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FORM 3
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ------------------------------
Washington, D.C. 20549 OMB APPROVAL
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INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES OMB Number:..........3235-0104
Expires: ....December 31, 2000
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Estimated average burden
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) Hours per response ........0.5
of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ------------------------------
(Print or Type Response)
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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
McADAM, JOHN Statement Trading Symbol of Original
---------------------------------------- (Month/Day/Year) F5 NETWORKS, INC. (ffiv) (Month/Day/Year)
(Last) (First) (Middle) 07/24/00 ---------------------------------- 08/01/00
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, WA 98119 Person (Voluntary) X Director 10% Owner Applicable Line)
---------------------------------------- ----- ----- Form filed by
(City) (State) (Zip) ---------------------------- X Officer Other ----- One Reporting
----- (give ----- (specify Person
title below) below) X Form filed by
PRESIDENT/CEO ----- More than One
DIRECTOR 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)
(Instr. 5)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned indirectly or indirectly.
POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM ARE (Over)
NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER. SEC 1473 (3-99)
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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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NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION 07/24/01 07/23/10 COMMON STOCK 50,000 $1.00 D
(RIGHT TO BUY)
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NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION 07/24/01 07/23/10 COMMON STOCK 645,000 $42.56 D
(RIGHT TO BUY)
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Explanation of Responses:
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute /s/ JOHN McADAM 12-6-00
Federal Criminal Violations. ----------------------------------- --------------
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently Page 2
valid OMB number. SEC 1473 (3-99)
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