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10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-Q

(Mark One)


☒	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended January 26, 2024


☐	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

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.

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 is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

As of February 23, 2024, there were 206,376,661 shares of the registrant’s common stock, $0.001 par value, outstanding.

TABLE OF CONTENTS


PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1	Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)	3
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of January 26, 2024 and April 28, 2023	3
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the Three and Nine Months Ended January 26, 2024 and January 27, 2023	4
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Three and Nine Months Ended January 26, 2024 and January 27, 2023	5
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended January 26, 2024 and January 27, 2023	6
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the Three and Nine Months Ended January 26, 2024 and January 27, 2023	7
	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	9
Item 2	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	26
Item 3	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	39
Item 4	Controls and Procedures	40

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1	Legal Proceedings	41
Item 1A	Risk Factors	41
Item 2	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	41
Item 3	Defaults upon Senior Securities	41
Item 4	Mine Safety Disclosures	41
Item 5	Other Information	41
Item 6	Exhibits	42
SIGNATURE		43

TRADEMARKS

© 2024 NetApp, Inc. All Rights Reserved. No portions of this document may be reproduced without prior written consent of NetApp, Inc. NetApp, the NetApp logo, and the marks listed at http://www.netapp.com/TM are trademarks of NetApp, Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

NETAPP, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In millions, except par value)

(Unaudited)


	January 26, 2024			April 28, 2023
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,820		$	2,316
Short-term investments		1,097			754
Accounts receivable		787			987
Inventories		131			167
Other current assets		492			456
Total current assets		4,327			4,680
Property and equipment, net		607			650
Goodwill		2,759			2,759
Purchased intangible assets, net		138			181
Other non-current assets		1,538			1,548
Total assets	$	9,369		$	9,818

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	396		$	392
Accrued expenses		876			857
Current portion of long-term debt		400			—
Short-term deferred revenue and financed unearned services revenue		2,093			2,218
Total current liabilities		3,765			3,467
Long-term debt		1,991			2,389
Other long-term liabilities		585			708
Long-term deferred revenue and financed unearned services revenue		2,034			2,095
Total liabilities		8,375			8,659

Commitments and contingencies (Note 15)

Stockholders' equity:
Common stock and additional paid-in capital, $0.001 par value; 206 and 212 shares issued and outstanding as of January 26, 2024 and April 28, 2023, respectively		934			945
Retained earnings		115			265
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(55	)		(51	)
Total stockholders' equity		994			1,159
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$	9,369		$	9,818

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

NETAPP, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(In millions, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023		January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023
Net revenues:
Product	$	747	$	682	$	2,043	$	2,305
Services		859		844		2,557		2,476
Net revenues		1,606		1,526		4,600		4,781
Cost of revenues:
Cost of product		282		367		823		1,182
Cost of services		173		158		520		465
Total cost of revenues		455		525		1,343		1,647
Gross profit		1,151		1,001		3,257		3,134
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing		439		450		1,368		1,387
Research and development		249		230		758		713
General and administrative		81		59		230		198
Restructuring charges		13		87		44		109
Acquisition-related expense		3		3		9		18
Total operating expenses		785		829		2,409		2,425
Income from operations		366		172		848		709
Other income, net		16		5		35		43
Income before income taxes		382		177		883		752
Provision (benefit) for income taxes		69		112		188		(277	)
Net income	$	313	$	65	$	695	$	1,029
Net income per share:
Basic	$	1.52	$	0.30	$	3.33	$	4.72
Diluted	$	1.48	$	0.30	$	3.26	$	4.66
Shares used in net income per share calculations:
Basic		206		216		209		218
Diluted		211		219		213		221

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

NETAPP, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(In millions)

(Unaudited)


	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	January 26, 2024			January 27, 2023			January 26, 2024			January 27, 2023
Net income	$	313		$	65		$	695		$	1,029
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation adjustments		2			12			(3	)		(6	)
Unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges:
Unrealized holding gains (losses) arising during the period		(4	)		(11	)		1			(7	)
Reclassification adjustments for losses (gains) included in net income		2			6			(2	)		2
Other comprehensive income (loss)		—			7			(4	)		(11	)
Comprehensive income	$	313		$	72		$	691		$	1,018

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

NETAPP, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In millions)

(Unaudited)


	Nine Months Ended
	January 26, 2024			January 27, 2023
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	695		$	1,029
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		191			182
Non-cash operating lease cost		34			40
Stock-based compensation		269			238
Deferred income taxes		(2	)		(577	)
Other items, net		4			(69	)
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions of businesses:
Accounts receivable		195			425
Inventories		37			29
Other operating assets		(71	)		(8	)
Accounts payable		3			(173	)
Accrued expenses		(16	)		(117	)
Deferred revenue and financed unearned services revenue		(160	)		(47	)
Long-term taxes payable		(107	)		(82	)
Other operating liabilities		—			2
Net cash provided by operating activities		1,072			872
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of investments		(1,663	)		(762	)
Maturities, sales and collections of investments		1,334			288
Purchases of property and equipment		(109	)		(200	)
Acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired		—			(491	)
Other investing activities, net		—			60
Net cash used in investing activities		(438	)		(1,105	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under employee stock award plans		100			108
Payments for taxes related to net share settlement of stock awards		(108	)		(74	)
Repurchase of common stock		(800	)		(700	)
Repayments and extinguishment of debt		—			(250	)
Dividends paid		(312	)		(326	)
Other financing activities, net		—			(2	)
Net cash used in financing activities		(1,120	)		(1,244	)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		(10	)		4
Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		(496	)		(1,473	)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash:
Beginning of period		2,322			4,119
End of period	$	1,826		$	2,646

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

NETAPP, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(In millions, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)


	Three Months Ended January 26, 2024
										Accumulated
	Common Stock and									Other
	Additional Paid-in Capital						Retained			Comprehensive
	Shares			Amount			Earnings			Loss			Total
Balances, October 27, 2023		206		$	825		$	—		$	(55	)	$	770
Net income		—			—			313			—			313
Other comprehensive income		—			—			—			—			—
Issuance of common stock under employee stock award plans, net of taxes		2			25			—			—			25
Repurchase of common stock		(2	)		(5	)		(95	)		—			(100	)
Excise tax on net stock repurchases		—			—			—			—			—
Stock-based compensation		—			89			—			—			89
Cash dividends declared ($0.50 per common share)		—			—			(103	)		—			(103	)
Balances, January 26, 2024		206		$	934		$	115		$	(55	)	$	994


	Three Months Ended January 27. 2023
										Accumulated
	Common Stock and									Other
	Additional Paid-in Capital						Retained			Comprehensive
	Shares			Amount			Earnings			Loss			Total
Balances, October 28, 2022		217		$	765		$	499		$	(62	)	$	1,202
Net income		—			—			65			—			65
Other comprehensive income		—			—			—			7			7
Issuance of common stock under employee stock award plans, net of taxes		—			43			—			—			43
Repurchase of common stock		(3	)		(12	)		(188	)		—			(200	)
Stock-based compensation		—			93			—			—			93
Cash dividends declared ($0.50 per common share)		—			—			(108	)		—			(108	)
Balances, January 27, 2023		214		$	889		$	268		$	(55	)	$	1,102

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

NETAPP, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(In millions, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)


	Nine Months Ended January 26, 2024
										Accumulated
	Common Stock and									Other
	Additional Paid-in Capital						Retained			Comprehensive
	Shares			Amount			Earnings			Loss			Total
Balances, April 28, 2023		212		$	945		$	265		$	(51	)	$	1,159
Net income		—			—			695			—			695
Other comprehensive loss		—			—			—			(4	)		(4	)
Issuance of common stock under employee stock award plans, net of taxes		5			(8	)		—			—			(8	)
Repurchase of common stock		(11	)		(96	)		(704	)		—			(800	)
Excise tax on net stock repurchases		—			(5	)		—			—			(5	)
Stock-based compensation		—			265			—			—			265
Modification of liability-classified awards		—			4			—			—			4
Cash dividends declared ($1.50 per common share)		—			(171	)		(141	)		—			(312	)
Balances, January 26, 2024		206		$	934		$	115		$	(55	)	$	994


	Nine Months Ended January 27, 2023
										Accumulated
	Common Stock and									Other
	Additional Paid-in Capital						Retained			Comprehensive
	Shares			Amount			Earnings			Loss			Total
Balances, April 29, 2022		220		$	760		$	122		$	(44	)	$	838
Net income		—			—			1,029			—			1,029
Other comprehensive loss		—			—						(11	)		(11	)
Issuance of common stock under employee stock award plans, net of taxes		4			34			—			—			34
Repurchase of common stock		(10	)		(37	)		(663	)		—			(700	)
Stock-based compensation		—			238			—			—			238
Cash dividends declared ($1.50 per common share)		—			(106	)		(220	)		—			(326	)
Balances, January 27, 2023		214		$	889		$	268		$	(55	)	$	1,102

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

NETAPP, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

1. Description of Business and Significant Accounting Policies

NetApp, Inc. (we, us, NetApp, or the Company) makes data infrastructure intelligent by combining unified data storage, integrated data services, and CloudOps solutions. NetApp creates silo-free infrastructure, harnessing observability and artificial intelligence to enable seamless data management. We provide a full range of enterprise-class software, systems and services that customers use to transform their data infrastructures across data types, workloads, and environments to realize business possibilities.

Basis of Presentation and Preparation

Our fiscal year is reported on a 52- or 53-week year ending on the last Friday in April. An additional week is included in the first fiscal quarter approximately every six years to realign fiscal months with calendar months. Fiscal years 2024 and 2023, ending on April 26, 2024 and April 28, 2023, respectively, are each 52-week years, with 13 weeks in each quarter.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the Company, and reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for the fair presentation of our financial position, results of operations, comprehensive income, cash flows and stockholders’ equity for the interim periods presented. The statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) for interim financial information. Accordingly, these statements do not include all information and footnotes required by GAAP for annual consolidated financial statements, and should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended April 28, 2023 contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended January 26, 2024 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results to be expected for the full fiscal year or future operating periods.

The preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Such estimates include, but are not limited to, revenue recognition, reserves and allowances; inventory valuation; valuation of goodwill and intangibles; restructuring reserves; employee benefit accruals; stock-based compensation; loss contingencies; investment impairments; income taxes and fair value measurements. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates, the anticipated effects of which have been incorporated, as applicable, into management's estimates as of January 26, 2024.

2. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which expands the disclosures required for income taxes. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The amendment should be applied on a prospective basis while retrospective application is permitted. We are currently evaluating the effect of this pronouncement on our income tax disclosures.

Although there are other new accounting pronouncements issued or proposed by the FASB that we have adopted or will adopt, as applicable, we do not believe any of these accounting pronouncements had or will have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, operating results, cash flows or disclosures.

3. Business Combination

Fiscal 2023 Acquisition

Instaclustr Acquisition

On May 20, 2022, we acquired all the outstanding shares of privately-held Instaclustr US Holding, Inc. (Instaclustr) for approximately $498 million. Instaclustr is a leading platform provider of fully managed open-source database, pipeline and workflow applications delivered as-a-service.

The acquisition-date values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed are as follows (in millions):


	Amount
Cash	$	4
Intangible assets		107
Goodwill		413
Other assets		19
Total assets acquired		543
Liabilities assumed		(45	)
Total purchase price	$	498

The components of the intangible assets acquired were as follows (in millions, except useful life):


	Amount		Estimated useful life (years)
Developed technology	$	55		5
Customer contracts/relationships		50		5
Trade name		2		3
Total intangible assets	$	107

The acquired net assets and assumed debt of Instaclustr were recorded at their estimated values. We determined the estimated values with the assistance of valuations and appraisals performed by third party specialists and estimates made by management. We expect to realize revenue synergies and anticipate opportunities for growth through the ability to leverage additional future products and capabilities. These factors, among others, contributed to a purchase price in excess of the estimated value of their identifiable net assets acquired, and as a result, we have recorded goodwill in connection with the acquisition. The goodwill is not deductible for income tax purposes.

The results of operations related to the acquisition of Instaclustr have been included in our condensed consolidated statements of income from the acquisition date. Pro forma results of operations have not been presented because the impact from the acquisition was not material to our consolidated results of operations.

4. Goodwill and Purchased Intangible Assets, Net

Goodwill by reportable segment as of January 26, 2024 is as follows (in millions):


	Amount
Hybrid Cloud	$	1,714
Public Cloud		1,045
Total goodwill	$	2,759

Purchased intangible assets, net are summarized below (in millions):


	January 26, 2024							April 28, 2023
	Gross		Accumulated			Net		Gross		Accumulated			Net
	Assets		Amortization			Assets		Assets		Amortization			Assets
Developed technology	$	179	$	(100	)	$	79	$	212	$	(107	)	$	105
Customer contracts/relationships		114		(56	)		58		118		(44	)		74
Other purchased intangibles		6		(5	)		1		6		(4	)		2
Total purchased intangible assets	$	299	$	(161	)	$	138	$	336	$	(155	)	$	181

During the first nine months of fiscal 2024, we retired approximately $37 million of fully amortized intangible assets.

Amortization expense for purchased intangible assets is summarized below (in millions):


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended				Statements of
	January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023		January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023		Income Classification
Developed technology	$	9	$	10	$	26	$	31	Cost of revenues
Customer contracts/relationships		5		7		16		19	Operating expenses
Other purchased intangibles		—		—		1		1	Operating expenses
Total	$	14	$	17	$	43	$	51

As of January 26, 2024, future amortization expense related to purchased intangible assets is as follows (in millions):


Fiscal Year	Amount
2024 (remainder)	$	14
2025		55
2026		39
2027		29
2028		1
Total	$	138

5. Supplemental Financial Information

Cash and cash equivalents (in millions):

The following table presents cash and cash equivalents as reported in our condensed consolidated balance sheets, as well as the sum of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash as reported on our condensed consolidated statements of cash flows:


	January 26, 2024		April 28, 2023
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,820	$	2,316
Restricted cash		6		6
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$	1,826	$	2,322

Inventories (in millions):


	January 26, 2024		April 28, 2023
Purchased components	$	77	$	65
Finished goods		54		102
Inventories	$	131	$	167

Property and equipment, net (in millions):


	January 26, 2024			April 28, 2023
Land	$	46		$	46
Buildings and improvements		368			359
Leasehold improvements		81			91
Computer, production, engineering and other equipment		1,104			1,053
Computer software		336			325
Furniture and fixtures		78			84
Construction-in-progress		56			55
		2,069			2,013
Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(1,462	)		(1,363	)
Property and equipment, net	$	607		$	650

Other non-current assets (in millions):


	January 26, 2024		April 28, 2023
Deferred tax assets	$	949	$	948
Operating lease right-of-use (ROU) assets		252		281
Other assets		337		319
Other non-current assets	$	1,538	$	1,548

Other non-current assets as of January 26, 2024 and April 28, 2023 include $85 million and $80 million, respectively, for our 49% non-controlling equity interest in Lenovo NetApp Technology Limited (LNTL), a China-based entity that we formed with Lenovo (Beijing) Information Technology Ltd. in fiscal 2019. LNTL is integral to our sales channel strategy in China, acting as a distributor of our offerings to customers headquartered there, and involved in certain OEM sales to Lenovo. LNTL is also focused on localizing our products and services, and developing new joint offerings for the China market by leveraging NetApp and Lenovo technologies.

Accrued expenses (in millions):


	January 26, 2024		April 28, 2023
Accrued compensation and benefits	$	412	$	363
Product warranty liabilities		18		17
Operating lease liabilities		40		47
Other current liabilities		406		430
Accrued expenses	$	876	$	857

Other long-term liabilities (in millions):


	January 26, 2024		April 28, 2023
Liability for uncertain tax positions	$	152	$	144
Income taxes payable		100		215
Product warranty liabilities		9		8
Operating lease liabilities		225		248
Other liabilities		99		93
Other long-term liabilities	$	585	$	708

Deferred revenue and financed unearned services revenue

The following table summarizes the components of our deferred revenue and financed unearned services revenue balance as reported in our condensed consolidated balance sheets (in millions):


	January 26, 2024		April 28, 2023
Deferred product revenue	$	41	$	18
Deferred services revenue		4,035		4,247
Financed unearned services revenue		51		48
Total	$	4,127	$	4,313


Reported as:
Short-term	$	2,093	$	2,218
Long-term		2,034		2,095
Total	$	4,127	$	4,313

Deferred product revenue represents unrecognized revenue related to undelivered product commitments and other product deliveries that have not met all revenue recognition criteria. Deferred services revenue represents customer payments made in advance for services, which include software and hardware support contracts, certain public cloud services and other services. Financed unearned services revenue represents undelivered services for which cash has been received under certain third-party financing arrangements. See Note 15 – Commitments and Contingencies for additional information related to these arrangements.

During the nine months ended January 26, 2024 and January 27, 2023, we recognized revenue of $1,725 million and $1,751 million, respectively, that was included in the deferred revenue and financed unearned services revenue balance at the beginning of the respective periods.

As of January 26, 2024, the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to the remaining performance obligations related to customer contracts that are unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied approximated our deferred revenue and unearned services revenue balance. Because customer orders are typically placed on an as-needed basis, and cancellable without penalty prior to shipment, orders in backlog may not be a meaningful indicator of future revenue and have not been included in this amount. We expect to recognize as

revenue approximately 51% of our deferred revenue and financed unearned services revenue balance in the next 12 months, approximately 24% in the next 13 to 24 months, and the remainder thereafter.

Deferred commissions

The following table summarizes deferred commissions balances as reported in our condensed consolidated balance sheets (in millions):


	January 26, 2024		April 28, 2023
Other current assets	$	66	$	64
Other non-current assets		97		99
Total deferred commissions	$	163	$	163

Other income, net (in millions):


	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	January 26, 2024			January 27, 2023			January 26, 2024			January 27, 2023
Interest income	$	27		$	21		$	80		$	42
Interest expense		(17	)		(16	)		(48	)		(51	)
Other, net		6			—			3			52
Total other income, net	$	16		$	5		$	35		$	43

In the nine months ended January 27, 2023, Other, net includes $21 million of other income for non-refundable, up-front payments from customers in Russia for support contracts, which we were not able to fulfill due to imposed sanctions and for which we have no remaining legal obligation to perform. It also includes a $32 million gain recognized on our sale of a minority equity interest in a privately held company for proceeds of approximately $59 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2023.

Statements of cash flows additional information (in millions):

Supplemental cash flow information related to our operating leases is included in Note 8 ─ Leases. Non-cash investing and financing activities and other supplemental cash flow information are presented below:


	Nine Months Ended
	January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023
Non-cash Investing and Financing Activities:
Capital expenditures incurred but not paid	$	14	$	19
Liabilities incurred to former owners of acquired business	$	—	$	3
Supplemental Cash Flow Information:
Income taxes paid, net of refunds	$	294	$	290
Interest paid	$	53	$	59

6. Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements

The accounting guidance for fair value measurements provides a framework for measuring fair value on either a recurring or nonrecurring basis, whereby the inputs used in valuation techniques are assigned a hierarchical level. The following are the three levels of inputs to measure fair value:

Level 1: Observable inputs that reflect quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

Level 2: Inputs that reflect quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in less active markets; quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; benchmark yields, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities; or inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

Level 3: Unobservable inputs that reflect our own assumptions incorporated in valuation techniques used to measure fair value. These assumptions are required to be consistent with market participant assumptions that are reasonably available.

We consider an active market to be one in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis, and consider an inactive market to be one in which there are infrequent or few transactions for the asset or liability, the prices are not current, or price quotations vary substantially either over time or among market makers. Where appropriate, our own or the counterparty’s non-performance risk is considered in measuring the fair values of liabilities and assets, respectively.

Investments

The following is a summary of our investments at their cost or amortized cost as of January 26, 2024 and April 28, 2023 (in millions):


	January 26, 2024		April 28, 2023
U.S. Treasury and government debt securities		1,097		754
Money market funds		728		794
Certificates of deposit		42		59
Mutual funds		38		36
Total debt and equity securities	$	1,905	$	1,643

The fair value of our investments approximates their cost or amortized cost for both periods presented. Investments in mutual funds relate to the non-qualified deferred compensation plan offered to certain employees.

As of January 26, 2024, all our debt investments are due to mature in one year or less.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The following table summarizes our financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in millions):


	January 26, 2024
				Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
	Total			Level 1		Level 2
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash	$	1,050		$	1,050	$	—
Money market funds		728			728		—
Certificates of deposit		42			—		42
Total cash and cash equivalents		1,820			1,778		42
Short-term investments:
U.S. Treasury and government debt securities		1,097			1,097		—
Total short-term investments		1,097			1,097		—
Total cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments	$	2,917		$	2,875	$	42
Other items:
Mutual funds (1)	$	6		$	6	$	—
Mutual funds (2)	$	32		$	32	$	—
Foreign currency exchange contracts assets (1)	$	1		$	—	$	1
Foreign currency exchange contracts liabilities (3)	$	(12	)	$	—	$	(12	)


	April 28, 2023
				Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
	Total			Level 1		Level 2
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash	$	1,463		$	1,463	$	—
Money market funds		794			794		—
Certificates of deposit		59			—		59
Total cash and cash equivalents		2,316			2,257		59
Short-term investments:
U.S. Treasury and government debt securities		754			754		—
Total short-term investments		754			754		—
Total cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments	$	3,070		$	3,011	$	59
Other items:
Mutual funds (1)	$	7		$	7	$	—
Mutual funds (2)	$	29		$	29	$	—
Foreign currency exchange contracts assets (1)	$	13		$	—	$	13
Foreign currency exchange contracts liabilities (3)	$	(4	)	$	—	$	(4	)

(1)

Reported as other current assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets

(2)

Reported as other non-current assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets

(3)

Reported as accrued expenses in the condensed consolidated balance sheets

Our Level 2 debt instruments are held by a custodian who prices some of the investments using standard inputs in various asset price models or obtains investment prices from third-party pricing providers that incorporate standard inputs in various asset price models. These pricing providers utilize the most recent observable market information in pricing these securities or, if specific prices are not available for these securities, use other observable inputs like market transactions involving identical or comparable securities. We review Level 2 inputs and fair value for reasonableness and the values may be further validated by comparison to multiple independent pricing sources. In addition, we review third-party pricing provider models, key inputs and assumptions and understand the pricing processes at our third-party providers in determining the overall reasonableness of the fair value of our Level 2 debt instruments. As of January 26, 2024 and April 28, 2023, we have not made any adjustments to the prices obtained from our third-party pricing providers.

Fair Value of Debt

As of January 26, 2024 and April 28, 2023, the fair value of our long-term debt was approximately $2,228 million and $2,206 million, respectively. The fair value of our long-term debt was based on observable market prices in a less active market.

7. Financing Arrangements

Long-Term Debt

The following table summarizes information relating to our long-term debt, which we collectively refer to as our Senior Notes (in millions, except interest rates):


	Effective Interest Rate	January 26, 2024			April 28, 2023
3.30% Senior Notes Due September 2024	3.42%	$	400		$	400
1.875% Senior Notes Due June 2025	2.03%		750			750
2.375% Senior Notes Due June 2027	2.51%		550			550
2.70% Senior Notes Due June 2030	2.81%		700			700
Total principal amount			2,400			2,400
Unamortized discount and issuance costs			(9	)		(11	)
Total senior notes			2,391			2,389
Less: Current portion of long-term debt			(400	)		—
Total long-term debt		$	1,991		$	2,389

Senior Notes

Our $750 million aggregate principal amount of 1.875% Senior Notes due 2025, $550 million aggregate principal amount of 2.375% Senior Notes due 2027 and $700 million aggregate principal amount of 2.70% Senior Notes due 2030, were each issued in June 2020. Interest on each of these Senior Notes is payable semi-annually in June and December. Our 3.30% Senior Notes, with a principal amount of $400 million, were issued in September 2017 with interest paid semi-annually in March and September.

Our Senior Notes, which are unsecured, unsubordinated obligations, rank equally in right of payment with any existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness.

We may redeem the Senior Notes in whole or in part, at any time at our option at specified redemption prices. In addition, upon the occurrence of certain change of control triggering events, we may be required to repurchase the Senior Notes under specified terms. The Senior Notes also include covenants that limit our ability to incur debt secured by liens on assets or on shares of stock or indebtedness of our subsidiaries; to engage in certain sale and lease-back transactions; and to consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of our assets. As of January 26, 2024, we were in compliance with all covenants associated with the Senior Notes.

As of January 26, 2024, our aggregate future principal debt maturities are as follows (in millions):


Fiscal Year	Amount
2024 (remainder)	$	—
2025		400
2026		750
2027		—
2028		550
Thereafter		700
Total	$	2,400

Commercial Paper Program and Credit Facility

We have a commercial paper program (the “Program”), under which we may issue unsecured commercial paper notes. Amounts available under the Program, as amended in July 2017, may be borrowed, repaid and re-borrowed, with the aggregate face or principal amount of the notes outstanding under the Program at any time not to exceed $1.0 billion. The maturities of the notes can vary, but may not exceed 397 days from the date of issue. The notes are sold under customary terms in the commercial paper market and may be issued at a discount from par or, alternatively, may be sold at par and bear interest at rates dictated by market conditions at the time of their issuance. The proceeds from the issuance of the notes are used for general corporate purposes. There were no commercial paper notes outstanding as of January 26, 2024 or April 28, 2023.

In connection with the Program, we have a senior unsecured credit agreement with a syndicated group of lenders. The credit agreement, which was amended in May 2023 primarily to replace the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) with the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) as the basis for establishing the interest rate applicable to certain borrowings under the agreement, provides for a $1.0 billion revolving unsecured credit facility, with a sublimit of $50 million available for the issuance of letters of credit on our behalf. The credit facility matures on January 22, 2026, with an option for us to extend the maturity date for two additional 1-year periods, subject to certain conditions. The proceeds of the loans may be used by us for general corporate purposes and as liquidity support for our existing commercial paper program. As of January 26, 2024, we were compliant with all associated covenants in the agreement. No amounts were drawn against this credit facility during any of the periods presented.

8. Leases

We lease real estate, equipment and automobiles in the U.S. and internationally. Our real estate leases, which are responsible for the majority of our aggregate ROU asset and liability balances, include leases for office space, data centers and other facilities, and as of January 26, 2024, have remaining lease terms not exceeding 19 years. Some of these leases contain options that allow us to extend or terminate the lease agreement. Our equipment leases are primarily for servers and networking equipment and as of January 26, 2024, have remaining lease terms not exceeding 4 years. As of January 26, 2024, our automobile leases have remaining lease terms not exceeding 4 years. All our leases are classified as operating leases except for certain immaterial equipment finance leases.

The components of lease cost related to our operating leases were as follows (in millions):


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023		January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023
Operating lease cost	$	13	$	15	$	41	$	46
Variable lease cost		3		4		11		12
Total lease cost	$	16	$	19	$	52	$	58

Variable lease cost is primarily attributable to amounts paid to lessors for common area maintenance and utility charges under our real estate leases.

The supplemental cash flow information related to our operating leases is as follows (in millions):


	Nine Months Ended
	January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities	$	38	$	41
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease obligations	$	15	$	33

The supplemental balance sheet information related to our operating leases is as follows (in millions, except lease term and discount rate):


	January 26, 2024			April 28, 2023
Other non-current assets	$	252		$	281
Total operating lease ROU assets	$	252		$	281

Accrued expenses	$	40		$	47
Other long-term liabilities		225			248
Total operating lease liabilities	$	265		$	295

Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term	9.4 years			9.4 years

Weighted Average Discount Rate		3.1	%		3.0	%

Future minimum operating lease payments as of January 26, 2024, are as follows (in millions):


Fiscal Year	Amount
2024 (remainder)	$	12
2025		43
2026		37
2027		33
2028		29
Thereafter		154
Total lease payments		308
Less: Interest		(43	)
Total	$	265

9. Stockholders’ Equity

Restricted Stock Units

We granted approximately 5 million restricted stock units (RSUs), including performance-based RSUs (PBRSUs), with a weighted average grant date fair value of $75.27 per share during the nine months ended January 26, 2024.

In the first quarter of fiscal 2024, due to an insufficient number of remaining shares available for issuance under the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the 2021 Plan), most of the awards granted in that period were subject to cash settlement upon vesting, and accounted for as liability awards. However, in the second quarter of fiscal 2024, stockholders approved an increase in the number of shares available for issuance under the 2021 Plan, and these awards, by their terms, automatically became share-settled, equity-classified

awards. The modification resulted in the elimination of the $4 million liability related to these awards, with a corresponding increase to additional paid-in capital, as presented on the Statements of Stockholders' Equity for the nine months ended January 26, 2024.

In the nine months ended January 26, 2024, we granted PBRSUs to certain of our executives. Each PBRSU has performance-based vesting criteria (in addition to the service-based vesting criteria) such that the PBRSUs cliff-vest at the end of a three year performance period, which began on the date specified in the grant agreements and typically ends on the last day of the third fiscal year, following the grant date. The number of shares that will be used to calculate the settlement amount for all of these PBRSUs at the end of the applicable performance and service period will range from 0% to 200% of a target number of shares originally granted. For half of the PBRSUs granted in the nine months ended January 26, 2024, the number of shares used to calculate the settlement amount will depend upon our Total Stockholder Return (TSR) as compared to the TSR of a specified group of benchmark peer companies (each expressed as a growth rate percentage) calculated as of the end of the performance period. For the remaining half of the PBRSUs granted in the nine months ended January 26, 2024, the number of shares used to calculate the settlement amount will depend upon the Company's billings result average over the three-year performance period. The billings result average is computed based on achievement against annual billings targets, with each target set at the beginning of the respective fiscal year, during the three-year performance period. Billings for purposes of measuring the performance of these PBRSUs means the total obtained by adding net revenues as reported on the Company's Consolidated Statements of Income to the amount reported as the change in deferred revenue and financed unearned services revenue on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the applicable measurement period, excluding the impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. The aggregate grant date fair value of PBRSUs effectively granted in the current year was $39 million, which is being recognized to compensation expense over the remaining performance / service periods.

Stock-Based Compensation Expense

Stock-based compensation expense is included in the condensed consolidated statements of income as follows (in millions):


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023		January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023
Cost of product revenues	$	2	$	2	$	4	$	4
Cost of services revenues		5		6		17		14
Sales and marketing		36		40		109		103
Research and development		32		32		99		82
General and administrative		14		13		40		35
Total stock-based compensation expense	$	89	$	93	$	269	$	238

As of January 26, 2024, total unrecognized compensation expense related to equity awards was $653 million, which is expected to be recognized on a straight-line basis over a weighted-average remaining service period of 2.1 years.

Stock Repurchase Program

As of January 26, 2024, our Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $16.1 billion of our common stock. 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.

The following table summarizes activity related to the stock repurchase program for the nine months ended January 26, 2024 (in millions, except for per share amounts):


Number of shares repurchased		11
Average price per share	$	76.03
Stock repurchases allocated to additional paid-in capital	$	96
Stock repurchases allocated to retained earnings	$	704
Remaining authorization at end of period	$	602

Since the May 13, 2003 inception of our stock repurchase program through January 26, 2024, we repurchased a total of 371 million shares of our common stock at an average price of $41.89 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $15.5 billion.

Dividends

The following is a summary of our activities related to dividends on our common stock (in millions, except per share amounts):


	Nine Months Ended
	January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023
Dividends per share declared	$	1.50	$	1.50
Dividend payments allocated to additional paid-in capital	$	171	$	106
Dividend payments allocated to retained earnings	$	141	$	220

On February 22, 2024, we declared a cash dividend of $0.50 per share of common stock, payable on April 24, 2024 to holders of record as of the close of business on April 5, 2024. The timing and amount of future dividends will depend on market conditions, corporate business and financial considerations and regulatory requirements. All dividends declared have been determined by us to be legally authorized under the laws of the state in which we are incorporated.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (AOCI) by component, net of tax, are summarized below (in millions):


	Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments			Defined Benefit Obligation Adjustments			Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Derivative Instruments			Total
Balance as of April 28, 2023	$	(48	)	$	(3	)	$	—		$	(51	)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax		(3	)		—			1			(2	)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI, net of tax		—			—			(2	)		(2	)
Total other comprehensive loss		(3	)		—			(1	)		(4	)
Balance as of January 26, 2024	$	(51	)	$	(3	)	$	(1	)	$	(55	)

The amounts reclassified out of AOCI are as follows (in millions):


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023		January 26, 2024			January 27, 2023		Statements of Income Classification
Realized losses (gains) on cash flow hedges	$	2	$	6	$	(2	)	$	2	Net revenues
Total reclassifications	$	2	$	6	$	(2	)	$	2

10. Derivatives and Hedging Activities

We use derivative instruments to manage exposures to foreign currency risk. Our primary objective in holding derivatives is to reduce the volatility of earnings and cash flows associated with changes in foreign currency exchange rates. The maximum length of time over which forecasted foreign currency denominated revenues are hedged is 12 months. The program is not designated for trading or speculative purposes. Our derivatives expose us to credit risk to the extent that the counterparties may be unable to meet their obligations under the terms of our agreements. We seek to mitigate such risk by limiting our counterparties to major financial institutions. In addition, the potential risk of loss with any one counterparty resulting from this type of credit risk is monitored on an ongoing basis. We also have in place master netting arrangements to mitigate the credit risk of our counterparties and to potentially reduce our losses due to counterparty nonperformance. We present our derivative instruments as net amounts in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. The gross and net fair value amounts of such instruments were not material as of January 26, 2024 or April 28, 2023. All contracts have a maturity of less than 12 months.

The notional amount of our outstanding U.S. dollar equivalent foreign currency exchange forward contracts consisted of the following (in millions):


	January 26, 2024		April 28, 2023
Cash Flow Hedges
Forward contracts purchased	$	115	$	95
Balance Sheet Contracts
Forward contracts sold	$	747	$	965
Forward contracts purchased	$	38	$	96

The gain (loss) of cash flow hedges recognized in net revenues is presented in the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income and Note 9 – Stockholders’ Equity.

The effect of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments recognized in other income, net on our condensed consolidated statements of income was as follows (in millions):


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023		January 26, 2024			January 27, 2023
Foreign currency exchange contracts	$	20	$	58	$	(29	)	$	2

11. Restructuring Charges

In each of the first and third quarters of fiscal 2024, management approved a restructuring plan to redirect resources to highest return activities and reduce costs. Each plan included a global workforce reduction of approximately 1% for which restructuring charges, comprised of employee severance related expenses, were recorded during the first nine months of fiscal 2024. The plan initiated during the first quarter also included optimization of our global office space for our hybrid work model. In connection with that plan, we terminated certain real estate leases in various countries during the first nine months of fiscal 2024, resulting in restructuring charges primarily comprised of lease termination charges. The activities under these plans are expected to be substantially complete by the end of fiscal 2024.

In the first nine months of fiscal 2023, we executed, or continued to execute, restructuring plans to redirect resources to highest return activities, reduce costs and establish our international headquarters in Cork, Ireland. These plans collectively reduced our global workforce by approximately 9%, and resulted in restructuring charges comprised primarily of employee severance-related costs and legal and tax-related professional fees. Activities under these plans were substantially complete by the end of fiscal 2023.

Activities related to our restructuring plans are summarized as follows (in millions):


	Nine Months Ended
	January 26, 2024			January 27, 2023
Balance at beginning of period	$	36		$	3
Net charges		44			109
Cash payments		(60	)		(22	)
Balance at end of period	$	20		$	90

12. Income Taxes

Our effective tax rates for the periods presented were as follows:


	Nine Months Ended
	January 26, 2024			January 27, 2023
Effective tax rates		21.3	%		(36.8	)%

Our effective tax rate reflects the impact of a significant amount of earnings being taxed in foreign jurisdictions at rates below the United States (U.S.) statutory rate. Our effective tax rate for the nine months ended January 26, 2024 includes a benefit for fiscal 2024 foreign tax credits resulting from Internal Revenue Service Notice 2023-80, partially offset by an increase in stock compensation for which no tax benefit is recorded. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended January 27, 2023 was primarily driven by a discrete tax benefit of $524 million that resulted from an intra-entity asset transfer of certain intellectual property (“IP”) partially offset by a Danish Supreme Court decision resulting in $69 million of discrete tax expense. Additionally, our effective tax rate for the nine months ended January 27, 2023 includes the capitalization of research and development expenses partially offset by the discrete benefits related to stock-based compensation.

measured based on the enacted tax rates expected to apply in the years the asset is expected to be realized. We expect to realize the deferred tax asset resulting from the IP Transfer and will assess the realizability of the deferred tax asset quarterly.

In September 2010, the Danish Tax Authorities issued a decision concluding that distributions declared in 2005 and 2006 by our Danish subsidiary were subject to Danish at-source dividend withholding tax. We did not believe that our Danish subsidiary was liable for such withholding tax and filed an appeal with the Danish Tax Tribunal, which issued a ruling in favor of NetApp in December 2011. However, following escalations within the Danish judicial system over the course of numerous years, on January 9, 2023, the Danish Supreme Court ruled the 2005 dividend was subject to withholding tax while the smaller 2006 distribution would not be subject to withholding tax. The Danish Supreme Court ruling on the distributions declared in 2005 and 2006 is non-appealable. During the third quarter ended January 27, 2023, we recorded $69 million of discrete tax expense, which includes $23 million of withholding tax and $46 million of interest, associated with the Danish Supreme Court ruling.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) recently enacted model rules for a new global minimum tax framework known as Pillar Two. These rules have been agreed to by most OECD members. The OECD has since issued administrative guidance providing transition and safe harbor rules around the implementation of Pillar Two rules. On February 1, 2023, the FASB indicated that they believe taxes imposed under Pillar Two is an alternative minimum tax. Accordingly, deferred tax assets and liabilities associated with the minimum tax would not be recognized or adjusted for the estimated future effects of the minimum tax but would be recognized in the period incurred. We will be subject to Pillar Two rules starting in our fiscal year 2025. We do not currently expect Pillar Two taxes to have a significant impact on our financial statements, particularly due to the safe harbor relief during the transition period, but we are still closely monitoring developments.

Any OECD actions adopted internationally could impact our financial results in future periods.

We are currently undergoing various income tax audits in the U.S. and audits in several foreign tax jurisdictions. Transfer pricing calculations are key topics under these audits and are often subject to dispute and appeals.

We continue to monitor the progress of ongoing discussions with tax authorities and the impact, if any, of the expected expiration of the statute of limitations in various taxing jurisdictions. We engage in continuous discussion and negotiation with taxing authorities regarding tax matters in multiple jurisdictions. We believe that within the next 12 months, it is reasonably possible that either certain audits will conclude, certain statutes of limitations will lapse, or both. As a result of uncertainties regarding tax audits and their possible outcomes, an estimate of the range of possible impacts to unrecognized tax benefits in the next twelve months cannot be made at this time.

As of January 26, 2024, we had $225 million of gross unrecognized tax benefits. Inclusive of penalties, interest and certain income tax benefits, $152 million would affect our provision for income taxes if recognized. Net unrecognized tax benefits of $152 million have been recorded in other long-term liabilities.

13. Net Income per Share

The following is a calculation of basic and diluted net income per share (in millions, except per share amounts):


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023		January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023
Numerator:
Net income	$	313	$	65	$	695	$	1,029
Denominator:
Shares used in basic computation		206		216		209		218
Dilutive impact of employee equity award plans		5		3		4		3
Shares used in diluted computation		211		219		213		221
Net Income per Share:
Basic	$	1.52	$	0.30	$	3.33	$	4.72
Diluted	$	1.48	$	0.30	$	3.26	$	4.66

No potential shares from outstanding employee equity awards were excluded from the diluted net income per share calculations for the three months ended January 26, 2024, while three million potential shares from outstanding employee equity awards were excluded from the diluted net income per share calculations for the nine months ended January 26, 2024, as their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive. Six million shares from outstanding employee awards each were excluded from the diluted net income per share calculation for the three and nine months ended January 27, 2023, respectively, as their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.

14. Segment, Geographic, and Significant Customer Information

Our operations are organized into two segments: Hybrid Cloud and Public Cloud. The two segments are based on the information reviewed by our Chief Operating Decision Maker (CODM), who is the Chief Executive Officer, to evaluate results and allocate resources. The CODM measures performance of each segment based on segment revenue and segment gross profit. We do not allocate to our segments certain cost of revenues which we manage at the corporate level. These unallocated costs include stock-based compensation and amortization of intangible assets. We do not allocate assets to our segments.

Public Cloud offers a portfolio of products delivered primarily as-a-service, including related support. This portfolio includes cloud storage and CloudOps services. Public Cloud includes certain reseller arrangements in which the timing of our consideration follows the end user consumption of the reseller services.

Segment Revenues and Gross Profit

Financial information by segment is as follows (in millions, except percentages):


	Three Months Ended January 26, 2024
	Hybrid Cloud			Public Cloud			Consolidated
Product revenues	$	747		$	—		$	747
Support revenues		631			—			631
Professional and other services revenues		77			—			77
Public cloud revenues		—			151			151
Net revenues		1,455			151			1,606
Cost of product revenues		280			—			280
Cost of support revenues		49			—			49
Cost of professional and other services revenues		58			—			58
Cost of public cloud revenues		—			52			52
Segment cost of revenues		387			52			439
Segment gross profit	$	1,068		$	99		$	1,167
Segment gross margin		73.4	%		65.6	%		72.7	%
Unallocated cost of revenues1								16
Total gross profit							$	1,151
Total gross margin								71.7	%
1 Unallocated cost of revenues are composed of $7 million of stock-based compensation expense and $9 million of amortization of intangible assets.


	Three Months Ended January 27, 2023
	Hybrid Cloud			Public Cloud			Consolidated
Product revenues	$	682		$	—		$	682
Support revenues		616			—			616
Professional and other services revenues		78			—			78
Public cloud revenues		—			150			150
Net revenues		1,376			150			1,526
Cost of product revenues		365			—			365
Cost of support revenues		44			—			44
Cost of professional and other services revenues		50			—			50
Cost of public cloud revenues		—			47			47
Segment cost of revenues		459			47			506
Segment gross profit	$	917		$	103		$	1,020
Segment gross margin		66.6	%		68.7	%		66.8	%
Unallocated cost of revenues1								19
Total gross profit							$	1,001
Total gross margin								65.6	%
1 Unallocated cost of revenues are composed of $8 million of stock-based compensation expense and $11 million of amortization of intangible assets.


	Nine Months Ended January 26, 2024
	Hybrid Cloud			Public Cloud			Consolidated
Product revenues	$	2,043		$	—		$	2,043
Support revenues		1,865			—			1,865
Professional and other services revenues		233			—			233
Public cloud revenues		—			459			459
Net revenues		4,141			459			4,600
Cost of product revenues		819			—			819
Cost of support revenues		146			—			146
Cost of professional and other services revenues		176			—			176
Cost of public cloud revenues		—			155			155
Segment cost of revenues		1,141			155			1,296
Segment gross profit	$	3,000		$	304		$	3,304
Segment gross margin		72.4	%		66.2	%		71.8	%
Unallocated cost of revenues1								47
Total gross profit							$	3,257
Total gross margin								70.8	%
1 Unallocated cost of revenues are composed of $21 million of stock-based compensation expense and $26 million of amortization of intangible assets.


	Nine Months Ended January 27, 2023
	Hybrid Cloud			Public Cloud			Consolidated
Product revenues	$	2,305		$	—		$	2,305
Support revenues		1,821			—			1,821
Professional and other services revenues		231			—			231
Public cloud revenues		—			424			424
Net revenues		4,357			424			4,781
Cost of product revenues		1,177			—			1,177
Cost of support revenues		132			—			132
Cost of professional and other services revenues		156			—			156
Cost of public cloud revenues		—			132			132
Segment cost of revenues		1,465			132			1,597
Segment gross profit	$	2,892		$	292		$	3,184
Segment gross margin		66.4	%		68.9	%		66.6	%
Unallocated cost of revenues1								50
Total gross profit							$	3,134
Total gross margin								65.6	%
1 Unallocated cost of revenues are composed of $18 million of stock-based compensation expense and $32 million of amortization of intangible assets.

Geographical Revenues and Certain Assets

Revenues summarized by geographic region are as follows (in millions):


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023		January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023
United States, Canada and Latin America (Americas)	$	802	$	781	$	2,345	$	2,453
Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)		567		510		1,538		1,584
Asia Pacific (APAC)		237		235		717		744
Net revenues	$	1,606	$	1,526	$	4,600	$	4,781

Effective in the first quarter of fiscal 2024, management began evaluating revenues by geographic region based on the location to which products and services are delivered, rather than based on the location from which the customer relationship is managed. Prior year numbers have been recast to conform to the current year presentation.

Americas revenues consist of sales to Americas commercial and U.S. public sector markets. Sales to customers inside the U.S. were $744 million and $719 million during the three months ended January 26, 2024 and January 27, 2023, respectively, and were $2,172 million and $2,275 million during the nine months ended January 26, 2024 and January 27, 2023, respectively.

The majority of our assets, excluding cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments and accounts receivable, were attributable to our domestic operations. The following table presents cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments held in the U.S. and internationally in various foreign subsidiaries (in millions):


	January 26, 2024		April 28, 2023
U.S.	$	574	$	887
International		2,343		2,183
Total	$	2,917	$	3,070

With the exception of property and equipment, we do not identify or allocate our long-lived assets by geographic area. The following table presents property and equipment information for geographic areas based on the physical location of the assets (in millions):


	January 26, 2024		April 28, 2023
U.S.	$	376	$	413
International		231		237
Total	$	607	$	650

Significant Customers

The following customers, each of which is a distributor, accounted for 10% or more of our net revenues:


	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	January 26, 2024			January 27, 2023			January 26, 2024			January 27, 2023
Arrow Electronics, Inc.		21	%		24	%		22	%		24	%
TD Synnex Corporation (previously presented as Tech Data Corporation)		21	%		21	%		21	%		20	%

The following customers accounted for 10% or more of accounts receivable as of at least one of the dates presented:


	January 26, 2024			April 28, 2023
Arrow Electronics, Inc.		5	%		15	%
TD Synnex Corporation (previously presented as Tech Data Corporation)		16	%		19	%

15. Commitments and Contingencies

Purchase Orders and Other Commitments

In the ordinary course of business, we make commitments to third-party contract manufacturers and component suppliers to manage manufacturer lead times and meet product forecasts, and to other parties, to purchase various key components used in the manufacture of our products. A significant portion of our reported purchase commitments arising from these agreements consist of firm, non-cancelable, and unconditional commitments. As of January 26, 2024, we had approximately $0.5 billion in non-cancelable purchase commitments for inventory. We record a liability for firm, non-cancelable and unconditional purchase commitments for quantities in excess of our future demand forecasts consistent with the valuation of our excess and obsolete inventory. As of January 26, 2024 and April 28, 2023, such liability amounted to $20 million and $15 million, respectively, and is included in accrued expenses in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. To the extent that such forecasts are not achieved, our commitments and associated accruals may change.

In addition to inventory commitments with contract manufacturers and component suppliers, we have open purchase orders and contractual obligations associated with our ordinary course of business for which we have not yet received goods or services. As of January 26, 2024, we had approximately $0.3 billion in other purchase obligations.

Financing Guarantees

While most of our arrangements for sales include short-term payment terms, from time to time we provide long-term financing to creditworthy customers. We have generally sold receivables financed through these arrangements on a non-recourse basis to third party financing institutions within 10 days of the contracts’ dates of execution, and we classify the proceeds from these sales as cash flows from operating activities in our condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. We account for the sales of these receivables as “true sales” as defined in the accounting standards on transfers of financial assets, as we are considered to have surrendered control of these financing receivables. Provided all other revenue recognition criteria have been met, we recognize product revenues for these

arrangements, net of any payment discounts from financing transactions, upon product acceptance. We sold $58 million and $32 million of receivables during the nine months ended January 26, 2024 and January 27, 2023, respectively.

In addition, we enter into arrangements with leasing companies for the sale of our hardware systems products. These leasing companies, in turn, lease our products to end-users. The leasing companies generally have no recourse to us in the event of default by the end-user and we recognize revenue upon delivery to the end-user customer, if all other revenue recognition criteria have been met.

Some of the leasing arrangements described above have been financed on a recourse basis through third-party financing institutions. Under the terms of recourse leases, which are generally three years or less, we remain liable for the aggregate unpaid remaining lease payments to the third-party leasing companies in the event of end-user customer default. These arrangements are generally collateralized by a security interest in the underlying assets. Where we provide a guarantee for recourse leases and collectability is probable, we account for these transactions as sales type leases. If collectability is not probable, the cash received is recorded as a deposit liability and revenue is deferred until the arrangement is deemed collectible. For leases that we are not a party to, other than providing recourse, we recognize revenue when control is transferred. As of January 26, 2024 and April 28, 2023, the aggregate amount by which such contingencies exceeded the associated liabilities was not significant. To date, we have not experienced significant losses under our lease financing programs or other financing arrangements.

We have entered into service contracts with certain of our end-user customers that are supported by third-party financing arrangements. If a service contract is terminated as a result of our non-performance under the contract or our failure to comply with the terms of the financing arrangement, we could, under certain circumstances, be required to acquire certain assets related to the service contract or to pay the aggregate unpaid financing payments under such arrangements. As of January 26, 2024, we have not been required to make any payments under these arrangements, and we believe the likelihood of having to acquire a material amount of assets or make payments under these arrangements is remote. The portion of the financial arrangement that represents unearned services revenue is included in deferred revenue and financed unearned services revenue in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Legal Contingencies

When a loss is considered probable and reasonably estimable, we record a liability in the amount of our best estimate for the ultimate loss. However, the likelihood of a loss with respect to a particular contingency is often difficult to predict and determining a meaningful estimate of the loss or a range of loss may not be practicable based on the information available and the potential effect of future events and decisions by third parties that will determine the ultimate resolution of the contingency.

We are subject to various legal proceedings and claims that arise in the normal course of business. We may, from time to time, receive claims that we are infringing third parties’ intellectual property rights, including claims for alleged patent infringement brought by non-practicing entities. We are currently involved in patent litigations brought by non-practicing entities and other third parties. We believe we have strong arguments that our products do not infringe and/or the asserted patents are invalid, and we intend to vigorously defend against the plaintiffs’ claims. However, there is no guarantee that we will prevail at trial and if a jury were to find that our products infringe, we could be required to pay significant monetary damages, and may cause product shipment delays or stoppages, require us to redesign our products, or require us to enter into royalty or licensing agreements.

Although management at present believes that the ultimate outcome of these proceedings, individually and in the aggregate, will not materially harm our financial position, results of operations, cash flows, or overall trends, legal proceedings are subject to inherent uncertainties, and unfavorable rulings or other events could occur. Unfavorable resolutions could include significant monetary damages. In addition, in matters for which injunctive relief or other conduct remedies are sought, unfavorable resolutions could include an injunction or other order prohibiting us from selling one or more products at all or in particular ways or requiring other remedies. An unfavorable outcome may result in a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations, financial position, cash flows and overall trends. No material accrual has been recorded as of January 26, 2024 related to such matters.

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

This section and other parts of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contain forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements provide current expectations of future events based on certain assumptions and include any statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact. Forward-looking statements also can be identified by words such as “future,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “can,” “may,” and similar terms. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and the actual results of NetApp, Inc. (“we,” “us,” or the “Company”) may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, those described in our 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K, including under the heading “Risk Factors” and discussed in this Form 10-Q under the heading “Risk Factors,” which are incorporated herein by reference. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended April 28, 2023, and the notes thereto, contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, and the condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this Form 10-Q. We assume no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements for any reason, except as required by law.

Overview

Our Company

NetApp makes data infrastructure intelligent by combining unified data storage, integrated data services, and CloudOps solutions. We create silo-free infrastructure, and harness observability and artificial intelligence to enable seamless data management across environments to help our customers achieve their business priorities. No matter the data type, workload, or environment, with NetApp customers can modernize their data infrastructure to support their business objectives.

Our unified data storage delivers flexibility by enabling customers to store any data type and power any workload, simply and consistently on a single storage operating system, optimized for cloud and flash. As the only enterprise-grade storage service natively embedded in the world’s largest clouds, our data storage powers any data across clouds. Our integrated data services enable active data management through superior data security, protection, governance, and sustainability. Our CloudOps solutions enable adaptive operations across infrastructure, applications, and teams.

Our operations are organized into two segments: Hybrid Cloud and Public Cloud.

Hybrid Cloud offers a portfolio of storage management and infrastructure solutions that help customers modernize their data centers with the power of the cloud and modernize applications with a single solution that supports file, block, and object storage. Our Hybrid Cloud portfolio supports structured and unstructured data with unified storage optimized for flash and cloud to handle data-intensive workloads and applications. Hybrid Cloud is composed of software, hardware, and related support, as well as professional and other services.

Public Cloud offers a portfolio of products delivered primarily as-a-service, including related support. This portfolio includes cloud storage and CloudOps services. As the only provider of enterprise-grade storage service natively embedded in the world’s largest clouds, NetApp helps organizations harness the power of their data and application workloads. NetApp’s CloudOps solutions tap into the power of AI to maximize productivity across infrastructure and applications to boost the productivity of teams and reduce costs of operations. These solutions and services are generally available on the leading public clouds, including Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.

Global Business Environment

Macroeconomic Conditions

Continuing global economic uncertainty, political conditions and fiscal challenges in the U.S. and abroad have resulted and may continue to result in adverse macroeconomic conditions, including inflation, rising interest rates, foreign exchange volatility, slower growth and possibly a recession. In particular, during the first nine months of fiscal 2024, and throughout fiscal 2023, we experienced a weakened demand environment, characterized by cloud optimizations and increased budget scrutiny, which resulted in smaller deal sizes, longer selling cycles, and delays of some deals.

If these macroeconomic uncertainties persist or worsen during the remainder of fiscal 2024, we may observe a further reduction in customer demand for our offerings, which could impact our operating results.

Supply Chain

Supply chain constraints, which substantially began to impact us in the first half of fiscal 2023, led to elevated product component and freight costs during the first nine months of fiscal 2023. Comparatively, in the first nine months of fiscal 2024, the supply chain substantially improved, resulting in lower costs.

Stock Repurchase and Dividend Activity

During the first nine months of fiscal 2024, we repurchased approximately 11 million shares of our common stock at an average price of $76.03 per share, for an aggregate of $800 million. We also declared aggregate cash dividends of $1.50 per share in that period, for which we paid $312 million.

Restructuring Events

In the third quarter of fiscal 2024, management approved a restructuring plan to redirect resources to highest return activities and reduce costs. Aggregate charges recorded from restructuring plans in the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2024 totaled $13 million and $44 million, respectively.

Results of Operations

Our fiscal year is reported as a 52- or 53-week year that ends on the last Friday in April. Fiscal years 2024 and 2023, ending on April 26, 2024 and April 28, 2023, respectively, are each 52-week years, with 13 weeks in each of their quarters. Unless otherwise stated, references to particular years, quarters, months and periods refer to the Company’s fiscal years ended in April and the associated quarters, months and periods of those fiscal years.

The following table sets forth certain condensed consolidated statements of income data as a percentage of net revenues for the periods indicated:


	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	January 26, 2024			January 27, 2023			January 26, 2024			January 27, 2023
Net revenues:
Product		47	%		45	%		44	%		48	%
Services		53			55			56			52
Net revenues		100			100			100			100
Cost of revenues:
Cost of product		18			24			18			25
Cost of services		11			10			11			10
Gross profit		72			66			71			66
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing		27			29			30			29
Research and development		16			15			16			15
General and administrative		5			4			5			4
Restructuring charges		1			6			1			2
Acquisition-related expense		—			—			—			—
Total operating expenses		49			54			52			51
Income from operations		23			11			18			15
Other income, net		1			—			1			1
Income before income taxes		24			12			19			16
Provision (benefit) for income taxes		4			7			4			(6	)
Net income		19	%		4	%		15	%		22	%

Percentages may not add due to rounding

Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations

Net Revenues (in millions, except percentages):


	Three Months Ended							Nine Months Ended
	January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023		% Change			January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023		% Change
Net revenues	$	1,606	$	1,526		5	%	$	4,600	$	4,781		(4	)%

The increase in net revenues for the third quarter of fiscal 2024 compared to the corresponding period of fiscal 2023 was primarily due to an increase in product revenues and, to a lesser extent, an increase in services revenues. The decrease in net revenues for the first nine months of fiscal 2024 compared to the corresponding period of fiscal 2024 was primarily due to a decrease in product revenues, partially offset by an increase in services revenues. Product revenues as a percentage of net revenues increased by two percentage points and decreased by four percentage points in the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2024, respectively, compared to the corresponding periods of fiscal 2023.

Product Revenues (in millions, except percentages):


	Three Months Ended							Nine Months Ended
	January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023		% Change			January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023		% Change
Product revenues	$	747	$	682		10	%	$	2,043	$	2,305		(11	)%
Hardware (Non-GAAP)		335		292		15	%		891		945		(6	)%
Software (Non-GAAP)		412		390		6	%		1,152		1,360		(15	)%

Hybrid Cloud

Product revenues are derived through the sale of our Hybrid Cloud solutions and consist of sales of configured all-flash array systems (including All-Flash FAS and QLC-Flash FAS) and hybrid systems, which are bundled hardware and software products, as well as add-on flash, disk and/or hybrid storage and related OS, StorageGrid, OEM products, NetApp HCI and add-on optional software.

In order to provide visibility into the value created by our software innovation and R&D investment, we disclose the software and hardware components of our product revenues. Software product revenues includes the OS software and optional add-on software solutions attached to our systems across our entire product set, while hardware product revenues include the non-software component of our systems across the entire set. Because our revenue recognition policy under GAAP defines a configured storage system, inclusive of the operating system software essential to its functionality, as a single performance obligation, the hardware and software components of our product revenues are considered non-GAAP measures. The hardware and software components of our product revenues are derived from an estimated fair value allocation of the transaction price of our contracts with customers, down to the level of the product hardware and software components. This allocation is primarily based on the contractual prices at which NetApp has historically billed customers for such respective components.

Total product revenues increased in the third quarter of fiscal 2024 compared to the corresponding period of the prior year primarily due to higher sales of QLC-flash array systems. Total product revenues decreased in the first nine months of fiscal 2024 compared to the corresponding period of the prior year primarily due to lower sales of hybrid systems as a result of softer customer demand.

Revenues from the hardware component of product revenues represented 45% and 44% of product revenues in the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2024, compared to 43% and 41% of product revenues in the corresponding periods of the prior year. The software component of product revenues represented 55% and 56% of product revenues in the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2024, compared to 57% and 59% of product revenues in the corresponding periods of the prior year. The decrease in the software component percentage of product revenues in the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2024 was primarily due to the mix of systems sold.

Services Revenues (in millions, except percentages):


	Three Months Ended							Nine Months Ended
	January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023		% Change			January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023		% Change
Services revenues	$	859	$	844		2	%	$	2,557	$	2,476		3	%
Support		631		616		2	%		1,865		1,821		2	%
Professional and other services		77		78		(1	)%		233		231		1	%
Public cloud		151		150		1	%		459		424		8	%

Hybrid Cloud

Hybrid Cloud services revenues are derived from the sale of: (1) support, which includes both hardware and software support contracts (the latter of which entitle customers to receive unspecified product upgrades and enhancements, bug fixes and patch releases), and (2) professional and other services, which include customer education and training.

Support revenues increased in the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2024 compared to the corresponding periods of the prior year as a result of a higher aggregate support contract value for our installed base.

Professional and other services revenues remained relatively flat in the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2024 compared to the corresponding periods of the prior year.

Public Cloud

Public Cloud revenues are derived from the sale of public cloud offerings primarily delivered as-a-service, which include cloud storage and CloudOps services.

Public Cloud revenues increased in the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2024 compared to the corresponding periods of the prior year primarily due to customer demand for NetApp’s diversified cloud offerings, coupled with overall growth in the cloud market.

Cost of Revenues

Our cost of revenues consists of:

(1) cost of product revenues, composed of (a) cost of Hybrid Cloud product revenues, which includes the costs of manufacturing and shipping our products, inventory write-downs, and warranty costs, and (b) unallocated cost of product revenues, which includes stock-based compensation and amortization of intangibles, and;

(2) cost of services revenues, composed of (a) cost of support revenues, which includes the costs of providing support activities for hardware and software support, global support partnership programs, and third party royalty costs, (b) cost of professional and other services revenues, (c) cost of public cloud revenues, constituting the cost of providing our Public Cloud offerings which includes depreciation and amortization expense and third party datacenter fees, and (d) unallocated cost of services revenues, which includes stock-based compensation and amortization of intangibles.

Cost of Product Revenues (in millions, except percentages):


	Three Months Ended							Nine Months Ended
	January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023		% Change			January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023		% Change
Cost of product revenues	$	282	$	367		(23	)%	$	823	$	1,182		(30	)%
Hybrid Cloud		280		365		(23	)%		819		1,177		(30	)%
Unallocated		2		2		—	%		4		5		(20	)%

Hybrid Cloud

Cost of Hybrid Cloud product revenues represented approximately 37% and 40% of product revenues for the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2024 compared to 54% and 51% for the corresponding periods of fiscal 2023. Materials costs represented 89% and 88% of cost of Hybrid Cloud product revenues for the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2024, compared to 94% for the corresponding periods of fiscal 2023.

Materials costs decreased by approximately $94 million and $386 million in the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2024 compared to the corresponding periods of the prior year, reflecting lower component and freight costs as a result of supply chain improvements. Materials costs were also impacted by the increase in product revenues in the third quarter of fiscal 2024, and the decrease in product revenues in the first nine months of fiscal 2024, compared to the corresponding periods of the prior year.

Hybrid Cloud product gross margins increased by approximately sixteen percentage points and eleven percentage points in the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2024, compared to the corresponding periods of the prior year, primarily due to lower component and freight costs.

Unallocated

Unallocated cost of product revenues were relatively flat in the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2024 compared to the corresponding periods of the prior year.

Cost of Services Revenues (in millions, except percentages):


	Three Months Ended							Nine Months Ended
	January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023		% Change			January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023		% Change
Cost of services revenues	$	173	$	158		9	%	$	520	$	465		12	%
Support		49		44		11	%		146		132		11	%
Professional and other services		58		50		16	%		176		156		13	%
Public cloud		52		47		11	%		155		132		17	%
Unallocated		14		17		(18	)%		43		45		(4	)%

Hybrid Cloud

Cost of Hybrid Cloud services revenues, which are composed of the costs of support and professional and other services, increased in the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2024 compared to the corresponding periods of fiscal 2023. Cost of Hybrid Cloud services revenues represented approximately 15% of Hybrid Cloud services revenues in the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2024, compared to 14% for the corresponding periods of fiscal 2023.

Hybrid Cloud support gross margins decreased by less than one percentage point in the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2024 compared to the corresponding periods of the prior year. Hybrid Cloud professional and other services gross margins decreased by approximately eleven percentage points and eight percentage points in the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2024 compared to the corresponding periods of fiscal 2023, due to the mix of services provided.

Public Cloud

Cost of Public Cloud revenues increased in the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2024 compared to the corresponding periods of fiscal 2023 reflecting the increase in Public Cloud revenues. Public Cloud gross margins decreased by three percentage points in the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2024 compared to the corresponding periods of fiscal 2023, primarily due to the mix of offerings provided.

Unallocated

Unallocated cost of services revenues decreased in the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2024 compared to the corresponding periods of the prior year due to certain intangible assets becoming fully amortized during the first quarter of fiscal 2024.

Operating Expenses

Sales and Marketing, Research and Development and General and Administrative Expenses

Sales and marketing, research and development, and general and administrative expenses for the third quarter of fiscal 2024 totaled $769 million, or 48% of net revenues, relatively consistent with the corresponding period of fiscal 2023.

Sales and marketing, research and development, and general and administrative expenses for the first nine months of fiscal 2024 totaled $2,356 million, or 51% of net revenues, respectively, reflecting an increase of three percentage points, compared to the corresponding periods of fiscal 2023, primarily due to the decrease in net revenues.

Compensation costs represent the largest component of sales and marketing, research and development and general and administrative expenses. Included in compensation costs are salaries, benefits, other compensation-related costs, stock-based compensation expense and employee incentive compensation plan costs.

Total compensation costs included in sales and marketing, research and development and general and administrative expenses increased by $32 million, or 7%, and $83 million, or 6%, in the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2024, respectively, compared to the corresponding periods of the prior year, primarily due to an increase in incentive compensation expense. This increase was partially offset by lower salaries expense, reflecting average headcount decreases of 11% and 8%, respectively.

Sales and Marketing (in millions, except percentages):


	Three Months Ended							Nine Months Ended
	January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023		% Change			January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023		% Change
Sales and marketing expenses	$	439	$	450		(2	)%	$	1,368	$	1,387		(1	)%

Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of compensation costs, commissions, outside services, facilities and IT support costs, advertising and marketing promotional expense and travel and entertainment expense. The changes in sales and marketing expenses consisted of the following (in percentage points of the total change):


	Three Months Ended			Nine Months Ended
	Fiscal 2024 to Fiscal 2023			Fiscal 2024 to Fiscal 2023
Commissions		(1	)		(2	)
Other		(1	)		1
Total change		(2	)		(1	)

The decrease in commissions expense for the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2024 compared to the corresponding periods of the prior year was primarily due to lower performance against sales goals.

Research and Development (in millions, except percentages):


	Three Months Ended							Nine Months Ended
	January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023		% Change			January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023		% Change
Research and development expenses	$	249	$	230		8	%	$	758	$	713		6	%

Research and development expenses consist primarily of compensation costs, facilities and IT support costs, depreciation, equipment and software related costs, prototypes, non-recurring engineering charges and other outside services costs. Changes in research and development expenses consisted of the following (in percentage points of the total change):


	Three Months Ended			Nine Months Ended
	Fiscal 2024 to Fiscal 2023			Fiscal 2024 to Fiscal 2023
Compensation costs		9			7
Development projects and outside services		(1	)		(1	)
Total change		8			6

The increase in compensation costs for the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2024 compared to the corresponding periods in the prior year was primarily attributable to higher incentive compensation expenses and stock-based compensation, partially offset by lower salaries expense, reflecting decreases in average headcount of 10% and 7%, respectively.

The decrease in development projects and outside services for the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2024 compared to the corresponding periods in the prior year was primarily due to the lower spending on certain engineering projects.

General and Administrative (in millions, except percentages):


	Three Months Ended							Nine Months Ended
	January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023		% Change			January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023		% Change
General and administrative expenses	$	81	$	59		37	%	$	230	$	198		16	%

General and administrative expenses consist primarily of compensation costs, professional and corporate legal fees, outside services and facilities and IT support costs.

The increases in general and administrative expenses in the third quarter and the first nine months of fiscal 2024 compared to the corresponding periods of the prior year were primarily attributable to increases in all components of compensation costs, but predominantly incentive compensation expenses. Higher spending levels on projects and outside services also contributed to the increases.

Restructuring Charges (in millions, except percentages):


	Three Months Ended							Nine Months Ended
	January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023		% Change			January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023		% Change
Restructuring charges	$	13	$	87		(85	)%	$	44	$	109		(60	)%

Acquisition-related Expense (in millions, except percentages):


	Three Months Ended							Nine Months Ended
	January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023		% Change			January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023		% Change
Acquisition-related expense	$	3	$	3		—	%	$	9	$	18		(50	)%

Acquisition-related expenses for the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2024 totaled $3 million and $9 million, respectively, and were primarily related to our integration of previous acquisitions.

Other Income, Net (in millions, except percentages)

The components of other income, net were as follows:


	Three Months Ended									Nine Months Ended
	January 26, 2024			January 27, 2023			% Change			January 26, 2024			January 27, 2023			% Change
Interest income	$	27		$	21			29	%	$	80		$	42			90	%
Interest expense		(17	)		(16	)		6	%		(48	)		(51	)		(6	)%
Other, net		6			—		NM				3			52		NM
Total	$	16		$	5		NM			$	35		$	43		NM

NM – Not Meaningful

Interest income increased in the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2024 compared to the corresponding periods of the prior year primarily due to higher yields earned on our cash and investments. Interest expense was relatively flat in the third quarter of fiscal 2024 compared to the corresponding period of fiscal 2023, while it decreased in the first nine months of fiscal 2024 compared to the corresponding period of fiscal 2023 due to the extinguishment of certain senior notes in the second quarter of fiscal 2023.

Other, net for the first nine months of fiscal 2023 includes $21 million of other income for non-refundable, up-front payments from customers in Russia for support contracts, which we were not able to fulfill due to imposed sanctions and for which we have no remaining legal obligation to perform. It also includes a $32 million gain recognized on our sale of a minority equity interest in a privately held company for proceeds of approximately $59 million. The remaining differences in Other, net for the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2024 as compared to the corresponding periods of the prior year are partially due to foreign exchange gains and losses year-over-year.

Provision for Income Taxes (in millions, except percentages):


	Three Months Ended							Nine Months Ended
	January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023		% Change			January 26, 2024		January 27, 2023			% Change
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	$	69	$	112		(38	)%	$	188	$	(277	)		(168	)%

Our effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended January 26, 2024 includes a benefit for increased fiscal 2024 foreign tax credits, partially offset by an increase in stock compensation for which no tax benefit is recorded. The effective tax rate for the three months ended January 27, 2023, includes a discrete tax expense recorded as a result of the Danish Supreme Court ruling received on January 9, 2023. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended January 27, 2023, includes a discrete tax expense recorded as a result of the Danish Supreme Court ruling that was fully offset by a discrete tax benefit resulting from an intra-entity asset transfer of certain intellectual property (“IP”).

During the second quarter of fiscal 2023, we completed an intra-entity asset transfer of certain IP to our international headquarters (the “IP Transfer”). The transaction resulted in a step-up of tax-deductible basis in the transferred assets, and accordingly, created a temporary difference where the tax basis exceeded the financial statement basis of such intangible assets, which resulted in the recognition of a discrete tax benefit and related deferred tax asset of $524 million during the second quarter of fiscal 2023. Management applied significant judgment when determining the fair value of the IP, which serves as the tax basis of the deferred tax asset. With the assistance of third-party valuation specialists, the fair value of the IP was determined principally based on the present value of projected cash flows related to the IP which reflects management’s assumptions regarding projected revenues, expenses and a discount rate. The tax-deductible amortization related to the transferred IP rights will be recognized in future periods and any amortization that is unused in a particular year can be carried forward indefinitely. The deferred tax asset and the tax benefit were measured based on the enacted tax rates expected to apply in the years the asset is expected to be realized. We expect to realize the deferred tax asset resulting from the IP Transfer and will assess the realizability of the deferred tax asset quarterly. Any Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (“OECD”) actions adopted internationally, could impact our financial results in future periods. The impact of the transaction to net cash provided by or used in operating, investing and financing activities on the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows during the quarter ended October 28, 2022, was not material.

During the third quarter of fiscal 2023, the Danish Supreme Court issued a non-appealable ruling on the distributions declared in 2005 and 2006. The Danish Supreme Court ruled the 2005 dividend was subject to at-source dividend withholding tax while the

smaller 2006 distribution would not be subject to withholding tax. We recorded $69 million of tax expense, which includes $23 million of withholding tax and $46 million of interest, associated with the Danish Supreme Court ruling as a discrete item during the quarter ended January 27, 2023.

Liquidity, Capital Resources and Cash Requirements


(In millions)	January 26, 2024		April 28, 2023
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments	$	2,917	$	3,070
Principal amount of debt	$	2,400	$	2,400

The following is a summary of our cash flow activities:


	Nine Months Ended
(In millions)	January 26, 2024			January 27, 2023
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	1,072		$	872
Net cash used in investing activities		(438	)		(1,105	)
Net cash used in financing activities		(1,120	)		(1,244	)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		(10	)		4
Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$	(496	)	$	(1,473	)

Cash Flows

As of January 26, 2024, our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments were $2.9 billion, which represents a decrease of $153 million during the first nine months of fiscal 2024. The decrease was primarily due to $800 million used for the repurchase of our common stock, $312 million used for the payment of dividends and $109 million used for purchases of property and equipment, partially offset by $1.1 billion provided by operating activities. Net working capital was $562 million as of January 26, 2024, a reduction of $651 million when compared to April 28, 2023, primarily due to the decrease in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments discussed above and the reclassification of $400 million principal amount of our senior notes from long-term to current liabilities.

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

During the first nine months of fiscal 2024, we generated cash from operating activities of $1.1 billion, reflecting net income of $695 million which was increased by non-cash depreciation and amortization expense of $191 million and non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $269 million, compared to $872 million of cash generated from operating activities during the first nine months of fiscal 2023.

Significant changes in assets and liabilities in the first nine months of fiscal 2024 included the following:

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Accounts receivable decreased $195 million, reflecting lower billings and more favorable invoicing linearity in the first nine months of fiscal 2024 compared to the last nine months of fiscal 2023.

•

Deferred revenue and financed unearned services revenue decreased by $160 million, primarily due to a decrease in deferred revenue for software and hardware support contracts.

We expect that cash provided by operating activities may materially fluctuate in future periods due to a number of factors, including fluctuations in our operating results, shipping linearity, accounts receivable collections performance, inventory and supply chain management, vendor payment initiatives, and the timing and amount of compensation, income taxes and other payments.

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

During the first nine months of fiscal 2024, we used $329 million for the purchases of investments, net of maturities and sales and paid $109 million for capital expenditures, as compared to the same period of fiscal 2023, in which we used $474 million for the purchases of investments, net of maturities and sales, and paid $200 million for capital expenditures. During the first nine months of fiscal 2023, we paid approximately $491 million, net of cash acquired, for a privately-held company, and received proceeds of $59 million from the sale of one of our minority investments.

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

During the first nine months of fiscal 2024, cash flows used in financing activities totaled $1.1 billion and included $800 million for the repurchase of approximately 11 million shares of common stock and $312 million for the payment of dividends. During the first nine months of fiscal 2023, cash flows used in financing activities totaled $1.2 billion and included $700 million for the repurchase of approximately ten million shares of common stock, $326 million for the payment of dividends and $250 million to redeem our Senior Notes due in December 2022.

Key factors that could affect our cash flows include changes in our revenue mix and profitability, our ability to effectively manage our working capital, in particular, accounts receivable, accounts payable and inventories, the timing and amount of stock repurchases and payment of cash dividends, the impact of foreign exchange rate changes, our ability to effectively integrate acquired products, businesses and technologies and the timing of repayments of our debt. Based on past performance and our current business outlook, we believe that our sources of liquidity, including cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, cash generated from operations, and our ability to access capital markets and committed credit lines will satisfy our working capital needs, capital expenditures, investment requirements, stock repurchases, cash dividends, contractual obligations, commitments, principal and interest payments on our debt and other liquidity requirements associated with operations and meet our cash requirements for at least the next 12 months and thereafter for the foreseeable future. However, in the event our liquidity is insufficient, we may be required to curtail spending and implement additional cost saving measures and restructuring actions or enter into new financing arrangements. We cannot be certain that we will continue to generate cash flows at or above current levels or that we will be able to obtain additional financing, if necessary, on satisfactory terms, if at all. For further discussion of factors that could affect our cash flows and liquidity requirements, see Item 1A. Risk Factors.

Liquidity

Our principal sources of liquidity as of January 26, 2024 consisted of cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, cash we expect to generate from operations, and our commercial paper program and related credit facility.

Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments consisted of the following (in millions):


	January 26, 2024		April 28, 2023
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,820	$	2,316
Short-term investments		1,097		754
Total	$	2,917	$	3,070

As of January 26, 2024 and April 28, 2023, $2.3 billion and $2.2 billion, respectively, of cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments were held by various foreign subsidiaries and were generally based in U.S. dollar-denominated holdings, while $0.6 billion and $0.9 billion, respectively, were available in the U.S.

Our principal liquidity requirements are primarily to meet our working capital needs, support ongoing business activities, fund research and development, meet capital expenditure needs, invest in critical or complementary technologies through asset purchases and/or business acquisitions, service interest and principal payments on our debt, fund our stock repurchase program, and pay dividends, as and if declared. In the ordinary course of business, we engage in periodic reviews of opportunities to invest in or acquire companies or units in companies to expand our total addressable market, leverage technological synergies and establish new streams of revenue, particularly in our Public Cloud segment.

The principal objectives of our investment policy are the preservation of principal and maintenance of liquidity. We attempt to mitigate default risk by investing in high-quality investment grade securities, limiting the time to maturity and monitoring the counter-parties and underlying obligors closely. We believe our cash equivalents and short-term investments are liquid and accessible. We are not aware of any significant deterioration in the fair value of our cash equivalents or investments from the values reported as of January 26, 2024.

Our investment portfolio has been and will continue to be exposed to market risk due to trends in the credit and capital markets. We continue to closely monitor current economic and market events to minimize the market risk of our investment portfolio. We routinely monitor our financial exposure to both sovereign and non-sovereign borrowers and counterparties. We utilize a variety of planning and financing strategies in an effort to ensure our worldwide cash is available when and where it is needed. We also have an automatic shelf registration statement on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). We may in the future offer an additional unspecified amount of debt, equity and other securities.

Senior Notes

The following table summarizes the principal amount of our Senior Notes as of January 26, 2024 (in millions):


	Amount
3.30% Senior Notes Due September 2024	$	400
1.875% Senior Notes Due June 2025		750
2.375% Senior Notes Due June 2027		550
2.70% Senior Notes Due June 2030		700
Total	$	2,400

Interest on the Senior Notes is payable semi-annually. For further information on the underlying terms, see Note 7 – Financing Arrangements of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Commercial Paper Program and Credit Facility

We have a commercial paper program (the “Program”), under which we may issue unsecured commercial paper notes. Amounts available under the Program may be borrowed, repaid and re-borrowed, with the aggregate face or principal amount of the notes outstanding under the Program at any time not to exceed $1.0 billion. The maturities of the notes can vary but may not exceed 397 days from the date of issue. The notes are sold under customary terms in the commercial paper market and may be issued at a discount from par or, alternatively, may be sold at par and bear interest at rates dictated by market conditions at the time of their issuance. The proceeds from the issuance of the notes are used for general corporate purposes. No commercial paper notes were outstanding as of January 26, 2024.

Capital Expenditure Requirements

We expect to fund our capital expenditures, including our commitments related to facilities, equipment, operating leases and internal-use software development projects over the next few years through existing cash, cash equivalents, investments and cash generated from operations. The timing and amount of our capital requirements cannot be precisely determined and will depend on a number of factors, including future demand for products, changes in the network storage industry, hiring plans and our decisions related to the financing of our facilities and equipment requirements. We anticipate capital expenditures for the remainder of fiscal 2024 to be between $25 million and $75 million.

Transition Tax Payments

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 imposed a mandatory, one-time transition tax on accumulated foreign earnings and profits that had not previously been subject to U.S. income tax. As of January 26, 2024, outstanding payments related to the transition tax are estimated to be approximately $215 million of which $115 million and $100 million are expected to be paid during fiscal 2025 and fiscal 2026, respectively. Our estimates for future transition tax payments, however, could change with further guidance or review from U.S. federal and state tax authorities or other regulatory bodies.

Dividends and Stock Repurchase Program

On February 22, 2024, we declared a cash dividend of $0.50 per share of common stock, payable on April 24, 2024, to holders of record as of the close of business on April 5, 2024.

As of January 26, 2024, our Board of Directors had authorized the repurchase of up to $16.1 billion of our common stock under our 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. Since the May 13, 2003 inception of this program through January 26, 2024, we repurchased a total of 371 million shares of our common stock at an average price of $41.89 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $15.5 billion. As of January 26, 2024, the remaining authorized amount for stock repurchases under this program was $0.6 billion.

Purchase Commitments

Financing Guarantees

While most of our arrangements for sales include short-term payment terms, from time to time we provide long-term financing to creditworthy customers. We have generally sold receivables financed through these arrangements on a non-recourse basis to third party financing institutions within 10 days of the contracts’ dates of execution, and we classify the proceeds from these sales as cash flows from operating activities in our condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. We account for the sales of these receivables as “true sales” as defined in the accounting standards on transfers of financial assets, as we are considered to have surrendered control of these financing receivables. We sold $58 million and $32 million of receivables during the first nine months of fiscal 2024 and fiscal 2023, respectively.

We have entered into service contracts with certain of our end-user customers that are supported by third-party financing arrangements. If a service contract is terminated as a result of our non-performance under the contract or our failure to comply with the terms of the financing arrangement, we could, under certain circumstances, be required to acquire certain assets related to the service contract or to pay the aggregate unpaid payments under such arrangements. As of January 26, 2024, we have not been required to make any payments under these arrangements, and we believe the likelihood of having to acquire a material amount of assets or make payments under these arrangements is remote. The portion of the financial arrangement that represents unearned services revenue is included in deferred revenue and financed unearned services revenue in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Legal Contingencies

We are subject to various legal proceedings and claims which arise in the normal course of business. See further details on such matters in Note 15 – Commitments and Contingencies of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, net revenues and expenses, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Our estimates are based on historical experience and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities. We believe that the accounting estimates employed and the resulting balances are reasonable; however, actual results may differ from these estimates and such differences may be material.

The summary of significant accounting policies is included under Item 7 – Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 28, 2023. An accounting policy is deemed to be critical if it requires an accounting estimate to be made based on assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain at the time the estimate is made, if different estimates reasonably could have been used, or if changes in the estimate that are reasonably possible could materially impact the financial statements. There have been no material changes to the critical accounting policies and estimates as filed in such report.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

We are exposed to market risk related to fluctuations in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates. We use certain derivative financial instruments to manage foreign currency exchange risks. We do not use derivative financial instruments for speculative or trading purposes. All financial instruments are used in accordance with management-approved policies.

Interest Rate Risk

Fixed Income Investments — As of January 26, 2024, we had fixed income debt investments of $1.1 billion and certificates of deposit of $42 million. Our fixed income debt investment portfolio primarily consists of investments with original maturities greater than three months at the date of purchase, which are classified as available-for-sale investments. These fixed income debt investments, which consist primarily of corporate bonds and U.S. Treasury and government debt securities, and our certificates of deposit are subject to interest rate and interest income risk and will decrease in value if market interest rates increase. Conversely, declines in interest rates, including the impact from lower credit spreads, could have an adverse impact on interest income for our investment portfolio. A hypothetical 100 basis point increase in market interest rates from levels as of January 26, 2024 would have resulted in a decrease in the fair value of our fixed-income securities of approximately $2 million. Volatility in market interest rates over time will cause variability in our interest income. We do not use derivative financial instruments in our investment portfolio.

Our investment policy is to limit credit exposure through diversification and investment in highly rated securities. We further mitigate concentrations of credit risk in our investments by limiting our investments in the debt securities of a single issuer and by diversifying risk across geographies and type of issuer. We actively review, along with our investment advisors, current investment ratings, company-specific events and general economic conditions in managing our investments and in determining whether there is a significant decline in fair value that is other-than-temporary. We monitor and evaluate our investment portfolio on a quarterly basis for any other-than-temporary impairments.

Debt — As of January 26, 2024, we have outstanding $2.4 billion aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes. We carry these instruments at face value less unamortized discount and issuance costs on our condensed consolidated balance sheets. Since these instruments bear interest at fixed rates, we have no financial statement risk associated with changes in interest rates. However, the fair value of these instruments fluctuates when interest rates change. See Note 7 – Financing Arrangements of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for more information.

Credit Facility — We are exposed to the impact of changes in interest rates in connection with our $1.0 billion five-year revolving credit facility. Borrowings under the facility accrue interest at rates that vary based on certain market rates and our credit rating on our Senior Notes. Consequently, our interest expense would fluctuate with any changes in these market interest rates or in our credit rating if we were to borrow any amounts under the credit facility. As of January 26, 2024, no amounts were outstanding under the credit facility.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk

We hedge risks associated with certain foreign currency transactions to minimize the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on earnings. We utilize foreign currency exchange forward contracts to hedge against the short-term impact of foreign currency fluctuations on certain foreign currency denominated monetary assets and liabilities. We also use foreign currency exchange forward contracts to hedge foreign currency exposures related to forecasted sales transactions denominated in certain foreign currencies. These derivatives are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges under accounting guidance for derivatives and hedging.

We do not enter into foreign currency exchange contracts for speculative or trading purposes. In entering into foreign currency exchange forward contracts, we have assumed the risk that might arise from the possible inability of counterparties to meet the terms of the contracts. We attempt to limit our exposure to credit risk by executing foreign currency exchange contracts with creditworthy multinational commercial banks. All contracts have a maturity of 12 months or less. See Note 10 – Derivatives and Hedging Activities of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for more information regarding our derivatives and hedging activities.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The phrase “disclosure controls and procedures” refers to controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), such as this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Disclosure controls and procedures are also designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our CEO and CFO, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our CEO and CFO, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, as of January 26, 2024, the end of the fiscal period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the Evaluation Date). Based on this evaluation, our CEO and CFO concluded as of the Evaluation Date that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective such that the information required to be disclosed in our SEC reports (i) is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms, and (ii) is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our CEO and CFO, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) identified in connection with our evaluation that occurred during the third quarter of fiscal 2024 that has materially affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

For a discussion of legal proceedings, see Note 15 – Commitments and Contingencies of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

Our future business, operations and financial results are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including those described in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 28, 2023, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, and the trading price of our common and capital stock. There have been no material changes to the Company’s risk factors since our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 28, 2023.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Purchases of equity securities

The following table provides information with respect to the shares of common stock repurchased by us during the three months ended January 26, 2024:


					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)
October 28, 2023 - November 24, 2023		420	$	75.92		369,781	$	670
November 25, 2023 - December 22, 2023		412	$	86.95		370,193	$	634
December 23, 2023 - January 26, 2024		372	$	86.76		370,565	$	602
Total		1,204	$	83.04

In May 2003, our Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program. As of January 26, 2024, our Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $16.1 billion of our common stock. Since the May 13, 2003 inception of the program through January 26, 2024, we repurchased a total of 371 million shares of our common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $15.5 billion. 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.

Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities.

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not Applicable.

Item 5. Other Information.

Insider Adoption or Termination of Trading Arrangements

On December 19, 2023, George Kurian, Chief Executive Officer 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 December 19, 2025, and may be terminated earlier in the limited circumstances defined in the trading arrangement. An aggregate of up to 153,000 shares may be sold pursuant to the trading arrangement.

On December 20, 2023, Elizabeth O'Callahan, EVP, Chief Legal Officer 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 20, 2025, and may be terminated earlier in the limited circumstances defined in the trading arrangement. An aggregate of up to 7,372 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.

Item 6. Exhibits.

The following documents are filed as exhibits to this report.


		Incorporation by Reference
Exhibit No	Description	Form	File No.	Exhibit	Filing Date

3.1	Bylaws of the Company	8-K	000-27130	3.1	November 16, 2023

31.1	Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.	—	—	—	—

31.2	Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.	—	—	—	—

32.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.	—	—	—	—

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.	—	—	—	—

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	—	—	—	—

101.SCH	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema With Embedded Linkbase Documents	—	—	—	—

104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)	—	—	—	—

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements 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.

   

    (Registrant)

   

    /s/ MICHAEL J. BERRY

   

    Michael J. Berry

   

    Executive Vice President and 
Chief Financial Officer

Date: February 29, 2024

EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302(a)

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, George Kurian, certify that:

1) I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of NetApp, Inc.;

2) Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3) Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4) The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5) The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

     
/s/ GEORGE KURIAN

    George Kurian

   

    Chief Executive Officer and Director

   

    (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Operating Officer)

   

Date: February 29, 2024

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302(a)

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Michael J. Berry, certify that:

1) I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of NetApp, Inc.;

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

    /s/ MICHAEL J. BERRY

   

    Michael J. Berry

   

    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

   

    (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

   

Date: February 29, 2024

EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, George Kurian, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the Quarterly Report of NetApp, Inc., on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended January 26, 2024 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and that information contained in such Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of NetApp, Inc.

    /s/ GEORGE KURIAN

   

    George Kurian

   

    Chief Executive Officer and Director

   

    (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Operating Officer)

   

Date: February 29, 2024

EX-32.2

Exhibit 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

I, Michael J. Berry, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the Quarterly Report of NetApp, Inc., on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended January 26, 2024 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and that information contained in such Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of NetApp, Inc.

    /s/ MICHAEL J. BERRY

   

    Michael J. Berry

   

    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

   

    (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

   

Date: February 29, 2024