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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;4, 2025 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&#8195;&#8195;&#8195; </B></P>
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  </DIV><DIV STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center><DIV STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</DIV></center>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>NETGEAR, Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact
  name of Registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">77-0419172</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>Identification No.)</B></TD></TR>
  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>350 East Plumeria Drive </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>San Jose, CA 95134 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center><DIV STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</DIV></center>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>NETGEAR, Inc. 2025 Equity Incentive Plan </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>NETGEAR, Inc. 2003 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>NETGEAR, Inc. 2024 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan, as amended </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plans) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Charles (CJ) Prober </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chief Executive Officer </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>NETGEAR, Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>350 East
  Plumeria Drive </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>San Jose, CA 95134 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(408) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">907-8000</FONT> </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copies to: </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Jon Gavenman</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Sepideh Mousakhani</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Cooley
  LLP</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>3175 Hanover Street</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Palo Alto, California 94304</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(650) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">843-5000</FONT></B></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Kirsten Daru</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>NETGEAR, Inc.</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>350 East
  Plumeria Drive</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>San Jose, CA 95134</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(408) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">907-8000</FONT></B></P></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
  filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT
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  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&#8194;&#9744; </P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NETGEAR, Inc. (the &#147;<B><I>Registrant</I></B>&#148;) is filing this Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  (the &#147;<B><I>Commission</I></B>&#148;) for the purpose of registering: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">4,981,856 shares of its common stock reserved for future issuance under its 2025 Equity Incentive Plan;
  </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">1,500,000 additional shares of its common stock reserved for future issuance under its 2003 Employee Stock
  Purchase Plan, as amended (the &#147;<B><I>2003</I></B> <B><I>ESPP</I></B>&#148;); and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">600,000 additional shares of its common stock reserved for future issuance under its 2024 Inducement Equity
  Incentive Plan, as amended (the &#147;<B><I>2024</I></B> <B><I>Inducement Plan</I></B>&#148;). </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accordance with the instructional
  note to Part I of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> as promulgated by the Commission, the information specified by Part I of the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> has been omitted from this Registration Statement. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registration Statement is being filed for the purpose of increasing the number of securities of the same class as other securities for
  which Registration Statements on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> of the Registrant relating to the 2003 ESPP and the 2024 Inducement Plan set forth herein are effective.&nbsp;Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> the contents of the Registration Statements on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;
  6, 2003 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122904/000089161803004153/f92080orsv8.htm">File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-107718</FONT></A>), July&nbsp;
  29, 2009 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122904/000119312509158176/ds8.htm">File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-160869</FONT></A>), June&nbsp;
  3, 2016 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122904/000112290416000242/ntgr-20160603.htm">File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-211795</FONT></A>), August&nbsp;
  5, 2022 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122904/000156459022028204/ntgr-s8.htm">File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-266581</FONT></A>), and February&nbsp;
  16, 2024 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122904/000095017024016546/ntgr-s8-q124.htm">File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-277156</FONT></A>) are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration
  Statement.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the Commission:
  </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31,
  2024, filed with the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001122904/000095017025021413/ntgr-20241231.htm">February<U></U>&nbsp;14, 2025</A> pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;<B><I>Exchange</I></B><B> </B><B><I>Act</I></B>&#148;); </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) The Registrant&#146;s
  Definitive Proxy Statement on&nbsp;Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001122904/000095017025055906/ntgr-20250418.htm">April<U></U>&nbsp;18,
  2025</A>&nbsp;(only with respect to information specifically incorporated by reference into the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;10-K&nbsp;for</FONT> the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2024); </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001122904/000095017025002826/ntgr-20241231.htm">January
  <U></U>&nbsp;7, 2025</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001122904/000095017025079709/ntgr-20250529.htm">May<U></U>&nbsp;30, 2025</A>; and </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(4) The description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122904/000089161803003903/f91741e8va12g.htm">Form
   <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT></A> filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;25, 2003 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;000-50350),</FONT> pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report
  filed for the purpose of updating such description, including <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122904/000156459020005056/ntgr-ex42_763.htm">Exhibit 4.2</A> of the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2019, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;18, 2020. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date of this
  Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
  incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules of
  the Commission shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein </P>
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  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. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;4. Description of Securities. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;5. Interests of
  Named Experts and Counsel. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a corporation&#146;s board of directors to grant, and authorizes a court to
  award, indemnity to officers, directors, and other corporate agents. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As permitted by Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the Delaware General
  Corporation Law, the Registrant&#146;s amended and restated certificate of incorporation contains provisions that limit the liability of its directors for monetary damages to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. Consequently, the
  Registrant&#146;s directors will not be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duties as directors, except liability for (i)&nbsp;any breach of their duty of loyalty to the Registrant
  or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;any act or omission not in good faith or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions as provided in
  Section&nbsp;174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, and/or (iv)&nbsp;any transaction from which they derived an improper personal benefit. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, as permitted by Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Registrant&#146;s amended and restated certificate
  of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide that: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The Registrant shall indemnify its directors and officers for serving the Registrant in those capacities or for
  serving other business enterprises at the Registrant&#146;s request, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. Delaware law provides that a corporation may indemnify such person if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person
  reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person&#146;s conduct was unlawful. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  indemnification is permitted by applicable law. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  defending a proceeding, except that such director or officer shall undertake to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  respect to proceedings initiated by that person, except with respect to proceedings authorized by the Registrant&#146;s board of directors or brought to enforce a right to indemnification. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  restated bylaws are not exclusive, and the Registrant is authorized to enter into indemnification agreements with its directors, officers, employees and agents and to obtain insurance to indemnify such persons. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  restated bylaw provisions to reduce its indemnification obligations to directors, officers, employees, and agents. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  agreements with each of its directors and officers that provide the maximum indemnity allowed to directors and officers by Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law and also to provide for certain additional procedural protections.
  The Registrant also maintains directors and officers insurance to insure such persons against certain liabilities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">These indemnification
  obligations described above may be sufficiently broad to permit the indemnification of the Registrant&#146;s directors and officers for liabilities (including reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
  (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">See also the undertakings set out in response to Item 9 herein. </P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
  Statement: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the 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 the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
  securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
  the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
  effective registration statement; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) 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. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (A)(1)(i) and (A)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a
  post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this
  Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities 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. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">B. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
  liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report
  pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
  that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
  Securities Act 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 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 and will be
  governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P>
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="sig"></A>SIGNATURES </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Jose,
  State of California, on June&nbsp;4, 2025. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>NETGEAR, INC.</B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Charles (CJ) Prober</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Charles (CJ) Prober</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
  </TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS</I>, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Charles (CJ) Prober
  and Bryan D. Murray, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and
  in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> of NETGEAR, Inc., and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), and to
  file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT>
  and agents 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 for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
  confirming all that said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement on Form
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date</B></P></TD></TR>
  
  
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Charles (CJ) Prober</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Charles (CJ) Prober</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Executive Officer and Director</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(<I>Principal Executive Officer</I>)</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">June&nbsp;4, 2025</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Bryan D. Murray</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Bryan D. Murray</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Financial Officer</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(<I>Principal
  Accounting and Financial Officer</I>)</P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Sarah S. Butterfass</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Sarah S. Butterfass</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Laura J. Durr</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Laura J. Durr</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Shravan K. Goli</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Shravan K. Goli</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Bradley L. Maiorino</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Bradley L. Maiorino</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Laura C. Orvidas</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Laura C. Orvidas</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">June&nbsp;4, 2025</TD></TR>
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text: S-8
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 4, 2025
  Registration No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM
  S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  NETGEAR, Inc.
  (Exact
  name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  77-0419172
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  350 East Plumeria Drive
  San Jose, CA 95134
  (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
  NETGEAR, Inc. 2025 Equity Incentive Plan
  NETGEAR, Inc. 2003 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended
  NETGEAR, Inc. 2024 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan, as amended
  (Full title of the plans)
  Charles (CJ) Prober
  Chief Executive Officer
  NETGEAR, Inc.
  350 East
  Plumeria Drive
  San Jose, CA 95134
  (408)
  907-8000
  (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  Copies to:
  Jon Gavenman
  Sepideh Mousakhani
  Cooley
  LLP
  3175 Hanover Street
  Palo Alto, California 94304
  (650)
  843-5000
  Kirsten Daru
  General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer
  NETGEAR, Inc.
  350 East
  Plumeria Drive
  San Jose, CA 95134
  (408)
  907-8000
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
  non-accelerated
  filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule
  12b-2
  of the Exchange Act
  Large Accelerated filer
  ☐
  Accelerated filer
  ☑
  Non-Accelerated
  filer
  ☐
  Smaller reporting company
  ☐
  Emerging growth company
  ☐
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
  EXPLANATORY NOTE
  NETGEAR, Inc. (the "
  Registrant
  ") is filing this Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  (the "
  Commission
  ") for the purpose of registering:
  •
  4,981,856 shares of its common stock reserved for future issuance under its 2025 Equity Incentive Plan;
  •
  1,500,000 additional shares of its common stock reserved for future issuance under its 2003 Employee Stock
  Purchase Plan, as amended (the "
  2003
  ESPP
  "); and
  •
  600,000 additional shares of its common stock reserved for future issuance under its 2024 Inducement Equity
  Incentive Plan, as amended (the "
  2024
  Inducement Plan
  ").
  In accordance with the instructional
  note to Part I of Form
  S-8
  as promulgated by the Commission, the information specified by Part I of the Form
  S-8
  has been omitted from this Registration Statement.
  The Registration Statement is being filed for the purpose of increasing the number of securities of the same class as other securities for
  which Registration Statements on Form
  S-8
  of the Registrant relating to the 2003 ESPP and the 2024 Inducement Plan set forth herein are effective. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form
  S-8,
  the contents of the Registration Statements on Form
  S-8
  filed with the Commission on August 
  6, 2003 (
  File No.
  333-107718
  ), July 
  29, 2009 (
  File No.
  333-160869
  ), June 
  3, 2016 (
  File No.
  333-211795
  ), August 
  5, 2022 (
  File No.
  333-266581
  ), and February 
  16, 2024 (
  File No.
  333-277156
  ) are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration
  Statement.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the Commission:
  (1) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form
  10-K
  for the fiscal year ended December 31,
  2024, filed with the Commission on
  February
  14, 2025
  pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "
  Exchange
  Act
  ");
  (2) The Registrant's
  Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on
  April
  18,
  2025
  (only with respect to information specifically incorporated by reference into the Registrant's Annual Report on
  Form 10-K for
  the year ended December 31, 2024);
  (3) The Registrant's Current Reports on Form
  8-K
  filed with the Commission on
  January
  7, 2025
  and
  May
  30, 2025
  ; and
  (4) The description of the Registrant's common stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on
  Form
  8-A
  filed with the Commission on July 25, 2003 (File
  No. 000-50350),
  pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report
  filed for the purpose of updating such description, including
  Exhibit 4.2
  of the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
  10-K
  for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the Commission on February 18, 2020.
  All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date of this
  Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
  incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules of
  the Commission shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
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  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 corporation's board of directors to grant, and authorizes a court to
  award, indemnity to officers, directors, and other corporate agents.
  As permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General
  Corporation Law, the Registrant's amended and restated certificate of incorporation contains provisions that limit the liability of its directors for monetary damages to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. Consequently, the
  Registrant's directors will not be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duties as directors, except liability for (i) any breach of their duty of loyalty to the Registrant
  or its stockholders, (ii) any act or omission not in good faith or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions as provided in
  Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, and/or (iv) any transaction from which they derived an improper personal benefit.
  In addition, as permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Registrant's amended and restated certificate
  of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide that:
  •
  The Registrant shall indemnify its directors and officers for serving the Registrant in those capacities or for
  serving other business enterprises at the Registrant's request, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. Delaware law provides that a corporation may indemnify such person if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person
  reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person's conduct was unlawful.
  •
  The Registrant may, in its discretion, indemnify employees and agents in those circumstances where
  indemnification is permitted by applicable law.
  •
  The Registrant is required to advance expenses, as incurred, to its directors and officers in connection with
  defending a proceeding, except that such director or officer shall undertake to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification.
  •
  The Registrant will not be obligated pursuant to its amended and restated bylaws to indemnify a person with
  respect to proceedings initiated by that person, except with respect to proceedings authorized by the Registrant's board of directors or brought to enforce a right to indemnification.
  •
  The rights conferred in the Registrant's amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and
  restated bylaws are not exclusive, and the Registrant is authorized to enter into indemnification agreements with its directors, officers, employees and agents and to obtain insurance to indemnify such persons.
  •
  The Registrant may not retroactively amend the amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and
  restated bylaw provisions to reduce its indemnification obligations to directors, officers, employees, and agents.
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  In addition, the Registrant's practice is to enter into separate indemnification
  agreements with each of its directors and officers that provide the maximum indemnity allowed to directors and officers by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law and also to provide for certain additional procedural protections.
  The Registrant also maintains directors and officers insurance to insure such persons against certain liabilities.
  These indemnification
  obligations described above may be sufficiently broad to permit the indemnification of the Registrant's directors and officers for liabilities (including reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
  (the "Securities Act").
  See also the undertakings set out in response to Item 9 herein.
  Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
  Not applicable.
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  Incorporated by Reference
  Exhibit
  Number
  Exhibit Description
  Form
  File No.
  Exhibit
  Filing Date
  4.1
  Form of common stock certificate of Registrant.
  S-1/A
  333-104419
  4.1
  July 14, 2003
  4.2
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.
  10-Q
  000-50350
  3.1
  August 4, 2017
  4.3
  Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant.
  8-K
  000-50350
  3.2
  April 20, 2018
  5.1*
  Opinion of Cooley LLP.
  23.1*
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
  23.2*
  Consent of Cooley LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
  24.1*
  Power of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto).
  99.1*
  2025 Equity Incentive Plan and forms of agreement thereunder.
  99.2*
  2003 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended, and form agreements thereunder.
  99.3*
  2024 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, and forms of agreement thereunder.
  107*
  Filing Fee Table
  *
  Filed herewith.
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  Item 9. Undertakings.
  A. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
  Statement:
  (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the 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 the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
  securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
  the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
  effective registration statement; and
  (iii) 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.
  Provided, however
  , that paragraphs (A)(1)(i) and (A)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a
  post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this
  Registration Statement.
  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities 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.
  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
  unsold at the termination of the offering.
  B. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
  liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
  pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
  that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
  Securities Act 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 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 and will be
  governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
  that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
  S-8
  and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Jose,
  State of California, on June 4, 2025.
  NETGEAR, INC.
  By:
  /s/ Charles (CJ) Prober
  Charles (CJ) Prober
  Chief Executive Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS
  , that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Charles (CJ) Prober
  and Bryan D. Murray, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and
  in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement on Form
  S-8
  of NETGEAR, Inc., and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), 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 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 for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
  confirming all that said
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement on Form
  S-8
  has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Charles (CJ) Prober
  Charles (CJ) Prober
  Chief Executive Officer and Director
  (
  Principal Executive Officer
  )
  June 4, 2025
  /s/ Bryan D. Murray
  Bryan D. Murray
  Chief Financial Officer
  (
  Principal
  Accounting and Financial Officer
  )
  June 4, 2025
  /s/ Sarah S. Butterfass
  Sarah S. Butterfass
  Director
  June 4, 2025
  /s/ Laura J. Durr
  Laura J. Durr
  Director
  June 4, 2025
  /s/ Shravan K. Goli
  Shravan K. Goli
  Director
  June 4, 2025
  /s/ Bradley L. Maiorino
  Bradley L. Maiorino
  Director
  June 4, 2025
  /s/ Laura C. Orvidas
  Laura C. Orvidas
  Director
  June 4, 2025
  /s/ Janice M. Roberts
  Janice M. Roberts
  Director
  June 4, 2025
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