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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM 8-K</B>
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October&nbsp;25, 2005
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5.02&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Principal Officers</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On October&nbsp;25, 2005, F5 Networks, Inc. (&#147;F5&#148;) announced the promotion of Andy Reinland, 41, to
the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Finance Officer, and
John Rodriguez,&nbsp;45, to the
position of Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer. These two newly created positions
will be responsible for the functions and organizations previously managed by the office of Chief
Financial Officer, which has been vacant since August&nbsp;2005. As Senior Vice President and Chief
Finance Officer, Mr.&nbsp;Reinland will be responsible for F5&#146;s financial planning and analysis
functions, and will also oversee F5&#146;s investor relations and information technology operations. As
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, Mr.&nbsp;Rodriguez will be responsible for F5&#146;s
worldwide accounting operations, financial, accounting and SEC reporting; he will also oversee F5&#146;s
human resources department and corporate facilities. Each of these promotions is effective as of
October&nbsp;25, 2005.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr.&nbsp;Reinland joined F5 in 1998, serving as Director of Finance until January&nbsp;1, 2004, and more
recently as Vice President of Finance. As Vice President of Finance, Mr.&nbsp;Reinland reported to F5&#146;s
Chief Financial Officer and was primarily responsible for F5&#146;s financial planning and forecasting.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr.&nbsp;Rodriguez joined F5 as Controller in 2001, and was promoted to Vice President and
Controller in January&nbsp;1, 2004. In his most recent position, he has been responsible for the
performance of all international and domestic accounting and reporting functions for F5. From 1999
to 2001, Mr.&nbsp;Rodriguez served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CyberSafe, a
security software solutions provider, where he was responsible for the performance of the company&#146;s
international and domestic accounting functions and financial reporting activities.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr.&nbsp;Reinland will continue to be an at-will employee at an annualized base salary of $173,800.
As part of his promotion, Mr.&nbsp;Reinland is eligible for annual bonus compensation of up to $52,140
awarded quarterly upon achievement of F5&#146;s top and bottom line objectives, which amount has been
increased from his prior annual bonus target of $34,760. Mr.&nbsp;Rodriguez will continue to be an
at-will employee at an annualized base salary of $180,730. As part of his promotion, Mr.&nbsp;Rodriguez
is eligible for annual bonus compensation of up to $54,219 awarded quarterly upon achievement of
F5&#146;s top and bottom line objectives, which amount has been increased from his prior annual bonus
target of $32,860.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In connection with these promotions, each of Messrs.&nbsp;Reinland and Rodriguez will receive a
one-time grant of 5,000 restricted stock units (&#147;RSUs&#148;) under the terms of F5&#146;s 2005 Equity
Incentive Plan. These RSUs will vest quarterly over two years. Messrs.&nbsp;Reinland and Rodriguez
will each continue to receive customary executive benefits, including health, dental, vision,
401(k) and vacation benefits.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A copy of the press release F5 issued on October&nbsp;25, 2005 announcing the promotion of Messrs.
Reinland and Rodriguez is attached to this report as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9.01&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Statements and Exhibits</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The information in this report shall be deemed incorporated by reference into any registration
statement heretofore or hereafter filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except to the
extent that such information is superseded by information as of a subsequent date that is included
in or incorporated by reference into such registration statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</B>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John
Eldridge<br>
Investor Relations<BR>
(206)&nbsp;272-6571<BR>
j.eldridge@f5.com
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Alane Moran<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>F5
Networks Announces Promotion of Andy Reinland and John Rodriguez to Senior Finance Positions</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SEATTLE, WA-October&nbsp;25, 2005</B>-F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) today announced that Andy Reinland
and John Rodriguez have been promoted to the rank of senior executive with individual
responsibility for functions and organizations formerly managed by the company&#146;s chief financial
officer.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">As senior vice president and chief finance officer, Reinland will assume responsibility for
financial planning and analysis, investor relations and information technology. Rodriguez, as
senior vice president and chief accounting officer, will be responsible for worldwide accounting,
reporting, human resources and corporate operations. Both have held senior positions in the
company&#146;s finance department for over four years and have played key roles in shaping and managing
the company&#146;s financial organization and business infrastructure.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Reinland joined F5 in 1998, serving as director of finance and most recently vice president of
finance. In that capacity he reported to the company&#146;s chief financial officer and held primary
responsibility for F5&#146;s financial planning and forecasting and for providing direct financial
support to the company&#146;s business functions. Prior to joining F5, Reinland was chief financial
officer for RTIME, Inc., a developer of real-time 3D software for Internet applications, which was
acquired by Sony.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Rodriguez joined the company as corporate controller in 2001. In his most recent position as vice
president and corporate controller, he has been responsible for the performance of all
international and domestic accounting and reporting functions, including SEC compliance. Before
coming to F5, Rodriguez was vice president and chief financial officer of CyberSafe, a security
solutions company and senior director of finance and operations at Lucent Technologies. Prior to
that, he held senior accounting positions in two other Seattle-area high tech companies.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Both Reinland and Rodriguez began their careers as CPA&#146;s in public accounting.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">John McAdam, F5 president and chief executive officer, said that after an exhaustive national
search for a candidate to replace the company&#146;s former chief financial officer, the decision to
divide responsibility for managing the finance department between Reinland
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">and Rodriguez was an easy one. &#147;For the past four years, Andy and John have worked collaboratively
to build an efficient and highly effective finance organization that has been instrumental in
driving F5&#146;s growth and profitability. As head of planning and analysis, Andy has played a key role
in shaping a business model that has enabled the company to more than double our revenue during the
past two years and post consecutive quarterly improvements in profitability. In his role as
corporate controller, John has had primary responsibility for all regulatory and compliance issues,
including worldwide implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley, and for managing F5&#146;s cash and investments,
which increased to $350&nbsp;million in the fiscal year just ended. In their former roles, they worked
closely with me and all the members of our executive team. In their new positions as members of
that team, I&#146;m confident they will provide both the leadership and support necessary to drive F5&#146;s
continuing growth and improving profitability.&#148;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>About F5 Networks</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">F5 enables organizations to successfully deliver business-critical applications and gives them the
greatest level of agility to stay ahead of growing business demands. As the pioneer and global
leader in Application Traffic Management, F5 continues to lead the industry by driving more
intelligence into the network to deliver advanced application agility. F5 products ensure the
secure and optimized delivery of applications to any user &#151; anywhere. Through its flexible and
cohesive architecture, F5 delivers unmatched value by dramatically improving the way organizations
serve their employees, customers and constituents, while lowering operational costs. The company is
headquartered in Seattle, Washington with offices worldwide. For more information go to
http://www.f5.com/.
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