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F5, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/20 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Wednesday, 8/5/20, at 5:19pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/20   ·   Accession #:  1048695-20-35   ·   File #:  0-26041

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 8/05/20  F5 Networks, Inc.                 10-Q        6/30/20   75:8.4M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    835K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
11: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     74K 
12: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    101K 
13: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     35K 
14: R4          Consolidated Income Statements                      HTML     76K 
15: R5          Consolidated Statements Of Comprehensive Income     HTML     46K 
16: R6          Consolidated Statements Of Comprehensive Income     HTML     25K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
17: R7          Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity     HTML     80K 
                Statement                                                        
18: R8          Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows               HTML    108K 
19: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     34K 
20: R10         Revenue from Contracts with Customers               HTML     46K 
21: R11         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    114K 
22: R12         Short-Term and Long-Term Investments                HTML    174K 
23: R13         Business Combinations                               HTML     74K 
24: R14         Balance Sheet Details                               HTML     85K 
25: R15         Debt Facilities                                     HTML     35K 
26: R16         Leases                                              HTML     79K 
27: R17         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     29K 
28: R18         Income Taxes                                        HTML     25K 
29: R19         Net Income Per Share                                HTML     52K 
30: R20         Segment Information                                 HTML     79K 
31: R21         Restructuring Charges                               HTML     29K 
32: R22         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     39K 
                (Policies)                                                       
33: R23         Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Tables)      HTML     43K 
34: R24         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    107K 
35: R25         Short-Term and Long-Term Investments (Tables)       HTML    174K 
36: R26         Business Combinations (Tables)                      HTML     65K 
37: R27         Balance Sheet Details (Tables)                      HTML     93K 
38: R28         Debt Facilities (Tables)                            HTML     28K 
39: R29         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     82K 
40: R30         Net Income Per Share (Tables)                       HTML     52K 
41: R31         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     83K 
42: R32         Restructuring Charges (Tables)                      HTML     29K 
43: R33         Revenue from Contracts with Customers -             HTML     27K 
                Capitalized contract acquisition costs (Details)                 
44: R34         Revenue from Contracts with Customers - Narrative   HTML     24K 
                (Details)                                                        
45: R35         Revenue from Contracts with Customers - Contract    HTML     42K 
                Assets and Liabilities (Details)                                 
46: R36         Revenue from Contracts with Customers - Remaining   HTML     33K 
                Performance Obligations (Details)                                
47: R37         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Financial     HTML     75K 
                Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis               
                (Details)                                                        
48: R38         Short-Term and Long-Term Investments - Schedule of  HTML     70K 
                Short-Term and Long-Term Investments (Details)                   
49: R39         Short-Term and Long-Term Investments - Schedule of  HTML     56K 
                Investments That Have Been in a Continuous                       
                Unrealized Loss Position (Details)                               
50: R40         Business Combinations - Narrative (Details)         HTML     53K 
51: R41         Business Combinations - Purchase Price Allocation   HTML     85K 
                (Details)                                                        
52: R42         Balance Sheet Details - Cash and Cash Equivalent    HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R43         Balance Sheet Details - Inventories (Details)       HTML     26K 
54: R44         Balance Sheet Details - Other Current Assets        HTML     31K 
                (Details)                                                        
55: R45         Balance Sheet Details - Other Assets (Details)      HTML     30K 
56: R46         Balance Sheet Details - Accrued Liabilities         HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
57: R47         Balance Sheet Details - Other Long-term             HTML     29K 
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
58: R48         Debt Facilities - Narrative (Details)               HTML     65K 
59: R49         Debt Facilities - Long-term Debt Maturities         HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R50         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     37K 
61: R51         Leases - Operating Lease Expense (Details)          HTML     29K 
62: R52         Leases - Supplemental Balance Sheet (Details)       HTML     32K 
63: R53         Leases - Maturities of Lease Liabilities (Details)  HTML     39K 
64: R54         Leases - Operating Lease Future Minimum ASC 840     HTML     68K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R55         Commitments And Contingencies (Details)             HTML     21K 
66: R56         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     25K 
67: R57         Net Income Per Share (Details)                      HTML     42K 
68: R58         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML     59K 
69: R59         Restructuring Charges - Narrative (Details)         HTML     25K 
70: R60         Restructuring Charges - Restructuring Activity      HTML     31K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R9999       Uncategorized Items - ffiv-20200630.htm             HTML     23K 
73: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    132K 
10: XML         XBRL Instance -- ffiv-20200630_htm                   XML   2.42M 
72: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     88K 
 6: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- ffiv-20200630_cal               XML    294K 
 7: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- ffiv-20200630_def                XML    375K 
 8: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- ffiv-20200630_lab                     XML   1.34M 
 9: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- ffiv-20200630_pre              XML    747K 
 5: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- ffiv-20200630                         XSD    131K 
74: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              311±   452K 
75: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001048695-20-000035-xbrl      Zip    253K

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