<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001580808-16-000113.txt : 20161202
<SEC-HEADER>0001580808-16-000113.hdr.sgml : 20161202
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20161202170234
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001580808-16-000113
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20161202
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20161202
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20161202

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			A10 Networks, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001580808
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT [3576]
		IRS NUMBER:				201446869
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36343
		FILM NUMBER:		162031824

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3 WEST PLUMERIA DRIVE
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95134
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(408) 325-8668

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3 WEST PLUMERIA DRIVE
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95134
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<DESCRIPTION>8-K DERIVATIVE LITIGATION PRELIM APPROVAL
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style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">____________________________________________________________________________</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:6px;padding-top:6px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:6px;padding-top:6px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:6px;padding-top:6px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:6px;padding-top:6px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:6px;padding-top:6px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">December&#160;2, 2016</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">____________________________________________________________________________</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:6px;padding-top:6px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">A10 NETWORKS, INC. </font></div><div 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Employer Identification Number)</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">3 West Plumeria Drive </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">San Jose, CA 95134 </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">(408) 325-8668 </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(Registrant&#8217;s telephone number, including area code) </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;Not Applicable </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(Former name or former address, if changed since last report) </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below): </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">[  ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">[  ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:24px;text-indent:-24px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:5px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:99.90243902439025%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:100%;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;height:5px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div style="text-align:center;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><a name="s91A48D8739D22C50D5EDB7CF2A4751AC"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8.01.  Other Events.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On June 24, 2015, the directors and certain officers of A10 Networks, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) were named as defendants in a putative derivative lawsuit filed in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Santa Clara (the &#8220;Court&#8221;), captioned&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Hornung v. Chen, et al.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, 1-15-CV-282286 (the &#8220;Derivative Action&#8221;).&#160; The Company was also named as a nominal defendant.&#160;The complaint alleged breaches of fiduciary duties and other related claims, arising out of allegations that the Company&#8217;s officers and directors caused the Company to infringe patents and intellectual property, improperly approved the settlement of prior litigation, failed to adopt and implement effective internal controls, and caused the Company to issue false and misleading statements in connection with the Company&#8217;s initial public offering. The plaintiffs sought unspecified compensatory damages and other equitable relief.&#160; </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On May 24, 2016, all parties entered into a memorandum of understanding reflecting an agreement in principle to settle all claims against all defendants asserted in the action, which provided that the Company implement certain corporate governance measures following final settlement approval.&#160;The parties subsequently executed a stipulation of agreement and settlement memorializing that agreement, dated August 26, 2016 (the &#8220;Stipulation of Settlement&#8221;), which releases all claims asserted against all defendants and includes the dismissal of all claims against all defendants without any liability or wrongdoing attributed to them</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On November 21, 2016, the Court entered an order preliminarily approving the Stipulation of Settlement and providing for notice (the &#8220;Preliminary Approval Order&#8221;). The Preliminary Approval Order provides that the Court will hold a hearing for final approval of the Stipulation of Settlement on January 27, 2017 at 9:00 a.m., before the Hon. Peter Kirwan, Superior Court Judge for the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, located in Dept. 1 at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, California 95113. &#160;Pursuant to the Preliminary Approval Order and paragraph 3.2 of the Settlement Agreement, the Notice of Pendency and Proposed Settlement of Shareholder Derivative Action (the &#8220;Notice&#8221;) and Stipulation of Settlement are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, respectively.&#160; &#160;In addition, the Company will publish the Notice and the Stipulation of Settlement on the &#8220;Investor Relations&#8221; page of the Company&#8217;s website, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">www.a10networks.com</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(d) Exhibits</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:98.2421875%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:9%;"></td><td style="width:91%;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div 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style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">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.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:680px;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:348px;"></td><td style="width:332px;"></td></tr><tr><td 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<div><a name="s9F31133421955D2996B4B7D70BF7D308"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit  99.1</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">BOTTINI &amp; BOTTINI, INC. &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Francis A. Bottini, Jr. (SBN 175783)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Albert Y. Chang (SBN 296065)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Yury A. Kolesnikov (SBN 271173)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">7817 Ivanhoe Avenue, Suite 102&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">La Jolla, California  92037</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:84px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Telephone:</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(858) 914-2001</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:84px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Facsimile:</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(858) 914-2002</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:84px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">E-mail:</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">fbottini@bottinilaw.com</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:84px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">achang@bottinilaw.com</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:84px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">ykolesnikov@bottinilaw.com</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Attorneys for Plaintiff Bart Hornung</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:52%;"></td><td style="width:2%;"></td><td style="width:46%;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">BART HORNUNG, derivatively on behalf of </font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">A10 NETWORKS, INC.,</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:168px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;Plaintiff,</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:96px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">v.</font></div><div style="text-indent:57px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">LEE CHEN, PETER Y. CHUNG, ROBERT COCHRAN, ALAN S. HENRICKS, PHILLIP J. SALSBURY, GREGORY STRAUGHN, and RAJKUMAR JALAN, </font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:173px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Defendants,</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:96px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">-and-</font></div><div style="text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">A10 NETWORKS, INC.,</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:168px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Nominal Defendant.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-left:18px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Case No.: 1-15-CV-282286</font></div><div style="padding-left:18px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">NOTICE OF PENDENCY AND PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF SHAREHOLDER DERIVATIVE ACTION</font></div><div style="padding-left:18px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Judge:   Hon. Peter H. Kirwan</font></div><div style="padding-left:18px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Dep&#8217;t:   1 (Complex Civil Litigation)</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:240%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><a name="s68CF1A983ED359EC2785B7D70C18E825"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:240%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">TO:&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ALL RECORD OR BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF COMMON STOCK OF A10 NETWORKS, INC. AS OF AUGUST 25, 2016:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY AND IN ITS ENTIRETY.  IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">THIS NOTICE RELATES TO A PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF A SHAREHOLDER DERIVATIVE ACTION AND RELATED INSPECTION DEMAND (TOGETHER, THE &#8220;ACTION&#8221;) AND CLAIMS ASSERTED ON BEHALF OF A10 NETWORKS, INC. (&#8220;A10&#8221; OR THE &#8220;COMPANY&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">IF THE COURT APPROVES THE SETTLEMENT AND DISMISSAL OF THE ACTION, SHAREHOLDERS OF A10 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED FROM CONTESTING THE APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT AND FROM PURSUING THE RELEASED CLAIMS.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">THE ACTION IS NOT A &#8220;CLASS ACTION.&#8221;  THUS, THERE IS NO COMMON FUND UPON WHICH YOU CAN MAKE A CLAIM FOR A MONETARY PAYMENT.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><a name="s166558A397CED64795AAB7D70C4AB272"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:240%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">PURPOSE OF THIS NOTICE</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">This Notice of Pendency and Proposed Settlement of Shareholder Derivative Action (the &#8220;Notice&#8221;) is provided to A10 stockholders pursuant to an order of the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Santa Clara (the &#8220;Court&#8221;).  This is not a solicitation from a lawyer.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The purpose of this Notice is to advise you that, pursuant to the Court&#8217;s Preliminary Approval and Scheduling Order, a hearing will be held on January 27, 2017 at 9:00 a.m., before the Hon. Peter Kirwan, Superior Court Judge for the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, located in Dept. 1 at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, California 95113, (or at such a date and time as the Court may direct without further notice) (the &#8220;Settlement Hearing&#8221;) to determine:  (1) whether the proposed settlement of the claims in the Action should be approved by the Court as fair, reasonable, and adequate; (2) whether, thereafter, the Action should be dismissed with prejudice as set forth in the Stipulation of Settlement; and (3) whether the Court should approve Plaintiff&#8217;s Counsel&#8217;s request for a Fee and Expense Award.  Except as otherwise expressly provided below or as the context otherwise requires, all capitalized terms contained herein shall have the same meanings and/or definitions as set forth in the Stipulation of Settlement dated August 25, 2016 (the &#8220;Stipulation&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;The terms and conditions of the proposed Settlement are summarized in this Notice and set forth in full in the Stipulation.  You have an opportunity to be heard at this hearing.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Court has not determined the merits of Plaintiff&#8217;s claims or Defendants&#8217; defenses.  By this Notice, the Court does not express any opinion as to the merits of any claim or defense asserted by any party in the Action.</font></div><div style="line-height:240%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">BACKGROUND OF THE ACTION</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;On June 24, 2015 Plaintiff Hornung filed </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Hornung v. Chen, et al.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, Case No. 1-15-CV-282286, a shareholder derivative action in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Santa Clara, alleging claims for, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">inter alia</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, breaches of fiduciary duty, abuse of control, gross mismanagement, unjust enrichment and breach of the duty of honest services.  The complaint asserted claims against officers and directors of A10.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">During the Relevant Period, Plaintiff alleges that the Individual Defendants caused the Company to infringe patents and intellectual property held by Foundry Networks, which was subsequently acquired by Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.  After being sued by Foundry and Brocade, A10 Networks paid $75 million to settle the case.  The complaint also alleges that the Individual Defendants&#8217; actions also caused the Company to lose out on millions of dollars of revenue, as the Company&#8217;s customers refused to purchase the Company&#8217;s products due to uncertainty related to the patent infringement claims by Foundry and Brocade.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">During the Relevant Period, and in connection with the Company&#8217;s Initial Public Offering (&#8220;IPO&#8221;), the Complaint also alleges that the Individual Defendants breached their fiduciary duties of candor and loyalty by causing the Company to issue a materially false and misleading Prospectus and Registration Statement, subjecting the Company to being sued by investors who acquired their shares pursuant to the Registration Statement issued in connection with the Company&#8217;s IPO.  The Complaint also alleges that the Individual Defendants failed to ensure that the Company had adequate internal controls in place.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On January 29, 2016, Defendants filed a demurrer to the complaint.  Plaintiff filed an opposition brief to the demurrer on March 21, 2016, and a notice of errata to such brief on March 29, 2016.  Defendants filed a reply brief in support of the demurrer on April 11, 2016.  The hearing on the motion was set for June 24, 2016.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On January 29, 2016, Defendants also filed a motion to strike certain portions of the complaint.  Plaintiff filed an opposition to the motion to strike on March 21, 2016.  Defendants filed a reply in support of the motion to strike on April 11, 2016.  The hearing was set for June 24, 2016.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On January 29, 2016, Defendants also filed a motion to stay the Derivative Action in favor of the Securities Class Action, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">In re A10 Networks, Inc. Shareholder Litigation</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. Case No. 1-15-CV-276207, also noticed for hearing on June 24, 2016.  Plaintiff&#8217;s Opposition was due June 3, 2016, but the parties entered into a stipulation to defer the briefing on the motion to stay, as well as the hearing on that motion, the motion to strike, and the demurrer, in light of the parties&#8217; agreement to settle the action.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On February 1, 2016, Plaintiff Hornung served on A10 a request to inspect certain books and records of A10, pursuant to California Corporations Code &#167; 1601 and California common law (the &#8220;Inspection Demand&#8221;).  The parties exchanged subsequent communications regarding the Inspection Demand.</font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">-1-</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:240%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Individual Defendants have denied and continue to deny each and all the claims alleged or asserted in the Action.  The Individual Defendants have expressly denied and continue to deny all charges of wrongdoing or liability against them and maintain that at all times they appropriately and in good faith fulfilled their fiduciary duties to the Company and its shareholders and complied with all applicable laws and regulations.   </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">THE SETTLEMENT DISCUSSIONS</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Counsel for the Settling Parties engaged in extensive efforts to resolve the Action.  In  January 2016, Plaintiff, A10, and the Individual Defendants first discussed the possibility of reaching an informal resolution of the Action through mediation, and ultimately agreed to participate in a mediation in Corona Del Mar, California before Judge Layn R. Phillips (Ret.).  In advance of the mediation, the Settling Parties engaged in numerous discussions regarding potential corporate governance measures that might be implemented by the Company in conjunction with a potential settlement of the Action.  Also in advance of the mediation, the parties simultaneously exchanged, and submitted to the mediator, mediation briefs on March 10, 2016.  Plaintiff and Defendants subsequently submitted proposed settlement term sheets on March 11, 2016 and March 18, 2016, respectively, outlining proposals for informal resolution of the Action.   </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Plaintiff, A10, and the Individual Defendants participated in an all-day mediation before Judge Phillips on March 22, 2016.  Substantial negotiations took place throughout the day, extensive drafts of settlement offers and counteroffers were exchanged.  Plaintiff, A10, and the Individual Defendants did not reach agreement on terms for a proposed settlement at the mediation, but continued settlement efforts after the mediation, while at the same time continuing to litigate the case.  Plaintiff, A10, and the Individual Defendants continued their negotiations in the weeks following the mediation and eventually reached agreement on material terms concerning the settlement.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On May 20, 2016 Plaintiff, A10, and the Individual Defendants agreed on the terms of a Memorandum of Understanding (&#8220;MOU&#8221;) to settle the Action. Plaintiff intends to seek an award of attorneys&#8217; fees and costs from the Court in an amount not to exceed $675,000, and A10 and the Individual Defendants have agreed not to oppose an application so long as it does not exceed that amount.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">SUMMARY OF SETTLEMENT TERMS</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Pursuant to the settlement of the Action, after the Judgment becomes final, A10 will implement the corporate governance terms identified in Exhibit A to the Stipulation (the &#8220;Corporate Governance Reforms&#8221;) that have not already been implemented.  The full text of the Corporate Governance Terms may be found at http://www.A10Networks.com.  Specifically, A10 has agreed to adopt and implement additional internal controls designed to avert violations of intellectual property rights; revise its Employee Handbook to emphasize the importance of safeguarding the Company&#8217;s intellectual property rights and respecting third party patent rights and other intellectual property; incorporate intellectual property and risk management matters into employee training; supplement its employee onboarding process for new hires to reduce the chance of improper use by the Company (or its employees) of third-party IP from previous employers.  In addition to executing the Company&#8217;s standard Employment, Confidential Information and Invention Assignment Agreement (the &#8220;Confidentiality Agreement&#8221;), the Company will supplement its employee onboarding process for new hires to reduce the chance of improper use by the Company (or its employees) of third-party IP;  A10 will utilize 3</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">rd</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;party specialty software specifically designed to detect and enhance compliance with open source policies, and operationalize the process to support minimization of open source code or other third party code in violation of third party rights.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">As a result of the Settlement, A10 will also create and maintain a Disclosure Committee.  The Disclosure Committee will be governed by the Disclosure Committee Charter, the provisions of which are summarized as follows:</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:72px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">a)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The purpose of the Disclosure Committee shall be to consider the materiality of information concerning the Company within its control and determine disclosure obligations with respect thereto in order to aid the Company in meeting its reporting obligations under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in an accurate and timely manner.</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:72px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">b)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The permanent members of the Disclosure Committee will include the Company&#8217;s General Counsel, Chief Financial Officer, Controller, and such other members of management as may be deemed appropriate. </font></div></td></tr></table><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">2</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:240%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:72px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">c)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Disclosure Committee will have authority to invite other employees, directors or outside consultants (including the Company&#8217;s independent auditors or outside legal counsel) as it deems necessary.</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:72px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">d)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Disclosure Committee will have responsibilities that include: </font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:120px;"><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10pt;">&#167;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">designing, adopting and implementing appropriate policies and procedures for accurate and timely collection of information to be included in reports filed with the SEC, as well as establishing responsibility and communications infrastructure within the Company&#8217;s operations to discover and collect such information; </font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:120px;"><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10pt;">&#167;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">reviewing drafts of quarterly earnings press releases and periodic and current SEC reports, meeting as needed during the preparation of these documents to discuss disclosure matters with the goal of ensuring the completeness and accuracy of their content; </font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:120px;"><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10pt;">&#167;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">coordinating, as necessary, the review of quarterly earnings press releases and periodic and current SEC reports with the Company&#8217;s Chief Executive Officer, independent auditors, internal auditors, outside legal counsel and the Audit Committee; and </font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:120px;"><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10pt;">&#167;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">periodically reporting, no less than quarterly, to the Chief Financial Officer and the Chairman of the Audit Committee the Disclosure Committee&#8217;s findings regarding the effectiveness of its procedures and policies, including any weaknesses identified therein or in the Company&#8217;s disclosure controls and procedures generally.</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:72px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">e)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Disclosure Committee shall meet no less than eight times annually (at least once prior to the issuance of the four quarterly earnings press releases and once prior to each regularly scheduled SEC filing on Form 10-K or Form 10-Q, as applicable). </font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:72px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">f)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Disclosure Committee will hold additional meetings during the year to the extent that the Disclosure Committee, the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer deems appropriate.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Settlement also provides that the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors will adopt and maintain policies for the Company to follow in respect of any dealings or prospective dealings with &#8220;related persons&#8221; (as such term is defined in Item 404 of Regulation S-K) and will confirm that all such relationships remain in compliance with the such policies, as well as applicable laws, rules and regulations.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">These changes and enhancements were made, in part, to augment the Company&#8217;s internal controls over intellectual property and patents, Company disclosures, and other areas related to the allegations asserted in the Action.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Settlement calls for A10 and Plaintiff (acting on his own behalf and derivatively on behalf of A10), to release all Released Claims against the Released Persons, as defined in the Stipulation.  The term &#8220;Released Claims&#8221; collectively means collectively all actions, suits, claims, demands, rights, liabilities, and causes of action, including both known claims and Unknown Claims (as defined herein), that have been or that might have been asserted by Plaintiff, A10, and/or any A10 shareholder derivatively on behalf of A10 against any Released Persons that are based upon or related to the facts, transactions, events, occurrences, acts, disclosures, statements, omissions or failures to act which were alleged in the Action.  Excluded from the term &#8220;Released Claims&#8221; are all claims alleged in the Securities Class Action and claims to enforce the Settlement.   </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">PLAINTIFFS&#8217; COUNSEL&#8217;S POSITION CONCERNING SETTLEMENT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Plaintiff&#8217;s Counsel believes that the Action has substantial merit, and Plaintiff&#8217;s entry into the Stipulation is not intended to be and shall not be construed as an admission or concession concerning the relative strength or merit of the claims alleged in the Action.  However, Plaintiff and his counsel recognize and acknowledge the significant risk, expense, and length of continued proceedings necessary to prosecute the Action against the Individual Defendants through trial and through possible appeals.  Plaintiff&#8217;s Counsel also has taken into account the uncertain </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">3</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:240%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">outcome and the risk of any litigation, especially in complex cases such as the Action, as well as the difficulties and delays inherent in such litigation.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Plaintiff&#8217;s Counsel has conducted an extensive investigation including reviewing and analyzing numerous corporate filings by the Company with the SEC, other related publicly available information, records from the litigation between Foundry Networks and A10, and thousands of pages of non-public confirmatory discovery documents from Defendants.  Plaintiff&#8217;s Counsel also analyzed the Company&#8217;s corporate governance practices.  Based on their thorough review and analysis of the relevant facts, allegations, defenses, and controlling legal principles, Plaintiff&#8217;s Counsel believe that the Settlement set forth in the Stipulation is fair, reasonable, and adequate, and confers substantial benefits upon A10 and its shareholders.  Based upon Plaintiff&#8217;s Counsel&#8217;s evaluation,  Plaintiff has determined that the Settlement is in the best interests of A10 and its shareholders and has agreed to settle the Action upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Stipulation.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">DEFENDANTS&#8217; POSITION CONCERNING SETTLEMENT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Individual Defendants have denied and continue to deny that they have committed, threatened, or attempted to commit, any violations of law, or breached any duty owed to Plaintiffs, A10, or its shareholders.  Without admitting the validity of any allegations or assertions made in the Action, or any liability with respect thereto, however, the Individual Defendants have concluded that it is desirable that the claims against them be settled on the terms reflected in the Stipulation.  Further, the Individual Defendants and A10 are entering into this Settlement because it will eliminate the uncertainty, distraction, disruption, burden, risk, and expense of further litigation.  In addition, A10 acknowledges that the Settlement confers benefits on A10.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED SETTLEMENT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">A Settlement Hearing will be held on January 27, 2017 at 9:00 a.m., before the Hon. Peter Kirwan, Superior Court Judge for the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, located in Dept. 1 at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, California 95113, (or at such a date and time as the Court may direct without further notice) (the &#8220;Settlement Hearing&#8221;) for the purpose of determining: (a) whether the proposed Settlement, as set forth in the Stipulation, should be approved by the Court as fair, reasonable, and adequate to A10 and its shareholders, including Plaintiff; (b) whether the Notice fully satisfied the requirements of California law and due process; (c) whether the Judgment should be entered dismissing the Action with prejudice as against the Individual Defendants and the Company and releasing the Released Persons from the Released Claims; (d) whether the payment of the Fee and Expense Award should be approved; and (e) any other matters that come before the Court.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Court may adjourn the Settlement Hearing by oral or other announcement at such hearing or any adjournment without further notice of any kind.  The Court may approve the Settlement with or without modification, enter the Judgment, and order the payment of the Fee and Expense Amount without further notice of any kind.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">THE RIGHT TO BE HEARD AT THE SETTLEMENT HEARING</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Any A10 shareholder may appear and show cause, if he, she, or it has any reason why the Settlement of the Action embodied in the Stipulation should not be approved as fair, reasonable, and adequate, or why the Judgment should or should not be entered hereon, or why the Fee and Expense Amount should not be awarded.  In addition to having the right to appear in person and object to the Settlement at the Settlement Hearing, any A10 shareholder may, but is not required to, file a written objection.  To do so, the shareholder must: (a) file an objection stating the case name and number, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Hornung v. Chen, et al.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, Case No. 1-15-CV-282286,  and stating all reasons for the objection; (b) give proof of current ownership of A10 stock as well as documentary evidence of when such stock ownership was acquired; (c) clearly identify any and all evidence in support of the objection; and (d) identify any case, by name, court, and docket number, in which the objector or his, her, or its attorney, if any, has objected to a settlement in the last three years.  Any written objections shall be filed with Clerk of the Court at least 14 days prior to the Settlement Hearing, at the below address: </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">CLERK OF THE COURT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Superior Court for the State of California, County of Santa Clara</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">191 N. First Street</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">San Jose, CA 95113</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">and copies of such objections shall be served at the same time upon the following counsel by first&#8209;class mail:</font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">4</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:240%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:6px;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:45%;"></td><td style="width:55%;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Counsel for Plaintiffs:</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Francis A. Bottini, Jr.</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Bottini &amp; Bottini, Inc.</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">7817 Ivanhoe Ave., Suite 102</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">La Jolla, California 92037</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Telephone:  (858) 914-2001</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Facsimile:   (858) 914-2002</font></div><div style="padding-bottom:8px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="padding-bottom:8px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Counsel for Defendants:</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Nina F. Locker </font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Benjamin M. Crosson</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Doru Gavril</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Wilson Sonsini Goodrich&#160;&amp; Rosati</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Professional Corporation</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">650 Page Mill Road</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Palo Alto, California  94304-1050</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Telephone:   (650) 493-9300</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Facsimile:   (650) 565-5100</font></div><div style="text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Attorneys for Defendants Lee Chen, Peter Y. Chung, Robert Cochran, Alan S. Henricks, Phillip J. Salsbury, Gregory Straughn, and Rajkumar Jalan and Nominal Defendant A10 Networks, Inc.</font></div><div style="text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">However, any A10 shareholder may appear at the Settlement Hearing and object to the Settlement or any of its terms, whether or not he or she has filed a written objection to the Settlement.   </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">FURTHER INFORMATION</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Further information regarding the Action and this Notice may be obtained by writing Plaintiff&#8217;s Counsel at the following address: Francis A. Bottini, Jr., Bottini &amp; Bottini, Inc., 7817 Ivanhoe Ave., Suite 102, La Jolla, California 92037.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The pleadings and other records of the Action as well as the Stipulation filed with the Court may be examined and copied at any time during regular office hours at the Office of the Clerk, 191 N. 1st St., San Jose, CA 95113.  Additionally, the Stipulation, this Notice and certain other settlement related documents may be examined at www.a10networks.com.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">PLEASE DO NOT TELEPHONE THE COURT OR THE CLERK&#8217;S OFFICE </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">REGARDING THIS NOTICE.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">5</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div>	</body>
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<div><a name="s0B8926BE7B78DD0FC1B9B7D498FD2ED0"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit  99.2</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">BOTTINI &amp; BOTTINI, INC. &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Francis A. Bottini, Jr. (SBN 175783)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Albert Y. Chang (SBN 296065)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Yury A. Kolesnikov (SBN 271173)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">7817 Ivanhoe Avenue, Suite 102&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">La Jolla, California  92037</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:84px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Telephone:</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(858) 914-2001</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:84px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Facsimile:</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(858) 914-2002</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:84px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">E-mail:</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">fbottini@bottinilaw.com</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:84px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">achang@bottinilaw.com</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:84px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">ykolesnikov@bottinilaw.com</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Attorneys for Plaintiff Bart Hornung</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:52%;"></td><td style="width:2%;"></td><td style="width:46%;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">BART HORNUNG, derivatively on behalf of </font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">A10 NETWORKS, INC.,</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:168px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;Plaintiff,</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:96px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">v.</font></div><div style="text-indent:57px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">LEE CHEN, PETER Y. CHUNG, ROBERT COCHRAN, ALAN S. HENRICKS, PHILLIP J. SALSBURY, GREGORY STRAUGHN, and RAJKUMAR JALAN, </font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:173px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Defendants,</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:96px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">-and-</font></div><div style="text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">A10 NETWORKS, INC.,</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:168px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Nominal Defendant.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-left:18px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Case No.: 1-15-CV-282286</font></div><div style="padding-left:18px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">STIPULATION AND AGREEMENT OF SETTLEMENT</font></div><div style="padding-left:18px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Judge:   Hon. Peter H. Kirwan</font></div><div style="padding-left:18px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Dep&#8217;t:   1 (Complex Civil Litigation)</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:240%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><a name="sB65948F19D9787830DB7B7D4992682DA"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Subject to the approval of this Court, this Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement (the &#8220;Stipulation&#8221;), is made and entered into by and among the following Settling Parties (as defined herein), each by and through its/his respective counsel: (i) Plaintiff Bart Hornung (Plaintiff) in the above-captioned shareholder derivative action (the &#8220;Derivative Action&#8221;); (ii) Nominal Defendant A10 Networks, Inc. (&#8220;A10&#8221; or &#8220;Company&#8221;); and (iii) Lee Chen, Peter Y. Chung, Robert Cochran, Alan S. Henricks, Phillip J. Salsbury, Gregory Straughn and Rajkumar Jalan, all of whom are current or former members of the Board and/or senior officers of A10 (the &#8220;Individual Defendants&#8221;).  This Stipulation is intended by the Settling Parties to fully, finally, and forever compromise, resolve, discharge, and settle the Released Claims (as defined herein), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:4px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">I.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">BACKGROUND</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:4px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">A.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Factual Background</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Nominal Defendant A10 Networks, Inc. was incorporated in California in July 2004, and reincorporated in Delaware in connection with its IPO in 2013.  Its headquarters are located at 3&#160;West Plumeria Drive, San Jose, California 95134. A10 Networks provides advanced application networking technologies.  The Company&#8217;s solutions enable enterprises, service providers, Web giants and government organizations to accelerate, secure and optimize the performance of their data center applications and networks.  A10 Networks products are built on an ACOS, a platform of advanced networking technologies, which is designed to deliver substantially greater performance and security.  During a portion of the Relevant Period, the Company was privately held.  The Company went public in an IPO on March 21, 2014 and its shares are now traded on the New York Stock Exchange.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">During the Relevant Period, Plaintiff alleges that the Individual Defendants caused the Company to infringe patents and intellectual property held by Foundry Networks, which was subsequently acquired by Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.  After being sued by Foundry and Brocade, A10 Networks paid $75 million to settle the case.  The complaint also alleges that the Individual Defendants&#8217; actions also caused the Company to lose out on millions of dollars of revenue, as the Company&#8217;s customers refused to purchase the Company&#8217;s products due to uncertainty related to the patent infringement claims by Foundry and Brocade.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">During the Relevant Period, and in connection with the Company&#8217;s Initial Public Offering (&#8220;IPO&#8221;), the Complaint also alleges that the Individual Defendants breached their fiduciary duties of candor and loyalty by causing the Company to issue a materially false and misleading Prospectus and Registration Statement, subjecting the Company to being sued by investors who acquired their shares pursuant to the Registration Statement issued in connection with the Company&#8217;s IPO.  The Complaint also alleges that the Individual Defendants failed to ensure that the Company had adequate internal controls in place.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Defendants deny the Complaint&#8217;s allegations and deny they engaged in any wrongdoing.  </font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:4px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">B.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Procedural Background</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:4px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">1.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">The Derivative Action</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On June 24, 2015 Plaintiff Hornung filed </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Hornung v. Chen, et al.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, Case No. 1-15-CV-282286, a shareholder derivative action in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Santa Clara, alleging claims for, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">inter alia</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, breaches of fiduciary duty, abuse of control, gross mismanagement, unjust enrichment and breach of the duty of honest services.  The complaint asserted claims against officers and directors of A10.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On January 29, 2016, Defendants filed a demurrer to the complaint.  Plaintiff filed an opposition brief to the demurrer on March 21, 2016, and a notice of errata to such brief on March 29, 2016.  Defendants filed a reply brief in support of the demurrer on April 11, 2016.  The hearing on the motion was set for June 24, 2016.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On January 29, 2016, Defendants also filed a motion to strike certain portions of the complaint.  Plaintiff filed an opposition to the motion to strike on March 21, 2016.  Defendants filed a reply in support of the motion to strike on April 11, 2016.  The hearing was set for June 24, 2016.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On January 29, 2016, Defendants also filed a motion to stay the Derivative Action in favor of the Securities Class Action, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">In re A10 Networks, Inc. Shareholder Litigation</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. Case No. 1-15-CV-276207, also noticed for hearing on June 24, 2016.  Plaintiff&#8217;s Opposition was due June 3, 2016, but the parties entered into a stipulation to defer the briefing on the motion to stay, as well as the hearing on that motion, the motion to strike, and the demurrer, in light of the parties&#8217; agreement to settle the action.  </font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:4px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">2.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Inspection Demand</font></div></td></tr></table><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">-1-</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On February 1, 2016, Plaintiff Hornung served on A10 a request to inspect certain books and records of A10, pursuant to &#8220;California Corporations Code &#167; 1601 and California common law&#8221; (the &#8220;Inspection Demand&#8221;).  The parties exchanged subsequent communications regarding the Inspection Demand.</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:4px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">3.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Settlement Negotiations</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Counsel for the Settling Parties engaged in extensive efforts to resolve the Derivative Action and Inspection Demand (together, the &#8220;Action&#8221;).  In  January 2016, Plaintiff, A10, and the Individual Defendants first discussed the possibility of reaching an informal resolution of this Action through mediation, and ultimately agreed to participate in a mediation in Corona Del Mar, California before Judge Layn R. Phillips (Ret.).  In advance of the mediation, the Settling Parties engaged in numerous discussions regarding potential corporate governance measures that might be implemented by the Company in conjunction with a potential settlement of the Action.  Also in advance of the mediation, the parties simultaneously exchanged, and submitted to the mediator, mediation briefs on March 10, 2016.  Plaintiff and Defendants subsequently submitted proposed settlement term sheets on March 11, 2016 and March 18, 2016, respectively, outlining proposals for informal resolution of the Action.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Plaintiff, A10, and the Individual Defendants participated in an all-day mediation before Judge Phillips on March 22, 2016.  Substantial negotiations took place throughout the day, extensive drafts of settlement offers and counteroffers were exchanged.  Plaintiff, A10, and the Individual Defendants did not reach agreement on terms for a proposed settlement at the mediation, but continued settlement efforts after the mediation, while at the same time continuing to litigate the case.   Plaintiff, A10, and the Individual Defendants continued their negotiations in the weeks following the mediation and eventually reached agreement on material terms concerning the settlement.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On May 20, 2016 Plaintiff, A10, and the Individual Defendants agreed on the terms of a Memorandum of Understanding (&#8220;MOU&#8221;) to settle the Action. </font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:4px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">II.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">PLAINTIFF&#8217;S CLAIMS AND THE BENEFITS OF SETTLEMENT</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Plaintiff&#8217;s Counsel conducted an investigation relating to the claims and the underlying events alleged in the Derivative Action, including, but not limited to: (1) reviewing and analyzing the Company&#8217;s public filings with the SEC, press releases, announcements, transcripts of investor conference calls, and news articles; (2) reviewing securities analyst, business and financial media reports about the Company; (3) researching the applicable law with respect to the claims asserted (or which could be asserted) in the Derivative Action and the potential defenses thereto; (4) researching corporate governance issues; (5) researching, drafting, and filing complaints, oppositions to Defendants&#8217; demurrers and motions to strike; (6) preparing settlement demands and a mediation statement; (7) participating in an all-day mediation; (8) engaging in settlement discussions with counsel for the Defendants; and (9) reviewing confirmatory discovery.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Plaintiff believes that Plaintiff&#8217;s Counsel has engaged in substantial litigation efforts regarding the claims asserted in the Derivative Action. In addition, Defendants&#8217; demurrer and motion to strike were fully briefed and on calendar for hearing on June 24, 2016.  Plaintiff&#8217;s Counsel has also made numerous court appearances in connection with these prosecution efforts in the Derivative Action.  Defendants provided to counsel for the Plaintiff substantial confirmatory discovery (over 90,000 pages of Company documents), as was necessary for the Plaintiff to confirm that the Settlement is fair and reasonable.  The MOU provided that, if after conducting such confirmatory discovery, counsel for the Plaintiff, or Plaintiff himself, believed and could show that the Settlement was objectively materially unreasonable and inadequate, he was free to inform counsel for Defendants in writing within a reasonable time period and at that point the Settlement would be void.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Plaintiff&#8217;s Counsel believes that the claims asserted in the Derivative Action have merit.  Without conceding the merit of any of Defendants&#8217; defenses or the lack of merit of any of their own allegations, and in light of the benefits of the settlement as well as to avoid the potentially protracted time, expense, and uncertainty associated with continued litigation, including potential trial(s) and appeal(s), Plaintiff has concluded that it is desirable that the Action be fully and finally settled in the manner and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Stipulation.  Plaintiff and Plaintiff&#8217;s Counsel recognize the significant risk, expense, and length of continued proceedings necessary to prosecute the Action against the Individual Defendants through trial(s) and through possible appeal(s).  Plaintiff&#8217;s Counsel also has taken into account the uncertain outcome and the risk of any litigation, especially complex litigation such as the Action, as well as the difficulties and delays inherent in such litigation.  Based on their evaluation, and in light of what Plaintiff&#8217;s Counsel believes to be the significant benefits conferred upon the Company and its shareholders as a result of the Settlement, Plaintiff and Plaintiff&#8217;s Counsel have determined that the Settlement is in the best interests of Plaintiff, A10, and Current A10 Shareholders (as defined herein), and have agreed to settle the Action upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:4px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">III.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">DEFENDANTS&#8217; DENIALS OF WRONGDOING AND LIABILITY</font></div></td></tr></table><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">-2-</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Individual Defendants have denied and continue to deny that they have committed or attempted to commit any violations of law, any breach of fiduciary duty owed to A10, or any wrongdoing whatsoever.  Plaintiff has not made a litigation demand on A10&#8217;s Board, and A10 believes the Complaint does not contain allegations demonstrating that such demand would be futile.  However, without admitting that Plaintiff has standing to bring any claims in this Action, the validity of any of the claims Plaintiff has asserted in the Action, or any liability with respect thereto, Defendants have concluded that it is desirable that the claims be settled on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.  Defendants are entering into this Settlement because it will eliminate the uncertainty, distraction, disruption, burden, and expense of further litigation.  Further, A10 and the current Board acknowledge that the Settlement is fair, reasonable, adequate and in the best interests of A10 and Current A10 Shareholders.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Neither this Stipulation, nor any of its terms or provisions, nor entry of the Judgment, nor any document or exhibit referred or attached to this Stipulation, nor any action taken to carry out this Stipulation, is or may be construed or used as evidence of the validity of any of the Released Claims (defined herein), or as an admission by or against Defendants of any fault, wrongdoing, or concession of liability whatsoever.</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:4px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">IV.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">TERMS OF STIPULATION AND AGREEMENT OF SETTLEMENT</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Plaintiff (on behalf of himself and derivatively on behalf of A10), the Individual Defendants, and nominal defendant A10, by and through their respective counsel or attorneys of record, hereby stipulate and agree that, subject to approval by the Court, pursuant to CCP &#167; 382, the Action and the Released Claims shall be finally and fully compromised, settled, and released, and the Action shall be dismissed with prejudice, as to all Settling Parties, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein as follows:</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:4px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">1.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Definitions</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">As used in this Stipulation, the following terms have the meanings specified below:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;Action&#8221; or &#8220;Derivative Action&#8221; shall mean </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Hornung v. Chen, et al.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, Case No. 1:15-cv-282286 (Santa Clara County Superior Court).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1.2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;Board&#8221; means the A10 Board of Directors.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1.3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;Court&#8221; means the Superior Court for the State of California, County of Santa Clara.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1.4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;Current A10 Shareholders&#8221; means, for purposes of this Stipulation, any Persons (defined below) who owned A10 common stock as of the date of this Stipulation and who continue to hold their A10 common stock as of the date of the Settlement Hearing, excluding the Individual Defendants (defined below), the officers and directors of A10, members of their immediate families, and their legal representatives, heirs, successors, or assigns, and any entity in which Individual Defendants have or had a controlling interest.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1.5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;Defendants&#8221; means (i) Nominal Defendant A10 Networks, Inc. (&#8220;A10&#8221; or &#8220;Company&#8221;); and (ii) Defendants Lee Chen, Peter Y. Chung, Robert Cochran, Alan S. Henricks, Phillip J. Salsbury, Gregory Straughn and Rajkumar Jalan, all of whom are current or former members of the Board and/or senior officers of A10 (the &#8220;Individual Defendants&#8221;).  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1.6.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;Defendants&#8217; Counsel&#8221; means Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &amp; Rosati, 650 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1.7.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;Effective Date&#8221; means the first date by which all of the events and conditions specified in &#182; 6.1 herein have been met and have occurred.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1.8.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;Fee and Expense Award&#8221; means any sum paid to Plaintiff&#8217;s Counsel for their attorneys&#8217; fees and expenses as an award by the Court in recognition of the benefits conferred upon A10 and Current A10 Shareholders via the Action.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1.9.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;Securities Class Action&#8221; means </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">In re A10 Networks, Inc. S&#8217;Holder Litig.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, Case No. Case No. 1-15-CV-276207 (Superior Court for the State of California, County of Santa Clara).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1.10.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;Final&#8221; means the time when a judgment that has not been reversed, vacated, or modified in any way is no longer subject to appellate review, either because of disposition on appeal and conclusion of the appellate process (including potential writ proceedings) or because of passage, without action, of time for seeking appellate or writ review.  More specifically, it is that situation when (1) either no appeal or petition for review by writ has been filed and the time has passed for any notice of appeal or writ petition to be timely filed from the Judgment; or (2) if an appeal has been filed, the court of appeals has either affirmed the judgment or dismissed that appeal and the time for any reconsideration or further appellate review has passed; or (3) a higher court has granted further appellate review and that court has either affirmed the underlying judgment or affirmed the court of appeals&#8217; decision affirming the judgment or dismissing the appeal or writ proceeding.</font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">-3-</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1.11.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;Judgment&#8221; means the final order and judgment to be rendered by this Court, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1.12.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;A10,&#8221; the &#8220;Company&#8221; or &#8220;Nominal Defendant&#8221; means A10 Networks, Inc. and includes all of its subsidiaries, predecessors, successors, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1.13.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#8220;Notice&#8221; means the Notice of Pendency and Proposed Settlement of Shareholder Action, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 attached hereto.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1.14.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 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means the Order to be entered by this Court, substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto, including, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">inter alia</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, preliminarily approving the terms and conditions of the Settlement as set forth in this Stipulation, directing that Notice be provided to Current A10 Shareholders, and scheduling a Settlement Hearing to consider whether the Stipulation and Fee and Expense Award should be finally approved.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1.18.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;Related Persons&#8221; means each of a Person&#8217;s immediate family members and current, former, or future parents, subsidiaries, associates, affiliates, partners, joint venturers, officers, directors, principals, shareholders, members, agents, representatives, employees, attorneys, financial or investment advisors, consultants, accountants, investment bankers, commercial bankers, trustees, engineers, insurers, co-insurers, reinsurers, heirs, assigns, executors, general or limited partners or partnerships, personal or legal representatives, estates, administrators, predecessors, successors, advisors, and/or any other individual or entity in which a Person has or had a controlling interest or which is or was related to or affiliated with a Person.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1.19.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;Released Claims&#8221; means collectively all actions, suits, claims, demands, rights, liabilities, and causes of action, including both known claims and Unknown Claims (as defined herein), that have been or that might have been asserted by Plaintiff, A10, and/or any A10 shareholder derivatively on behalf of A10 against any Released Persons that are based upon or related to the facts, transactions, events, occurrences, acts, disclosures, statements, omissions or failures to act which were alleged in the Action.  Released Claims shall not include claims to enforce the Settlement, claims or causes of action asserted in the Securities Class Action, or any claims or causes of action described in &#182; 4.4.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1.20.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;Released Persons&#8221; means the Defendants and their Related Persons.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1.21.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;Settling Parties&#8221; means the Plaintiff (on behalf of himself and derivatively on behalf of A10), each of the Individual Defendants, and Nominal Defendant A10.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1.22.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;Settlement&#8221; means the settlement documented in this Stipulation.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1.23.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;Settlement Hearing&#8221; means a hearing by this Court to review this Stipulation and determine: (i) whether to enter the Judgment; and (ii) all other matters properly before the Court.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1.24.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;Unknown Claims&#8221; means any and all claims that were alleged or could have been alleged in the Action by Plaintiff, A10 or any A10 stockholder derivatively on behalf of A10, which any Settling Shareholder, A10, or A10 shareholders derivatively on behalf of A10 do not know or suspect to exist in his, her or its favor at the time of the release of the Released Persons, including claims which, if known by him, her or it, might have affected his, her or its settlement with and release of the Released Persons, or might have affected his, her or its decision not to object to this Settlement.  With respect to any and all Released Claims, the Settling Parties stipulate and agree that, upon the Effective Date, Plaintiff and A10 shall expressly waive, and each of A10&#8217;s&#8217; shareholders by operation of the Judgment shall have, expressly waived, the provisions, rights and benefits of California Civil Code &#167;1542, which provides:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">-4-</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Settling Parties acknowledge that they may discover facts in addition to or different from those now known or believed to be true by them with respect to the Released Claims, but it is the intention of the Settling Parties to completely, fully, finally, and forever compromise, settle, release, discharge, and extinguish any and all of the Released Claims known or unknown, suspect or unsuspected, contingent or absolute, accrued or unaccrued, apparent or unapparent, which now exist, or heretofore existed, or may hereafter exist, and without regard to the subsequent discovery of additional or different facts.</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:4px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">2.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Terms of the Settlement</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">2.1.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Corporate Governance Reforms</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Within one hundred twenty (120) calendar days after the entry of an Order granting final approval of the Settlement, the Company shall implement the corporate governance measures set forth in Exhibit A to this Agreement (the &#8220;Reforms&#8221;), to the extent they have not already been implemented.  The Reforms shall remain in effect until the earlier of: (i) a period of not less than three (3) years; (ii) the consummation of a change in control of the Company; or (iii) the Company&#8217;s stock no longer being publicly traded.  Moreover, the Board of Directors shall cause the Company to commit sufficient financial resources to fund and implement the Reforms.  Furthermore, if any of the Reforms should conflict with any applicable law(s), rule(s) or regulation(s) (including of any national securities exchange or interdealer quotation system), or the reasonable exercise of the Company&#8217;s or its officers&#8217; or directors&#8217; fiduciary duties, the Company will comply with such applicable law(s), rule(s), or fiduciary duties, notwithstanding any provision herein.  A10 and the Board agree that the initiation, prosecution, pendency, and settlement of the Action were a substantial cause of the Company&#8217;s adoption and/or enactment of the Reforms.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">2.2&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Benefit to A10 and current A10 Shareholders</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Settling Parties agree that the Reforms have provided and will provide benefits to A10 and Current A10 Shareholders.  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All costs of such Notice and the filing, publishing and posting set forth above shall be paid by A10 and/or its insurers. The Settling Parties believe the content and manner of such procedure constitutes adequate and reasonable notice to Current A10 Shareholders pursuant to applicable law.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">3.3&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Plaintiff&#8217;s Counsel shall request that the Court hold the Settlement Hearing after the Notice described above is given to Current A10 Shareholders to approve the Settlement and any Fee and Expense Award.  </font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:4px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">4.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Releases</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">4.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Upon the Effective Date, A10 and Plaintiff (acting on his own behalf and derivatively on behalf of A10) shall be deemed to have, and by operation of the Judgment shall have, fully, finally, and forever released, relinquished and discharged the Released Claims (including Unknown Claims) against the Released Persons and any and all claims arising out of, relating to, or in connection with, the defense, settlement or resolution of the Action against the Released Persons.  A10 and Plaintiff (acting on his own behalf and derivatively on behalf of A10) shall be deemed to have, and by operation of the Judgment shall have, covenanted not to sue any Released Person with respect to such Released Claims, and shall be permanently barred and enjoined from instituting, commencing or prosecuting the Released Claims against the Released Persons except to enforce the releases and other terms and conditions contained in this Stipulation and/or Judgment entered pursuant thereto.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">4.2&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Upon the Effective Date, each of the Released Persons shall be deemed to have, and by operation of the Judgment shall have, fully, finally, and forever released, relinquished and discharged each and all of A10, Plaintiff and Plaintiff&#8217;s Counsel from all claims (including Unknown Claims) arising out of, relating to, or in connection with, the institution, prosecution, assertion, settlement or resolution of the Action or the Released Claims; provided, however, </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">-5-</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">that nothing herein is intended to release any indemnification, advancement or insurance rights that any Individual Defendant has or may have under any contract, bylaw or charter provision, or under Delaware law, including but not limited to any rights any Individual Defendant has or may have related to any pending or threatened civil or government proceedings, or any rights or claims Plaintiff and other shareholders of A10 have with respect to the Securities Class Action,  including the right to make any claim relating to the settlement of the Securities Class Action. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">4.3&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Nothing herein shall in any way impair or restrict the rights of any Settling Party to enforce the terms of the Stipulation.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">4.4&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Nothing in this Stipulation constitutes or reflects a waiver or release of: (i) any rights or claims of the Company pursuant to any contract(s) or agreement(s) with any Individual Defendant, including but not limited to, any rights or claims pertaining to claw backs; (ii) any rights or claims of the Individual Defendants pursuant to any contract(s) or agreement(s) with the Company, including, but not limited to, any rights or claims pertaining to indemnification or advancement of expenses; (iii) any rights or claims of the Individual Defendants to indemnification or advancement of expenses arising from the Company&#8217;s articles of incorporation, bylaws or applicable law; (iv) any rights or claims of Defendants with respect to their insurers and/or the insurers&#8217; Related Persons, including, but not limited to, any rights or claims under any directors&#8217; and officers&#8217; liability insurance or other applicable insurance coverage maintained by the Company.</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:4px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">5.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Attorneys&#8217; Fees and Reimbursement of Expenses</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">5.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;In recognition of the substantial benefit conferred on the Company through the Settlement and with the substantial assistance and involvement of the Mediator, the Settling Parties reached an agreement as to a fair and reasonable amount of attorneys' fees and reimbursement of expenses to be paid to Plaintiffs' Counsel.  Subject to Court approval, the Individual Defendants shall cause their insurers or their successors in interest to pay to Plaintiffs&#8217; Counsel up to $____ for their attorneys&#8217; fees and reimbursement of expenses (&#8220;Fee and Expense Amount&#8221;). </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">5.2&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Individual Defendants or their carriers or their successors in interest shall pay the Fee and Expense Amount to Bottini &amp; Bottini, Inc. within twenty one (21) calendar days following the later of: (a)&#160;entry of an Order granting preliminary approval of this Settlement by the Court, or (b)&#160;Plaintiff&#8217;s counsel furnishing to Defendants&#8217; counsel adequate payment instructions for wire transfer (including instructions and tax ID number) and by providing a completed W-9 for Bottini &amp; Bottini, Inc. to facilitate payment by check.  Payment shall be subject to Plaintiffs&#8217; Counsel&#8217;s obligation to make appropriate refund or repayment to the Individual Defendants or their carriers or their successors in interest if, as a result of any appeal and/or further proceedings on remand, or successful collateral attack, the amount of the Plaintiffs&#8217; Counsel&#8217;s Fee and Expense Amount is reduced or eliminated, the Judgment does not become Final, or the Judgment is reversed or vacated.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">5.3&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Except for the obligation of Defendants&#8217; insurers or their successors in interest to pay the Fee and Expense Amount as provided, Plaintiff and Plaintiffs&#8217; Counsel shall bear their own fees, costs, and expenses, and the Company and the Individual Defendants shall not be liable for any costs or expenses of this litigation, including attorneys&#8217; fees.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">5.4&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Entry of the Judgment is not in any way conditioned upon the Court&#8217;s granting of any amount of a Fee and Expense Amount.  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The Settling Parties will request that the Judgment will contain a finding that during the course of the Action, the Settling Parties and their respective counsel at all times complied with the requirements of California Code of Civil Procedure &#167;128.7 and all other similar rules of professional conduct.  The Settling Parties reserve their right to rebut, in a manner that the parties determine to be appropriate, any contention made in any public forum that the Action was brought or defended in bad faith or without a reasonable basis.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">7.3&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Neither the Stipulation (including any exhibits attached hereto) nor the Settlement, nor any act performed or document executed pursuant to or in furtherance of the Stipulation or the Settlement: (a) is or may be deemed to be or may be offered, attempted to be offered or used in any way by the Settling Parties as a presumption, a concession or an admission of, or evidence of, any fault, wrongdoing or liability of the Settling Parties or of the validity of any Released Claims; or (b) is or may be deemed to be or may be used as a presumption, concession, admission or evidence of any liability, fault, or omission of any of the Released Persons in any civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding in any court, administrative agency, or other tribunal.  Neither this Stipulation nor the Settlement, nor any act performed or document executed pursuant to or in furtherance of this Stipulation, or the Settlement, shall be admissible in any proceeding for any purpose, except to enforce the terms of the Settlement, and except that the Released Persons may file the Stipulation and/or the Judgment in any action that may be brought against them to support a defense or counterclaim based on principles of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">res judicata</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, collateral estoppel, full faith and credit, release, standing, good faith settlement, judgment bar or reduction or any other theory of claim preclusion or issue preclusion or similar defense or counterclaim.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">7.4&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The exhibits to the Stipulation are material and integral parts hereof and are fully incorporated herein by this reference.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">7.5&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Stipulation may be amended or modified only by a written instrument signed by or on behalf of all the Settling Parties or their respective successors-in-interest.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">7.6&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Stipulation and the exhibits attached hereto represent the complete and final resolution of all disputes among the Settling Parties with respect to the Action, constitute the entire agreement among the Settling Parties, and supersede any and all prior negotiations, discussions, agreements, or undertakings, whether oral or written, with respect to such matters.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">7.7&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Stipulation and the Settlement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the successors and assigns of the Settling Parties and the Released Persons.  The Settling Parties agree that this Stipulation will run to their respective successors-in-interest, and they further agree that any planned, proposed or actual sale, merger or change-in-control of A10 shall not void this Stipulation, and that in the event of a planned, proposed or actual sale, merger or change-in-control of A10 they will continue to seek final approval of this Stipulation expeditiously, including but not limited to the Settlement terms reflected in this Stipulation and any Fee and Expense Award.  A10 and the current Board also agree that the Settlement as reflected in this Stipulation provides for adequate consideration for the payment of any Fee and Expense Award.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">7.8&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Stipulation and the exhibits attached hereto shall be considered to have been negotiated, executed, and delivered, and to be wholly performed, in the State of California and the rights and obligations of the Settling Parties to the Stipulation shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and governed by, the internal, substantive laws of the State of California without giving effect to that State&#8217;s choice of law principles.  No representations, warranties, or inducements have been made to any party concerning the Stipulation or its exhibits other than the representations, warranties, and covenants contained and memorialized in such documents.</font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">-7-</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">7.9&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;All agreements made and orders entered during the course of the Action relating to the confidentiality of information and documents shall survive this Stipulation.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">7.10&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Each counsel or other Person executing the Stipulation or its exhibits on behalf of any of the Settling Parties hereby warrants that such Person has the full authority to do so.  The Stipulation shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the successors and assigns of the Settling Parties and their Released Persons.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">7.11&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Stipulation may be executed by facsimile and in one or more counterparts.  All executed counterparts and each of them shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument.  A complete set of original executed counterparts shall be filed with the Court.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">7.12&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;This Court shall retain jurisdiction with respect to implementation and enforcement of the terms of this Stipulation, and the Settling Parties and their counsel submit to the jurisdiction of this Court solely for purposes of implementing and enforcing this Stipulation and related Settlement.</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:4px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:305px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Dated:  August 26, 2016 </font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:1.3333333333333333px;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;text-indent:-1.3333333333333333px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Respectfully submitted,</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;padding-left:306px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">BOTTINI &amp; BOTTINI, INC.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;padding-left:306px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Francis A. Bottini, Jr.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;padding-left:306px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Albert Y. Chang</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;padding-left:306px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Yury A. Kolesnikov</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;padding-left:306px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;padding-left:306px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">By:</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;/s/ Francis A. Bottini, Jr.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;padding-left:356px;text-indent:-3px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Francis A. Bottini, Jr.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;padding-left:306px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;padding-left:306px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">7817 Ivanhoe Avenue, Suite 102</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;padding-left:306px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">La Jolla, CA  92037</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;padding-left:306px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Telephone: &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(858) 914-2001</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;padding-left:306px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Facsimile:  &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(858) 914-2002</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;padding-left:306px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Attorneys for Plaintiff</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;padding-left:306px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:4px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:306px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Dated:  August 25, 2016</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH&#160;&amp; ROSATI Professional Corporation</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:306px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Nina F. Locker (SBN 123838)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:306px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Benjamin M. Crosson (SBN 247560)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:306px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Doru Gavril (SBN 282309)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:306px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Anne S. 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Locker</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;padding-left:306px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;padding-left:306px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">650 Page Mill Road</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;padding-left:306px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Palo Alto, California  94304-1050</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;padding-left:306px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Telephone:&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(650) 493-9300</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;padding-left:306px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Facsimile:&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(650) 565-5100</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;padding-left:306px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;padding-left:306px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Attorneys for Defendants Lee Chen, Peter Y. 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