EXTREME NETWORKS, INC. (NASDAQ:EXTR) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On July 14, 2017, Extreme Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) entered into the Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Second Amendment”), which amends that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2016 (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among the Company, as borrower, Silicon

Valley Bank, as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the financial institutions that are a party thereto as lenders (“Lenders”).Among other things, the Second Amendment (i) increases the amount of the available borrowing in senior secured credit facilities from $140,500,000 to $243,712,500, composed of (a) term loan facilities in a principal amount of up to $183,712,500 (the “Term Loan Facility”) and (b) revolving loan facilities in a principal amount of up to $60,000,000 (the “Revolving Loan Facility”), (ii) extends the maturity date under the existing term loan facility and the termination date under the existing revolving loan facility, (iii) makes available an additional incremental loan facility in a principal amount of up to $50,000,000 (the “Incremental Facility”), and (iv) joins certain additional banks, financial institutions and institutional lenders as Lenders to the terms of the Credit Agreement. On July 14, 2017, the Company borrowed $80,000,000 under the Term Loan Facility, a part of which was used to fund the purchase of the acquisition discussed below.

The above description of the Second Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Second Amendment, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated by reference.

On July 14, 2017, the Company completed the purchase of the fabric-based secure networking solutions and network security solutions business (the “Business”) of Avaya Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Avaya”), to that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 7, 2017, by and between the Company and Avaya (as amended, the “Purchase Agreement”).Upon closing the transaction (the “Closing”), the Company paid a cash purchase price of $100.0 million, subject to certain adjustments related to net working capital, deferred revenue, certain assumed lease obligations and certain assumed pension obligations for transferring employees of the Business, which was funded with a portion of the proceeds from the Company’s borrowing under the Credit Agreement described in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Other than in respect of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, there are no material relationships between the Company and Avaya or any of their respective affiliates.

The above description of the Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Purchase Agreement, a copy of which was included as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K previously filed on March 7, 2017.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.

* This filing excludes schedules and exhibits to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, which the registrant agrees to furnish supplementally to the SEC upon request by the SEC.

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About EXTREME NETWORKS, INC. (NASDAQ:EXTR)
Extreme Networks, Inc. is a provider of network infrastructure equipment. The Company markets its products to business, governmental, healthcare, service provider and educational customers with a focus on corporate enterprises and metropolitan service providers on a global basis. The Company operates through the development and marketing of network infrastructure equipment segment. The Company’s products include ExtremeWireless, ExtremeSwitching, ExtremeControl, ExtremeManagement, ExtremeCloud, ExtremeAnalytics and ExtremeSecurity. The Company offers solutions in categories, which includes industry solutions, technology solutions and managed services solutions. The Company operates in three geographical areas: Americas, which includes the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America and South America; EMEA, which includes Europe, Russia, Middle East and Africa, and APAC, which includes Asia Pacific, South Asia, India, Australia and Japan.