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                                    UNITED STATES
  
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                                Washington, DC 20549
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   Current Report
                           pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
                                       of the
                           Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
         Date of Report (Date of earliest Event Reported): December 6, 2001
  
  
                                   SONICWALL, INC.
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               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
           California                   000-27732                77-0270079
  (State or Other Jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)     (I.R.S. Employer
        of Incorporation)                                   Identification Number)
  
                                 1160 Bordeaux Drive
                                 Sunnyvale, CA 94089
                                   (408) 745-9600
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                 (Address, including zip code and telephone number,
                           of principal executive offices)
  
  
  ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.
  
       On December 6, 2001, a securities class action complaint was filed in the
  U.S. Southern District Court of New York against certain of the Company's
  underwriters in its initial public offering in November 1999 and its follow-on
  offering in March 2000, the Company and three of the Company's officers and
  directors. The complaint seeks damages or rescission for misrepresentations or
  omissions in the prospectuses relating to, among other things, the alleged
  receipt of excessive and undisclosed commissions by the underwriters in
  connection with the allocation of shares of common stock in the Company's public
  offerings. SonicWALL believes that the claims against it and its officers and
  directors are without merit and intends to vigorously defend against these
  allegations.
  
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                                     SIGNATURES
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  Dated:  December 14, 2001
  
  
                                   SONICWALL, INC.
  
                                   By: /s/ Gregory K. Miller
  
                                   Gregory K. Miller
                                   Senior Vice President, Legal
                                   and Corporate Affairs
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text: UNITED STATES
  
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                                Washington, DC 20549
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   Current Report
                           pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
                                       of the
                           Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
         Date of Report (Date of earliest Event Reported): December 6, 2001
  
                                   SONICWALL, INC.
          ----------------------------------------------------------------
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
           California                   000-27732                77-0270079
  (State or Other Jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)     (I.R.S. Employer
        of Incorporation)                                   Identification Number)
  
                                 1160 Bordeaux Drive
                                 Sunnyvale, CA 94089
                                   (408) 745-9600
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 (Address, including zip code and telephone number,
                           of principal executive offices)
  
  ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.
  
       On December 6, 2001, a securities class action complaint was filed in the
  U.S. Southern District Court of New York against certain of the Company's
  underwriters in its initial public offering in November 1999 and its follow-on
  offering in March 2000, the Company and three of the Company's officers and
  directors. The complaint seeks damages or rescission for misrepresentations or
  omissions in the prospectuses relating to, among other things, the alleged
  receipt of excessive and undisclosed commissions by the underwriters in
  connection with the allocation of shares of common stock in the Company's public
  offerings. SonicWALL believes that the claims against it and its officers and
  directors are without merit and intends to vigorously defend against these
  allegations.
  SIGNATURES
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  Dated:  December 14, 2001
  
                                   SONICWALL, INC.
  
                                   By: /s/ Gregory K. Miller
  
                                   Gregory K. Miller
                                   Senior Vice President, Legal
                                   and Corporate Affairs