# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001002047
**File Stem:** 0001193125-25-297272
**Filing Date:** 2025-11
**Character Count:** 19963
**Document Hash:** 63a06c74fc1b568d1814a46c6d4042f9
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-25-297272.hdr.sgml**: 20251125

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-25-297272

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: S-8

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 14

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251125

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251125

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20251125

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** NetApp, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001002047
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** COMPUTER STORAGE DEVICES [3572]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 06 Technology
- **EIN:** 770307520
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** CA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0424

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** S-8
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-291783
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251521567

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3060 OLSEN DRIVE
- **CITY:** SAN JOSE
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 95128
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 4088226000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3060 OLSEN DRIVE
- **CITY:** SAN JOSE
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 95128

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** NETWORK APPLIANCE INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19951010

**As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 25, 2025**

**Registration No. 333-** 

**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**Washington, D.C. 20549** 

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**FORM S-8** 

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT** 

***Under*** 

***The Securities Act of 1933*** 

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**NetApp, Inc.** 

**(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)** 

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|:---|:---|
| **Delaware** | **77-0307520** |
| **(State or other jurisdiction of**<br>**incorporation or organization)** | **(I.R.S. Employer**<br>**Identification Number)** |
| **3060 Olsen Drive**<br>**San Jose, California** | **95128** |
| **(Address of principal executive offices)** | **(Zip code)** |

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**NetApp, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan**

**NetApp, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan** 

**(Full title of the plan)** 

**George Kurian** 

**Chief Executive Officer** 

**NetApp, Inc.** 

**3060 Olsen Drive** 

**San Jose, California 95128** 

**(Name and address of agent for service)** 

**(408) 822-6000** 

**(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)** 

***Copies to:*** 

**J.T. Ho, Esq.** 

**Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP**

**650 California Street, Suite 2400**

**San Francisco, California 94108**

**(415) 796-4400** 

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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.

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| Large accelerated filer | ☒ | Accelerated filer | ☐ |
| Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ |
|  |  | Emerging growth company | ☐ |

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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. ☐

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**EXPLANATORY NOTE** 

This registration statement (the "***Registration Statement***") is being filed by NetApp, Inc. (the "***Registrant***") for the purpose of registering (i) an additional 4,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "***Common Stock***"), issuable pursuant to the NetApp, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended, the "***Purchase Plan***") and (ii) an additional 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the NetApp, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended, the "***2021 Plan***" and together with the Purchase Plan, the "***Plans***"). This Registration Statement relates solely to the registration of additional securities of the same class as other securities for which registration statements on Form S-8 relating to the Plans set forth herein are effective.

Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, this Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant's effective registration statements on Form S-8 with respect to the Plans filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "***Commission***") on September 14, 2021 (File No. 333-259520), September 15, 2023 (File No. 333-274538) and November 25, 2024 (File No. 333-283446), as further supplemented by the information set forth below.

**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 (other than information supplied in a Current Report on Form 8-K that is furnished and not filed and, except as may be noted in any such Form 8-K, exhibits filed on such form that are related to such information):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a)The Registrant's Annual Report on [<u>Form 10-K</u>](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001002047/000095017025083705/ntap-20250425.htm) for the fiscal year ended April 25, 2025 (the "***Annual Report***"), filed with the Commission on June 9, 2025, pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "***1934 Act***");

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b)All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the 1934 Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant's Annual Report referred to in (a) above; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;c)The Description of Capital Stock of the Registrant contained in [<u>Exhibit 4.7</u>](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1002047/000095017024071327/ntap-ex4_6.htm) to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 25, 2025 (filed with the Commission on June 9, 2025), including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such descriptions.

All reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 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 hereby have been sold or that deregisters 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; *provided, however*, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed (whether before or after the date of this Registration Statement) in accordance with the rules of the Commission shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. 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.

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**Item 8. Exhibits** 

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| **Exhibit<br>Number** | **Documents** |
| 5.1\* | [<u>Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP</u>](ntap-ex5_1.htm).  |
| 23.1\* | [<u>Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</u>](ntap-ex23_1.htm) |
| 23.2\* | [<u>Consent of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement)</u>](ntap-ex5_1.htm).  |
| 24.1\* | [<u>Power of Attorney (contained on the signature page of this Registration Statement).</u>](#tx207283_sig) |
| 99.1 | [<u>NetApp, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended effective September 11, 2025 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on September 11, 2025).</u>](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1002047/000119312525202408/ntap-ex10_1.htm) |
| 99.2 | [<u>NetApp, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended effective September 11, 2025 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on September 11, 2025).</u>](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1002047/000119312525202408/ntap-ex10_2.htm) |
| 107\* | [<u>Filing Fee Table</u>](ntap_exfilingfees.htm) |

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\* Filed herewith.

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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 November 25, 2025.

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|:---|:---|
| **NETAPP, INC.** | **NETAPP, INC.** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By: | /s/ George Kurian |
|  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;George Kurian |
|  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chief Executive Officer |

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY** 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints George Kurian and Wissam Jabre, 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 this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all 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 or she 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 or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **Signature** | **Title** | **Date** |
| /s/ George Kurian | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chief Executive Officer and Director<br>(Principal Executive Officer and Principal Operating Officer) | November 25, 2025 |
| George Kurian | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chief Executive Officer and Director<br>(Principal Executive Officer and Principal Operating Officer) |  |
| /s/ Wissam Jabre | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive Vice President and Chief Financial<br>Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | November 25, 2025 |
| Wissam Jabre  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive Vice President and Chief Financial<br>Officer (Principal Financial Officer) |  |
| /s/ Daniel De Lorenzo | Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) | November 25, 2025 |
| Daniel De Lorenzo | Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) | November 25, 2025 |
| /s/ T. Michael Nevens | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chairman of the Board | November 25, 2025 |
| T. Michael Nevens |  |  |
| /s/ Deepak Ahuja | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Director | November 25, 2025 |
| Deepak Ahuja |  |  |
| /s/ Anders Gustafsson | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Director | November 25, 2025 |
| Anders Gustafsson |  |  |
| /s/ Gerald Held | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Director | November 25, 2025 |
| Gerald Held |  |  |
| /s/ Deborah L. Kerr | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Director | November 25, 2025 |
| Deborah L. Kerr |  |  |
|  |  | /  |
| /s/ Carrie Palin | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Director | November 25, 2025 |
| Carrie Palin |  |  |
| /s/ Frank Pelzer  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Director | November 25, 2025 |
| Frank Pelzer  |  |  |
| /s/ June Yang | Director | November 25, 2025 |
| June Yang |  |  |

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## Exhibit 5.1

**Exhibit 5.1** 

November 25, 2025

NetApp, Inc.

3060 Olsen Drive

San Jose, California 95128

Re: <u>NetApp, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-8</u>

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to NetApp, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "<u>Company</u>"), in connection with a registration statement on Form S-8 (the "<u>Registration Statement</u>") to be filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "<u>Commission</u>") pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "<u>Securities Act</u>"), for the registration of (i) an additional 4,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share ("<u>Shares</u>"), to be issued by the Company pursuant to the NetApp, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (the "<u>Purchase Plan</u>") and (ii) an additional 5,000,000 Shares to be issued by the Company pursuant to the NetApp, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the "<u>2021 Plan</u>" and, together with the Purchase Plan, the "<u>Plans</u>").

We have participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement and have reviewed the originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of all such corporate records of the Company and such other instruments and other certificates of public officials, officers and representatives of the Company and such other persons, and we have made such investigations of law, as we have deemed appropriate as a basis for the opinion expressed below. We have further received a Secretary's Certificate dated November 25, 2025 from Dena Acevedo, Vice President, Legal and Assistant Corporate Secretary of the Company, representing to us that the Company has available a sufficient number of shares authorized and available for issuance, together with shares authorized and issued but not outstanding, to deliver the Shares under the Plans, and are relying on such representation.

In rendering the opinion expressed below, we have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies. In addition, we have assumed and have not verified the accuracy as to factual matters of each document we have reviewed.

Based on the foregoing, and subject to the further assumptions and qualifications set forth below, it is our opinion that the Shares to be issued pursuant to the Plans have been duly

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authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company and, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Plans, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

The foregoing opinion is limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

We hereby consent to the use of our name in the prospectus constituting a part of the Registration Statement and in any prospectus supplements related thereto under the heading "Legal Matters" and to the use of this opinion as a part (Exhibit 5.1) of the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission thereunder. The opinion expressed herein is rendered on and as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to advise you, or to make any investigations, as to any legal developments or factual matters arising subsequent to the date hereof that might affect the opinion expressed herein.

&nbsp;&nbsp;Very truly yours,<br>Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP<br>By: /s/ J.T. Ho<br>J.T. Ho, a Partner<br>

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## Exhibit 23.1

**Exhibit 23.1**

**CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM**

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our reports dated June 9, 2025 relating to the financial statements of NetApp, Inc. and the effectiveness of NetApp, Inc.'s internal control over financial reporting, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of NetApp, Inc. for the year ended April 25, 2025.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Raleigh, North Carolina

November 25, 2025

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## Ex-Filing

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**Calculation of** Filing Fee **Tables**

**Form** S-8

(Form Type)

NetApp, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

<u>Table 1: Newly Registered Securities</u> 

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Security Type | Security<br>Class Title | Fee<br>Calculation<br>Rule | Maximum<br>Aggregate<br>Offering<br>Price | Fee Rate | Amount of<br>Registration<br>Fee<sup>(3)</sup> |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Equity | Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, reserved for issuance under the 2021 Plan (as defined below) | 457(h)<br>5000000<sup>(4)</sup><br>$106.91<sup>(5)</sup> | $534550000.00<br>| 0.00013810 | $73821.36<br>|
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>Equity | <br>Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, reserved for issuance under the Purchase Plan (as defined below) | <br>457(h)<br>4000000<sup>(6)</sup><br>$90.87<sup>(7)</sup><br>| <br>$363480000.00 | <br>0.00013810<br>| <br>$50196.59<br>|
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total Offering Amounts** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total Offering Amounts** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total Offering Amounts** | $898030000.00 |  | $124017.95 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total Fee Offsets** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total Fee Offsets** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total Fee Offsets** |  |  | —  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Net Fee Due** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Net Fee Due** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Net Fee Due** |  |  | $124017.95 |

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(1)Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of NetApp, Inc.'s (the "Registrant") common stock, $0.001 par value per share ("Common Stock") that become issuable under the NetApp, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended, the "2021 Plan") or the NetApp, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended, the "Purchase Plan") by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock.

(2)This estimate is made pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) and Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. The price per share and aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on November 18, 2025, as reported on The Nasdaq Global Select Market.

(3)The Registrant does not have any fee offsets.

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(4)Represents an additional 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the 2021 Plan. The Registrant previously filed registration statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-259520, 333-274538 and 333-283446) with respect to shares issuable under the 2021 Plan.

(5)The price per share and aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on November 18, 2025, as reported on The Nasdaq Global Select Market.

(6)Represents an additional 4,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Purchase Plan. The Registrant previously filed a registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-259520 and 333-274538) with respect to the shares issuable under the Purchase Plan

(7)The price per share and aggregate offering price are based upon 85% of the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on November 18, 2025, as reported on The Nasdaq Global Select Market.

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