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Francois Locoh-Donou has served as our President, Chief Executive Officer and member of our Board of Directors since April 2017. Prior to joining F5, Mr. Locoh-Donou served as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Ciena Corporation. During his more than 15 years at Ciena, Mr. Locoh-Donou served in several leadership positions. From August 2011 to October 2015, he served as Ciena's Senior Vice President, Global Products Group. Previously, he served as Ciena's Vice President and General Manager, Europe, Middle East and Africa from June 2005 to August 2011. He holds an M.B.A. from Stanford University, a 'Mastere' in Optical Telecommunications from the National Institute of Telecommunications of Paris, and a 'Diplome d'Ingenieur' in Physics Engineering from the National Institute of Physics in Marseille, France. Mr. Locoh-Donou serves on the board of Capital One Financial Corporation. He is also the co-founder of Cajou Espoir, a cashew-processing facility that employs several hundred people in rural Togo, 80 percent of whom are women. Cajou Espoir exports more than 400 tons of cashew kernels annually to the U.S. and Europe. With a 26-year background in enterprise technology, Mr. Locoh-Donou has extensive executive experience spanning the security, networking, and telecommunications industries. In his eight years as F5 CEO, he has led F5's transformation from a datacenter hardware-centric company to a software-first leader in multi-cloud application security and delivery. Career Highlights:- Ciena, a network strategy and technology company, Chief Operating Officer (November 2015 - January 2017); Senior Vice President, Global Products Group (August 2011 - November 2015). Capital One Financial Corporation, a bank holding company specializing in credit cards, auto loans, banking, and savings accounts Director (since March 2019). Education:- Engineering degree from Ecole Centrale de Marseille Masters degree in Sciences from Telecom ParisTech in France, M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Tom Fountain has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since September 2024. From June 2020 through August 2024, he served as Executive Vice President of Global Services and Chief Strategy Officer. Mr. Fountain joined F5 in January 2018 as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer. Mr. Fountain is responsible for overseeing F5's global services organization, including global support, consulting, and services teams. He is also responsible for leading F5's digital transformation to accelerate critical solution delivery to customers and for driving execution, productivity and efficiency company wide. From November 2012 to January 2018, Mr. Fountain served as Senior Vice President for Strategy and Corporate Development at McAfee LLC, Vice President of Strategy and Operations at Intel Corporation, and Senior Vice President for Strategy and Corporate Development at McAfee Incorporated. Previously, Mr. Fountain served as Vice President and General Manager of the Content and Media Business Unit at Juniper Networks from December 2011 to November 2012 and Vice President of Corporate Strategy at Juniper Networks from February 2009 to December 2011. Earlier in his career, Mr. Fountain was a venture capitalist at Mayfield Fund from June 2003 to February 2009 and co-founder and engineering leader at Ingrian Networks from December 1999 to June 2004. He holds an M.B.A., an M.S. in Computer Science, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering, and a B.S. in Computer Systems Engineering, each from Stanford University.

Chad Whalen has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer since September 2024. He is responsible for F5's global sales go-to-market strategy and brings over 20 years of experience leading global teams across Europe, Asia, and North and South America in network infrastructure, security, and SaaS. From July 2018 to August 2024, he was Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Mr. Whalen joined F5 in 2017 to lead the Cloud Sales team. Prior to joining F5, he ran strategic alliances at Fortinet, worldwide sales and services at Jasper, Americas sales and field operations at Ciena and global sales and marketing at World Wide Packets. He holds a B.A. in Business Administration and Management from Eastern Washington University.

John Maddison has served as our Chief Marketing Officer since October 2025. He joined F5 in December 2024 as Chief Product Marketing and Technology Alliances Officer. Mr. Maddison is responsible for overseeing F5's global marketing, business development, and corporate communications teams. He is also responsible for increasing F5's market impact and delivering on the Company's brand promise through its products and partnerships. Prior to joining F5, Mr. Maddison spent twelve years at Fortinet, most recently as Chief Marketing Officer and EVP of Product Strategy. He previously held leadership positions at Trend Micro, Vina Communications, and Octel Communications. Mr. Maddison holds a B.S. in Engineering from Plymouth University in Devon, England.

Edward Werner has served as our Chief Financial Officer since November 2024. Mr. Werner joined F5 in 2001, and progressively took on roles of increasing responsibility. He served as F5's Senior Vice President, Finance from 2012 until November 2024. He oversees F5's worldwide financial planning, analysis, accounting, reporting, and internal auditing procedures, as well as investor relations. Mr. Werner holds a B.A. in Business Administration with an Accounting Concentration from the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington.

Elizabeth L. Buse, F5, Inc.- Director (since September 2020). U.S. Bancorp, a bank holding company- Director (since June 2018). Monitise, PLC, a financial services technology company- Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Executive Officer (June 2014 - October 2015). Visa, Inc., a leading global payments technology company- Executive Vice President, Global Services. Education- Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Linguistics from UCLA and M.B.A. from University of California-Berkeley, Haas School of Business. Other Experience- Former Director, eNett International, a privately held payment services company specializing in B2B international payment solutions (March 2016 - June 2019); Former Director, Travelport Worldwide Limited, a publicly-traded travel technology company (September 2014 - June 2019) ; Former Group President for Asia-Pacific, Central Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Visa, Inc. Other U.S. Listed Current Public Company Boards: U.S. Bancorp.

Nikhil Mehta, F5, Inc.- Director (since January 2019). Gainsight, Inc., a leading Customer Success Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform provider- Board Member and Special Advisor (since August 2025); Chief Executive Officer (February 2013 -August 2025). LiveOffice (acquired by Symantec), a global provider of cloud-based email archiving; Chief Executive Officer (2012 - 2018). Pubmatic, Inc., a company that develops and implements online advertising software and strategies for the digital publishing and advertising industry- Director (since August 2023). Education- Bachelor of Arts in biochemical science from Harvard University and M.S. in computer science from Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Other Experience- Lead Edge Growth Opportunities, Ltd.(March 2021 - March 2023); Vice President, VERITAS Software and Vice President, Symantec Corporation. Other U.S. Listed Current Public Company Boards: Pubmatic, Inc., and Gainsight, Inc.

Michael F. Montoya joined the Board in June 2021. Mr. Montoya has served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer of Equinix, Inc., a global interconnection and data center company, since October 2019 - November 2024). Prior to joining Equinix, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. from September 2018 through September 2019. Before joining Digital Realty Trust, Inc., Mr. Montoya served as Chief Security Advisor for Microsoft Singapore from August 2016 through September 2018, where he was responsible for incident response, security services, and security revenue for the Asia region. Prior to Microsoft, Mr. Montoya served as Vice President, Cloud Security for FireEye Singapore, responsible for Asia services and global cloud security operations. Mr. Montoya also held various senior IT and Operational roles at Microsoft UK, Microsoft Redmond, and EMC. Mr. Montoya has served on the Board of Directors of Sygnia, a global leader of security incident response since August 2022. Mr. Montoya holds a B.A. in economics from The University of New Mexico. On October 9, 2025, Michael Montoya resigned, effective immediately, from his position as a director of F5's Board of Directors, including his memberships on the Risk Committee and Nominating and Environmental, Social and Governance Committee. On October 9, 2025, Michael Montoya resigned, effective immediately, from his position as a director of F5's Board of Directors including his memberships on the Risk Committee and Nominating and Environmental, Social and Governance Committee. Mr. Montoya has been a valuable member of the Board and following his resignation from the Board, Mr. Montoya continued his service with the Company and has been appointed as F5's Chief Technology Operations Officer, effective October 13, 2025.

Michel Combes, F5, Inc.- Director (since September 2023) and Director (July 2018 - March 2021). Brightspeed- Executive Chairman and acting Chief Executive Officer (since June 2025); Forgelight LLC- Partner (since June 2024). Philip Morris International Inc.- Director (since December 2020). Claure Group, a global entrepreneurial and investment firm- Executive Vice President (October 2022 - May 2024). Softbank, a multinational investment holding company- President and Chief Executive Officer (June 2020 - June 2022). Sprint, an American telecommunications company- President and Chief Executive Officer (January 2018 - April 2020). Education- Master of Science degree from Ecole Polytechnique with a focus in engineering and Doctorate from Paris Dauphine University. Other Experience- Director, e& (etisalat and); Director, ContentSquare; Chairman, Polestar Analytics; Non-voting Board Observer, Assystem; Former Director, Assystem; Former Chief Executive Officer and Director, Altice N.V.; Former Chief Executive Officer, Alcatel-Lucent; Former Chief Executive Officer, Vodafone Europe; Former Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer, TDF Group; Former Chief Financial Officer and Senior Executive Vice President, France Telecom. Other U.S.-Listed Public Company Directorships Within the Past Five Years- Former Director, SoFi Technologies (May 2021 - July 2022). Other U.S. Listed Current Public Company Boards: Philip Morris International Inc. .

On June 17, 2026, the Board of Directors of F5, Inc. appointed Mr. Gavin Munroe as a director. Mr. Munroe most recently served as Chief Information Officer and Transformation Head at Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Prior to this, he served as Global Chief Information Officer at HSBC - Wealth, Private and Retail Banking. He has also held technology leadership roles at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, Synechron, and Saxon (a division of Morgan Stanley). Mr. Munroe earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from The University of Port Elizabeth.

On April 24, 2026, the Board of Directors of F5, Inc. appointed Mr. Anand Eswaran as a director. Mr. Eswaran currently serves as Chief Executive Officer at Veeam Software, a position he has held for over 4 years. Prior to Veeam, Mr. Eswaran most recently served as President and Chief Operating Officer at RingCentral. He has held leadership roles of progressive responsibility across Microsoft, SAP, and Hewlett-Packard. He also served as a founding advisory board member for the Technology Services Industry Association. Mr. Eswaran earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Engineering from University of Mumbai, and a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from University of Missouri at Columbia.

Kunal Anand has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer since October 2025. From October 2024 to October 2025, he served as our Chief Innovation Officer. He joined F5 in April 2024 as Chief Technology Officer. He is responsible for driving the Company's technology and AI vision and innovation, with a focus on incorporating rapid AI adoption across F5's product solutions. Prior to F5, Mr. Anand held the dual role of Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer at Imperva. He joined Imperva in 2018 with the acquisition of Prevoty, an application security startup he co-founded in 2013. Before joining Prevoty, he was the Director of Technology at BBC Worldwide. Mr. Anand has a deep history of innovation and technical expertise, and has held roles leading security, data, technology, and engineering teams at Gravity, MySpace, and the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab. He holds a B.S. degree from Babson College.

Angelique Okeke has served as our Executive Vice President and General Counsel since March 2025. She is responsible for leading F5's legal, regulatory, compliance, and corporate governance functions. Ms. Okeke brings more than 20 years of legal and operational leadership experience to F5. Prior to joining F5, she spent eight years at Nike, Inc., most recently as Global Vice President where she led strategic legal counsel on enterprise-wide initiatives that transformed Nike's retail business model and accelerated its digital commerce strategy. Ms. Okeke has held legal leadership roles at AWS and Lotame. Okeke holds a B.A. in Political Science and Communications from Boston College, a Master of Arts in Public Communication from American University, and a Juris Doctor from Howard University School of Law.

Lyra Schramm has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer since April 2024. She is responsible for driving people initiatives that support F5's purpose to help bring a better digital world to life and position the company for continued growth. Prior to joining F5, Ms. Schramm spent nine years at Google in various leadership roles including Vice President, Strategy & Innovation where she spearheaded Google's first enterprise-wide people strategy supporting the transformation to an AI-first company. In addition, she led human resources for the Global Advisory Functions, was the Chief of Staff to the Chief Human Resource Officer, and led the people strategy for a new business line, Google Technical Services. Previously, Ms. Schramm played a pivotal HR leadership role at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation where she was instrumental in the Foundation's global expansion. Her early career with Amazon set the stage for AWS's growth, where she developed key recruitment strategies that significantly increased headcount and revenue. Ms. Schramm holds a BA in Marketing from Washington State University.