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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549  
 
 
 
 
 
 FORM 8-K
 
 CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
 
 
 
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
December 31, 2018
 
 NETGEAR, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Delaware
 
000-50350
 
77-0419172
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
 
 
 
 
 
350 East Plumeria Drive
San Jose, CA 95134
(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)
 
 
 
 
 
(408) 907-8000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)  

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
 
 
 
 

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Item 2.01    Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

On December 31, 2018, NETGEAR, Inc. (“NETGEAR”) announced that it had completed the previously announced spin-off of Arlo Technologies, Inc. (“Arlo”) by means of a special stock dividend of 62,500,000 shares of common stock of Arlo (the “Distribution”) that had been owned by NETGEAR to NETGEAR’s shareholders of record as of the close of business on December 17, 2018 (the “Record Date”). Based on the number of shares of NETGEAR common stock outstanding as of the Record Date, holders of NETGEAR common stock received 1.980295 shares of Arlo common stock for each outstanding share of NETGEAR common stock they owned as of the Record Date. No fractional shares of Arlo common stock were distributed. Instead, NETGEAR shareholders will receive cash in lieu of any fraction of a share of Arlo common stock that they otherwise would have received.
    
Prior to the Distribution, NETGEAR owned approximately 84.2% of the outstanding shares of Arlo common stock. Following the completion of the Distribution, NETGEAR no longer owns any shares of Arlo common stock.
    
Based on the closing price of shares of Arlo common stock of $9.98 per share on December 31, 2018, the aggregate market value of the shares distributed by NETGEAR to its stockholders was approximately $623.8 million.
    
A copy of NETGEAR’s press release announcing the completion of the Distribution is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and incorporated herein by this reference.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(b) Pro forma financial information.

Unaudited pro forma financial information of NETGEAR to give effect to the Distribution is included in Exhibit 99.2 filed herewith and incorporated by reference into this Item 9.01.

(d) Exhibits
    
Exhibit No.
 
Description of Exhibit
99.1  
 
 
















SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
 
NETGEAR, INC.
 
 
 
 
By:
 /s/ Andrew W. Kim
 
Name:
Andrew W. Kim
 
Title:
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development,
General Counsel and Secretary
Dated: January 2, 2019