0001144204-12-030398.txt : 20120517 0001144204-12-030398.hdr.sgml : 20120517 20120517171743 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-12-030398 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120515 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120517 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120517 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AUSTIN MAURY CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001279612 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-25711 FILM NUMBER: 12852941 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 955 EAST ARQUES AVENUE CITY: SUNNYVALE STATE: CA ZIP: 94085-4521 ISSUER: 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 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 4 1 v313864_4.xml OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT X0305 4 2012-05-15 0 0001078271 EXTREME NETWORKS INC EXTR 0001279612 AUSTIN MAURY C/O EXTREME NETWORKS, INC. 3585 MONROE STREET SANTA CLARA CA 95051 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2012-05-15 4 A 0 8333 0 A 8333 D Non-Qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy) 3.50 2012-05-15 5 A 0 E 25000 3.50 A 2019-05-15 Common Stock 25000 25000 D Grant of restricted stock pursuant to the Extreme Networks, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan. Vests 1/3 on 5/15/2013, 1/3 on 5/15/2014 and 1/3 on 5/15/2015 (or earlier in any year, 1/3 on the date of the annual meeting in that year), subject to the respective director's continuous service on the Board for that period. Option becomes exercisable as it vests: 1/3 on 5/15/2013, 1/3 on 5/15/2014 and 1/3 on 5/15/2015 (or earlier in any year, 1/3 on the date of the annual meeting in that year), subject to the respective director's continuous service on the Board for that period. By: Diane Honda for: Maury Austin 2012-05-16 EX-24 2 v313864_ex24.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY

Section 16 Limited Power of Attorney

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Mimi Gigoux, Diane Honda, Margaret Echerd and J. Howard Clowes, individually, and with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)

prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit
to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)

execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Extreme Networks, Inc. (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(3)

do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(4)

take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 27 day of April, 2012

	/s/ Maury Austin
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	Maury Austin
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