NETGEAR (NTGR) S-8 Registration of securities for employees

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 4, 2023 Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
	Washington, D.C. 20549
	FORM S‑8
	REGISTRATION STATEMENT
	Under The Securities Act of 1933
	NETGEAR, Inc. (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware		77-0419172
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
	350 East Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
NETGEAR, Inc. 2016 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended
	(Full title of the plan)
	Patrick C.S. Lo Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer NETGEAR, Inc. 350 East Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134 (408) 907-8000
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

NETGEAR, Inc. (the “Registrant”) is filing this Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) to register 2,000,000 additional shares of its common stock under its 2016 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”). In accordance with the instructional note to Part I of Form S-8 as promulgated by the Commission, the information specified by Part I of the Form S-8 has been omitted from this Registration Statement.

The Registration Statement is being filed for the purpose of increasing the number of securities of the same class as other securities for which Registration Statements on Form S-8 of the Registrant relating to the same employee benefit plans set forth herein are effective. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on June 3, 2016 (File No. 333-211795), May 31, 2018 (File No. 333-225327), February 22, 2019 (File No. 333-229784), and July 31, 2020 (File No. 333-240238) are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

NETGEAR, Inc. (the “Registrant”) hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”):

(1) The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Commission (File No. 000-50350) on February 17, 2023, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended April 2, 2023, filed on May 5, 2023, and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended July 2, 2023, filed on August 4, 2023, pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”);

(2) All other reports of the Registrant filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant’s Annual Report referred to in (1) above (other than information in any Current Report on Form 8-K deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules of the Commission and, except as may be noted in any such Form 8-K, exhibits filed on such Form 8-K that are related to such information); and

(3) The description of the Registrant’s common stock contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on July 25, 2003 (File No. 000-50350), pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange 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 have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules of the Commission shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in 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.

Item 8. Exhibits.

		Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit Number	Description	Form	File No.	Exhibit	Filing Date
4.1	Form of common stock certificate of Registrant.	S-1/A	333-104419	4.1	July 14, 2003
5.1	Opinion of NETGEAR, Inc. Chief Legal Officer, Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Corporate Secretary, as to legality of securities being registered.
23.1	Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2	Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
24.1	Power of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto).
99.1	2016 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended	8-K	000-50350	10.1	June 5, 2023
107	Filing Fee Table.

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 August 4, 2023.

NETGEAR, INC.

By: /s/ Patrick C.S. Lo

Patrick C.S. Lo

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Patrick C.S. Lo and Bryan D. Murray, 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 the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of NETGEAR, Inc., and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), 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 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 for 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 his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ Patrick C.S. Lo	Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)	August 4, 2023
Patrick C.S. Lo
/s/ Bryan D. Murray	Chief Financial Officer (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)	August 4, 2023
Bryan D. Murray
/s/ Sarah S. Butterfass	Director	August 4, 2023
Sarah S. Butterfass
/s/ Laura J. Durr	Director	August 4, 2023
Laura J. Durr
/s/ Shravan K. Goli	Director	August 4, 2023
Shravan K. Goli
/s/ Bradley L. Maiorino	Director	August 4, 2023
Bradley L. Maiorino
/s/ Janice M. Roberts	Director	August 4, 2023
Janice M. Roberts
/s/ Barbara V. Scherer	Director	August 4, 2023
Barbara V. Scherer
/s/ Thomas H. Waechter	Director	August 4, 2023
Thomas H. Waechter