UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of ~~The~~the ~~Securities Exchange Act of 1934~~

~~Date~~Securities ofExchange ~~Report~~Act ~~(Date~~ of ~~Earliest~~1934 ~~Event Reported): June 21, 2010~~

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

July 16, 2010

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SONICWALL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

California	000-27723	77-0270079
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

2001 Logic Drive

San Jose, California 95124

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(408) 745-9600

(~~Address,~~Registrant’s ~~including zip code and~~ telephone number, ofincluding ~~principal~~area ~~executive offices~~code)

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)~~:

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Item 5.~~07 Submission~~02 Departure of ~~Matters~~Directors toor aCertain ~~Vote~~Officers; Election of ~~Security~~Directors; ~~Holders~~Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

~~SonicWALL~~On ~~held~~July 16, ~~its~~2010, ~~annual~~the ~~meeting~~Board of ~~shareholders~~Directors on(the ~~June~~“Board”) 17of SonicWALL, ~~2010~~Inc. in(“SonicWALL”) ~~San~~terminated the ~~Jose,~~SonicWALL ~~California~~Annual Bonus Program (the “~~Annual~~Bonus ~~Meeting~~Program”). Atfor ~~the~~fiscal ~~Annual~~year ~~Meeting~~2010, ~~SonicWALL~~effective ~~shareholders~~July 1, ~~approved three proposals~~2010. ~~The~~Certain ~~proposals~~employees ~~are~~of ~~described~~SonicWALL, inincluding ~~detail~~those incertain ~~our~~named ~~Proxy~~executive ~~Statement~~officers ~~filed~~(“NEOs”) ~~with~~identified ~~the~~below, ~~Securities~~were participants ~~and~~in ~~Exchange~~the ~~Commission~~Bonus ~~on April 29, 2010~~Program.

~~Proposal~~In connection with terminating the Bonus Program, the Board approved an aggregate bonus pool of $1 ~~SonicWALL~~,550,000 (an ~~stockholders~~amount ~~elected~~commensurate ~~nine~~to ~~directors~~the accrual through June 30, 2010 under the Bonus Program) to be paid to certain employees of SonicWall, including the participating NEOs, as determined by SonicWALL’s Chief Executive Officer upon consultation with the Compensation Committee of the Board and solely by the Compensation Committee with respect to payments to Matthew Medeiros, with all payments subject to forfeiture if the recipient of ~~Directors~~such aspayment ~~set~~voluntarily ~~forth~~terminates ~~below~~his or her employment without good reason on or prior to January 31, 2011. The amounts payable to the NEOs participating in the Bonus Program are as follows:

Name	Votes For		Votes Against		Broker Non-Votes
Matthew Medeiros, President and Chief Executive Officer	$	250,000
John C. Shoemaker		45,380,162		824,099		4,094,695
Robert D. Selvi, Chief Financial Officer	$	250,000
Charles D. Kissner		45,337,262		866,999		4,094,695
Robert B. Knauff, Vice President, Finance, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer	$	61,250
Edward F. Thompson		45,336,462		867,799		4,094,695
Marvin C. Blough, Vice President, Worldwide Sales	$	31,250
Cary H. Thompson		45,342,361		861,900		4,094,695
David W. Garrison		45,342,162		862,099		4,094,695
Charles W. Berger		45,383,862		820,399		4,094,695
Clark H. Masters		45,385,062		819,199		4,094,695
Matthew Medeiros		45,383,851		820,410		4,094,695
Carl A. Thomsen		45,385,061		819,200		4,094,695

~~Proposal 2 SonicWALL~~All ~~stockholders~~payments ~~approved~~under the ~~2010~~Bonus Program, ~~Equity~~net ~~Incentive~~of ~~Plan~~tax aswithholdings, ~~set~~will ~~forth~~become ~~below:~~payable on or after January 31, 2011.

Votes For				Votes Against				Abstentions				Broker Non-Votes
	38,224,213				7,840,722				139,326				4,094,695

On July 21, 2010, the Board irrevocably terminated the SonicWALL Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan (the “DCP”), in which all members of the Board, NEOs and other members of senior management were eligible to participate, effective July 22, 2010.

Proposal 3 SonicWALL stockholders ratified the appointment of Armanino McKenna LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2010 fiscal year as set forth below:

Votes For				Votes Against				Abstentions				Broker Non-Votes
	41,239,659				8,977,626				81,671				0

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, ~~as amended,~~ the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	~~SonicWALL, Inc.~~	SonicWALL, Inc.
Date: June 21, 2010	By:	/s/ Robert D. Selvi
Date: July 22, 2010		By:	/S/ ROBERT D. SELVI
		Name: Robert D. Selvi
		Name:	Robert D. Selvi
		Title : Chief Financial Officer
		Title:	Chief Financial Officer

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