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sellWeak cluster of 310b5-1 plan

Thomas Dean Fountain sold $362k of FFIV

EVP Global Services & Strategy at F5, INC.. 1,347 shares at an average of $269.03, traded May 2, 2025, filed May 5, 2025.

Warning score
10
Value
$362k
1,347 shares
Holdings after
20,660
-6% from before
From 52-week low
+32%
low $202.91, close $268.81
From 52-week high
-13%
high $310.60, as of May 2, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Officer
    +15
  • Trade size
    $362k at market
    +15
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 6.1% of holdings
    0
  • Cluster
    3 insiders selling within 14 days
    +15
  • Exercise and sell
    Shares came from an option exercise in the same filing
    -15
  • 10b5-1 plan
    Pre-scheduled under a 10b5-1 plan
    -20

What happened after comparable sells

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

FFIVOct 9, 2026 · close 479.83
Since filing May 5, 2025: +79.6%SPY +40.5% · excess +39.1%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001048695-25-000087, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
May 1, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock10b5-1
+3,002$0.00$023,530May 5, 2025
May 1, 2025FTax withholding
Common Stock10b5-1
-1,523$264.74$403k22,007May 5, 2025
May 2, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-1,347$269.03$362k20,660May 5, 2025
May 1, 2025MOption exercise
Restricted Stock Unitderivative10b5-1
-1,009$0.00$02,018May 5, 2025
May 1, 2025MOption exercise
Restricted Stock Unitderivative10b5-1
-1,042$0.00$06,254May 5, 2025
May 1, 2025MOption exercise
Restricted Stock Unitderivative10b5-1
-951$0.00$09,505May 5, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at F5, INC. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
48Moderate
FFIVsell 210b5-1
F5, INC.
Michael F Montoya
Chief Technology Ops Officer
$1.8M
4,426 shares
-77%
17Weak
FFIVsell 210b5-1
F5, INC.
John Anthony Maddison
Chief Product Mkting Officer
$83k
204 shares
-15%
46Moderate
FFIVsell 210b5-1
F5, INC.
Lyra Amber Schramm
Chief People Officer
$855k
2,701 shares
-100%
29Weak
FFIVsell 210b5-1
F5, INC.
Francois Locoh-Donou
President, CEO & Director
$402k
1,300 shares
-1%
40Moderate
FFIVsell 310b5-1
F5, INC.
Chad Michael Whalen
EVP, Worldwide Sales
$1.7M
5,297 shares
-18%
26Weak
FFIVsell 310b5-1
F5, INC.
Thomas Dean Fountain
EVP Global Services & Strategy
$417k
1,347 shares
-6%
21Weak
FFIVsell 310b5-1
F5, INC.
Francois Locoh-Donou
President, CEO & Director
$401k
1,300 shares
-1%
21Weak
FFIVsell10b5-1
F5, INC.
Francois Locoh-Donou
President, CEO & Director
$383k
1,300 shares
-1%
45Moderate
FFIVsell 2
F5, INC.
Elizabeth Buse
director
$440k
1,500 shares
-23%
35Weak
FFIVsell 410b5-1
F5, INC.
Francois Locoh-Donou
President, CEO & Director
$369k
1,300 shares
-1%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

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