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Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) and (c)
File Number 333-26163
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
to
Prospectus Dated May 9, 1997,
as supplemented on June 10, 1997
172,372 SHARES
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC.
COMMON STOCK
(NO PAR VALUE PER SHARE)
This Prospectus Supplement supplements the Prospectus dated May 9,
1997 (the "Prospectus") of Network Appliance, Inc. (the "Company"), as
supplemented on June 10, 1997, relating to the public offering, which is not
being underwritten, and sale by certain shareholders of the Company or by
pledgees, donees, transferees or other successors in interest that receive such
shares as a gift, partnership distribution or other non-sale related transfer
(the "Selling Shareholders") of 172,372 shares of Common Stock, no par value, of
the Company (the "Common Stock") who received such shares in connection with the
acquisition by statutory merger of Internet Middleware Corporation ("IMC"), by
and through a merger of IMC with and into the Company. This Prospectus
Supplement should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus, and this
Prospectus Supplement is qualified by reference to the Prospectus except to the
extent that the information herein contained supersedes the information
contained in the Prospectus. Capitalized terms used in this Prospectus Summary
and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Prospectus.
SELLING SHAREHOLDERS
The following table sets forth the number of shares of Common Stock
owned by shareholders of the Company who were not specifically identified in the
Prospectus as Selling Shareholders. The table of Selling Shareholders in the
Prospectus is hereby amended to include the following shareholders as Selling
Shareholders:
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Number of
shares
Number of Shares Percent of Registered for
Beneficially Outstanding Sale
Name of Selling Shareholder Owned Shares Hereby (1)
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Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra 135 * 135
San Francisco Friends of the 15 * 15
Urban Forest
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* less than one percent
(1) This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common
Stock which become issuable in connection with the shares registered for sale
hereby by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other
similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results
in an increase in the number of the Selling Shareholders' outstanding shares of
Common Stock.
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