--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001564590-22-038036" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "EXTR" cik: "0001078271" company_name: "EXTREME NETWORKS INC" filed_at: "2022-11-18T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-21T15:37:13.278648+00:00" event_type: "other_material" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.45 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Extreme Networks stockholders approve simple majority voting, elect directors ## Summary - All seven director nominees elected: Charles Carinalli 100.9M for, 4.4M withheld; others similarly. - Simple majority voting amendment (Proposal 5) approved: 104.7M for, 0.2M against, eliminating supermajority. - Advisory compensation vote passed: 102.8M for, 1.9M against, 0.6M abstain; Grant Thornton ratified as auditors. - Amendment to 2013 Equity Incentive Plan approved: 90.3M for, 14.5M against, 0.5M abstain. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001564590-22-038036 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: EXTR - cik: 0001078271 - company_name: EXTREME NETWORKS INC - filed_at: 2022-11-18T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other_material - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.45 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078271/000156459022038036/0001564590-22-038036-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078271/000156459022038036/extr-8k_20221117.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-038036 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-038036.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-038036.txt ## Key facts - Governance Changes EXTREME NETWORKS INC: Amendment and restatement of certificate of incorporation to adopt simple majority voting standard and eliminate supermajority provisions (effective 2022-11-17). - Change: charter amendment - Effective: 2022-11-17 source text: on November 17, 2022, the stockholders of Extreme Networks, Inc. (“Extreme” or the “Company”) approved an amendment and restatement (the “Amended and Restated Charter”) of the Company’s restated certificate of incorporation (the “Existing Charter”) to institute a simple majority voting standard, which such Amended and Restated Charter was filed by the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 17, 2022 and became effective the same day. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078271/000156459022038036/0001564590-22-038036-index.htm - Governance Changes EXTREME NETWORKS INC: Amendment and restatement of bylaws to eliminate supermajority vote requirement, update provisions related to DGCL changes, and other clean up revisions (effective 2022-11-17). - Change: bylaw amendment - Effective: 2022-11-17 source text: The Board had also previously approved, contingent upon the approval and effectiveness of the Amended and Restated Charter, amendments to the Existing Bylaws (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”), which such Amended and Restated Bylaws became effective upon the filing and effectiveness of the Amended and Restated Charter. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078271/000156459022038036/0001564590-22-038036-index.htm - Shareholder Votes EXTREME NETWORKS INC shareholders approved Advisory approval of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2022-11-17 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2022-11-17 source text: Proposal 2 – The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved, on an advisory basis: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Votes 102,844,321 1,893,505 613,079 14,106,858 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078271/000156459022038036/0001564590-22-038036-index.htm - Shareholder Votes EXTREME NETWORKS INC shareholders approved Election of seven director nominees for a one-year term at the 2022-11-17 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2022-11-17 source text: Proposal 1 – The following seven director nominees were elected for a one-year term: For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Charles P. Carinalli 100,929,617 4,421,288 14,106,858 Kathleen M. Holmgren 102,417,509 2,933,396 14,106,858 Rajendra Khanna 104,735,608 615,297 14,106,858 Edward H. Kennedy 103,680,754 1,670,151 14,106,858 Edward B. Meyercord 103,706,371 1,644,534 14,106,858 John C. Shoemaker 101,346,717 4,004,188 14,106,858 Ingrid J. Burton 102,527,782 2,823,123 14,106,858 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078271/000156459022038036/0001564590-22-038036-index.htm - Shareholder Votes EXTREME NETWORKS INC shareholders approved Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as independent auditors for fiscal year ending June 30, 2023 at the 2022-11-17 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2022-11-17 source text: Proposal 3 – The appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as independent auditors for the Company for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023 was ratified: For Against Abstain Votes 118,911,291 123,889 422,583 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078271/000156459022038036/0001564590-22-038036-index.htm - Shareholder Votes EXTREME NETWORKS INC shareholders approved Approval of the Amendment and Restatement of the Company's Amended and Restated 2013 Equity Incentive Plan at the 2022-11-17 meeting. - Proposal: equity plan - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2022-11-17 source text: Proposal 4 – The Amendment and Restatement of the Company’s Amended and Restated 2013 Equity Incentive Plan was approved: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Votes 90,312,172 14,516,045 522,688 14,106,858 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078271/000156459022038036/0001564590-22-038036-index.htm - Shareholder Votes EXTREME NETWORKS INC shareholders approved Approval of the Amendment and Restatement of the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation to adopt simple majority voting provisions at the 2022-11-17 meeting. - Proposal: charter amendment - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2022-11-17 source text: Proposal 5 – The Amendment and Restatement of the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation to adopt simple majority voting provisions was approved: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Votes 104,685,229 227,037 438,639 14,106,858 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078271/000156459022038036/0001564590-22-038036-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. 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