UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE TO

(RULE 14d–100)

Tender Offer Statement Pursuant to Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Aerohive Networks, Inc.

(Name of Subject Company)

Clover Merger Sub, Inc.

(Offeror)

a wholly owned subsidiary of

Extreme Networks, Inc.

(Offeror)

(Name of Filing Persons and Offerors)

COMMON STOCK

(Title of Class of Securities)

007786106

(Cusip Number of Class of Securities)

Katayoun (“Katy”) Motiey

Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary

6480 Via del Oro

San Jose, California

(408) 579-2800

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Filing Persons)

With a copy to:

Tad Freese

Mark Bekheit

Latham & Watkins LLP

140 Scott Drive

Menlo Park, California 94025

(650) 328-4600

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

Transaction Valuation	Amount of Filing Fee
N/A*	N/A*

* A filing fee is not required in connection with this filing as it relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of the tender offer.

☐  Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0–11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.

Amount Previously Paid: Not applicable.	Filing Party: Not applicable.
Form or Registration No.: Not applicable.	Date Filed: Not applicable.

☒  Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:

☒  third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.

☐  issue tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4

☐  going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3

☐  amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer.  ☐

If applicable, check the appropriate box(es) below to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon:

☐  Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross Border Issuer Tender Offer)

☐  Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer)

This filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a planned tender offer by Clover Merger Sub, Inc. (the “Purchaser”), a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary Extreme Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Extreme”), to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Aerohive Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Aerohive”), to be commenced pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 26, 2019, by and among Extreme, the Purchaser and Aerohive.

The description contained herein is for informational purposes only and is not a recommendation, an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell any shares of Aerohive’s common stock. The tender offer for the outstanding shares of Aerohive’s common stock described in this report has not commenced. At the time the tender offer is commenced, Extreme will file or cause to be filed a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO with the SEC and Aerohive will file a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with the SEC related to the tender offer. The Tender Offer Statement (including an Offer to Purchase, a related Letter of Transmittal and other tender offer documents) and the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement will contain important information that should be read carefully before any decision is made with respect to the tender offer. Those materials will be made available to Aerohive’s stockholders at no expense to them, which will be announced. In addition, all of those materials (and any other documents filed with the SEC) will be available at no charge on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Aerohive Employee Q&A, dated June 26, 2019