0001078271-12-000067.txt : 20121016 0001078271-12-000067.hdr.sgml : 20121016 20121016161917 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001078271-12-000067 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20121015 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20121016 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20121016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EXTREME NETWORKS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001078271 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT [3576] IRS NUMBER: 770430270 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0703 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-25711 FILM NUMBER: 121146379 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3585 MONROE STREET CITY: SANTA CLARA STATE: CA ZIP: 95051 BUSINESS PHONE: 4085792800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3585 MONROE STREET CITY: SANTA CLARA STATE: CA ZIP: 95051 8-K 1 extr8-k101612.htm FORM 8-K EXTR 8-K 10.16.12




UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Form 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (date of earliest event reported):

October 15, 2012


EXTREME NETWORKS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
 
 
Delaware
 
000-25711
 
77-0430270
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
(Commission File No.)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3585 Monroe Street
Santa Clara, California 95051

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(408) 579-2800
 
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 8.01.
Other Events.
On October 15, 2012 in response to a request from Wellington Management Company, LLP (“Wellington Management”), the Board of Directors of Extreme Networks, Inc. (the “Company”) granted an exemption to Wellington Management under the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2012, between the Company and Computershare Shareowner Services LLC (the “Rights Agreement”), to acquire beneficial ownership of additional shares of the common stock of the Company, provided that in each case (i) the acquisition result in beneficial ownership by Wellington Management of no more than 9.9% in the aggregate of the outstanding common stock of the Company, including existing holdings, (ii) no one client of Wellington Management shall become a Beneficial Owner of over 4.95% of the outstanding common stock of the Company, including existing holdings, and (iii) any acquisition must be made on or prior to April 30, 2013, the date on which the Rights Agreement terminates in accordance with its terms.








SIGNATURES

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.
Date: October 16, 2012
EXTREME NETWORKS, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ JOHN KURTZWEIL
 
 
John Kurtzweil
 
 
Chief Financial Officer