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<P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center"><FONT size="3">Washington, D.C. 20549
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<P align="center"><FONT size="5"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center"><FONT size="2">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br>
UNDER<br>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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<P align="center"><FONT size="6"><B>NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center"><FONT size="2">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State of Incorporation)</FONT></TD>
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<B>77-0307520</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>495 East Java Drive,<BR>
Sunnyvale, California 94089</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">(Address of principal executive offices)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">(Full title of the plans)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Daniel J. Warmenhoven<BR>
Chief Executive Officer and Director<BR>
Network Appliance, Inc.<BR>
495 East Java Drive,<BR>
Sunnyvale, California 94089<BR>
(408)&nbsp;822-6000</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">Copies to:<BR>
Steven E. Bochner, Esq.<BR>
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati, P. C.<BR>
650 Page Mill Road<BR>
Palo Alto, CA 94304<BR>
(650)&nbsp;493-9300
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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1,000,000</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h). The price per share and
aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low
prices of Registrant&#146;s Common Stock on October 3, 2003 as reported on
the Nasdaq National Market.</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART II Information Required in the Registration Statement</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART II</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Information Required in the Registration Statement</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Network Appliance, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) hereby incorporates by
reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;):
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    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended
April&nbsp;25, 2003, filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;25, 2003, pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
&#147;1934 Act&#148;);</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended August&nbsp;1, 2003, filed with the Commission on September&nbsp;3, 2003;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">The Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement No.&nbsp;000-27130 on Form&nbsp;8-A
filed with the Commission on November&nbsp;1, 1995, in which there is
described the terms, rights and provisions applicable to the
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act after the date of this
Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
de-registers all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed
document which also is deemed
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">to be incorporated by reference herein modifies
or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part
of this Registration Statement.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a court to
award or a corporation&#146;s board of directors to grant indemnification to
directors and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit the
indemnification under some circumstances for liabilities (including
reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended. Article&nbsp;IX of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
provides that, subject to Delaware law, its directors will not be personally
liable for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties to the
Registrant and its stockholders. This provision does not eliminate any
director&#146;s fiduciary duties and in appropriate circumstances, equitable
remedies such as injunctive or other forms of non-monetary relief will remain
available under Delaware law. The provision also does not affect a director&#146;s
responsibilities under any other law, such as the federal securities laws or
state or federal environmental laws.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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The Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement No.&nbsp;000-27130 on Form&nbsp;8-A, filed
with the Commission on November&nbsp;1, 1995, in which there is described the
terms, rights and provisions applicable to the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock.</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati, P.C.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Deloitte and Touche LLP</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati, P.C. is contained in Exhibit
5.1 to this Registration Statement</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney is contained on the signature page</FONT></TD>
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Network Appliance Employee Stock Purchase Plan</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In accordance with the requirements of Item&nbsp;8(b) of Part II of Form&nbsp;S-8, the
Registrant will submit or has submitted the Plan, and any amendments thereto,
to the Internal Revenue Service (the &#147;IRS&#148;) in a timely manner and has made or
will make all changes required by the IRS to qualify the Plan.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp; The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp; To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement to include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the
Registration Statement.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp; That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp; To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp; The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934)
that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp; Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of
1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&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&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Sunnyvale, State of California, on October&nbsp;10,
2003.
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC.</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Daniel J. Warmenhoven</FONT></TD>
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Title:
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Chief Executive Officer and Director</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Daniel J. Warmenhoven and Steven J.
Gomo, and each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form
S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this
report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Company
and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ DANIEL J. WARMENHOVEN<BR>
</FONT>
<HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
(Daniel J. Warmenhoven)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Chief Executive Officer, Director<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 10, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ DONALD T. VALENTINE<BR>
</FONT>
<HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
(Donald T. Valentine)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Chairman of the Board, Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 10, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ STEVEN J. GOMO<BR>
</FONT>
<HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
(Steven J. Gomo)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Senior Vice President of Finance<BR>
and Chief Financial Officer
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 10, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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(Carol A. Bartz)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 10, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ NICHOLAS G. MOORE<BR>
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<HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
(Nicholas G. Moore)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 10, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
(Michael R. Hallman)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 10, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ ROBERT T. WALL<BR>
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<HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
(Robert T. Wall)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 10, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ DR. SACHIO SEMMOTO<BR>
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<HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
(Dr. Sachio Semmoto)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 10, 2003</FONT></TD>
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The Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement No.&nbsp;000-27130 on Form&nbsp;8-A,
filed with the Commission on November&nbsp;1, 1995, in which there is
described the terms, rights and provisions applicable to the
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock.</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati, P.C.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Deloitte and Touche LLP</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati, P. C., is contained
in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this Registration Statement</FONT></TD>
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Network Appliance Employee Stock Purchase Plan</FONT></TD>
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Network Appliance, Inc. Form S-8
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State of Incorporation)
77-0307520
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
495 East Java Drive,
Sunnyvale, California 94089
(Address of principal executive offices)
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the plans)
Daniel J. Warmenhoven
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Network Appliance, Inc.
495 East Java Drive,
Sunnyvale, California 94089
(408) 822-6000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Steven E. Bochner, Esq.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P. C.
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
(650) 493-9300
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
to be Registered
Registered
Share (1)
Price (1)
Registration Fee
Stock Options and
Common Stock (par
value $0.001)
1,000,000
$22.47
$22,470,000
$1,817.82
(1)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h). The price per share and
aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low
prices of Registrant's Common Stock on October 3, 2003 as reported on
the Nasdaq National Market.
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PART II Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
EXHIBIT 99.1
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PART II
Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Network Appliance, Inc. (the "Registrant") hereby incorporates by
reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"):
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
April 25, 2003, filed with the Commission on June 25, 2003, pursuant
to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"1934 Act");
(b)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended August 1, 2003, filed with the Commission on September 3, 2003;
(c)
The Registrant's Registration Statement No. 000-27130 on Form 8-A
filed with the Commission on November 1, 1995, in which there is
described the terms, rights and provisions applicable to the
Registrant's Common Stock.
All reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed pursuant
to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act after the date of this
Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
de-registers all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed
document which also is deemed
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to be incorporated by reference herein modifies
or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part
of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a court to
award or a corporation's board of directors to grant indemnification to
directors and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit the
indemnification under some circumstances for liabilities (including
reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended. Article IX of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
provides that, subject to Delaware law, its directors will not be personally
liable for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties to the
Registrant and its stockholders. This provision does not eliminate any
director's fiduciary duties and in appropriate circumstances, equitable
remedies such as injunctive or other forms of non-monetary relief will remain
available under Delaware law. The provision also does not affect a director's
responsibilities under any other law, such as the federal securities laws or
state or federal environmental laws.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Documents
4.1
The Registrant's Registration Statement No. 000-27130 on Form 8-A, filed
with the Commission on November 1, 1995, in which there is described the
terms, rights and provisions applicable to the Registrant's Common Stock.
5.1
Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte and Touche LLP
23.2
Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. is contained in Exhibit
5.1 to this Registration Statement
24
Power of Attorney is contained on the signature page
99.1
Network Appliance Employee Stock Purchase Plan
In accordance with the requirements of Item 8(b) of Part II of Form S-8, the
Registrant will submit or has submitted the Plan, and any amendments thereto,
to the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") in a timely manner and has made or
will make all changes required by the IRS to qualify the Plan.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
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(1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement to include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the
Registration Statement.
(2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
(3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
(b)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934)
that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of
1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Sunnyvale, State of California, on October 10,
2003.
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC.
By:
/s/ Daniel J. Warmenhoven
Daniel J. Warmenhoven
Title:
Chief Executive Officer and Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Daniel J. Warmenhoven and Steven J.
Gomo, and each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form
S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this
report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Company
and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signatures
Title
Date
/s/ DANIEL J. WARMENHOVEN
(Daniel J. Warmenhoven)
Chief Executive Officer, Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
October 10, 2003
/s/ DONALD T. VALENTINE
(Donald T. Valentine)
Chairman of the Board, Director
October 10, 2003
/s/ STEVEN J. GOMO
(Steven J. Gomo)
Senior Vice President of Finance
and Chief Financial Officer
October 10, 2003
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(Sanjiv Ahuja)
Director
October     , 2003
/s/ CAROL A. BARTZ
(Carol A. Bartz)
Director
October 10, 2003
/s/ NICHOLAS G. MOORE
(Nicholas G. Moore)
Director
October 10, 2003
/s/ MICHAEL R. HALLMAN
(Michael R. Hallman)
Director
October 10, 2003
/s/ ROBERT T. WALL
(Robert T. Wall)
Director
October 10, 2003
/s/ DR. SACHIO SEMMOTO
(Dr. Sachio Semmoto)
Director
October 10, 2003
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
The Registrant's Registration Statement No. 000-27130 on Form 8-A,
filed with the Commission on November 1, 1995, in which there is
described the terms, rights and provisions applicable to the
Registrant's Common Stock.
5.1
Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte and Touche LLP
23.2
Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P. C., is contained
in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement
24
Power of Attorney is contained on the signature page
99.1
Network Appliance Employee Stock Purchase Plan