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FORM 3 OMB APPROVAL
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OMB Number: 3235-0104
Expires: December 31, 2001
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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
McAdam John Statement Trading Symbol of Original
---------------------------------------- (Month/Day/Year) F5 NETWORKS, INC. (FFIV) (Month/Day/Year)
(Last) (First) (Middle) July 2000 ----------------------------------
c/o F5 Networks, Inc. ---------------------------- 5. Relationship of Reporting -----------------------
200 First Avenue West 3. IRS or Social Security Person to Issuer 7. Individual or Joint/
---------------------------------------- Number of Reporting (Check all applicable) Group Filing (Check
(Street) Person (Voluntary) X Director 10% Owner applicable line)
Seattle, Washington 98119 ----- ----- X Form filed by
-------------------------------------- ---------------------------- X Officer Other ----- One Reporting
(City) (State) (Zip) ----- (give ----- (specify Person
title below) below) Form filed by
President CEO ----- More than One
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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. 4)
(Instr. 5)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). (Print or Type Responses)
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are
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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
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Date Expira- Amount or (D) or
Exercis- tion Title Number Indirect (I)
able Date of Shares (Instr. 5)
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Option (right to buy)(1) 7-24-01 7-23-10 Common Stock 645,000 42.56 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.
/s/ John McAdam
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal -------------------------------- ----------------
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). John McAdam
**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.
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