Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration No. 333-83442
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 6
DATED NOVEMBER 15, 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 Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown, Inc.
| 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 | |||||
| Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (3) |
$14,560,000.00 |
7.3% |
694,822 |
694,822 |
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 registered broker-dealer who acquired the securities for investment purposes, and accordingly, is an underwriter. Please see
the discussion under “Plan of Distribution” for the required disclosure regarding broker-dealers. |
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 November 15, 2002.