Alan Higginson has sold FFIV and made no open-market buys since Aug 2016

Alan J. Higginson is an independent director and Chair of the Board at F5, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), a position he has held since April 2004 (except briefly as Lead Independent Director from July to December 2015), after joining the Board in May 1996.( Now age 77, Higginson recently sold 1,770 shares of F5 stock on February 19, 2026, at $275.25 per share, reducing his direct ownership to 6,840 shares valued at approximately $1.88 million.( He announced his retirement and will not stand for re-election at F5's 2026 Annual Meeting, though he will continue serving until then.(

Higginson brings over 30 years of senior executive experience in software and technology, including as President and CEO of Hubspan, Inc. (2001–2007) and Chairperson (2009–2012), an e-business infrastructure provider, and President of Atrieva Corporation, focused on data backup technology.( He holds a B.S. in Commerce and an MBA from Santa Clara University, and has served on boards of private tech firms like Pivot3, adeptCloud, and Clarity Health Services.( At F5, he serves on the Talent & Compensation and Nominating & ESG Committees, contributing deep institutional knowledge near the company's inception.(

Written by Perplexity from public sources.