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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
/ / Check this box if no
longer subject to Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities
Section 16. Form 4 Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the
or Form 5 obligations Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
may continue. See or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company
Instruction 1(b). Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to
Helsel, Brett L. F5 Networks, Inc. (ffiv) Issuer (Check all applicable)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Director 10% Owner
(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS Identification 4. Statement for ---- ---
c/o F5 Networks, Inc. Number of Reporting Month/Year X Officer (give Other (Specify
401 Elliott Avenue West Person if an entity January 2002 ---- title --- below)
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(Street) Chief Technology Officer
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5. If Amendment, 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
Date of Original Reporting (Check Applicable Line)
(Month/Year) X Form filed by One
---- Reporting Person
Form filed by More than
Seattle WA 98119 ---- One Reporting Person
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(City) (State) (Zip) TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Transac- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of Se- 6. Owner- 7. Nature
(Instr. 3) action tion or Disposed of (D) curities Benefi- ship of In-
Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) cially Owned at Form: direct
(Instr. 8) End of Month Direct Benefi-
(Month/ (Instr. 3 and 4) (D) or cial
Day/ --------------------------------------- Indirect Owner-
Year) Code V Amount (A) or Price (I) ship
(D) (Instr. 4) (Instr.
4)
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Common Stock 1/16/02 M 31,151 A $ 0.05 D
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Common Stock 1/16/02 M 25,000 A $ 0.25 D
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Common Stock 1/16/02 M 34,588 A $ 1.50 D
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Common Stock 1/31/02 S 8,000 D $23.00 114,594 D
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Common Stock 150 I by Trust
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FORM 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Trans- 5. Number of 6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount 8. Price
Security sion or action action Derivative cisable and of Underlying of
(Instr. 3) Exercise Date Code Securities Ac- Expiration Securities Deriv-
Price of (Month/ (Instr. 8) quired (A) or Date (Instr. 3 and 4) ative
Deriv- Day/ Disposed of (D) (Month/Day/ Secur-
ative Year) (Instr. 3, 4, Year) ity
Security and 5) (Instr. 5)
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Date Expira- Amount or
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Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Shares
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Incentive Stock $ 0.05 1/16/02 M 35,151 4/13/08 Common 35,151
Option (right to buy) Stock
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Incentive Stock $ 0.25 1/16/02 M 25,000 6/01/08 Common 25,000
Option (right to buy) Stock
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Incentive Stock $ 1.50 1/16/02 M 34,588 12/31/08 Common 34,588
Option (right to buy) Stock
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9. Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of
Derivative Form of Indirect
Securities Derivative Beneficial
Beneficially Security: Ownership
Owned at End Direct (D) (Instr. 4)
of Month or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. /s/ Brett Helsel 2/6/02
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ------------------------------- -------
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
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