NetApp to reduce worldwide headcount by approximately 8%

In a regulatory filing, on January 31, NetApp announced a plan to restructure and reduce the company’s workforce as a part of its planned efforts to realign resources to prioritize investments against its biggest opportunities in light of the macroeconomic challenges and reduced spending environment that continue to impact the company. In connection with these actions, the company expects to reduce its worldwide headcount by approximately 8%. The reduction in workforce is expected to be substantially implemented through the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023. The company expects to incur aggregate charges of approximately $85M-$95M consisting primarily of employee severance and benefit costs associated with the restructuring. The company expects that most of these charges will be cash expenditures and that it will recognize the majority of these charges in the third quarter of fiscal 2023. The estimated charges that the company expects to incur are subject to a number of assumptions, and actual results may differ materially from these estimates. The company may also incur additional costs not currently contemplated due to unanticipated events that may occur as a result of, or that are associated with, its workforce reduction.