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   <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
  SIZE="2"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Washington, DC 20549 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT
  FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>FORM 8-K </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Current Report Pursuant </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
  SIZE="2">to Section 13 or 15(d) of the </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
  SIZE="2">Date of Report:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;May 1, 2002 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>REDBACK NETWORKS INC. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT
  FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center">
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="31%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Delaware</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="31%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">000-25853</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(Commission File Number)</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="31%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">77-0438443</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
  
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  Jose, CA 95134 </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(408) 750&#150;5000 </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(Addresses, including zip code, and telephone numbers, </FONT></DIV>
  <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">including area code, of principal executive offices) </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ITEM 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;OTHER
  EVENTS. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:27px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On May 1, 2002, Redback Networks Inc (the &#147;Company&#148;) received notice of the filing of an amended class
  action complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, naming the Company and two of its former officers as defendants. The amended complaint, asserts violations of federal securities laws, among other
  claims, relating to how the underwriters of the Company&#146;s initial public offering allegedly allocated the Company&#146;s IPO shares to the underwriters&#146; customers. The amended complaint amends the complaint which was originally filed in
  July 2001 and which was dismissed without prejudice in March 2002. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">. </FONT></DIV> <P></P>
  
  
  
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   <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>SIGNATURES </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV
  STYLE="text-indent:27px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">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.
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  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" WIDTH="43%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:13px; text-indent:-13px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">REDBACK NETWORKS INC.</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" WIDTH="43%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;May 8, 2002</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="43%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dennis P. Wolf&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="43%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:13px; text-indent:-13px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dennis P. Wolf</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:13px; text-indent:-13px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Senior Vice
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text: Prepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Form 8-K
  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:    May 1, 2002
  REDBACK NETWORKS INC.
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  Delaware
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
  000-25853
  (Commission File Number)
  77-0438443
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
  300 Holger Way
  San
  Jose, CA 95134
  (408) 750–5000
  (Addresses, including zip code, and telephone numbers,
  including area code, of principal executive offices)
  ITEM 5.    OTHER
  EVENTS.
  On May 1, 2002, Redback Networks Inc (the "Company") received notice of the filing of an amended class
  action complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, naming the Company and two of its former officers as defendants. The amended complaint, asserts violations of federal securities laws, among other
  claims, relating to how the underwriters of the Company's initial public offering allegedly allocated the Company's IPO shares to the underwriters' customers. The amended complaint amends the complaint which was originally filed in
  July 2001 and which was dismissed without prejudice in March 2002.
  .
  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.
  REDBACK NETWORKS INC.
  Date:    May 8, 2002
  By:
  /s/    Dennis P. Wolf
  Dennis P. Wolf
  Senior Vice
  President of Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer
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