pension Plan | 76,000 | 2,226 | 2,226 | — | ||||||||||||
| American Motorist Insurance Company | 888,000 | 26,010 | 26,010 | — | ||||||||||||
| Arapahoe County Colorado | 86,000 | 2,519 | 2,519 | — | ||||||||||||
| British Virgin Islands Social Security Board | 126,000 | 3,690 | 3,690 | — | ||||||||||||
| City of New Orleans | 354,000 | 10,369 | 10,369 | — | ||||||||||||
| City University of New York | 213,000 | 6,239 | 6,239 | — | ||||||||||||
| Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation | 1,553,000 | 45,489 | 45,489 | — | ||||||||||||
| Grady Hospital Foundation | 187,000 | 5,477 | 5,477 | — | ||||||||||||
| HFR Convertible Arbitrage Fund | 170,000 | 4,979 | 4,979 | — | ||||||||||||
| Independence Blue Cross | 276,000 | 8,084 | 8,084 | — | ||||||||||||
| Master Fund | 2,730,000 | 79,964 | 79,964 | — | ||||||||||||
| Merrill Lynch Insurance Group | 337,000 | 9,871 | 9,871 | — | ||||||||||||
| Minnesota Power and Light | 100,000 | 2,929 | 2,929 | — | ||||||||||||
| Municipal Employees | 319,000 | 9,343 | 9,343 | — | ||||||||||||
| New Orleans Firefighters Pension/ Relief Fund | 191,000 | 5,594 | 5,594 | — | ||||||||||||
| Occidental Petroleum Corporation | 360,000 | 10,544 | 10,544 | — | ||||||||||||
| Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation | 179,000 | 5,243 | 5,243 | — | ||||||||||||
| Policeman and Fireman Retirement System of the City of Detroit | 879,000 | 25,746 | 25,746 | — | ||||||||||||
| Pro-mutual | 1,048,000 | 30,697 | 30,697 | — | ||||||||||||
| Raytheon Master Pension Trust | 348,000 | 10,193 | 10,193 | — | ||||||||||||
| Shell Pension Trust | 704,000 | 20,621 | 20,621 | — | ||||||||||||
| State of Maryland Retirement Agency | 4,506,000 | 131,986 | 131,986 | — | ||||||||||||
| Principal | ||||||||||||||||
| Amount of Notes | Common Stock | Common Stock | ||||||||||||||
| Beneficially | Owned | Common | Owned After | |||||||||||||
| Owned and | Prior to the | Stock | Completion of | |||||||||||||
| Name of Beneficial Owner | Offered | Offering(1)(2) | Offered(2) | the Offering | ||||||||||||
| The Grable Foundation | $ | 165,000 | 4,833 | 4,833 | — | |||||||||||
| Trustmark Insurance Company | 482,000 | 14,118 | 14,118 | — | ||||||||||||
| UBS Warburg LLC | 250,000 | 7,322 | 7,322 | — | ||||||||||||
| Any other holders of notes or future transferee from any holder(3)(4) | 19,217,000 | 562,888 | 562,888 | — | ||||||||||||
| (1) | Includes common stock into which the notes are convertible. | |
| (2) | Assumes a conversion ratio of 29.2912 shares per $1,000 principal amount of notes and a cash payment in lieu of any fractional interest. | |
| (3) | Information concerning other selling holders of notes will be set forth in prospectus supplements from time to time, if required. | |
| (4) | Assumes that any other holders of notes or any future transferee from any holder does not beneficially own any common stock other than common stock into which the notes are convertible at the conversion rate of 29.2912 shares per $1,000 principal amount of notes. |
Investing in our common stock or the notes involves a high degree of risk. Please carefully consider the “Risk Factors” beginning on page 3 of the prospectus, as well as the “Risk Factors” section included in our recent reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES
COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE
ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THE PROSPECTUS OR THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT. ANY
REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
The date of this prospectus supplement is March 18, 2002.
