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<P align=right><FONT size=2>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on October 13, 2000<BR>&nbsp;Registration No. 333-_____ </FONT></P>
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<P align=center><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR></B><FONT
size=2>Washington, D.C. 20549<BR></FONT><B>FORM S-8<BR>REGISTRATION
STATEMENT<BR></B><I><FONT size=2>Under<BR>The Securities Act of 1933</FONT></I>
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<P align=center><B><FONT size=5>REDBACK NETWORKS INC.<BR></FONT></B><FONT
size=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>
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    <TD align=center width="33%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><FONT
      size=2>Delaware</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD align=center width="34%"><B><FONT size=2>3576</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD align=center width="33%"><B><FONT size=2>77-0438443</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=center width="33%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2>(State or
      other jurisdiction of</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=center width="34%"><FONT size=2>(Primary Standard
      Industrial</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=center width="33%"><FONT size=2>(IRS Employer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=center width="33%"><FONT size=2>incorporation or
      organization)</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=center width="34%"><FONT size=2>Classification Code
      Number)</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=center width="33%"><FONT size=2>Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=center width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width="34%"></TD>
    <TD align=center width="33%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD align=center width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width="34%"><B><FONT size=2>1195 Borregas
      Avenue</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD align=center width="33%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD align=center width="33%"></TD>
    <TD align=center width="34%"><B><FONT size=2>Sunnyvale, California
      94089</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=center width="33%"></TD>
    <TD align=center width="34%">&nbsp;<FONT size=2>(Address of principal
      executive offices) (Zip Code)</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P align=center>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>REDBACK NETWORKS
INC.<BR></B>&nbsp; <B>Abatis Key Employee Stock Option Plan<BR></B><FONT
size=2>(Full title of the Plan) </FONT></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT size=2>Vivek Ragavan<BR>Chief Executive
Officer&nbsp;<BR>Redback Networks Inc.</FONT></B><FONT size=2>
&nbsp;<BR></FONT><B><FONT size=2>1195 Borregas Avenue&nbsp;<BR>Sunnyvale,
California 94089<BR></FONT></B><FONT size=2>&nbsp;(Name and address of agent for
service) </FONT></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT size=2>(408) 548-3500</FONT></B><BR><FONT
size=2>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </FONT></P>
<P align=center><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </B></P>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=5>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width=90></TD>
    <TD align=center width=10></TD>
    <TD align=center width=5>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width=103><B><FONT size=1>Proposed Maximum</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD align=left width=20></TD>
    <TD align=center width=5>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width=108><B><FONT size=1>Proposed Maximum</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD align=left width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width=5></TD>
    <TD align=center width=92></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=5>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width=90><B><FONT size=1>Amount to be</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD align=center width=10></TD>
    <TD align=center width=5>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width=103><B><FONT size=1>Offering Price
per</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD align=left width=20></TD>
    <TD align=center width=5>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width=108><B><FONT size=1>Aggregate
Offering</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD align=left width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width=5></TD>
    <TD align=center width=92><B><FONT size=1>Amount of</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><B><FONT size=1>Title of Securities to be Registered</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=5>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width=90><B><FONT size=1>Registered(1)</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD align=center width=10></TD>
    <TD align=center width=5></TD>
    <TD align=center width=103><B><FONT size=1>Share</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD align=left width=20></TD>
    <TD align=center width=5>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width=108><B><FONT size=1>Price</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD align=left width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width=5></TD>
    <TD align=center width=92><B><FONT size=1>Registration Fee</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align=right width=90>
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    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=5>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=right width=103>
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    <TD align=left width=20></TD>
    <TD width=5>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=right width=108>
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    <TD align=left width=20></TD>
    <TD width=5>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=right width=92>
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    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><B><FONT size=2>Abatis Key Employee Stock Option Plan</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=5>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=right width=90>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=5>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=right width=103>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=left width=20></TD>
    <TD width=5>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=right width=108>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=left width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=5>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=right width=92>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=5>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=right width=90>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=5>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=right width=103>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=left width=20></TD>
    <TD width=5>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=right width=108>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=left width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=5>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=right width=92>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT size=2>Rights to purchase Common Stock</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=5>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=right width=90><FONT size=2>1,162,188</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=5>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=right width=103><FONT size=2>N/A</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=left width=20></TD>
    <TD width=5>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=right width=108><FONT size=2>N/A</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=left width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=5>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=right width=92><FONT size=2>N/A</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=5>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=right width=90>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=5>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=right width=103>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=left width=20></TD>
    <TD width=5>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=right width=108>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=left width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=5>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=right width=92>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><FONT size=2>Common Stock, $0.0001 par value</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=5>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=right width=90><FONT size=2>1,162,188 shares</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=5><FONT size=2>$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=right width=103><FONT size=2>3.54</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=left width=20><FONT size=2>(2)&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=5><FONT size=2>$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=right width=108><FONT size=2>4,114,145.52&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=left width=20><FONT size=2>(2)&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=5><FONT size=2>$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=right width=92><FONT size=2>1087</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=5>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=right width=90>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=5>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=right width=103>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=left width=20></TD>
    <TD width=5>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=right width=108>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=left width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD vAlign=top width="5%"><FONT size=2>(1)</FONT><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD vAlign=top><FONT size=2>This Registration Statement shall also cover
      any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the
      Abatis Key Employee Stock Option Plan, by reason of any stock dividend,
      stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected
      without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the
      number of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of Redback Networks
      Inc.</FONT><BR>&nbsp; </TD></TR></TABLE><A name=page_2></A>

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    <TD vAlign=top width="5%"><FONT size=2>(2)</FONT><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD vAlign=top><FONT size=2>Calculated solely for purposes of this
      offering under Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on
      the basis of the weighted average exercise price of the outstanding
      options.</FONT><BR>&nbsp; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P align=center><B><FONT size=2>PART II<BR>Information Required in the
Registration Statement</FONT></B> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp; <U>Incorporation of Documents by
Reference</U></FONT> </P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT
size=2>Redback Networks Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) hereby incorporates by reference
into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;): </FONT></P>

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    <TD align=left width="4%"><FONT size=2>(a) </FONT></TD>
    <TD width="90%">
      <P><FONT size=2>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
      year ended December 31, 1999; </FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=left width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="90%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
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    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=left width="4%"><FONT size=2>(b) </FONT></TD>
    <TD width="90%">
      <P><FONT size=2>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the
      fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2000 and June 30, 2000; </FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=left width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="90%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
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    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=left width="4%"><FONT size=2>(c) </FONT></TD>
    <TD width="90%">
      <P><FONT size=2>The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Forms 8-K filed with
      the SEC on March 20, 2000, March 21, 2000, July 20, 2000 and August 2,
      2000; and </FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=left width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="90%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
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    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=left vAlign=top width="4%"><FONT size=2>(d) </FONT></TD>
    <TD width="90%">
      <P><FONT size=2>The Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement No. 0-25853 on
      Form 8-A filed with the SEC on April 22, 1999, pursuant to Section 12 of
      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;1934 Act&#148;), in which
      there is described the terms, rights and provisions applicable to the
      Registrant&#146;s outstanding Common Stock.
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<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2>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 deregisters 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. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Item 4.&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT><U><FONT size=2>Description of
Securities</FONT></U> </P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT
size=2>Not Applicable. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT><U><FONT size=2>Interests of Named
Experts and Counsel</FONT></U> </P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT
size=2>Not Applicable. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Item 6.&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT><U><FONT size=2>Indemnification of
Directors and Officers</FONT></U> </P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT
size=2>Section 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 such
indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities (including
reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the &#147;1933 Act&#148;). The Registrant&#146;s Bylaws provide for mandatory
indemnification of its directors and officers and permissible indemnification of
employees and other agents to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware
General Corporation Law. In addition, the Registrant has entered into
Indemnification Agreements with each of its directors and officers. </FONT></P>
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<P><FONT size=2>Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT><U><FONT size=2>Exemption from
Registration Claimed</FONT></U> </P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT
size=2>Not Applicable.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT><U><FONT size=2>Exhibits</FONT></U>
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    <TD align=left width="15%"><U><FONT size=2>Exhibit Number</FONT></U></TD>
    <TD width="79%"><U><FONT size=2>Exhibit</FONT></U></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=left width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="79%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD width="6%"><FONT size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=left width="15%"><FONT
      size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      4</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="79%"><FONT size=2>Instrument Defining Rights of Stockholders.
      Reference is made to Registrant&#146;s</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=left width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="79%"><FONT size=2>Registration Statement No. 0-25853 on Form
      8-A, which is incorporated herein by</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD width="6%"><FONT size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=left width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="79%"><FONT size=2>reference pursuant to Item 3(d) of this
      Registration Statement.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=left width="15%"><FONT
      size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      5</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="79%"><FONT size=2>Opinion and consent of Gunderson Dettmer
      Stough Villeneuve Franklin &amp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=left width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="79%"><FONT size=2>Hachigian, LLP</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD width="6%"><FONT size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=left width="15%"><FONT
      size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      23.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="79%"><FONT size=2>Consent of Independent
  Accountants.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD width="6%"><FONT size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=left width="15%"><FONT
      size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      23.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="79%"><FONT size=2>Consent of Gunderson Dettmer Stough
      Villeneuve Franklin &amp; Hachigian, LLP is</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=left width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="79%"><FONT size=2>contained in Exhibit 5.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=left width="15%"><FONT
      size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      24</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="79%"><FONT size=2>Power of Attorney. Reference is made to page
      II-4 of this Registration Statement.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD width="6%"><FONT size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=left width="15%"><FONT
      size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      99.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="79%"><FONT size=2>Abatis Key Employee Stock Option
    Plan</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P><FONT size=2>Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT><U><FONT
size=2>Undertakings</FONT></U> </P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT
size=2>A.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 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 (i) to include any
prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act, (ii) to reflect in the
prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in this Registration Statement and (iii) to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in this Registration Statement; </FONT><U><FONT
size=2>provided</FONT></U><FONT size=2>, however, that clauses (1)(i) and
(1)(ii) shall not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act
that are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement; (2) that
for the purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 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 and
(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
Registrant&#146;s Abatis Key Employee Stock Option Plan. </FONT></P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT
size=2></FONT><FONT size=2>B.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The undersigned
Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the 1933 Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that is incorporated by reference
into 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.</FONT> </P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT
size=2>C.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the 1933 Act may be permitted to directors, officers
or controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the indemnification
provisions summarized in Item 6 or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised
that, in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy
as expressed in the 1933 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</FONT> </P>
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<P><FONT size=2>jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue. </FONT></P>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>II-3</FONT> </P>
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<P align=center><B><FONT size=2>SIGNATURES</FONT></B> </P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT
size=2>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 this 12<sup>th</sup> day
of October, 2000. </FONT></P>
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    <TD colSpan=2 width="50%">&nbsp;<B><FONT size=2>REDBACK NETWORKS
      INC.</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colSpan=2 width="50%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colSpan=2 width="50%">&nbsp;<FONT size=2>By: /s/ V</FONT><font size="1">IVEK</font><FONT size=2>
      R</FONT><font size="1">AGAVAN</font></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="25%">
      <HR align=left noShade SIZE=1 width="75%">
    </TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colSpan=2 width="50%"><FONT
      size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Vivek
      Ragavan</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colSpan=2 width="50%"><FONT
      size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chief
      Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P align=center><B><U><FONT size=2>POWER OF ATTORNEY</FONT></U></B> </P>
<P><B><FONT size=2>KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:</FONT></B> </P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT
size=2>That the undersigned officers and directors of Redback Networks, Inc, a
Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Vivek Ragavan and Craig
M. Gentner, and either of them, the lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with
full power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to execute any
and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and either one of them,
determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said corporation
to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules or
regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in
connection with this Registration Statement. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and
authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers and directors in the
capacities indicated below to this Registration Statement, to any and all
amendments, both pre-effective and post-effective, and supplements to this
Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as
part of or in conjunction with this Registration Statement or amendments or
supplements thereof, and either of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms
all that said attorneys and agents, or either one of them, shall do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in several
counterparts.</FONT> </P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><FONT
size=2>IN WITNESS WHEREOF</FONT></B><FONT size=2>, each of the undersigned has
executed this Power of Attorney as of the date indicated. </FONT></P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT
size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.</FONT> </P>
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  <TR>
    <TD align=center width="33%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U><FONT
      size=2>Signature</FONT></U></TD>
    <TD align=center>&nbsp;<U><FONT size=2>Title</FONT></U></TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%"><U><FONT size=2>Date</FONT></U></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=center width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center></TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%"></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=center width="33%"><FONT size=2>/s/ V</FONT><font size="1">IVEK</font><FONT size=2>
      R</FONT><font size="1">AGAVAN</font></TD>
    <TD align=center>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%"><font size="2">October 12, 2000</font></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=center vAlign=bottom width="33%">
      <HR noShade SIZE=1 width="75%">
    </TD>
    <TD align=left><FONT size=2>Chief Executive Officer, President and
      Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=center width="33%"><FONT size=2>Vivek Ragavan</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=left><FONT size=2>(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD align=center width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center></TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%"></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=center width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=center width="33%"><FONT size=2>/s/ C</FONT><font size="1">RAIG</font><font size="2">
      M</font><font size="1">. </font><font size="2">G</font><font size="1">ENTNER</font></TD>
    <TD align=left></TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%"><font size="2">October 12, 2000</font></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=center vAlign=bottom width="33%">
      <HR noShade SIZE=1 width="75%">
    </TD>
    <TD align=left><FONT size=2>Senior Vice President of Finance, Chief
      Financial</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=center width="33%"><FONT size=2>Craig M. Gentner</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=left><FONT size=2>Officer and Corporate Secretary</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%">&nbsp;</TD></TR></TABLE>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>II-4</FONT> </P>
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    <TD align=center width="33%"><FONT size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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  <TR>
    <TD align=center width="33%"><U><FONT size=2>Signature</FONT></U></TD>
    <TD align=center><U><FONT size=2>Title</FONT></U></TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%"><U><FONT size=2>Date</FONT></U></TD></TR>
  <tr>
    <TD align=center width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center></TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%"></TD>
  </tr>
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    <TD align=center width="33%"><FONT size=2>/s/ P</FONT><font size="1">IERRE</font><FONT size=2>
      R. L</FONT><font size="1">AMOND</font>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%"><font size="2">October 12, 2000</font></TD>
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    <TD align=center></TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align=center width="33%"><FONT size=2>Pierre R. Lamond</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=center><FONT size=2>Director, Chairman of the Board</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </tr>
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    <TD align=center width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center></TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%"></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=center width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center></TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%"></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=center width="33%">&nbsp;<FONT size=2>/s/ D</FONT><font size="1">ENNIS</font><FONT size=2>
      B</FONT><font size="1">ARSEMA</font></TD>
    <TD align=center>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%"><font size="2">October 12, 2000</font></TD></TR>
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    </TD>
    <TD align=center></TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=center width="33%"><FONT size=2>Dennis Barsema</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=center><FONT size=2>Vice Chairman of the Board</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=center width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD align=center width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center>&nbsp;</TD>
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    </TD>
    <TD align=center></TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=center width="33%"><FONT size=2>James R. Flach</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=center><FONT size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=center width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD align=center width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=center width="33%"><FONT size=2>/s/ P</FONT><font size="1">ROMOD</font><FONT size=2>
      </FONT><font size="2">H</font><font size="1">AQUE</font></TD>
    <TD align=center>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%"><font size="2">October 12, 2000</font></TD></TR>
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    </TD>
    <TD align=center></TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=center width="33%"><FONT size=2>Promod Haque</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=center><FONT size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=center width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=center width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=center width="33%"><FONT size=2>/s/ V</FONT><font size="1">INOD</font><FONT size=2>
      K</FONT><font size="1">HOSLA</font>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%"><font size="2">October 12, 2000</font></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=center width="33%">
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    </TD>
    <TD align=center></TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=center width="33%"><FONT size=2>Vinod Khosla</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=center><FONT size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=center width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD align=center width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=center width="33%"><FONT size=2>/s/ W</FONT><font size="1">ILLIAM</font><FONT size=2>
      </FONT><font size="2">H. K</font><font size="1">URTZ</font>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%"><font size="2">October 12, 2000</font></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=center></TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=center width="33%"><FONT size=2>William H. Kurtz</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=center><FONT size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD align=center width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD align=center width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=center width="33%"><FONT size=2>/s/ D</FONT><font size="1">ANIEL </font><font size="2">J</font><font size="1">.</font><FONT size=2>
      </FONT><font size="2">W</font><font size="1">ARMENHOVEN</font>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%"><font size="2">October 12, 2000</font></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=center width="20%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD align=center width="33%"><FONT size=2>Daniel J. Warmenhoven</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=center><FONT size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD align=center width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width="20%">&nbsp;</TD></TR></TABLE>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>II-5</FONT> </P>
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<P align=center><U><FONT size=2>EXHIBIT INDEX</FONT></U> </P>
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    <TD width="6%"></TD>
    <TD align=center width="15%"><U><FONT size=2>Exhibit Number</FONT></U></TD>
    <TD width="79%"><U><FONT size=2>Exhibit</FONT></U></TD></TR>
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    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align=center width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="79%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD width="6%"><FONT size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=center width="15%"><FONT size=2>4</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="79%"><FONT size=2>Instrument Defining Rights of Stockholders.
      Reference is made to Registrant&#146;s</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="6%"><FONT size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=center width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="79%"><FONT size=2>Registration Statement No. 25853 on Form 8-A,
      which is incorporated herein by reference</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD width="6%"><FONT size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=center width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="79%"><FONT size=2>pursuant to Item 3(b) of this Registration
      Statement.</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="6%"><FONT size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=center width="15%"><FONT size=2>5</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="79%"><FONT size=2>Opinion and consent of Gunderson Dettmer
      Stough Villeneuve Franklin &amp; Hachigian, LLP</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="6%"><FONT size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=center width="15%"><FONT size=2>23.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="79%"><FONT size=2>Consent of Independent
  Accountants.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD width="6%"><FONT size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=center width="15%"><FONT size=2>23.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="79%"><FONT size=2>Consent of Gunderson Dettmer Stough
      Villeneuve Franklin &amp; Hachigian, LLP is contained</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="6%"><FONT size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=center width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="79%"><FONT size=2>in Exhibit 5.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD width="6%"><FONT size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=center width="15%"><FONT size=2>24</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="79%"><FONT size=2>Power of Attorney. Reference is made to page
      II-4 of this Registration Statement.</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="6%"><FONT size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align=center width="15%"><FONT size=2>99.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="79%"><FONT size=2>Abatis Key Employee Stock Option
    Plan</FONT></TD></TR>
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Redback S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on October 13, 2000
Registration No. 333-_____
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
REDBACK NETWORKS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
3576
77-0438443
(State or
      other jurisdiction of
(Primary Standard
      Industrial
(IRS Employer
incorporation or
      organization)
Classification Code
      Number)
Identification No.)
1195 Borregas
      Avenue
Sunnyvale, California
      94089
(Address of principal
      executive offices) (Zip Code)
REDBACK NETWORKS
INC.
Abatis Key Employee Stock Option Plan
(Full title of the Plan)
Vivek Ragavan
Chief Executive
Officer
Redback Networks Inc.
1195 Borregas Avenue
Sunnyvale,
California 94089
(Name and address of agent for
service)
(408) 548-3500
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount to be
Offering Price
per
Aggregate
Offering
Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered
Registered(1)
Share
Price
Registration Fee
Abatis Key Employee Stock Option Plan
Rights to purchase Common Stock
1,162,188
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value
1,162,188 shares
$
3.54
(2)
$
4,114,145.52
(2)
$
1087
(1)
This Registration Statement shall also cover
      any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the
      Abatis Key Employee Stock Option Plan, by reason of any stock dividend,
      stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected
      without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the
      number of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of Redback Networks
      Inc.
(2)
Calculated solely for purposes of this
      offering under Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on
      the basis of the weighted average exercise price of the outstanding
      options.
PART II
Information Required in the
Registration Statement
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by
Reference
Redback Networks Inc. (the "Registrant") hereby incorporates by reference
into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"):
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
      year ended December 31, 1999;
(b)
The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the
      fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2000 and June 30, 2000;
(c)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Forms 8-K filed with
      the SEC on March 20, 2000, March 21, 2000, July 20, 2000 and August 2,
      2000; and
(d)
The Registrant's Registration Statement No. 0-25853 on
      Form 8-A filed with the SEC on April 22, 1999, pursuant to Section 12 of
      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), in which
      there is described the terms, rights and provisions applicable to the
      Registrant's outstanding 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 deregisters 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 such
indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities (including
reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "1933 Act"). The Registrant's Bylaws provide for mandatory
indemnification of its directors and officers and permissible indemnification of
employees and other agents to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware
General Corporation Law. In addition, the Registrant has entered into
Indemnification Agreements with each of its directors and officers.
II-1
Item 7.
Exemption from
Registration Claimed
Not Applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
Exhibit Number
Exhibit
4
Instrument Defining Rights of Stockholders.
      Reference is made to Registrant's
Registration Statement No. 0-25853 on Form
      8-A, which is incorporated herein by
reference pursuant to Item 3(d) of this
      Registration Statement.
5
Opinion and consent of Gunderson Dettmer
      Stough Villeneuve Franklin &
Hachigian, LLP
23.1
Consent of Independent
  Accountants.
23.2
Consent of Gunderson Dettmer Stough
      Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP is
contained in Exhibit 5.
24
Power of Attorney. Reference is made to page
      II-4 of this Registration Statement.
99.1
Abatis Key Employee Stock Option
    Plan
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 (i) to include any
prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act, (ii) to reflect in the
prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in this Registration Statement and (iii) to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in this Registration Statement;
provided
, however, that clauses (1)(i) and
(1)(ii) shall not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act
that are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement; (2) that
for the purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 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 and
(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
Registrant's Abatis Key Employee Stock Option Plan.
B.      The undersigned
Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the 1933 Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that is incorporated by reference
into 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 1933 Act may be permitted to directors, officers
or controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the indemnification
provisions summarized in Item 6 or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised
that, in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy
as expressed in the 1933 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
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jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the 1933 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 Sunnyvale, State of California on this 12
th
day
of October, 2000.
REDBACK NETWORKS
      INC.
By: /s/ V
IVEK
R
AGAVAN
Vivek
      Ragavan
Chief
      Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:
That the undersigned officers and directors of Redback Networks, Inc, a
Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Vivek Ragavan and Craig
M. Gentner, and either of them, the lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with
full power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to execute any
and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and either one of them,
determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said corporation
to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules or
regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in
connection with this Registration Statement. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and
authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers and directors in the
capacities indicated below to this Registration Statement, to any and all
amendments, both pre-effective and post-effective, and supplements to this
Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as
part of or in conjunction with this Registration Statement or amendments or
supplements thereof, and either of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms
all that said attorneys and agents, or either one of them, shall do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in several
counterparts.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF
, each of the undersigned has
executed this Power of Attorney as of the date indicated.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ V
IVEK
R
AGAVAN
October 12, 2000
Chief Executive Officer, President and
      Director
Vivek Ragavan
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ C
RAIG
M
.
G
ENTNER
October 12, 2000
Senior Vice President of Finance, Chief
      Financial
Craig M. Gentner
Officer and Corporate Secretary
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ P
IERRE
R. L
AMOND
October 12, 2000
Pierre R. Lamond
Director, Chairman of the Board
/s/ D
ENNIS
B
ARSEMA
October 12, 2000
Dennis Barsema
Vice Chairman of the Board
James R. Flach
Director
/s/ P
ROMOD
H
AQUE
October 12, 2000
Promod Haque
Director
/s/ V
INOD
K
HOSLA
October 12, 2000
Vinod Khosla
Director
/s/ W
ILLIAM
H. K
URTZ
October 12, 2000
William H. Kurtz
Director
/s/ D
ANIEL
J
.
W
ARMENHOVEN
October 12, 2000
Daniel J. Warmenhoven
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Exhibit
4
Instrument Defining Rights of Stockholders.
      Reference is made to Registrant's
Registration Statement No. 25853 on Form 8-A,
      which is incorporated herein by reference
pursuant to Item 3(b) of this Registration
      Statement.
5
Opinion and consent of Gunderson Dettmer
      Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP
23.1
Consent of Independent
  Accountants.
23.2
Consent of Gunderson Dettmer Stough
      Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP is contained
in Exhibit 5.
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Power of Attorney. Reference is made to page
      II-4 of this Registration Statement.
99.1
Abatis Key Employee Stock Option
    Plan