---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001048695-23-000032"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FFIV"
cik: "0001048695"
company_name: "F5, INC."
filed_at: "2023-10-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T03:45:49.042954+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# F5 reappoints Michel Combes to board of directors

## Summary
- Michel Combes appointed effective September 29, 2023; previously served from July 2018 to March 2021.
- He will serve on the Talent and Compensation Committee; annual retainer $60,000 plus $12,500 committee fee.
- Expected RSU grant of $112,534 (pro-rata of $250,000 annual value) effective November 1, 2023.
- Board expands to 11 members, 10 independent; includes three women and four racially/ethnically diverse directors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001048695-23-000032
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FFIV
- cik: 0001048695
- company_name: F5, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-10-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1048695/000104869523000032/0001048695-23-000032-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1048695/000104869523000032/ffiv-20230929.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001048695-23-000032
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001048695-23-000032.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001048695-23-000032.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michel Combes was appointed as Director at F5, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 29, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of F5, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Mr. Michel Combes as a director.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1048695/000104869523000032/0001048695-23-000032-index.htm

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