--------------------------- OMB APPROVAL --------------------------- ------ OMB Number: 3235-0287 FORM 4 Expires: December 31, 2001 ------ Estimated average burden hours per response .... 0.5 --------------------------- 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Goldman Steven F5 Networks, Inc. (ffiv) 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 (give Other (Specify 401 Elliott Avenue West Person (Voluntary) January 2002 ---- title --- below) -------------------------------------------- ------------------- below) (Street) 5. If Amendment, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF Date of Original SALES AND SERVICES (Month/Year) ------------------------ --------------------------------------- 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting ---- Person Form filed by More than One ---- Reporting Person Seattle, WA 98119 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (City) (State) (Zip) TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMMON STOCK 01/28/02 S 15,000 D AVG. 159,360 D PRICE OF $20.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. 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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) ----------------------------------- Date Expira- Amount or -------------------------- Exer- tion Title Number of Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Shares ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Explanation of Responses: **Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. /s/ Steven Goldman 2/05/02 See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ------------------------------- ------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date Note. 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