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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-K
(Mark One)
☑ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended April 24, 2026
or
☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to
Commission File Number 000-27130
NetApp, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 77-0307520 | |
| (State or other jurisdiction of | (I.R.S. Employer | |
| incorporation or organization) | Identification No.) |
3060 Olsen Drive**,**
San Jose**,** California 95128
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(408) 822-6000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of exchange on which registered | |
| Common Stock, $0.001 Par Value | NTAP | The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☑ No ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No ☑
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☑ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☑ No ☐
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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☑
If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant's executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☑
The aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant, as of October 24, 2025, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, was $17.1 billion (based on the closing price for shares of the registrant’s common stock as reported by the NASDAQ Global Select Market on that date). Shares of common stock held by each executive officer, director, and holder of 5% or more of the outstanding common stock have been excluded in that such persons may be deemed to be affiliates. This determination of possible affiliate status is not a conclusive determination for other purposes.
On May 28, 2026, 195,919,927 shares of the registrant’s common stock, $0.001 par value, were outstanding.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
The information called for by Part III of this Form 10-K is hereby incorporated by reference from the definitive Proxy Statement for our annual meeting of stockholders, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission not later than 120 days after April 24, 2026.
Cautionary Note on Forward-Looking Statements
This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). Forward-looking statements are all statements (and their underlying assumptions) included in this document that refer, directly or indirectly, to future events or outcomes and, as such, are inherently not factual, but rather reflect only our current projections for the future. Consequently, forward-looking statements usually include words such as “committed,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” “positions,” “predict,” “forecast,” “seek,” “strive,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “would,” “could,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “believe,” or similar words, in each case, intended to refer to future events or circumstances. A non-comprehensive list of the topics including forward-looking statements in this document includes:
our future financial and operating results;
our strategy;
our beliefs and objectives for future operations, research and development;
expectations regarding future product releases, growth and performance;
global political, economic and industry conditions and trends;
expected timing of, customer acceptance of and benefits from, product introductions, developments and enhancements;
expected benefits from acquisitions, joint ventures, growth opportunities and investments;
expected outcomes from legal, regulatory and administrative proceedings;
our competitive position;
our short-term and long-term cash requirements, including, without limitation, anticipated capital expenditures;
our anticipated tax rate;
the repayment of our indebtedness; and
future uses of our cash, including, without limitation, the continuation of our stock repurchase and cash dividend programs.
All forward-looking statements included in this document are inherently uncertain as they are based on management’s current expectations and assumptions concerning future events and are subject to numerous known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Therefore, actual events and results may differ materially from these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described herein include, but are not limited to:
the overall growth, technological trends and market changes in the storage and data management solutions market;
our ability to develop, introduce and gain market acceptance for new and differentiated offerings without disruption;
our ability to accurately forecast demand for our products, solutions and services, and future financial performance;
the actions of our competitors including, without limitation, their ability to introduce competitive technologies, products or services, and to acquire businesses and technologies that negatively impact our strategy, operations or customer demand for our products or services;
our ability to maintain our gross margins, including managing component costs;
general global political, macroeconomic, social, health and market conditions;
our ability to effectively plan and manage our resources and restructure our business in response to changing market conditions and market demand;
our ability to anticipate and manage trends related to the development, regulation and use of artificial intelligence (AI), including generative AI, which impacts the adoption of Intelligent Data Infrastructure, and to comply with emerging laws and standards affecting AI usage;
disruptions in our supply chain, which could limit our ability to ship products to our customers in the timelines and amounts and at the prices forecasted;
our ability to maintain our customer, partner, supplier, reseller, distributor and contract manufacturer relationships, including with public cloud providers, on favorable terms and conditions;
the impact of new competitors and industry consolidation affecting our suppliers, markets, partners, and customers;
our ability to anticipate techniques used to obtain unauthorized access or to sabotage systems and to implement adequate preventative measures against cybersecurity and other security breaches on our or third parties' systems, products and services;
our ability to successfully recruit and retain qualified personnel and to manage our investment in people, processes and systems;
our ability to effectively integrate and realize the forecasted benefits of acquired businesses, products, services and technologies;
failure of our products and services to meet our customers’ quality requirements, including, without limitation, any epidemic failure event relating to our systems installed by our customers in their IT infrastructures;
changes and uncertainty in U.S. government spending and demand for our products;
changes and uncertainty in global trade controls, including tariffs and economic sanctions;
our ability to resolve ongoing litigation, tax audits, government audits, inquiries and investigations in line with our expectations;
our ability to comply with evolving regulatory and contractual requirements, including certifications;
the availability of acceptable financing to support our future cash requirements;
valuation and liquidity of our investment portfolio;
foreign exchange rate impacts;
interest rate and inflationary pressure impacts;
our ability to achieve our goals related to sustainability and corporate responsibility matters; and
those factors discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this document and are based upon information available to us at this time. These statements are not guarantees of future performance. Except as required by law, we disclaim any obligation to update information in any forward-looking statement. Actual results could vary from our forward-looking statements due to the foregoing factors as well as other important factors.
PA****RT I
Item 1. Business
Overview
NetApp, Inc. (NetApp, we, us, or the Company), headquartered in San Jose, California, is a global leader in Intelligent Data Infrastructure. Since our founding in 1992, we have transformed from a pioneering storage hardware provider into a software-driven, cloud-centric data infrastructure company. Our flagship ONTAP® data management software, together with a comprehensive portfolio of all-flash, hybrid-flash, and cloud-native solutions, forms the backbone of digital transformation for thousands of enterprises worldwide. NetApp empowers organizations to manage, protect, and leverage data across on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments. We are well positioned to enable Intelligent Data Infrastructure for our customers and help them realize the full promise of artificial intelligence (AI) providing solutions that connect, protect, and activate data across every data environment—on-premises, in the cloud, and at the edge.
Market Position & Strategic Focus
NetApp operates at the intersection of major industry megatrends—rapid data growth, multi-cloud adoption, and the rise of AI—which are creating unprecedented challenges and opportunities for organizations as they seek to securely manage and leverage growing data estates. Well positioned to address these complexities, NetApp empowers Intelligent Data Infrastructure for our customers through our solutions, which seamlessly connect, manage and protect data across any environment. Our first-party native integration with all major hyperscalers—Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud—combined with decades of data management leadership, uniquely enables customers to harness these shifts for competitive advantage.
Our strategy is anchored in four key focus areas:
Modernizing Data Infrastructure: We help organizations modernize their data infrastructure to deliver greater performance, efficiency, and agility. Our industry-leading hybrid-flash and all-flash storage solutions, powered by ONTAP®, provide the foundation for mission-critical workloads, while our hybrid multi-cloud capabilities enable seamless data mobility and management across diverse environments. By simplifying operations and reducing total cost of ownership, we empower customers to accelerate their digital transformation journeys.
Enabling Resilient and Secure Operations: As cyber threats and regulatory requirements intensify, NetApp’s integrated security and data protection capabilities have become essential for enterprises worldwide. Our solutions offer robust ransomware protection, automated data backup and recovery, disaster recovery, and comprehensive governance features. We continue to innovate in cyber resilience, helping customers safeguard their most valuable digital assets and maintain business continuity.
Optimizing Cloud Strategies: NetApp is uniquely positioned as the only enterprise data infrastructure provider natively integrated with all major public cloud providers. Our unified approach enables customers to manage, protect, and move data seamlessly across on-premises and cloud environments. We deliver flexible consumption models, predictable costs, and the agility to scale workloads as business needs evolve.
Accelerating AI Adoption: The rise of AI and machine learning is transforming industries, and NetApp is well positioned to help customers with these next-generation workloads. Our AI-ready infrastructure solutions, including the NetApp AI Data Engine and validated reference architectures with partners like NVIDIA, help organizations streamline data pipelines, accelerate model training, and derive actionable insights from their data.
Competitive Differentiators
NetApp’s sustained success is built on several enduring competitive strengths that set us apart in the market:
Deep Cloud Integration: Our native integration with AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud provides customers with significant flexibility, unified management, and consistent data services across any environment.
Proven Data Management Leadership: ONTAP® is recognized globally for its reliability, scalability, and advanced data services. Decades of innovation have established NetApp as a trusted partner for enterprises’ most critical data workloads.
Comprehensive Security and Resilience: NetApp’s built-in security features, including advanced ransomware protection and automated compliance controls, help customers safeguard data in an increasingly complex threat landscape.
Strong Ecosystem Partnerships: Collaborations with technology leaders such as NVIDIA, Cisco, Microsoft, and a broad network of channel partners enable us to deliver integrated, best-in-class solutions tailored to diverse customer needs.
Customer-Centric Innovation: Our commitment to continuous innovation is driven by close collaboration with our customers. We invest in R&D to anticipate emerging trends, enhance our portfolio, and deliver solutions that address real-world business challenges.
Operational Excellence and Financial Discipline: Our focus on operational efficiency and disciplined execution has resulted in strong margins, robust cash flow, and the ability to invest in future growth while delivering consistent value to shareholders.
Data as the Foundation for AI Transformation
Artificial intelligence is reshaping industries, driving innovation, and unlocking new sources of value for organizations worldwide. At the heart of every successful AI initiative lies data—vast, diverse, and increasingly distributed across the enterprise. As businesses seek to harness AI for competitive advantage, the ability to manage, secure, and activate data becomes paramount.
AI models and workflows rely on high-quality, well-governed data to deliver meaningful insights and outcomes. Yet, in most organizations, data is scattered across multiple silos: on-premises data centers, edge locations, and an array of public and private clouds. This fragmentation creates significant challenges in data distribution, security, governance, and hybrid/multicloud workflows.
NetApp is well positioned to help enterprises overcome these challenges and realize the full promise of AI. We power Intelligent Data Infrastructure for our customers with our solutions that connect, protect, and activate data across every environment—on-premises, at the edge, and in any cloud. With NetApp data infrastructure and the AI Data Engine, customers can aggregate, curate, and govern their data estate, making it AI-ready—no matter where it resides. Our robust security features, including advanced ransomware protection and automated compliance controls, empower organizations to maintain data integrity and privacy at scale. Through validated reference architectures and partnerships with leaders like NVIDIA and Microsoft, we accelerate AI pipeline development, supporting faster time to insight and greater business impact.
NetApp helps customers harness the power of their data – securely, efficiently, and at scale – in the era of data and AI through our focus on these strategic growth areas and leveraging our core competitive advantages. We remain dedicated to driving innovation, delivering exceptional customer outcomes, and sustaining long-term value creation for all stakeholders.
Product, Solutions and Services Portfolio
Our operations are organized into two segments: Hybrid Cloud and Public Cloud.
Hybrid Cloud
Hybrid Cloud provides a unified data storage portfolio of storage management and infrastructure solutions that helps customers modernize their data centers. By leveraging on-premises, private cloud and public cloud capabilities, we enable customers to modernize applications with a single solution that supports file, block, and object storage. We deliver a versatile data infrastructure solution suitable for all environments and workloads, including the strategic enterprise AI market. Our Hybrid Cloud portfolio accommodates both structured an
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Item 1C. Cybersecurity
Risk Management and Strategy
The Company regularly assesses risks from cybersecurity threats, monitors its information systems for potential vulnerabilities, and tests those systems pursuant to the Company’s cybersecurity policies, standards, processes and practices, which are integrated into the Company’s overall risk management system. To protect the Company’s information systems from cybersecurity threats, the Company uses various security technologies and tools that help the Company identify, escalate, investigate, manage, resolve and recover from security incidents in a timely manner. These efforts include:
ongoing collection of threat intelligence and environment awareness through monitoring,
data protection management and vulnerability monitoring through data loss prevention and exfiltration tools,
cybersecurity risk management processes and practices,
control assurance,
secure development of new products,
identity and access management,
incident response, auditing and monitoring, and
maintaining a 24x7 security operations center to allow for always available incident response.
The Company takes a risk-based approach to cybersecurity and has implemented cybersecurity policies throughout its operations that are designed to address cybersecurity threats and incidents. In particular, the Company follows an incident escalation process that is incorporated into its incident and risk management processes. In the event the Company identifies a cybersecurity incident, its senior management, consisting of the Chief Financial Officer, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Chief Administrative Officer, and Executive Vice President of Business Technology and Operations review the facts and circumstances involved in such cybersecurity incident, or series of related cybersecurity incidents.
The Company partners with third parties to assess the effectiveness of its cybersecurity prevention and response systems and processes, including third-party review of the Company’s Information Security Management System for ISO 27001 controls, assessment of the Company’s cloud products and managed services according to the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) Service Organization Control (SOC) Audit Type II, and new product validation as part of the Company’s secure development lifecycle. The Company additionally engages third-party providers in support of endpoint detection and responses, data loss prevention efforts, and incident management efforts.
To date, the Company is not aware of cybersecurity threats, including as a result of any previous cybersecurity incidents, that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect the Company, including its business strategy, results of operations or financial condition. For additional discussion of cybersecurity risks and potential related impacts on the Company, refer to the risk factors in Part I, Item 1A – “Risk Factors,” including “If a material cybersecurity or other security breach impacts our services, systems, supply chain, or end-user customer systems, or if stored data is improperly accessed, our business could suffer significant harm.”
Governance
NetApp's Board of Directors oversees the Company’s risk management process, including cybersecurity risks, directly and through its committees. The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors oversees the Company’s risk management program, which focuses on the most significant risks the Company faces in the short-, intermediate-, and long-term timeframes. The Company’s CISO presents cybersecurity updates to the Audit Committee at least twice a year, and has a standing quarterly private session to update the Audit Committee on any relevant matters, as needed. Such updates include a review of cybersecurity risks affecting the Company, related metrics, and any incidents or issues that require attention from the Audit Committee or Board of Directors. Additionally, the Board of Directors receives a presentation at least annually regarding key developments and topics in cybersecurity from management along with a third party cybersecurity expert.
The CISO provides leadership, strategic direction, and oversight for NetApp’s Global Security Risk and Compliance functions and security program. Global Security executives oversee management of risks and track projects progress, remediations, and any issues related to cybersecurity risks.
NetApp’s CISO is responsible for leading the assessment and management of cybersecurity risks. The current CISO has over 30 years of experience in IT and information security, including over 16 years with NetApp in roles of increasing seniority, and is a Certified Information Security Auditor, Certified Information Security Manager with ISACA and a Certified Information Systems Security Professional with ISC2. The CISO stays informed on information security risks through regular meetings on key cybersecurity projects and KPIs. Updates are communicated to the Global Security Steering Committee, which provides quarterly reports to the Board of Directors and to the Audit Committee.
Item 2. Properties
Our corporate headquarters are located in San Jose, California. We own and lease office facilities and research and development facilities throughout the United States and internationally, primarily in Asia, Europe and North America. We do not consider any of our facilities to be material for disclosure purposes.
It****em 3. Legal Proceedings
For a discussion of legal proceedings, see Note 16 – Commitments and Contingencies of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, which is incorporated herein by reference.
It****em 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
PA****RT II
It****em 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The Company’s common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (NASDAQ) under the symbol NTAP.
Price Range of Common Stock
The price range per share of common stock presented below represents the highest and lowest intraday sales prices for the Company’s common stock on the NASDAQ during each quarter of our two most recent fiscal years.
| Fiscal 2026 | Fiscal 2025 | |||||||||||||||
| High | Low | High | Low | |||||||||||||
| First Quarter | $ | 110.32 | $ | 86.70 | $ | 135.01 | $ | 100.24 | ||||||||
| Second Quarter | $ | 126.66 | $ | 100.56 | $ | 134.37 | $ | 112.87 | ||||||||
| Third Quarter | $ | 119.72 | $ | 93.69 | $ | 135.45 | $ | 112.86 | ||||||||
| Fourth Quarter | $ | 113.78 | $ | 94.46 | $ | 127.78 | $ | 71.84 |
Holders
As of May 28, 2026, there were 387 holders of record of our common stock.
Dividends
The Company paid cash dividends of $0.52 per outstanding common share in each quarter of fiscal 2026 and fiscal 2025 for an aggregate of $413 million and $424 million, respectively, and paid cash dividends of $0.50 per outstanding common share in each quarter of fiscal 2024 for an aggregate of $416 million. On May 21, 2026, the Company declared a cash dividend of $0.52 per share of common stock, payable on July 29, 2026 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on July 10, 2026. Decisions regarding future dividends are within the discretion of our Board of Directors, and depend on a number of factors, including, general business and economic conditions, and other factors which are discussed in the “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Performance Graph
The following graph shows a comparison of cumulative total shareholder return, calculated on a dividend reinvested basis, of an investment of $100 for the Company, the S&P 500 Index, the S&P 500 Information Technology Index and the S&P 1500 Technology Hardware & Equipment Index for the five years ended April 24, 2026. The comparisons in the graphs below are based upon historical data and are not indicative of, nor intended to forecast, future performance of our common stock. The graph and related information shall not be deemed “soliciting material” or be deemed to be “filed” with the SEC, nor shall such information be incorporated by reference into any past or future filing with the SEC, except to the extent that such filing specifically states that such graph and related information are incorporated by reference into such filing.
| April 2021 | April 2022 | April 2023 | April 2024 | April 2025 | April 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||
| NetApp, Inc. | $ | 100.00 | $ | 100.38 | $ | 88.91 | $ | 146.70 | $ | 130.57 | $ | 163.57 | ||||||||||||
| S&P 500 Index | $ | 100.00 | $ | 100.21 | $ | 102.88 | $ | 127.80 | $ | 140.33 | $ | 184.25 | ||||||||||||
| S&P 500 Information Technology Index | $ | 100.00 | $ | 101.89 | $ | 110.13 | $ | 154.18 | $ | 171.25 | $ | 260.29 | ||||||||||||
| S&P 1500 Technology Hardware & Equipment Index | $ | 100.00 | $ | 113.78 | $ | 120.80 | $ | 127.97 | $ | 152.61 | $ | 234.04 |
We believe that a number of factors may cause the market price of our common stock to fluctuate significantly. See Item 1A. – Risk Factors.
Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
The following table provides information with respect to the shares of common stock repurchased by us during the three months ended April 24, 2026:
| Total Number of Shares | Approximate Dollar Value | |||||||||||||||
| Total Number | Average | Purchased as Part of | of Shares That May Yet | |||||||||||||
| of Shares | Price Paid | Publicly Announced | Be Purchased Under The | |||||||||||||
| Period | Purchased | per Share | Program | Repurchase Program | ||||||||||||
| (Shares in thousands) | (Shares in thousands) | (Dollars in millions) | ||||||||||||||
| January 24, 2026 - February 20, 2026 | 599 | $ | 100.33 | 389,407 | $ | 642 | ||||||||||
| February 21, 2026 - March 20, 2026 | 634 | $ | 100.30 | 390,041 | $ | 579 | ||||||||||
| March 21, 2026 - April 24, 2026 | 749 | $ | 102.33 | 390,790 | $ | 502 | ||||||||||
| Total | 1,982 | $ | 101.07 |
In May 2003, our Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program. Under this program, we may purchase shares of our outstanding common stock through solicited or unsolicited transactions in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions, through accelerated share repurchase programs, pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan or in such other manner as deemed appropriate by our management. The stock repurchase program may be suspended or discontinued at any time. On May 21, 2026, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of an additional $1.0 billion of our common stock. For further information, see Note 9 - Stockholders' Equity of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8.
It****em 6. [Reserved]
It****em 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read together with the financial statements and the accompanying notes set forth under Part II, Item 8. – Financial Statements and Supplementary Data. The following discussion also contains trend information and other forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The Risk Factors set forth in Part I, Item 1A. – Risk Factors are hereby incorporated into the discussion by reference.
Executive Overview
Our Company
NetApp is a global leader in Intelligent Data Infrastructure, empowering organizations to realize the full potential of their data in a rapidly evolving digital world. Headquartered in San Jose, California, and serving customers in approximately 150 countries, NetApp delivers innovative solutions that enable seamless data management, protection, and mobility
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Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections
Not Applicable.
PA****RT III
It****em 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
The information required by Item 10 with respect to our executive officers is incorporated herein by reference from the information under Item 1 – Business of Part I of this Annual Report on Form 10-K under the section entitled “Information About Our Executive Officers.” The information required by Item 10 with respect to the Company’s directors and corporate governance is incorporated herein by reference from the information provided under the headings “Election of Directors” and “Corporate Governance,” respectively, in the Proxy Statement for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days of our year ended April 24, 2026. The information required by Item 405 of Regulation S-K is incorporated herein by reference from the information provided under the heading “Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports” in the Proxy Statement for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to the extent applicable.
We have adopted a written code of ethics that applies to our Board of Directors and all of our employees, including our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer. A copy of the code of ethics, which we refer to as our “Code of Conduct,” is available on our website at http://netapp.com/us/media/code-of-conduct.pdf. We will post any amendments to or waivers from the provisions of our Code of Conduct on our website.
We have adopted our Insider Trading Policy governing the purchase, sale, and/or other dispositions of our securities by our directors, officers, and employees that we believe is reasonably designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations, and the exchange listing standards applicable to us. A copy of our Insider Trading Policy is filed as Exhibit 19.1 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K. In addition, with regards to the Company’s trading in its own securities, it is the Company’s policy to comply with the federal securities laws and the applicable exchange listing requirements.
It****em 11. Executive Compensation
Information regarding the compensation of executive officers and directors of the Company is incorporated by reference from the information under the headings “Executive Compensation and Related Information” and “Director Compensation,” respectively, in our Proxy Statement for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (provided that the information under the heading “Pay Versus Performance” shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein).
It****em 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
Information regarding security ownership of certain beneficial owners and management and related stockholder matters is incorporated by reference from the information under the heading “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” in our Proxy Statement for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
It****em 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
Information regarding certain relationships and related transactions and director independence is incorporated by reference from the information under the headings “Corporate Governance” and “Certain Transactions with Related Parties” in our Proxy Statement for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
It****em 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the information under the caption “Audit Fees” in our Proxy Statement for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
With the exception of the information incorporated in Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, NetApp’s Proxy Statement is not deemed “filed” as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
PA****RT IV
It****em 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
(a) Documents filed as part of this report
(1) All Financial Statements
See index to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this Form 10-K.
(2) Financial Statement Schedules
All financial statement schedules have been omitted, since the required information is not applicable or is not present in amounts sufficient to require submission of the schedule, or because the information required is included in the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in this Form 10-K.
(3) Exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K
The information required by this Section (a)(3) of Item 15 is as follows:
EXHIBIT INDEX
| 32.2 | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | — | — | — | — | X | |||||
| 97.1 | Compensation Recovery Policy of the Company. | 10-K | 000-27130 | 97.1 | June 10, 2024 | ||||||
| 101.INS | Inline XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document | — | — | — | — | X | |||||
| 101.SCH | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema With Embedded Linkbase Document | — | — | — | — | X | |||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) | X |
- Identifies management plan or compensatory plan or arrangement.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| NETAPP, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ GEORGE KURIAN | |
| George Kurian | ||
| Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Operating Officer) | ||
| Date: June 5, 2026 |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints George Kurian and Wissam Jabre, 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 Annual Report on Form 10-K, 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, as amended, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| Signature | Title | Date | ||
| /s/ GEORGE KURIAN | Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Operating Officer) | June 5, 2026 | ||
| George Kurian | ||||
| /s/ WISSAM JABRE | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | June 5, 2026 | ||
| Wissam Jabre | ||||
| /s/ DANIEL DE LORENZO | Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) | June 5, 2026 | ||
| Daniel De Lorenzo | ||||
| /s/ T. MICHAEL NEVENS | Chairman of the Board | June 5, 2026 | ||
| T. Michael Nevens | ||||
| /s/ DEEPAK AHUJA | Director | June 5, 2026 | ||
| Deepak Ahuja | ||||
| /s/ PAUL FIPPS | Director | June 5, 2026 | ||
| Paul Fipps | ||||
| /s/ ANDERS GUSTAFSSON | Director | June 5, 2026 | ||
| Anders Gustafsson | ||||
| /s/ GERALD HELD | Director | June 5, 2026 | ||
| Gerald Held | ||||
| /s/ DEBORAH KERR | Director | June 5, 2026 | ||
| Deborah Kerr | ||||
| /s/ CARRIE PALIN | Director | June 5, 2026 | ||
| Carrie Palin | ||||
| /s/ FRANK PELZER | Director | June 5, 2026 | ||
| Frank Pelzer | ||||
| /s/ JUNE YANG | Director | June 5, 2026 | ||
| June Yang | ||||