Exhibit 10.01

SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of the 11th day of March,
2016 (this “Amendment”), is entered into among Symantec Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the “Borrower”), the lenders party hereto, and Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, as administrative agent for the Lenders (the
“Administrative Agent”).

RECITALS

A. The Borrower, the lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent are
parties to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of September 8, 2010 (as
amended by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of June 7, 2012 and
as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time prior to the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”). Capitalized terms used
herein without definition shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit
Agreement as they may be amended pursuant to this Amendment.

B. The Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and the Required Lenders have agreed
to make certain amendments to the Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions
set forth herein.

STATEMENT OF AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

AMENDMENTS TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

1.1 Amendment to Section 1.1 Consisting of New Definition. The following
definition is hereby added to Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement in appropriate
alphabetical order:

“Veritas Spin-Off” means the sale by the Borrower consummated on January 29,
2016 of its Veritas information management business to Veritas Holdings Ltd.
(f/k/a Havasu Holdings Ltd.), an entity formed and controlled by an affiliate of
The Carlyle Group and certain co-investors.

1.2 Amendment to Section 1.1 Consisting of Modifications to Existing Definition.
The following definition in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended in its entirety as follows:

“Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, an
amount equal to (a) Consolidated Net Income (before discontinued operations) of
such Person for such period plus (b) the sum of, in each case to the extent
reflected as a charge in the calculation of such Consolidated Net Income of such
Person for such period in accordance with GAAP, but without duplication,

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(i) income tax expense, (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense, (iii) depreciation,
depletion, and amortization of intangibles or financing or acquisition costs and
(iv) all non-cash charges and non-cash losses for such period (including, but
not limited to, stock option expense, and restructuring and impairment charges),
(v) all costs, fees, expenses, and other cash charges incurred by the Borrower
as a result of, or in connection with, the Veritas Spin-Off or as a result of
other restructuring, separation, and transition activities in an aggregate
amount not to exceed $79 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2016, $90
million in the second quarter of fiscal 2016, $80 million in the third quarter
of fiscal 2016 and $117 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, and
(vi) corporate charges, overhead and similar costs previously allocated to the
discontinued information management business but not included within
discontinued operations in an aggregate amount not to exceed $99 million in the
first quarter of fiscal 2016 and $87 million in the second quarter of fiscal
2016, minus (c) the sum of, in each case to the extent included in the
calculation of Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period in
accordance with GAAP, but without duplication, (i) any credit for income tax,
(ii) any amounts of interest income, (iii) gains from extraordinary items for
such period, (iv) any aggregate net gain from the sale, exchange or other
disposition of capital assets by such Person, (v) cash payments for previously
reserved charges of the sort described in clause (b)(iv), other than cash
payments described in clauses (b)(v) and (b)(vi), and (vi) any other non-cash
gains which have been added in determining Consolidated Net Income.

1.3 Amendment to Section 5.9 (Consolidated Leverage Ratio). Section 5.9 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting therefrom the ratio “3.0:1.0” and
substituting therefor the ratio “3.25:1.0”.

ARTICLE II

CONDITIONS OF EFFECTIVENESS

This Amendment shall become effective as of the date (such date being referred
to as the “Second Amendment Effective Date”) when, and only when, each of the
following conditions precedent shall have been satisfied:

(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from the
Borrower and the Required Lenders (i) a counterpart of this Amendment signed on
behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent (which may include facsimile or other electronic image scan transmission
of a signed signature page of this Amendment) that such party has signed a
counterpart of this Amendment.

(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of each
Guarantor, executed on behalf of such Guarantor, certifying to the continuing
full force and effect, both immediately before and after the Second Amendment
Effective Date, of the Guaranty.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due
and payable on or prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date, including, to
the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses
(including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) required to be reimbursed
or paid by the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, under this Amendment or
under any other Loan Document.

 

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ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

The Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
that (i) each of the representations and warranties contained in the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material
respects on and as of the Second Amendment Effective Date (or true and correct
in all respects if such representation or warranty is qualified by materiality
or Material Adverse Effect), both immediately before and after giving effect to
this Amendment (except to the extent any such representation or warranty is
expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, in which case such
representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects as
of such date (or true and correct in all respects if such representation or
warranty is qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect), and except
that the representations and warranties contained in Section 3.4(a) of the
Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements
furnished pursuant to Section 5.1 thereof), (ii) this Amendment has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes the legal,
valid and binding obligation of the Borrower enforceable against the Borrower in
accordance with its terms and (iii) no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing on the Second Amendment Effective Date, both immediately before and
after giving effect to this Amendment.

ARTICLE IV

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND CONFIRMATION OF THE BORROWER

The Borrower hereby confirms and agrees that after giving effect to this
Amendment, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents remain in full
force and effect and enforceable against it in accordance with their respective
terms and shall not be discharged, diminished, limited or otherwise affected in
any respect, and the amendments contained herein shall not, in any manner, be
construed to constitute payment of, or impair, limit, cancel or extinguish, or
constitute a novation in respect of, the obligations of the Borrower evidenced
by or arising under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, which
shall not in any manner be impaired, limited, terminated, waived or released,
but shall continue in full force and effect. The Borrower represents and
warrants to the Lenders that it has no knowledge of any claims, counterclaims,
offsets, or defenses to or with respect to its obligations under the Loan
Documents, or if the Borrower has any such claims, counterclaims, offsets, or
defenses to the Loan Documents or any transaction related to the Loan Documents,
the same are hereby waived, relinquished, and released in consideration of the
execution of this Amendment. This acknowledgment and confirmation by the
Borrower is made and delivered to induce the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders to enter into this Amendment. The Borrower acknowledges that the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders would not enter into this Amendment in the
absence of the acknowledgment and confirmation contained herein.

 

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ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

5.1 Governing Law. This Amendment shall be construed in accordance with and
governed by the law of the State of New York.

5.2 Full Force and Effect. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Credit
Agreement shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with the
provisions thereof on the date hereof. As used in the Credit Agreement,
“hereinafter,” “hereto,” “hereof,” and words of similar import shall, unless the
context otherwise requires, mean the Credit Agreement after amendment by this
Amendment. Any reference to the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents herein or in any such documents shall refer to the Credit Agreement
and Loan Documents as amended hereby. This Amendment is limited as specified and
shall not constitute or be deemed to constitute an amendment, modification or
waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement except as expressly set forth
herein. This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document under the terms of the
Credit Agreement.

5.3 Expenses. The Borrower agrees on demand (i) to pay all reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent, and (ii) to reimburse the
Administrative Agent for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses, in
each case, in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and
delivery of this Amendment and the other Loan Documents delivered in connection
herewith.

5.4 Severability. To the extent any provision of this Amendment is prohibited by
or invalid under the applicable law of any jurisdiction, such provision shall be
ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity and only in any
such jurisdiction, without prohibiting or invalidating such provision in any
other jurisdiction or the remaining provisions of this Amendment in any
jurisdiction.

5.5 Successors and Assigns. This Amendment shall be binding upon, inure to the
benefit of and be enforceable by the respective successors and permitted assigns
of the parties hereto.

5.6 Construction. The headings of the various sections and subsections of this
Amendment have been inserted for convenience only and shall not in any way
affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof. The
provisions of Section 1.3 of the Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated by
reference as if fully set forth herein.

5.7 Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts
and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which when so
executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together
constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a
signature page of this Amendment by telecopy or by electronic mail in a .pdf or
similar file shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart
of this Amendment.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly
executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first
above written.

 

SYMANTEC CORPORATION, as Borrower By:  

/s/ Michael A. Brown

Name:  

Michael A. Brown

Title:  

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent, as Swingline
Lender and as a Lender By:  

/s/ Matthew S. Thoreson

Name:  

Matthew S. Thoreson

Title:  

Senior Vice President

 

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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender By:  

/s/ Charmaine Lobo

Name:  

Charmaine Lobo

Title:  

Vice President

 

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CITIBANK, N.A., as a Lender By:  

/s/ Susan M. Olsen

Name:  

Susan M. Olsen

Title:  

Vice President

 

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BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Lender By:  

/s/ Vanessa Kurbalskiy

Name:  

Vanessa Kurbalskiy

Title:  

Vice President

 

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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Lender By:  

/s/ Nicolas Gitron-Beer

Name:  

Nicolas Gitron-Beer

Title:  

Vice President

 

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MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A., as a Lender By:  

/s/ Jonathan Kerner

Name:  

Jonathan Kerner

Title:  

Authorized Signatory

 

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HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender By:  

/s/ Alan Vitulich

Name:  

Alan Vitulich

Title:  

Director

 

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MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD., as a Lender By:  

/s/ Bertram H. Tang

Name:  

Bertram H. Tang

Title:  

Authorized Signatory

 

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SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION, as a Lender By:  

/s/ David W. Kee

Name:  

David W. Kee

Title:  

Managing Director

 

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CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as a Lender By:  

/s/ Christopher Day

Name:  

Christopher Day

Title:  

Authorized Signatory

By:  

/s/ Max Wallins

Name:  

Max Wallins

Title:  

Authorized Signatory

 

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DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender By:  

/s/ Ming K. Chu

Name:  

Ming K. Chu

Title:  

Director

By:  

/s/ Virginia Cosenza

Name:  

Virginia Cosenza

Title:  

Vice President

 

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SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT