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FORM 3 OMB APPROVAL
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OMB Number: 3235-0104
Expires: December 31, 2001
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f)
of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Date of Event Requiring 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or 6. If Amendment, Date
Pancottine Jeffrey Statement Trading Symbol of Original
---------------------------------------- (Month/Day/Year) F5 NETWORKS, INC. (FFIV) (Month/Day/Year)
(Last) (First) (Middle) 10/23/00 ----------------------------------
C/o F5 Networks, Inc.
501 Elliott Avenue West ---------------------------- 5. Relationship of Reporting -----------------------
---------------------------------------- 3. IRS or Social Security Person to Issuer 7. Individual or Joint/
(Street) Number of Reporting (Check all applicable) Group Filing (Check
Seattle, Washington 98119 Person (Voluntary) Director 10% Owner Applicable Line)
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(City) (State) (Zip) ---------------------------- X Officer Other ----- One Reporting
----- (give ----- (specify Person
title below) below) Form filed by
Sr. Vice President ----- More than One
Marketing and Business Development Reporting Person
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TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Direct (D) or Beneficial
(Instr. 4) Indirect (I) Ownership (Instr. 5)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned indirectly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). (Print or Type Responses) (Over)
Potential persons who are to respond to the condition of information contained in this form are not required to
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FORM 3 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date 3. Title and Amount of 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Exercisable and Securities Underlying sion or ship Beneficial Ownership
Expiration Date Derivative Security Exercise Form of (Instr. 5)
(Month/Day/ (Instr. 4) Price of Deriv-
Year) Deriv- ative
ative Security:
Security Direct
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Date Expira- Amount or Indirect (I)
Exercis- tion Title Number (Instr. 5)
able Date of Shares
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Option (right to buy)(1) 10/23/01 10/22/10 Common Stock 150,000 $33.00 D
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Option (right to buy)(2) 10/23/01 10/22/10 Common Stock 50,000 $30.00 D
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(1) Options vest 25% one year after the grant date, and in equal monthly increments over the following three-year period.
(2) Options vest 25% one year after the grant date, and in equal monthly increments over the following three-year period.
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute /s/ Jeffrey Pancottine
Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ------------------------------- ----------------
Jeffrey Pancottine November 1, 2000
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. **Signature of Reporting Person Date
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