X0202 4 2005-08-01 0 0001109808 AVOCENT CORP AVCT 0001194669 BLANKENSHIP EDWARD H 4991 CORPORATE DRIVE HUNTSVILLE AL 35805 0 1 0 0 Senior VP Finance & CFO Common Stock 2005-08-01 4 P 0 342 23.66 A 4282 D Common stock 2005-08-01 4 P 0 40 25.36 A 4322 D Common Stock 2005-08-01 4 P 0 33 29.77 A 4355 D Options (rights to buy) 15.46 2002-07-25 2012-07-25 Common Stock 31000 31000 D Options (rights to buy) 27.25 2003-03-07 2013-03-07 Common Stock 10000 10000 D Options (rights to buy) 40.98 2004-02-05 2014-02-05 Common Stock 10000 10000 D Options (rights to buy) 28.96 2004-08-19 2014-08-19 Common Stock 5000 5000 D Options (rights to buy) 26.14 2005-06-30 2015-06-30 Common Stock 3000 3000 D Grant date, options vest over four years, 25% on the first anniversary of the grant date and 6.25% quarterly over the remaining 12 quarters. Grant date, 25% vests after 6 months, 7.5% vests every three months for the final 10 quarters. Grant date, 100% vests on December 31, 2005. Shares purchased under the Avocent Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Doyle C Weeks as attorney in fact for Edward H. Blankenship 2005-08-03