Environmental Compliance

Aruba Networks is committed to compliance with all applicable environmental laws and regulations in our global markets.

To ensure our compliance, a company-wide team monitors the development and implementation of environmental laws and regulations which affect our business. As part of this effort, Aruba has developed specific plans and taken steps to meet the requirements of the following implemented or pending environmental laws and regulations:

• EU Directive 2002/95/EC of January 27, 2003 on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS)
• EU Directive 2002/96/EC of January 27, 2003 on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)

Aruba's Response to EU Directive 2002/95/EC (RoHS)

The European Union Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS) Directive takes effect on July 1, 2006. The RoHS Directive prohibits the sale into the EU of electronic equipment containing lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) and polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDEs). Manufacturers will be responsible for eliminating these substances from their products.

Aruba products will comply with the RoHS Directive by July 1, 2006. We are working closely with our suppliers to ensure they understand and can comply with the RoHS requirements.

The RoHS Directive allows a lead-in-solder exemption for network system products to extend the time necessary for the network system industry to validate the reliability of lead-free solder. Initially, Aruba will rely on the lead-in-solder exemption for our applicable products. However, Aruba remains firmly committed to migrating to lead-free solder as soon as we are confident that it will ensure the product reliability and quality our customers demand.

Aruba will provide a Declaration of Conformity with the RoHS Directive in the form of compliance documentation provided with each RoHS compliant product sold after June 30, 2006.

Aruba's Response to EU Directive 2002/96/EC (WEEE)

Aruba is currently in compliance with the EU Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, Directive 2002/96/EC (WEEE).

Under the EU WEEE Directive, which took effect on August 13, 2005, manufacturers of covered electronic equipment who sell directly to EU customers (whether they be businesses or private consumers) are required to take back such products at the end of their useful life. The WEEE Directive also specifies guidelines for labeling and recycling of products.

To comply with the WEEE Directive, Aruba has worked with its EU resellers to implement the required collection, treatment, recovery and disposal processes for all covered Aruba products they sell into the 25 EU Member states.

Additional Environmental Policy Considerations

Aruba is closely following the development and implementation of additional environmental laws and regulations in all of our markets. We are currently preparing for those being developed in China, Japan and the United States. As stated above, Aruba is committed to compliance with all environmental laws and regulations applicable to our business.