EXTREME NETWORKS, INC. (NASDAQ:EXTR) Files An 8-K Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders

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EXTREME NETWORKS, INC. (NASDAQ:EXTR) Files An 8-K Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders
Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

On May 9, 2017, the Board of Directors of Extreme Networks, Inc. (the “Company”) approved entering into an amendment (“Amendment No. 5”) to the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement dated as of April 26, 2012, as amended in Amendment No. 1 effective as of April 30, 2013, Amendment No. 2 effective as of May 19, 2014, Amendment No. 3 effective as of May 14, 2015, and Amendment No. 4 effective as of May 9, 2016,  (collectively the 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. 5 on May 31, 2017.   to the terms of Amendment No. 5, the Rights Agreement has been extended to May 31, 2018.

This summary of the amendment to the Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the full text of Amendment No. 5, which is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of Amendment No. 5 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. 5 to the Rights Agreement dated May 31, 2017.


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.