Form 4 - Statement of changes in beneficial ownership of securities

SEC Form 4 
   

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* KERR DEBORAH (Last) (First) (Middle) 3060 OLSEN DRIVE (Street) SAN JOSE CA 95128 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol NetApp, Inc. [ NTAP ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/10/2024
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Shares	09/10/2024		M		3,526	A	(1)	22,676	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Restricted Stock Unit	(1)	09/10/2024		M			3,526	(2)	(2)	Common Shares	3,526	(1)	0	D
Restricted Stock Unit	(1)	09/11/2024		A		2,377		(3)	(3)	Common Shares	2,377	(1)	2,377	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Restricted stock units convert into common stock on a one-for-one basis.

2. On September 13, 2023, the reporting person was granted 3,526 restricted stock units, which vested on September 10, 2024, the day immediately preceding the date of the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

3. On September 11, 2024, the reporting person was granted 2,377 restricted stock units which vest on the day immediately preceding the date of the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company following the grant date, subject to the reporting person's continuous service on the Board through such date.

Remarks:

Exhibit List: Ex-24 Power of Attorney

	/s/ Michael Schultz, Attorney-in-Fact for Deborah Kerr	09/12/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Elizabeth O’Callahan, Dena Acevedo, Bryan Y.M. Tham and Michael Schultz, or any of them signing singly, and with full power of substitution, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)

prepare, execute in the undersigned’s name and on the undersigned’s behalf, and submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)

execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer, director and/or 10% stockholder of NetApp, Inc. (the “Company”), any and all Form 3, 4 and 5 reports required to be filed by the undersigned in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(3)

do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 and 5 report, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto and timely file such report with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(4)

take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned, pursuant to this Power of Attorney, shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such

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attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that no such attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is hereby assuming, nor is the Company hereby assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney supersedes any other powers granted on a prior date for the same purposes. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Form 3, 4 and 5 reports with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact; provided that this Power of Attorney shall be automatically revoked with respect to an attorney-in-fact upon the termination of such attorney-in-fact’s employment with the Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 12th day of March, 2024.

 

By: /s/ Deborah Kerr

Print Name: Deborah Kerr

 

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Elizabeth O’Callahan, Dena Acevedo, Bryan Y.M. Tham and Michael Schultz, or any of them signing singly, and with full power of substitution, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)

prepare, execute in the undersigned’s name and on the undersigned’s behalf, and submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)

execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer, director and/or 10% stockholder of NetApp, Inc. (the “Company”), any and all Form 3, 4 and 5 reports required to be filed by the undersigned in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(3)

do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 and 5 report, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto and timely file such report with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(4)

take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned, pursuant to this Power of Attorney, shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such

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attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that no such attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is hereby assuming, nor is the Company hereby assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney supersedes any other powers granted on a prior date for the same purposes. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Form 3, 4 and 5 reports with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact; provided that this Power of Attorney shall be automatically revoked with respect to an attorney-in-fact upon the termination of such attorney-in-fact’s employment with the Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 12th day of March, 2024.

 

By: /s/ Deborah Kerr

Print Name: Deborah Kerr

 

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