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<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on August 3, 2004<BR>
Registration
No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

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

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</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</B><BR>
<B><I>Under The Securities Act of 1933</I></B>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.</B>


<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">Delaware
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">77-0409517</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">1745 Technology Drive<br>
San Jose, California 95110<br>
(408)&nbsp;333-8000<br>
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)




<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">1999 STOCK PLAN<BR>
1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN<BR>
<BR>
(Full title of the plans)<BR>
<BR>
Mark Cochran<BR>
Vice President, General Counsel<BR>
BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.<BR>
1745 Technology Drive<BR>
San Jose, California 95110<BR>
(408)&nbsp;333-8000<BR>
(Name, address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)


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    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of Securities to</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>to be</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate Offering</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>be Registered</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registered (1)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Per Share (2)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Price (2)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registration Fee</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock to be issued under
the 1999 Stock Plan</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">12,882,032</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">4.57</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">58,870,886.24</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">7,458.95</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock to be issued under
the 1999 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">6,441,016</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">4.57</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">29,435,443.12</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">3,729.48</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-10px">TOTAL:</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">19,323,048</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">88,306,329.36</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">11,188.43</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">This registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of
Common Stock that become issuable under the Brocade Communications
Systems, Inc. 1999 Stock Plan and the Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock
split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without
the Registrant&#146;s receipt of consideration that results in an increase in
the number of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share and Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering Price are estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and
Rule 457(h) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for the
purpose of calculating the amount of registration fee based on the average
of the high and low prices per share of the Common Stock as reported on
the Nasdaq National Market on July&nbsp;28, 2004.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">POWER OF ATTORNEY</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8</B>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>



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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents are hereby incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:


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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">1.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated March&nbsp;19, 1999, and any
further amendment or report filed hereafter for the purpose of updating such
description;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">2.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year
ended October&nbsp;25, 2003;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">3.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for fiscal quarter ended
January&nbsp;24, 2004;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">4.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March&nbsp;23, 2004;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">5.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May&nbsp;19, 2004; and</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">6.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for fiscal quarter ended
May&nbsp;1, 2004.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on or after
the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered 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 of such documents.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.


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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Larry W. Sonsini, a director of the Registrant, is a member of Wilson
Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati, Professional Corporation, which has given an opinion
as to the validity of the securities being registered by this Registration
Statement.


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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;)
provides in relevant part that &#147;&#091;a&#093; corporation shall have power to indemnify
any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the
right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with
such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a
manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">reasonable cause to believe the person&#146;s conduct was unlawful.&#148; With
respect to derivative actions, Section 145(b) of the DGCL provides in relevant
part that &#147;&#091;a&#093; corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or
is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a
judgment in its favor...&#091;by reason of the person&#146;s service in one of the
capacities specified in the preceding sentence&#093; against expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection
with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in
good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no
indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation
unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which
such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite
the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case,
such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses
which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.&#148;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
provides that to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, no director of the
Registrant shall be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. The Restated
Certificate of Incorporation also provides that no amendment or repeal of such
provision shall apply to or have any effect on the right to indemnification
permitted thereunder with respect to claims arising from acts or omissions
occurring in whole or in part before the effective date of such amendment or
repeal whether asserted before or after such amendment or repeal.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s bylaws provide for the indemnification of officers,
directors and third parties acting on behalf of the Registrant if such person
acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in and not
opposed to the best interest of the Registrant, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, the indemnified party had no reason to believe
his or her conduct was unlawful. The Registrant has entered into
indemnification agreements with its directors and certain of its executive
officers and intends to enter into indemnification agreements with new
directors and certain of its executive officers in the future.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant carries officer and director liability insurance with
respect to certain matters, including matters arising under the Securities Act.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.


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


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
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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">1999 Stock Plan</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati, Professional Corporation</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG, LLP</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">Power of Attorney (included in the signature page to this registration statement)</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">*Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form S-8
(Commission File No.&nbsp;333-95653) filed January&nbsp;28, 2000.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>



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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">A)</TD>
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    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="right">1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="right">2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="right">3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">B)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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 Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) 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.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>


<P>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">C)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the 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 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 Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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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, 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 San Jose, State of California, on
August&nbsp;2, 2004.


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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3">BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">                          /s/ Antonio Canova
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Antonio Canova<br></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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




<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 Gregory L. Reyes and Antonio Canova, and
each of them, their true and lawful attorneys and agents, with full power of
substitution, each with power to act alone, to sign and execute on behalf of
the undersigned any amendment or amendments to this Registration Statement on
Form S-8 and to perform any acts necessary in order to file such amendments,
and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said
attorneys and agents, or their or his substitutes, shall do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed on August&nbsp;2, 2004 by the following persons in the
capacities indicated.

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    <TD width="38%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="39%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="13%">&nbsp;</TD>
</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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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Gregory L. Reyes
<HR size="1" noshade>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">August 2, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Gregory L. Reyes</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 align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Antonio Canova
<HR size="1" noshade>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President, Finance and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 2, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Antonio Canova</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 align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Neal Dempsey
<HR size="1" noshade>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 2, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Neal Dempsey</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 align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ David L. House
<HR size="1" noshade>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 2, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">David L. House</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 align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Nicholas G. Moore
<HR size="1" noshade>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 2, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Nicholas G. Moore</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 align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Seth Neiman
<HR size="1" noshade>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 2, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Seth Neiman</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 align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Christopher B. Paisley
<HR size="1" noshade>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 2, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Christopher B. Paisley</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 align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Larry W. Sonsini
<HR size="1" noshade>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 2, 2004</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Larry W. Sonsini</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 align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Sanjay Vaswani
<HR size="1" noshade>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 2, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Sanjay Vaswani</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 align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ William O&#146;Brien
<HR size="1" noshade>
William O&#146;Brien
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 2, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="87%">&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"><B>&nbsp;</B></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 nowrap align="center"><B>Description</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1999 Stock Plan</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</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, Professional Corporation</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 Counsel (contained 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 KPMG, LLP</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">Power of Attorney (included in the signature page to this registration statement)</TD>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">*Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form S-8
(Commission File No.&nbsp;333-95653) filed January&nbsp;28, 2000.</TD>
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Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on August 3, 2004
Registration
No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under The Securities Act of 1933
BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
77-0409517
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
1745 Technology Drive
San Jose, California 95110
(408) 333-8000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)
1999 STOCK PLAN
1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the plans)
Mark Cochran
Vice President, General Counsel
BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
1745 Technology Drive
San Jose, California 95110
(408) 333-8000
(Name, address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Amount
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities to
to be
Offering Price
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
be Registered
Registered (1)
Per Share (2)
Price (2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock to be issued under
the 1999 Stock Plan
12,882,032
$
4.57
$
58,870,886.24
$
7,458.95
Common Stock to be issued under
the 1999 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan
6,441,016
$
4.57
$
29,435,443.12
$
3,729.48
TOTAL:
19,323,048
$
88,306,329.36
$
11,188.43
(1)
This registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of
Common Stock that become issuable under the Brocade Communications
Systems, Inc. 1999 Stock Plan and the Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock
split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without
the Registrant's receipt of consideration that results in an increase in
the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(2)
The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share and Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering Price are estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and
Rule 457(h) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for the
purpose of calculating the amount of registration fee based on the average
of the high and low prices per share of the Common Stock as reported on
the Nasdaq National Market on July 28, 2004.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART II
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.2
Table of Contents
BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following documents are hereby incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:
1.
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated March 19, 1999, and any
further amendment or report filed hereafter for the purpose of updating such
description;
2.
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year
ended October 25, 2003;
3.
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for fiscal quarter ended
January 24, 2004;
4.
The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 23, 2004;
5.
The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 19, 2004; and
6.
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for fiscal quarter ended
May 1, 2004.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on or after
the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered 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 of such documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Larry W. Sonsini, a director of the Registrant, is a member of Wilson
Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation, which has given an opinion
as to the validity of the securities being registered by this Registration
Statement.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL")
provides in relevant part that "[a] corporation shall have power to indemnify
any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the
right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with
such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a
manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no
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reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was unlawful." With
respect to derivative actions, Section 145(b) of the DGCL provides in relevant
part that "[a] corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or
is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a
judgment in its favor...[by reason of the person's service in one of the
capacities specified in the preceding sentence] against expenses (including
attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection
with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in
good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no
indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation
unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which
such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite
the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case,
such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses
which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper."
The Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
provides that to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, no director of the
Registrant shall be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. The Restated
Certificate of Incorporation also provides that no amendment or repeal of such
provision shall apply to or have any effect on the right to indemnification
permitted thereunder with respect to claims arising from acts or omissions
occurring in whole or in part before the effective date of such amendment or
repeal whether asserted before or after such amendment or repeal.
The Registrant's bylaws provide for the indemnification of officers,
directors and third parties acting on behalf of the Registrant if such person
acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in and not
opposed to the best interest of the Registrant, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, the indemnified party had no reason to believe
his or her conduct was unlawful. The Registrant has entered into
indemnification agreements with its directors and certain of its executive
officers and intends to enter into indemnification agreements with new
directors and certain of its executive officers in the future.
The Registrant carries officer and director liability insurance with
respect to certain matters, including matters arising under the Securities Act.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1*
1999 Stock Plan
4.2*
1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
5.1
Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation
23.1
Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of KPMG, LLP
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in the signature page to this registration statement)
*Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form S-8
(Commission File No. 333-95653) filed January 28, 2000.
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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, 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 Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) 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.
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
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the 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 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 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, 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 San Jose, State of California, on
August 2, 2004.
BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
By:
/s/ Antonio Canova
Antonio Canova
Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Gregory L. Reyes and Antonio Canova, and
each of them, their true and lawful attorneys and agents, with full power of
substitution, each with power to act alone, to sign and execute on behalf of
the undersigned any amendment or amendments to this Registration Statement on
Form S-8 and to perform any acts necessary in order to file such amendments,
and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said
attorneys and agents, or their or his substitutes, shall do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed on August 2, 2004 by the following persons in the
capacities indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Gregory L. Reyes
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
August 2, 2004
Gregory L. Reyes
/s/ Antonio Canova
Vice President, Finance and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
August 2, 2004
Antonio Canova
/s/ Neal Dempsey
Director
August 2, 2004
Neal Dempsey
/s/ David L. House
Director
August 2, 2004
David L. House
/s/ Nicholas G. Moore
Director
August 2, 2004
Nicholas G. Moore
/s/ Seth Neiman
Director
August 2, 2004
Seth Neiman
/s/ Christopher B. Paisley
Director
August 2, 2004
Christopher B. Paisley
/s/ Larry W. Sonsini
Director
August 2, 2004
Larry W. Sonsini
/s/ Sanjay Vaswani
Director
August 2, 2004
Sanjay Vaswani
/s/ William O'Brien
William O'Brien
Director
August 2, 2004
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1*
1999 Stock Plan
4.2*
1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
5.1
Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation
23.1
Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of KPMG, LLP
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in the signature page to this registration statement)
*Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form S-8
(Commission File No. 333-95653) filed January 28, 2000.