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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): June 1, 2020

 

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.)

6480 Via Del Oro

San Jose, California 95119

(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:

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

 

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))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

 

 

 

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock

 

EXTR

 

Nasdaq Global Select Market


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  

 

Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

On May 8, 2020, the Board of Directors of Extreme Networks, Inc. (the “Company”) approved entering into an amendment (“Amendment No. 8”) to the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement dated as of April 26, 2012, as amended (collectively the prior amendments and the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement are referred to herein as the “Rights Agreement”), with Computershare Inc. as its rights agent (the “Rights Agent”).  The Company and the Rights Agent entered into Amendment No. 8 on May 29, 2020.  Pursuant to the terms of Amendment No. 8, the Rights Agreement has been extended to May 31, 2021.

This summary of the amendment to the Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the full text of Amendment No. 8, which is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of Amendment No. 8 is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 4.1. The material terms of the Rights Agreement are incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 4.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 30, 2012.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

 

4.1

 

Amendment No. 8 to the Rights Agreement dated May 29, 2020

104

 

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 


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: June 1, 2020

 

 

 

EXTREME NETWORKS, INC.

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ REMI THOMAS

 

 

Remi Thomas

 

 

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)