Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration No. 333-83442
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 4
DATED OCTOBER 23, 2002
TO
PROSPECTUS DATED JUNE 3, 2002
EXTREME NETWORKS, INC.
$200,000,000
of
3.5% Convertible Subordinated
Notes
Due 2006
and
Shares of Common Stock
Issuable Upon Conversion of the Notes
This prospectus supplements the prospectus dated June 3, 2002
of Extreme Networks, Inc. relating to the public offering and sale by selling securityholders described below. This prospectus supplement contains information on ownership of principal amount of notes beneficially owned and offered and shares of our
common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes. This prospectus supplement should be read in conjunction with the prospectus, and this prospectus supplement is qualified by reference to the prospectus, except to the extent that the information
provided by this prospectus supplement supersedes the information contained in the prospectus.
SEE “RISK
FACTORS” BEGINNING ON PAGE 8 OF THE PROSPECTUS TO READ ABOUT FACTORS YOU SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE BUYING THE NOTES OR OUR COMMON STOCK.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved
these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The table and related footnotes on pages 46-48 of the prospectus setting forth information concerning the selling securityholders are
amended to replace the information for RCG Halifax Master Fund, Ltd. and RCG Multi Strategy, LP.
| Principal Amount of Notes |
Number of Shares of Common Stock | ||||||||||
| Selling Securityholder(1) |
Beneficially Owned and
Offered Hereby(1) |
Percentage of Notes Outstanding |
Beneficially Owned(1)(2) |
Offered Hereby |
Owned After the Offering | ||||||
| RCG Halifax Master Fund, Ltd. (3) |
$ |
1,350,000.00 |
* |
64,424 |
64,424 |
0 | |||||
| RCG Multi Strategy, LP (3) |
$ |
3,750,000.00 |
1.9 |
178,955 |
178,955 |
0 | |||||
| | |||||||||||
* |
Indicates less than 1.0% |
(1) |
Amounts indicated may be in excess of the total amount registered due to sales or transfers exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
since the date upon which the selling securityholders provided information to us regarding their notes. |
(2) |
Assumes a conversion price of $20.96 per share, and a cash payment in lieu of any fractional share interest. However, this conversion price will be subject to
adjustment as described under “Description of Notes—Conversion Rights.” As a result, the amount of common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes may increase or decrease in the future. |
(3) |
This selling securityholder is a non-public entity. Alex Adair, portfolio manager, has voting and investment control over the securities that this selling
securityholder beneficially owns. |
Information concerning the selling securityholders may change from time to time. Any such changed information will be set forth in supplements to this prospectus if and when necessary.
The date of this prospectus supplement is October 23, 2002.