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 11, 2012

 

 

Symantec Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-17781   77-0181864

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

350 Ellis Street, Mountain View, CA   94043
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code (650) 527-8000

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ( see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On June 11, 2012, Symantec Corporation (“Symantec”) entered into an underwriting agreement with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, on behalf of the several underwriters named therein, in connection with the offer and sale of $600,000,000 of Symantec’s 2.750% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “2017 Notes”) and $400,000,000 of its 3.950% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “2022 Notes” and together with the 2017 Notes, the “Notes”) in an underwritten public offering. The Notes are being issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of September 16, 2010 (the “Indenture”), between Symantec and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), and related Officers’ Certificate (the “Officers’ Certificate”) thereunder, with the following principal terms.

The 2017 Notes will bear interest at a rate of 2.750% per annum and the 2022 Notes will bear interest at a rate of 3.950% per annum, in each case payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing December 15, 2012. The 2017 Notes and the 2022 Notes will mature on the 15 th day of June in 2017 and 2022, respectively.

The Notes will rank equally in right of payment with all of Symantec’s other existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness from time to time outstanding, including any indebtedness Symantec may incur from time to time under the senior unsecured $1 billion revolving credit facility that expires in June 2017.

In the event of a “change of control repurchase event” (as defined in the Officers’ Certificate), the holders of the Notes may require Symantec to repurchase all or a portion of their Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes repurchased plus any accrued and any unpaid interest.

The relevant terms of the Indenture, Officers’ Certificate and Notes are described in the section entitled “Description of Notes” of the prospectus supplement, dated June 11, 2012, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) by Symantec on June 12, 2012, and in the section entitled “Description of Debt Securities” of the prospectus, dated September 13, 2010, included in Symantec’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, filed with the Commission on September 13, 2010 (Registration No. 333-169330). Those descriptions and the descriptions above are summaries and are qualified in their entirety by the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture, the Officers’ Certificate, the form of global note for the 2017 Notes and the form of global note for the 2022 Notes filed as Exhibit Nos. 1.01, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03 and 4.04, respectively, to this current report on Form 8-K, all of which are incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

  1.01    Underwriting Agreement, dated June 11, 2012, by and among Symantec Corporation and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, on behalf of the several underwriters named therein
  4.01    Indenture, dated September 16, 2010, between Symantec Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.01 to Symantec’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on September 16, 2010)
  4.02    Officers’ Certificate dated June 14, 2012
  4.03    Form of Global Note for Symantec’s 2.750% Senior Notes due 2017 (contained in Exhibit No. 4.02)
  4.04    Form of Global Note for Symantec’s 3.950% Senior Notes due 2022 (contained in Exhibit No. 4.02)
  5.01    Opinion of Fenwick & West LLP
23.01    Consent of Fenwick & West LLP (contained in Exhibit No. 5.01)


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, 2012     By:  

/s/ Gregory King

     

Gregory King

Vice President, Corporate Legal Services and

Assistant Secretary


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

  1.01    Underwriting Agreement, dated June 11, 2012, by and among Symantec Corporation and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, on behalf of the several underwriters named therein
  4.01    Indenture, dated September 16, 2010, between Symantec Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.01 to Symantec’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on September 16, 2010)
  4.02    Officers’ Certificate dated June 14, 2012
  4.03    Form of Global Note for Symantec’s 2.750% Senior Notes due 2017 (contained in Exhibit No. 4.02)
  4.04    Form of Global Note for Symantec’s 3.950% Senior Notes due 2022 (contained in Exhibit No. 4.02)
  5.01    Opinion of Fenwick & West LLP
23.01    Consent of Fenwick & West LLP (contained in Exhibit No. 5.01)

Exhibit 1.01

SYMANTEC CORPORATION

2.750% Senior Notes Due 2017

3.950% Senior Notes Due 2022

Underwriting Agreement

June 11, 2012

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                Incorporated

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

As Representatives of the Underwriters

c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10179

c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                            Incorporated

One Bryant Park

New York, NY 10036

c/o Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

1585 Broadway

New York, NY 10036

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Symantec Corporation , a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware (the “Company”), proposes to sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you (the “Representatives”) are acting as representatives, 2.750% Senior Notes due 2017 of the Company in the principal amounts identified on Schedule I hereto (the “2017 Notes”) and 3.950% Senior Notes due 2022 of the Company in the principal amounts identified on Schedule I hereto (the “2022 Notes”, and together with the 2017 Notes, the “Securities”) to be issued under that certain indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of September 16, 2010, between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). To the extent there are no additional Underwriters listed on Schedule II other than you, the term Representatives as used herein shall mean you as the Underwriters, and the terms Representatives and Underwriters shall mean either the singular or plural as the context requires.


Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the Exchange Act on or before the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference. Certain terms used herein are defined in Section 21 hereof.

1.      Representations and Warranties . The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriters as set forth below in this Section 1.

(a)     The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Act and has prepared and filed with the Commission an automatic shelf registration statement, as defined in Rule 405 (the file number of which is set forth in Schedule I hereto) on Form S-3, including a related Base Prospectus, for registration under the Act of the offering and sale of the Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time, became effective upon filing. The Company may have filed with the Commission, as part of an amendment to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 424(b), one or more preliminary prospectus supplements relating to the Securities, each of which has previously been furnished to you. The Company will file with the Commission a final prospectus supplement relating to the Securities in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed, such final prospectus supplement shall contain all information required by the Act and the rules thereunder, and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the Base Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company has advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Execution Time, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x).

(b)     On each Effective Date, the Registration Statement did, and when the Final Prospectus is first filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date (as defined herein), the Final Prospectus (and any supplement thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act, the Exchange Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the respective rules thereunder; on each Effective Date and at the Execution Time, the Registration Statement did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; on the Effective Date and on the Closing Date the Indenture did or will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and the rules thereunder; and on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to (i) that part of the Registration Statement which shall constitute the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) under the Trust

 

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Indenture Act of the Trustee or (ii) the information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) based upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein (or any supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.

(c)     The Disclosure Package did not, as of the Time of Sale, and at all times through the Closing Date will not, and each electronic road show, when considered together with the Disclosure Package as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.

(d)     (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), (iii) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c)) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption in Rule 163, and (iv) at the Execution Time (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (iv)), the Company was or is (as the case may be) a Well-Known Seasoned Issuer. The Company agrees to pay the fees required by the Commission relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r).

(e)     (i) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2)) of the Securities and (ii) as of the Execution Time (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), the Company was not and is not an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in Rule 405).

(f)     Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(a) hereto does not include any information that conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement, including any document incorporated therein by reference and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.

 

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(g)     The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offer and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus will not be, required to register as an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act.

(h)     The Company has not paid or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase the Securities (except as contemplated in this Agreement).

(i)     The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that has constituted or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

(j)     The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware with full corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction that requires such qualification, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to be in good standing, have such corporate power or authority, or to so qualify would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business (a “Material Adverse Effect”); and each of the significant subsidiaries (as identified in paragraph (hh) below) has been duly incorporated or formed and is validly existing as a corporation or limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is chartered, organized or formed, except where the failure to be so organized, qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(k)     All the outstanding shares of capital stock of each significant subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and, except as otherwise set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all outstanding shares of capital stock of the significant subsidiaries are owned by the Company either directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries (except for nominal shares held by other shareholders as required in certain jurisdictions) free and clear of any security interest, claim, lien or encumbrance (other than intercompany security interests, claims, liens and encumbrances).

(l)     The Company’s authorized capitalization is as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; and, except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any securities for, shares of capital stock of or ownership interests in the Company are outstanding. There is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required (and the Preliminary Prospectus contains in all material respects the same description of the foregoing matters contained in the Final Prospectus).

 

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(m)   The statements in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the headings “United States Federal Income Tax Considerations” and the “Description of Notes” fairly summarize the matters therein described in all material respects.

(n)     This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

(o)     No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated herein, except such as have been obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in which the Securities are offered and sold.

(p)     None of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Indenture, the issuance and sale of the Securities, the consummation of any other of the transactions herein or therein contemplated or the fulfillment of the terms hereof or thereof will conflict with, or result in a breach or violation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries pursuant to, (i) the charter or bylaws or comparable constituting documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject; or (iii) any law or statute, or any rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, except, in the case of clause (ii) above, for any such conflict, breach or violation as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(q)     The Indenture has been duly authorized and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee, when executed and delivered by the Company, will constitute a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against the Company in accordance with its respective terms (subject, as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and to general principles of equity, including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

(r)     The Securities have been duly authorized and, when executed and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the Indenture (subject, as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and to general principles of equity, including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

 

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(s)     The consolidated historical financial statements and schedules of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of the dates and for the periods indicated, comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein); to the extent that the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus contain any non-GAAP financial measures (as defined in Regulation S-K under the Act) such measures have been provided in compliance with Regulation G and, as applicable, Item 10 of Regulation S-K.

(t)     No action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries or its or their property is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing that (i) could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement or the Indenture or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or (ii) if the subject of a reasonably possible unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

(u)     Neither the Company nor any of its significant subsidiaries is in violation or default of (i) any provision of its charter or bylaws or comparable constituting documents; (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which it is a party or bound or to which its property is subject; or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or such significant subsidiary or any of its properties, as applicable, except, in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such violation or default as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(v)     KPMG LLP, who have delivered their reports with respect to the audited consolidated financial statements and schedule, and with respect to management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).

 

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(w)    There are no stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or duties or other similar fees or charges required to be paid in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance or sale of the Securities.

(x)     The Company and each of its subsidiaries have filed all applicable tax returns that are required to be filed or has requested extensions thereof (except in any case in which the failure so to file would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect and except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto)) and have paid all taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith or as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect and except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

(y)     No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries exists or is threatened or imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or its significant subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or customers, except, in any case, as would not have a Material Adverse Effect and except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

(z)     To the extent not self-insured, the Company and each of its subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto); to the extent the Company or any of its subsidiaries is self-insured, such entity is self-insured against losses in a manner such entity believes is commercially reasonable.

(aa)     No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company, or any other subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, except as described in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

(bb)     Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other rights to use on reasonable terms, all patents, trade and service marks, trade names, copyrights, domain names (in each case including all registrations and applications to register same), inventions, trade secrets, technology, know-how, and other intellectual property, (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”) necessary for the conduct of the

 

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Company’s business as now conducted or as proposed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus to be conducted. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and except in each case as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company owns, or has rights to use under license, all such Intellectual Property free and clear in all material respects of all adverse claims, liens or other encumbrances; (ii) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no material infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual Property; (iii) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by any third party challenging the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ rights in or to any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (iv) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by any third party challenging the validity, scope or enforceability of any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts that would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (v) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by any third party that the Company or any subsidiary infringes or otherwise violates any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of any third party, and the Company is unaware of any other fact which would form a reasonable basis for a claim of such infringement or violation; and (vi) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no valid and subsisting patent or published patent application that would preclude the Company, in any material respect, from practicing any such Intellectual Property.

(cc)     The statements contained in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Risk Factors – Third parties claiming that we infringe their proprietary rights could cause us to incur significant legal expenses and prevent us from selling our products,” “Risk Factors – If we do not protect our proprietary information and prevent third parties from making unauthorized use of our products and technology, our financial results could be harmed,” “Risk Factors – Some of our products contain “open source” software, and any failure to comply with the terms of one or more of these open source licenses could negatively affect our business” and “Risk Factors – Our software products, SaaS Offerings and website may be subject to intentional disruption that could adversely impact our reputation and future sales” and “Business—Intellectual Property,” insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are materially accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings.

(dd)     Except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) and except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by all applicable regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, and (subject to the foregoing exceptions) the Company and each of its subsidiaries have not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit.

(ee)     The Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access

 

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to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The internal controls over financial reporting described above were effective as of March 30, 2012 and the Company is not aware of any material weakness in such internal controls over financial reporting.

(ff)     The Company maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, such disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 30, 2012.

(gg)     The Company and its subsidiaries are (i) in compliance with any and all applicable laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”); (ii) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (iii) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under any Environmental Law, except where such non-compliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals, or liability would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

(hh)     The subsidiaries listed on Annex A attached hereto are the only “significant subsidiaries” of the Company (as defined in Rule l-02 of Regulation S-X). References herein to “significant subsidiaries” are to the subsidiaries so listed. All other subsidiaries of the Company, when taken together, do not represent a “significant subsidiary” as so defined (except that, for this purpose only, “30 percent” shall be substituted for all references to “10 percent” in such definition).

(ii)     The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements and the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions where the Company and its subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.

(jj)     None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries nor to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is, or is owned or controlled by a person or entity that is, currently (i) subject to any sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, the “Sanctions”) nor (ii) located, organized or

 

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resident in a country or territory that is subject to Sanctions (including, without limitation, Burma/Myanmar, Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Sudan and Syria); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, (x) for the purpose of financing or facilitating the activities or business of or with any person or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is subject of any Sanctions or (y) in any other manner that will result in violation of Sanctions by any person or entity (including any person or entity participating in the offering, whether as an underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise). For the past 3 years, the Company and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in, are not now knowingly engaged in, and will not knowingly engage in, any dealings or transactions with any person or entity, or in any country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of any Sanctions.

(kk)     There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company and any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), including Section 402 relating to loans and Sections 302 and 906 relating to certifications.

(ll)       Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment or giving of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value, directly or indirectly, to any “government official” (including any officer or employee of a government or government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or official thereof or any candidate for political office) in order to induce the recipient to misuse his official position or secure an improper advantage; and the Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, its Affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

(mm)     Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there has not been any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

(nn)       The interactive data in eXtensbile Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

 

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Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.

2.     Purchase and Sale . Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the purchase price set forth in Schedule I hereto, the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule II hereto.

3.     Delivery and Payment . Delivery of and payment for the Securities shall be made at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on June 14, 2012, or at such time on such later date not more than one Business Day after the foregoing date as the Representatives shall designate, which date and time may be postponed by agreement among the Representatives and the Company or as provided in Section 9 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being herein called the “Closing Date”). Delivery of the Securities shall be made to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the Company by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to the accounts specified by the Company. Delivery of the Securities shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct.

4.     Offering by Underwriters . The Underwriters advise the Company that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale to the public on the terms and in the manner set forth in the Final Prospectus.

5.     Agreements .

(a)    The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:

(i)     Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company has furnished you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed therein and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (A) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (B) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (C) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional

 

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information, (D) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (E) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.

(ii)     To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.

(iii)     If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, the Company will (A) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (B) amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (C) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.

(iv)     If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the rules thereunder, including in connection with use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 5, any such amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you or your counsel without charge in such quantities as you may reasonably request.

 

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(v)     As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the “effective date” (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.

(vi)     The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, facsimile copies of the manually signed Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a facsimile copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering of the Securities.

(vii)     The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale by the Underwriters under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the sale of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising solely out of the offer or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject or where it would be subject to taxation as a foreign corporation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not now so subject. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.

(viii)     The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a Free Writing Prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed

 

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pursuant to Section 5(a)(ii) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such Free Writing Prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.

(ix)     The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, otherwise dispose of, enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company of, file (or participate in the filing of), directly or indirectly, a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act in respect of, any non-convertible debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.

(x)     The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to, or that has constituted or that might reasonably be expected to, cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

(xi)     The Company will comply in all material respects with all applicable securities and other laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and use its best efforts to cause the Company’s directors and officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with such laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

(b)     The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation of the Indenture and the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements, schedules and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in

 

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each case, be reasonably requested by the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of the Securities and any taxes payable in connection therewith; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered by the Company in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification); (vi) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (vii) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; (viii) any fees charged by the rating agencies for the rating of the Securities; and (ix) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder.

6.     Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters . The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein at the Time of Sale and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

(a)     The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, have been filed in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); the final term sheet contemplated by Section 5(a)(ii) hereto, and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.

(b)     The Company shall have requested and caused Fenwick & West LLP, counsel for the Company, to furnish to the Representatives its opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, to the effect that:

(i)     the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued, no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus excluding the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as well as that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility of the Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act, as to which, in each case, such counsel need express no opinion) appeared on their face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder; and the Indenture appeared on its face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act;

 

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(ii)     The documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (excluding the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion), when they were filed with the Commission appeared on their face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder;

(iii)     the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full corporate power and corporate authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to be in good standing, have such corporate power or authority, or to so qualify would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;

(iv)     the Company’s authorized equity capitalization is as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the heading “Capitalization”; the Securities conform to the description thereof contained in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus;

(v)      the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, and constitutes a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms (subject, as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and to general principles of equity, including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

(vi)     the Securities have been duly authorized and executed by the Company and, when authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered against payment therefor pursuant to this Agreement, will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the Indenture (subject to customary qualifications and assumptions as to enforceability of remedies and to general principles of equity, including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

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Final Prospectus, insofar as such statements purport to summarize certain provisions of the Securities and the Indenture or matters of applicable tax law and regulations, provide in all material respects an accurate and fair summary of such provisions, laws and regulations;

(viii)     the execution and delivery of each of this Agreement, the Indenture, the issuance and sale of the Securities, and the consummation of any other of the transactions herein or therein provided, and the fulfillment of the terms hereof or thereof, do not (A) conflict with or result in a breach of any agreement or instrument filed as an exhibit pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 30, 2012 (such list of agreements and instruments having been represented to such counsel by the Company as a list of all material agreements or instruments to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or is bound that would be required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K if such Annual Report on Form 10-K were filed as of the Closing Date); (B) result in violation of the charter or bylaws of the Company; or (C) result in the violation of any law or statute or any rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree known to such counsel specifically naming the Company as being bound of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its respective properties (provided that such counsel shall be entitled to limit their opinion to laws that, in the experience of such counsel, customarily apply to similar transactions);

(ix)     this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;

(x)     no consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required in connection with the transactions contemplated herein, except such as have been obtained under the Act and such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated in this Agreement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and such other approvals (specified in such opinion) as have been obtained;

(xi)     the Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, will not be required to register as an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act.

In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely as to matters of fact, to the extent such counsel deems proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. In addition to the matters set forth above, such opinion shall also include a statement to the effect that such counsel has no reason to believe that (i) the Registration Statement (including the documents incorporated by reference therein and excluding the financial statements and other financial information contained herein, and that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the

 

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Statement of Eligibility of the Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act, in each case, as to which such counsel need express no opinion), as amended or supplemented at the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (ii) the Disclosure Package (but not including any electronic “road shows”), as amended or supplemented at the Time of Sale, at the Time of Sale contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements, schedule and other financial information contained therein and statistical data derived therefrom, as to which such counsel need express no opinion), and (iii) the Final Prospectus as of its date or on the Closing Date (in each case, other than the financial statements, schedule and other financial information contained therein and statistical data derived therefrom, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. References to the Disclosure Package, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus in this Section 6(b) include any amendment or supplement thereto at the Closing Date.

(c)     The Company shall have requested and caused Scott C. Taylor, general counsel for the Company, to furnish to the Representatives his opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, to the effect that, to his knowledge and other than as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there is no pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(d)     The Representatives shall have received from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Indenture, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus (as amended or supplemented at the Closing Date) and other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

(e)     The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate of the Company, signed by (x) an executive officer of the Company and (y) the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and any supplements or amendments thereto, as well as each electronic road show used in connection with the offering of the Securities and this Agreement and that:

(i)     the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date, and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date; and

 

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(ii)     since the date of the most recent financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there has been no material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

(f)     At the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, the Company shall have requested and caused KPMG LLP to furnish to the Representatives letters, dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives and confirming that they are independent registered public accountants within the meaning of the Exchange Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder.

(g)     Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (f) of this Section 6; or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

(h)     Subsequent to the Execution Time, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any of the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as such term is used by the Commission in relation to Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act) nor any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that indicates a negative change or does not indicate the direction of the possible change.

(i)     On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives such further information, certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.

(j)     At or prior to the Closing Date, the Company and the Trustee shall have executed and delivered the Indenture.

If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the

 

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Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be cancelled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Representatives. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.

The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 will be delivered at the office of counsel for the Underwriters, at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, 2550 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA 94304, on the Closing Date.

7.     Reimbursement of Underwriters’ Expenses . If the sale of the Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 6 hereof is not satisfied, because of any termination pursuant to Section 10 hereof or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a default by any of the Underwriters, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters severally through the Representatives on demand for all expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities.

8.     Indemnification and Contribution . (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees, Affiliates and agents of each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other U.S. federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities or actions in respect thereof arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement as originally filed or in any amendment thereof or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or any other preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the Securities, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the information contained in the final term sheet required to be prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(a)(ii) hereto, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided , however , that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished to the Company consists of the information specified in the last sentence of Section 8(b) hereof. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that the Company may otherwise have.

 

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(b)     Each Underwriter severally, and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Underwriter, but only with reference to written information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability to which any Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company acknowledges and the Representatives agree on behalf of all Underwriters that (i) the statement set forth in the last paragraph of the front cover page of the Final Prospectus regarding delivery of the Securities and (ii) the third and sixth full paragraphs under the heading “Underwriting” in the Disclosure Package and Final Prospectus, constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several Underwriters.

(c)     Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel (including local counsel) of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel, other than local counsel if not appointed by the indemnifying party, retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided , however , that such counsel shall be satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel (including local counsel) to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest; (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party; (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action; or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.

 

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(d)     In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters severally agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any loss claim, damage, liability or action) (collectively “Losses”) to which the Company and one or more of the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and by the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities; provided , however , that in no case shall any Underwriter (except as may be provided in any agreement among underwriters relating to the offering of the Securities) be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the Securities purchased by such Underwriters hereunder. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters severally shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by it, and benefits received by the Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the total purchase discounts and commissions, in each case as set forth on the cover page of the Final Prospectus. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the Company on one hand or the Underwriters on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 8, each person who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee, Affiliate and agent of an Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).

9.     Default by an Underwriter . If any one or more Underwriters shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter hereunder and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in the respective proportions which principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule II hereto bears to the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite

 

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the names of all the remaining Underwriters) the Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; provided , however , that in the event that the aggregate principal amount of Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth in Schedule II hereto, the remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and if such nondefaulting Underwriters do not purchase all the Securities, this Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting Underwriter or the Company. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this Section 9, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding five Business Days, as the Representatives shall determine in order that the required changes in the Registration Statement and Final Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the Company or any nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.

10.     Termination . This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of, and payment for, the Securities, if at any time prior to such delivery and payment (a) trading in the Company’s Common Stock shall have been suspended by the Nasdaq Global Select Market or trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Global Select Market shall have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have been established on any such exchanges; (b) a banking moratorium shall have been declared either by U.S. federal or New York State authorities; or (c) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is such as to make it, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

11.     Representations and Indemnities to Survive . The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company or its officers and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriters or the Company or any of the indemnified persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. The provisions of Sections 7 and 8 hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.

12.     Notices . All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representatives, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to the J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (fax no.: (212) 834-6081) and confirmed to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179, Attention: High Grade Syndicate Desk – 3rd floor; with a copy of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Attention: William H. Hinman, Jr. (fax no. (650) 251-5002), 2550 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, California 94304; if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to (650) 429-9137 and confirmed to it at 350 Ellis Street, Mountain View, California 94043, attention of the Legal Department; with a copy of Fenwick & West LLP, Attention: Daniel J. Winnike and William L. Hughes (fax no. (650) 938-5200), 801 California Street, Mountain View, California 94041.

 

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13.     Successors . This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the indemnified persons referred to in Section 8 hereof and their respective successors, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

14.     Jurisdiction . The Company agrees that any suit, action or proceeding against the Company brought by any Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees and agents of any Underwriter, or by any person who controls any Underwriter , arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in any State or U.S. federal court in The City of New York and County of New York, and waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding, and irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding.

15.     Integration . This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company and the Underwriter, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

16.     Applicable Law . This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the State of New York.

17.     Waiver of Jury Trial . The Company hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

18.     No Fiduciary Duty . The Company hereby acknowledge that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters and any affiliate through which it may be acting, on the other, (b) the Underwriters are acting as principals and not as agents or fiduciaries of the Company and (c) the Company’s engagement of the Underwriters in connection with the offering and the process leading up to the offering is as independent contractors and not in any other capacity. Furthermore, the Company agrees that it is solely responsible for making its own judgments in connection with the offering (irrespective of whether any Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company on related or other matters). The Company agrees that it will not claim that an Underwriter has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owe an agency, fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.

19.     Counterparts . This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

20.     Headings . The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

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21.     Definitions . The terms that follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated.

“Act” shall mean the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

“Affiliate” shall have the meaning specified in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D under the Act.

“Base Prospectus” shall mean the base prospectus referred to in paragraph 1(a) above contained in the Registration Statement at the Execution Time.

“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in The City of New York.

“Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Disclosure Package” shall mean (i) the Base Prospectus, (ii) the Preliminary Prospectus used most recently prior to the Execution Time, (iii) the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule III hereto, (iv) the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(a)(ii) hereto, if any, and (v) any other Free Writing Prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package.

“Effective Date” shall mean each date and time that the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment or amendments thereto became or becomes effective.

“Exchange Act” shall mean the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

“Execution Time” shall mean the date and time that this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto.

“Final Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that was first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the Execution Time, together with the Base Prospectus.

“Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405.

“Investment Company Act” shall mean the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433.

 

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“Preliminary Prospectus” shall mean any preliminary prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus which is used prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus, together with the Base Prospectus.

“Registration Statement” shall mean the registration statement referred to in paragraph 1(a) above, including exhibits and financial statements and any prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and deemed part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B, as amended on each Effective Date and, in the event any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective prior to the Closing Date, shall also mean such registration statement as so amended.

“Regulation S-X” shall mean Regulation S-X under the Act.

“Rule 158”, “Rule 163”, “Rule 164”, “Rule 172”, “Rule 405”, “Rule 415”, “Rule 424”, “Rule 430B”, “Rule 433”, “Rule 456” and “Rule 457” refer to such rules under the Act.

“Time of Sale” shall mean the time at which sales of the Securities are first made.

“Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

“Well-Known Seasoned Issuer” shall mean a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the Company and the several Underwriters.

 

Very truly yours,
Symantec Corporation
By:   /s/ James A.Beer                                
Name:   James A. Beer
Title:   Executive Vice President
  and Chief Financial Officer

 

The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date

first above written.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Incorporated

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
By: J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
By:    /s/ Stephen L. Sheiner                      
Name:   Stephen L. Sheiner
Title:   Executive Director
By: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Incorporated

By:    /s/ Laurie Campbell                         
Name:   Laurie Campbell
Title:   Managing Director
By: Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
By:    /s/ Yurij Slyz                                    
Name:   Yurij Slyz
Title:   Executive Director
For themselves and the other several

Underwriters named in Schedule II

to the foregoing Agreement


SCHEDULE I

Underwriting Agreement dated June 11, 2012

Registration Statement No. 333-169330

Representative(s): J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

Title, Purchase Price and Description of the 2017 Notes:

Title: 2.750% Senior Notes due 2017

Principal amount: $600,000,000.00

Purchase price (include accrued

interest or amortization, if

any): $596,760,000.00

Sinking fund provisions: None

Redemption provisions: As provided in the Disclosure Package

Title, Purchase Price and Description of the 2022 Notes:

Title: 3.950% Senior Notes due 2022

Principal amount: $400,000,000.00

Purchase price (include accrued

interest or amortization, if

any): $395,000,000.00

Sinking fund provisions: None

Redemption provisions: As provided in the Disclosure Package

 

Closing Date, Time and Location:    June 14, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.,
   New York City time, at
   Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
   2550 Hanover Street
   Palo Alto, California 94304

Type of Offering: Non-delayed

Date referred to in Section 5(a)(xi) after which the Company may offer or sell non-convertible debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company without the consent of the Representative(s): 30 days from the Closing Date

Modification of items to be covered by the letter from

KPMG LLP delivered pursuant to

Section 6(f) at the Execution Time:


SCHEDULE II

 

Underwriters

    
 
 
Principal Amount of
2017 Notes to be
Purchased
  
  
  
    

 
 

Principal Amount

of 2022 Notes to
be Purchased

  

  
  

  

 

 

 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     $150,000,000.00         $100,000,000.00     

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Incorporated

     $150,000,000.00         $100,000,000.00     

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

     $150,000,000.00         $100,000,000.00     

Barclays Capital Inc.

     $21,000,000.00         $14,000,000.00     

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

     $21,000,000.00         $14,000,000.00     

UBS Securities LLC

     $21,000,000.00         $14,000,000.00     

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

     $21,000,000.00         $14,000,000.00     

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

     $16,500,000.00         $11,000,000.00     

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

     $16,500,000.00         $11,000,000.00     

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

     $16,500,000.00         $11,000,000.00     

Mizuho Securities USA Inc.

     $16,500,000.00         $11,000,000.00     

Total:

     $600,000,000.00         $400,000,000.00     

Purchase Price for the 2017 Notes: 99.460% of the Principal Amount thereof

Purchase Price for the 2022 Notes: 98.750% of the Principal Amount thereof


SCHEDULE III

Schedule of Free Writing Prospectuses included in the Disclosure Package:

 

   

Pricing term sheet set forth in Schedule IV


SCHEDULE IV

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Relating to Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated June 11, 2012

Registration No. 333-169330

June 11, 2012

SYMANTEC CORPORATION

Pricing Term Sheet

2.750% Senior Notes due 2017

 

Issuer:

  Symantec Corporation

Principal Amount:

  $600,000,000

Security Type:

  Senior Notes

Maturity:

  June 15, 2017

Coupon:

  2.750%

Price to Public:

  99.810% of face amount

Ratings:

 

Baa2 by Moody’s Investor Service, Inc.

BBB by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services

Yield to Maturity:

  2.791%

Spread to Benchmark Treasury:

  210 bps

Benchmark Treasury:

  0.625% due 5/31/17

Benchmark Treasury Price and Yield:

  99-21 3 / 4 ; 0.691%

Interest Payments:

  Semi-annually on June 15 and December 15, commencing December 15, 2012

Make-Whole Call

  Prior to May 15, 2017, the greater of 100% principal amount or discounted present value at treasury rate plus 35 basis points

Par Call

  At any time on or after May 15, 2017, at 100% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption

Trade Date:

  June 11, 2012

Settlement:

  T+3; June 14, 2012


Joint Bookrunners:

  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Incorporated

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

Senior Co-Managers:

  

Barclays Capital Inc.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

UBS Securities LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

Co-Managers:

  

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

Mizuho Securities USA Inc.

CUSIP:

   871503 AJ7

ISIN:

   US871503AJ70
3.950% Senior Notes due 2022

Issuer:

   Symantec Corporation

Principal Amount:

   $400,000,000

Security Type:

   Senior Notes

Maturity:

   June 15, 2022

Coupon:

   3.950%

Price to Public:

   99.200% of face amount

Ratings:

  

Baa2 by Moody’s Investor Service, Inc.

BBB by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services

Yield to Maturity:

   4.048%

Spread to Benchmark Treasury:

   245 bps

Benchmark Treasury:

   1.750% due 5/15/22

Benchmark Treasury Price and Yield:

   101-12+ ; 1.598%

Interest Payments:

   Semi-annually on June 15 and December 15, commencing December 15, 2012


Make-Whole Call

   Prior to March 15, 2022, the greater of 100% principal amount or discounted present value at treasury rate plus 40 basis points

Par Call

   At any time on or after March 15, 2022, at 100% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption

Trade Date:

   June 11, 2012

Settlement:

   T+3; June 14, 2012

Joint Bookrunners:

  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Incorporated

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

Senior Co-Managers:

  

Barclays Capital Inc.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

UBS Securities LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

Co-Managers:

  

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

Mizuho Securities USA Inc.

CUSIP:

   871503 AK4

ISIN:

   US871503AK44

Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus and accompanying prospectus supplement) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement, the accompanying preliminary prospectus supplement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you these documents upon request by contacting any of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC collect on 212-834-4533, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated toll-free on 800-294-1322 or Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC toll-free on 866-718-1649.

Any disclaimers or other notices that may appear below are not applicable to this communication and should be disregarded. Such disclaimers or other notices were automatically generated as a result of this communication being sent via Bloomberg or another email system.


ANNEX A

Significant Subsidiaries

 

Name of Subsidiary    State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or
Organization

Symantec Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.

   Singapore

Symantec Holdings Limited

   Ireland

Symantec International

   Ireland

Symantec Limited

   Ireland

Symantec Operating Corporation

   Delaware

Symantec (UK) Limited

   United Kingdom

Exhibit 4.02

SYMANTEC CORPORATION

OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATE

Pursuant to Sections 1.2, 2.1 and 3.1 of the Indenture dated as of September 16, 2010 (the “ Indenture ”) between Symantec Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (the “ Trustee ”), the undersigned officers of the Company do hereby certify on behalf of the Company, solely in their respective capacities as officers of the Company and not as individuals, as follows in connection with the issuance of the Company’s $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.750% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “ 2017 Notes ”) and $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.950% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “ 2022 Notes ,” and together with the 2017 Notes, the “ Securities ”) under the Indenture:

1. All conditions precedent under the Indenture to the issuance, authentication and delivery of the Securities have been complied with.

2. The undersigned have read the conditions referred to in paragraph 1 above and the definitions contained in the Indenture relating thereto.

3. The statements of the undersigned contained herein are based upon their participation in the issuance of the Securities and a review of the Indenture.

4. Each of the undersigned has made such examination or investigation as is necessary in the undersigned’s opinion to enable the undersigned to express an informed opinion as to whether the conditions referred to in paragraph 1 above have been complied with.

5. The terms of the Securities are as follows:

 

Title:

   2.750% Senior Notes due 2017
   3.950% Senior Notes due 2022

Aggregate Principal

   $600,000,000 of 2017 Notes
Amount at Maturity for each Series of Securities:    $400,000,000 of 2022 Notes

Maturity Date:

   2017 Notes – June 15, 2017
   2022 Notes – June 15, 2022

Interest:

   2017 Notes – 2.750% per annum, accruing from June 14, 2012, payable on June 15 and December 15 of each year to the person in whose name the 2017 Notes are registered at the close of business on June 1 or December 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding the relevant interest payment date, commencing on December 15, 2012. Interest on the 2017 Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
   2022 Notes – 3.950% per annum, accruing from June 14, 2012,


   payable on June 15 and December 15 of each year to the person in whose name the 2022 Notes are registered at the close of business on June 1 or December 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding the relevant interest payment date, commencing on December 15, 2012. Interest on the 2022 Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
Denomination and
Registration:
   The Securities are in registered, book-entry form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Securities shall be issuable in the form of one or more Global Securities registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company, acting as Depository for the Securities.
Optional Redemption:    The Company may at its option redeem the Securities, at any time, in whole or in part, on at least 30 days, but not more than 60 days, prior notice mailed to the registered address of each holder of the Securities to be redeemed.
   The Securities may be redeemed, in the case of the 2017 Notes, prior to May 15, 2017, and in the case of 2022 Notes, prior to March 15, 2022, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed or (ii) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments (as defined in the applicable Security), discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus (x) in the case of the 2017 Notes, 0.35% (35 basis points) or (y) in the case of the 2022 Notes, 0.40% (40 basis points), plus, in the case of each of clause (i) or (ii), accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the redemption date.
   If the Securities are redeemed on or after, in the case of the 2017 Notes, May 15, 2017, and in the case of 2022 Notes, March 15, 2022, the redemption price will equal 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the redemption date.
   “Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third business day immediately preceding that redemption date) of the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue. In determining this rate, the Company will assume a price for the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the applicable Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date.


   “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the applicable Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Securities.
   “Independent Investment Banker” means J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated or Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, or their respective successors as may be appointed from time to time by the Company; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing ceases to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in the United States (a “primary treasury dealer”), the Company will substitute another primary treasury dealer.
   “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the arithmetic average of the applicable Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Company obtains fewer than four applicable Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the arithmetic average of all applicable Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date.
   “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the arithmetic average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by such Reference Treasury Dealer as of 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such redemption date.
   “Reference Treasury Dealer” means J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated or Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and two other primary treasury dealers selected by the Company, and each of their respective successors and any other primary treasury dealers selected by the Company.
Purchase of Securities
upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event:
   Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the 2017 Notes or 2022 Notes, the Company will be required to make an offer to each holder of the 2017 Notes or 2022 Notes, as applicable, to repurchase all or any part (in excess of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000) of that holder’s 2017 Notes or 2022 Notes, as applicable, at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of repurchase.


   Within 30 days following any Change of Control Repurchase Event or, at the option of the Company, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each securityholder, with a copy to the Trustee, stating:
   (1) that a Change of Control has occurred or is about to occur and that such holder has the right to require the Company to purchase such holder’s Securities at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof on the date of purchase, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of purchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest on the relevant interest payment date);
   (2) the circumstances and relevant facts regarding such Change of Control Repurchase Event or, if the Change of Control is about to occur, the circumstances and relevant facts regarding such Change of Control;
   (3) the purchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 calendar days nor later than 60 calendar days from the date such notice is mailed);
   (4) the instructions, as determined by the Company, that a holder must follow in order to have its Securities purchased; and
   (5) that the offer to purchase is conditioned on the Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the specified purchase date, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control.
   On the repurchase date following a Change of Control Repurchase Event, the Company will, to the extent lawful:
   (1) accept for payment all the Securities or portions of the Securities properly tendered pursuant to its offer;


   (2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate purchase price in respect of all the Securities or portions of the Securities properly tendered; and
   (3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Securities properly accepted, together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Securities being purchased by the Company.
   The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each holder of Securities properly tendered the purchase price for the Securities, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each holder a new Security equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Securities surrendered.
   Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Securities upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event with respect to a particular series of Securities, if, with respect to such series of Securities, a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and such third party purchases all Securities of such series properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.
   The Company shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e)(1) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Securities as a result of Change of Control Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Securities, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Securities by virtue of such conflict.
   “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) other than the


   Company or one of its subsidiaries; (2) the adoption of a plan relating to the Company’s liquidation or dissolution; (3) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” (as defined above) becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the aggregate of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company; (4) the first day on which a majority of the members of the board of directors of the Company are not Continuing Directors; or (5) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any “person” (as defined above), or any “person” (as defined above) consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding voting stock of the Company or the outstanding voting stock of such other “person” (as defined above) is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the shares of the Company’s voting stock outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the voting stock of the surviving “person” (as defined above) immediately after giving effect to such transaction.
   “Change of Control Repurchase Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Ratings Event.
   “Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the board of directors of the Company who (1) was a member of such board of directors on the date of the issuance of the Securities; or (2) was nominated for election or elected to such board of directors with the approval of a majority of the continuing directors who were members of such board of directors at the time of such nomination or election.
   “Investment Grade” means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor Rating Categories of Moody’s); a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor Rating Categories of S&P); and the equivalent Investment Grade credit rating from any additional Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company.
   “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service Inc., which term will include any successor thereto.
   “Rating Agency” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if either of Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Securities or fails


   to make a rating of the Securities publicly available for reasons outside of the control of the Company, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15c3-l(e)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act, selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the board of directors of the Company) as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both, as the case may be.
   “Ratings Event” means, with respect to each of the 2017 Notes and the 2022 Notes, the occurrence of the events described in (a), (b) or (c) below during the period commencing on a Rating Date and ending 60 days following the occurrence of such Change of Control (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Securities is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies): (a) in the event the applicable Securities are rated by both Moody’s and S&P on the Rating Date as Investment Grade, the rating of the applicable Securities shall be reduced so that the applicable Securities are rated below Investment Grade by both Rating Agencies, (b) in the event the applicable Securities (1) are rated Investment Grade by one Rating Agency and below Investment Grade by the other Rating Agency, the rating of the applicable Securities by such Rating Agency rating the Securities as Investment Grade shall be decreased by one or more gradations (including gradations within Rating Categories, as well as between Rating Categories) so that the applicable Securities are then rated below Investment Grade by both Rating Agencies or (2) are rated below Investment Grade by both Rating Agencies on the Rating Date, the rating of the applicable Securities by either Rating Agency shall be decreased by one or more gradations (including gradations within Rating Categories, as well as between Rating Categories) or (c) fewer than two Rating Agencies provide a rating for the Applicable Securities.
   “Rating Date” means the date of the first public announcement by the Company of the occurrence of a Change of Control or of the intention by the Company to effect a Change of Control.
   “Rating Category” means (i) with respect to S&P, any of the following categories: BBB, BB, B, CCC, CC, C and D (or equivalent successor categories); (ii) with respect to Moody’s, any of the following categories: Baa, Ba, B, Caa, Ca, C and D (or equivalent successor categories); and (iii) the equivalent of any such category of S&P or Moody’s used by another Rating Agency. In determining whether the rating of the Securities has decreased by one or more gradations, gradations within Rating


   Categories (+ and – for S&P; 1, 2 and 3 for Moody’s; or the equivalent gradations for another Rating Agency) shall be taken into account (e.g., with respect to S&P, a decline in a rating from BB+ to BB, as well as from BB– to B+, will constitute a decrease of one gradation).
   “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., which term will include any successor thereto.
   “Voting Stock” of any specified “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of any date means the capital stock of such person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such person.
Certain Covenants:    In addition to the covenants described in Article 10 of the Indenture, while the Securities are Outstanding, the Company shall be bound by the following covenants:
   A. Limitation on Liens
   The Company will not directly or indirectly incur, and will not permit any of its wholly owned subsidiaries to directly or indirectly incur, any indebtedness secured by a mortgage, security interest, pledge, lien, charge or other similar encumbrance (collectively, “Liens”) upon (a) any Principal Property of the Company or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries or (b) any shares of stock or indebtedness of any of its wholly owned subsidiaries (whether such Principal Property, shares or indebtedness are now existing or owned or hereafter created or acquired), in each case, unless prior to or at the same time, the Securities (together with, at the option of the Company, any other indebtedness or guarantees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries ranking equally in right of payment with the Securities or such guarantee) are equally and ratably secured with or, at the option of the Company, prior to, such secured indebtedness.
   The foregoing restriction does not apply to:


   (1) Liens on property, shares of stock or indebtedness existing with respect to any person at the time such person becomes a subsidiary of the Company or a subsidiary of any subsidiary of the Company, provided that such Lien was not incurred in anticipation of such person becoming a subsidiary;
   (2) Liens on property, shares of stock or indebtedness existing at the time of acquisition by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or a subsidiary of any subsidiary of the Company of such property, shares of stock or indebtedness (which may include property previously leased by the Company or any of its subsidiaries and leasehold interests on such property, provided that the lease terminates prior to or upon the acquisition) or Liens on property, shares of stock or indebtedness to secure the payment of all or any part of the purchase price of such property, shares of stock or indebtedness, or Liens on property, shares of stock or indebtedness to secure any indebtedness for borrowed money incurred prior to, at the time of, or within 18 months after, the latest of the acquisition of such property, shares of stock or indebtedness or, in the case of property, the completion of construction, the completion of improvements or the commencement of substantial commercial operation of such property for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price of the property and related costs and expenses, the construction or the making of the improvements;
   (3) Liens securing indebtedness of the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries owing to the Company or any of its subsidiaries;
   (4) Liens existing on the date of the initial issuance of the Securities (other than any additional Securities);
   (5) Liens on property or assets of a person existing at the time such person is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any of its subsidiaries, at the time such person becomes a subsidiary of the Company, or at the time of a sale, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of a person to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, provided that such Lien was not incurred in anticipation of the merger, consolidation, or sale, lease, other disposition or other such transaction;
   (6) Liens created in connection with a project financed with, and created to secure, a Non-recourse Obligation;


   (7) Liens created to secure the Securities;
   (8) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanic’s Liens and other similar Liens, in each case for sums not yet overdue by more than 30 calendar days or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review and Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution;
   (9) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet due or payable or subject to penalties for non-payment or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
   (10) Liens to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature; or
   (11) any extensions, renewals or replacements of any Lien referred to in clauses (1) through (10) without increase of the principal of the indebtedness secured by such Lien (except to the extent of any fees or other costs associated with any such extension, renewal or replacement); provided, however, that any Liens permitted by any of clauses (1) through (10) shall not extend to or cover any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, as the case may be, other than the property specified in such clauses and improvements to such property.
   Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in the preceding paragraph, the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries will be permitted to incur indebtedness secured by Liens which would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions without equally and ratably securing the Securities, provided that, after giving effect to such indebtedness, the aggregate amount of all indebtedness secured by Liens (not including Liens permitted under clauses (1) through (11) above), together with all Attributable Debt outstanding pursuant to the second paragraph of the “Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions” covenant described below, does not exceed 15% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Company calculated as of the date of the creation or incurrence of the Lien. The Company and its subsidiaries also may, without equally and


   ratably securing the Securities, create or incur Liens that extend, renew, substitute or replace (including successive extensions, renewals, substitutions or replacements), in whole or in part, any Lien permitted pursuant to the preceding sentence.
   B. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions
   The Company will not directly or indirectly, and will not permit any of its wholly owned subsidiaries directly or indirectly to, enter into any sale and leaseback transaction for the sale and leasing back of any property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, unless:
   (1) such transaction was entered into prior to the date of the initial issuance of the Securities (other than any additional Securities);
   (2) such transaction was for the sale and leasing back to the Company or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries of any property by one of its subsidiaries;
   (3) such transaction involves a lease for not more than three years (or which may be terminated by the Company or its subsidiaries within a period of not more than three years);
   (4) the Company would be entitled to incur indebtedness secured by a Lien with respect to such sale and leaseback transaction without equally and ratably securing the Securities pursuant to the second paragraph of the “Limitation on Liens” covenant described above; or
   (5) the Company applies an amount equal to the net proceeds from the sale of such property to the purchase of other property or assets used or useful in its business or to the retirement of long-term indebtedness within 365 days before or after the effective date of any such sale and leaseback transaction, provided that, in lieu of applying such amount to the retirement of long-term indebtedness, the Company may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation, such Securities to be credited at the cost thereof to it.
   Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in the preceding paragraph, the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries may enter into any sale and leaseback transaction which would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions, if after giving effect thereto the aggregate amount of all Attributable Debt with respect to such transactions, together with all indebtedness


   outstanding pursuant to the third paragraph of the “Limitation on Liens” covenant described above, does not exceed 15% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Company calculated as of the closing date of the sale and leaseback transaction.
Additional Definitions:    “Attributable Debt” means, with respect to any sale and leaseback transaction, at the time of determination, the lesser of (1) the sale price of the property so leased multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the remaining portion of the base term of the lease included in such transaction and the denominator of which is the base term of such lease, and (2) the total obligation (discounted to the present value at the implicit interest factor, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”), included in the rental payments) of the lessee for rental payments (other than amounts required to be paid on account of property taxes as well as maintenance, repairs, insurance, water rates and other items which do not constitute payments for property rights) during the remaining portion of the base term of the lease included in such transaction.
   “Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means, as of the time of determination, the aggregate amount of the assets of the Company and the assets of its consolidated subsidiaries after deducting (1) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, service marks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and other intangible assets and (2) all current liabilities, as reflected on the most recent consolidated balance sheet prepared by the Company in accordance with GAAP contained in an annual report on Form 10-K or a quarterly report on Form 10-Q timely filed or any amendment thereto (and not subsequently disclaimed as not being reliable by the Company) pursuant to the Exchange Act by the Company prior to the time as of which “Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” is being determined.
   “guarantee” means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any indebtedness of any other person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such person (1) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such indebtedness of such other person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreement to keep well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take or pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise) or (2) entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such indebtedness of the payment thereof or to


   protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided, however, that the term “guarantee” will not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “guarantee,” when used as a verb, has a correlative meaning.
   “incur” means issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable for.
   “indebtedness” means, with respect to any person, obligations (other than Non-recourse Obligations) of such person for borrowed money (including, without limitation, indebtedness for borrowed money evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments).
   “Non-recourse Obligation” means indebtedness or other obligations substantially related to (1) the acquisition of assets not previously owned by the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiaries of the Company or (2) the financing of a project involving the development or expansion of properties of the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiaries of the Company, as to which the oblige with respect to such indebtedness or obligation has no recourse to the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company or such subsidiary’s assets other than the assets which were acquired with the proceeds of such transaction or the project financed with the proceeds of such transaction (and the proceeds thereof).
   “person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or political subdivision thereof.
   “Principal Property” means the Company’s principal offices in Mountain View, California, each research and development facility and each service and support facility (in each case including associated office facilities) located within the territorial limits of the States of the United States of America owned by the Company or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries, except such as the Company’s board of directors by resolution determines in good faith (taking into account, among other things, the importance of such property to the business, financial condition and earnings of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole) not to be of material importance to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.


   “subsidiary” means, with respect to any person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of that date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of that date, owned, controlled or held by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
Additional Events of
Default:
   In addition to the Events of Default described in Section 5.1 of the Indenture, each of the following is an Event of Default under the Indenture: (1) a failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, on any Security when due at its stated maturity date, upon optional redemption or otherwise; (2) a failure to repurchase Securities of each series tendered for repurchase following the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event in conformity with “Purchase of Securities upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event” above; (3)(a) a failure to make any payment at maturity, including any applicable grace period, on any indebtedness of the Company (other than indebtedness of the Company owing to any of its subsidiaries) outstanding in an amount in excess of $100,000,000 and continuance of this failure to pay or (b) a default on any indebtedness of the Company (other than indebtedness owing to any of its subsidiaries), which default results in the acceleration of such indebtedness in an amount in excess of $100,000,000 without such indebtedness having been discharged or the acceleration having been cured, waived, rescinded or annulled, in the case of clause (a) or (b) above, for a period of 30 days after written notice thereof to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of outstanding Securities of such series (including any additional Securities), provided, however, that if any failure, default or acceleration referred to in clause (a) or (b) above ceases or is cured, waived, rescinded or annulled, then the Event of Default will be deemed cured.


Modification without
Consent:
   The Company and the Trustee may, without the consent of any holders, change the Indenture for the following purposes: (1) to evidence the succession of another person to the Company and the assumption by such successor of the covenants of the Company under the Indenture and the Securities; (2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of holders of the Securities or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company; (3) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of holders of the Securities; (4) to add to or change any of the provisions of the Indenture as necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate the issuance of the Securities in uncertificated form; (5) to secure the Securities; (6) to add or appoint a successor or separate Trustee; (7) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, provided that the interests of the holders of the Securities are not adversely affected in any material respect; or (8) to supplement any of the provisions of the Indenture to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities, provided that the interests of the holders of Securities are not adversely affected in any material respect.
Further Issuances:    The Company may from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the holders of Securities, create and issue additional 2017 Notes or 2022 Notes having the same terms as, and ranking equally and ratably with the 2017 Notes or the 2022 Notes, as applicable, in all respects (except for the issue date and, if applicable, the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of such additional Securities and the first payment of interest following the issue date of such additional Securities), provided that the Company has received an Opinion of Counsel (as defined in the Indenture) confirming that the holders of the outstanding Securities will be subject to federal income tax in the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such additional Securities were not issued. Such additional Securities may be consolidated and form a single series with, and will have the same terms as to ranking, redemption, waivers, amendments or otherwise, as the 2017 Notes or the 2022 Notes, as applicable, and will vote together as one class on all matters with respect to such series.
Conversion:    None
Sinking Fund:    None


Miscellaneous:    The terms of the Securities shall include such other terms as are set out in the form of the Securities attached hereto as Exhibit A .

To the extent that the terms of the Indenture and the Securities conflict, the terms of the Securities shall govern. Capitalized terms used in this Officers’ Certificate and not otherwise defined have the meaning given to such terms in the Indenture.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Officers’ Certificate on behalf of Symantec Corporation

Dated: June 14, 2012

 

    SYMANTEC CORPORATION
    By:   /s/ James A. Beer                            
      Name:  James A. Beer
     

Title:    Executive Vice President and

             Chief Financial Officer

    By:   /s/ Scott C. Taylor                            
      Name:  Scott C. Taylor
     

Title:    Executive Vice President,

             General Counsel and Secretary

[Signature Page to Officers’ Certificate to Indenture]


Exhibit A

Forms of Global Notes


THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”), A NEW YORK CORPORATION, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL IN AS MUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

SYMANTEC CORPORATION

2.750% Senior Notes due 2017

CUSIP NO. 871503 AJ7

ISIN NO. US871503AJ70

 

No.             

  U.S. $                                            

Symantec Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Delaware (herein called the “ Company ,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of                              ($                              ) on June 15, 2017, and to pay interest thereon from June 14, 2012 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semiannually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 in each year, commencing December 15, 2012, at the rate of 2.750% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, as may be adjusted in the event of a ratings downgrade. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be June 1 or December 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.


Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security will be made, and this Security may be exchanged or transferred, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose, which initially shall be the Corporate Trust Office located at 625 Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on a Global Security registered in the name of or held by DTC or its nominee will be made in immediately available funds to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered holder of such Global Security. If any of the Securities are no longer represented by a Global Security, payment of interest on certificated notes in definitive form may, at the option of Company, be made by (i) check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register, or (ii) upon request of any Holder of at least $1,000,000 principal amount of Securities, wire transfer to an account located in the United States maintained by the such payee. Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

    SYMANTEC CORPORATION
    By:    
          Name:  James A. Beer
   

      Title:    Executive Vice President and

                   Chief Financial Officer

ATTEST:

 

SYMANTEC CORPORATION
By:    
          Name:  Scott C. Taylor

          Title:    Executive Vice President,

                       General  Counsel and
                        Secretary

[2.750% S ENIOR N OTES DUE 2017]


This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

As Trustee

By:    
          Authorized Signatory

Dated:                                  , 2012

[2.750% S ENIOR N OTES DUE 2017]


(REVERSE OF NOTE)

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “ Securities ”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of September 16, 2010 (herein called the “Indenture,” which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture, the Officers’ Certificate dated June 14, 2012, pursuant to Sections 1.2, 2.1 and 3.1 of the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof.

The Securities of this series are subject to redemption, in whole or in part, at the election of the Company upon not less than 30 days’ nor more than 60 days’ notice by mail. If the Securities of this series are redeemed prior to May 15, 2017, then the Redemption Price shall equal the greater of: (1) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, and (2) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments (as defined below), plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the Redemption Date. In determining the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments, the Company will discount such payments to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 35 basis points. If the Securities of this series are redeemed on or after May 15, 2017, the redemption price will equal 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the redemption date.

Remaining Scheduled Payments ” means, with respect to any Security to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon that would be due after the related Redemption Date but for such redemption; provided, however, that, if such Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Security, the amount of the next scheduled interest payment thereon will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to such Redemption Date.

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the Redemption Date interest will cease to accrue on the Securities, or portions thereof, called for redemption.

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.


If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of more than 50% in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee an indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 90 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.


The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

All terms used in this Security which are not defined herein and are defined in the Indenture or in the Company’s Officers’ Certificate, dated June 14, 2012 and delivered pursuant to the Indenture, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture or such Officers’ Certificate.


THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”), A NEW YORK CORPORATION, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL IN AS MUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

SYMANTEC CORPORATION

3.950% Senior Notes due 2022

CUSIP NO.    871503 AK4

ISIN NO. US871503AK44

 

No.                 U.S. $                                  

Symantec Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Delaware (herein called the “ Company ,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of                      ($                      ) on June 15, 2022, and to pay interest thereon from June 14, 2012 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semiannually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 in each year, commencing December 15, 2012, at the rate of 3.950% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, as may be adjusted in the event of a ratings downgrade. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be June 1 or December 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a


Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security will be made, and this Security may be exchanged or transferred, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose, which initially shall be the Corporate Trust Office located at 625 Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on a Global Security registered in the name of or held by DTC or its nominee will be made in immediately available funds to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered holder of such Global Security. If any of the Securities are no longer represented by a Global Security, payment of interest on certificated notes in definitive form may, at the option of Company, be made by (i) check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register, or (ii) upon request of any Holder of at least $1,000,000 principal amount of Securities, wire transfer to an account located in the United States maintained by the such payee. Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

SYMANTEC CORPORATION
By:    
  Name:   James A. Beer
  Title:   Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

 

ATTEST:
SYMANTEC CORPORATION
By:    
  Name:   Scott C. Taylor
  Title:   Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[3.950% S ENIOR N OTES DUE 2022]


This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

As Trustee

By:    
          Authorized Signatory

Dated:              , 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[3.950% S ENIOR N OTES DUE 2022]


(REVERSE OF NOTE)

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “ Securities ”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of September 16, 2010 (herein called the “Indenture,” which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture, the Officers’ Certificate dated September 16, 2010, pursuant to Sections 1.2, 2.1 and 3.1 of the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof.

The Securities of this series are subject to redemption, in whole or in part, at the election of the Company upon not less than 30 days’ nor more than 60 days’ notice by mail. If the Securities of this series are redeemed prior to March 15, 2022, then the Redemption Price shall equal the greater of: (1) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, and (2) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments (as defined below), plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the Redemption Date. In determining the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments, the Company will discount such payments to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 40 basis points. If the Securities of this series are redeemed on or after March 15, 2022, the redemption price will equal 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the redemption date.

Remaining Scheduled Payments ” means, with respect to any Security to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon that would be due after the related Redemption Date but for such redemption; provided, however, that, if such Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Security, the amount of the next scheduled interest payment thereon will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to such Redemption Date.

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the Redemption Date interest will cease to accrue on the Securities, or portions thereof, called for redemption.


The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of more than 50% in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee an indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 90 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.


The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

All terms used in this Security which are not defined herein and are defined in the Indenture or in the Company’s Officers’ Certificate, dated June 14, 2012 and delivered pursuant to the Indenture, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture or such Officers’ Certificate.

EXHIBIT 5.01

[Letterhead of Fenwick & West LLP]

June 14, 2012

Symantec Corporation

350 Ellis Street

Mountain View, CA 94043

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-169330) (the “ Registration Statement ”) filed by Symantec Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), on or about September 13, 2010 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) under Rule 462(e) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), relating to the proposed issuance and sale, from time to time by the Company pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of (i) shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share and (ii) one or more series of its debt securities (the “ Debt Securities ”) issuable pursuant to an indenture (the “ Indenture ”) between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), with an indeterminate aggregate principal amount or offering price of the Debt Securities of each identified class being registered as may at various times be issued at indeterminate prices, in reliance on Rule 456(b) and Rule 457(r) under the Securities Act.

The Company currently proposes to sell, pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, up to an aggregate of $1,000,000,000 of Debt Securities consisting of up to an aggregate of $600,000,000 principal amount of the Company’s 2.750% Senior Notes due 2017 and up to an aggregate of $400,000,000 principal amount of the Company’s 3.950% Senior Notes due 2022 (collectively, the “ Takedown Securities ”), under the Registration Statement (the “ Offering ”), all of which will be sold pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2012, by and among the Company and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and the entities named on Schedule II, each referred to as “Underwriters” (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”).

In rendering this opinion, we have examined such matters of law as we considered necessary for the purposes of rendering this opinion. As to matters of fact material to the opinions expressed herein, we have examined the following:

 

  (1)

The Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on September 20, 2004 and certified by the Delaware Secretary of State on October 16, 2009 (as amended by the Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, filed with and the Delaware Secretary of State on July 1,


  2005 and certified by the Delaware Secretary of State on October 16, 2009, and as further amended by the Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on July 31, 2009 and certified by the Delaware Secretary of State on October 16, 2009) and the Certificate of Designations of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, filed with and certified by the Delaware Secretary of State on December 16, 2004 and certified by the Delaware Secretary of State on October 16, 2009 (collectively, the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”);

 

  (2) the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, approved by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) on May 1, 2012 and certified by the Company’s Secretary on June 14, 2012 as being complete and in full force and effect as of the date of this opinion (the “ Bylaws ”);

 

  (3) the following minutes of meetings and actions by written consent of the Company’s Board and stockholders (the “ Stockholders ”) at which, or pursuant to which, the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws were approved: (i) the minutes of meetings of the Board held on July 20, 2004, December 15, 2004, and July 28, 2009 in which resolutions were adopted by the Board adopting and approving the Certificate of Incorporation; (ii) Annual Meetings of the Stockholders held on September 14, 2004 and June 24, 2005 adopting and approving the Certificate of Incorporation; (iii) the draft minutes of a meeting of the Board held on May 1, 2012 adopting and approving the Bylaws;

 

  (4) Copies that have been certified to us by an officer of the Company as being true and complete copies of the (a) initial certificate of incorporation of the Company filed by the Company with the Delaware Secretary of State on April 19, 1988, (b) the action by the incorporator of the Company, dated April 21, 1988, (c) the bylaws of the Company initially adopted by the incorporator on April 21, 1988, and (d) the minutes and actions of the Board initially appointing officers and authorizing the initial share issuance of the Company;

 

  (5) the Registration Statement, together with the exhibits filed as a part thereof;

 

  (6) the base prospectus comprising part of the Registration Statement (the “ Base Prospectus ”), the preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the Securities dated June 11, 2012 (the “ Preliminary Prospectus Supplement ”), and the final prospectus supplement dated June 11, 2012 (such prospectus supplement together with the Base Prospectus and Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, the “ Prospectus Supplement ”);

 

  (7) the resolutions of the Board adopted at a meeting held on July 27, 2010, approving the filing of the Registration Statement; the resolutions of the Board adopted at a meeting held on May 1, 2012 approving the issuance of the Debt Securities, the Offering and other related matters (collectively, the “ Resolutions ”) and the written approval, dated June 11, 2012, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (the “ Authorized Officer ”), approving the terms of the officer’s certificate described in (9) below to be delivered by the Company to the Trustee pursuant to the Indenture and the Takedown Securities, that have been certified to us by the Company’s Secretary and delivered to us by the Company for the purposes of rendering this opinion;


  (8) the fully executed Indenture;

 

  (9) the officer’s certificate dated June 14, 2012 signed by the Company and delivered by the Company to the Trustee pursuant to the terms of the Indenture;

 

  (10) the officer’s certificate dated September 16 2010 signed by the Company and delivered by the Company to the Trustee pursuant to the terms of the Indenture;

 

  (11) a Certificate of Good Standing issued by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, dated June 1, 2012 stating that the Company is in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware has a legal corporate existence in the State of Delaware (the “ Certificate of Good Standing ”); and

 

  (12) an Opinion Certificate executed by the Company addressed to us and dated of even date herewith containing factual and other representations of the Company (the “ Opinion Certificate ”).

In our examination of documents for purposes of this opinion, we have assumed, and express no opinion as to, the genuineness of all signatures on original documents, the authenticity and completeness of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to originals and completeness of all documents submitted to us as copies, the legal capacity of all persons or entities executing the same, the lack of any undisclosed termination, modification, waiver or amendment to any documents reviewed by us, and the due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents where authorization, due execution and delivery are prerequisites to the effectiveness thereof. We have also assumed that, if and to the extent that the Takedown Securities are issued in certificated form, the certificates representing the Debt Securities will be, when issued, properly signed by authorized officers of the Company or their agents, properly authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered to the intended recipients with the intent that the Company be bound thereby.

In connection with our opinion expressed below, we have assumed that, at or prior to the time of the delivery of any of the Takedown Securities, there will not have occurred any change in law affecting the validity of the Takedown Securities. We also assume that the Indenture has been validly executed and delivered by the Trustee and that the Underwriting Agreement has been validly executed and delivered by the Underwriters.


As to matters of fact relevant to this opinion, we have relied solely upon our examination of the documents referred to above and have assumed the current accuracy and completeness of the information included in the documents referred to above and the representations and warranties made by representatives of the Company to us, including, but not limited to, those set forth in the Opinion Certificate. We have made no independent investigation or other attempt to verify the accuracy of any of such information or to determine the existence or non-existence of any other factual matters.

We are admitted to practice law in the State of California, and this opinion is rendered only with respect to, and no opinion is expressed herein concerning the application or effect of the laws of any jurisdiction other than, (i) the existing laws of the United States of America, (ii) the existing laws of the State of California, (iii) the Delaware General Corporation Law and reported judicial decisions interpreting those laws and (iv) solely with respect to whether or not the Takedown Securities are the valid and binding obligations of the Company, the existing laws of the State of New York.

With respect to our opinion expressed in paragraph (1) below as to the valid existence and good standing of the Company under the laws of the State of Delaware, we have relied solely upon the Certificate of Good Standing and representations made to us by the Company.

This opinion is qualified by, and is subject to, and we render no opinion with respect to, the following limitations and exceptions to the enforceability of the Takedown Securities:

 

  (a) the effect of the laws of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium, assignments for the benefit of creditors, fraudulent conveyance, and other similar laws now or hereinafter in effect relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors;

 

  (b) the effect of general principles of equity and similar principles, including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, public policy and unconscionability, and the possible unavailability of specific performance, injunctive relief, or other equitable remedies, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and

 

  (c) the effect of laws relating to usury or permissible rates of interest for loans, forebearances or the use of money.

In accordance with Section 95 of the American Law Institute’s Restatement (Third) of the Law Governing Lawyers (2000), this opinion letter is to be interpreted in accordance with customary practices of lawyers rendering opinions in connection with the filing of a registration statement of the type described herein.

Based upon the foregoing, we are of the following opinion:


  (1) The Company is a corporation validly existing, in good standing, under the laws of the State of Delaware; and

 

  (2) The Takedown Securities to be issued and sold by the Company, when issued, sold and delivered (i) in the manner and for the consideration approved by the Authorized Officer in accordance with the Resolutions, (ii) as stated in the Prospectus Supplement, and (iii) pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, will be validly issued if issued in certificated form, and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company.

We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and further consent to all references to us, if any, in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement. In giving this consent we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required by the Securities Act or by the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

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This opinion is intended solely for use in connection with the issuance and sale of the Takedown Securities under the Registration Statement and is not to be relied upon for any other purpose. This opinion speaks as of the date first written above based solely on our understanding of facts in existence as of such date after the aforementioned examination, and we assume no obligation to advise you, or any other person or entity, of any fact, circumstance, event or change in the law or the facts that may hereafter be brought to our attention whether or not such occurrence would affect or modify any of the opinions expressed herein.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ Fenwick & West LLP