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Management

Reed Hastings, CEO (& Founder)

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Peggy Fry, VP Advertising Sales

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Jim Funk, Division Director of Business Development

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Mitch Lowe, Business Development

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Allison Hopkins, VP Human Resources

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Anna Lee, Head of Supply Chain Development and Replication

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Neil Hunt, Chief Product Officer

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Ted Smith, Director of Marketing

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Timothy Twerdahl, Sr. Director, Internet TV

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Board of Directors

NETFLIX NAMES CISCO'S GIANCARLO
TO COMPANY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS
LOS GATOS, Calif., April 4, 2007 – Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX), the world's largest online DVD rental service, today announced the appointment of Cisco Systems Senior Vice President Charles H. Giancarlo to the company's board of directors. The move increases the number of Netflix directors to eight.

"Charlie understands the future of the Internet – and the scale required for the video Internet of the next decade – so we are thrilled to have him join our board," said Netflix Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO Reed Hastings.

"The world of video communications and distribution for entertainment is changing dramatically," Mr. Giancarlo said. "Cisco and Netflix are on the cutting edge of innovation in this market. Serving on the Netflix board will bring me closer to the needs of all Web video companies, and while I love getting my red envelopes today, I can't wait to eventually get all of my Netflix content online."

Mr. Giancarlo is currently senior vice president and chief development officer of Cisco and president of Cisco-Linksys LLC. A 12-year veteran of Cisco, Mr. Giancarlo is responsible for the overall strategy and execution of Cisco technology development. He oversees 16,000 engineers in emerging technologies, unified communications, digital video, wireless networking, routing, switching, security, storage networking, and network management. Cisco-Linksys, LLC, is an independent division of Cisco providing wired and wireless products for the high growth consumer and SOHO networking market.

Before joining Cisco, Mr. Giancarlo was vice president of marketing and corporate development of Kalpana, Inc., the pioneer in Ethernet switching. He also was a co-founder and vice president of marketing for Adaptive Corporation. Previously, Mr. Giancarlo founded four companies in communications equipment, selling two of them to larger companies. He also holds multiple patents in the areas of ATM and voice technologies. Mr. Giancarlo holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Brown University and the University of California at Berkeley, respectively, and an MBA from Harvard.

About Netflix
Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) is the world's largest online movie rental service, providing more than six million subscribers access to more than 75,000 DVD titles. The company offers a variety of subscription plans, starting at $4.99 a month. There are no due dates, no late fees and no shipping fees. DVDs are delivered for free by the USPS from regional shipping centers located throughout the United States. Netflix can reach more than 90 percent of its subscribers with generally one business-day delivery. Netflix offers personalized movie recommendations to its members and has more than one billion movie ratings. Netflix also allows members to share and recommend movies to one another through its Friends® feature. For more information, visit www.netflix.com.

Stephen Kahn

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Jay Hoag

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George Battle

Mr. Battle has been a director since June 2005. Mr. Battle was the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Ask Jeeves, Inc. from 2000 to 2005. He was also director of PeopleSoft, Inc. from 1995 to 2004, and chaired the Transaction Committee of the Board during its 18 month deliberations regarding the Oracle tender offer. Mr. Battle is currently a director of Netflix Inc. and of Expedia Inc. and is Chairman of the Board of Fair Isaac Co. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Masters Select family of funds. As a Senior Fellow of the Aspen Institute, Mr. Battle is a seminar moderator for the Aspen Institute and has lectured at Stanford Business School, University of California-Berkeley Business School, the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth, and American University. Mr. Battle retired from Andersen Consulting in 1995, having joined the firm in 1968 and served as a partner from 1978. From 1982 through 1995, he held a series of management positions in the firm including Worldwide Managing Partner—Market Development and Managing Partner—U.S. Operations and Planning. He was also a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, Global Management Council and Partner Income Committee. Mr. Battle holds an economics degree from Dartmouth College and a M.B.A. from Stanford University.

Richard Schell

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Mike Schuh

Mike Schuh joined Foundation Capital in 1998. He has more than 30 years of experience in the software industry and has held executive positions in sales and marketing in several key industries: mechanical and electronic design automation and enterprise software. Prior to joining Foundation, Mike was a founder and CEO of Intrinsa Corporation, a leading supplier of productivity solutions for software development organizations. Prior to this he held executive sales positions with Clarify, Cadence Design Systems, Voysys Corporation, Daisy Systems, Automatix Inc., and Computervision. In addition to his role on the Responsys Board, Mike is Chairman of the Board at Intrinsa and a member of the Board of Directors at Eloquent Software and Chronology Corporation. Mike holds a BSEE from the University of Maryland.