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Item 9B. Other Information

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Item 9B. Other Information

Insider Adoption or Termination of Trading Arrangements

On March 21, 2024, Cesar Cernuda, President of the Company, entered into a 10b5-1 trading arrangement intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) promulgated under the Exchange Act. The trading arrangement will expire on March 31, 2025, and may be terminated earlier in the limited circumstances defined in the trading arrangement. An aggregate of up to 88,000 shares may be sold pursuant to the trading arrangement.

On March 21, 2024, The Nevens Family 1997 Trust, a trust affiliated with T. Michael Nevens, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Company, entered into a 10b5-1 trading arrangement intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) promulgated under the Exchange Act. The trading arrangement will expire on June 18, 2025, and may be terminated earlier in the limited circumstances defined in the trading arrangement. An aggregate of up to 10,000 shares may be sold pursuant to the trading arrangement.

No other directors or executive officers of the Company adopted, modified or terminated any contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of the Company's securities that was intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) or any non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement, (as defined in Item 408(c) of Regulation S-K) during the quarterly period covered by this report.

Form Equity Incentive Plan Agreements

On May 15, 2024, the Talent and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors approved new forms of time-based restricted stock unit (RSU) and performance-based restricted stock unit (PBRSU) award agreements for all participants in the NetApp, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2021 Plan”), other than the members of the Board of Directors, to, among other things: eliminate the ability to settle awards in cash if there are not sufficient shares; provide that the performance period of PBRSUs, which vest based on total shareholder return, will commence on the date of grant; provide for full acceleration of RSUs in the event of death or disability; and provide for a number of clarifying and best practice changes.

The foregoing is a summary description of the material terms of the changes to the forms of RSU award agreements and forms of PBRSU award agreements, and is qualified in its entirety by the text of each of the forms, which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.20, 10.21, 10.22, and 10.23 and incorporated herein by reference.

In addition, the Board of Directors amended all outstanding RSU awards under the 2021 Plan to provide for the same death and disability vesting benefits described above.

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