1 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2001 Registration No. 333-______ ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ----------------- FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ----------------- JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) ----------------- DELAWARE 77-0422528 (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (I.R.S. EMPLOYER INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) IDENTIFICATION NUMBER) 1194 NORTH MATHILDA AVENUE SUNNYVALE, CA 94089 (ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) ----------------- JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 2000 NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION PLAN (FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN) ----------------- LISA C. BERRY VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY 1194 NORTH MATHILDA AVENUE SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA 94089 408-745-2000 (NAME, ADDRESS, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE) CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE ================================================================================================================================= PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPOSED MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF SECURITIES AMOUNT TO BE OFFERING PRICE AGGREGATE REGISTRATION TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED PER SHARE OFFERING PRICE FEE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock, $0.00001 par value per share, to be issued under the Juniper Networks, Inc. 2000 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan ............................ 15,904,261 shares $ 53.12(1) $ 844,834,344(1) $ 211,209 ================================================================================================================================= (1) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on March 27, 2001. This Registration Statement will become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933. 2 PART II: INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE Juniper Networks, Inc. hereby incorporates by reference in this registration statement the following documents: 1. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 27, 2001. 2. The description of Juniper Networks, Inc. common stock contained in its Registration Statement on Form 8-A as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 11, 1999 pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 3. Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-44148) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 18th, 2000. All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates that all Securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all Securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. ITEM 8. EXHIBITS EXHIBIT NUMBER DOCUMENTS ------- --------- 5.1 Opinion of Lisa C. Berry, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary 10.1 2000 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan (as amended through January 1, 2001) 23.1 Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1) 23.2 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors 24.1 Power of Attorney (see page II-2) II-1 3 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 29th day of March, 2001. JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. By: /s/ Marcel Gani ----------------------------- Marcel Gani Chief Financial Officer POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Marcel Gani and Lisa C. Berry, and each of them, as his or her attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution in each, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS IN THE CAPACITIES AND ON THE DATES INDICATED. SIGNATURE TITLE DATE --------- ----- ---- /s/ Scott Kriens President, Chief Executive Officer and March 29, 2001 ---------------------------------- Chairman of the Board Scott Kriens (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ Marcel Gani Chief Financial Officer March 29, 2001 ---------------------------------- (Principal Financial and Marcel Gani Accounting Officer) /s/ Pradeep Sindhu Chief Technical Officer and March 29, 2001 ---------------------------------- Vice Chairman of the Board Pradeep Sindhu /s/ William R. Hearst III Director March 29, 2001 ---------------------------------- William R. Hearst III /s/ Vinod Khosla Director March 29, 2001 ---------------------------------- Vinod Khosla /s/ C. Richard Kramlich Director March 29, 2001 ---------------------------------- C. Richard Kramlich /s/ Stratton Sclavos Director March 29, 2001 ---------------------------------- Stratton Sclavos /s/ William Stensrud Director March 29, 2001 ---------------------------------- William Stensrud II-2 4 JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 INDEX TO EXHIBITS EXHIBIT NUMBER DOCUMENTS ------ --------- 5.1 Opinion of Lisa C. Berry, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary 10.1 2000 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan (as amended through January 1, 2001) 23.1 Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1) 23.2 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors 24.1 Power of Attorney (see page II-2)