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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State of Incorporation)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>77-0307520</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>495 East Java Drive,<BR>
Sunnyvale, California 94089</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(Address of principal executive offices)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN<BR>
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(Full title of the plans)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Daniel J. Warmenhoven<BR>
Chief Executive Officer and Director<BR>
Network Appliance, Inc.<BR>
495 East Java Drive,<BR>
Sunnyvale, California 94089<BR>
(408)&nbsp;822-6000</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Copies to:<BR>
Steven E. Bochner, Esq.<BR>
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati, P. C.<BR>
650 Page Mill Road<BR>
Palo Alto, CA 94304<BR>
(650)&nbsp;493-9300</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Securities to</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price Per</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>be Registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Share (1)</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Price (1)</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Stock Options and
Common Stock (par
value $0.001)
reserved under the
1999 Stock Option
Plan</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">10,900,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$36.33</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$395,997,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$42,371.68</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock (par
value $0.001)
issuable upon
purchase of Shares
granted under the
Employee Stock
Purchase Plan</DIV></TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,600,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$36.33</TD>
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<TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$58,128,000</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$6,219.70</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant
to Rule&nbsp;457(h). The price per share and aggregate offering price are based upon the average
of the high and low prices of Registrant&#146;s Common Stock on
October 30, 2006 as reported on the
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003"> PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="f24560exv5w1.htm">EXHIBIT 5.1</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="f24560exv23w1.htm">EXHIBIT 23.1</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in this Item&nbsp;1 will be sent or given to
employees, officers, directors or others as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1). In accordance with the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) and the
instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of
this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in this Item&nbsp;2 will be sent or given to
employees, officers, directors or others as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1). In accordance with the
rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not
being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or
prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424. Such documents, together with the documents
incorporated by reference herein pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this Registration
Statement on Form S-8, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of
the Securities Act, and are available upon written or oral request: Network Appliance, Inc., Attn:
General Counsel, 495 East Java Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089, Tel: 408.822.6000.
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Network Appliance, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) hereby incorporates by reference into this
Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the Commission:
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April&nbsp;30, 2006, filed
with the Commission on July&nbsp;12, 2006, pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the &#147;1934 Act&#148;);</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on September&nbsp;1, 2006;</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July&nbsp;28, 2006, filed
with the Commission on September&nbsp;6, 2006, pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;1934 Act&#148;); and</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement No.&nbsp;000-27130 on Form 8-A filed with the Commission
on November&nbsp;1, 1995, in which there is described the terms, rights and provisions
applicable to the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been
sold or which de-registers all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of
such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document
which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a court to award or a
corporation&#146;s board of directors to grant indemnification to directors and officers in terms
sufficiently broad to permit the indemnification under some circumstances for liabilities
(including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended. Article&nbsp;IX of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant provides that, subject to
Delaware law, its directors will not be personally liable for monetary damages for breach of their
fiduciary duties to the Registrant and its stockholders. This provision does not eliminate any
director&#146;s fiduciary duties and in appropriate circumstances, equitable remedies such as injunctive
or other forms of non-monetary relief
will remain available under Delaware law. The provision also does not affect a director&#146;s
responsibilities under any other law, such as the federal securities laws or state or federal
environmental laws.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">The Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement No.&nbsp;000-27130 on Form&nbsp;8-A, filed with the Commission
on November&nbsp;1, 1995, in which there is described the terms, rights and provisions applicable
to the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati, P.C.<FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"> </FONT></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati, P.C. is contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this
Registration Statement</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney is contained on the signature page</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Network Appliance, Inc. 1999 Stock
Option Plan previously filed with the Commission as an Exhibit with
the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement dated July 12, 2006.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Network Appliance, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">In accordance with the requirements of Item 8(b) of Part&nbsp;II of Form S-8, the Registrant will submit
or has submitted the Network Appliance, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan and the Network Appliance, Inc.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (together, the &#147;Plans&#148;), and any amendments thereto, to the Internal
Revenue Service (the &#147;IRS&#148;) in a timely manner and has made or will make all changes required by
the IRS to qualify the Plans.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement to include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change
to such information in the Registration Statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934)
that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Sunnyvale, State of California, on
October&nbsp;30, 2006.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="60%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>Network Appliance, Inc.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ DANIEL J. WARMENHOVEN
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Daniel J. Warmenhoven
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Title: Chief Executive Officer and Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Daniel J. Warmenhoven and Steven J. Gomo, and each of them, as his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or
their or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Company and in the capacities and on
the dates indicated:
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="38%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signatures</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ DANIEL J. WARMENHOVEN
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Daniel J. Warmenhoven)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer, Director<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;30, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ DONALD T. VALENTINE
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman of the Board, Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;30, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Donald T. Valentine)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ STEVEN J. GOMO
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Steven J. Gomo)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Executive Vice President of Finance<br>
and Chief Financial Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;30, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ MARK LESLIE
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Mark Leslie)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;30, 2006&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="38%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signatures</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ CAROL A. BARTZ
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Carol A. Bartz)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;30, 2006&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ NICHOLAS G. MOORE
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Nicholas G. Moore)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;30, 2006&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ GEORGE T. SHAHEEN
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(George T. Shaheen)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;30, 2006&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ ROBERT T. WALL
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Robert T. Wall)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;30, 2006&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ JEFFRY R. ALLEN
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Jeffry R. Allen)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;30, 2006&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ ALAN EARHART
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Alan Earhart)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;30, 2006&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ EDWARD KOZEL
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Edward Kozel)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;30, 2006&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Description</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">The Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement No.&nbsp;000-27130 on Form&nbsp;8-A,
filed with the Commission on November&nbsp;1, 1995, in which there is
described the terms, rights and provisions applicable to the
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati, P.C.<FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"> </FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Option Plan previously filed with the Commission as an Exhibit with
the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement dated July 12, 2006.</TD>
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Table of Contents
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State of Incorporation)
77-0307520
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
495 East Java Drive,
Sunnyvale, California 94089
(Address of principal executive offices)
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the plans)
Daniel J. Warmenhoven
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Network Appliance, Inc.
495 East Java Drive,
Sunnyvale, California 94089
(408) 822-6000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Steven E. Bochner, Esq.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P. C.
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
(650) 493-9300
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities to
Amount to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
be Registered
Registered
Share (1)
Price (1)
Registration Fee
Stock Options and
Common Stock (par
value $0.001)
reserved under the
1999 Stock Option
Plan
10,900,000
$36.33
$395,997,000
$42,371.68
Common Stock (par
value $0.001)
issuable upon
purchase of Shares
granted under the
Employee Stock
Purchase Plan
1,600,000
$36.33
$58,128,000
$6,219.70
(1)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant
to Rule 457(h). The price per share and aggregate offering price are based upon the average
of the high and low prices of Registrant's Common Stock on
October 30, 2006 as reported on the
Nasdaq National Market.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Item 1. Plan Information
Item 2. Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
EXHIBIT 99.2
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
The documents containing the information specified in this Item 1 will be sent or given to
employees, officers, directors or others as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). In accordance with the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and the
instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of
this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424.
Item 2. Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
The documents containing the information specified in this Item 2 will be sent or given to
employees, officers, directors or others as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). In accordance with the
rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not
being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or
prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424. Such documents, together with the documents
incorporated by reference herein pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration
Statement on Form S-8, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of
the Securities Act, and are available upon written or oral request: Network Appliance, Inc., Attn:
General Counsel, 495 East Java Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089, Tel: 408.822.6000.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Network Appliance, Inc. (the "Registrant") hereby incorporates by reference into this
Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the Commission:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2006, filed
with the Commission on July 12, 2006, pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act");
(b)
The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on September 1, 2006;
(c)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 28, 2006, filed
with the Commission on September 6, 2006, pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"); and
(d)
The Registrant's Registration Statement No. 000-27130 on Form 8-A filed with the Commission
on November 1, 1995, in which there is described the terms, rights and provisions
applicable to the Registrant's Common Stock.
All reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed pursuant to Section 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been
sold or which de-registers all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of
such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document
which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a court to award or a
corporation's board of directors to grant indemnification to directors and officers in terms
sufficiently broad to permit the indemnification under some circumstances for liabilities
(including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended. Article IX of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant provides that, subject to
Delaware law, its directors will not be personally liable for monetary damages for breach of their
fiduciary duties to the Registrant and its stockholders. This provision does not eliminate any
director's fiduciary duties and in appropriate circumstances, equitable remedies such as injunctive
or other forms of non-monetary relief
will remain available under Delaware law. The provision also does not affect a director's
responsibilities under any other law, such as the federal securities laws or state or federal
environmental laws.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Documents
4.1
The Registrant's Registration Statement No. 000-27130 on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission
on November 1, 1995, in which there is described the terms, rights and provisions applicable
to the Registrant's Common Stock.
5.1
Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.2
Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this
Registration Statement
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Power of Attorney is contained on the signature page
99.1
Network Appliance, Inc. 1999 Stock
Option Plan previously filed with the Commission as an Exhibit with
the Company's Proxy Statement dated July 12, 2006.
99.2
Network Appliance, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
In accordance with the requirements of Item 8(b) of Part II of Form S-8, the Registrant will submit
or has submitted the Network Appliance, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan and the Network Appliance, Inc.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (together, the "Plans"), and any amendments thereto, to the Internal
Revenue Service (the "IRS") in a timely manner and has made or will make all changes required by
the IRS to qualify the Plans.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement to include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change
to such information in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934)
that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Sunnyvale, State of California, on
October 30, 2006.
Network Appliance, Inc.
By:
/s/ DANIEL J. WARMENHOVEN
Daniel J. Warmenhoven
Title: Chief Executive Officer and Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Daniel J. Warmenhoven and Steven J. Gomo, and each of them, as his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or
their or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Company and in the capacities and on
the dates indicated:
Signatures
Title
Date
/s/ DANIEL J. WARMENHOVEN
(Daniel J. Warmenhoven)
Chief Executive Officer, Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
October 30, 2006
/s/ DONALD T. VALENTINE
Chairman of the Board, Director
October 30, 2006
(Donald T. Valentine)
/s/ STEVEN J. GOMO
(Steven J. Gomo)
Executive Vice President of Finance
and Chief Financial Officer
October 30, 2006
/s/ MARK LESLIE
(Mark Leslie)
Director
October 30, 2006
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Signatures
Title
Date
/s/ CAROL A. BARTZ
(Carol A. Bartz)
Director
October 30, 2006
/s/ NICHOLAS G. MOORE
(Nicholas G. Moore)
Director
October 30, 2006
/s/ GEORGE T. SHAHEEN
(George T. Shaheen)
Director
October 30, 2006
/s/ ROBERT T. WALL
(Robert T. Wall)
Director
October 30, 2006
/s/ JEFFRY R. ALLEN
(Jeffry R. Allen)
Director
October 30, 2006
/s/ ALAN EARHART
(Alan Earhart)
Director
October 30, 2006
/s/ EDWARD KOZEL
(Edward Kozel)
Director
October 30, 2006
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
The Registrant's Registration Statement No. 000-27130 on Form 8-A,
filed with the Commission on November 1, 1995, in which there is
described the terms, rights and provisions applicable to the
Registrant's Common Stock.
5.1
Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.2
Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P. C.,
is
contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement
24
Power of Attorney is contained on the signature page
99.1
Network Appliance, Inc. 1999 Stock
Option Plan previously filed with the Commission as an Exhibit with
the Company's Proxy Statement dated July 12, 2006.
99.2
Network Appliance, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan