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On March 23, 2009, NetApp, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Definitive Proxy Statement for a Special Meeting of Stockholders to be held on April 21, 2009 (the “Proxy Statement”), which, among other things, contains a proposal to be submitted to the Company’s stockholders to approve a one-time option exchange program (the “Option Exchange Program”) pursuant to which employees of the Company (excluding executives and directors) who hold certain options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock (such options, “eligible options”) will be given the opportunity to exchange such eligible options for restricted stock units.

The attached additional soliciting materials were first disseminated by the Company on the evening of March 31, 2009 in connection with the proposed Option Exchange Program.

As noted above, the Company filed the Proxy Statement with the Securities Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 23, 2009 in connection with the proposed Option Exchange Program. STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT SOLICITATION MATERIALS FILED BY THE COMPANY WITH THE SEC BECAUSE SUCH MATERIALS CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Stockholders may obtain a free copy of the Proxy Statement and other materials filed by the Company with the SEC at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or by contacting the Compensation Group at NetApp, Inc., 495 East Java Dr., Sunnyvale, CA 94089.