Former Executive VP and Chief Financial Officer · F5, INC. (FFIV)

Frank Pelzer

A named executive officer of F5 in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2018 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$2,925,351

FY2024: $5,257,116

6th of 6 named executive officers at F5 by FY2025 total.

6 named officers on file for F5, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed January 26, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Frank Pelzer compensation by year

F5 Summary Compensation Table · all 8 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as F5 reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$180,294$500,000$510,000$510,000$540,000$562,000$562,000$454,461
Bonus$500,000$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$5,300,030$1,946,431$2,320,436$2,612,746$2,988,305$2,661,586$4,283,799$2,142,692
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$158,463$439,837$439,296$477,534$432,110$151,740$379,350$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$0$4,400$4,400$5,420$6,080$6,170$31,967$328,198
Total$6,138,787$2,890,668$3,274,131$3,605,700$3,966,495$3,381,496$5,257,116$2,925,351

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: F5, INC. DEF 14A filed January 26, 2026, accession 0001048695-26-000012, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the F5, INC. filed document, accession 0001048695-26-000012. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed January 26, 2026.

$6.1M
$2.9M
$3.3M
$3.6M
$4.0M
$3.4M
$5.3M
$2.9M
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2024 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU30,315$6,675,363—
PSU6,521$1,435,924—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in F5, INC.'s FY2024 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments F5 discloses, by trigger · FY2023
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Change in control and involuntary termination$1,067,800$4,411,369$32,717$5,536,886

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in F5, INC.'s FY2023 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

F5’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
François Locoh-DonouPresident and Chief Executive Officer$23,039,819
Tom FountainChief Operating Officer$8,249,875
Chad WhalenChief Revenue Officer$6,532,314
John MaddisonExecutive VP and Chief Marketing Officer$5,295,456
Cooper WernerExecutive VP and Chief Financial Officer$3,656,085
Frank Pelzer · this pageFormer Executive VP and Chief Financial Officer$2,925,351

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