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Item 6. Selected Financial Data
The following selected consolidated financial data is derived from Symantec's consolidated financial
statements. This data is qualified in its entirety by and should be read in conjunction with the more detailed
consolidated financial statements and related notes included in this annual report and with Item 7,
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. Historical results
may not be indicative of future results.
During the past five fiscal years, we have made the following acquisitions:
‚ Veritas Software Corporation, XtreamLok Pty. Ltd., WholeSecurity, Inc., Sygate Technologies, Inc.,
BindView Development Corporation, IMlogic, Inc., and Relicore, Inc. during fiscal 2006
‚ Brightmail, Inc., TurnTide, Inc., @stake, Inc., LIRIC Associates Ltd, and Platform Logic, Inc. during
fiscal 2005
‚ Nexland, Inc., PowerQuest, Inc., Safeweb, Inc., and ON Technology Corp. during fiscal 2004
‚ Riptech, Inc., Recourse Technologies, Inc., SecurityFocus, Inc., and Mountain Wave, Inc. during
fiscal 2003
‚ Lindner & Pelc Consult GmbH and Foster-Melliar Limited's enterprise security management division
during fiscal 2002
Each of these acquisitions was accounted for as a business purchase and, accordingly, the operating
results of these businesses have been included in our consolidated financial statements since their respective
dates of acquisition.
In April 2003, we purchased certain assets related to Roxio Inc.'s GoBack
TM
computer recovery software
business. In addition, in August 2003, we purchased a security technology patent as part of a legal settlement
in Hilgraeve, Inc. v. Symantec Corporation and in May 2005, we resolved patent litigation matters with
Altiris, Inc. by entering into a cross-licensing agreement that resolved all legal claims between the companies.
On August 24, 2001, we divested our Web Access Management product line.
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