2009 Executive Cash Bonus Program.

On June 26, 2009, Avocent Corporation's Compensation Committee approved the Avocent Corporation 2009 Executive Cash Bonus Program for the remainder of 2009. A summary of the Avocent Corporation 2009 Executive Cash Bonus Program is incorporated herein by reference and filed as Exhibit 99.7 hereto.

2009 Awards Under the Avocent Corporation Amended and Restated 2005 Equity
Incentive Plan.

The Avocent Corporation Amended and Restated 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2005 Plan") was approved by stockholders and was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The description of the 2005 Plan contained herein is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 2005 Plan filed with the SEC as Appendix A to the Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 11, 2009 and the form of agreements under the 2005 Plan filed as Exhibit 99.14 to the Company's Form 8-K on July 15, 2008. The Company's Compensation Committee, which is comprised of three independent non-employee directors, is the Administrator under the 2005 Plan.

     2009 Restricted Stock Unit Awards

     On June 26,  2009,  the  Compensation  Committee  approved  the  awards  of
restricted stock units under the 2005 Plan to the Company's  executive officers,
including the following awards to the executive  officers named in the Company's
Proxy  Statement for the 2009 Annual Meeting of  Stockholders  who are currently
employed by the Company (the "Named Executive Officers"):

                                                          Restricted Stock Units
                        Named Executive Officer              Awarded for 2009
        ------------------------------------------------  ----------------------
        Michael J. Borman,                                         55,000
        Chief Executive Officer

        Edward H. Blankenship,                                     25,000
        Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

        Doyle C. Weeks,                                            32,500
        President and Chief Operating Officer

        Stephen M. Daly,                                           25,000

These awards vest over three years (one-third will vest on each of February 8, 2010, February 8, 2011, and February 8, 2012), and each award is subject to a Restricted Stock Agreement that provides for forfeiture in certain events, such as voluntary termination of employment, and full vesting upon certain events, including a termination other than for cause or termination following a change in control of the Company.

The 2005 Plan authorizes the Compensation Committee to determine the goals applicable for performance-based awards using one or more measures that are designed to meet the "performance-based compensation" requirements of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. On June 26, 2009, the Compensation Committee awarded performance shares for 2009 under the 2005 Plan to the Company's executive officers. The total share award for each executive officer

is based on the executive's base salary and targeted bonus for 2009, and the performance-based award was split equally between two measurement groups, one with performance metrics for 2009 (the "2009 Portion") and the other with performance metrics for 2010 and 2011 (the "2010 & 2011 Portion"). The 2009 Portion will be "earned" up to a maximum of 125% of the targeted amount based on the Company achieving targeted operational earnings per share levels for 2009, and the performance metrics for the 2010 & 2011 Portion will be determined at a later date by the Company's Compensation Committee. Any shares awarded in 2009 based on achievement of the specified levels of earnings per share in 2009 would be further subject to a multiplier based on a comparison of the increase or decrease in the average of the Company's stock price during 2009 compared to the increase or decrease in the average of the NASDAQ Composite Index (the "Index") during 2009 as measured on specific dates. If the average of the Company's stock price on the two dates under- or over-performs the average of the Index, the performance share award as initially determined would be multiplied by a multiplier from 0.7 to 1.25. Thus, depending on the Company's earnings per share for 2009 and the performance of the Company's stock price compared to the performance of the Index in 2009, participants could earn a percentage from 0% to 156.25% of their targeted performance-based awards.

The Compensation Committee awarded the following number of performance-based shares to the following Named Executive Officers for 2009:

                           Estimated Future Payouts for 2009
                            Performance Share Awards Under
                            the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan
                          ----------------------------------
            Named            Targeted          Maximum
          Executive          Number at         Number at
           Officer             100%             156.25%
        ----------------  ----------------  ----------------
          Mr. Borman           55,000            85,937
        Mr. Blankenship        25,000            39,062
           Mr. Weeks           32,500            50,781
           Mr. Daly            25,000            39,062

As noted above, the 2009 Portion of these performance share awards are "earned" only upon the achievement of certain targeted level's of the Company's earnings per share for 2009 as indexed by the Company's average stock price relative performance against the average of the Index during 2009. All potential payouts of shares under this program are performance driven and completely at risk. Therefore, there is no minimum threshold payout, and the targeted and maximum payouts of performance shares awarded in 2009 to the Named Executive Officers under the 2005 Plan are listed in the two columns above.

Any performance shares actually earned by each participant, if and to the extent earned, would vest over three years (one-third on each of February 8, 2010, February 8, 2011, and February 8, 2012), and each award is subject to a Performance Share Agreement that provides for forfeiture in certain events, such as voluntary termination of employment, and full vesting upon certain events, including a termination other than for cause or termination following a change in control of the Company.

The specific targeted price levels and dates have been communicated to each eligible executive and represent target levels or other achievements with respect to specific quantitative or qualitative performance related factors, or factors or criteria involving confidential commercial or business information, the disclosure of which would have an adverse effect on the Company.