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<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;10, 2004<BR>
Registration No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</U>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>FOUNDRY NETWORKS, INC.</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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incorporation or organization)
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>2100 Gold Street<BR>
P.O. Box 649100<BR>
San Jose, CA 95164-9100</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>1996 Stock Plan<BR>
1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plans)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Bobby R. Johnson, Jr.<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Foundry Networks, Inc.<BR>
2100 Gold Street<BR>
P.O. Box 649100<BR>
San Jose, CA 95164-9100</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(408)&nbsp;586-1700</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Copy to:



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">David C. Lee<BR>
Heller Ehrman White &#038; McAuliffe LLP<BR>
2775 Sand Hill Road<BR>
Menlo Park, California 94025<BR>
(650)&nbsp;854-4488



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Calculation of Registration Fee on following page)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of each class of securities</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>registration</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><B>1996 Stock Plan</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock,<BR>
0.0001 par value</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">10,000,000 Shares (2)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">15.76</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(3)</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">157,600,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">19,968</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><B>1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</B></DIV></TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock,<BR>
0.0001 par value</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">4,500,000 Shares (4)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">7.88</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(5)</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">35,460,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">4,493</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">This registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of
common stock which become issuable under any of the plans being registered
pursuant to this registration statement by reason of any stock dividend,
stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected
without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the
number of the registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of common stock.</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">The 10,000,000 shares being registered under the 1996 Stock Plan
represents two previous annual automatic increases of 5,000,000 shares in
accordance with the terms of the 1996 Stock Plan on the first day of the
fiscal year.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Computed in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act solely
for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. Computation based on
the weighted average per share exercise price (rounded to nearest cent) of
outstanding options under the referenced plan, the shares issuable under
which are registered hereby.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">The 4,500,000 shares being registered under the 1999 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan represents three previous automatic annual increases of
1,500,000 shares in accordance with the terms of the 1999 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan on the first day of the fiscal year.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933
(the &#147;Securities Act&#148;) solely for the purpose of calculating the
registration fee. The computation is based upon the average of the high
and low sale prices of the common stock as reported on the Nasdaq National
Market on September&nbsp;2, 2004, multiplied by 85%, which is the percentage of
the trading purchase price applicable to purchases under the referenced
plan.</TD>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;3. <B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#147;Commission&#148;) are hereby incorporated by reference:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2003 (File No.&nbsp;000-26689).


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March&nbsp;31, 2004 (File No.&nbsp;000-26689).


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June&nbsp;30, 2004 (File No.&nbsp;000-26689).


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;The description of the registrant&#146;s common stock contained in the
registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission under
Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on July&nbsp;13, 1999, including
any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to
be part hereof from the date of filing such documents.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;4. <B>Description of Securities. </B>Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;5. <B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As of the date of this registration statement, attorneys of Heller Ehrman
White &#038; McAuliffe LLP who work on matters for the registrant beneficially own
approximately 2,406 shares of the registrant&#146;s common stock.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;6. <B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The registrant&#146;s certificate of incorporation limits the liability of
directors to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware law. Delaware law
provides that directors of a corporation will not be personally liable for
monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties as directors, except
liability for (i)&nbsp;any breach of their duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;unlawful payments
of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions as provided in
Section&nbsp;174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv)&nbsp;any transaction
from which the director derives an improper personal benefit.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;7. <B>Exemption from Registration Claimed. </B>Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;8. <B>Exhibits.</B>


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Heller Ehrman White &#038; McAuliffe LLP.</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 Heller Ehrman White &#038; McAuliffe LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</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 Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Number</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (see signature page).</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;9. <B>Undertakings.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, 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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the 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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act 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 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 a
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered hereunder, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
the question has already been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&#091;Signature Pages Follow&#093;



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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 San Jose, State of California, on
September&nbsp;9, 2004.

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    <TD width="46%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</div></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD colspan="3">FOUNDRY NETWORKS, INC.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ TIMOTHY D. HEFFNER</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Timothy D. Heffner</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President, Finance &#038; Administration,</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer</TD>
</TR>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Bobby R. Johnson and Timothy D. Heffner,
jointly and severally, his or her attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her
name, place or stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this
Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file such amendments, together with
exhibits and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting to each attorney-in-fact and agent, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as he or she might or
could do in person, and ratifying and confirming all that the attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

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</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Signature</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>


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    <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">/s/ BOBBY R. JOHNSON, JR.
<HR size="1" noshade>
Bobby R. Johnson, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief
Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board
of Directors
(Principal Executive
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September&nbsp;9, 2004</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">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ TIMOTHY D. HEFFNER
<HR size="1" noshade>
Timothy D. Heffner
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President,
Finance &#038;
Administration, Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal Financial
and Accounting
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September&nbsp;9, 2004</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">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ ANDREW K. LUDWICK
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September&nbsp;9, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade>
</DIV></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">Andrew K. Ludwick</DIV></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">&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">/s/ ALFRED J. AMOROSO
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September&nbsp;9, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade>
</DIV></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">Alfred J. Amoroso</DIV></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">&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">/s/ C. NICHOLAS KEATING, JR.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September&nbsp;9, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade>
</DIV></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">C. Nicholas Keating, Jr.</DIV></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">&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">/s/ J. STEVEN YOUNG
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September&nbsp;9, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade>
</DIV></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">J. Steven Young</DIV></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">&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">/s/
ALAN L. EARHART
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September&nbsp;9, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade>
</DIV></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">Alan
L. Earhart</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Heller Ehrman White &#038; McAuliffe LLP</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 Heller Ehrman White &#038; McAuliffe LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</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 Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (see signature page).</TD>
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As filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on September 10, 2004
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
FOUNDRY NETWORKS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
77-0431154
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
2100 Gold Street
P.O. Box 649100
San Jose, CA 95164-9100
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
1996 Stock Plan
1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plans)
Bobby R. Johnson, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Foundry Networks, Inc.
2100 Gold Street
P.O. Box 649100
San Jose, CA 95164-9100
(Name and address of agent for service)
(408) 586-1700
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
David C. Lee
Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP
2775 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, California 94025
(650) 854-4488
(Calculation of Registration Fee on following page)
Table of Contents
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
maximum
maximum
offering
aggregate
Amount of
Title of each class of securities
Amount to be
price per
offering
registration
to be registered
registered(1)
share
price
fee
1996 Stock Plan
Common Stock,
0.0001 par value
10,000,000 Shares (2)
$
15.76
(3)
$
157,600,000
$
19,968
1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Common Stock,
0.0001 par value
4,500,000 Shares (4)
$
7.88
(5)
$
35,460,000
$
4,493
(1)
This registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of
common stock which become issuable under any of the plans being registered
pursuant to this registration statement by reason of any stock dividend,
stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected
without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the
number of the registrant's outstanding shares of common stock.
(2)
The 10,000,000 shares being registered under the 1996 Stock Plan
represents two previous annual automatic increases of 5,000,000 shares in
accordance with the terms of the 1996 Stock Plan on the first day of the
fiscal year.
(3)
Computed in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act solely
for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. Computation based on
the weighted average per share exercise price (rounded to nearest cent) of
outstanding options under the referenced plan, the shares issuable under
which are registered hereby.
(4)
The 4,500,000 shares being registered under the 1999 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan represents three previous automatic annual increases of
1,500,000 shares in accordance with the terms of the 1999 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan on the first day of the fiscal year.
(5)
Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933
(the "Securities Act") solely for the purpose of calculating the
registration fee. The computation is based upon the average of the high
and low sale prices of the common stock as reported on the Nasdaq National
Market on September 2, 2004, multiplied by 85%, which is the percentage of
the trading purchase price applicable to purchases under the referenced
plan.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.2
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") are hereby incorporated by reference:
(a) The registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2003 (File No. 000-26689).
(b) The registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 2004 (File No. 000-26689).
(c) The registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June 30, 2004 (File No. 000-26689).
(d) The description of the registrant's common stock contained in the
registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission under
Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on July 13, 1999, including
any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to
be part hereof from the date of filing such documents.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
As of the date of this registration statement, attorneys of Heller Ehrman
White & McAuliffe LLP who work on matters for the registrant beneficially own
approximately 2,406 shares of the registrant's common stock.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The registrant's certificate of incorporation limits the liability of
directors to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware law. Delaware law
provides that directors of a corporation will not be personally liable for
monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties as directors, except
liability for (i) any breach of their duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders, (ii) acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) unlawful payments
of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions as provided in
Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) any transaction
from which the director derives an improper personal benefit.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
5.1
Opinion of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP.
23.1
Consent of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
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Exhibit
Number
24.1
Powers of Attorney (see signature page).
Item 9.
Undertakings.
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 purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, 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.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the 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.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act 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 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 a
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered hereunder, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
the question has already been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act 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, 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 San Jose, State of California, on
September 9, 2004.
FOUNDRY NETWORKS, INC.
By:
/s/ TIMOTHY D. HEFFNER
Timothy D. Heffner
Vice President, Finance & Administration,
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Bobby R. Johnson and Timothy D. Heffner,
jointly and severally, his or her attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her
name, place or stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this
Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file such amendments, together with
exhibits and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting to each attorney-in-fact and agent, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as he or she might or
could do in person, and ratifying and confirming all that the attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ BOBBY R. JOHNSON, JR.
Bobby R. Johnson, Jr.
President, Chief
Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board
of Directors
(Principal Executive
Officer)
September 9, 2004
/s/ TIMOTHY D. HEFFNER
Timothy D. Heffner
Vice President,
Finance &
Administration, Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal Financial
and Accounting
Officer)
September 9, 2004
/s/ ANDREW K. LUDWICK
Director
September 9, 2004
Andrew K. Ludwick
/s/ ALFRED J. AMOROSO
Director
September 9, 2004
Alfred J. Amoroso
/s/ C. NICHOLAS KEATING, JR.
Director
September 9, 2004
C. Nicholas Keating, Jr.
/s/ J. STEVEN YOUNG
Director
September 9, 2004
J. Steven Young
/s/
ALAN L. EARHART
Director
September 9, 2004
Alan
L. Earhart
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
5.1
Opinion of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP
23.1
Consent of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
24.1
Powers of Attorney (see signature page).