SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM S-8
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC.
| 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. |
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
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:
(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.
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 |
| (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 |
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 |