{"url_path":"/sec/ntct/10-k/2026/item-15","section_key":"item-15","section_title":"Item 15 Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"10-K","doc_date":"2026-05-14","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/0001078075-26-000050-index.html","accession_number":"0001078075-26-000050","cik":"0001078075","ticker":"NTCT","issuer_name":"NETSCOUT SYSTEMS INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/0001078075-26-000050-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001078075","primary_entity_name":"NETSCOUT SYSTEMS INC"},"word_count":1815,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules\n\n \n\n(a)\n\n1.\n\n \n\nConsolidated Financial Statements.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n[Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm](#report_of_independent_reg) (PCAOB ID 238)\n\n[F-2](#report_of_independent_reg)\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n[Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2026 and 2025](#consolidated_balance_sheets)\n\n[F-4](#consolidated_balance_sheets)\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n[Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024](#consolidated_statements_of_operations)\n\n[F-5](#consolidated_statements_of_operations)\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n[Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the Years Ended March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024](#comprehensive_income_loss)\n\n[F-](#comprehensive_income_loss)6\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n[Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity for the Years Ended March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024](#equity)\n\n[F-](#equity)7\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n[Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024](#cash_flows)\n\n[F-8](#cash_flows)\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n[Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements](#notes_to_financials)\n\n[F-9](#notes_to_financials)\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n2.\n\n \n\nFinancial Statement Schedule.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n[Valuation and Qualifying Accounts for the Years Ended March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024](#sch_ii)\n\n[S-1](#sch_ii)\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nNo other financial statement schedules have been included because they are either not applicable or the information is in the consolidated financial statements.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n3.\n\n \n\nExhibits listed in the accompanying Index to Exhibits are filed or incorporated by reference as part of this report.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n(b)\n\n \n\nWe hereby file as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K the exhibits listed in Item 15(a)(3) above.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n(c)\n\n \n\nWe hereby file as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K the financial statement schedule listed in Item 15(a)(2) above.\n\n \n\n \n\n55\n\n[Table of Contents](#toc_page)\n\n \n\nNetScout Systems, Inc.\n\nIndex to Exhibits\n\n3.1\n\n[Composite conformed copy of Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of NetScout (as amended) (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to NetScout’s current report on Form 8-K, SEC File No. 000-26251, filed on September 21, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000119312516715983/d257799dex32.htm)\n\n \n\n \n\n3.2\n\n[Amended and Restated By-laws of NetScout (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to NetScout’s current Report on Form 8-K, SEC File No. 000-26251, filed on May 11, 2020 and incorporated herein by reference).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000119312520139065/d876792dex31.htm)\n\n \n\n \n\n4.1\n\n \n\n[Description of Common Stock (filed as Exhibit 4.4 to NetScout's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020, SEC File No. 000-26251, filed on May 20, 2020 and incorporated herein by reference).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000162828020008116/ntct-ex442020331.htm)\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n10.1*\n\n \n\n[Form of Amended and Restated Indemnification Agreement between NetScout and each director and executive officer (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to NetScout's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2013, SEC File No. 000-26251, filed January 28, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000144530514000138/ntct-ex101_20131231.htm)\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n10.2\n\n[Lease between Arturo J. Gutierrez and John A. Cataldo, Trustees of Nashoba Westford Realty Trust, u/d/t dated April 27, 2000 and recorded with the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds in Book 10813, Page 38 and NetScout for Westford Technology Park West, as amended (filed as Exhibit 10.26 to NetScout’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2001, SEC File No. 000-26251, filed on June 29, 2001, and incorporated herein by reference).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000091205701522122/a2052891zex-10_26.txt)\n\n \n\n \n\n10.3\n\n \n\n[Third Amendment Agreement, dated August 10, 2010, to that certain Lease, dated August 17, 2000, as amended, between the Company and Westford West I Limited Partnership, as successor to Arturo J. Gutierrez and John A. Cataldo, Trustees of Nashoba Westford Realty Trust, u/d/t dated April 27, 2000 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to NetScout’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2010, SEC File No. 000-26251, filed November 9, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000119312510254310/dex101.htm)\n\n \n\n \n\n10.4\n\n \n\n[Third Amendment and Restatement Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2024, to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 27, 2021, by and among NetScout Systems, Inc., as borrower; certain subsidiaries of NetScout Systems, Inc., as loan parties; the lenders and issuing banks party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent attaching the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2024, by and among NetScout Systems, Inc., as borrower; JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent; JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A., RBC Capital Markets, PNC Capital Markets LLC and Mizuho Bank, Ltd., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners; TD Bank, N.A. and Silicon Valley Bank, a division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, as co-documentation agents; and the lenders and issuing banks party thereto (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to NetScout's current report on Form 8-K, SEC File No. 000-26251, filed on October 4, 2024 and incorporated herein by reference).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000119312524233088/d896927dex101.htm)\n\n \n\n \n\n10.5*\n\n[Agreement Relating to Employment, dated January 3, 2007, by and between NetScout and Anil K. Singhal (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to NetScout’s Current Report on Form 8-K, SEC File No. 000-26251, filed on January 5, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000090873707000014/ex10-2.htm)\n\n \n\n \n\n10.6*\n\n[Amendment No. 1, dated February 2, 2007, to Agreement Relating to Employment by and between the Company and Anil K. Singhal (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to NetScout’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2006, SEC File No. 000-26251, filed February 5, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000119312507020189/dex101.htm)\n\n \n\n \n\n10.7*\n\n[Amendment No. 2, dated December 22, 2008, to Agreement Relating to Employment by and between the Company and Anil K. Singhal (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to NetScout’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2008, SEC File No. 000-26251, filed February 6, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000119312509021074/dex101.htm)\n\n \n\n \n\n10.8*\n\n[Amendment No. 3, dated May 28, 2012, to Agreement Relating to Employment, by and between the Company and Anil K. Singhal (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to NetScout’s Current Report on Form 8-K, SEC File No. 000-26251, filed on June 1, 2012 and incorporated herein by reference).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000119312512257268/d361780dex103.htm)\n\n \n\n \n\n10.9*\n\n \n\n[Form of Amended and Restated Severance Agreement for Executive Officers (other than the CEO) (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to NetScout’s Current Report on Form 8-K, SEC File No. 000-26251, filed on June 1, 2012 and incorporated herein by reference).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000119312512257268/d361780dex101.htm)\n\n10.10*\n\n[Form of Amendment to Amended and Restated Severance Agreement for Executive Officers (filed as Exhibit 10.9 to NetScout’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2014, SEC File No. 000-26251, filed on January 27, 2015 and incorporated herein by reference).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000162828015000253/ntct-ex109_20141231.htm)\n\n \n\n \n\n56\n\n[Table of Contents](#toc_page)\n\n \n\n10.11*\n\n \n\n[Transition and Separation Agreement, dated May 7, 2025 by and between the Company and Jean Bua (filed as Exhibit 10.8 to NetScout’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, SEC File No. 000-26251, filed on May 15, 2025 and incorporated herein by reference).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000162828025025982/ex108netscout-jeanbuatrans.htm)\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n10.12*\n\n \n\n[Transition and Separation Agreement, dated May 7, 2025 by and between the Company and Michael Szabados (filed as Exhibit 10.9 to NetScout’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, SEC File No. 000-26251, filed on May 15, 2025 and incorporated herein by reference).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000162828025025982/ex109netscout-michaelszaba.htm)\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n10.13*\n\n \n\n[Offer Letter, dated May 7, 2025, by and between the Company and Anthony Piazza (filed as Exhibit 10.10 to NetScout’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, SEC File No. 000-26251, filed on May 15, 2025 and incorporated herein by reference).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000162828025025982/ex1010neoofferletterdraft_.htm)\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n10.14*\n\n \n\n[Offer Letter, dated May 7, 2025, by and between the Company and Sanjay Munshi (filed as Exhibit 10.11 to NetScout’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, SEC File No. 000-26251, filed on May 15, 2025 and incorporated herein by reference).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000162828025025982/ex1011neoofferletterdraft_.htm)\n\n \n\n \n\n10.15*\n\n[NetScout Systems, Inc. Amended and Restated 2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (filed as Exhibit 99.2 to NetScout’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, SEC File No. 333-267069, filed on August 25, 2022 and incorporated herein by reference).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000119312522230061/d400120dex992.htm)\n\n \n\n \n\n10.16*\n\n \n\n[Summary of Non-Employee Director Compensation (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to NetScout's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021, SEC File No. 000-26251, filed on November 4, 2021 and incorporated herein by reference).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000162828021021764/ntct-ex102summaryofnonxemp.htm)\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n10.17*\n\n \n\n[NetScout Systems, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (filed as Exhibit 99.1 to NetScout's Registration Statement on Form S-8, SEC File No. 333-290226, filed on September 12, 2025 and incorporated herein by reference).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000119312525202291/d48090dex991.htm)\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n10.18*\n\n \n\n[Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement with respect to the NetScout Systems, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.18 to NetScout’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, SEC File No. 000-26251, filed on May 15, 2025 and incorporated herein by reference).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000162828025025982/ex1018netscout-formofrsuag.htm)\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n10.19*\n\n \n\n[Form of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award with respect to the NetScout Systems, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to NetScout’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2024, SEC File No. 000-26251, filed on August 5, 2024 and incorporated herein by reference).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000162828024034721/exhibit101netscout-formofp.htm)\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n10.20*\n\n \n\n[Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement with respect to the NetScout Systems, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.5 to NetScout’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2025, SEC File No. 000-26251, filed on August 7, 2025 and incorporated herein by reference).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000162828025038913/ntct-ex105_rsux20250630.htm)\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n10.21*\n\n \n\n[Form of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award with respect to the NetScout Systems, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.6 to NetScout’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2025, SEC File No. 000-26251, filed on August 7, 2025 and incorporated herein by reference).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000162828025038913/ntct-ex106_psux20250630.htm)\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n19\n\n \n\n[NetScout Systems, Inc. Amended and Restated Insider Trading and Trading Window Policy (filed as Exhibit 19 to NetScout’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, SEC File No. 000-26251, filed on May 15, 2025 and incorporated herein by reference).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000162828025025982/ex19netscout-amendedandres.htm)\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n21\n\n[Subsidiaries of NetScout (filed herewith).](ntct-ex21.htm)\n\n \n\n \n\n23\n\n[Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (filed herewith).](ntct-ex23.htm)\n\n \n\n \n\n31.1\n\n[Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith)](ntct-ex31_1.htm).\n\n \n\n \n\n31.2\n\n[Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).](ntct-ex31_2.htm)\n\n \n\n \n\n32.1†\n\n[Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished herewith).](ntct-ex32_1.htm)\n\n \n\n \n\n32.2†\n\n[Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished herewith).](ntct-ex32_2.htm)\n\n \n\n \n\n97\n\n \n\n[NetScout Systems, Inc. Executive Compensation Recovery Policy (filed as Exhibit 97 to NetScout’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, SEC File No. 000-26251, filed on May 16, 2024 and incorporated herein by reference).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000162828024023777/ntct-ex97clawbacknetscoute.htm)\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n57\n\n[Table of Contents](#toc_page)\n\n \n\n101.INS\n\nInline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.\n\n \n\n \n\n101.SCH\n\nInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema with Embedded Linkbase Documents.\n\n \n\n \n\n104\n\n \n\nThe cover page from the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 has been formatted in Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101\n\n \n\n*\n\nIndicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.\n\n†\n\nExhibit has been furnished, is not deemed filed and is not to be incorporated by reference into any of the Company's filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in any such filing"}