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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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Form 8-K

 

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CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (date of earliest event reported):

November 15, 2006

 

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EXTREME NETWORKS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

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Delaware		000-25711		77-0430270
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File No.)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3585 Monroe Street

Santa Clara, California 95051

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(408) 579-2800

 

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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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

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¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On November 15, 2006, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Extreme Networks, Inc. (the “Company”), in consultation with the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Compensation Committee”), approved the terms of the Company’s Fiscal 2007 Executive Incentive Bonus Plan (the “2007 Bonus Plan”). The 2007 Bonus Plan provides for the payment of cash bonuses based upon the Company’s operating profit, revenue objectives, undesirable attrition objectives and, for non-executive officers, individual performance objectives. The amount of the total target bonus for each employee varies based upon the officer’s position and responsibilities.

Under the 2007 Bonus Plan, for the Company’s chief executive officer and the four other most highly compensated executive officers for the Company’s most recently completed fiscal year (collectively, the “Named Executive Officers”), other than the vice president of worldwide sales, the bonus is structured as follows: (i) forty percent (40%) of the Named Executive Officer’s total target bonus is based upon a fiscal 2007 revenue formula, (ii) forty percent (40%) of the Named Executive Officer’s total target bonus is based upon the Company’s adjusted operating profit as a percentage of revenue in fiscal 2007 and (iii) twenty percent (20%) of the Named Executive Officer’s total target bonus is based upon the amount of undesirable attrition of the Company’s employees during fiscal 2007. Under the 2007 Bonus Plan, the bonus structure for the senior vice president of worldwide sales (the “SVP Sales”) is as follows: (i) fifty percent (50%) of the SVP Sales’ total target bonus is based upon the Company’s adjusted operating profit in fiscal 2007 and (ii) fifty percent (50%) of the SVP Sales’ total target bonus is based upon the amount of attrition of the Company’s worldwide sales employees during fiscal 2007.

The target bonus that may be paid to each Named Executive Officer under the 2007 Bonus Plan is as follows:

 

		As Percentage of Fiscal 2007 Base Salary
Mark Canepa, President and Chief Executive Officer		70	%
Michael J. Palu, Vice President, Acting Chief Financial Officer		40	%
Alexander J. Gray, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer		40	%
Herb Schneider, Vice President of Research and Development		40	%
Frank C. Carlucci, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales		**

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**	Mr. Carlucci’s bonus for fiscal 2007 under the 2007 Bonus Plan will be based on a bonus target of $50,000.

Under the 2007 Bonus Plan, for vice presidents who are not Named Executive Officers, the bonus is structured as follows: (i) thirty percent (30%) of the officer’s total target bonus is based upon a fiscal 2007 revenue formula, (ii) thirty percent (30%) of the officer’s total target bonus is based upon the Company’s adjusted operating profit as a percentage of revenue in fiscal 2007, (iii) fifteen percent (15%) of the officer’s total target bonus is based upon the amount of undesirable attrition of the Company’s employees during fiscal 2007 and (iv) twenty-five percent (25%) of the officer’s total target bonus is based upon the achievement of individual management bonus objectives aligned with the Company’s strategic goals and approved by the Compensation Committee.

The 2007 Executive Incentive Bonus Plan, adopted and effective as of November 15, 2006, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by this reference. The preceding discussion of the 2007 Executive Incentive Bonus Plan is qualified by reference to the 2007 Executive Incentive Bonus Plan attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

In addition, on November 15, 2006, the Board approved, in consultation with the Compensation Committee, the terms of a commission bonus plan (the “SVP Sales Bonus Plan”) for Mr. Carlucci, the SVP Sales, separate from and in addition to the amount under the 2007 Bonus Plan. The SVP Sales Bonus Plan provides for the payment of a cash bonus based upon a fiscal 2007 revenue formula, and the total target bonus for fiscal 2007 for the SVP Sales under the SVP Sales Bonus Plan is $175,000.

 

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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Extreme Networks, Inc. Fiscal 2007 Executive Incentive Bonus Plan.

 

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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: November 21, 2006

 

 

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Exhibit 99.1

EXTREME NETWORKS, INC.

FISCAL 2007 EXECUTIVE INCENTIVE BONUS PLAN

The following are the terms of the 2007 Executive Incentive Bonus Plan approved by the Board of Directors of Extreme Networks, Inc. (the “Company”) on November 15, 2006 (the “Plan”).

A. Purpose

1. The terms of the Plan have been established to attract, motivate, retain and reward the Company’s executive officers and all other officers of the Company for driving the Company to achieve specific corporate objectives.

2. The Plan provides for the payment of cash bonuses based upon the Company’s operating profit, revenue objectives, undesirable attrition objectives and, for non-executive officers, individual performance objectives.

B. Eligibility

1. Those eligible to participate in the Plan are the Company’s executive officers (the “Executive Officers”) and all other officers of the company holding the title of vice president (the “Officers”).

C. Determination of Bonus Amounts

General

1. The amount of the total target bonus for each Officer or Executive Officer varies based upon the Officer’s or Executive Officer’s position and responsibilities.

2. The target bonus amount for each Officer or Executive Officer is based on a percentage of base salary, except the Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales (the “SVP Sales”), whose target bonus amount is $50,000. The SVP Sales also is eligible to receive a commission-based cash bonus, which is separate from and not included in this Plan.

3. A bonus may range from 0% of the target bonus amount (if minimum results are not achieved) to a maximum of 137.5% of the target bonus amount for Officers and 150% of the target bonus amount for Executive Officers (if results exceed objectives).

The Board or the Compensation Committee may modify the financial performance goals at any time based on changes in business conditions during the year and may grant bonuses to Officers or Executive Officers even if the financial performance goals are not met.

Executive Officers

For all Executive Officers other than the SVP Sales, the bonus is structured as follows: (i) forty percent (40%) of the Executive Officer’s total target bonus is based upon a fiscal 2007

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revenue formula, (ii) forty percent (40%) of the Executive Officer’s total target bonus is based upon the Company’s adjusted operating profit as a percentage of revenue in fiscal 2007, and (iii) twenty percent (20%) of the Executive Officer’s total target bonus is based upon the amount of undesirable attrition of the Company’s employees during fiscal 2007.

The bonus structure for the SVP Sales is as follows: (i) fifty percent (50%) of the SVP Sales’ total target bonus is based upon the Company’s adjusted operating profit in fiscal 2007 and (ii) fifty percent (50%) of the SVP Sales’ total target bonus is based upon the amount of attrition of the Company’s worldwide sales employees during fiscal 2007.

The target bonus that may be paid to each Executive Officer under the Plan is as follows:

 

		As Percentage of Fiscal 2007 Base Salary
Mark Canepa, President and Chief Executive Officer		70	%
Michael J. Palu, Vice President, Acting Chief Financial Officer		40	%
Alexander J. Gray, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer		40	%
Herb Schneider, Vice President of Research and Development		40	%
Frank C. Carlucci, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales		**

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**	Mr. Carlucci’s bonus for fiscal 2007 under this Plan will be based on his bonus target of $50,000.

Officers

For Officers, the bonus is structured as follows: (i) thirty percent (30%) of the Officer’s total target bonus is based upon a fiscal 2007 revenue formula, (ii) thirty percent (30%) of the Officer’s total target bonus is based upon the Company’s adjusted operating profit as a percentage of revenue in fiscal 2007, (iii) fifteen percent (15%) of the Officer’s total target bonus is based upon the amount of undesirable attrition of the Company’s employees during fiscal 2007, and (iv) twenty-five percent (25%) of the Officer’s total target bonus is based upon the achievement of individual management bonus objectives aligned with the Company’s strategic goals and approved by the Compensation Committee. The target bonus that may be paid to each Officer under the Plan is 30% of the Officer’s fiscal 2007 base salary.