As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 16, 2008
Registration No. 333-                    

 

 

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933

 

JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC.

Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		77-0422528 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

Katharine A. Martin, Esq. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Professional Corporation 650 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, California 94304 Telephone: (650) 493-9300		Mitchell Gaynor, Esq. Michael Johnson, Esq. Juniper Networks, Inc. 1194 North Mathilda Avenue Sunnyvale, California 94089 Telephone: (408) 745-2000

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

þ Large accelerated filer		o Accelerated filer		o Non-accelerated filer		o Smaller reporting company
		(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

									Proposed Maximum					Proposed Maximum					Amount of
	Title of Securities to			Amount to be					Offering Price per					Aggregate Offering					Registration
	be Registered			Registered					Share					Price (4)					Fee
	Common Stock, $0.00001 par value, to be issued pursuant to the terms of the Juniper Networks, Inc. 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”)			12,000,000 shares (1)					$	24.84	(2)			$	298,080,000				$	11,714.54
	Deferred Compensation Obligations to be issued under the Juniper Networks, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (the “DCP”) (3)			$	10,000,000					100	%			$	10,000,000				$	393.00

(1)		This registration statement also shall cover any additional shares of Registrant’s common stock that become issuable under the Juniper Networks, Inc. 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the Registrant’s receipt of consideration that results in an increase in the number of the Registrant’s outstanding shares of common stock.
(2)		Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices for a share of Common Stock of the Registrant as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on June 12, 2008.
(3)		The deferred compensation obligations are unsecured obligations of Juniper Networks, Inc. (the “Registrant”) to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the Deferred Compensation Plan to eligible participants.
(4)		The Aggregate Offering Price was computed pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.

 

 

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     The following documents and information previously filed by Juniper Networks, Inc. (the “Registrant”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) are hereby incorporated by reference in this registration statement:

	(a)		The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, filed with the Commission on February 29, 2008;
	(b)		The Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2008, filed with the Commission on May 9, 2008;
	(c)		The Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 14, 2008, pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act;
	(d)		The Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 12, 2008, pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act;
	(e)		The Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on April 24, 2008, pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act;
	(f)		The Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 6, 2008, pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act;
	(g)		The Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 28, 2008, pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act;
	(h)		The Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 24, 2008, pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act;
	(i)		The Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 10, 2008, pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act;
	(j)		The Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 8, 2008, pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act;
	(k)		The description of the Registrant’s common stock contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on June 11, 1999, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

     All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on or after the date of this registration statement and prior to the filing of

a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

     Any statement contained in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document that also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein, modified or supersedes such statement. Except as so modified or superseded, such statement shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this registration statement.

Item 4. Description of Securities.

     Not applicable with respect to the ESPP.

     Under the DCP, which is an unfunded deferred compensation plan intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the Registrant provides eligible employees the opportunity to enter into agreements for the deferral of a specified percentage of their cash compensation derived from base salary, commissions and certain incentive/bonus awards.

     The amount of compensation to be deferred by each participating eligible employee (individually, a “Participant” and collectively, the “Participants”) is determined in accordance with the DCP based on elections by each Participant. Each payment obligation for distribution of the deferred compensation (the “Obligation”) is payable on a date or dates selected by each Participant at the time of enrollment but subject to change in certain specified circumstances. Each Participant’s account pursuant to the DCP will be adjusted to reflect the positive or negative investment result of their selected investment option.

     Except pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order, a Participant’s right or the right of any other person to the Obligations is not assignable by voluntary or involuntary assignment or by operation of law (except the right to designate a beneficiary to receive death benefits under the DCP), provided, however, that the Obligations are not secured and are subject to the claims of the Registrant’s creditors.

     The Obligations are not subject to redemption, in whole or in part, prior to the distribution dates specified by each Participant, other than withdrawals made in the event of a Participant’s Unforeseeable Emergency, as defined in the DCP. The Registrant reserves the right to amend or terminate the DCP at any time; provided, however, that no such action shall reduce a Participant’s account under the DCP without the Participant’s written consent.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

     Not applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

     Delaware law provides that a corporation may eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, subject to certain exceptions. The effect of this provision is to eliminate the personal liability of directors to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for actions involving a breach of their fiduciary duty of care, including any actions involving gross negligence. The Registrant’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation contains such a provision that eliminates the personal liability of its directors to the Registrant

or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

     Delaware law also provides, in general, that a corporation has the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), because the person is or was a director or officer of the corporation. Such indemnity may be against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and if, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, the person did not have reasonable cause to believe the person’s conduct was unlawful. In addition, under Delaware law, in general, a corporation has the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor because the person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, against any expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation.

     Additionally, under Delaware law, a corporation generally has the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the corporation against any liability asserted against the person in any such capacity, or arising out of the person’s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify the person against such liability under the provisions of the law.

     The Registrant’s amended and restated bylaws provides that the Registrant shall indemnify any person made or threatened to be made a party to an action or proceeding, whether criminal, civil, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Registrant), by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer employee or agent of the Registrant, any predecessor of the Registrant or any subsidiary of the Registrant or serves or served at any other enterprise as a director or officer at the request of the Registrant, any predecessor to the Registrant or any subsidiary of the Registrant, against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding. However, the aforementioned indemnification applies only if the indemnified person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the Registrant, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The Registrant’s amended and restated bylaws also provide that the Registrant may, but is not required, to provide the above indemnification (subject to the same qualifications) with respect to persons who are or were serving at the request of the Registrant or any predecessor or subsidiary of the Registrant as an employee or agent of another entity.

     The Registrant’s amended and restated bylaws further provide that the Registrant shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Registrant or any predecessor or subsidiary of the Registrant, to procure a judgment in the Registrant’s favor, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Registrant or any predecessor or subsidiary of the Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant or predecessor or subsidiary of the Registrant, as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity, against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit. However, this indemnification applies only if the indemnified person acted in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be in or

not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant and no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person is adjudged to be liable to the Registrant, unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought determines that such person is entitled to such indemnity. The Registrant’s amended and restated bylaws also provide that the Registrant may, but is not required, to provide the indemnification described in this paragraph (subject to the same qualifications) with respect to persons who are or were serving as employees and agents of the Registrant or any predecessor or subsidiary of the Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant or any predecessor or subsidiary of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity.

     The Registrant’s amended and restated bylaws also provide that the Registrant shall advance to a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant the expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer, employee or agent to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Registrant.

     The Registrant’s amended and restated bylaws also provide that the Registrant shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant or predecessor or subsidiary of the Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity, against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Registrant would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the indemnification provisions of the Registrant’s amended and restated bylaws.

     Pursuant to the authority provided in the Registrant’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws, the Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its executive officers and directors, indemnifying them against certain potential liabilities that may arise as a result of their service to the Registrant, and providing for certain other protection. The Registrant also maintains insurance policies which insure its officers and directors against certain liabilities.

     The foregoing summaries are necessarily subject to the complete text of the statute, the Registrant’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws and the agreements referred to above and are qualified in their entirety by reference thereto.

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

     Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.

Exhibit
Number		Description
4.1		Juniper Networks, Inc. Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000, filed with the Commission on March 27, 2001)
4.2		Amended and Restated Bylaws of Juniper Networks, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 12, 2008)
4.3		Juniper Networks, Inc. 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
4.4		Juniper Networks, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan
5.1		Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation
23.1		Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
23.1		Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
24.1		Power of Attorney (contained in signature page of this registration statement)

Item 9. Undertakings.

     (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

	(1)		To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: (i) to include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (§ 230.424(b) of this chapter) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and (iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8 (§239.16b of this chapter), and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)), that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
	(2)		That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
	(3)		To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

     (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the forgoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in

connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Sunnyvale, State of California, on this 13^th day of June 2008.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Robyn M. Denholm and Mitchell L. Gaynor, jointly and severally, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her, and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

Signature		Title		Date
/s/ Scott Kriens   Scott Kriens		Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive Officer)		June 13, 2008
/s/ Robyn M. Denholm   Robyn M. Denholm		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)		June 13, 2008
/s/ Pradeep Sindhu   Pradeep Sindhu		Chief Technical Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board		June 9, 2008
/s/ Robert M. Calderoni   Robert M. Calderoni		Director		June 10, 2008

Signature		Title		Date
/s/ Mary B. Cranston   Mary B. Cranston		Director		June 10, 2008
/s/ J. Michael Lawrie   J. Michael Lawrie		Director		June 8, 2008
/s/ Michael Rose   Michael Rose		Director		June 9, 2008
/s/ Stratton Sclavos   Stratton Sclavos		Director		June 9, 2008
/s/ William R. Stensrud   William R. Stensrud		Director		June 9, 2008

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Number		Description
4.1		Juniper Networks, Inc. Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000, filed with the Commission on March 27, 2001)
4.2		Amended and Restated Bylaws of Juniper Networks, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 12, 2008)
4.3		Juniper Networks, Inc. 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
4.4		Juniper Networks, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan
5.1		Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation
23.1		Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
23.1		Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
24.1		Power of Attorney (contained in signature page of this registration statement)