SYMANTEC COMPLETES CONTACT SOFTWARE ACQUISITION

CUPERTINO, Calif., -- June 7, 1993 -- Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC)
today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Contact Software
International, Inc., the developer and marketer of ACT!, the leading
contact management software package. Symantec announced its plans to
purchase Contact Software on May 4, 1993.

Shareholders of Contact Software received approximately 2.7 million shares
of Symantec common stock and options. The total value of the transaction,
which has been accounted for as a pooling of interests, is approximately
$47 million. The one-time acquisition charge of $7.4 million will be
reflected in the June quarter. Also under the terms of the agreement,
Patrick M. Sullivan, co-founder and formerly CEO of Contact Software, will
be vice president and general manager of Symantec's contact management
group.

"The acquisition of Contact Software expands our market reach into the
fast-growing sales productivity and mobile professional markets," said
Gordon E. Eubanks, Jr., Symantec's president and CEO. "We see a tremendous
opportunity to provide sales and service professionals with tools that
will increase their productivity and efficiency. ACT! gives them a
competitive advantage." ACT! runs on DOS, MS Windows, Macintosh and the
palmtop HP95LX computers, fitting into Symantec's strategy to provide
cross-platform software solutions.

Contact Software is the number-one provider of contact management software,
and was recently ranked sixth among the fastest-growing software companies
in the Soft*letter 100 for 1992. In 1993, it placed 50th overall on
Soft*letter's annual ranking of the top 100 U.S. personal software
companies.

Symantec Corporation develops, markets and supports a complete line of
application and system software products for IBM personal computers, IBM
compatible PCs and Apple Macintosh computers. Founded in 1982, the company
has offices in the United States, Canada, Australia and Europe.

Symantec Corp, 10201 Torre Ave, Cupertino, CA 95014-2132
800-441-7234;  408-253-9600;  fax: 408-253-4092 or 408-252-4694

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