------ U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ------------------------------ FORM 4 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB APPROVAL ------ ------------------------------ STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OMB Number: 3235-0287 [ ] Check this box if no Expires: December 31, 2001 longer subject to Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Estimated average burden Section 16. Form 4 Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the hours per response........ 0.5 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person Helsel Brett L. F5 Networks, Inc. (ffiv) to Issuer (Check all applicable) -------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- Director 10% Owner (Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social Security 4. Statement for ---- --- C/O F5 Networks, Inc Number of Reporting Month/Year X Officer Other (specify 200 First Avenue West Suite 500 Person, if an entity July 2000 ---- --- below) -------------------------------------------- (Voluntary) ------------------- (give title below) (Street) 5. If Amendment, Senior VP Product Development Seattle WA 98121 Date of Original ------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------- (Month/Year) (City) (State) (Zip) 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing ------------------- (Check applicable line) X Form filed by One ---- Reporting Person ---- Form filed by More Than One Reporting Person ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Ownership 7. Nature of (Instr. 3) action action or Disposed of (D) Securities Form: Indirect Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Beneficial (Instr. 8) Owned at (D) or Ownership (Month/ End of Month Indirect (Instr. 4) Day/ --------------------------------------- (Instr. 3 and 4) (I) Year) Code V Amount (A) or Price (Instr. 4) (D) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 05/23/00 M 23,255 A $0.05 67,855 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock(1) 150 1 Custodial ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Print or Type Responses) |
FORM 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Code V (A) (D) Date Expira- Title Amount or Exer- tion Number of cisable Date Shares ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Incentive Stock option $0.05 05/23/00 M 23,255 04/13/08 Common 23,255 (right to buy) Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 89,245 D -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Explanation of Responses: 1. Held in a custodial account for the benefit of the reporting person's minor child. The reporting person disclaims any beneficial ownership of these shares. **Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). /S/ Brett Helsel August 1, 2000 Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. ------------------------------- --------------- If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. **Signature of Reporting Person Date 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 valid OMB Number. FORM 29963 |