EXTREME NETWORKS INC - 10-K Annual Report

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This annual report on Form 10-K, including the following sections, contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, particularly statements relating to our expectations for the first quarter of fiscal 2005, our expectations regarding results of operations, our ability to expand our market penetration, our ability to expand our distribution channels, customer acceptance of our products, our ability to meet the expectations of our customers, product demand and revenue, cash flows, product gross margins, our expectations to continue to develop new products and enhance existing products, our expectations to reduce warranty expenses as a percentage of revenue, our expectations regarding the amount of our research and development expenses, our expectations relating to our selling, general and administrative expenses, our efforts to achieve additional operating efficiencies and to review and improve our business systems and cost structure, our expectations to continue investing in technology, resources and infrastructure, our expectations concerning the availability of products from suppliers and contract manufacturers, anticipated product costs and sales prices, our expected effective income tax rate, our expectations that we have sufficient capital to meet our requirements for at least the next twelve months, our expectations regarding the rationalization of our workforce and facilities, and our expectations regarding materials and inventory management. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, and the cautionary statements set forth below and those contained in the section entitled “Risk Factors” identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those predicted in any such forward-looking statements. We caution investors that actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain risk factors identified in this Form 10-K and other filings we have made with the Securities and Exchange Commission. More information about potential factors that could affect our business and financial results is set forth under “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

Extreme Networks, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, (collectively referred to as Extreme or the Company and as we, us and our) is a leading provider of network infrastructure equipment for corporate, government, education and health care enterprises and metropolitan telecommunications service providers. We were established in 1996 to address the issues caused by slow and expensive legacy networks. We endeavored to change the industry by replacing complex software-based routers with simple, fast, highly intelligent, hardware-based network switches. The broad acceptance of this innovative, simplified approach to networking has enabled us to become an industry leader. Our ultimate goal is to realize our technology vision of Ethernet Everywhere – a unifying network strategy that uses proven Ethernet technology to simplify each element of the network. We believe our Ethernet Everywhere vision is the foundation for a future of easily deployable, highly scalable, comprehensively managed, ubiquitous bandwidth for networks, applications and users.

Our family of switching products provides significant performance improvements compared to legacy network infrastructures, while enabling greater flexibility and scalability, ease-of-use and a lower cost of ownership.

We have achieved these advantages by utilizing Application Specific Integrated Circuits, or ASICs, as well as merchant silicon in our products and by creating a common hardware, software and network management architecture for our products. In our products, the routing of network traffic, a function referred to as Layer 3 switching, is done primarily with our unique chipsets that provide faster processing of data than the CPU/software implementations used in many conventional networking products. We believe that our unique hardware and software designs can also provide a better price/performance ratio, resulting in a higher return on investment for our customers. Since chipsets are built for specific purposes, it allows for a lower cost structure with increased performance compared to other alternatives.

Businesses, governments, educational institutions, health care enterprises and other organizations have become highly dependent on their internal networks and the Internet as their central communications infrastructure for providing connectivity for both internal and external communications. New computing applications, such as ERP or CRM, large enterprise data warehouses and sophisticated online transaction and other e-business applications, as well as the increased use of traditional applications such as e-mail and streaming media, require the support of significant information technology resources. The emergence of the desktop Internet browser as a standard user interface as well as the Internet Protocol, or IP, as a common, enabling network technology has enabled bandwidth-intensive applications that integrate voice, video and data over TCP/IP to be deployed extensively throughout organizations. The steady rise in application sophistication and the associated bandwidth load demands a fast, flexible and scalable network infrastructure.

Networking environments can be segmented into local area networks, or LANs, wide area networks, or WANs, and metropolitan area networks, or Metros.

LANs. LANs are traditional networks designed for connecting users to many types of application servers, which may be held locally or remotely through either private WANs or through such systems as the Internet. The LAN consists of servers, clients, a network operating system and a communications link to connect the LAN to other networks and to the Internet. The LAN market in which Extreme participates consists primarily of large and medium-sized enterprise customers.

WANs. WANs are communication networks that span across large geographic areas, such as counties, states or countries.

The addition of WAN support to ASIC-based or merchant silicon-based network switches permits encapsulated Ethernet services to reach customers where integration with existing Synchronous Optical Network/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy, or SONET/SDH, infrastructure is required.

The WAN market includes both incumbent local exchange carriers, or ILECs, and competitive local exchange carriers, or CLECs, multiple tenant/dwelling unit service providers, or MTUs, and Internet service providers, or ISPs, as primary customers, though an enterprise may also utilize a private WAN by using dark fiber, or unused fiber-optic cable, to connect their private LANs together.

Metros. Metros are networks that link mid-sized geographic areas such as a city or an entire metropolitan area.

Due to wide and steady deployment of increasingly scalable Ethernet technology, LAN traffic has achieved geometric growth in the aggregate amounts of data traffic delivered over networks and bandwidth rates, now delivered at Gigabit and 10 Gigabit speeds. Available bandwidth in WANs has also grown, as infrastructures are built out to accommodate the very rapid annual growth in Internet traffic. The Metro network has emerged as the key link between the LAN and the WAN.

In recent years, the Metro network has become a critical and dynamically evolving arena within the overall IP network infrastructure landscape. In addition to steadily rising traffic load, the underlying network technologies, architectures and protocols are experiencing incremental change. The competitive landscape for Metro service providers is shifting, with an influx of new carriers who do not necessarily depend upon legacy network transmission technologies such as SONET/SDH to deliver frame relay or ATM subscriber services.

The Metro market includes both ILECs and CLECs as well as alternative metropolitan service providers like utility companies, railroads and municipalities that provide Metro network services to connect multiple facilities. For example, a local government might build a Metro network to interconnect agencies, such as city hall, fire departments, road and vehicle maintenance facilities, hospitals and emergency centers, social services and public

libraries. The same technologies and network architectures associated with Metros are becoming popular within large and very large corporate enterprises, which can utilize private Metros, by lighting “dark” fiber optic cabling, to create a “super campus” network, connecting facilities spread over a city-size area.

Speed. Speed refers to the number of bits per second that can be transmitted across the network. Today’s network applications increasingly require speeds of up to 100 Mbps to the desktop. Therefore, the backbone and server connections that aggregate traffic from desktops require speeds in excess of 100 Mbps. “Wire-speed” refers to the ability of a network device to process an incoming data stream at the highest possible rate based on the full capability of the physical media, or wire without loss of packets. Wire-speed routing refers to the ability to perform Layer 3 switching at the maximum possible rate.

Bandwidth. Bandwidth refers to the volume of traffic that a network or a network device can handle before traffic is “blocked,” or unable to get through without interruption. When traffic was more predictable, the amount of traffic across a network link or through a network device generally grew in line with the number of devices connected to the network. With today’s data-intensive applications accessed in random patterns from both within and outside the core network, traffic can spike unpredictably, consuming significant bandwidth to the detriment of the network’s overall performance.

Network size. Network size refers to the number of users and servers or end points that are connected to a network. Today’s networks must be capable of reliably connecting tens of thousands of users and servers while providing high performance connectivity which results in maximum availability for both networked applications and services.

Quality of Service. Quality of Service refers to the ability to control the forwarding of traffic based upon its level of importance. Mission-critical enterprise applications, such as Voice-over-Internet Protocol, or VoIP, require specific performance minimums, while traffic such as general e-mail and Internet surfing may not be as critical. In addition to basic prioritization of traffic according to importance, enhanced Quality of Service also allocates bandwidth to specific applications based on a manager-defined policy.

Several technology trends have enabled a new generation of networking equipment that can meet the four scalability dimensions required by today’s enterprises and service providers and the bandwidth-intensive, mission-critical applications on which they depend.

While many different network transmission technologies such as FDDI, Token Ring and ATM have been deployed in the LAN environment over the past 25 years, Ethernet has become the overwhelmingly dominant LAN technology. According to the Dell’Oro Group, an independent research organization, Ethernet is the technology used in over 99% of the LAN market in 2003 and over 1.1 billion ports were shipped over the preceding ten-year period. Ethernet was evolved from its original 10 Mbps form in continual and significant improvements, from 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet, to 1,000 Mbps, or “Gigabit” Ethernet to 10,000 Mbps or 10 Gigabit Ethernet, which became available during 2002. Today, Ethernet is moving beyond the LAN; Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet technologies represent a viable, high-capacity transport technology option for Metro backbones based on IP, enabling broadband connections to be aggregated for transport across the core of the Metro.

With the widespread adoption of Ethernet and IP, the need to support a multi-transport, multi-protocol environment is diminishing. As a result, simplified routing functionality can be embedded in fast, inexpensive chipsets to replace complex software/CPU designs used in conventional multi-protocol routers. The resulting device, called a Layer 3 switch, functions as a less expensive and significantly faster hardware-based router.

Layer 3 switches operate at multi-gigabit speeds and can support large networks. While Layer 3 switching dramatically increases network performance, many products fail to realize the potential of this technology as a result of inconsistent hardware, software and management architectures.

Customers require a Quality of Service solution that supports both industry-standard bandwidth prioritization and manager-defined Quality of Service that maps business processes and policies to network performance. In addition, to simplify the network, customers need a family of interoperable devices that utilize a consistent hardware, software and management architecture.

We provide Ethernet networking solutions that meet the requirements of today’s enterprises and service providers by providing increased performance, scalability, policy-based Quality of Service, simplicity of use and lower cost of ownership. Our products share a common hardware, software and network management architecture, are based on industry-standard routing and network management protocols and offer advanced policy-based Quality of Service features. Our switches can be managed from any browser-equipped computer or the Telnet applet supported in almost all operating systems. The Telnet applet allows access to the Command Line Interface, or CLI, which a system administrator may prefer to use.

Lower cost of ownership. Our products are generally less expensive than software-based routers, yet offer higher routing performance. We believe that by sharing a common hardware, software and management architecture, our products can substantially reduce the cost and complexity of network management and administration. This uniform architecture creates a simpler network infrastructure that leverages the resources businesses have invested in Ethernet/IP-based networks, thereby requiring fewer resources and less time to maintain the network.

Simplicity. Networks typically consist of many different technologies and types of equipment. This complexity often makes it expensive and difficult to effectively manage and expand networks. We meet these challenges by focusing on product consistency and simplicity. Our products share a common hardware, software and network management architecture and enable Layer 3 switching at wire-speed in each key area of the network. This allows customers to build an integrated network environment that utilizes a consistent feature set, performance and management capabilities.

Ease-of-use and implementation. Our products are designed to make networks easy to manage and administer, thereby reducing the overall cost of network ownership. Through the use of a standards-based design approach, our products can be readily integrated into existing networks. Customers can usually upgrade to our products without the need for additional training. Moreover, our ExtremeWare® operating system software simplifies network management with a consistent, robust interface available in all product families.

High performance. Our products provide broadband Ethernet and IP services with the non-blocking, wire-speed performance of an ASIC-based or merchant silicon-based Layer 3 switching engine. With our switches, customers may achieve forwarding rates that are significantly faster than software-based routers.

Scalability. Our solutions offer customers the speed and bandwidth needed today — and the capability to scale their networks to support demanding applications in the future — without the burden of additional training or software and system complexity. Customers who purchase standard Extreme products may later upgrade to advanced Layer 3 and Layer 4 features, such as server load balancing or intermediate-to-intermediate system routing protocol, or ISIS, as this upgraded functionality is designed into our products.

Quality of Service. Our policy-based Quality of Service enables customers to prioritize mission-critical applications. We provide industry-leading tools for allocating network resources to specific applications. With

our policy-based Quality of Service, customers can use a web-based interface to identify and control the forwarding of traffic from specific applications, in accordance with policies that the customers define. The Quality of Service functionality of our chipsets allows policy-based Quality of Service to be performed at wire-speed. In addition to providing prioritization, customers can allocate specified amounts of bandwidth to specific applications or users.

Our goal is to be the provider of the most innovative and effective network solutions that create an improved applications and services infrastructure for enterprises and service providers. We seek to provide our customers with a best-of-breed alternative to single-sourced, highly proprietary networking equipment from larger competitors.

Provide simple, easy-to-use, high-performance, cost-effective switching solutions. We offer customers easy to use, powerful, cost-effective switching solutions that meet the specific demands of enterprises, and service and content providers. Our products provide customers with scalability from 10 Mbps Ethernet to 10 Gigabit Ethernet combined with the wire-speed, non-blocked routing of ASIC-based or merchant silicon-based Layer 3 switching. We intend to capitalize on our expertise in Ethernet, IP and hardware-based switching technologies to continuously develop new products that will meet the future requirements of a broad range of customers.

Expand market penetration. We continue to market our products to new customers in multiple market segments. The majority of our business is with enterprise customers, including those in government, education and the health care sectors, in addition to middle to large commercial enterprises. Extreme has consistently focused on these markets since early in our history. Additionally, we aim to leverage our technology development, service and support and business infrastructure resources to address the metropolitan Ethernet market. These customers include ISPs, content providers and Metro service providers. While currently most of our service provider and Metro-related business is generated outside of the United States, we believe there is a long-term growth opportunity in the metropolitan Ethernet market on a worldwide basis. Once customers deploy our products they obtain the increased benefits of our solution by simplifying their networks, extending policy-based Quality of Service and reducing costs of ownership, while increasing performance.

Extend switching technology leadership. Our technological leadership is based on proprietary technology embedded in our chipsets, the ExtremeWare® operating system and network management and software. We intend to invest our engineering resources in chipsets, software and other development areas to create leading-edge technologies that will increase the performance and functionality of our products. We also intend to maintain our active role in industry standards committees such as the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or IEEE, and the Internet Engineering Task Force, or IETF.

Leverage and expand multiple distribution channels. We distribute our products through select distributors and a large number of resellers. To quickly reach a broad, worldwide audience, we have more than 300 resellers in approximately 50 countries, including regional networking system resellers, network integrators and wholesale distributors. We maintain a field sales force to support our resellers and to sell directly to a small number of select strategic accounts. We are continually developing and refining our two-tier distribution channel strategy.

Provide high-quality customer service and support. We seek to enhance customer satisfaction and build customer loyalty through high-quality service and support. This includes a wide range of standard support programs that provide the level of service our customers require, from standard business hours to global 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year real-time response support. We intend to continue to enhance the ease of use of our products, and to invest in additional support services by increasing staff and adding new support programs for our distributors and resellers. We are committed to providing customer-driven product functionality through feedback from key prospects, consultants, channel partners and end-user customers.

We deliver effective applications and services infrastructure for enterprises and service providers based on award-winning technology that combines simplicity, high performance, intelligence and a low cost of ownership. Our Layer 3 Summit, BlackDiamond and Alpine products share the same common hardware and operating system, enabling businesses to build a network infrastructure that is simple, easy to manage and scalable to meet the demands of future growth.

Our award-winning 2^nd Generation Inferno ASIC and 3^rd Generation Triumph chipsets are incorporated in all i-series products, including the BlackDiamond and Alpine. Inferno provides the core technology for high-end Summit switches.

During the past fiscal year, three leading edge products were introduced by Extreme Networks: the Summit 300-48/Altitude 300, the Summit 400 series and the BlackDiamond 10K series, including our 4^th generation 4GNSS chipset. Additionally, we rolled out our revolutionary new Network Platform, ExtremeWare® XOS, in conjunction with the BlackDiamond 10K introduction.

The Summit family of switches is designed to meet the demanding requirements of Enterprise and metropolitan-Ethernet-based applications. All Inferno-chipset-based Summit switches share a common switch architecture that provides scalability in four areas: speed, bandwidth, network size and policy-based Quality of Service. The Summit product family supports Gigabit and 10/100 Mbps aggregation for enterprise desktops and servers, large Internet data centers and broadband points of presence in Metros.

The Summit48si and the new Summit 200 series switches allow us to remain an industry leader in Layer 3 switching for the desktop. The Summit200-24 and Summit200-48 switches offer low entry costs for sophisticated Layer 2 and Layer 3 services, respectively, at the network edge. Additionally the Summit48si switch delivers an aggregation switching solution with physical and logical access, security and user mobility features at the edge.

Extreme recently introduced the Summit 400-48t, the first in a series of Summit 400 switches. Delivering the highest Gigabit Ethernet density in the industry and matching throughput performance, the Summit 400-48t (Summit 400) enables deployment of new intelligent services faster and more efficiently than ever before. The Summit 400 series is Extreme Networks’ latest addition to its Unified Access (UA) architecture for the enterprise edge. It enables users to avoid costly upgrades as they deploy gigabit to the edge and is the industry’s highest-performance, Layer 3, fixed-configuration switching platform with 101 Mbps throughput and 48 10/100/1000 ports. The new Extreme Networks offering is also the first and only switch on the market with optional 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks.

The Summit 300 provides a unique set of capabilities as Extreme’s first Unified Access Architecture product supporting both wired and wireless Ethernet connectivity. The Unified Access Architecture capabilities simplify the deployment of wireless by providing simple to install access points (Altitude 300) that are managed from a single point, reducing the cost of ownership and providing uniform approaches to security, authentication, Quality of Service and resiliency irrespective of the media connectivity type in use.

The Summit 300-48 and Altitude access points enable unified access for wired and wireless applications at the network edge with the seamless integration of 802.11 a/b/g type high performance wireless LAN connectivity, Power over Ethernet, and integrated Layer 3 routing intelligence. Unified Access Architecture is the industry’s most versatile solution for the integrated network edge where the network must progressively support an array of devices including IP phones, laptop and desktop PCs and emerging devices such as IP cameras. Using Unified Access-enabled switches (the Summit 300-48) and the Altitude 300 access points, enterprises can simplify the installation and secure the operation of wired and wireless applications within a single “unified” infrastructure.

Other members of the Summit product line address server-switching constraints by providing switched Fast Ethernet or Gigabit Ethernet ports and high speed Gigabit uplinks to servers, delivering required bandwidth between servers, and to clients on attached segments. In server farms and data centers, the Summit1i, Summit5i and Summit7i switches maximize server availability and performance by combining server load-balancing with wire-speed switching.

The BlackDiamond 10808, the first in the family of next-generation BlackDiamond 10K switches, represents the future of core Ethernet networking for both enterprises and metropolitan service providers. Based on Extreme Networks’ revolutionary 4^th Generation Network Silicon System (4GNSS), the BlackDiamond 10K is the first product to deliver programmable T-Flex technology, which allows programmability of the chipset to allow changes in protocol support as new standards and protocols emerge.

The BlackDiamond 6800 series switch delivers carrier-class scalability, redundancy and high reliability for core switching in high-density Ethernet/IP enterprise and service provider networks. These modular switches include the fault-tolerant features associated with mission-critical enterprise-class Layer 3 core switching, including redundant system management and switch fabric modules, hot-swappable modules and chassis components, load-sharing power supplies and management modules, up to eight 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps or Gigabit aggregated links, dual software images and system configurations, spanning tree and multipath routing, and redundant router protocols for enhanced system and network reliability. The BlackDiamond switch can accommodate up to 16 I/O blades, including 10/100 Mbps, Gigabit and 10 Gigabit WAN interfaces.

The network core is the most critical point in the network, serving as the convergence point for the majority of network traffic, including desktop, aggregation and server traffic. Network core switching involves switching traffic from desktops, segments and servers within the network. Owing to the high-traffic nature of the network core, the critical elements in core switching include wire-speed Layer 3 switching and routing, scalability, non-blocking hardware architecture, fault-tolerant mission-critical features, redundancy, and link aggregation capabilities. The ability to support a variety of high-density port speeds and to accommodate an increasing number of high-capacity backbone connections is also important.

The BlackDiamond 6800 series switch is certified to be compliant with Network Equipment Building Systems, or NEBS Level 3, and offers an extensive range of modules, including legacy connections such as Packet-over-SONET, or PoS, OC-3 and OC-12, and Asynchronous Transfer Mode, or ATM, metropolitan connectivity through Multi-Protocol Label Switching, or MPLS, billing capabilities through Accounting and Routing Module, optical connectivity with Wave Division Multiplexing, or WDM, and industry-leading 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity.

This product line continues to be significantly enhanced through the addition of Extreme’s 3^rd Generation technology, Triumph, which adds market leading density/performance characteristics and sophisticated ingress-based rate shaping as well as innovative streaming media replication. Triumph is fully hardware, or “backwards,” compatible with Extreme’s existing “Inferno” chipset that has been deployed in this platform for several years. This promotes excellent investment protection and continued low cost of ownership for the customer’s continued use of a single switching platform.

The Alpine 3800 series switch provides a simple, resilient broadband infrastructure for Metros, ISPs and mid-range enterprise networks. The Alpine 3800 series provides total Ethernet coverage with support for both standard category 5 and fiber optic media as well as first mile technologies that extend the reach of Ethernet-over-VDSL and legacy WAN technologies.

The Alpine 3800 series switches can be configured to scale from 8 to 56 Ethernet-over-VDSL ports. Even higher density can be achieved with a combination of Ethernet-over-VDSL and traditional copper or fiber Ethernet ports. The FM-8Vi module provides Ethernet-over-VDSL at 10 Mbps full-duplex on each port, up to 2,500 feet.

This product line has been significantly enhanced through the addition of Extreme’s 3^rd Generation technology, Triumph, which adds market leading density/performance characteristics and sophisticated ingress-based rate shaping commensurate with the Alpine’s positioning as a low cost high density edge device for both Metro and Enterprise deployment. Triumph is fully hardware, or “backwards,” compatible with Extreme’s existing “Inferno” chipset that has been deployed in this platform for several years. This promotes excellent investment protection and continued low cost of ownership. The Alpine switch can be an extension of Extreme’s Unified Access Architecture with a new 24 port module that delivers Power over Ethernet and management for integrated and secure wireless LAN connectivity.

ExtremeWare® software is the embedded operating system software that is featured on all of our switches. It delivers the robust switching and routing protocol support, management, control and security needed on current enterprise and service provider networks. Its standards-based, multi-layer switching and policy-based Quality of Service give network managers the tools needed to optimize network capacity with consistent fault-tolerant behavior.

Extreme Networks recognized in early 2000 that a new software architecture would be needed as converged IP networks begin to drive more and more mission-critical traffic onto a single network infrastructure. Culminating more than 3 years of research and development efforts, ExtremeWare® XOS delivers revolutionary

breakthroughs and industry leading capabilities that further the state-of-the-art in networking technology: Scalability, Resiliency, Security and Extensibility. ExtremeWare® XOS was made available to customers in December 2003. It provides a revolutionary software foundation that for the first time delivers adaptability, scalability and increased responsiveness for enterprise networks through its uniquely open, extensible architecture.

We conduct our sales and marketing activities on a worldwide basis through a two-tier distribution channel utilizing distributors, value-added resellers and our field sales organization. A majority of our sales are currently made to partners in our distributor and reseller channels. The first tier consists of a limited number of independent distributors that sell primarily to resellers and end-user customers. The second tier of the distribution channel is comprised of a large number of independent resellers that sell directly to end-user customers. In addition, Extreme utilizes its field sales organization to sell direct to end-user customers, including large global accounts.

Strategic Alliances. In November of this past fiscal year we entered into a mutual, non-exclusive, comprehensive strategic alliance with Avaya Inc. Avaya designs, builds and manages communications networks for more than one million businesses worldwide, including 90 percent of the Fortune 500. Focused on businesses large to small, Avaya is a world leader in secure and reliable IP telephony systems and communications software applications and services. Avaya and Extreme are jointly developing and marketing converged communications solutions as part of this multi-year, multimillion-dollar strategic alliance.

Avaya is also reselling Extreme Networks’ data networking products and will provide comprehensive planning, design, implementation and management services support through Avaya Global Services. Significant sales wins already garnered through this relationship include Radio Shack and Wynn Resorts.

Distributors. We have established several key relationships with leading distributors in the electronics and computer networking industries. We intend to maintain these relationships with distributors who may offer products or distribution channels that complement our own channels. Each of our distributors resells our products to reseller and end-user customers. The distributors enhance our ability to sell and provide support to end-user customers, especially global accounts, who may benefit from the broad service and product fulfillment capabilities offered by these distributors. No distributor or customer accounted for more than 10% of our net revenues in fiscal 2004. One distributor, Tech Data Corporation, accounted for 11% and 15% of our net revenues in fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2002, respectively. Distributors are generally given privileges to return a portion of inventory to us for the purpose of stock rotation and participate in various cooperative marketing programs to promote the sale of our products and services. We defer recognition of revenue on all sales to these distributors until the distributors sell the product, as evidenced by a monthly sales-out report that the distributors provide to us. (See “Revenue Recognition” in Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.)

Value-Added Resellers, or VARs. We have entered into agreements to sell our products through more than 300 resellers in approximately 50 countries. Our value-added resellers include regional networking system resellers, resellers who focus on specific vertical markets, network integrators and wholesale distributors. We provide training and support to our resellers and our resellers generally provide the first level of support to end-users of our products. Our relationships with resellers are generally on a non-exclusive basis. Our resellers are not given privileges to return inventory and do not automatically participate in any cooperative marketing programs. We generally recognize product revenue from our reseller and end-user customers at the time of shipment, provided that persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the price of the product is fixed or determinable and collection of the sales proceeds is reasonably assured. When significant obligations or contingencies remain after products are delivered, such as installation or customer acceptance, revenue and related costs are deferred until such obligations or contingencies are satisfied. (See “Revenue Recognition” in Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.)

Field sales. We have trained our field sales organization to support and develop leads for our value-added resellers and to establish and maintain a limited number of key accounts and strategic customers. To support these objectives, our field sales force:

As of June 27, 2004, our worldwide sales and marketing organization consisted of 328 individuals, including directors, managers, sales representatives, and technical and administrative support personnel. We have domestic sales offices located in 22 states and international sales offices located in 25 countries.

International sales are an important portion of our business. In fiscal 2004, sales to customers outside of the United States accounted for 61% of our consolidated net revenues, compared to 60% in fiscal 2003 and 67% in fiscal 2002. These sales are conducted primarily through foreign-based distributors and resellers managed by our worldwide sales organization, in addition to direct sales to end-user customers, including large global accounts. The primary markets for sales outside of the United States include the countries in Western Europe and Japan. Although not a significant component of total revenues to date, we have also achieved sales growth in the People’s Republic of China, countries throughout the Asia-Pacific region, South America, Canada and Mexico.

We have a number of marketing programs to support the sale and distribution of our products and to inform existing and potential customers and our distributors and resellers about the features and performance of our products. Our marketing efforts include participation in industry tradeshows, technical conferences and technology seminars, preparation of competitive analyses, sales training, publication of technical and educational articles in industry journals, a publicly available website, web-based training courses, advertising and public relations. In addition, we are developing e-commerce processes and systems for our resellers, distributors and end-user customers. We also submit our products for independent product testing and evaluation.

Our products are often sold on the basis of standard purchase orders that are cancelable prior to shipment without significant penalties. In addition, purchase orders are subject to changes in quantities of products and delivery schedules in order to reflect changes in customer requirements and manufacturing capacity. Our business is characterized by seasonal variability in demand and short lead-time orders and delivery schedules. Actual shipments depend on the then-current capacity of our contract manufacturer and the availability of materials and components from our vendors. We believe that only a small portion of our order backlog is non-cancelable and that the dollar amount associated with the non-cancelable portion is immaterial. Accordingly, we do not believe that backlog at any given time is a meaningful indicator of future revenue.

We offer modular and comprehensive extended warranty service contracts under our ExtremeWorks service solutions to help protect our customers’ network investments and support their business goals. The markets we address, including enterprises and service providers, all seek higher reliability and maximum uptime. Our goal is

to serve as a knowledgeable and experienced service partner who can tailor service solutions to meet the specific business needs of our customers. For the provision of on-site hardware support to customers we have strategic partnerships in place with International Business Machines, Inc. and Equant N.V. Expenses related to these agreements are recorded in services cost of revenue on our consolidated statements of operations. We also maintain relationships with Flextronics International, Ltd. and Solectron Corporation for the handling of product returns and repairs covered by our warranty and service contracts in various locations worldwide. We provide our customers with our standard, limited hardware warranty, which is typically 12 months from the date of shipment to end-users and 14 months from the date of shipment to channel partners, and our 90-day software warranty. Warranty expenses related to these relationships are recorded in product cost of revenue on our consolidated statements of operations. Support contract expenses related to these relationships are recorded in services cost of revenue on our consolidated statements of operations.

ExtremeWorks Professional Services. We specialize in providing solutions and consultative services to improve network productivity in all phases of the network lifecycle – planning, design, implementation, operation and optimization management. The professional services include customized and packaged consulting services that assist customers in meeting their objectives for applications support, uptime and cost control. Our network architects develop and execute customized hardware deployment plans to meet individualized network strategies. These activities include the management and coordination of the design and network configuration, resource planning, staging, logistics, migration and deployment. We also provide customized training and operational best practices documentation to assist customers in the transition and sustaining of their networks.

ExtremeWorks and PartnerWorks Support Programs. Our support programs are designed to support a broad range of customer service requirements for our resale partners and direct customers. We meet the service requirements of our customers and channel partners through Technical Assistance Centers, or TACs, located in Santa Clara, California; Utrecht, Holland; Noida, India; and Tokyo, Japan. Our technical engineers assist in diagnosing and troubleshooting technical issues regarding customer networks. This is part of our effort to ensure maximum network uptime and performance. Regional systems engineers serve as on-site engineering resources

to provide consultative support and advice for network operation on an as needed basis. Development engineers work with the TACs to resolve product functionality issues specific to each customer.

We utilize the Internet to distribute and obtain information from our customer base as an integral part of our service solution. This allows us to keep customers informed of the latest updates and developments at Extreme Networks, and contains up-to-date information and technical documentation enabling customers to research issues and find answers to technical questions. Special features include a TAC database to obtain troubleshooting assistance and information for configuring software, diagnosing hardware, and researching network issues. On-site support services are available in most locations worldwide for customers who require a more comprehensive level of service and support.

ExtremeWorks Education. Leveraging our Authorized Training Partner strategy, Extreme Networks licenses partners to provide education through certified technical experts that teach classes dealing with all of our products. The classes cover a wide range of topics such as installation, configuration, operation, management and optimization – providing customers with the necessary knowledge and experience to successfully deploy and manage our products in various networking environments. Classes are scheduled and available at numerous locations worldwide.

We outsource the majority of our manufacturing and supply chain management operations as part of our strategy to maintain global manufacturing capabilities and to reduce our costs. We conduct quality assurance, manufacturing engineering, document control and test development at our main campus in Santa Clara, California. This approach enables us to reduce fixed costs and to flexibly respond to changes in market demand.

We have a strategic partnership with Flextronics International, Ltd. for the manufacture of our OEM products in San Jose, California and Guadalajara, Mexico. Flextronics’ manufacturing processes and procedures are ISO 9002 certified. Our commitment with Flextronics is formalized through a one-year contract. We design and develop the key components of our products, including ASICs and printed circuit boards. We determine the components that are incorporated in our products and select the appropriate suppliers of such components. Flextronics utilizes automated testing equipment to perform product testing and burn-in with specified tests. Together we rely upon comprehensive inspection testing and statistical process controls to assure the quality and reliability of our products. We intend to regularly introduce new products and product enhancements that will require us to rapidly achieve volume production by coordinating our efforts with those of our suppliers and contract manufacturer.

Although we use standard parts and components for our products where it is appropriate, we currently purchase several key components used in the manufacture of our products from single or limited sources. Our principal single-source components include:

Purchase commitments with our single- or limited-source suppliers are generally on a purchase order basis. A number of vendors supply standard product integrated circuits and microprocessors for our products. Any interruption or delay in the supply of any of these components, or the inability to procure these components from alternate sources at acceptable prices and within a reasonable time, may have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition. Qualifying additional suppliers can be time-consuming and expensive and may increase the likelihood of errors.

We use our forecast of expected demand to determine our material requirements. Lead times for materials and components vary significantly, and depend on factors such as the specific supplier, contract terms and demand for a component at a given time. We order many of our materials and components on an indirect basis through our contract manufacturer.

The success of our products to date is due in large part to our focus on research and development. We believe that continued success in the marketplace will depend on our ability to develop new and enhanced products employing leading-edge technology. Accordingly, we are undertaking development efforts with an emphasis on increasing the reliability, performance and features of our family of products, and designing innovative products to reduce the overall network operating costs of customers.

Our product development activities focus on solving the needs of enterprises, service providers and Metro markets. Current activities include the continuing development of a next-generation chipset aimed at extending the capabilities of our products. Our ongoing research activities cover a broad range of areas, including, in particular, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Metro and Internet routing software, ASIC design, network management software, broadband access equipment and wireless networking equipment.

We have developed a new module operating system (ExtremeWare® XOS) which has been designed to provide high reliability and availability. This architecture allows us to leverage a common software architecture across different hardware and ASIC implementation. We have utilized our ongoing investment in this area to develop and introduce new products and enhancements, and we intend to continue with this approach for future products and enhancements.

As of June 27, 2004, our research and development organization consisted of 235 individuals. Our expenditures for research and development in fiscal 2004, fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2002 were $58.1 million, $58.0 million and $61.5 million, respectively.

The market for switches is part of the broader market for networking equipment, which is dominated by a few large companies, particularly Cisco Systems. In addition, there are a number of large telecommunications equipment providers, including Alcatel and Nortel Networks, which have entered the market for network equipment, particularly through acquisitions of public and privately held companies. We expect to face increased competition, particularly price competition, from these and other telecommunications equipment providers. We also compete with other public and private companies that offer switching solutions, including Enterasys Networks, Foundry Networks, Inc., Huawei Technologies, 3Com Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Company and Dell Computer Corporation. These vendors offer products with functionality similar to our products or provide

alternative network solutions. Current and potential competitors have established or may establish cooperative relationships among themselves or with third parties to develop and offer competitive products. Furthermore, we compete with numerous companies that offer routers and other technologies and devices that traditionally have managed the flow of traffic on the enterprise or Metro networks.

Some of our current and potential competitors have longer operating histories and substantially greater financial, technical, sales, marketing and other resources, as well as greater name recognition and a larger installed customer base, than we do. As a result, these competitors are able to devote greater resources to the development, promotion, sale and support of their products. In addition, competitors with a large installed customer base may have a significant competitive advantage over us. We have encountered, and expect to continue to encounter, many potential customers who are confident in and committed to the product offerings of our principal competitors, including Cisco Systems. Accordingly, these potential customers may not consider or evaluate our products. When such potential customers have considered or evaluated our products, we have in the past lost, and expect in the future to lose, sales to some of these customers as large competitors have offered significant price discounts to secure these sales.

We believe the principal competitive factors in the network switching market are:

We believe that we compete favorably with our competitors with respect to each of the foregoing factors. However, because many of our existing and potential competitors have longer operating histories, greater name recognition, larger customer bases, broader product lines and substantially greater financial, technical, sales, marketing and other resources, they may have larger distribution channels, stronger brand names, access to more customers and a larger installed customer base than we do. Such competitors may, among other things, be able to undertake more extensive marketing campaigns, adopt more aggressive pricing policies and make more attractive offers to distribution partners than we can. To remain competitive, we believe that we must, among other things, invest significant resources in developing new products and enhancing our current products and maintain customer satisfaction worldwide. If we fail to do so, our products will not compete favorably with those of our competitors and that may have a material adverse effect on our business.

We rely on a combination of patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret laws and restrictions on disclosure to protect our intellectual property rights. Based on our commitment to build a patent portfolio, we have in process a number of patent applications relating to our proprietary technology. We have filed patent applications in selected countries abroad as deemed appropriate. There can be no assurance that these applications will be approved, that any issued patents will protect our intellectual property, or that third parties will not challenge these patents or applications. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that others will not

independently develop similar or competing technology or design around any patents that we may obtain. With respect to trademarks, we have a number of pending and registered trademarks in the United States and abroad.

We enter into confidentiality or license agreements with our employees, consultants and corporate partners, and control access to, and distribution of, our software, documentation and other proprietary information. In addition, we provide our software products to end-user customers primarily under “shrink-wrap” license agreements included within the packaged software. These agreements are not negotiated with or signed by the licensee, and thus these agreements may not be enforceable in some jurisdictions. Despite our efforts to protect our proprietary rights, unauthorized parties may attempt to copy or otherwise obtain and use our products or technology. There can be no assurance that these precautions will prevent misappropriation or infringement of our intellectual property. Monitoring unauthorized use of our products is difficult, and we cannot be certain that the steps we have taken will prevent misappropriation of our technology, particularly in foreign countries where the laws may not protect our proprietary rights as fully as in the United States.

As detailed below under “Legal Proceedings,” we are currently engaged in litigation with Lucent Technologies, Inc. (“Lucent”). Lucent is asserting claims that allege infringement of certain patent rights, against which we are defending vigorously, but we cannot assure you that we will prevail in this litigation. In addition to the litigation with Lucent, in the normal course of our business from time to time, we are in discussions with companies that assert certain of our products require a license under a number of patents. Due to the number of companies with extensive patent portfolios in our industry who are or may be actively involved in licensing programs, we believe that even if we do not infringe any patents, we may incur significant expenses in the future due to disputes or licensing negotiations, though the amounts and timing of such expenses cannot be determined with any reasonable certainty. As the functionality and features of our products expand, these disputes and discussions could increase or become harder to resolve.

As of June 27, 2004, we employed 831 people, including 328 in sales and marketing, 235 in engineering, 83 in operations, 76 in customer support and service, and 109 in finance and administration. We have never had a work stoppage and no personnel are represented under collective bargaining agreements. We consider our employee relations to be good.

We believe that our future success depends on our continued ability to attract, integrate, retain, train and motivate highly qualified personnel, and upon the continued service of our senior management and key personnel. None of our personnel is bound by an employment agreement. The market for qualified personnel is competitive, particularly in the San Francisco Bay Area, where our headquarters is located. At times, we have experienced difficulties in attracting new personnel.

We were incorporated in California in May 1996 and reincorporated in Delaware in March 1999. Our corporate headquarters are located at 3585 Monroe Street, Santa Clara, CA 95051 and our telephone number is (408) 579-2800. Our website can be found at www.extremenetworks.com. Investors can obtain copies of our SEC filings from this website free of charge, or on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Our principal administrative, sales, marketing and research and development facilities are located in Santa Clara, California. We also lease office space and executive suites in various other geographic locations domestically and internationally for sales and service personnel and engineering operations. Our aggregate lease expense for fiscal 2004 was approximately $5.4 million, net of sublease income of approximately $0.3 million. We believe our current facilities will adequately meet our growth needs for the foreseeable future, and we are actively engaged in efforts to sublease excess space we acquired in prior years to meet the anticipated growth at that time.

On May 27, 2003, Lucent filed suit against Extreme Networks and Foundry Networks, Inc. (“Foundry”) in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, Civil Action No. 03-508. The complaint alleges willful infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 4,769,810, 4,769,811, 4,914,650, 4,922,486 and 5,245,607 and seeks a judgment: (a) determining that we have willfully infringed each of the five patents; (b) determining that Foundry has willfully infringed four of the five patents; (c) permanently enjoining us from infringement, inducement of infringement and contributory infringement of each of the five patents; (d) permanently enjoining Foundry from infringement, inducement of infringement and contributory infringement of four of the five patents; and (e) awarding Lucent unspecified amounts of trebled damages, together with expenses, costs and attorneys’ fees.

We intend vigorously to defend against Lucent’s allegations. We answered Lucent’s complaint on July 16, 2003, denying infringement and asserting various affirmative defenses and counterclaims that seek judgment: (a) that Lucent’s complaint be dismissed and Lucent be denied all requested relief; (b) declaring that we do not infringe, induce infringement or contribute to the infringement of any valid and enforceable claim of the five patents, (c) that each of the five patents be declared invalid; (d) finding the case exceptional within the definition of 35 U.S.C. § 285; and (e) that Lucent pay our attorneys’ fees and costs.

The court has served the cases against Extreme Networks and Foundry. Discovery is proceeding. A claim construction hearing has been set for November 17, 2004. A pre-trial conference is set for January 14, 2005. No trial date has been set.

Beginning on July 6, 2001, purported securities fraud class action complaints were filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The cases were consolidated and the litigation is now captioned as In re Extreme Networks, Inc. Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, Civ. No. 01-6143 (SAS) (S.D.N.Y.), related to In re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, 21 MC 92 (SAS) (S.D.N.Y.).

The operative amended complaint is brought purportedly on behalf of all persons who purchased Extreme Networks’ common stock from April 8, 1999 through December 6, 2000. It names as defendants Extreme Networks; six of our present and former officers and/or directors, including our CEO (the “Extreme Networks Defendants”); and several investment banking firms that served as underwriters of our initial public offering and October 1999 secondary offering. Subsequently, plaintiffs and one of the individual defendants stipulated to a dismissal of that defendant without prejudice. The complaint alleges liability under Sections 11 and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, on the grounds that the registration statement for the offerings did not disclose that: (1) the underwriters had agreed to allow certain customers to purchase shares in the offerings in exchange for excess commissions paid to the underwriters; and (2) the underwriters had arranged for certain customers to purchase additional shares in the aftermarket at predetermined prices. The Securities Act allegations against the Extreme Networks Defendants are made as to the secondary offering only. The amended complaint also alleges that false analyst reports were issued. No specific damages are claimed.

Similar allegations were made in other lawsuits challenging over 300 other initial public offerings and follow-on offerings conducted in 1999 and 2000. The cases were consolidated for pretrial purposes. On February 19, 2003, the Court ruled on all defendants’ motions to dismiss. The Court denied the motions to dismiss the claims in our case under the Securities Act of 1933. The Court denied the motion to dismiss the claim under Section 10(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 against Extreme Networks and 184 other issuer defendants, on the basis that the complaints alleged that the respective issuers had acquired companies or conducted follow-on offerings after their initial public offerings. The Court denied the motion to dismiss the claims under Section 10(a) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 against the remaining Extreme Networks Defendants and 59 other individual defendants, on the basis that the respective amended complaints alleged that the individuals sold stock.

We have executed a settlement agreement presented to all issuer defendants. In this settlement, plaintiffs will dismiss and release all claims against the Extreme Network Defendants, in exchange for a contingent payment by the insurance companies collectively responsible for insuring the issuers in all of the IPO cases, and for the assignment or surrender of control of certain claims we may have against the underwriters. The Extreme Networks Defendants will not be required to make any cash payments in the settlement, unless the pro rata amount paid by the insurers in the settlement exceeds the amount of the insurance coverage, a circumstance which we do not believe will occur. The settlement will require approval of the Court, which cannot be assured. If the settlement is not approved, we cannot assure you that we will prevail in the lawsuit. Failure to prevail could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows in the future.

Other than the proceedings stated above, we are not aware of any pending legal proceedings against us that, individually or in the aggregate, would have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results or financial condition. We may in the future be party to litigation arising in the course of our business, including claims that we allegedly infringe third-party trademarks and other intellectual property rights. Such claims, even if not meritorious, could result in the expenditure of significant financial and managerial resources.

The following table sets forth information regarding our executive officers as of August 1, 2004:

Gordon L. Stitt. Mr. Stitt co-founded Extreme in May 1996 and has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Extreme since its inception. From 1989 to 1995, Mr. Stitt worked at another company he co-founded, Network Peripherals, a designer and manufacturer of high-speed networking technology. He served first as its Vice President of Marketing, then as Vice President and General Manager of the OEM Business Unit. Mr. Stitt holds an M.B.A. from the Haas School of Business of the University of California, Berkeley and a B.S.E.E./C.S. from Santa Clara University.

Stephen Haddock. Mr. Haddock co-founded Extreme in May 1996 and has served as Vice President and Chief Technical Officer of Extreme since its inception. From 1989 to 1996, Mr. Haddock worked as Chief Engineer at Network Peripherals. Mr. Haddock is a member of IEEE, an editor of the Gigabit Ethernet Standard and Chairman of the IEEE 802.3ad link aggregation committee and vice chairman of the 10 Gigabit committee. Mr. Haddock holds an M.S.E.E. and a B.S.M.E. from Stanford University.

Herb Schneider. Mr. Schneider co-founded Extreme in May 1996 and has served as Vice President of Engineering of Extreme since its inception. From 1990 to 1996, Mr. Schneider worked as Engineering Manager at Network Peripherals and was responsible for the development of LAN switches. From 1981 to 1990, Mr. Schneider held various positions at National Semiconductor, a developer and manufacturer of semiconductor products, where he was involved in the development of early Ethernet chipsets and FDDI chipsets. Mr. Schneider holds a B.S.E.E. from the University of California – Davis.

William R. Slakey. Mr. Slakey has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Extreme Networks since October 2003. From September 2002 to September 2003, Mr. Slakey served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Handspring, Inc., a maker of wireless communication devices and PDA’s. From October 2001 to August 2002, Mr. Slakey was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at WJ Communications, a leading RF semiconductor company. From September 1999 to December 2000, he was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at SnapTrack, a QUALCOMM company that pioneered a GPS-based system for pinpointing wireless devices. Prior to SnapTrack, Mr. Slakey held various financial roles at Palm Computing, 3Com Corporation and Apple Computer. Mr. Slakey holds a B.A. degree in economics from the University of California and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.

Alexander J. Gray. Mr. Gray joined Extreme as Chief Operating Officer in September 2002. From January 2001 through August 2002, Mr. Gray was Chief Operating Officer at LGC Wireless, a telecommunications provider. From November 1999 until January 2001, Mr. Gray worked for Replay TV, a digital media provider, as Executive Vice President of Business Operations. From December 1992 through October 1999, Mr. Gray held senior management positions with Lucent Technologies, Inc. and Octel Communications Corporation, both telecommunications providers. Prior to that time, Mr. Gray held positions as Director of Information Services for American President Lines, a container shipping company, from September 1991 to November 1992 and NEXT Computer, a computer and equipment manufacturer, from July 1988 to August 1991. He also spent four years as a research and development engineer for Hewlett-Packard Company, a computer and equipment manufacturer. Mr. Gray holds a B.S. and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

Frank C. Carlucci. Mr. Carlucci joined Extreme as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales in July 2004. From April 2000 through June 2004, Mr. Carlucci held various executive positions with Avaya, Inc., a communications equipment and applications provider. Mr. Carlucci’s last position with Avaya was as Vice President of Global Outsourcing, prior to that role he had led Avaya’s largest sales region and operations for Avaya’s product group. From August 1998 to April 2000, Mr. Carlucci was the Sales Vice President for a venture of Lucent Technologies. From July 1996 to August 1998, Mr. Carlucci held various management positions at Federal Data Corporation, a systems integration company. From January 1993 to July 1996, Mr. Carlucci held various management positions at Nortel Networks, Inc., a telecommunication hardware manufacturer. From May 1991 through December 1992, Mr. Carlucci was a field sales manager for Ernest and Julio Gallo Winery. Mr. Carlucci served six years as an intelligence officer in the United States Navy following graduation from Georgetown University with a B.S. in International Politics.

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Our common stock commenced trading on The Nasdaq National Market on April 9, 1999 under the symbol “EXTR.” The following table sets forth the high and low sales prices as reported by Nasdaq. Such prices represent prices between dealers, do not include retail mark-ups, mark-downs or commissions and may not represent actual transactions.

At August 10, 2004, there were approximately 360 stockholders of record of our common stock and approximately 58,000 beneficial stockholders. We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our capital stock and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. We currently intend to retain future earnings for the development of our business.

The following table summarizes our equity compensation plans as of June 27, 2004:

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

We develop and sell a family of modular and stackable network infrastructure equipment and offer related service contracts for extended warranty and maintenance agreements. Substantially all of our revenue is derived from the sale of networking equipment and the related service contracts. We believe that understanding the following key developments is helpful to an understanding of our operating results for fiscal 2004.

We believe that continued success in the marketplace will depend on our ability to develop new and enhanced products employing leading-edge technology. In fiscal 2004 we introduced several new products including the Black Diamond 10K, the Summit 300-48/Altitude 300 and the Summit 400 series, plus a new network software platform ExtremeWare® XOS.

We have a vision of providing customers with the systems to build a converged communications infrastructure that can easily accommodate voice, video and data on a seamless wired and wireless network. We believe that these two aspects of convergence: the convergence of voice, video and data, and the convergence of wired and wireless are important underlying demand creators in the Enterprise market.

In November 2003, we announced our comprehensive strategic alliance with Avaya, Inc. to jointly develop and market converged communications solutions. The alliance brings together Avaya’s global market leadership in IP voice and telephony with Extreme’s expertise in high performance IP data network infrastructure. Under the Joint Development Agreement the companies plan to develop next generation, standards-based technologies in the areas of network management and provisioning, Quality of Service, security, and network resilience. Additionally, Avaya will sell, service and support Extreme’s entire portfolio of data networking products through their worldwide sales organization and the Avaya Global Services organization.

In the late 1990’s and through 2000, enterprises deployed a large volume of networking equipment in anticipation of high network traffic growth. During this period, Extreme experienced a period of rapid revenue growth. Subsequent to 2000 the global economy entered a recessionary period and the demand for information technology products declined as enterprises reduced spending on technology. In particular enterprises cut their IT budgets for networking equipment due to overcapacity as the anticipated increase in network growth in the years 2002 through early 2003 did not materialize. We believe that this phenomenon adversely affected demand for our products and made it more difficult to accurately forecast demand for network equipment.

Extreme’s service offering is primarily the provision of service contracts for extended warranty and maintenance agreements related to our networking equipment. To a lesser extent, the service revenue includes professional services related to the design and installation of data networks and training. In fiscal 2004, we focused our service sales efforts on increasing the number of service contracts sold on new equipment and in the area of securing renewals on expiring contracts. Service revenue increased by 26.0% in fiscal 2004 compared to fiscal 2003 and represented 13.8% of total revenues in fiscal 2004 compared to 10.6% in fiscal 2003. Cost of service revenue decreased by $5.3 million in fiscal 2004 to $35.5 million and gross margins improved to 26.8% from a negative 6.0% in fiscal 2003 due to efforts to improve and optimize our service supply chain.

Throughout fiscal 2002, 2003 and 2004, the primary factor that has impacted our operations and financial performance has been weak demand for networking equipment resulting from the continuing weakness of the global and U.S. economies. Weak economic conditions persisted through most of fiscal 2004, but beginning in the third quarter of fiscal 2004, we began to see early evidence of strengthening demand for our products. While it is too early to determine if this slow improvement in demand will continue, we believe that industry demand may be stabilizing and may be showing signs of returning to positive growth.

Although our operations and financial performance were directly and adversely impacted by the economic factors described above, and despite the difficult economic challenges we faced during fiscal 2004, we were able to achieve the following results:

The following table presents net product and service revenues for the fiscal years 2004, 2003 and 2002 (dollars in thousands):

Net revenues were $351.8 million in fiscal 2004, $363.3 million in fiscal 2003 and $441.6 million in fiscal 2002, representing a decrease of 3.1% in fiscal 2004 from fiscal 2003 and a decrease of 17.7% in fiscal 2003 from fiscal 2002. The decrease in revenues in fiscal 2004 and fiscal 2003 is generally due to weak demand for networking equipment resulting from the continuing weakness of the global and U.S. economies.

Product revenue was $303.3 million in fiscal 2004, $324.7 million in fiscal 2003, and $407.4 million in fiscal 2002, representing a decrease of 6.6% in fiscal 2004 from fiscal 2003 and a decrease of 20.3% in fiscal 2003 from fiscal 2002. The decrease in product revenue in fiscal 2004 from fiscal 2003 is primarily due to a change in mix in product demand, with both total units and average selling price remaining relatively stable. The decrease in product revenue in fiscal 2003 from fiscal 2002 was due primarily to a significant reduction in our business in Japan, along with a decline in units shipped and a decrease in average selling price. We experienced some erosion of average selling prices of our products in fiscal 2003 compared to fiscal 2002 due to a number of factors, including competitive pricing pressures, promotional pricing and rapid technological change. Our average selling price will continue to be subject to such competitive pressure and can be expected to change rapidly.

Service revenue was $48.6 million in fiscal 2004 representing an increase of 26.0% from fiscal 2003 service revenue of $38.5 million. The increase in service revenue in fiscal 2004 from fiscal 2003 is the result of our focus on increasing the number of service contracts purchased by customers, changes in our policies regarding service and increasing renewal rates. Service revenue in fiscal 2003 increased by 12.7% from fiscal 2002 service revenue of $34.2 million. This increase was primarily due to the expansion of our customer base purchasing service contracts. As a percentage of total net revenues, service revenue was 13.8% in fiscal 2004, 10.6% in fiscal 2003 and 7.7% in fiscal 2002.

The following table presents the total net revenues geographically for the fiscal years 2004, 2003 and 2002 (dollars in thousands):

Revenue outside of the United States accounted for 61.2%, 60.3% and 66.9% of net revenues in fiscal 2004, fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2002, respectively. Revenue outside the U.S. as a percentage of total net revenues in fiscal 2004 decreased by 0.9% compared to fiscal 2003 with revenue in Europe, the Middle East and Africa as a percentage of total net revenues increasing by 1.7%; revenue in Japan as a percentage of total net revenues decreasing by 0.7%; and revenue in other international regions, primarily Asia Pacific, as a percentage of total net revenues remaining flat as a percent of the total. The decrease in net revenues outside the United States in fiscal 2003 compared to fiscal 2002 was primarily due to a reduction of sales in Japan. We expect that export sales will continue to represent a significant portion of net revenues, although export sales will fluctuate as a percentage of net revenues. Substantially all sales transactions are currently denominated in United States dollars.

We rely upon our two-tiered distribution channel for the majority of our revenues. Revenue through the distributor channel was 33% of total product revenue in fiscal 2004 and 37% in fiscal 2003. The level of sales to any customer may vary from period to period; however, we expect that significant customer concentration will continue for the foreseeable future. No distributor or customer accounted for more than 10% of our net revenues in fiscal 2004. One customer, Tech Data Corporation, who is a distributor of our products, accounted for 11% and 15% of our net revenues in fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2002, respectively.

The following table presents the gross margin on product and service revenues and the gross margin percentage of net revenues for the fiscal years 2004, 2003 and 2002 (dollars in thousands):

Gross margin was $179.2 million in fiscal 2004, $150.4 million in fiscal 2003 and $184.0 million in fiscal 2002, representing an increase of 19.2% in fiscal 2004 from fiscal 2003 and a decrease of 18.3% in fiscal 2003 from fiscal 2002. Gross margin as a percentage of net revenues was 50.9%, 41.4% and 41.7% in fiscal 2004, fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2002, respectively.

Cost of product revenue includes costs of raw materials, amounts paid to third-party contract manufacturers, costs related to warranty obligations, charges for excess and obsolete inventory, and internal costs associated with manufacturing overhead including management, manufacturing engineering, quality assurance, development of test plans, and document control. Product gross margin in fiscal 2004 was $166.2 million, representing 54.8% of product revenues as compared to $152.7 million in fiscal 2003, or 47.0% of product revenue. The increase in product gross margin in fiscal 2004 is due to a reduction in per-unit product costs resulting from a consolidation of volume at a single manufacturer. In addition, the fiscal 2004 gross margin was favorably impacted by a reduction in manufacturing overhead, warranty expense, reductions in scrap, rework, and was negatively impacted by increases in excess inventory expenses.

Cost of product revenue in all periods includes the cost of our manufacturing overhead. We outsource the majority of our manufacturing and supply chain management operations, and we conduct quality assurance, manufacturing engineering, document control and repairs at our facility in Santa Clara, California. Accordingly, a significant portion of our cost of revenue consists of payments to our primary contract manufacturer, Flextronics International, Ltd. located in San Jose, California and Guadalajara, Mexico.

The total gross margin in fiscal 2003 of $150.4 million decreased by 18.3% from fiscal 2002 of $184.0 and was primarily due to the related decrease in revenue. As a percentage of net revenues, gross margin was 41.4% in fiscal 2003 and 41.7% in fiscal 2002. Fiscal 2003 gross margin was adversely affected by a higher than normal rate of warranty expense due to problems with various component parts within our products and our election, in some cases, to address those problems by replacing such products with new rather than refurbished replacements. Fiscal 2002 gross margin benefited by $4.8 million relating to products sold that were written off in fiscal 2001.

In the first quarter of fiscal 2002, we recorded a charge of $9.0 million related to an equipment lease in cost of revenues. As part of our business relationship with MCMS, Inc. (“MCMS”), a former contract manufacturer, in September 2000, we entered into a $9.0 million operating equipment lease for manufacturing equipment with a third-party financing company; we, in turn, subleased the equipment to MCMS. Due to the liquidity problems at MCMS it filed for protection under Chapter 11 on September 18, 2001. On January 8, 2002, MCMS completed an agreement to sell a majority of its assets to Plexus Corp. for $45.0 million.

Our cost of service consists primarily of labor, overhead, repair and freight costs and the cost of spares used in providing support under customer service contracts. Service gross margin was $13.0 million in fiscal 2004, representing 26.8% of service net revenue as compared to a negative gross margin of $2.3 million in fiscal 2003, a negative 6.0% of service net revenue. Service gross margin in fiscal 2003 was negatively impacted by a number of programs that we implemented to improve service delivery productivity and to enhance customer satisfaction. These programs included expenses incurred to increase service revenue and reduce service infrastructure, including outsourcing certain service functions. The cost of service and gross margin in fiscal 2004 reflect the benefits we achieved from these programs.

As our service revenue represents more than 10% of total net revenues for fiscal 2004 and fiscal 2003, we have separately reported product and service gross margin. The fiscal 2004 and fiscal 2003 service gross margin calculations include all service related expenses. Gross margin for fiscal 2002 is presented in total since we do not have records that detail product and service cost of revenue in separate categories. Furthermore, in the past, some service related expenses were included in operating expenses as part of the line item titled sales, marketing and service expense. The ERP system we implemented at the beginning of fiscal 2003 enables us to record cost of product and service revenue in separate detail. We were able to identify the service expenses that had previously been included in operating expenses and, therefore, our fiscal 2002 results reflect the reclassification of $23.1 million from operating expenses to cost of revenue. Such amounts represented 5.3% of previously reported operating expenses for fiscal 2002.

Our product and service gross margins are variable and dependent on many factors, some of which are outside of our control. Some of the primary factors affecting gross margin include demand for our products, changes in our pricing policies and those of our competitors, and the mix of products sold. Our gross margin may be adversely affected by increases in material or labor costs, increases in warranty expense or the cost of providing services under extended service contracts, heightened price competition, obsolescence charges and higher inventory balances. In addition, our gross margin may fluctuate due to the mix of distribution channels through which our products are sold, including the effects of our two-tier distribution model. Any significant decline in sales to our resellers, distributors or end-user customers, or the loss of any of our key resellers, distributors or end-user customers could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition. In addition, an increase in distribution channels generally makes it more difficult to forecast the mix of products sold and the timing of orders from our customers. New product introductions may result in excess or obsolete inventories, which may also reduce our gross margin.

Sales and marketing expenses consist of salaries, commissions and related expenses for personnel engaged in marketing and sales functions, as well as trade shows and promotional expenses. Sales and marketing expenses were $93.2 million in fiscal 2004, $102.5 million in fiscal 2003 and $117.9 million in fiscal 2002, representing a

decrease of 9.0% in fiscal 2004 from fiscal 2003 and a decrease of 13.1% in fiscal 2003 from fiscal 2002. The decrease in fiscal 2004 from fiscal 2003 was primarily due to a decrease in advertising and other promotional expenses of $4.2 million as a result of cost-cutting measures, a decrease in depreciation expense of $1.7 million, a decrease in occupancy expenses of $1.0 million, a decrease in salaries and related personnel expenses of $1.2 million primarily due to lower sales commissions and a decrease in travel expenses of $1.0 million. The decrease in fiscal 2003 from fiscal 2002 was primarily due to lower sales commissions and a reduction of 62 people in fiscal 2003 in our sales and marketing organization. As a percentage of net revenues, sales and marketing expenses were 26.5% in fiscal 2004, 28.2% in fiscal 2003 and 26.7% in fiscal 2002. The rate of future spending changes in our sales and marketing expenses, if any, will depend on the pace of recovery in the market for networking products.

Research and development expenses consist principally of salaries and related personnel expenses, consultant fees and prototype expenses related to the design, development, and testing of our products. Research and development expenses were $58.1 million in fiscal 2004, $58.0 million in fiscal 2003 and $61.5 million in fiscal 2002, remaining flat in fiscal 2004 from fiscal 2003 and representing a decrease of 5.7% in fiscal 2003 from fiscal 2002. Fiscal 2004 includes amortization expense of $4.0 million related to the fair value of the warrant issued to Avaya as part of the Joint Development Agreement, offset in part by decreased payroll and personnel expenses of $1.6 million, decreased engineering project expenses of $1.2 million and decreased depreciation expense of $0.7 million. The fair value of the warrant allocated to the Joint Development Agreement with Avaya is $17.9 million and will be amortized over a three-year period beginning November 1, 2003 (see Note 13 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements). Amortization expense related to this agreement is approximately $1.5 million per fiscal quarter; the amortization expense related to this agreement in fiscal 2004 represents eight months of amortization. The decrease in fiscal 2003 compared to fiscal 2002 was a result of tightening our focus on our core product lines. As a percentage of total net revenues, research and development expenses were 16.5% in fiscal 2004, 16.0% in fiscal 2003 and 13.9% in fiscal 2002. The increase in these percentages in fiscal 2004 and fiscal 2003 was primarily the result of a decrease in our net revenues in fiscal 2004 and fiscal 2003. We expense all research and development expenses as incurred. We believe that continued investment in research and development is critical to attaining our strategic objectives.

General and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries and related expenses for executive, finance and administrative personnel, professional fees and other general corporate expenses. General and administrative expenses were $29.6 million in fiscal 2004, $25.7 million in fiscal 2003 and $26.9 million in fiscal 2002, representing an increase of 15.0% in fiscal 2004 from fiscal 2003 and a decrease of 4.4% in fiscal 2003 from fiscal 2002. The increase in fiscal 2004 from fiscal 2003 was primarily due to increases in legal fees of $3.9 million relating to litigation and increases in other professional fees of $1.3 million, offset by decreases in insurance expense of $0.8 million and decreases in payroll and personnel expenses of $0.5 million. The decrease in fiscal 2003 from fiscal 2002 was primarily due to decreases in bad debt expense of $4.6 million and rent expense of $1.4 million offset by increases in professional fees of $3.3 million and salaries and benefits of $1.8 million. As a percentage of net revenues, general and administrative expenses were 8.4% in fiscal 2004, 7.1% in fiscal 2003 and 6.1% in fiscal 2002. The increase in the percentage in fiscal 2004 was primarily due to the increase in legal expense and the increase in the percentage in fiscal 2003 was primarily the result of decreases in our net revenues in fiscal 2003. In June 2003, we implemented a reduction in force and other expense control measures to reduce expenses, including general and administrative expenses. The rate of any future spending increases in our general and administrative expenses, if any, will depend on the pace of recovery in the market for networking products. Legal expenses related to intellectual property litigation are expected to continue and may also cause general and administrative expenses to increase. We increased expenses as a result of compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, including Section 404 thereof, and expect to incur additional expenses in fiscal 2005 as we implement procedures to meet the requirements of this act.

During fiscal 2003, we performed our annual evaluation of goodwill for impairment in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 142 (“SFAS 142”), Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets. This evaluation indicated decreased expected future demand for the products associated with the goodwill and, therefore, we recorded an impairment charge of $1.0 million, representing the carrying value of goodwill at that time. There was no goodwill remaining as of June 27, 2004 or June 29, 2003. During the third quarter of fiscal 2002, we evaluated goodwill and purchased intangible assets associated with recent acquisitions for impairment in accordance with SFAS No. 121, Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of. The assessment was performed as a result of weakening economic conditions and decreased current and expected future demand for certain categories of products in the markets in which we operate. As a result of the assessment, we recorded a charge to reduce goodwill and purchased intangible assets of $89.8 million.

Amortization of deferred stock compensation was $1.1 million in fiscal 2004, $0.7 million in fiscal 2003 and $10.2 million in fiscal 2002, representing an increase of $0.4 million in fiscal 2004 from fiscal 2003 and a decrease of $9.5 million in fiscal 2003 from fiscal 2002. Amortization of deferred stock compensation is attributable to unvested stock options subject to forfeiture issued to employees that we assumed in conjunction with acquisitions during fiscal 2001. Deferred stock compensation is amortized as charges to operations, using the graded method, over the vesting periods of the individual stock options, generally four years. Upon termination of an employee, the amount of expense recognized under the graded vesting method that is in excess of the amount actually earned is reversed. For fiscal 2004, fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2002, we reversed $0.4 million, $5.3 million and zero, respectively, of excess compensation expense related to terminated employees.

We recorded amortization of goodwill of $33.5 million and amortization of purchased intangible assets of $3.6 million in fiscal 2002 primarily related to acquisitions in fiscal 2000 and fiscal 2001. We adopted SFAS 142 as of July 1, 2002. SFAS 142 requires goodwill and certain other intangible assets to be tested for impairment at least annually and written down only when impaired, rather than being amortized as previous accounting standards required. Accordingly, as of July 1, 2002, we stopped amortizing goodwill with a carrying value of $1.0 million. This amount was subsequently written off due to impairment in fiscal 2003.

During fiscal 2004, we recorded restructuring charges of $962 thousand in the quarter ended September 28, 2003 and $5.5 million in the quarter ended June 27, 2004 related to excess facilities. The excess facilities charge represents an increase to the charge initially recognized during the third quarter of fiscal 2002. The commercial real estate market has continued to deteriorate in fiscal 2004 and we have not been able to find suitable tenants to sublease these facilities necessitating an additional charge due to lower projected sublease receipts. As a result of the excess facilities charges recorded in fiscal 2004, rent expense in fiscal 2005 is expected to remain approximately the same as the fiscal 2004 levels.

During fiscal 2003, we recorded restructuring charges of $15.9 million. The restructuring charges included excess facilities charges of $9.6 million, severance charges of $4.4 million and asset impairments of $1.9 million. The excess facility charge originally recognized in the third quarter of fiscal 2002 was increased due to lower projected sublease income caused by the deterioration of the commercial real estate market. Severance charges of $2.7 million related to a reduction in total staff during the second quarter of fiscal 2003 of approximately 100 people, or 10% of the total workforce, across all departments. Severance charges of $1.7 million related to a reduction in total staff announced at the end of fiscal 2003 of approximately 70 people, or 8% of the total workforce, across all departments. The asset impairment charge relates to the write-off of leasehold improvements and office furniture related to excess facilities.

During fiscal 2002, we implemented a restructuring plan to lower our overall cost structure. Restructuring charges of $73.6 million included a $39.0 million charge related to the exit of two facility leases we entered into in June 2000, excess facilities charges of $25.4 million and asset impairments of $9.1 million. The excess facilities charges of $25.4 million were the result of our decision to permanently reduce occupancy or vacate certain domestic and international facilities. The asset impairment charge represented the unamortized amount of the assets at the date a decision was made to discontinue use. These assets were not utilized subsequently or held for sale. They were either scrapped or abandoned.

During fiscal 2003, we completed a property and equipment physical inventory in conjunction with the implementation of our new ERP system. The property and equipment physical inventory resulted in the identification of $12.7 million of property and equipment whose fair value was determined to be zero because the assets were either no longer in service or were not identifiable. Therefore these assets were written off during the second quarter of fiscal 2003.

Interest income was $8.6 million in fiscal 2004, $11.1 million in fiscal 2003 and $11.7 million in fiscal 2002, representing a decrease of $2.5 million in fiscal 2004 from fiscal 2003 and a decrease of $0.6 million in fiscal 2003 from fiscal 2002. The decrease in fiscal 2004 from fiscal 2003 is attributed to lower interest rates offset by an increase in available investment balances due to increased cash flow from operations. The decrease in fiscal 2003 from fiscal 2002 was due to lower interest rates.

Interest expense was $7.0 million in fiscal 2004, $7.1 million in fiscal 2003 and $4.5 million in fiscal 2002, representing a decrease of $0.1 million in fiscal 2004 from fiscal 2003, and an increase of $2.6 million in fiscal 2003 from fiscal 2002. In December 2001, we completed a private placement of $200.0 million of convertible subordinated notes maturing in 2006. Interest is payable semi-annually at 3.5% per annum. The increase in fiscal 2003 from fiscal 2002 was due to a full year of interest expense on these notes.

Other income (expense) was income of $9.1 million in fiscal 2004, expense of $0.2 million in fiscal 2003 and expense of $11.1 million in fiscal 2002. Other income in fiscal 2004 was primarily comprised of cash settlements from vendors, net of related expenses, of $2.2 million recorded in the first fiscal quarter and $5.7 million recorded in the fourth fiscal quarter. These settlements related to disputes regarding quality issues pertaining to components supplied for use in our products. In addition, other income in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004 includes a foreign consumption tax refund in the amount of $2.5 million. Other expense in fiscal 2004 includes approximately $1.4 million of amortization of costs associated with the convertible subordinated notes. Other expense in fiscal 2003 was primarily comprised of amortization of costs associated with the convertible subordinated notes of $1.2 million and a write-down of investments in privately-held companies of $0.2 million partially offset by realized gains on marketable securities of $1.6 million. Other expense in fiscal 2002 was primarily comprised of write-downs of investments in privately-held companies that were accounted for under the cost method.

The provision for income taxes of $3.2 million for fiscal 2004 was recorded for taxes due on income generated in certain states and foreign tax jurisdictions. Income tax benefits have been recorded on the fiscal 2004 pre-tax loss and we have provided a full valuation allowance against such tax benefits.

The provision for income taxes of $134.8 million for fiscal 2003 was attributable to $2.6 million for taxes due on income generated in foreign tax jurisdictions and a $132.2 million non-cash charge to income tax expense recorded in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003, representing a full valuation allowance for our net deferred tax assets. We recorded this charge in accordance with SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes (“SFAS 109”), which places greater weight on previous cumulative losses than the outlook for future profitability when determining whether deferred tax assets can be realized. Based upon our most recent three-year history of losses and relying on other guidance specified in SFAS 109, we determined that it was appropriate to establish a full valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets. This valuation allowance will be evaluated periodically and can be reversed partially or totally if business results have sufficiently improved to support realization of our deferred tax assets.

We recorded a tax benefit of $52.8 million for fiscal 2002. The benefit for fiscal 2002 results in an effective tax benefit rate of 22.3%, which consists primarily of federal and state income tax benefits offset by nondeductible goodwill.

Our significant accounting policies are more fully described in Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8 this annual report on Form 10-K. The preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates, assumptions and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the period reported. By their nature, these estimates, assumptions and judgments are subject to an inherent degree of uncertainty. We base our estimates, assumptions and judgments on historical experience, market trends and other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Estimates, assumptions and judgments are reviewed on an ongoing basis and the effects of revisions are reflected in the consolidated financial statements in the period they are determined to be necessary. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We believe the critical accounting policies stated below, among others, affect our more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.

When sales arrangements contain multiple deliverables such as hardware, service contracts and other services, we determine whether the deliverables represent separate units of accounting and then allocate revenue to each unit of accounting based on its relative fair value in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 00-21, Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables (“EITF 00-21”). We recognize revenue for each unit of accounting when the revenue recognition criteria for each unit of accounting are met in accordance with SAB 104. The amount of product revenue recognized is impacted by our judgments as to whether an arrangement includes multiple units of accounting and if so, whether vendor-specific objective evidence of fair value exists for those units of accounting. The ability to establish vendor specific objective evidence for any unit of accounting could affect the timing of the revenue recognition.

We make certain sales to partners in two-tier distribution channels. The first tier consists of a limited number of independent distributors that sell primarily to resellers and, on occasion, to end-user customers. We defer recognition of revenue on all sales to these distributors until the distributors sell the product, as evidenced by a monthly sales-out report that the distributors provide to us. We grant these distributors the right to return a portion of unsold inventory to us for the purpose of stock rotation, provide them with credits for changes in selling prices, and allow them to participate in cooperative marketing programs. We maintain estimated accruals and allowances for these exposures based upon our historical experience. If actual credits to distributors for inventory returns, changes in selling prices and cooperative marketing programs were to deviate significantly from our estimates, which are based on contractual arrangements and historical experience, our future revenue could be adversely affected.

The second tier of the distribution channel consists of a large number of third-party Value-Added Resellers that sell directly to end-users and are generally not granted return privileges, except for defective products during the warranty period. We reduce product revenue for certain price protection rights that may occur under contractual arrangements we have with our customers.

We provide an allowance for sales returns based on our historical returns, analysis of credit memo data and our return policies. The allowance for returns reserve was $2.2 million and $3.6 million as of June 27, 2004 and June 29, 2003, respectively, for estimated future returns that were recorded as a reduction of our accounts receivable. The allowance is charged to net revenues in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. The allowance for returns reserve charged to net revenues was $1.8 million in fiscal 2004, zero in fiscal 2003 and $8.7 million in fiscal 2002. If the historical data we use to calculate the estimated sales returns and allowances does not properly reflect future levels of product returns, these estimates are revised, thus resulting in an impact on future net revenues. We estimate and adjust this allowance at each balance sheet date.

Our inventory balance was $25.9 million as of June 27, 2004, compared with $18.7 million as of June 29, 2003. We value our inventory at lower of cost or market. The networking industry is characterized by rapid technological change, frequent new product introductions, changes in customer requirements and evolving industry standards. We perform a detailed assessment of inventory at each balance sheet date, which includes a review of, among other factors, demand requirements, product lifecycle and product development plans and quality issues. Based on this analysis, we record adjustments, when appropriate, to reflect inventory at net realizable value. Inventory write-downs charged to cost of product revenue were $1.3 million in fiscal 2004, $0.4 million in fiscal 2003 and $2.8 million in fiscal 2002. Although we make every effort to ensure the accuracy of our forecasts of product demand, any significant unanticipated changes in demand or technological developments would significantly impact the value of our inventory and our reported operating results. In the future, if we find that our estimates are too optimistic and we determine that our inventory needs to be written down, we will be required to recognize such costs in our cost of product revenue at the time of such determination. Conversely, if we find our estimates are too pessimistic and we subsequently sell product that has previously been written down, our operating margin in that period will be favorably impacted.

Networking products may contain undetected hardware or software errors when new products or new versions or updates of existing products are released to the marketplace. We have experienced such errors in connection with products and product upgrades. Our standard hardware warranty period is typically 12 months from the date of shipment to end-users and 14 months from the date of shipment to channel partners, which include resellers and distributors, and 90 days for software. Upon shipment of products to our customers, including both end-users and channel partners, we estimate expenses for the cost to repair or replace products that may be returned under warranty and accrue a liability for this amount.

Our accrued warranty balance was $8.3 million as of June 27, 2004, compared with $10.2 million as of June 29, 2003. The determination of our warranty requirements is based on our actual historical experience with the product or product family, estimates of repair and replacement costs and any product warranty problems that are identified after shipment. We estimate and adjust this accrual at each balance sheet date in accordance with changes in these factors. The cost of new warranties issued that was charged to cost of product revenue was $11.8 million in fiscal 2004, $15.5 million in fiscal 2003 and $10.3 million in fiscal 2002. While we believe that our warranty accrual is adequate and that the judgments applied in calculating this accrual are appropriate, the assumptions used are based on estimates and these estimated amounts could differ materially from our actual warranty expenses in the future. If actual expenses exceed those we have estimated, our future cost of product revenue would be adversely affected.

Our accounts receivable balance, net of allowance for doubtful accounts, was $33.0 million and $26.8 million as of June 27, 2004 and June 29, 2003, respectively. The allowance for doubtful accounts as of June 27, 2004 was $1.4 million, compared with $2.3 million as of June 29, 2003. We continually monitor and evaluate the collectibility of our trade receivables based on a combination of factors. We record specific allowances for bad debts in general and administrative expense when we become aware of a specific customer’s inability to meet its financial obligation to us, such as in the case of bankruptcy filings or deterioration of financial position. Estimates are used in determining our allowances for all other customers based on factors such as current trends in the length of time the receivables are past due and historical collection experience. We mitigate some collection risk by requiring most of our customers in the Asia-Pacific region, excluding Japan, to pay cash in advance or secure letters of credit when placing an order with us. Our provision for doubtful accounts was a benefit of $0.2 million in fiscal 2004, a benefit of $0.8 million in fiscal 2003 and expense of $3.9 million in fiscal 2002. If a major customer’s creditworthiness deteriorates, or if actual defaults are higher than our historical experience, or if other circumstances arise, our estimates of the recoverability of amounts due to us could be overstated, and additional allowances could be required.

We recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of assets and liabilities. Significant management judgment is required in determining our deferred tax assets and liabilities and any valuation allowance recorded against our net deferred tax assets. We make an assessment of the likelihood that our net deferred tax assets will be recovered from future taxable income, and to the extent that recovery is not believed to be likely, a valuation allowance is established. During fiscal 2003, we established a full valuation allowance for our net deferred tax assets in the amount of $163.1 million. In fiscal 2004, the valuation allowance increased by $6.8 million to $169.9 million.

The valuation allowance was calculated in accordance with the provisions of SFAS 109, which requires an assessment of both negative and positive evidence when measuring the need for a valuation allowance. In accordance with SFAS 109, evidence, such as operating results during the most recent three-year period, is given more weight than our expectations of future profitability, which are inherently uncertain. Our net losses in recent periods represented sufficient negative evidence to require a full valuation allowance against our net deferred tax assets under SFAS 109. This valuation allowance will be evaluated periodically and can be reversed partially or totally if business results have sufficiently improved to support realization of our deferred tax assets.

We are currently involved in various claims and legal proceedings, including negotiations regarding potential licenses from third parties who have notified us that they believe our products may infringe certain patents. Periodically, we review the status of each significant matter, whether litigation or licensing negotiation, and assess our potential financial exposure. If the potential loss from any claim or legal proceeding is considered

probable and the amount can be estimated, we accrue a liability for the estimated loss. Because of uncertainties related to these matters, accruals, if any, are based only on the most current and dependable information available at any given time. As additional information becomes available, we may reassess the potential liability from pending claims and litigation and the probability of claims being successfully asserted against us. As a result, we may revise our estimates related to these pending claims and litigation. Such revisions in the estimates of the potential liabilities could have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations, financial position and cash flows in the future. For further detail, see Note 4 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of legal proceedings.

Cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments and marketable securities were $425.7 million and $402.2 million at June 27, 2004 and at June 29, 2003, respectively, representing an increase of $23.5 million. This increase was primarily due to cash provided by operating activities of $21.5 million and proceeds from issuance of common stock of $13.0 million, partially offset by capital expenditures of $6.3 million.

We generated $21.5 million in cash from operations in fiscal 2004 despite a net loss of $1.7 million. The net loss included significant non-cash charges including a restructuring charge of $6.5 million, depreciation of $20.1 million and amortization expense related to the warrant issued to Avaya of $5.0 million. Accounts receivable increased to $33.0 million at June 27, 2004 from $26.8 million at June 29, 2003. Days sales outstanding in receivables increased to 33 days at June 27, 2004 from 28 days at June 29, 2003. The increase in accounts receivable and days sales outstanding were primarily due to timing of collections and reductions in allowance for doubtful accounts and sales returns reserves. Inventory levels increased to $25.9 million at June 27, 2004 from $18.7 million at June 29, 2003. This increase was the result of an increase in inventory related to three new product introductions within the fiscal year. Inventory management remains an area of focus as we balance the need to maintain strategic inventory levels to ensure competitive lead times and avoid stock-outs with the risk of inventory excess or obsolescence because of declining demand, rapidly changing technology and customer requirements. Deferred revenue increased to $53.7 million at June 27, 2004 from $48.3 million at June 29, 2003. This increase was due primarily to increased service obligations under service contracts.

We have a revolving line of credit for $10.0 million with a major lending institution. As of June 27, 2004, there were no outstanding borrowings under this facility. The line of credit contains a provision for the issuance of letters of credit not to exceed the unused balance of the line. At June 27, 2004, we had letters of credit totaling $0.9 million. These letters of credit were primarily issued to satisfy requirements of certain of our customers for performance bonds. The line of credit requires us to maintain specified financial covenants related to tangible net worth and liquidity with which we were in compliance as of June 27, 2004. The line of credit expires on January 27, 2005. It is our intention to renew this line of credit when it expires.

As part of our business relationship with MCMS, Inc., a former contract manufacturer, we entered into a $9.0 million operating equipment lease for manufacturing equipment in September 2000 with a third-party financing company; we, in turn, subleased the equipment to MCMS. The equipment lease with the third-party financing company requires us to make monthly payments through September 2005 and to maintain specified financial covenants related to profitability and our cash to debt ratio with which we were in compliance as of June 27, 2004. The liability related to this lease is included in lease liability on the consolidated balance sheets.

In December 2001, we completed a private placement of $200.0 million of convertible subordinated notes. The notes mature on December 1, 2006. Interest is payable semi-annually at 3.5% per annum. The notes are convertible at the option of the holders into our common stock at an initial conversion price of $20.96 per share, subject to adjustment. The notes are redeemable in cash at our option at an initial redemption price of 101.4% of the principal amount on or after December 2004 if not converted to common stock prior to the redemption date. Each holder of the notes has the right to cause us to repurchase all of such holder’s convertible notes at 100% of the principal amount plus accrued interest upon a change of control of ownership of Extreme Networks, as defined in the offering circular. Instead of paying the repurchase price in cash, we may, if we satisfy certain

conditions, elect to pay the repurchase price in common stock valued at 95% of the average of the closing prices of our common stock for the five trading days immediately preceding and including the third trading day prior to the repurchase date.

The following summarizes our contractual obligations (including interest payments) at June 27, 2004, and the effect such obligations are expected to have on our liquidity and cash flow in future periods (in thousands):

We did not have any material commitments for capital expenditures or other non-cancelable purchase commitments as of June 27, 2004. We did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as of June 27, 2004.

We require substantial capital to fund our business, particularly to finance inventories and accounts receivable and for capital expenditures. As a result, we could be required to raise substantial additional capital at any time. To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the issuance of such securities could result in dilution to existing stockholders. If additional funds are raised through the issuance of debt securities, these securities may have rights, preferences and privileges senior to holders of common stock and the terms of such debt could impose restrictions on our operations. If we are unable to obtain such additional capital, we may be required to reduce the scope of our planned product development and marketing efforts, which would have a material adverse affect our business, financial condition and operating results.

We believe that our current cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, marketable securities and cash available from credit facilities and future operations will enable us to meet our working capital requirements for at least the next 12 months.

In January 2003, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Interpretation No. 46, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities (“FIN 46”). FIN 46 requires that if an entity has a controlling financial interest in a variable interest entity, the assets, liabilities, and results of activities of the variable interest entity should be included in the consolidated financial statements of the entity. For arrangements entered into after January 31, 2003, FIN 46 was effective immediately. For arrangements entered into prior to February 1, 2003, FIN 46 was effective at the end of the period ending after December 15, 2003. In December 2003, FIN 46 was revised to require application in financial statements of public entities that have interests in special-purpose entities for periods ending after December 15, 2003. For all other types of variable interest entities, application was required for periods ending after March 15, 2004. The adoption of the provisions of FIN 46, as revised, in fiscal 2004 did not have a material impact on our results of operations or financial condition.

investments that are deemed to be temporarily impaired. The accounting provisions of EITF 03-1 are effective for all reporting periods beginning after June 15, 2004, while the disclosure requirements are effective only for annual periods ending after June 15, 2004. We have evaluated the impact of the adoption of EITF 03-1 and do not believe the impact will be significant to our overall results of operations or financial position.

We Are Not Profitable and We Cannot Assure You That We Will Be Profitable in the Future

Fiscal 2000 was the only year in which we have achieved profitability for the full year. We reported losses for fiscal 2004, fiscal 2003, and fiscal 2002. We anticipate continuing to incur significant sales and marketing, product development and general and administrative expenses and, as a result, we will continue to need to rationalize expense levels and increase revenue levels to achieve profitability in future fiscal quarters.

A Number of Factors Could Cause Our Quarterly Financial Results to Be Worse Than Expected, Resulting in a Decline in Our Stock Price

Our ability to control our operating expenses at a level that is consistent with anticipated revenue is significant to our financial results. A high percentage of our expenses are fixed in the short term, so any delay in generating or recognizing revenue could cause our quarterly operating results to fall below the expectations of public market analysts or investors, which could cause the price of our stock to fall.

Orders in our backlog at the beginning of each quarter do not equal expected revenue for that quarter and are generally cancelable at any time. Accordingly, we are dependent upon obtaining orders during a quarter and shipping those orders in the same quarter to achieve our revenue objectives. In addition, the timing of product releases and purchase orders, and product availability, often results in a majority of our product shipments being scheduled near the end of a quarter. Failure to ship these products by the end of a quarter may adversely affect our operating results. Our customer agreements generally allow customers to delay scheduled delivery dates or to cancel orders within specified timeframes without significant charges to the customers. Furthermore, some of our customers require that we provide installation or inspection services that may delay the recognition of revenue for both products and services, and some of our customer agreements include acceptance provisions that prevent our ability to recognize revenue upon shipment.

We may experience a delay in generating or recognizing revenue for a number of reasons and our quarterly revenue and operating results have varied significantly in the past and may vary significantly in the future due to a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the following:

On July 12, 2004 we hired a new Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales. While we believe we have strengthened our executive team and the overall organization, a recent high level of attrition in our sales group could adversely affect our sales. In addition, the integration of new personnel into our sales organization, including our new Senior Vice President, will take time and the impact of their addition to Extreme Networks may not be realized in the near term.

Due to the foregoing factors, we believe that period-to-period comparisons of our operating results should not be relied upon as an indicator of our future performance.

Intense Competition in the Market for Networking Equipment Could Prevent Us from Increasing Revenue and Returning to Profitability

The market for networking equipment is intensely competitive. Our principal competitors include Cisco Systems, Enterasys Networks, Foundry Networks, Inc., Nortel Networks and 3Com Corporation. In addition, a number of private companies and foreign competitors have announced plans for new products, or have introduced products, that may compete with our own products. Some of our current and potential competitors have superior market leverage, longer operating histories and substantially greater financial, technical, sales and marketing resources, in addition to wider name recognition and larger installed customer bases. Foreign competitors may have competitive advantages due to significantly lower costs or strong ties to customers in their home countries. These competitors may have developed, or may in the future develop, new competing products based on technologies that compete with our own products or render our products obsolete. Furthermore, a number of these competitors may merge or form strategic partnerships that enable them to offer or bring to market competitive products. Consolidation within our industry could lead to increased competition and could harm our operating results.

The pricing policies of our competitors impact the overall demand for our products and services. Some of our competitors are capable of operating at significant losses for extended periods of time, increasing pricing pressure on our products and services. If we do not maintain competitive pricing, the demand for our products and services, as well as our market share, may decline. From time to time, we may lower the prices of our products and services. When this happens, if we are unable to reduce our component costs or improve operating efficiencies, our revenues and margins are adversely affected.

To remain competitive, we believe that we must, among other things, invest significant resources in developing new products, improve our current products and maintain customer satisfaction. Such investment will increase our expenses and affect our profitability. In addition, if we fail to make this investment, we may not be able to compete successfully with our competitors, which could have a material adverse effect on our revenue and future profitability.

When Our Products Contain Undetected Software or Hardware Errors, We Incur Significant Unexpected Expenses and Could Lose Sales

Network products frequently contain undetected software or hardware errors when new products or new versions or updates of existing products are released to the marketplace. In the past, we have experienced such errors in connection with new products and product upgrades. We have experienced component problems that caused us to incur higher than expected warranty and service costs and expenses, and to take an accrual for anticipated expenses. Such expenses adversely affected our recent results. We have undertaken extensive efforts to address these issues; however until these programs are completed, these expenses are expected to exceed normal levels. In the future, we expect that, from time to time, such errors or component failures will be found in new or existing products after the commencement of commercial shipments. These problems have adversely affected our business and may have a material adverse effect on our business by causing us to incur significant warranty and repair costs, diverting the attention of our engineering personnel from new product development efforts, delaying the recognition of revenue and causing significant customer relations problems. Further, if products are not accepted by customers due to such defects, and such returns exceed the amount we accrued for defect returns based on our historical experience, our operating results would be adversely affected.

Our products must successfully interoperate with products from other vendors. As a result, when problems occur in a network, it may be difficult to identify the sources of these problems. The occurrence of hardware and software errors, whether or not caused by our products, could result in the delay or loss of market acceptance of our products and any necessary revisions may cause us to incur significant expenses. The occurrence of any such problems would likely have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.

We Depend Upon International Sales for a Significant Portion of Our Revenue and Our Ability to Grow Our International Sales Depends on Successfully Expanding Our International Operations

International sales constitute a significant portion of our net revenues. Our ability to grow will depend in part on the continued expansion of international sales. Sales to customers outside of the United States accounted for approximately 61%, 60% and 67% of our net revenues, respectively, for fiscal 2004, fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2002. Our international sales primarily depend on the success of our resellers and distributors. The failure of these resellers and distributors to sell our products internationally would limit our ability to sustain and grow our revenue. There are a number of risks arising from our international business, including:

In addition, conducting our business on a global basis subjects us to a number of frequently changing and complex trade protection measures and import or export regulatory requirements. Our failure to comply with these measures and regulatory requirements may result in the imposition of financial penalties and restrictions on our ability to conduct business in and with certain countries, which may harm our business and damage our reputation. Pursuant to regulations of the U.S. Department of Commerce providing for voluntary disclosure, in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2002 we disclosed information regarding a possible violation of certain export

regulations. Following such disclosures the Department of Commerce will determine whether to conduct an investigation. If an investigation is commenced, we believe that these matters will be resolved without a material adverse effect on our business, and we have implemented procedures to reduce the risk of violations in the future.

Our international sales currently are U.S. dollar-denominated. Recently the U.S. dollar exchange rate has fallen against foreign currencies, in particular the Euro. However, future increases in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies could make our products less competitive in international markets. In the future, we may elect to invoice some of our international customers in local currency which will expose us to fluctuations in exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and the particular local currency. If we do so, we may decide to engage in hedging transactions to minimize the risk of such fluctuations.

We have entered into foreign exchange forward contracts to offset the impact of payment of operating expenses in local currencies to some of our operating foreign subsidiaries. However, if we are not successful in managing these hedging transactions, we could incur losses from hedging activities.

We Expect the Average Selling Prices of Our Products to Decrease, Which May Reduce Gross Margin and/or Revenue

The network equipment industry has traditionally experienced a rapid erosion of average selling prices due to a number of factors, including competitive pricing pressures, promotional pricing and technological progress. In addition, companies have lowered their prices in order to liquidate excess inventory that has accumulated as a result of the current economic slowdown. We anticipate that the average selling prices of our products will decrease in the future in response to competitive pricing pressures, excess inventories, increased sales discounts and new product introductions by us or our competitors, including, for example, competitive products manufactured with low-cost merchant silicon. We may experience substantial decreases in future operating results due to the erosion of our average selling prices. Competitive pressures are expected to increase as a result of the industry slowdown that began in the first half of 2001, coupled with the downturn in the broader economy. To maintain our gross margin, we must develop and introduce on a timely basis new products and product enhancements and continually reduce our product costs. Our failure to do so would likely cause our revenue and gross margins to decline, which could have a material adverse effect on our operating results and cause the price of our common stock to decline.

Some of Our Customers May Not Have the Resources to Pay for Our Products as a Result of the Current Economic Environment

At June 27, 2004, no customer accounted for more than 10% of our accounts receivable balance. Some of our customers are forecasting that their revenue for the foreseeable future will generally be lower than originally anticipated. Some of these customers are experiencing, or are likely to experience, serious cash flow problems and, as a result, may find it increasingly difficult to obtain financing, if financing is available at all. If our customers are not successful in generating sufficient revenue or securing alternate financing arrangements, they may not be able to pay, or may delay payment of, the amounts that they owe us. In particular, sales to the service provider market are especially volatile and continued declines or delays in sale orders from this market may harm our financial condition. Furthermore, they may not order as many products from us as originally forecast, or cancel orders with us entirely. The inability of some of our potential customers to pay us for our products may adversely affect our cash flow, the timing of our revenue recognition and the amount of revenue, which may cause our stock price to decline.

The Market in Which We Compete is Subject to Rapid Technological Progress and to Compete We Must Continually Introduce New Products that Achieve Broad Market Acceptance

The network equipment market is characterized by rapid technological progress, frequent new product introductions, changes in customer requirements and evolving industry standards. If we do not regularly introduce new products in this dynamic environment, our product lines will become obsolete. Developments in routers and routing software could also significantly reduce demand for our products. Alternative technologies

could achieve widespread market acceptance and displace the Ethernet technology on which we have based our product architecture. We cannot assure you that our technological approach will achieve broad market acceptance or that other technologies or devices will not supplant our own products and technology.

When we announce new products or product enhancements that have the potential to replace or shorten the life cycle of our existing products, customers may defer or cancel orders for our existing products. These actions could have a material adverse effect on our operating results by unexpectedly decreasing sales, increasing inventory levels of older products and exposing us to greater risk of product obsolescence. The market for switching products is evolving and we believe our ability to compete successfully in this market is dependent upon the continued compatibility and interoperability of our products with products and architectures offered by other vendors.

In particular, the networking industry has been characterized by the successive introduction of new technologies or standards that have dramatically reduced the price and increased the performance of switching equipment. To remain competitive, we need to introduce products in a timely manner that incorporate, or are compatible with, these emerging technologies. We are particularly dependent upon the successful introduction of new products. We cannot ensure that any new products we introduce will be commercially successful. We have experienced delays in releasing new products and product enhancements in the past that resulted in lower quarterly revenue than anticipated. We may experience similar delays in product development and releases in the future, and any delay in product introduction could adversely affect our ability to compete, causing our operating results to be below our expectations or the expectations of public market analysts or investors.

Our Limited Ability to Protect Our Intellectual Property May Adversely Affect Our Ability to Compete

We rely on a combination of patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret laws and restrictions on disclosure to protect our intellectual property rights. However, we cannot ensure that the actions we have taken will adequately protect our intellectual property rights or that other parties will not independently develop similar or competing products that do not infringe on our patents. We generally enter into confidentiality or license agreements with our employees, consultants and corporate partners, and control access to and distribution of our software, documentation and other proprietary information. Despite our efforts to protect our proprietary rights, unauthorized parties may attempt to copy or otherwise misappropriate or use our products or technology, which would adversely affect our ability to compete.

Claims of Infringement by Others May Increase and the Resolution of such Claims May Adversely Affect our Ability to Compete and Our Operating Results

Our industry is characterized by the existence of a large number of patents and frequent claims and related litigation regarding patent and other intellectual property rights. Because of the existence of a large number of patents in the networking field, the secrecy of some pending patents and the issuance of new patents as a rapid pace, it is not possible to determine in advance if a product or component might infringe the patent rights of others. Because of the potential for courts awarding substantial damages and the lack of predictability of such awards, it is not uncommon for companies in our and similar industries to settle even potentially unmeritorious claims with very substantial amounts. We expect to increasingly be subject to infringement claims asserted by third parties as the numbers of products and competitors in the market for network switches grow and product functionality overlaps.

We are actively involved in disputes and licensing discussions with, and have received notices from, others regarding their claimed proprietary rights, and as the functionality and features of our products expands, these disputes and discussions could increase or become harder to resolve. The corporations with whom we have or could have disputes or discussions include corporations with extensive patent portfolios and substantial financial assets who are actively engaged in programs to generate substantial revenues from their patent portfolios, and who are seeking or may seek significant payments or royalties from us and others in our industry. We cannot

ensure that we will always be able successfully to defend ourselves against such claims or conclude licensing discussions on favorable terms. If we are found to infringe the proprietary rights of others, or if we otherwise settle such claims or enter into licensing arrangement to resolve potential disputes, we could be compelled to pay damages, royalties or other payments and either obtain a license to those intellectual property rights or alter our products so that they no longer infringe upon such proprietary rights. Any license could be very expensive to obtain or may not be available at all. Similarly, changing our products or processes to avoid infringing the rights of others may be costly or impractical. Litigation resulting from claims that we are infringing the proprietary rights of others has resulted and could in the future result in substantial costs and a diversion of resources, and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Due to the number of companies with extensive patent portfolios in our industry who are or may be actively involved in licensing programs, we believe that even if we do not infringe any patents, we will incur significant expenses in the future due to disputes or licensing negotiations, though the amounts can not be determined. We cannot assure you that any such expenses will not be material or otherwise adversely affect our operating results.

We Are Engaged in Litigation Regarding Intellectual Property Rights, and an Adverse Outcome Could Harm Our Business and Require Us to Incur Significant Costs

We have received notice from several companies alleging that we may be infringing their patents. One of these companies, Lucent Technologies, Inc., filed a claim against us alleging patent infringement, and we are in litigation as of the date of this filing. Following examination of this claim, we believe it is without merit and we have responded accordingly. Without regard to the merits of this or any other claim, if judgments by a court of law on this or any other claim received in the future were to be upheld, or if we were otherwise to agree to the settlement of such claims, the consequences to us may be severe and could require us, among other actions to:

If we are compelled to take any of the foregoing actions, our business could be severely harmed.

Adjustments to the Size of Our Operations May Require Us to Incur Unanticipated Costs

Prior to the quarter ended April 1, 2001, we experienced rapid growth and expansion that placed a significant strain on our resources. Subsequent to that period, we have from time to time incurred unanticipated costs to downsize our operations to a level consistent with lower forecast sales. Even if we manage the current period of instability effectively, as well as possible expansion in the future, we may make mistakes in restructuring or operating our business, such as inaccurate sales forecasting or incorrect material planning. Any of these mistakes may lead to unanticipated fluctuations in our operating results. We cannot assure you that we will be able to size our operations in accordance with fluctuations of our business in the future.

We Must Continue to Develop and Increase the Productivity of Our Indirect Distribution Channels to Increase Net Revenues and Improve Our Operating Results

Our distribution strategy focuses primarily on developing and increasing the productivity of our indirect distribution channels. If we fail to develop and cultivate relationships with significant resellers, or if these resellers are not successful in their sales efforts, sales of our products may decrease and our operating results could suffer. Many of our resellers also sell products from other vendors that compete with our products. We cannot assure you that we will be able to enter into additional reseller and/or distribution agreements or that we will be able to successfully manage our product sales channels. Our failure to do any of these could limit our

ability to grow or sustain revenue. In addition, our operating results will likely fluctuate significantly depending on the timing and amount of orders from our resellers. We cannot assure you that our resellers and/or distributors will continue to market or sell our products effectively or continue to devote the resources necessary to provide us with effective sales, marketing and technical support.

Most of Our Revenue is Derived From Sales of Three Product Families, So We are Dependent on Widespread Market Acceptance of These Products

We derive substantially all of our revenue from sales of our Summit, BlackDiamond and Alpine products and related services. We expect that revenue from these product families will account for a substantial portion of our revenue for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, widespread market acceptance of our product families is vital to our future success. Factors that may affect the sales of our products, some of which are beyond our control, include:

We may not be able to achieve widespread market acceptance of our product families, which could reduce our revenue.

Future Performance will Depend on the Introduction and Acceptance of New Products

Our future performance will also depend on the successful development, introduction, and market acceptance of new and enhanced products that address customer requirements in a timely and cost-effective manner. In particular, we are dependent upon the successful introduction of new products. In the past, we have experienced delays in product development and such delays may occur in the future. We have recently announced a third-generation chipset for use in future products. The introduction of new and enhanced products may cause our customers to defer or cancel orders for existing products. Therefore, to the extent customers defer or cancel orders in the expectation of new product releases, any delay in the development or introduction of new products could cause our operating results to suffer. The inability to achieve and maintain widespread levels of market acceptance for our current and future products may significantly impair our revenue growth.

If a Key Reseller, Distributor, or Other Significant Customer Cancels or Delays a Large Purchase, Our Net Revenues May Decline and the Price of Our Stock May Fall

To date, a limited number of resellers, distributors and other customers have accounted for a significant portion of our revenue. While no distributor or customer has accounted for 10% or more of revenue in the current fiscal year, sales to Westcon Corp, Tech Data Corporation and Hitachi Cable Ltd., represent a high percentage of our sales and these customers have individually accounted for 10% or more of revenue in prior periods. If any of our large customers stop or delay purchases, our revenue and profitability would be adversely affected.

Our expense levels are based on our expectations as to future revenue and to a large extent are fixed in the short term, so a substantial reduction or delay in sales of our products to a significant reseller, distributor or other customer could harm our business, operating results and financial condition. Although our largest customers may differ from period-to-period, we anticipate that our operating results for any given period will continue to depend to a significant extent on large orders from a relatively small number of customers.

While our financial performance depends on large orders from a limited number of key resellers, distributors and other significant customers, we do not have binding purchase commitments from any of them. For example:

Under specified conditions, some third-party distributors are allowed to return products to us. We do not recognize revenue on sales to distributors until the distributors sell the product to their customers.

The Sales Cycle for Our Products is Long and We May Incur Substantial Non-Recoverable Expenses or Devote Significant Resources to Sales that Do Not Occur When Anticipated

The use of indirect sales channels may contribute to the length and variability of our sales cycle. Our products represent a significant strategic decision by a customer regarding its communications infrastructure. The decision by customers to purchase our products is often based on the results of a variety of internal procedures associated with the evaluation, testing, implementation and acceptance of new technologies. Accordingly, the product evaluation process frequently results in a lengthy sales cycle, typically ranging from three months to longer than a year, and as a result, our ability to sell products is subject to a number of significant risks, including:

We Purchase Several Key Components for Products From Single or Limited Sources and Could Lose Sales if These Suppliers Fail to Meet Our Needs

We currently purchase several key components used in the manufacture of our products from single or limited sources and are dependent upon supply from these sources to meet our needs. Certain components such as tantalum capacitors, static random access memory, or SRAM, dynamic random access memory, or DRAM, and printed circuit boards, have been in the past, and may in the future be, in short supply. We have encountered, and are likely in the future to encounter, shortages and delays in obtaining these or other components, and this could have a material adverse effect on our ability to meet customer orders. Our principal sole-source components include:

We use our forecast of expected demand to determine our material requirements. Lead times for materials and components we order vary significantly, and depend on factors such as the specific supplier, contract terms and demand for a component at a given time. If forecasts exceed orders, we may have excess and/or obsolete inventory on hand or under non-cancelable purchase commitments that could have a material adverse effect on our operating results and financial condition. If orders exceed forecasts, we may have inadequate supplies of certain materials and components, which could have a material adverse effect on our operating results and financial condition. We do not have agreements fixing long-term prices or minimum volume requirements from suppliers. From time to time we have experienced shortages and allocations of certain components, resulting in delays in filling orders. Qualifying new suppliers to compensate for such shortages may be time-consuming and costly, and may increase the likelihood of errors in design or production. In addition, during the development of our products, we have experienced delays in the prototyping of our chipsets, which in turn has led to delays in product introductions. We cannot ensure that similar delays will not occur in the future. Furthermore, we cannot ensure that the performance of the components as incorporated in our products will meet the quality requirements of our customers.

Our Dependence on One Contract Manufacturer for All of Our Manufacturing Requirements Could Harm Our Operating Results

If the demand for our products grows, we will need to increase our material purchases, contract manufacturing capacity, and internal test and quality functions. Any disruptions in product flow could limit our revenue, adversely affect our competitive position and reputation, and result in additional costs or cancellation of orders under agreements with our customers.

We rely on an independent contractor to manufacture our products. The sole company we currently utilize for the manufacture of our products is Flextronics International, Ltd., located in San Jose, California and Guadalajara, Mexico. Our commitment with Flextronics is formalized through a one-year contract. We have experienced delays in product shipments from contract manufacturers in the past, which in turn delayed product shipments to our customers. These or similar problems may arise in the future, such as products of inferior quality, insufficient quantity of products, or the interruption or discontinuance of operations of a manufacturer, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business and operating results.

We do not know whether we will effectively manage our contract manufacturer or that this manufacturer will meet our future requirements for timely delivery of products of sufficient quality and quantity. We intend to introduce new products and product enhancements, which will require that we rapidly achieve volume production by coordinating our efforts with those of our suppliers and contract manufacturer. The inability of our contract manufacturer to provide us with adequate supplies of high-quality products may cause a delay in our ability to fulfill orders and may have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition. Moreover, our current dependence on a single manufacturer makes us particularly vulnerable to these risks.

As part of our cost-reduction efforts, we will need to realize lower per unit product costs from our contract manufacturer by means of volume efficiencies and the utilization of manufacturing sites in lower-cost geographies. However, we cannot be certain when or if such price reductions will occur. The failure to obtain such price reductions would adversely affect our gross margins and operating results.

If We Do Not Adequately Manage and Evolve Our Financial Reporting and Managerial Systems and Processes, Our Ability to Manage and Grow Our Business May Be Harmed

Our ability to successfully implement our business plan and comply with regulations requires an effective planning and management process. We need to continue improving our existing, and implement new, operational and financial systems, procedures and controls. Any delay in the implementation of, or disruption in the transition to, new or enhanced systems, procedures or controls, could harm our ability to record and report financial and management information on a timely and accurate basis, or to forecast future results. In addition, rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 require annual review and evaluation of our internal control systems, and attestation of these systems by our independent auditors. We are currently undergoing a review of our internal control systems and procedures and considering improvements that will be necessary in order for us to comply with the requirements of Section 404 by the end of 2004. This process will require us to hire additional personnel and retain outside advisory services and will result in additional accounting and legal expenses, which we has and may continue to cause our operating expenses to increase. In addition, the evaluation and attestation processes required by Section 404 are new and untested, and we may encounter problems or delays in completing the implementation of improvements and receiving a favorable review and attestation by our independent auditors.

Future Changes in Financial Accounting Standards May Cause Adverse Unexpected Revenue Fluctuations and Affect Our Reported Results of Operations

A change in accounting policies can have a significant effect on our reported results and may even affect our reporting of transactions completed before the change is effective. New pronouncements and varying interpretations of pronouncements have occurred with frequency and may occur in the future. Changes to existing rules or the questioning of current practices may adversely affect our reported financial results or the way we conduct our business.

In particular, if we are required to record stock option grants as compensation expense on our income statement, our profitability may be reduced significantly. The current methodology for expensing such stock options is based on, among other things, the historical volatility of the underlying stock. Our stock price has been historically volatile. Therefore, the adoption of an accounting standard requiring companies to expense stock options would negatively impact our profitability and may adversely impact our stock price. In addition, the adoption of such a standard could limit our ability to continue to use stock options as an incentive and retention tool, which could, in turn, hurt our ability to recruit employees and retain existing employees.

In addition, various accounting rules and regulations have been established over the recent past relating to revenue recognition. These regulations frequently require judgments in their application, and are subject to numerous subsequent clarifications and interpretations, some of which may require changes in the way we recognize revenue and may require restatement of prior period revenue and results.

Our Business Substantially Depends Upon the Continued Growth of the Internet and Internet-Based Systems

A substantial portion of our business and revenue depends on growth of the Internet and on the deployment of our products by customers that depend on the continued growth of the Internet. As a result of the recent economic slowdown and reduction in capital spending, which have particularly affected telecommunications service providers, spending on Internet infrastructure has declined, which has materially harmed our business. To the extent that the recent economic slowdown and reduction in capital spending continue to adversely affect spending on Internet infrastructure, we could continue to experience material harm to our business, operating results, and financial condition.

Because of the rapid introduction of new products, and changing customer requirements related to matters such as cost-effectiveness and security, we believe that there could be certain performance problems with Internet communications in the future, which could receive a high degree of publicity and visibility. As we are a

large supplier of networking products, our business, operating results, and financial condition may be materially adversely affected, regardless of whether or not these problems are due to the performance of our own products. Such an event could also result in a material adverse effect on the market price of our common stock independent of direct effects on our business.

Compliance with Changing Regulation of Corporate Governance and Public Disclosure May Result in Additional Expenses

Changing laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, new SEC regulations and Nasdaq Stock Market rules, are creating uncertainty for companies such as ours. We are committed to maintaining high standards of corporate governance and public disclosure. As a result, we are investing all reasonably necessary resources to comply with evolving standards, and this investment may result in increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance activities.

We Have Been Named as a Defendant in a Shareholder Class Action Lawsuit Arising Out of Our Public Offerings of Securities in 1999

Networks Defendants will not be required to make any cash payments in the settlement, unless the pro rata amount paid by the insurers in the settlement exceeds the amount of the insurance coverage, a circumstance which we do not believe will occur. The settlement will require approval of the Court, which cannot be assured. If the settlement is not approved, we cannot assure you that we will prevail in the lawsuit. Failure to prevail could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows in the future.

In addition, we may become subject to other types of litigation in the future. Litigation is often expensive and diverts management’s attention and resources, which could materially and adversely affect our business.

Our Headquarters and Some Significant Supporting Businesses Are Located in Northern California and Other Areas Subject to Natural Disasters That Could Disrupt Our Operations and Harm Our Business

Our corporate headquarters are located in Silicon Valley in Northern California. Historically, this region has been vulnerable to natural disasters and other risks, such as earthquakes, fires and floods, which at times have disrupted the local economy and posed physical risks to our property. We have a contract manufacturer located in Northern California and in Mexico where similar natural disasters and other risks may disrupt the local economy and pose physical risks to our property and the property of our contract manufacturer.

In addition, terrorist acts or acts of war targeted at the United States, and specifically Silicon Valley, could cause damage or disruption to us, our employees, facilities, partners, suppliers, distributors and resellers, and customers, which could have a material adverse effect on our operations and financial results.

We currently do not have redundant, multiple site capacity in the event of a natural disaster or catastrophic event. In the event of such an occurrence, our business would suffer.

If We Lose Key Personnel or are Unable to Hire Additional Qualified Personnel as Necessary, We May Not Be Able to Successfully Manage Our Business or Achieve Our Goals

Our success depends to a significant degree upon the continued contributions of our key management, engineering, sales and marketing, service and operations personnel, many of whom would be difficult to replace. We do not have employment contracts with these individuals nor do we carry life insurance on any of our key personnel.

We believe our future success will also depend in large part upon our ability to attract and retain highly skilled managerial, engineering, sales and marketing, service, finance and operations personnel. The market for these personnel is competitive, especially in the San Francisco Bay Area, and we have had difficulty in hiring employees, particularly engineers, in the timeframe we desire. In addition, retention has become more difficult for us and other public technology companies as a result of the stock market decline, which caused the price of many of our employees’ stock options to be above the current market price of our stock and we have recently experienced a high level of attrition, particularly in our sales personnel, including our senior vice president of Worldwide Sales and others. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in attracting and retaining our key personnel. The loss of the services of any of our key personnel, the inability to attract or retain qualified personnel in the future or delays in hiring desired personnel, particularly engineers and sales personnel, could make it difficult for us to manage our business and meet key objectives, such as new product introductions. In addition, companies in the networking industry whose employees accept positions with competitors frequently claim that competitors have engaged in unfair hiring practices. We have from time to time been involved in claims like this with other companies and, although to date they have not resulted in material litigation, we do not know whether we will be involved in additional claims in the future as we seek to hire and retain qualified personnel or that such claims will not result in material litigation. We could incur substantial costs in litigating any such claims, regardless of the merits.

Failure of Our Products to Comply With Evolving Industry Standards and Complex Government Regulations May Cause Our Products to Not Be Widely Accepted, Which May Prevent Us From Growing Our Net Revenues or Achieving Profitability

The market for network equipment products is characterized by the need to support industry standards as different standards emerge, evolve and achieve acceptance. We will not be competitive unless we continually introduce new products and product enhancements that meet these emerging standards. In the past, we have introduced new products that were not compatible with certain technological standards, and in the future we may not be able to effectively address the compatibility and interoperability issues that arise as a result of technological changes and evolving industry standards. Our products must comply with various United States federal government regulations and standards defined by agencies such as the Federal Communications Commission, in addition to standards established by governmental authorities in various foreign countries and recommendations of the International Telecommunication Union. If we do not comply with existing or evolving industry standards or if we fail to obtain timely domestic or foreign regulatory approvals or certificates we will not be able to sell our products where these standards or regulations apply, which may prevent us from sustaining our net revenue or achieving profitability.

Failure to Successfully Expand Our Sales and Support Teams or Educate Them In Regard to Technologies and Our Product Families May Harm Our Operating Results

The sale of our products and services requires a concerted effort that is frequently targeted at several levels within a prospective customer’s organization. We may not be able to increase net revenues unless we expand our sales and support teams in order to address all of the customer requirements necessary to sell our products.

We cannot assure you that we will be able to successfully integrate employees into our company or to educate current and future employees in regard to rapidly evolving technologies and our product families. A failure to do so may hurt our revenue growth and operating results.

We May Engage in Future Acquisitions that Dilute the Ownership Interests of Our Stockholders, Cause Us to Incur Debt and Assume Contingent Liabilities

As part of our business strategy, we review acquisition and strategic investment prospects that we believe would complement our current product offerings, augment our market coverage or enhance our technical capabilities, or otherwise offer growth opportunities. From time to time we review investments in new businesses and we expect to make investments in, and to acquire, businesses, products, or technologies in the future. In the event of any future acquisitions, we could:

These actions could have a material adverse effect on our operating results or the price of our common stock. Moreover, even if we do obtain benefits in the form of increased sales and earnings, there may be a lag between the time when the expenses associated with an acquisition are incurred and the time when we recognize such benefits. This is particularly relevant in cases where it is necessary to integrate new types of technology into our existing portfolio and new types of products may be targeted for potential customers with which we do not have pre-existing relationships. Acquisitions and investment activities also entail numerous risks, including:

We cannot ensure that we will be able to successfully integrate any businesses, products, technologies, or personnel that we might acquire in the future, and our failure to do so could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.

We May Need Additional Capital to Fund Our Future Operations and, If It Is Not Available When Needed, We May Need to Reduce Our Planned Development and Marketing Efforts, Which May Reduce Our Net Revenues and Prevent Us From Achieving Profitability

We believe that our existing working capital and cash available from credit facilities and future operations, will enable us to meet our working capital requirements for at least the next 12 months. However, if cash from future operations is insufficient, or if cash is used for acquisitions or other currently unanticipated uses, we may need additional capital. The development and marketing of new products and the expansion of reseller and distribution channels and associated support personnel requires a significant commitment of resources. In addition, if the markets for our products develop more slowly than anticipated, or if we fail to establish significant market share and achieve sufficient net revenues, we may continue to consume significant amounts of capital. As a result, we could be required to raise additional capital. To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the issuance of such securities could result in dilution of the shares held by existing stockholders. If additional funds are raised through the issuance of debt securities, such securities may provide the holders certain rights, preferences, and privileges senior to those of common stockholders, and the terms of such debt could impose restrictions on our operations. We cannot assure you that additional capital, if required, will be available on acceptable terms, or at all. If we are unable to obtain sufficient amounts of additional capital, we may be required to reduce the scope of our planned product development and marketing efforts, which could harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

In connection with the sale of convertible subordinated notes in December 2001, we incurred $200 million of indebtedness. We will require substantial amounts of cash to fund scheduled payments of interest on the convertible notes, payment of the principal amount of the convertible notes, future capital expenditures, payments on our leases and any increased working capital requirements. If we are unable to meet our cash requirements out of cash flow from operations, there can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain alternative financing. The degree to which we are financially leveraged could materially and adversely affect our ability to obtain financing for working capital, acquisitions or other purposes and could make us more vulnerable to industry downturns and competitive pressures. In the absence of such financing, our ability to respond to changing business and economic conditions, to make future acquisitions, to absorb adverse operating results or to fund capital expenditures or increased working capital requirements would be significantly reduced. Our ability to meet our debt service obligations will be dependent upon our future performance, which will be subject to financial, business and other factors affecting our operations, some of which are beyond our control. If we do not generate sufficient cash flow from operations to repay the notes at maturity, we could attempt to refinance the notes; however, no assurance can be given that such a refinancing would be available on terms acceptable to us, if at all. Any failure by us to satisfy our obligations with respect to the notes at maturity (with respect to payments of principal) or prior thereto (with respect to payments of interest or required repurchases) would constitute a default under the indenture and could cause a default under agreements governing our other indebtedness.

We Have Entered into Long-Term Lease Agreements for Several Facilities that are Currently Vacant and May be Difficult to Sublease due to Current Real Estate Market Conditions

We have certain long-term real estate lease commitments carrying future obligations for non-cancelable lease payments. Reductions in our workforce and the restructuring of operations since fiscal 2002 have resulted in the need to consolidate certain of these leased facilities, located primarily in Northern California, for which we recorded excess facilities charges of approximately $6.5 million in fiscal 2004, $9.6 million in fiscal 2003 and $25.4 million in fiscal 2002. For more information, see Note 12 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. We continue to attempt to sublease certain of these facilities and have estimated the amount of sublease income to offset the carrying costs of these facilities when establishing our excess facilities charges. However, we may not be able to sublease these facilities at the times or on the terms we anticipated when we took the excess facilities charge and therefore if the market does not improve, we may incur additional charges in the future. In addition, we may incur additional charges for excess facilities as a result of additional reductions in our workforce or future restructuring of operations. We will continue to be responsible for all carrying costs of these facilities until such time as we can sublease these facilities or terminate the applicable leases based on the contractual terms of the lease agreements, and these costs may have an adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.

Our Stock Price Has Been Volatile In the Past and Our Stock Price and the Price of the Notes May Significantly Fluctuate in the Future

In the past, our common stock price has fluctuated significantly. This could continue as we or our competitors announce new products, our results or those of our customers or competition fluctuate, conditions in the networking or semiconductor industry change, or when investors, change their sentiment toward stocks in the networking technology sector.

In addition, fluctuations in our stock price and our price-to-earnings multiple may make our stock attractive to momentum, hedge or day-trading investors who often shift funds into and out of stock rapidly, exacerbating price fluctuations in either direction, particularly when viewed on a quarterly basis.

We may decide to raise additional funds through public or private debt or equity financing to fund our operations. If we raise funds by issuing equity securities, the percentage ownership of current stockholders will be reduced and the new equity securities may have rights prior to those of our common stock, including the common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes. We may not obtain sufficient financing on terms that are favorable to you or us. We may delay, limit or eliminate some or all of our proposed operations if adequate funds are not available.

Provisions in Our Charter Documents and Delaware Law and Our Adoption of a Stockholder Rights Plan May Delay or Prevent Acquisition Of Us, Which Could Decrease the Value of Our Common Stock and the Notes

Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws and Delaware law contain provisions that could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us without the consent of our board of directors. Delaware law also imposes some restrictions on mergers and other business combinations between us and any holder of 15% or more of our outstanding common stock. In addition, our board of directors has the right to issue preferred stock without stockholder approval, which could be used to dilute the stock ownership of a potential hostile acquirer. Although we believe these provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws and Delaware law and our stockholder rights plan, which is described below, will provide for an opportunity to receive a higher bid by requiring potential acquirers to negotiate with our board of directors, these provisions apply even if the offer may be considered beneficial by some of our stockholders.

Our board of directors adopted a stockholder rights plan, pursuant to which we declared and paid a dividend of one right for each share of common stock held by stockholders of record as of May 14, 2001. Under the plan, each right will entitle stockholders to purchase a fractional share of our preferred stock for $150.00. Each such fractional share of the new preferred stock has terms designed to make it substantially the economic equivalent of one share of common stock. Initially the rights will not be exercisable and will trade with our common stock. Generally, the rights may become exercisable if a person or group acquires beneficial ownership of 15% or more of our common stock or commences a tender or exchange offer upon consummation of which such person or group would beneficially own 15% or more of our common stock. When the rights become exercisable, our board of directors has the right to authorize the issuance of one share of our common stock in exchange for each right that is then exercisable.

The primary objective of our investment activities is to preserve principal while at the same time maximize the income we receive from our investments without significantly increasing risk. Some of the securities that we have invested in may be subject to market risk. This means that a change in prevailing interest rates may cause the principal amount of the investment to fluctuate. For example, if we hold a security that was issued with a fixed interest rate at the then-prevailing rate and the prevailing interest rate later rises, the principal amount of our investment will probably decline. To minimize this risk, we maintain our portfolio of cash equivalents and short-term investments in a variety of securities, including commercial paper, other non-government debt securities and money market funds. In general, money market funds are not subject to market risk because the interest paid on such funds fluctuates with the prevailing interest rate. The following table presents the amounts of our cash equivalents, short-term investments, marketable securities and long-term debt that are subject to market risk by range of expected maturity and weighted-average interest rates as of June 27, 2004 and June 29, 2003. This table does not include money market funds because those funds are not subject to market risk.

Currently, substantially all of our sales and the majority of our expenses are denominated in United States dollars and as a result, we have experienced no significant foreign exchange gains and losses to date. While we have conducted some transactions in foreign currencies during the year ended June 27, 2004 and expect to continue to do so, we do not anticipate that foreign exchange gains or losses will be significant, in part because of our foreign exchange risk management process discussed below.

We enter into foreign exchange forward contracts to hedge foreign currency forecasted transactions related to certain operating expenses, denominated in Japanese Yen, the Euro, the Swedish Krona and the British Pound. These derivatives are designated as cash flow hedges under SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, as amended and interpreted (“SFAS 133”). At June 27, 2004, these forward foreign currency contracts had a notional principal amount of $5.2 million (fair value of $100). These contracts have maturities of less than 60 days.

Additionally, we enter into foreign exchange forward contracts to mitigate the effect of gains and losses generated by the remeasurement of certain assets and liabilities denominated in Japanese Yen, the Euro, the Swedish Krona and the British Pound. These derivatives are not designated as hedges under SFAS 133. At June 27, 2004, we held foreign currency forward contracts with a notional principal amount of $2.6 million (fair value of $115,000). These contracts have maturities of less than 45 days. Changes in the fair value of these foreign exchange forward contracts are offset largely by remeasurement of the underlying assets and liabilities.

We do not enter into foreign exchange forward contracts for speculative or trading purposes. Foreign currency transaction gains and losses from operations, including the impact of hedging, were a loss of $0.5 million in fiscal 2004, a gain of $0.4 million in fiscal 2003 and a loss of $0.3 million in fiscal 2002.

We have historically made investments in several privately held companies. These nonmarketable investments are accounted for under the cost method, as ownership is less than 20 percent and we do not have the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating, financing and investing activities of the investee companies. These investments are inherently risky as the market for the technologies or products they have under development are typically in the early stages and may never materialize. It is possible that we could lose our entire initial investment in these companies. As a part of management’s process of regularly reviewing these investments for impairment, we recorded write-downs of $0.2 million and $9.7 million on certain investments, which were determined to be other than temporarily impaired in fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2002, respectively. At June 27, 2004, the carrying value of our remaining investments was zero.

Extreme Networks, Inc. (“Extreme Networks” or the “Company”) is a leading provider of network infrastructure equipment and markets its products primarily to business, governmental, health care and educational customers with a focus on large corporate enterprises and metropolitan service providers on a global basis. We conduct our sales and marketing activities on a worldwide basis through a two-tier distribution channel utilizing distributors, resellers and our field sales organization. Extreme Networks was incorporated in California in 1996 and reincorporated in Delaware in 1999.

Our fiscal year is a 52/53-week fiscal accounting year that closes on the Sunday closest to June 30^th every year. Fiscal 2004, fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2002 were 52-week fiscal years. All references herein to “fiscal 2004” or “2004” represent the fiscal year ended June 27, 2004.

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Extreme Networks and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated. Investments in which management intends to maintain more than a temporary 20% to 50% interest, or otherwise has the ability to exercise significant influence, are accounted for under the equity method. Investments in which management has less than a 20% interest and does not have the ability to exercise significant influence are carried at the lower of cost or estimated realizable value.

Assets and liabilities of foreign operations are translated to United States dollars at current rates of exchange, and revenues and expenses are translated using average rates. Foreign currency transaction losses from operations, including the impact of hedging, were $0.5 million in fiscal 2004. Foreign currency transaction gains from operations, including the impact of hedging, were $0.4 million in fiscal 2003. Foreign currency transaction losses from operations, including the impact of hedging, were $0.3 million in fiscal 2002. Gains and losses from foreign currency translation are included as a separate component of other comprehensive income (loss).

The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Estimates are used for, but are not limited to, the accounting for the allowances for doubtful accounts and returns reserves, inventory valuation, depreciation and amortization, impairment of purchased intangible assets and minority investments, warranty accruals, restructuring liabilities and income taxes. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates.

We have reclassified $1.1 million of restructuring liabilities from current to long-term as of June 29, 2003 in order to conform to the fiscal 2004 presentation. This reclassification has not impacted previously reported revenues, operating loss or net loss. During fiscal 2003, revenue from service arrangements increased to greater than 10% of total net revenues, requiring us to separately report product and service revenues. In order to separately state cost of revenues related to product and service revenues, we reclassified $23.1 million of service expenses that had previously been included in operating expenses for fiscal 2002.

We derive the majority of our revenue from sales of our modular and stackable networking equipment, with the remaining revenue generated from service fees relating to the service contracts and training on our products. Our revenue recognition policy follows SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104, Revenue Recognition (“SAB 104”). We generally recognize product revenue from our Value-Added Resellers and end-users at the time of shipment, provided that persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the price of the product is fixed or determinable and collection of the sales proceeds is reasonably assured. Revenue from service obligations under service contracts is deferred and recognized on a straight-line basis. Service contracts typically range from one to five years. When sales arrangements contain multiple deliverables such as hardware, service contracts and other services, we determine whether the deliverables represent separate units of accounting and then allocate revenue to each unit of accounting based on its relative fair value in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) Issue No. 00-21, Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables (“EITF 00-21”). We recognize revenue for each unit of accounting when the revenue recognition criteria for each unit of accounting are met in accordance with SAB 104. EITF 00-21 addresses certain aspects of accounting by a vendor for arrangements under which the vendor will perform multiple revenue generating activities and is effective for revenue arrangements entered into in fiscal periods beginning after June 15, 2003. We adopted EITF 00-21 prospectively and the adoption of EITF 00-21 did not have a material impact on our results of operations or financial position. Shipping costs are included in cost of product revenues.

We make certain sales to partners in two-tier distribution channels. The first tier consists of a limited number of independent distributors that sell primarily to resellers and, on occasion, to end-user customers. We defer recognition of revenue on all sales to these distributors until the distributors sell the product, as evidenced by a monthly sales-out report that the distributors provide to us. We grant these distributors the right to return a portion of unsold inventory to us for the purpose of stock rotation, provide them with credits for changes in selling prices, and allow them to participate in cooperative marketing programs. Cooperative advertising expenses are recorded as marketing expenses to the extent that an advertising benefit separate from the revenue transaction can be identified and the cash paid does not exceed the fair value of that advertising benefit received. The second tier of the distribution channel consists of a large number of third-party resellers that sell directly to end-users and are not granted return privileges, except for defective products during the warranty period. We reduce product revenue for certain price protection rights that may occur under contractual arrangements we have with our customers.

Highly liquid investment securities with insignificant interest rate risk and with original maturities of three months or less at date of purchase are classified as cash equivalents. Investment securities with original maturities greater than three months and remaining maturities of less than one year are classified as short-term investments. Investment securities with remaining maturities greater than one year are classified as marketable securities. Our investments are primarily comprised of United States, state and municipal government obligations and corporate securities.

To date, all marketable securities have been classified as available-for-sale and are carried at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses reported net-of-tax as a separate component of stockholders’ equity. Realized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities are recorded in interest income. Declines in value on available-for-sale securities judged to be other than temporary are recorded in other income (expense), net. Marketable securities are presumed to be impaired if the fair value is less than the cost basis continuously for six months, absent compelling evidence to the contrary. The cost of securities sold is based on specific identification. Premiums and

discounts are amortized over the period from acquisition to maturity and are included in investment income, along with interest and dividends.

We have made minority investments in privately held companies. Our interest in these companies was significantly less than 20% and, as such, we did not have the ability to exercise significant influence. We monitor our minority investments for other than temporary impairment and make appropriate reductions in carrying values when necessary. We recorded write-downs of $0.2 million, and $9.7 million during fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2002, respectively, related to impairments of our privately held investments. The carrying value of investments in privately held companies was zero as of June 27, 2004 and June 29, 2003.

The carrying amounts and estimated fair values of our financial instruments were as follows (in thousands):

The fair values of short-term investments and marketable securities are determined using quoted market prices for those securities or similar financial instruments. The fair value of the convertible subordinated notes due December 1, 2006 is estimated using quoted market prices.

We may be subject to concentration of credit risk as a result of certain financial instruments consisting principally of marketable investments and accounts receivable. We have placed our investments with high-credit quality issuers. We will not invest an amount exceeding 10% of our combined cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments and marketable securities in the securities of any one obligor or maker, except for obligations of the United States government, obligations of United States government agencies and money market accounts.

We perform ongoing credit evaluations of our customers and generally do not require collateral in exchange for credit. We mitigate some collection risk by requiring most of our customers in the Asia-Pacific region, excluding Japan, to pay cash in advance or secure letters of credit when placing an order with us. No distributor or customer accounted for more than 10% of our net revenues in fiscal 2004. One distributor of our products, Tech Data Corporation, accounted for 11% and 15% of our net revenues in fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2002, respectively. No customer accounted for more than 10% of our accounts receivable balance at June 27, 2004 and one customer, Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, accounted for 11% of our accounts receivable balance as of June 29, 2003.

One supplier currently manufacturers all of our application specific integrated circuits, or ASICs, used in all of our hardware products. Any interruption or delay in the supply of any of these or other single source components, or the inability to procure these components from alternate sources at acceptable prices and within a reasonable timeframe, would have a material adverse effect on our ability to meet customer orders which would negatively impact our business, operating results and financial condition. In addition, qualifying additional suppliers can be time-consuming and expensive, and may increase the likelihood of design or production related

errors. We attempt to mitigate these risks by working closely with our ASIC supplier regarding production planning and timing of new product introductions.

We currently derive substantially all of our revenue from sales of our Summit, BlackDiamond and Alpine products. We expect that revenue from these products will account for a substantial portion of our revenue for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, widespread market acceptance of these products is critical to our future success.

We continually monitor and evaluate the collectibility of our trade receivables based on a combination of factors. We record specific allowances for bad debts in general and administrative expense when we become aware of a specific customer’s inability to meet its financial obligation to us, such as in the case of bankruptcy filings or deterioration of financial position. Estimates are used in determining our allowances for all other customers based on factors such as current trends in the length of time the receivables are past due and historical collection experience. We mitigate some collection risk by requiring most of our customers in the Asia-Pacific region, excluding Japan, to pay cash in advance or secure letters of credit when placing an order with us.

Inventories consist of raw materials and finished goods and are stated at the lower of cost or market, on a first-in, first-out basis. We write down our inventories based on estimated excess and obsolete inventories determined primarily by future demand forecasts. Inventories consist of (in thousands):

We defer recognition of revenue on all sales to distributors until the distributor successfully resells the product, typically to an authorized Value-Added Reseller. Distributors regularly provide us with reporting of their sales-out for this purpose. Until it is sold, inventory held by distributors is included in our reported finished goods inventory and was $5.1 million and $3.9 million at June 27, 2004 and June 29, 2003, respectively. The accounts receivable owed us by distributors, net of the deferred revenue from sales to distributors, is recorded in other current assets, as reflected in the following table (in thousands):

Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, with the exception of land, which is not depreciated. Estimated useful lives of 25 years are used for buildings. Estimated useful lives of three to four years are used for computer equipment and software. Estimated useful lives of three years are used for office equipment, furniture and fixtures. Depreciation and amortization of leasehold

improvements is computed using the lesser of the remaining lease terms or three years. Property and equipment consist of the following (in thousands):

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (“SFAS 142”), requires goodwill to be tested for impairment on an annual basis and between annual tests in certain circumstances, and written down when impaired, rather than being amortized as previous standards required. Furthermore, SFAS 142 requires purchased intangible assets other than goodwill to be amortized over their useful lives unless these lives are determined to be indefinite. We adopted this statement July 1, 2002. In accordance with SFAS 142, we ceased amortizing goodwill as of July 1, 2002.

In accordance with the transition provisions of SFAS 142, we completed the first step of the transitional goodwill impairment test at July 1, 2002. The results of that test indicated that goodwill was not impaired and that a cumulative impairment loss did not have to be recognized.

In accordance with SFAS 142, we performed the annual impairment review of our goodwill at the end of fiscal 2003. During this evaluation, we noted indicators that the carrying value of our goodwill might not be recoverable due to the prolonged economic downturn affecting our operations and revenue forecasts.

Under the first step of the SFAS 142 analysis, the fair value was determined based on the income approach, which estimates the fair value based on the future discounted cash flows. Based on the first step analysis, we determined that the carrying amount of our goodwill was in excess of its fair value. As such, we were required to perform the second step analysis since it failed the first step test, to determine the amount of the impairment loss. We completed the second step analysis in connection with the impairment review for fiscal 2003 and recorded an impairment charge for the remaining $1.0 million of goodwill.

The following table presents the impact of SFAS 142 on net loss and net loss per share had the standard been in effect in fiscal 2002 (in thousands, except per-share amounts):

During the third quarter of fiscal 2002, we evaluated goodwill and purchased intangible assets associated with recent acquisitions for impairment in accordance with SFAS No. 121, Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of. The assessment was performed as a result of weakening economic conditions and decreased current and expected future demand for certain categories of products in the markets in which we operate. As a result of the assessment, we recorded a charge to reduce goodwill and purchased intangible assets of $89.8 million.

Long-lived assets, including purchased intangible assets other than goodwill, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. Determination of recoverability is based on an estimate of undiscounted future cash flows resulting from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition. Measurement of an impairment loss for long-lived assets that management expects to hold and use is based on the fair value of the asset. Long-lived assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell. At June 27, 2004, there were no purchased intangible assets recorded in our consolidated balance sheets.

Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 45, Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others (“FIN 45”) requires that upon issuance of a guarantee, the guarantor must disclose and recognize a liability for the fair value of the obligation it assumes under that guarantee. We have determined that the requirements of FIN 45 apply to our standard product warranty and to indemnification obligations contained in commercial agreements, including customary intellectual property indemnification for our products contained in agreements with our resellers and end-users, to a guarantee of a lease obligation of one of our former contract manufacturers and to letters of credit issued under our line of credit.

The following table summarizes the activity related to our product warranty liability during fiscal 2004, fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2002:

Our standard hardware warranty period is typically 12 months from the date of shipment to end-users and 14 months from the date of shipment to channel partners, which include resellers and distributors. Upon shipment of products to our customers, including both end-users and channel partners, we estimate expenses for the cost to repair or replace products that may be returned under warranty and accrue a liability in cost of product revenue for this amount. The determination of our warranty requirements is based on actual historical experience with the product or product family, estimates of repair and replacement costs and any product warranty problems that are identified after shipment. We estimate and adjust these accruals at each balance sheet date in accordance with changes in these factors. There have been no changes in these estimates for fiscal 2004, fiscal 2003 or fiscal 2002.

In the normal course of business to facilitate sales of our products, we indemnify our resellers and end-user customers with respect to certain matters. We have agreed to hold the customer harmless against losses arising from a breach of intellectual property infringement or other claims made against certain parties. These agreements may limit the time within which an indemnification claim can be made and the amount of the claim.

It is not possible to estimate the maximum potential amount under these indemnification agreements due to the limited history of prior indemnification claims and the unique facts and circumstances involved in each particular agreement. Historically, payments made by us under these agreements have not had a material impact on our operating results or financial position.

We offer renewable support arrangements, including extended warranty contracts, to our customers that range generally from one to five years. The change in our deferred support revenue balance in relation to these arrangements was as follows (in thousands):

We have elected to follow APB Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, in accounting for our employee stock options because, as discussed below, the alternative fair value accounting provided for under SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, (“SFAS 123”) requires the use of option valuation models that were not developed for use in valuing employee stock options. Under APB No. 25, because the exercise price of our employee stock options equals the market price of the underlying stock on the date of grant, no compensation expense is recognized in our financial statements.

Pro forma information regarding net income and earnings per share is required by SFAS 123. This information is required to be determined as if we had accounted for our employee stock options and shares issued under the 1999 Purchase Plan under the fair value method of that statement. The fair value of options granted in fiscal 2004, fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2002 was estimated at the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions:

The Black-Scholes option valuation model was developed for use in estimating the fair value of traded options that have no vesting restrictions and are fully transferable. In addition, option valuation models require the input of highly subjective assumptions, including the expected stock price volatility. Because our employee stock options have characteristics significantly different from those of traded options, and because changes in the subjective input assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate, in the opinion of management, the existing models do not necessarily provide a reliable single measure of the fair value of employee stock options. The weighted-average estimated per share fair value of options granted in fiscal 2004, fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2002 was $3.56, $3.41 and $7.95, respectively. The weighted-average estimated per share fair value of shares granted under the 1999 Purchase Plan in fiscal 2004, fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2002 was $2.17, $1.92 and $5.55, respectively. Pro forma information regarding net income (loss) and earnings (loss) per share is required by SFAS 123. This information is required to be determined as if we had accounted for shares issued under all of our employee stock options and shares issued under the 1999 Purchase Plan under the fair value method of that statement. For purposes of pro forma disclosures, the estimated fair value of the options is amortized to expense over the options’ vesting periods. The following pro forma information sets forth our net loss and net loss per share assuming that we had used the SFAS 123 fair value method in accounting for employee stock options and purchases (in thousands, except per share amounts):

Stock compensation expense for options granted to nonemployees has been determined in accordance with SFAS 123 and EITF 96-18, Accounting for Equity Instruments that are Issued to Other Than Employees for Acquiring, or in Conjunction with, Selling Goods or Services, as the fair value of the consideration received or the fair value of the equity instruments issued, whichever is more reliably measured. The fair value of options granted to nonemployees is remeasured as the underlying options vest.

We use derivative financial instruments to manage exposures to foreign currency. Our objective for holding derivatives is to use the most effective methods to minimize the impact of these exposures. We do not enter into derivatives for speculative or trading purposes. All derivatives, whether designated in hedging relationships or not, are required to be recorded on the balance sheet at fair value. The accounting for changes in the fair value of a derivative depends on the intended use of the derivative and the resulting designation. For a derivative designated as a cash flow hedge, the effective portion of the derivative’s gain or loss is initially reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income and, upon occurrence of the forecasted transaction, is subsequently reclassified into the consolidated statement of operations line item to which the hedged transaction relates. The ineffective portion of the gain or loss is reported in other expense immediately. For a derivative not designated as a cash flow hedge, the gain or loss is recognized in other expense in the period of change together with the offsetting gain or loss on the hedged item attributed to the risk being hedged.

Cooperative advertising obligations with customers are accrued and the costs expensed at the time the related revenue is recognized. All other advertising costs are expensed as incurred. Cooperative advertising expenses are recorded as marketing expenses to the extent that an advertising benefit separate from the revenue transaction can be identified and the cash paid does not exceed the fair value of that advertising benefit received. Advertising expenses were $1.4 million, $3.8 million and $6.0 million for fiscal 2004, fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2002, respectively.

In January 2003, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 46, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities (“FIN 46”). FIN 46 requires that if an entity has a controlling financial interest in a variable interest entity, the assets, liabilities and results of activities of the variable interest entity (“VIE”) should be included in the consolidated financial statements of the entity. For arrangements entered into after January 31, 2003, FIN 46 was effective immediately. For arrangements entered into prior to February 1, 2003, FIN 46 was effective at the end of the period ending after December 15, 2003. In December 2003, FIN 46 was revised to require application in financial statements of public entities that have interests in special-purpose entities for periods ending after December 15, 2003. For all other types of variable interest entities, application was required for periods ending after March 15, 2004. The adoption of FIN 46, as revised, in fiscal 2004 did not have a material impact on our results of operations or financial condition.

In March 2004, the FASB approved the consensus reached on EITF Issue No. 03-1, The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and Its Application to Certain Investments (“EITF 03-1”). The objective EITF 03-1 is to provide guidance for identifying impaired investments. EITF 03-1 also provides new disclosure requirements for investments that are deemed to be temporarily impaired. The accounting provisions of EITF 03-1 are effective for all reporting periods beginning after June 15, 2004, while the disclosure requirements are effective only for annual periods ending after June 15, 2004. We have evaluated the impact of the adoption of EITF 03-1 and we do not believe the impact will be significant to our overall results of operations or financial position.

The amortized cost and estimated fair value of available-for-sale investments in debt securities at June 27, 2004, by contractual maturity, were as follows (in thousands):

We have a revolving line of credit for $10.0 million with a major lending institution. Borrowings under this line of credit bear interest at the bank’s prime rate. As of June 27, 2004, there were no outstanding borrowings under this line of credit. The line of credit contains a provision for the issuance of letters of credit not to exceed the unused balance of the line. As of June 27, 2004, we had letters of credit totaling $0.9 million. These letters of credit were primarily issued to satisfy requirements of certain of our customers for performance bonds. The line of credit requires us to maintain specified financial covenants related to tangible net worth and liquidity with which we were in compliance as of June 27, 2004. The line of credit expires on January 27, 2005.

As part of our business relationship with MCMS, Inc. (“MCMS”), a former contract manufacturer, we entered into a $9.0 million operating equipment lease for manufacturing equipment in September 2000 with a third-party financing company; we, in turn, subleased the equipment to MCMS. The equipment lease with the third-party financing company requires us to make monthly payments through September 2005 and to maintain specified financial covenants with which we were in compliance as of June 27, 2004. During the first quarter of fiscal 2002, due to the liquidity problems at MCMS and its voluntary filing for protection under Chapter 11, we recorded a charge of $9.0 million related to this lease. The liability, net of payments, related to this lease is included in lease liability on the consolidated balance sheets.

We lease office space for our various United States and international sales offices. We sublease certain of our leased facilities to third party tenants. Future annual minimum lease payments under all noncancelable operating leases and future rental income under all noncancelable subleases having initial or remaining lease terms in excess of one year at June 27, 2004 were as follows (in thousands):

Rent expense was approximately $5.4 million, $6.3 million and $10.4 million for fiscal 2004, fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2002, respectively, net of sublease income of $0.3 million, $0.1 million and $2.0 million in the respective periods.

We currently have arrangements with one contract manufacturer and other suppliers for the manufacture of our products. Our arrangements allow them to procure long lead-time component inventory on our behalf based upon a rolling production forecast provided by us. We are obligated to the purchase of long lead-time component inventory that our contract manufacturer procures in accordance with the forecast, unless we give notice of order cancellation outside of applicable component lead-times. As of June 27, 2004, we had non-cancelable commitments to purchase approximately $23.0 million of such inventory during the first quarter of fiscal 2005.

On May 27, 2003, Lucent Technologies, Inc. (“Lucent”) filed suit against Extreme Networks and Foundry Networks, Inc. (“Foundry”) in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, Civil Action No. 03-508. The complaint alleges willful infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 4,769,810, 4,769,811, 4,914,650, 4,922,486 and 5,245,607 and seeks a judgment: (a) determining that we have willfully infringed each of the five patents; (b) determining that Foundry has willfully infringed four of the five patents; (c) permanently enjoining us from infringement, inducement of infringement and contributory infringement of each of the five patents; (d) permanently enjoining Foundry from infringement, inducement of infringement and contributory infringement of four of the five patents; and (e) awarding Lucent unspecified amounts of trebled damages, together with expenses, costs and attorneys’ fees.

Section 10(a) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 against the remaining Extreme Networks Defendants and 59 other individual defendants, on the basis that the respective amended complaints alleged that the individuals sold stock.

We are subject to other legal proceedings, claims and litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. While the outcome of these matters, including the specific matters discussed above, is currently not determinable, the ultimate costs to resolve these matters could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In December 2001, we completed a private placement of $200.0 million of convertible subordinated notes. The notes mature on December 1, 2006. Interest is payable semi-annually at 3.5% per annum. The notes are convertible at the option of the holders into our common stock at an initial conversion price of $20.96 per share, subject to adjustment. In lieu of issuing common shares, the notes are redeemable in cash at the option of Extreme Networks at an initial redemption price of 101.4% of the principal amount on or after December 2004 if not converted to common stock prior to the redemption date. We have reserved 9,544,260 shares of common stock for the conversion of these notes. Offering costs of $6.5 million are included in other assets and are amortized using the interest method. Each holder of the notes has the right to cause us to repurchase all of such holder’s convertible notes at 100% of the principal amount plus accrued interest upon a change of control of ownership of Extreme Networks, as defined in the notes.

In April 2001, in connection with our Stockholders’ Rights Agreement, we authorized the issuance of preferred stock. The preferred stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. The board of directors is authorized to provide for the rights, preferences and privileges of the shares of each series and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions on these shares. As of June 27, 2004, no shares of preferred stock were outstanding.

On October 30, 2003, Extreme Networks and Avaya Inc. entered into a strategic alliance to jointly develop and market converged communications solutions, by executing a Joint Development Agreement, and a distribution agreement under which Avaya is entitled to resell Extreme Networks products. Extreme issued to Avaya a warrant with a ten-year expiration period to purchase up to 2.6 million shares of Extreme Networks common stock at a price of $0.01 per share, with Avaya having the right to exercise the warrant with respect to one third of such shares 90 days after the date of the agreements, and the remaining shares become exercisable based upon the completion of certain milestones by Avaya. Even if the milestones are not completed, however,

the warrant will become fully exercisable for all shares 90 days prior to the expiration of the warrant. Avaya exercised the warrant with respect to one third of the shares subject to the warrant on March 17, 2004 and, accordingly, approximately 859,000 shares of our common stock were issued to Avaya on that date.

During fiscal 2001, we recorded deferred stock-based compensation expense of $24.4 million associated with unvested stock options subject to forfeiture issued to employees assumed in acquisitions. These amounts are being amortized as charges to operations, using the graded method, over the vesting periods of the individual stock options, generally four years. Upon termination of an employee, the amount of expense recognized under the graded vesting method that is in excess of the amount actually earned is reversed. For the year ended June 29, 2003, we reversed $5.3 million of excess compensation expense (including $2.8 million related to forfeitures that occurred in prior years but which, due to oversight, were not accounted for until the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003) related to terminated employees. We do not believe the $2.8 million amount recorded in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003 was material to the periods in which it should have been recorded. We recorded amortization of deferred stock compensation expense, net of reversals, of $1.1 million, $0.7 million and $10.2 million for fiscal 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. At June 27, 2004, Extreme had a total of approximately $0.1 million remaining to be amortized over the corresponding vesting period of each respective stock option.

In April 2001, the board of directors approved a Stockholders’ Rights Agreement (“Rights Agreement”), declaring a dividend of one preferred share purchase right for each outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Extreme Networks common stock. The Rights Agreement is intended to protect stockholders’ rights in the event of an unsolicited takeover attempt. It is not intended to prevent a takeover of Extreme Networks on terms that are favorable and fair to all stockholders and will not interfere with a merger approved by the board of directors. In the event the rights become exercisable, each right entitles stockholders to buy, at an exercise price of $150 per right owned, a unit equal to a portion of a new share of Extreme Networks Series A preferred stock. The rights will be exercisable only if a person or a group acquires or announces a tender or exchange offer to acquire 15% or more of our common stock. The rights, which expire in April 2011, are redeemable for $0.001 per right at the approval of the board of directors.

On March 25, 2003, we filed a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO with the Securities and Exchange Commission related to a voluntary stock option exchange program for our employees. Our executive officers, directors and sales executives who report directly to the Vice President, Worldwide Sales were not eligible to participate in this program. Under the program, eligible employees were given the opportunity to voluntarily cancel unexercised vested and unvested stock options previously granted to them that had an exercise price greater than $12.00. For each option for five shares tendered for cancellation, a new option for three shares was granted to employees who elected to participate in the option exchange program. In order to receive new stock options, an employee must have been employed by us or by one of our subsidiaries on October 23, 2003 when the replacement options were granted. Participants who elected to exchange any options were required to exchange all eligible options and were also required to exchange any other options granted to him or her in the previous six months. The replacement stock options vested 25% on October 23, 2003 and the remaining 75% of the replacement stock options vest monthly over 24 to 36 months based on the employee’s hire date. Options for approximately 11.0 million shares of common stock held by 570 employees were eligible for exchange under the program. Options for approximately 9.3 million shares of common stock held by 435 employees were accepted for exchange under this program and, accordingly, were canceled on April 22, 2003. Replacement options for approximately 5.1 million shares of commons stock were issued on October 23, 2003 at an exercise price of

$7.07 per share, which was the fair market value of our common stock on October 23, 2003. The stock option exchange program did not result in any stock compensation expense or variable accounting for replacement awards.

The activity of other comprehensive income (loss) was as follows (in thousands):

The following are the components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax (in thousands):

In January 1999, the board of directors approved the adoption of Extreme Network’s 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Purchase Plan”). A total of 7,000,000 shares of common stock have been reserved for issuance under the Purchase Plan. The Purchase Plan permits eligible employees to acquire shares of our common stock through periodic payroll deductions of up to 15% of total compensation. No more than 625 shares may be purchased on any purchase date per employee. Each offering period has a maximum duration of 12 months. The price at which the common stock may be purchased is 85% of the lesser of the fair market value of our common stock on the first day of the applicable offering period or on the last day of the respective purchase period. Through June 27, 2004, 4,350,833 shares had been purchased under the Purchase Plan.

In January 1999, the board of directors approved an amendment to the 1996 Stock Option Plan (the “1996 Plan”) to (i) increase the share reserve by 10,000,000 shares, (ii) to remove certain provisions which are required to be in option plans maintained by California privately-held companies and (iii) to rename the 1996 Plan as the “Amended 1996 Stock Option Plan.”

Under the 1996 Plan, which was originally adopted in September 1996, options may be granted for common stock, pursuant to actions by the board of directors, to eligible participants. A total of 56,387,867 shares have been reserved under the 1996 Plan. Options granted are exercisable as determined by the board of directors. Options vest

over a period of time as determined by the board of directors, generally four years. The term of the 1996 Plan is ten years. As of June 27, 2004, 17,568,952 shares were available for future grant under the 1996 Plan.

In March 2000, the board of directors adopted the 2000 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan (the “2000 Plan”). Options may be granted for common stock, pursuant to actions by the board of directors, to eligible participants. Generally, only non-officer employees are eligible to participate in this stock plan, except that options may be granted to officers under this plan in connection with written offers of employment. A total of 4,000,000 shares have been reserved under the 2000 Plan. Options vest over a period of time as determined by the board of directors, generally four years. The term of the 2000 Plan is ten years. As of June 27, 2004, 2,947,052 shares were available for future grant under the 2000 Plan.

In May 2001, the board of directors adopted the 2001 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan (the “2001 Plan”). Options may be granted for common stock, pursuant to actions by the board of directors, to eligible participants. Generally, only non-officer employees are eligible to participate in this stock plan, except that options may be granted to officers under this plan in connection with written offers of employment. A total of 4,000,000 shares have been reserved under the 2001 Plan. Options vest over a period of time as determined by the board of directors, generally four years. The term of the 2001 Plan is ten years. As of June 27, 2004, 1,321,059 shares were available for future grant under the 2001 Plan.

During fiscal 2004 and fiscal 2003, we granted restricted stock awards under the 2001 Plan for 31,750 and 85,000 shares of common stock, respectively, to a number of employees. The shares were placed in an escrow account and will be released to the recipients as the shares vest over periods of up to twenty-three months. If a participant terminates employment prior to the vesting dates, the unvested shares will be canceled and returned to the 2001 Plan. We recognize compensation expense on the awards based on an intrinsic value calculation as the shares vest. During fiscal 2004, 50,813 shares of common stock vested under these awards at market values ranging from $5.53 to $7.43 and we recognized approximately $345,000 in research and development expense and approximately $12,000 in sales and marketing expense based on the market value of the shares on the vesting dates.

During fiscal 2001, approximately 724,077 shares of our common stock were reserved for issuance under stock option plans that we assumed in connection with acquisitions. Options to purchase approximately 11,009 shares of common stock have been exercised under these assumed stock option plans as of June 27, 2004 but are subject to repurchase until vested.

The following table summarizes significant ranges of outstanding and exercisable options at June 27, 2004:

Options to purchase 5,326,577 shares were exercisable at June 29, 2003 with a weighted-average exercise price of $7.49.

We provide a tax-qualified employee savings and retirement plan, commonly known as a 401(k) plan (the “Plan”), which covers our eligible employees. Pursuant to the Plan, employees may elect to reduce their current compensation up to the lesser of 80% or the statutorily prescribed limit of $13,000 for calendar year 2004. Effective January 1, 2004, employees age 50 or over may elect to contribute an additional $3,000. The amount of the reduction is contributed to the Plan on a pre-tax basis.

We provide for discretionary matching contributions as determined by the board of directors for each calendar year. As of September 2000, the board of directors set the match at $0.25 for every dollar contributed by the employee up to the first 4% of pay. The same level of match was continued during the 2001, 2002 and 2003 calendar years. All matching contributions vest immediately effective September 2000. In addition, the Plan provides for discretionary contributions as determined by the board of directors each year. Our matching contributions to the Plan totaled $504,557, $484,010 and $503,051 for fiscal 2004, fiscal 2003 and 2002, respectively. No discretionary contributions were made in fiscal 2004, fiscal 2003 or fiscal 2002.

The provision for (benefit from) income taxes for fiscal 2004, fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2002 consisted of the following (in thousands):

Pretax income from foreign operations was $6.7 million, $2.5 million and $8.9 million in fiscal 2004, fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2002, respectively.

The difference between the provision (benefit) for income taxes and the amount computed by applying the federal statutory income tax rate (35 percent) to income (loss) before taxes is explained below (in thousands):

Significant components of our deferred tax assets are as follows (in thousands):

In fiscal 2004, our valuation allowance increased by $6.8 million to provide a valuation allowance against all of our federal and state deferred tax assets. The valuation allowance is determined in accordance with the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes, (“SFAS 109”) which requires an assessment of both negative and positive evidence when measuring the need for a valuation allowance. Our losses in recent periods represented sufficient negative evidence to require a valuation allowance under SFAS 109. This valuation allowance will be evaluated periodically and can be reversed partially or totally if business results have sufficiently improved to support realization of our deferred tax assets.

As of June 27, 2004, approximately $3.5 million of the valuation allowance for deferred taxes was attributable to the tax benefits of stock option deductions which will be credited to equity when realized.

As of June 27, 2004, we had net operating loss carryforwards for federal and state tax purposes of $227.5 million and $14.2 million, respectively. We also had federal and state tax credit carryforwards of $9.1 million and $8.7 million, respectively. Unused net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards will expire at various dates beginning in the years 2005 and 2007, respectively.

Utilization of the net operating losses and tax credits may be subject to a substantial annual limitation due to the ownership change limitations provided by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and similar state provisions. The annual limitation may result in the expiration of net operating losses and tax credits before utilization.

Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision makers with respect to the allocation of resources and performance.

We operate in one segment, the development and marketing of network infrastructure equipment. We conduct business globally and are managed geographically. Revenue is attributed to a geographical area based on the location of the customers.

Substantially all of our assets were attributable to United States operations at June 27, 2004 and June 29, 2003.

Basic earnings (loss) per share is calculated by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period, less shares subject to repurchase, and excludes any dilutive effects of options, warrants and convertible subordinated notes. Dilutive earnings per share is calculated by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares used in the basic earnings (loss) per share calculation plus the dilutive effect of shares subject to repurchase, options, warrants and convertible subordinated notes. Diluted net loss per share was the same as basic net loss per share in fiscal 2004, 2003 and fiscal 2002 because we had net losses in those periods. The following table presents the calculation of basic and diluted net loss per share (in thousands, except per share data):

The following table sets forth potential shares of common stock that are not included in the diluted net loss per share calculation above because to do so would be antidilutive for the periods (in thousands):

SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (“SFAS 133”) as amended and interpreted requires that all derivatives be recorded on the balance sheet at fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives that do not qualify, or are not effective as hedges must be recognized currently in earnings. Accordingly, we record the forward contracts used to manage foreign exchange exposures in prepaid expenses and other current assets on the consolidated balance sheets at fair value.

Foreign Exchange Exposure Management - We denominate global sales in US dollars. International sales subsidiaries generate operating expenses in foreign currencies. In the first quarter of fiscal 2002, we initiated a program of hedging forecasted and actual foreign currency risk with forward contracts to eliminate, reduce or transfer selected foreign currency risks that can be confidently identified and quantified. Hedges of anticipated transactions are designated and documented at inception as cash flow hedges and are evaluated for effectiveness at least quarterly. As the critical terms of the forward contract and the underlying are matched at inception, forward contract effectiveness is calculated by comparing the cumulative change in the contract (on a forward to forward basis) to the change in fair value of the anticipated expense, with the effective portion of the hedge recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (“OCI”). Values accumulated in OCI are subsequently reclassified into the consolidated statement of operations line item to which the hedged transaction relates in the period the anticipated expense is recognized in income. Any ineffectiveness is recognized immediately in other expense. No ineffectiveness was recognized in other expense in fiscal 2004, fiscal 2003 or fiscal 2002.

Forward contracts used to hedge the remeasurement of non-functional currency monetary assets and liabilities are recognized in other expense currently to mitigate reported foreign exchange gains and losses.

12. Restructuring Charges, Property and Equipment Write-Off and Provision for Excess and Obsolete Inventory

During fiscal 2004, we recorded restructuring charges of $6.5 million related to excess facilities. The excess facilities charge represents an increase to the charge initially recognized during the third quarter of fiscal 2002 as discussed below. The commercial real estate market has continued to deteriorate in fiscal 2004 and we have not been able to find suitable tenants to sublease these facilities. The lower projected sublease income has necessitated an increase in reserves that takes into consideration the unfavorable difference between lease obligation payments and projected sublease receipts. The actual cost could differ from this estimate, and additional facilities charges could be incurred if we are unsuccessful in negotiating reasonable termination fees on certain facilities, if facility operating lease rental rates continue to decrease in these markets, if it takes longer than expected to find a suitable tenant to sublease these facilities or if other estimates and assumptions change.

During fiscal 2003, we recorded restructuring charges of $15.9 million. The restructuring charges included excess facilities charges of $9.6 million, severance charges of $4.4 million and asset impairments of $1.9 million. The excess facilities charge represents an increase to the charge recognized during fiscal 2002 for the domestic and international facilities discussed below. Severance charges of $2.7 million related to a reduction in total staff during the second quarter of fiscal 2003 of approximately 100 people, or 10% of the total workforce, across all departments. Severance charges of $1.7 million related to a reduction in total staff announced at the end of the fiscal year of approximately 70 people, or 8% of the total workforce, across all departments. The asset impairment charge relates to the write-off of leasehold improvements and office furniture related to excess facilities.

In June 2000, we entered into two operating lease agreements for approximately 16 acres of land and the accompanying 275,000 square feet of buildings to house our primary facility in Santa Clara, California (the “Property”). The two lease agreements required the purchase of the Property for $80.0 million at the end of the lease term and provided the option to purchase the Property at any time during the lease term. In fiscal 2002, we exercised the option to purchase the Property and title to the Property was transferred to us. The charge of $39.0 million represented the difference between the purchase price and the appraised value of the land and buildings at the time of exercise of the option to purchase the Property.

The excess facility charges of $25.4 million in fiscal 2002 are the result of our decision to permanently reduce occupancy or vacate certain domestic and international facilities. The estimated facilities costs were based on comparable rates for leases in the respective markets or estimated termination fees at that time. We anticipate that we will continue to make cash outlays to meet lease obligations for these facilities in accordance with their terms, unless estimates and assumptions change or we are able to negotiate acceptable lease terminations prior to the anticipated termination dates for the applicable leases. The asset impairment charge of $ 9.1 million represented the unamortized amount of the assets at the date a decision was made to discontinue use. These assets were not utilized subsequently or held for sale. They were either scrapped or abandoned.

During the second quarter of fiscal 2003, we completed a property and equipment physical inventory in conjunction with the implementation of our new ERP system. The property and equipment physical inventory resulted in the identification of $12.7 million of property and equipment whose fair value was determined to be zero because the assets were either no longer in service or were not identifiable. Therefore these assets were written off during the second quarter of fiscal 2003.

As a result of the rapid change in the market for networking products, we recorded $5.0 million and $39.2 million in charges for excess and obsolete inventory and non-cancelable purchase commitments in fiscal 2002 and fiscal 2001, respectively. The following is a summary of the additional excess inventory allowance from the third quarter of fiscal 2001 to June 27, 2004 (in thousands)

Extreme Networks engaged an independent valuation firm to estimate the fair value of the warrant and to assist with the allocation of the fair value to the two agreements entered into. The independent valuation firm estimated the fair value of the warrant at $22.7 million which has been allocated $17.9 million to the Joint Development Agreement and $4.8 million to the distribution agreement based on the assumptions by management related to the projected revenue and expenses for the respective agreements.

The values assigned to the respective agreements are being amortized over a three-year period as the agreements span a three-year period. Management believes that it would not be prudent to assume there would be any benefit beyond the three-year period due to the nature of the industry it operates in. The amortization of the warrant cost related to the Joint Development Agreement charged as research and development expense was $4.0 million in fiscal 2004. The amortization related to the distribution agreement included as contra-revenue in product net revenue was $1.1 million in fiscal 2004.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Extreme Networks, Inc. as of June 27, 2004 and June 29, 2003, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended June 27, 2004. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15(a). These financial statements and schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and schedule based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Extreme Networks, Inc. at June 27, 2004 and June 29, 2003, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended June 27, 2004, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.

As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, in 2003, Extreme Networks, Inc. changed its method of accounting for goodwill and other intangible assets in accordance with guidance provided in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.”

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, we evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Based on this evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this annual report in providing reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by Extreme Networks in reports that it files under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms.

As required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002, we continue to test and evaluate our internal control procedures to determine whether our controls are designed and operating effectively. The requirements of

Section 404 have caused most public companies to substantially increase the documentation of internal controls and to implement additional controls. As a result of our testing and evaluation performed to date, we have noted that improvements could be made in the design or operation of our internal control structure. We believe adequate compensating controls exist in these areas; however, we are developing plans to implement improvements or additional control procedures. We have disclosed these matters to the audit committee of our board of directors and to our independent auditors. There were no significant changes to our internal controls during our most recent quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.

Certain information required by Part III is incorporated by reference from Extreme’s definitive Proxy Statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the solicitation of proxies for Extreme’s 2004 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Proxy Statement”).

The information required by this section is incorporated by reference from the information in the section entitled “Proposal 1—Election of Directors” in the Proxy Statement. The required information concerning executive officers of Extreme is contained in the section entitled “Executive Officers of the Registrant” in Part I of this Form 10-K.

Item 405 of Regulation S-K calls for disclosure of any known late filing or failure by an insider to file a report required by Section 16 of the Exchange Act. This disclosure is contained in the section entitled “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” in the Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

Information with respect to Item 406 of Regulation S-K is incorporated by reference to the information contained in the section captioned “Code of Ethics” in the Proxy Statement.

The information required by this section is incorporated by reference from the information in the sections entitled “Directors’ Compensation”, “Executive Compensation”, “Report of the Compensation Committee on Executive Compensation” and “Stock Price Performance Graph” in the Proxy Statement.

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

The information required by this section is incorporated by reference from the information in the section entitled “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” in the Proxy Statement.

The information required by this section is incorporated by reference from the information in the section titled “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” in the Proxy Statement.

The information required by this section is incorporated by reference from the information in the section titled “Principal Accountant Fees and Services” in the Proxy Statement.

Reference is made to the Index to Consolidated Financial Statements of Extreme Networks, Inc. under Item 8 in Part II of this Form 10-K.

The following financial statement schedule of Extreme Networks, Inc. for the fiscal years ended June 27, 2004, June 29, 2003, and June 30, 2002 is filed as part of this Report and should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements of Extreme Networks, Inc.

All other schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or the required information is shown in the financial statements or notes thereto.

The exhibits listed below are required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K. Each management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be filed as an exhibit to this Form 10-K has been identified.

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on September 3, 2004.


EXTREME NETWORKS, INC.
(Registrant)

By:		/s/ WILLIAM R. SLAKEY
		William R. Slakey
		Senior Vice President Chief Financial Officer September 3, 2004

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Gordon L. Stitt and William R. Slakey, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, each with full power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this report on Form 10-K and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact or their substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the date indicated:


Delaware		77-0430270
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3585 Monroe Street Santa Clara, California		95051
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)


Products		Configuration/Description
Summit Stackable Product Family

Summit1i		6 100/1000 BaseT Ethernet ports and 2 1000BaseX Gigabit Ethernet ports

Summit5i		12 100/1000 BaseT Ethernet ports and 4 1000BaseX Gigabit Ethernet ports

Summit7i		28 100/1000 BaseT Ethernet ports and 4 1000BaseX Gigabit Ethernet ports

Summit48si		48 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports and 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports

Summit 300		48 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports, supporting Power over Ethernet, or PoE, and wireless functionality and 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports

Summit 200		24 or 48 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports and 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports

Summit 400		48 10/100/1000 BaseT Ethernet ports, 4 Gigabit Ethernet 1000BaseX ports and an optional 2-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Module

BlackDiamond Modular Chassis

BlackDiamond 6804		Up to 384 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports, 96 Gigabit Ethernet ports, or four 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports in one chassis

		6 slots to accommodate a variety of up to 4 connectivity modules and 2 management modules


Products		Configuration/Description
BlackDiamond 6808		Up to 672 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports, 168 Gigabit Ethernet ports, or eight 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports in one chassis

		10 slots to accommodate a variety of up to 8 connectivity modules and 2 management modules

BlackDiamond 6816		Up to 1,440 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports, 360 Gigabit Ethernet ports, or sixteen 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports in one chassis

		20 slots to accommodate a variety of up to 16 connectivity modules and 4 management modules

BlackDiamond 10808		480 Gigabit Ethernet ports, or 48 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports in one chassis

		10 slots to accommodate a variety of up to 8 connectivity modules and 2 management modules

Alpine Modular Chassis

Alpine 3802		Up to 64 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports or 20 Gigabit Ethernet ports in one chassis

		3 slots to accommodate a variety of up to 2 connectivity modules and 1 WAN module.

Alpine 3804		Up to 128 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports or 64 Gigabit Ethernet ports in one chassis

		5 slots to accommodate a variety of up to 4 connectivity modules and 1 management module

Alpine 3808		Up to 256 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports or 128 Gigabit Ethernet ports in one chassis

		9 slots to accommodate a variety of up to 8 connectivity modules and 1 management module

Software

ExtremeWare®		An embedded switch operating system featuring standard protocols, web-based configuration and policy-based Quality of Service.


Stock Prices	High		Low
Fiscal year ended June 27, 2004:
First quarter	$	8.98	$	4.66
Second quarter	$	10.46	$	6.15
Third quarter	$	10.60	$	6.27
Fourth quarter	$	8.20	$	4.64
Fiscal year ended June 29, 2003:
First quarter	$	12.48	$	3.64
Second quarter	$	5.84	$	2.33
Third quarter	$	5.43	$	3.05
Fourth quarter	$	7.01	$	3.79


Plan category	Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights (a)	Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights (b)	Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) (c)
	(In thousands)
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders	18,237,120(1)	$7.12	20,218,119(2)
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders	3,035,608(3)	$8.38	4,268,111(4)

Total	21,272,728	$7.30	24,486,230


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PART I
Item 1.	Business	3

Item 2.	Properties	18

Item 3.	Legal Proceedings	19

Item 4.	Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders	20

PART II

Item 5.	Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities	22

Item 6.	Selected Consolidated Financial Data	23

Item 7.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	23

Item 7A.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	52

Item 8.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data	54

Item 9.	Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure	83

Item 9A.	Controls and Procedures	83

Item 9B.	Other Information	84

PART III

Item 10.	Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant	84

Item 11.	Executive Compensation	84

Item 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters	84

Item 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions	84

Item 14.	Principal Accountant Fees and Services	84

PART IV

Item 15.	Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules	85

SIGNATURES		88


Name	Age	Position
Gordon L. Stitt	48	President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
Stephen Haddock	46	Vice President and Chief Technical Officer
Herb Schneider	45	Vice President of Engineering
William R. Slakey	46	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Alexander J. Gray	47	Chief Operating Officer
Frank C. Carlucci	41	Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales


	Year Ended
	June 27, 2004 (1)			June 29, 2003 (2)			June 30, 2002 (3)			July 1, 2001 (4)			July 2, 2000 (5)
	(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Consolidated Statements of Operations Data:
Net revenues	$	351,848		$	363,276		$	441,609		$	491,232		$	261,956
Net income (loss)	$	(1,748	)	$	(197,180	)	$	(183,962	)	$	(68,883	)	$	20,048
Net income (loss) per share — basic	$	(0.01	)	$	(1.71	)	$	(1.63	)	$	(0.64	)	$	0.20
Net income (loss) per share — diluted	$	(0.01	)	$	(1.71	)	$	(1.63	)	$	(0.64	)	$	0.18
Shares used in per share calculation — basic		118,348			115,186			112,925			108,353			100,516
Shares used in per share calculation — diluted		118,348			115,186			112,925			108,353			111,168

	As of
	June 27, 2004			June 29, 2003			June 30, 2002			July 1, 2001			July 2, 2000
	(In thousands)
Consolidated Balance Sheets Data:
Cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments and marketable securities	$	425,672		$	402,157		$	400,057		$	191,502		$	227,505
Total assets	$	579,273		$	550,257		$	736,344		$	666,348		$	515,930
Convertible subordinated notes	$	200,000		$	200,000		$	200,000		$	—		$	—
Other long-term liabilities	$	21,561		$	22,313		$	20,761		$	266		$	306


	Year Ended
	June 27, 2004		% of Net Revenues		June 29, 2003		% of Net Revenues		June 30, 2002		% of Net Revenues
Net revenues:
Product	$	303,293	86.2	%	$	324,727	89.4	%	$	407,394	92.3	%
Service		48,555	13.8	%		38,549	10.6	%		34,215	7.7	%

Total net revenues	$	351,848	100.0	%	$	363,276	100.0	%	$	441,609	100.0	%


	Total		Less Than 1 Year		1 – 3 Years		3 – 5 Years		More Than 5 Years
Contractual Obligations:
Convertible subordinated notes	$	217,500	$	7,000	$	210,500	$	—	$	—
Non-cancelable inventory purchase commitments		22,979		22,979		—		—		—
Non-cancelable operating lease obligations		35,982		9,753		14,272		6,318		5,639

Total contractual cash obligations	$	276,461	$	39,732	$	224,772	$	6,318	$	5,639


	Maturing in
	Three months or less			Three months to one year			Greater than one year			Total		Fair Value
	(In thousands)
June 27, 2004:
Included in cash and cash equivalents	$	470								$	470	$	470
Weighted average interest rate		0.97	%
Included in short-term investments	$	71,355		$	90,723					$	162,078	$	162,078
Weighted average interest rate		1.96	%		2.71	%
Included in marketable securities							$	204,430		$	204,430	$	204,430
Weighted average interest rate								2.32	%
Long-term debt							$	200,000		$	200,000	$	181,900
Weighted average interest rate								3.50	%


		Page(s)

Consolidated Balance Sheets		55

Consolidated Statements of Operations		56

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows		57

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity		58

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements		59

Report of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm		82

Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited)		83


	June 27, 2004			June 29, 2003
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	59,164		$	44,340
Short-term investments		162,078			119,277
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,378 ($2,331 in fiscal 2003)		32,998			26,794
Inventories		25,889			18,710
Deferred income taxes		886			609
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		7,165			16,269

Total current assets		288,180			225,999
Property and equipment, net		59,767			73,767
Marketable securities		204,430			238,540
Other assets		26,896			11,951

Total assets	$	579,273		$	550,257


LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	18,995		$	19,020
Accrued compensation and benefits		15,827			14,665
Restructuring liabilities		6,085			6,812
Lease liability		2,355			4,396
Accrued warranty		8,297			10,200
Deferred revenue		53,674			48,298
Other accrued liabilities		22,921			25,317

Total current liabilities		128,154			128,708

Restructuring liabilities, less current portion		20,478			21,358
Deferred income taxes		762			673
Long-term deposit		321			282
Convertible subordinated notes		200,000			200,000

Commitments and contingencies (Note 4)
Stockholders’ equity:
Convertible preferred stock, $.001 par value, issuable in series; 2,000,000 shares authorized; none issued		—			—
Common stock, $.001 par value; 750,000,000 shares authorized; 120,423,000 issued and outstanding (116,568,000 in fiscal 2003) and capital in excess of par value		687,216			652,091
Deferred stock compensation		(69	)		(1,708	)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)		(2,388	)		2,306
Accumulated deficit		(455,201	)		(453,453	)

Total stockholders’ equity		229,558			199,236

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	579,273		$	550,257


	Common Stock and capital in excess of par value				Deferred Stock Compensation			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Accumulated Deficit			Total Stockholders’ Equity
	Shares	Amount			Deferred Stock Compensation			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Accumulated Deficit			Total Stockholders’ Equity
Balances at July 1, 2001	113,416	$	640,655		$	(20,351	)	$	769		$	(72,311	)	$	548,762
Components of comprehensive loss:
Net loss	—		—			—			—			(183,962	)		(183,962	)
Change in unrealized gain on investments	—		—			—			1,091			—			1,091
Change in unrealized loss on derivatives	—		—			—			(113	)		—			(113	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	—		—			—			104			—			104

Total comprehensive loss															(182,880	)

Exercise of options to purchase common stock, net of repurchases	901		3,421			—			—			—			3,421
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan	713		7,785			—			—			—			7,785
Tax benefit from employee stock transactions	—		1,055			—			—			—			1,055
Stock compensation for options granted to consultants	—		631			—			—			—			631
Amortization of deferred stock compensation	—		—			10,184			—			—			10,184

Balances at June 30, 2002	115,030		653,547			(10,167	)		1,851			(256,273	)		388,958
Components of comprehensive loss:
Net loss	—		—			—			—			(197,180	)		(197,180	)
Change in unrealized gain on investments, net of tax expense of $1,407	—		—			—			448			—			448
Change in unrealized gain on derivatives	—		—			—			114			—			114
Foreign currency translation adjustment	—		—			—			(107	)		—			(107	)

Total comprehensive loss															(196,725	)

Exercise of options to purchase common stock, net of repurchases	230		783			—			—			—			783
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan	1,308		5,497			—			—			—			5,497
Forfeiture of stock options	—		(7,736	)		7,736			—			—			—
Amortization of deferred stock compensation	—		—			723			—			—			723

Balances at June 29, 2003	116,568		652,091			(1,708	)		2,306			(453,453	)		199,236
Components of comprehensive loss:
Net loss	—		—			—			—			(1,748	)		(1,748	)
Change in unrealized gain on investments, net of tax expense of $410	—		—			—			(5,160	)		—			(5,160	)
Change in unrealized gain on derivatives	—		—			—			(1	)		—			(1	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	—		—			—			467			—			467

Total comprehensive loss															(6,442	)

Exercise of options to purchase common stock, net of repurchases	1,455		7,452			—			—			—			7,452
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan	1,541		5,543			—			—			—			5,543
Issuance of warrant to Avaya	—		22,699			—			—			—			22,699
Exercise of warrant by Avaya	859		9			—			—			—			9
Forfeiture of stock options	—		(578	)		578			—			—			—
Amortization of deferred stock compensation	—		—			1,061			—			—			1,061

Balances at June 27, 2004	120,423	$	687,216		$	(69	)	$	(2,388	)	$	(455,201	)	$	229,558


	June 27, 2004						June 29, 2003
	Carrying amount			Fair value			Carrying amount			Fair value
Financial assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	59,164		$	59,164		$	44,340		$	44,340
Short-term investments	$	162,078		$	162,078		$	119,277		$	119,277
Marketable securities	$	204,430		$	204,430		$	238,540		$	238,540

Financial liabilities:
Convertible subordinated notes	$	200,000		$	181,900		$	200,000		$	180,056
Forward foreign currency contracts	$	(115	)	$	(115	)	$	(121	)	$	(121	)


	June 27, 2004		June 29, 2003
Raw materials	$	695	$	100
Finished goods		25,194		18,610

Total	$	25,889	$	18,710


	June 27, 2004			June 29, 2003
Computer equipment	$	50,454		$	45,330
Land		20,600			20,600
Buildings		17,400			17,400
Software		29,795			28,928
Office equipment, furniture and fixtures		4,115			4,374
Leasehold improvements		6,109			5,650

		128,473			122,282
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(68,706	)		(48,515	)

Property and equipment, net	$	59,767		$	73,767


	Year Ended June 30, 2002
Net loss – as reported	$	(183,962	)
Adjustments:
Amortization of goodwill		33,546
Income tax effect		(11,741	)

Net adjustments		21,805

Net loss – adjusted	$	(162,157	)

Net loss per share – basic and diluted – as reported	$	(1.63	)

Net loss per share – basic and diluted – adjusted	$	(1.44	)


	June 27, 2004		June 29, 2003
Accrued income taxes	$	1,672	$	1,197
Accrued indirect taxes		3,675		2,333
Accrued interest on subordinated debt		583		661
Other accrued liabilities		16,991		21,126

Total	$	22,921	$	25,317


	Stock Option Plan						Employee Stock Purchase Plan
	Year Ended						Year Ended
	June 27, 2004		June 29, 2003		June 30, 2002		June 27, 2004		June 29, 2003		June 30, 2002
Expected life	3.0 yrs		3.4 yrs		2.9 yrs		0.6 yrs		0.6 yrs		0.5 yrs
Risk-free interest rate	2.3	%	2.3	%	3.7	%	1.3	%	1.1	%	2.1	%
Volatility	77	%	97	%	111	%	58	%	86	%	111	%
Dividend yield	0.0	%	0.0	%	0.0	%	0.0	%	0.0	%	0.0	%


	Amortized Cost		Fair Value		Unrealized Holding Gains		Unrealized Holding Losses
June 27, 2004:
Money market funds	$	470	$	470	$	—	$	—
Foreign debt securities		9,124		9,129		45		(40	)
U.S. corporate debt securities		222,416		221,420		507		(1503	)
U.S. government agencies		74,715		73,824		14		(905	)
U.S. municipal bonds		40,371		40,339		33		(65	)
Market auction preferreds		21,796		21,796		—		—

	$	368,892	$	366,978	$	599	$	(2,513	)

Classified as:
Cash equivalents	$	470	$	470	$	—	$	—
Short-term investments		161,654		162,078		525		(101	)
Marketable securities		206,768		204,430		74		(2,412	)

	$	368,892	$	366,978	$	599	$	(2,513	)

June 29, 2003:
Money market funds	$	9,203	$	9,203	$	—	$	—
Foreign debt securities		3,201		3,322		121		—
U.S. corporate debt securities		193,268		196,402		3,249		(115	)
U.S. government agencies		54,465		54,716		295		(44	)
U.S. municipal bonds		96,219		96,369		170		(20	)
Market auction preferreds		7,008		7,008		—		—

	$	363,364	$	367,020	$	3,835	$	(179	)

Classified as:
Cash equivalents	$	9,203	$	9,203	$	—	$	—
Short-term investments		119,022		119,277		255		—
Marketable securities		235,139		238,540		3,580		(179	)

	$	363,364	$	367,020	$	3,835	$	(179	)


	Amortized Cost		Fair Value
Due in 1 year or less	$	161,654	$	162,078
Due in 1-2 years		116,155		115,123
Due in 2-5 years		90,613		89,307

Total investments in available for sale debt securities	$	368,422	$	366,508


	Future Lease Payments		Future Rental Income
Fiscal 2005	$	9,753	$	930
Fiscal 2006		7,767		57
Fiscal 2007		6,505		—
Fiscal 2008		3,598		—
Fiscal 2009		2,720
Thereafter		5,639		—

Total minimum payments	$	35,982	$	987


	June 27, 2004			June 29, 2003
Accumulated unrealized gain (loss) on investments, net of tax of $997 in fiscal 2004 and $1,407 in fiscal 2003	$	(2,911	)	$	2,249
Accumulated unrealized gain on derivatives		—			1
Accumulated foreign currency translation adjustments		523			56

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	$	(2,388	)	$	2,306


	Number of Shares		Weighted- Average Exercise Price Per Share
Options outstanding at July 1, 2001	24,977,373		$	27.69
Granted	13,029,329		$	12.00
Exercised	(900,779	)	$	3.80
Canceled	(9,283,219	)	$	40.03

Options outstanding at June 30, 2002	27,822,704		$	17.00
Granted	4,655,195		$	5.37
Exercised	(229,701	)	$	4.02
Canceled	(20,340,656	)	$	20.24

Options outstanding at June 29, 2003	11,907,542		$	7.18
Granted	13,899,622		$	7.25
Exercised	(1,518,076	)	$	4.78
Canceled	(2,837,767	)	$	8.31

Options outstanding at June 27, 2004	21,451,321		$	7.25


	Options Outstanding				Options Exercisable
Range of Exercise Prices	Number Outstanding	Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Life	Weighted- Average Exercise Price		Number Exercisable	Weighted- Average Exercise Price
		(In years)
$ 0.01 – 4.08	3,244,832	6.32	$	2.95	2,046,863	$	2.62
$ 4.25 – 6.42	2,823,149	8.49	$	5.30	916,952	$	5.54
$ 6.73 – 7.07	6,968,484	9.32	$	7.06	2,409,118	$	7.07
$ 7.14 – 8.05	3,060,131	8.97	$	7.76	835,736	$	7.62
$ 8.07 – 9.40	3,174,429	9.22	$	8.36	787,388	$	8.53
$ 9.56 – 56.00	2,180,296	7.44	$	14.41	1,644,339	$	15.34

$ 0.01 – 56.00	21,451,321	8.50	$	7.25	8,640,396	$	7.61


	June 27, 2004			June 29, 2003
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating loss carryforwards	$	80,707		$	68,706
Tax credit carryforwards		14,715			13,926
Depreciation		21,801			16,135
Deferred revenue		7,881			8,711
Warrant amortization		16,199			21,408
Inventory allowances		2,500			3,173
Other reserves and accruals		17,048			19,521
Other		10,184			13,549

Total deferred tax assets		171,035			165,129
Valuation allowance		(169,886	)		(163,127	)

Total net deferred tax assets		1,149			2,002
Deferred tax liabilities — acquisition related intangibles and other		(1,025	)		(2,066	)

Net deferred tax assets (liabilities)	$	124		$	(64	)


	Purchase of Leased Properties			Excess Facilities			Asset Impairments			Severance			Total
Charge in third quarter of fiscal 2002	$	39,000		$	25,432		$	9,138		$	—		$	73,570
Write-offs		—			—			(9,138	)		—			(9,138	)
Cash payments		(39,000	)		(2,011	)		—			—			(41,011	)

Balance at June 30, 2002		—			23,421			—			—			23,421
Charge in second quarter of fiscal 2003		—			9,576			1,893			2,718			14,187
Charge in fourth quarter of fiscal 2003		—			—			—			1,752			1,752
Write-offs		—			—			(1,893	)		—			(1,893	)
Cash payments		—			(6,579	)		—			(2,718	)		(9,297	)

Balance at June 29, 2003		—			26,418			—			1,752			28,170
Charge in first quarter of fiscal 2004		—			876			122			(36	)		962
Charge in fourth quarter of fiscal 2004		—			5,622			—			(97	)		5,525
Write-offs		—			—			(122	)		—			(122	)
Cash payments		—			(6,353	)		—			(1,619	)		(7,972	)

Balance at June 27, 2004		—			26,563			—			—			26,563
Less: current portion		—			6,085			—			—			6,085

Restructuring liabilities at June 27, 2004, less current portion	$	—		$	20,478		$	—		$	—		$	20,478


	Excess Inventory Allowance			Excess Inventory Benefit
Initial additional excess inventory and non-cancelable purchase commitments charge in the third quarter of fiscal 2001	$	39,205		$	—
Additional excess inventory charge in the first quarter of fiscal 2002		5,000			—

		44,205

Usage:
Inventory scrapped		(22,509	)		—
Sale of inventory		(5,154	)		4,776
Inventory utilized		(893	)		—
Settlement of purchase commitments		(15,649	)		—

		(44,205	)	$	4,776

Remaining excess inventory as of June 27, 2004	$	—


	June 27, 2004 (1)			Mar. 28, 2004 (2)			Dec. 28, 2003 (3)			Sept. 28, 2003 (4)
Net revenue	$	92,158		$	88,874		$	83,445		$	87,371
Gross margin	$	48,378		$	45,473		$	40,442		$	44,903
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes	$	2,027		$	339		$	(110	)	$	920
Net income (loss)	$	2,349		$	(1,106	)	$	(5,606	)	$	2,615
Net income (loss) per share — basic	$	0.02		$	(0.01	)	$	(0.05	)	$	0.02
Net income (loss) per share — diluted	$	0.02		$	(0.01	)	$	(0.05	)	$	0.02

	June 29, 2003 (5)			Mar. 30, 2003 (6)			Dec. 29, 2002 (7)			Sept. 29, 2002 (8)
Net revenue	$	87,278		$	85,213		$	90,216		$	100,569
Gross margin	$	32,676		$	33,920		$	40,470		$	43,289
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes	$	154,081		$	(4,105	)	$	(13,173	)	$	(2,017	)
Net loss	$	(167,090	)	$	(7,062	)	$	(18,995	)	$	(4,033	)
Basic and diluted net loss per share	$	(1.44	)	$	(0.06	)	$	(0.17	)	$	(0.04	)


Exhibit Number	Description of Document	INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE			Filed Herewith
Exhibit Number	Description of Document	Form	Filing Date	Number	Filed Herewith
2.1	Form of Agreement and Plan of Merger between Extreme Networks, a California corporation, and Extreme Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation.	S – 1/A	03/11/99	2.1

3.1	Certificate of Incorporation of Extreme Networks, Inc., a Delaware Corporation.	S – 1	02/05/99	3.1

3.2	Form of Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Extreme Networks, Inc., a Delaware Corporation.	S – 1	02/05/99	3.2

3.4	Amended and Restated Bylaws of Extreme Networks, Inc.	8 – K/A	06/07/01	3.4

3.5	Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Extreme Networks, Inc.	10 – K	09/26/01	3.5

3.6	Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Extreme Networks, Inc.	10 – K	09/26/01	3.6

3.7	Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of the Terms of the Series A Preferred Stock.	10 – K	09/26/01	3.7

4.1	Second Amended and Restated Rights Agreement dated January 12, 1998 between Extreme Network and certain stockholders.	S – 1	02/05/99	4.1


Description	Balance at beginning of period		Charged to costs and expenses		Reversals to costs and expenses			Charged to other accounts			(Deductions)			Balance at end of period
Year Ended June 30, 2002:
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$	1,942	$	3,913	$	—		$	—		$	(3,119	)	$	2,736
Allowance for returns reserve	$	8,051	$	8,687	$	—		$	—		$	(7,776	)	$	8,962
Inventory valuation	$	24,911	$	7,596	$	(4,776	)	$	—		$	(9,664	)	$	18,067

Year Ended June 29, 2003:
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$	2,736	$	—	$	(823	)	$	—		$	418	*	$	2,331
Allowance for returns reserve	$	8,962	$	—	$	—		$	—		$	(5,358	)	$	3,604
Inventory valuation	$	18,067	$	402	$	—		$	—		$	(10,140	)	$	8,329
Allowance for net deferred tax assets	$	—	$	163,127	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	163,127

Year Ended June 27, 2004:
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$	2,331	$	—	$	(200	)	$	(724	)	$	(29	)	$	1,378
Allowance for returns reserve	$	3,604	$	1,818	$	—		$	—		$	(3,196	)	$	2,226
Allowance for distributor doubtful accounts	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	724		$	—		$	724
Inventory valuation	$	8,329	$	1,252	$	—		$	—		$	(3,216	)	$	6,365
Allowance for net deferred tax assets	$	163,127	$	6,759	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	169,886


/s/ GORDON L. STITT		/s/ PROMOD HAQUE
Gordon L. Stitt President, Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Board September 3, 2004		Promod Haque Director September 3, 2004

/s/ WILLIAM R. SLAKEY		/s/ BOB L. COREY
William R. Slakey Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) September 3, 2004		Bob L. Corey Director September 3, 2004

/s/ CHARLES CARINALLI		/s/ HARRY SILVERGLIDE
Charles Carinalli Director September 3, 2004		Harry Silverglide Director September 3, 2004

/s/ KENNETH LEVY
Kenneth Levy Director September 3, 2004


		INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE			Filed Herewith
Exhibit Number	Description of Document	Form	Filing Date	Number	Filed Herewith
2.1	Form of Agreement and Plan of Merger between Extreme Networks, a California corporation, and Extreme Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation.	S – 1/A	03/11/99	2.1

3.1	Certificate of Incorporation of Extreme Networks, Inc., a Delaware Corporation.	S – 1	02/05/99	3.1

3.2	Form of Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Extreme Networks, Inc., a Delaware Corporation.	S – 1	02/05/99	3.2

3.4	Amended and Restated Bylaws of Extreme Networks, Inc.	8 – K/A	06/07/01	3.4

3.5	Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Extreme Networks, Inc.	10 – K	09/26/01	3.5

3.6	Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Extreme Networks, Inc.	10 – K	09/26/01	3.6

3.7	Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of the Terms of the Series A Preferred Stock.	10 – K	09/26/01	3.7

4.1	Second Amended and Restated Rights Agreement dated January 12, 1998 between Extreme Network and certain stockholders.	S – 1	02/05/99	4.1

4.2	Rights Agreement dated April 27, 2001 between Extreme Networks, Inc. and Mellon Investor Services LLC.	8 – K/A	06/07/01	4.2

4.3	Indenture, dated December 5, 2001 between Extreme Networks, Inc. and State Street Bank and Trust Company of California, N.A.	S – 3	02/26/02	4.3

4.4	Registration Rights Agreement dated December 5, 2001 between Extreme Networks, Inc. and Goldman Sachs & Co., as representative	S – 3	02/26/02	4.4

4.5	Warrant to Purchase Common Stock issued to Avaya, Inc.	S – 3	01/28/04	4.1

10.1	Form of Indemnification Agreement for directors and officers.	S – 1	02/05/99	10.1

10.2*	Amended 1996 Stock Option Plan and forms of agreements thereunder.	S – 1	02/05/99	10.2

10.3*	1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.	S – 1	02/05/99	10.3

10.4*	2000 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan.	10 – K	09/24/00	10.7

10.5	Exhibit 10.14 Lease agreement dated July 28, 2000 between San Tomas Properties LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Landlord, and Extreme Networks, Inc, a Delaware Corporation, as Tenant.	10 – Q	11/14/00	10.14