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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-24-068731
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240605
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240605

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Natera, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001604821
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-MEDICAL LABORATORIES [8071]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	08 Industrial Applications and Services
		IRS NUMBER:				010894487
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-37478
		FILM NUMBER:		241022924

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		13011 MCCALLEN PASS
		STREET 2:		BUILDING A SUITE 100
		CITY:			AUSTIN
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			78753
		BUSINESS PHONE:		650-249-9090

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		13011 MCCALLEN PASS
		STREET 2:		BUILDING A SUITE 100
		CITY:			AUSTIN
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			78753
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SCHEDULE 14A</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section&nbsp;14(a)&nbsp;of</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SUPPLEMENT TO PROXY STATEMENT FOR<BR>
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS<BR>
TO BE HELD ON JUNE 12, 2024</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">June&nbsp;5, 2024</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Explanatory Note</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">On April&nbsp;24, 2024, Natera,&nbsp;Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;)
filed a definitive proxy statement (the &ldquo;Proxy Statement&rdquo;) for its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the &ldquo;Annual
Meeting&rdquo;), to be held virtually on Wednesday, June&nbsp;12, 2024, at 9:30 a.m.&nbsp;Pacific Time. The meeting will be held as a
virtual meeting, which will be conducted via live webcast.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>This supplement (this &ldquo;Supplement&rdquo;) to the Proxy Statement
amends and supplements the Proxy Statement as filed and should be read in conjunction with the Proxy Statement.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The purpose of this Supplement is to provide updated information about
the terms of the Company&rsquo;s Amended and Restated 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended and restated, the &ldquo;Amended Plan&rdquo;),
which stockholders have been asked to approve as Proposal Four in the Proxy Statement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><I>Specifically, the Amended Plan has been further amended to clarify
that the Company may not execute a cash buyout of an underwater option or stock appreciation right, and that any type of repricing is
prohibited, in either case without stockholder approval.</I></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Article&nbsp;5.6 of the Amended Plan was intended to prohibit any action
that would be considered a repricing under Nasdaq Stock Market rules, including the cash buyout of an underwater option. Similarly, Article&nbsp;6.7
of the Amended Plan was intended to prohibit the same actions with respect to an underwater stock appreciation right granted under the
Amended Plan.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">To clarify the intent of the Amended Plan, the Company has made further
amendments to the Amended Plan (collectively, the &ldquo;Plan Amendments&rdquo;) after the release of the Proxy Statement as follows:</P>

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granted under the Amended Plan; and</TD></TR></TABLE>

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approval of the Company&rsquo;s stockholders, repricings or cash buyouts of underwater options or underwater stock appreciation rights
granted under the Amended Plan.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">As a result of the Plan Amendments, this Supplement supplements and
updates the disclosures in the Proxy Statement as follows:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">In Appendix A, Article&nbsp;5.6 of the Amended Plan on page&nbsp;99 of the Proxy Statement is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">&ldquo;<B>5.6 Modification or Assumption of Options.</B>
Within the limitations of the Plan, the Administrator may modify, extend or assume outstanding&nbsp;options. &nbsp;The foregoing notwithstanding,
no modification of an Option shall, without the consent of the Optionee, impair his or her rights or obligations under such Option.&rdquo;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">In Appendix A, Article&nbsp;5.7 of the Amended Plan on page&nbsp;99 of the Proxy Statement is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">&ldquo;<B>5.7 No Repricings or Cash Buyouts</B><I>.</I> Notwithstanding
anything in this Plan to the contrary, neither the Administrator nor any other person may, without the approval of the stockholders of
the Company, (a)&nbsp;decrease the exercise price for any outstanding Option after the date of grant, (b)&nbsp;cancel, buyout or allow
an Optionee to surrender an outstanding Option to the Company in exchange for cash or as consideration for the grant of a new Award if
the exercise price of such Option exceeds the Fair Market Value of a Common Share on the date of such cancellation, buyout or surrender,
or (c)&nbsp;take any other action with respect to an Option that would be treated as a repricing under GAAP or under the rules&nbsp;and
regulations of the NASDAQ Stock Market (or such other principal U.S. national securities exchange on which the Common Shares are traded),
in each case, other than in connection with the provisions set forth in Article&nbsp;9.&rdquo;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">In Appendix A, Article&nbsp;6.7 of the Amended Plan on page&nbsp;100 of the Proxy Statement is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">&ldquo;<B>6.7 Modification or Assumption of SARs</B><I>.</I>
Within the limitations of the Plan, the Administrator may modify, extend or assume outstanding SARs. The foregoing notwithstanding, no
modification of a SAR shall, without the consent of the Optionee, impair his or her rights or obligations under such SAR.&rdquo;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">In Appendix A, following Article&nbsp;6.7 of the Amended Plan on page&nbsp;100 of the Proxy Statement, a new Article&nbsp;6.8 is added to the Amended Plan as follows:</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">&ldquo;<B>6.8 No Repricings or Cash Buyouts</B><I>.</I> Notwithstanding
anything in this Plan to the contrary, neither the Administrator nor any other person may, without the approval of the stockholders of
the Company, (a)&nbsp;decrease the exercise price for any outstanding SAR after the date of grant, (b)&nbsp;cancel, buyout or allow an
Optionee to surrender an outstanding SAR to the Company in exchange for cash or as consideration for the grant of a new Award if the exercise
price of such SAR exceeds the Fair Market Value of a Common Share on the date of such cancellation, buyout or surrender, or (c)&nbsp;take
any other action with respect to a SAR that would be treated as a repricing under GAAP or under the rules&nbsp;and regulations of the
NASDAQ Stock Market (or such other principal U.S. national securities exchange on which the Common Shares are traded), in each case, other
than in connection with the provisions set forth in Article&nbsp;9.&rdquo;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Other than the changes described in this Supplement, the terms of the
Amended Plan remain the same as those described in the Proxy Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Proxy Voting</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">If you have not already voted, you are urged to vote by proxy as
soon as possible as instructed in the Proxy Statement. If you have already voted, you do not need to take any action unless you want
to change your vote. If you previously voted &ldquo;FOR&rdquo; Proposal Four for approval of the Amended Plan, your vote will be
counted &ldquo;FOR&rdquo; the approval of the Amended Plan, as amended by the Plan Amendments described in this Supplement, unless
you change or revoke your vote. If you desire to change or revoke your vote, you may do so before your proxy is voted at the Annual
Meeting by (1)&nbsp;giving written notice of revocation to the Corporate Secretary of the Company prior to the taking of the vote at
the Annual Meeting; (2)&nbsp;duly executing a later-dated proxy card relating to the same shares and delivering it to the Corporate
Secretary of the Company or by telephone or the Internet, in accordance with the instructions listed on the proxy card; or
(3)&nbsp;virtually attending and voting at the Annual Meeting (please note that attendance at the Annual Meeting will not, by
itself, revoke a proxy). For those stockholders who submit a proxy by telephone or the Internet, the date on which the proxy is
submitted in accordance with the instructions listed on the proxy card is deemed to be the date of the proxy. Any written notice of
revocation or subsequent proxy should be sent to the Company's principal executive offices, Attention: Corporate Secretary, 13011
McCallen Pass, Building A, Suite&nbsp;100, Austin, TX 78753.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>The Board continues to recommend a vote &ldquo;FOR&rdquo; the approval
of the Amended and Restated 2015 Equity Incentive Plan as described above and in the Proxy Statement as Proposal Four.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Important Information</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">In connection with the solicitation of proxies, the Company filed the
Proxy Statement on April&nbsp;24, 2024 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;). Stockholders can access
the Proxy Statement and other proxy materials and vote at www.proxyvote.com. THE COMPANY&rsquo;S STOCKHOLDERS ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO
READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT SOLICITATION MATERIALS FILED BY THE COMPANY WITH THE SEC BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING OR INVESTMENT
DECISION BECAUSE THESE DOCUMENTS CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. In addition, the Company files annual, quarterly and current reports with
the SEC. These reports can be obtained free of charge at the SEC&rsquo;s web site at www.sec.gov or from the Company&rsquo;s website at
http://investor.natera.com.</P>

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