F5, INC. — Director's Dealing 2016

Mar 11, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: F5 NETWORKS INC (FFIV)
CIK: 0001048695
Period of Report: 2016-03-09

Reporting Person: HIGGINSON ALAN (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-03-09	Common Stock	M	2212	$0.00	Acquired	18522	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-03-09	Restricted Stock Units	$0.00	M	2212	Disposed		Common Stock (2212)	Direct
2016-03-10	Restricted Stock Units	$0.00	A	2540	Acquired		Common Stock (2540)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Shares received upon vesting of the March 12, 2015 award of Restricted Stock Units.

F2: Each Restricted Stock Unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Common Stock of F5 Networks, Inc. on the vest date.

F3: One share of Common Stock of F5 Networks, Inc. was delivered to the reporting person for each Restricted Stock Unit that vested on March 9, 2016.

F4: Restricted Stock Units will fully vest on the first business day prior to the date of the annual shareholder meeting for fiscal 2016 (to be held in 2017) if the reporting person continues to serve as a director on the vest date, and the corresponding number of shares of Common Stock of F5 Networks, Inc. will be issued to the reporting person on the vest date.