Item 16. Form 10-K Summary

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Item 16. Form 10-K Summary

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EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit Number			Exhibit Description
2.1		—	Merger Agreement dated as of March 9, 2019, by and among the Registrant, Nginx, Inc., Neva Merger Sub Limited, and Fortis Advisors LLC(1)+
2.2		—	Merger Agreement, dated December 19, 2019, by and among F5 Networks, Inc., Silhouette Merger Sub, Inc., Shape Security, Inc., and Shareholder Representative Services LLC(2)+
2.3		—	Merger Agreement dated as of January 5, 2021, by and among the Registrant, Voyager Merger Sub Corporation, Volterra, Inc., and Shareholder Representative Services LLC(3)+
3.1		—	Fourth Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant(4)
3.2		—	Eighth Amended and Restated Bylaws adopted November 12, 2021(5)
4.1	*	—	Description of the Registrant's Securities
4.2		—	Specimen Common Stock Certificate(6)
10.1		—	Commitment Letter, dated as of December 19, 2019, by and among F5 Networks, Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A, Bank of America, N.A., and BofA Securities, Inc.(2)
10.2		—	Term Credit Agreement, dated as of January 24, 2020, among F5 Networks, Inc., the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent(7)
10.3		—	Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of January 31, 2020, among F5 Networks, Inc., the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the Administrative Agent(8)
10.4		—	Office Lease Agreement between the Registrant and Fifth & Columbia Investors, LLC dated May 3, 2017(9)
10.5		—	Form of Indemnification Agreement between the Registrant and each of its directors and certain of its officers(10) §
10.6		—	F5 Networks, Inc. 2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Amended and Restated effective March 14, 2019)(11) §
10.7		—	Form of Change of Control Agreement between the Registrant and the executive officers(12) §
10.8		—	Traffix Communication Systems Ltd. 2007 Israeli Employee Share Option Plan(13) §
10.9		—	F5 Networks, Inc. 2014 Incentive Plan, as amended and restated(14) §
10.10		—	Nginx, Inc. 2011 Share Plan(15) §
10.11		—	Nginx, Inc. Acquisition Equity Incentive Plan(15) §
10.12		—	Nginx, Inc. Acquisition Equity Incentive Plan Award Agreement(16) §
10.13		—	F5 Networks, Inc. Assumed Shape 2011 Stock Plan(17) §
10.14		—	F5 Networks, Inc. Shape Acquisition Equity Incentive Plan(17) §
10.15		—	Form of 2014 Incentive Plan Award Agreement (Accelerated Vesting) as revised October 2017(18) §
10.16		—	Form of 2014 Incentive Plan Award Agreement (Accelerated Vesting) as revised November 2019(19) §
10.17		—	F5 Networks, Inc. Assumed Volterra, Inc. Amended and Restated 2017 Stock Plan (20) §
10.18		—	F5 Networks, Inc. Volterra Acquisition Equity Incentive Plan(20) §
10.19		—	F5 Networks, Inc. Assumed Volterra, Inc. 2019 Restricted Stock Unit Sub-Plan France (sub-plan to the F5 Networks, Inc. Assumed Volterra, Inc. Amended and Restated 2017 Stock Pl an)(20) §
10.20		—	F5 Networks, Inc. Threat Stack Acquisition Equity Incentive Plan(21) §
10.21		—	Offer Letter from the Registrant to François Locoh-Donou(22) §
10.22		—	Offer Letter from the Registrant to Francis J. Pelzer(23) §
21.1	*	—	Subsidiaries of the Registrant
23.1	*	—	Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
31.1	*	—	Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2	*	—	Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1	*	—	Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
101.INS	*	—	XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document
101.SCH	*	—	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

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Exhibit Number			Exhibit Description
101.CAL	*	—	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF	*	—	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB	*	—	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE	*	—	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
104	*	—	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

Filed herewith.

§ Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

Schedules and annexes have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted schedule and/or annex will be furnished supplementally to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.

(1)Incorporated by reference from Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 11, 2019 and filed with the SEC on March 11, 2019.

(2)Incorporated by reference from Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 19, 2019 and filed with the SEC on December 24, 2019.

(3)Incorporated by reference from Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 5, 2021 and filed with the SEC on January 7, 2021.

(4)Incorporated by reference from Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 15, 2021 and filed with the SEC on November 15, 2021.

(5)Incorporated by reference from Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 15, 2021 and filed with the SEC on November 15, 2021.

(6)Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.1 of Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-75817.

(7)Incorporated by reference from Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 24, 2020 and filed with the SEC on January 24, 2020.

(8)Incorporated by reference from Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2019.

(9)Incorporated by reference from Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 3, 2017 and filed with the SEC on May 3, 2017.

(10)Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 of Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-75817.

(11)Incorporated by reference from Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 14, 2019 and filed with the SEC on March 14, 2019.

(12)Incorporated by reference from Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 29, 2009 and filed with the SEC on May 4, 2009.

(13)Incorporated by reference from Registration Statement on Form S-8 File No. 333-179794.

(14)Incorporated by reference from Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 11, 2021 and filed with the SEC on March 15, 2021.

(15)Incorporated by reference from Registration Statement on Form S-8 File No. 333-231802.

(16)Incorporated by reference from Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2019.

(17)Incorporated by reference from Form S-8 filed with the SEC on February 3, 2020.

(18)Incorporated by reference from Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2017.

(19)Incorporated by reference from Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2020.

(20)Incorporated by reference from Registration Statement on Form S-8 File No. 333-252616.

(21)Incorporated by reference from Registration Statement on Form S-8 File No. 333-260656.

(22)Incorporated by reference from Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 27, 2017 and filed with the SEC on January 30, 2017.

(23)Incorporated by reference from Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 20, 2018 and filed with the SEC on April 25, 2018.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


			F5, INC.

			By:						/s/ FRANÇOIS LOCOH-DONOU
									François Locoh-Donou
									Chief Executive Officer and President

Dated: November 16, 2021

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


Signature		Title	Date

By:	/s/ FRANÇOIS LOCOH-DONOU	Chief Executive Officer, President, and Director (principal executive officer)	November 16, 2021
	François Locoh-Donou

By:	/S/ FRANCIS J. PELZER	Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)	November 16, 2021
	Francis J. Pelzer

By:	/S/ ALAN J. HIGGINSON	Director	November 16, 2021
	Alan J. Higginson

By:	/S/ SANDRA BERGERON	Director	November 16, 2021
	Sandra Bergeron

By:	/S/ ELIZABETH BUSE	Director	November 16, 2021
	Elizabeth Buse

By:	/S/ MICHAEL L. DREYER	Director	November 16, 2021
	Michael L. Dreyer

By:	/S/ PETER KLEIN	Director	November 16, 2021
	Peter Klein

By:	/S/ NIKHIL MEHTA	Director	November 16, 2021
	Nikhil Mehta

By:	/S/ MARIE MYERS	Director	November 16, 2021
	Marie Myers

By:	/S/ SRIPADA SHIVANANDA	Director	November 16, 2021
	Sripada Shivananda

By:	/S/ MICHAEL MONTOYA	Director	November 16, 2021
	Michael Montoya

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