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
3.1		—	Fourth Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant(1)
3.2		—	Eighth Amended and Restated Bylaws adopted November 12, 2021(1)
4.1		—	Description of the Registrant's Securities(2)
4.2		—	Specimen Common Stock Certificate(3)
10.1		—	First Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement (including the Revolving Credit Agreement, as amended), dated as of May 26, 2023, between F5, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the Administrative Agent(4)
10.2		—	Office Lease Agreement between the Registrant and Fifth & Columbia Investors, LLC dated May 3, 2017(5)
10.3		—	Form of Indemnification Agreement between the Registrant and each of its directors and certain of its officers(6) §
10.4		—	F5, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated(7) §
10.5		—	Form of Change of Control Agreement between the Registrant and the executive officers(8) §
10.6		—	F5, Inc. Incentive Plan, as amended and restated(7) §
10.7		—	Nginx, Inc. 2011 Share Plan(9) §
10.8		—	Nginx, Inc. Acquisition Equity Incentive Plan(9) §
10.9		—	Nginx, Inc. Acquisition Equity Incentive Plan Award Agreement(10) §
10.10		—	F5 Networks, Inc. Assumed Shape 2011 Stock Plan(11) §
10.11		—	F5 Networks, Inc. Shape Acquisition Equity Incentive Plan(11) §
10.12		—	Form of 2014 Incentive Plan Award Agreement (Accelerated Vesting) as revised November 2019(12) §
10.13		—	F5 Networks, Inc. Assumed Volterra, Inc. Amended and Restated 2017 Stock Plan(13) §
10.14		—	F5 Networks, Inc. Volterra Acquisition Equity Incentive Plan(13) §
10.15		—	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 Plan)(13) §
10.16		—	F5 Networks, Inc. Threat Stack Acquisition Equity Incentive Plan(14) §
10.17		—	Offer Letter from the Registrant to François Locoh-Donou(15) §
10.18		—	F5, Inc. Assumed Lilac Cloud 2018 Equity Incentive Plan(16) §
10.19		—	F5, Inc. Lilac Acquisition Equity Incentive Plan(16) §
19.1	*	—	F5, Inc. Insider Trading Policy
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
97.1		—	F5, Inc. Incentive Compensation Recovery Policy (17) §
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
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.

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(1)Incorporated by reference from Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 12, 2021 and filed with the SEC on November 15, 2021.

(2)Incorporated by reference from Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2022.

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

(4)Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 of Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2023.

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

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

(7)Incorporated by reference from Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 9, 2023 and filed with the SEC on March 10, 2023.

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

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

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

(11)Incorporated by reference from Registration Statement on Form S-8 File No. 333-236228.

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

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

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

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

(16)Incorporated by reference from Registration Statement on Form S-8 File No. 333-269532.

(17)Incorporated by reference from Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2024.

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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 25, 2025

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 25, 2025
	François Locoh-Donou

By:	/S/ EDWARD C. WERNER	Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)	November 25, 2025
	Edward C. Werner

By:	/S/ ALAN HIGGINSON	Director	November 25, 2025
	Alan Higginson

By:	/S/ ELIZABETH L. BUSE	Director	November 25, 2025
	Elizabeth L. Buse

By:	/S/ MICHAEL DREYER	Director	November 25, 2025
	Michael Dreyer

By:	/S/ NIKHIL MEHTA	Director	November 25, 2025
	Nikhil Mehta

By:	/S/ MARIANNE BUDNIK	Director	November 25, 2025
	Marianne Budnik

By:	/S/ MICHEL COMBES	Director	November 25, 2025
	Michel Combes

By:	/S/ TAMI ERWIN	Director	November 25, 2025
	Tami Erwin

By:	/S/ JULIE GONZALEZ	Director	November 25, 2025
	Julie Gonzalez

By:	/S/ MAYA MCREYNOLDS	Director	November 25, 2025
	Maya McReynolds

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