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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Gault Robert J   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol EXTREME NETWORKS INC [EXTR] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) EVP Worldwide Sales Services a (Last) (First) (Middle) 6480 VIA DEL ORO 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/15/2017 (Street) SAN JOSE, CA 95119 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 08/15/2017 08/15/2017 F   9,069 (1) D $ 10.39 70,131 D   Common Stock 08/15/2017 08/15/2017 M   26,667 A $ 0 96,798 D   Common Stock 08/15/2017 08/15/2017 F   9,161 (2) D $ 10.39 87,637 D   Common Stock 08/15/2017 08/15/2017 M   26,400 A $ 0 114,037 D   Common Stock 08/15/2017 08/15/2017 F   12,707 (3) D $ 10.39 101,330 D   Common Stock 08/15/2017 08/15/2017 M   26,640 A $ 0 127,970 D   Common Stock 08/15/2017 08/15/2017 F   13,041 (2) D $ 10.39 114,929 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Performance Shares

$ 0

08/15/2017

08/15/2017

M

26,640

08/15/2017(4)

08/15/2019

Common Stock

26,640

$ 0 (5)

53,360

D

Performance Shares

$ 0

08/15/2017

08/15/2017

M

26,667

08/15/2016(6)

08/15/2022

Common Stock

26,667

$ 0 (5)

53,333

D

RSU Award

$ 0

08/15/2017

08/15/2017

M

26,400

08/15/2017(7)

08/15/2019

Common Stock

26,400

$ 0 (5)

53,600

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Gault Robert J 6480 VIA DEL ORO SAN JOSE, CA 95119			EVP Worldwide Sales Services a

Signatures

Quentin Wright, Power of Attorney		08/16/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The reporting person was granted 80,000 RSUs on August 15, 2015, which vest annually over 3 years in equal installments with the first vesting date on August 15, 2016. On August 15, 2017 a total of 26,400 shares vested. 9,069 shares represents the aggregate number of shares of Issuer common stock withheld for payment of the tax liability incident to the vesting of the RSUs issued in accordance with Rule 16b-3.
(2)	Represents shares withheld from the Performance Based RSU award for the payment of applicable income and payroll withholding taxes due on release.
(3)	Represents shares withheld from the RSU award for the payment of applicable income and payroll withholding taxes due on release.
(4)	Performance grants were earned when EXTR shares reached $5.00 per share for 30 consecutive trading days after January 1st 2017. Shares vest on the same schedule as the Time-Based RSUs granted at the same time.
(5)	This is not an applicable reportable field for this type of grant.
(6)	Performance grants were earned when EXTR shares reached $3.50 per share for 30 consecutive trading days. Shares vest in equal installments on August 15, 2016, August 15, 2017 and August 15, 2018.
(7)	This Time Based RSU award vests from the original grant date as to 1/3 on the one year anniversary and 1/12 each quarter thereafter.

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