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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 2, 1999
Registration No. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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F5 NETWORKS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
WASHINGTON 91-1714307
(State of Incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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200 FIRST AVENUE WEST, SUITE 500
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98119
(Address of principal executive offices)
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1998 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
AMENDED AND RESTATED 1996 STOCK OPTION PLAN
AMENDED AND RESTATED DIRECTORS' NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN
1999 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS' STOCK OPTION PLAN
1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the plans)
ROBERT CHAMBERLAIN
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
F5 NETWORKS, INC.
200 FIRST AVENUE WEST, SUITE 500
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98119
(206) 505-0816
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
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COPIES TO:
PATRICK A. POHLEN, ESQ.
THOMAS B. YOUTH, ESQ.
COOLEY GODWARD LLP
5200 CARILLON POINT
KIRKLAND, WASHINGTON 98033
(425) 893-7700
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Securities Proposed Maximum Offering Proposed Maximum Aggregate Amount of
to be Registered Amount to be Registered Price per Share (1) Offering Price (1) Registration Fee
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock, no par value (see Notes to Calculation of
per share 5,099,441 shares Registration Fee) $74,517,671.00 $20,716.00
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(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) promulgated under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The price per share and
aggregate offering price are based upon (a) the weighted average exercise
price, for shares subject to outstanding options granted by F5 Networks,
Inc. (the "Company") under (i) the 1998 Equity Incentive Plan, (ii) the
Amended and Restated 1996 Stock Option Plan, (iii) the Amended and Restated
Directors' Nonqualified Stock Option Plan, and (iv) the 1999 Non-Employee
Directors' Stock Option Plan or (b) the average of the high and low prices
of the Company's Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market for
June 28, 1999, for shares reserved for future issuance pursuant to (i) the
1998 Equity Incentive Plan, (ii) the Amended and Restated 1996 Stock Option
Plan, (iii) the Amended and Restated Directors' Nonqualified Stock Option
Plan, (iv) the 1999 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan and (v) the
1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the
Securities Act).
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NOTES TO CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
The chart below details the calculations of the registration fee:
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OFFERING PRICE PER AGGREGATE OFFERING
TYPE OF SHARES NUMBER OF SHARES SHARE PRICE
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Shares issuable pursuant to 598,690 $4.41 $2,640,223.00
outstanding options under the 1998
Equity Incentive Plan
Shares reserved for future 1,532,019 $26.00 $39,832,494.00
issuance pursuant to the 1998
Equity Incentive Plan
Shares issuable pursuant to 1,766,122 $0.44 $777,094.00
outstanding options under the
Amended and Restated 1996 Stock
Option Plan
Shares reserved for future 102,610 $26.00 $2,667,860.00
issuance pursuant to the Amended
and Restated 1996 Stock Option
Plan
Shares issuable pursuant to * - -
outstanding options under the
Amended and Restated Directors'
Nonqualified Stock Option Plan
Shares reserved for future * - -
issuance pursuant to the Amended
and Restated Directors'
Nonqualified Stock Option Plan
Shares issuable pursuant to 0 - -
outstanding options under the 1999
Non-Employee Directors' Stock
Option Plan
Shares reserved for future 100,000 $26.00 $2,600,000.00
issuance pursuant to the 1999 Non-
Employee Directors' Stock Option
Plan
Shares reserved for issuance 1,000,000 $26.00 $26,000,000.00
pursuant to the 1999 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan
Proposed Maximum Offering Price $74,517,671.00
Registration Fee $20,716.00
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* Options granted out of the Amended and Restated Directors' Nonqualified
Stock Option Plan are taken from the shares reserved under the Amended and
Restated 1996 Stock Option Plan.
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PART II
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed by F5 Networks, Inc., a Washington
corporation (the "Company"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission are
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a) The final prospectus filed under Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act
contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-75817), filed June 4, 1999, under the Securities Act including any
amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such prospectus; and
(b) The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the
Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed May 11, 1999, under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), including any
amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this
registration statement from the date of the filing of such reports and
documents.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
The validity of the issuance of the Common Stock offered hereby will be
passed upon for the Company by Cooley Godward LLP, Kirkland, Washington ("Cooley
Godward").
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
The Company's articles of incorporation limit the liability of directors to
the fullest extent permitted by the Washington Business Corporation Act as it
currently exists. Consequently, subject to the Washington Business Corporation
Act, no director will be personally liable to the Company or its shareholders
for monetary damages resulting from his or her conduct as a director, except
liability for (1) acts or omissions involving intentional misconduct or knowing
violations of law; (2) unlawful distributions; or (3) transactions from which
the director personally receives a benefit in money, property or services to
which the director is not legally entitled.
The Company's articles of incorporation also provide that the Company may
indemnify any individual made a party to a proceeding because that individual
is or was a director or officer, and this right to indemnification will
continue as to an individual who has ceased to be a director or officer and
will inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors or administrators.
Any repeal of or modification to our articles of incorporation may not
adversely affect any right of a director or officer who is or was a director
or officer at the time of any repeal or modification. To the extent the
provisions of our articles of incorporation provide for indemnification of
directors or officers for liabilities arising under the Securities Act 1933,
those provisions are, in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission"), against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and they are therefore unenforceable.
The Company's bylaws provide that it will indemnify our directors and
officers and may indemnify our other officers and employees and other agents to
the fullest extent permitted by law.
The Company has entered into agreements to indemnify directors and certain
officers, in addition to indemnification provided for in the Company's articles
of incorporation or bylaws. These agreements, among other things, indemnify the
Company's directors and certain officers for certain expenses, including
attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by any of
these persons in any action or proceeding, including any action by the Company
arising out of the person's services as the Company's director or officer or any
other company or enterprise to which the person provides services at the
Company's request. The Company believes that these provisions and agreements
are necessary to attract and retain qualified persons as directors and officers.
The Company also currently maintains liability insurance for officers and
directors.
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ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
NUMBER
4.1* Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation.
4.2* Amended and Restated Bylaws.
4.3* Specimen Stock Certificates.
5.1 Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP.
23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants.
23.2 Consent of Cooley Godward LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this
Registration Statement.
24.1 Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.
99.1* 1998 Equity Incentive Plan.
99.2* Form of Option Agreement under the 1998 Equity Incentive Plan.
99.3* Amended and Restated 1996 Stock Option Plan.
99.4* Form of Option Agreement under the Amended and Restated 1996 Stock
Option Plan.
99.5* Amended and Restated Directors' Nonqualified Stock Option Plan.
99.6* Form of Option Agreement under the Amended and Restated Directors'
Nonqualified Stock Option Plan.
99.7* 1999 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan.
99.8* Form of Option Agreement under the 1999 Non-Employee Directors' Stock
Option Plan.
99.9* 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
* Documents incorporated by reference from the Company's Registration Statement
on Form S-1, as amended (333-75817), declared effective by the Commission on
June 3, 1999.
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
1. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(a) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
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would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (Section
230.424(b) of this chapter) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective registration statement.
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the issuer pursuant to
section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference herein.
(b) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(c) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
2. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
3. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, as amended, the Company
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Seattle, State of Washington, on July 2, 1999.
F5 NETWORKS, INC.
a Washington corporation
By: /s/ Jeffrey S. Hussey
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Jeffrey S. Hussey
Title: Chief Executive Officer and President
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Jeffrey S. Hussey and Robert J.
Chamberlain, and each or any one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
/s/ Jeffrey S. Hussey Chief Executive Officer and July 2, 1999
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JEFFREY S. HUSSEY
/s/ Robert J. Chamberlain Chief Financial Officer and July 2, 1999
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ROBERT J. CHAMBERLAIN and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Carlton G. Amdahl Director July 2, 1999
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CARLTON G. AMDAHL
/s/ Kimberley D. Davis Director July 2, 1999
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KIMBERLEY D. DAVIS
/s/ Alan J. Higginson Director July 2, 1999
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ALAN J. HIGGINSON
/s/ Sonja L. Hoel Director July 2, 1999
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SONJA L. HOEL
/s/ Kent L. Johnson Director July 2, 1999
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KENT L. JOHNSON
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
4.1* Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation.
4.2* Amended and Restated Bylaws.
4.3* Specimen Stock Certificates.
5.1 Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP.
23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants.
23.2 Consent of Cooley Godward LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this
Registration Statement.
24.1 Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.
99.1* 1998 Equity Incentive Plan.
99.2* Form of Option Agreement under the 1998 Equity Incentive Plan.
99.3* Amended and Restated 1996 Stock Option Plan.
99.4* Form of Option Agreement under the Amended and Restated 1996 Stock
Option Plan.
99.5* Amended and Restated Directors' Nonqualified Stock Option Plan.
99.6* Form of Option Agreement under the Amended and Restated Directors'
Nonqualified Stock Option Plan.
99.7* 1999 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan.
99.8* Form of Option Agreement under the 1999 Non-Employee Directors' Stock
Option Plan.
99.9* 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
* Documents incorporated by reference from the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-1, as amended (333-75817), declared effective by the
Commission on June 3, 1999.
5.
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EXHIBIT 5.1
July 2, 1999
F5 Networks, Inc.
200 First Avenue West, Suite 500
Seattle, WA 98119
Ladies and Gentlemen:
You have requested our opinion with respect to certain matters in connection
with the filing by F5 Networks, Inc. (the "Company") of a Registration Statement
on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") with the Securities and Exchange
Commission covering the offering of up to 5,099,441 shares of the Company's
Common Stock, no par value, (the "Shares") pursuant to its 1998 Equity Incentive
Plan, Amended and Restated 1996 Stock Option Plan, Amended and Restated
Directors' Nonqualified Stock Option Plan, 1999 Non-Employee Directors' Stock
Option Plan and 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plans").
In connection with this opinion, we have examined the Registration Statement and
related Prospectus, your Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation
and Amended and Restated Bylaws, and such other documents, records,
certificates, memoranda and other instruments as we deem necessary as a basis
for this opinion. We have assumed the genuineness and authenticity of all
documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to originals of all
documents submitted to us as copies thereof, and the due execution and delivery
of all documents where due execution and delivery are a prerequisite to the
effectiveness thereof.
On the basis of the foregoing, and in reliance thereon, we are of the opinion
that the Shares, when sold and issued in accordance with the Plans, the
Registration Statement and related Prospectuses, will be validly issued, fully
paid, and nonassessable (except as to shares issued pursuant to certain deferred
payment arrangements, which will be fully paid and nonassessable when such
deferred payments are made in full).
We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement.
Very truly yours,
COOLEY GODWARD LLP
By: /s/ Christopher W. Wright
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Christopher W. Wright
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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated April 6, 1999 relating to the
financial statements and financial statement schedule of F5 Networks, Inc.,
which appear in the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-75817).
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Seattle, Washington
July 1, 1999
