UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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):

September 30, 2010

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):

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

x Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(d)

On September 30, 2010, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Extreme Networks, Inc. (“Extreme Networks”) increased the size of the Board and elected Oscar Rodriquez, Extreme Networks’ President and Chief Executive Officer, to fill the resulting vacancy as a Class I director. As previously disclosed in the Company’s Form 8-K, dated August 3, 2010, Mr. Rodriguez was appointed as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer effective August 23, 2010. Mr. Rodriguez’s term on the Board shall expire at the 2011 annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders. Mr. Rodriguez will not receive any compensation for his services on the Board.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

The disclosure contained under Item 5.02 hereof is incorporated by reference into Item 8.01 of this Current Report, as it may be deemed to include solicitation materials under Rule 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Important Information/ Solicitation Participants Legend

Extreme Networks, Inc. will file a proxy statement in connection with its 2010 annual meeting of stockholders and advises its stockholders to read that proxy statement when it becomes available because it will contain important information. Stockholders will be able to obtain a free copy of that proxy statement and other documents (when available) that Extreme Networks files with the Securities and Exchange Commission at the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. That proxy statement and these other documents will also be available free of charge by directing a request to Extreme Networks, Inc., Attn: Investor Relations, 3585 Monroe Street, Santa Clara, California 95051, or from Extreme at www.extremenetworks.com.

Extreme Networks, its directors and named executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the Extreme Networks stockholders in connection with the 2010 annual meeting. Stockholders may obtain information regarding the names, affiliations and interests of such individuals in Extreme Networks’ proxy statement filed on November 12, 2009 for the 2009 annual meeting of stockholders. To the extent that holdings of Extreme Networks securities on the part of those individuals have changed since the date of that proxy statement, those changes have been reflected on Statements of Changes in Ownership on Forms 3 or 4 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. More current information regarding the interests of the directors and named executive officers of Extreme Networks will be contained in the proxy statement referred to in the preceding paragraph.

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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 6, 2010

EXTREME NETWORKS, INC.
By:	/S/    BOB COREY
	Bob Corey
	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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