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F5, INC.

For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Feb 5, 2026.

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Dec 31, 2025 · Filed Feb 5, 2026

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Previous report: 10-Q

Period ended 2025-06-30; filed 2025-08-06.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Current report: 10-Q

Period ended 2025-12-31; filed 2026-02-05.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.

Compared 51 previous paragraphs and 49 current paragraphs.

16 unchanged; 27 reworded; 6 added; 7 removed; 1 previous and 0 current paragraphs rearranged.

Tables are not compared: 7 previous and 7 current tables excluded. Dates, whitespace, punctuation and numbering changes are ignored; changes to financial figures remain significant.

A changed paragraph is not evidence that risk increased or decreased. An unchanged paragraph does not establish that risk stayed the same.

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Current report

On October 15, 2025, we disclosed a security incident in which a threat actor maintained long-term, persistent access to F5 systems, and exfiltrated certain files, referred to as the "Cyber Incident." For further information about the Cyber Incident, see "Risk Factors" included in Item 1A of Part I and "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Cyber Incident" included in Item 7 of Part II of the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025.

Current report

Total systems revenue increased 36.7% for the three months ended December 31, 2025, from the comparable period in the prior year. The increase in systems revenue was primarily due to increases in customer demand. Total software revenue decreased 8.1% for the three months ended December 31, 2025, from the comparable period in the prior year. The decrease in software revenue was primarily due to decreases in perpetual software sales.

Current report

The following distributor customers accounted for more than 10% of total net revenue:

Current report

The following distributor customers accounted for more than 10% of total receivables:
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Previous report

Net Revenues. Total net revenues increased 12.2% and 10.1% for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in the prior year. The increase in total net revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2025 was primarily due to an increase in product revenues associated with systems and software. The increase in total net revenues for the nine months ended June 30, 2025 was primarily due to an increase in product revenues associated with systems and software, as well as an increase in service revenues driven by purchases of initial and renewal maintenance contracts. International revenues represented 47.3% and 47.7% of total net revenues for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, compared to 48.0% for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2024.

Previous report

Systems Revenues. As a component of net product revenues, systems revenues increased 39.3% and 27.8% for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in the prior year.

Previous report

Software Revenues. As a component of net product revenues, software revenues increased 16.4% and 13.2% for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in the prior year.

Previous report

The following customers accounted for more than 10% of total net revenue:

Previous report

The following customers accounted for more than 10% of total receivables:

Previous report

Provision for Income Taxes. The effective tax rate was 10.8% and 15.4% for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, compared to 16.0% and 18.4% for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2024, respectively. The decrease in the effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2025, as compared to the three and nine months ended June 30, 2024, is primarily due to change in unrecognized tax benefits and tax impact of stock-based compensation.

Previous report

On January 31, 2020, we entered into a Revolving Credit Agreement (the "Revolving Credit Agreement") that provides for a senior unsecured revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $350.0 million (the "Revolving Credit Facility"). On January 31, 2025, the Revolving Credit Facility expired. At the time of expiration, there were no outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility.
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Previous wording

F5 is a global leader in application delivery and security solutions which enables its customers to deploy, operate, secure, optimize, and govern every application and API across any architecture - on-premises, in the cloud, or at the edge. Our cloud, software, and hardware solutions enable our customers to deliver fast, available, and secure digital experiences to their customers at scale. Our enterprise-grade application services are available as hardware, software, and software-as-a-service, and software-only solutions optimized for hybrid, multicloud environments, with modules that can run independently, or as part of an integrated solution on our high-performance appliances. We market and sell our products primarily through multiple indirect sales channels in the Americas; Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA); and the Asia Pacific region (APAC). Enterprise customers (Fortune 1000 or Business Week Global 1000 companies) in the technology, telecommunications, financial services, transportation, education, manufacturing and health care industries, along with government customers, continue to make up the largest percentage of our customer base.

Current wording

F5 is a global leader in application delivery and security solutions which enables its customers to deploy, operate, secure, optimize, and govern every application and API across on-premises architectures, in the cloud, and at the network edge. Our cloud, software, and hardware solutions enable our customers to deliver fast, available, and secure digital experiences to their customers at scale. Our enterprise-grade application services are available as hardware, software, and SaaS solutions optimized for hybrid, multicloud environments, with modules that can run independently, or as part of an integrated solution on our high-performance appliances. We market and sell our products primarily through multiple indirect sales channels in our Americas; Europe, the Middle East, and Africa ("EMEA"); and Asia Pacific ("APAC") regions. Enterprise customers (Fortune 1000 or Business Week Global 1000 companies) in the technology, financial services, transportation, education, manufacturing, and health care industries, along with government customers, and service providers continue to make up the largest percentage of our customer base.

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•Revenues. Our revenue is derived from the sales of both products and services. The majority of our product revenues are derived from sales of our application delivery and security solutions including our BIG-IP software and systems, F5 NGINX software, and our F5 Distributed Cloud Services offerings. Our BIG-IP software solutions are sold both on a perpetual license and a subscription basis. We sell F5 NGINX on a subscription basis. F5 Distributed Cloud Services provides security, multicloud networking, and edge-based computing solutions and are offered on a subscription basis, under a unified software-as-a-service ("SaaS") and managed service platform. Our services revenue includes annual maintenance contracts, training and consulting services.

Current wording

•Revenues. Our revenue is derived from the sales of both products and services. The majority of our product revenues are derived from sales of our application delivery and security solutions including our F5 BIG-IP software and systems, F5 NGINX software, and our F5 Distributed Cloud Services offerings. Our F5 BIG-IP software solutions are sold both on a subscription and perpetual license basis. We sell F5 NGINX on a subscription basis as deployable software or SaaS. F5 Distributed Cloud Services provides security, multicloud networking, and edge-based computing solutions and are offered on a subscription basis, under a unified SaaS platform and managed service platform. Our services revenue includes annual maintenance contracts, training and consulting services.

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We monitor the sales mix of our revenues within each reporting period. We believe customer acceptance rates of our new products, feature enhancements and consumption models are indicators of future trends. We also consider overall revenue concentration by geographic region as an additional indicator of current and future trends. Over the course of fiscal 2024, uncertainties in the macroeconomic environment began to stabilize and we saw improvements in customer demand during the second half of fiscal 2024, which has continued in fiscal 2025.

Current wording

We monitor the sales mix of our revenues within each reporting period. We believe customer acceptance rates of our new products, feature enhancements and consumption models are indicators of future trends. We also consider overall revenue concentration by geographic region as an additional indicator of current and future trends.

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•Cost of revenues and gross margins. We strive to control our cost of revenues and thereby maintain our gross margins. Significant items impacting cost of revenues are hardware costs paid to our contract manufacturers, third-party software license fees, software-as-a-service infrastructure costs, amortization of developed technology and personnel and overhead expenses. In addition, factors such as sales price, product and services mix, inventory obsolescence, returns, component price increases, warranty costs, and global supply chain constraints could significantly impact our gross margins.

Current wording

•Cost of revenues and gross margins. We strive to control our cost of revenues and thereby maintain our gross margins. Significant items impacting cost of revenues are hardware costs paid to our contract manufacturers, personnel costs, including the salaries, stock-based compensation and related benefits of our personnel, technology costs, including third-party cloud hosting and related services, depreciation of cloud infrastructure costs, software licenses expenses, and amortization expense in connection with developed technology from acquisitions. In addition, factors such as sales price, product and services mix, inventory obsolescence, returns, component price increases, warranty costs, and global supply chain constraints could significantly impact our gross margins.

Previous wording

•Operating expenses. Operating expenses are substantially driven by personnel and related overhead expenses. Existing headcount and future hiring plans are the predominant factors in analyzing and forecasting future operating expense trends. Other significant operating expenses that we monitor include marketing and promotions, travel, professional fees, technology costs related to the development of new products and provision of services, facilities and depreciation expenses.

Current wording

•Operating expenses. Operating expenses are substantially driven by personnel and related overhead expenses. Existing headcount and future hiring plans are the predominant factors in analyzing and forecasting future operating expense trends. Other significant operating expenses that we monitor include costs associated with cyber and enterprise-wide security, marketing and promotions, travel, professional fees, technology costs, including cloud hosting and software licenses expenses, related to the development of new products and provision of services, facilities and depreciation expenses.

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•Liquidity and cash flows. Our financial condition remains strong with significant cash and investments. The increase in cash and investments for the first nine months of fiscal year 2025 was primarily due to cash provided by operating activities of $741.6 million, partially offset by $377.1 million of cash used for the repurchase of outstanding common stock under our stock repurchase program, including excise taxes. Going forward, we believe the primary driver of cash flows will be net income from operations. We will continue to evaluate possible acquisitions of, or investments in businesses, products, or technologies that we believe are strategic, which may require the use of cash. Additionally, on January 31, 2020, we entered into a Revolving Credit Agreement (the "Revolving Credit Agreement") that provides for a senior unsecured revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $350.0 million (the "Revolving Credit Facility"). On January 31, 2025, the Revolving Credit Facility expired. At the time of expiration, there were no outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility.

Current wording

•Liquidity and cash flows. Our financial condition remains strong with significant cash and investments. The decrease in cash and investments for the first three months of fiscal year 2026 was primarily due to cash used to repurchase outstanding common stock under our stock repurchase program, including excise taxes, of $301.1 million, partially offset by cash provided by operating activities of $159.2 million. Going forward, we believe the primary driver of cash flows will continue to be net income from operations. We will continue to evaluate possible acquisitions of, or investments in businesses, products, or technologies that we believe are strategic, which may require the use of cash.

Previous wording

•Balance sheet. We view cash, short-term and long-term investments, deferred revenue, accounts receivable balances and days sales outstanding as important indicators of our financial health. Deferred revenues increased to $1.96 billion as of June 30, 2025 from $1.80 billion as of September 30, 2024 primarily due to an increase in maintenance renewal contracts related to our existing product installation base, in addition to increased deferred revenue associated with subscription offerings. Our days sales outstanding for the third quarter of fiscal year 2025 was 42. Days sales outstanding is calculated by dividing ending accounts receivable by revenue per day for a given quarter.

Current wording

•Balance sheet. We view cash, short-term and long-term investments, deferred revenue, accounts receivable balances and days sales outstanding as important indicators of our financial health. Deferred revenues continued to increase in the first quarter of fiscal year 2026 primarily due to an increase in initial and renewal maintenance contracts related to strong systems shipments and our existing product installation base, respectively. Our days sales outstanding for the first quarter of fiscal year 2026 was 54. Days sales outstanding is calculated by dividing ending accounts receivable by revenue per day for a given quarter.

Previous wording

The preparation of our financial condition and results of operations requires us to make judgments and estimates that may have a significant impact on our financial results. We believe that, of our significant accounting policies, revenue recognition requires estimates and assumptions that require complex, subjective judgments by management, which can materially impact reported results. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

Current wording

The preparation of our financial condition and results of operations requires us to make judgments and estimates that may have a significant impact upon our financial results. We believe that, of our significant accounting policies, revenue recognition requires estimates and assumptions that require complex, subjective judgments by management, which can materially impact reported results. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

Previous wording

There were no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates compared to the critical accounting policies and estimates described in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2024. Refer to the "New Accounting Pronouncements" section of Note 1 in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a summary of the new accounting policies.

Current wording

There were no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates compared to the critical accounting policies and estimates described in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025.

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Our overall performance depends in part on worldwide economic and geopolitical conditions and their impacts on customer behavior. Uncertain economic conditions, including inflation, tariffs and other duties, higher interest rates, slower growth, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, and other changes in economic conditions, may adversely affect our results of operations and financial performance. For further discussion of the potential impacts of recent macroeconomic events on our business, financial condition, and operating results, see Part 1, Item 1A, "Risk Factors" of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2024.

Current wording

Our overall performance depends in part on worldwide economic and geopolitical conditions and their impacts on customer behavior. Uncertain economic conditions, including inflation, tariffs and other duties, risks related to global supply chain shortages that may impact sourcing of components used within our products, higher interest rates, slower growth, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, and other changes in economic conditions, may adversely affect our results of operations and financial performance. For further discussion of the potential impacts of recent macroeconomic events on our business, financial condition, and operating results, see Part I, Item 1A, "Risk Factors" of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025.

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Net Product Revenues. Net product revenues increased 26.0% and 19.7% for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in the prior year. The increase in net product revenues for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2025 was due to an increase in revenues associated with systems and software.

Current wording

Net Product Revenues. Net product revenues increased $41.8 million, or 11.3% for the three months ended December 31, 2025, from the comparable period in the prior year. The increase in net product revenues was due to an increase in revenues associated with systems of $58.6 million, partially offset by a decrease in revenues associated with software of $16.9 million.

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Net Service Revenues. Net service revenues increased 1.2% and 2.5% for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in the prior year. The increase in net service revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2025 was primarily the result of increased initial purchases of maintenance contracts driven by product revenue growth. The increase in net service revenues for the nine months ended June 30, 2025 was primarily the result of increased initial purchases and renewals of maintenance contracts.

Current wording

Net Service Revenues. Net service revenues increased $14.2 million, or 3.6% for the three months ended December 31, 2025, from the comparable period in the prior year. The increase in net service revenues was primarily the result of increased initial purchases and renewals of maintenance contracts driven by growth in product revenue.

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The following presents net product revenues by systems and software:

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The following presents net product revenues by systems and software (in thousands):

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No other customers accounted for more than 10% of total net revenue or receivables.

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No end-user customers accounted for more than 10% of total net revenue or receivables. No other distributor customers accounted for more than 10% of total net revenue or receivables, other than those noted above.

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Cost of Net Product Revenues. Cost of net product revenues consist of finished products purchased from our contract manufacturers, personnel costs, manufacturing overhead, freight, warranty, provisions for excess and obsolete inventory, software-as-a-service infrastructure costs and amortization expenses in connection with developed technology from acquisitions. Cost of net product revenues increased $8.0 million, or 9.9% for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and increased $4.1 million, or 1.6% for the nine months ended June 30, 2025 from the comparable periods in the prior year primarily due to systems product revenue growth.

Current wording

Cost of Net Product Revenues. Cost of net product revenues consist of finished products purchased from our contract manufacturers, personnel costs, including the salaries, stock-based compensation, and related benefits of our personnel, manufacturing overhead, freight, warranty, provisions for excess and obsolete inventory, technology costs, including third-party cloud hosting and related services, depreciation of cloud infrastructure, software licenses expenses, facilities and depreciation expenses, and amortization expenses in connection with developed technology from acquisitions. Cost of net product revenues increased primarily due to systems revenue growth.

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Cost of Net Service Revenues. Cost of net service revenues consist of the salaries and related benefits of our professional services staff, travel, facilities and depreciation expenses. For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2025, cost of net service revenues as a percentage of net service revenues was 15.3% and 15.0%, respectively, compared to 14.4% and 14.3% for the comparable periods in the prior year, respectively. Professional services headcount at the end of June 2025 increased to 1,091 from 1,088 at the end of June 2024.

Current wording

Cost of Net Service Revenues. Cost of net service revenues consist of personnel costs, including the salaries, stock-based compensation, and related benefits of our professional services personnel, travel, technology costs, including cloud hosting and software licenses expenses, facilities and depreciation expenses. Cost of net service revenues increased $1.8 million, or 3.2% for the three months ended December 31, 2025, from the comparable period in the prior year. The increase in cost of net service revenues was primarily due to an increase in personnel costs.

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Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing expenses consist of the salaries, commissions and related benefits of our sales and marketing staff, the costs of our marketing programs, including public relations, advertising and trade shows, travel, facilities and depreciation expenses. Sales and marketing expenses increased $14.9 million, or 7.2% for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and increased $29.2 million, or 4.8% for the nine months ended June 30, 2025 from the comparable periods in the prior year. The increase in sales and marketing expense for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2025 was primarily due to an increase of $7.7 million and $18.2 million, respectively, in personnel costs from the comparable periods in the prior year. In addition, commissions for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2025 increased $3.1 million and $3.3 million, respectively, from the comparable periods in the prior year. Sales and marketing headcount at the end of June 2025 decreased to 2,150 from 2,166 at the end of June 2024. Sales and marketing expenses included stock-based compensation expense of $21.1 million and $64.1 million for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, compared to $20.8 million and $63.8 million for the same periods in the prior year, respectively.

Current wording

Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing expenses consist of personnel costs, including the salaries, commissions, stock-based compensation, and related benefits of our sales and marketing personnel, the costs of our marketing programs, including public relations, advertising and trade shows, travel, facilities, technology costs, including cloud hosting and software licenses expenses, facilities and depreciation expenses. Sales and marketing expense increased $18.7 million, or 9.1% for the three months ended December 31, 2025, from the comparable period in the prior year. The increase in sales and marketing expenses for the three months ended December 31, 2025 was primarily due to an increase of $13.8 million in personnel costs from the comparable period in prior year.

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Research and Development. Research and development expenses consist of the salaries and related benefits of our product development personnel, prototype materials and other expenses related to the development of new and improved products, facilities and depreciation expenses. Research and development expenses increased $12.0 million, or 9.6% for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and increased $37.3 million, or 10.2% for the nine months ended June 30, 2025 from the comparable periods in the prior year. The increase in research and development expense for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2025 was primarily due to an increase of $7.2 million and $23.5 million, respectively, in personnel costs from the comparable periods in the prior year. Research and development headcount at the end of June 2025 increased to 2,050 from 1,995 at the end of June 2024. Research and development expenses included stock-based compensation expense of $15.9 million and $48.8 million for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, compared to $14.8 million and $46.3 million for the same periods in the prior year, respectively.

Current wording

Research and Development. Research and development expenses consist of personnel costs, including the salaries, stock-based compensation, and related benefits of our product development personnel, prototype materials and other expenses related to the development of new and improved products, technology costs, including cloud hosting and software licenses expenses, facilities, depreciation and amortization expenses. Research and development expense increased $10.6 million, or 8.2% for the three months ended December 31, 2025, from the comparable period in the prior year. The increase in research and development expenses for the three months ended December 31, 2025 was primarily due to an increase of $5.6 million in professional services fees, driven by costs incurred in response to the Cyber Incident, from the comparable period in the prior year. In addition, technology costs to support the research and development organization increased $4.1 million for the three months ended December 31, 2025 from the comparable period in the prior year.

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General and Administrative. General and administrative expenses consist of the salaries, benefits and related costs of our executive, finance, information technology, human resource and legal personnel, third-party professional service fees, bad debt charges, facilities and depreciation expenses. General and administrative expenses increased $12.7 million, or 19.3% for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and increased $30.5 million, or 15.4% for the nine months ended June 30, 2025 from the comparable periods in the prior year. The increase in general and administrative expenses for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2025 was primarily due to an increase of $4.6 million and $10.2 million, respectively, in personnel costs from the comparable periods in the prior year. In addition, expenses for professional services increased $4.6 million and $8.3 million for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, from the comparable periods in the prior year. General and administrative headcount at the end of June 2025 decreased to 868 from 874 at the end of June 2024. General and administrative expenses included stock-based compensation expense of $13.0 million and $39.1 million for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, compared to $11.5 million and $32.9 million for the same periods in the prior year, respectively.

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General and Administrative. General and administrative expenses consist of personnel costs, including the salaries, benefits and related costs of our executive, finance, information technology, human resource and legal personnel, third-party professional service fees, bad debt charges, costs associated with cyber and enterprise-wide security, technology costs, including cloud hosting and software licenses expenses, facilities and depreciation expenses. General and administrative expenses increased $17.6 million, or 24.1% for the three months ended December 31, 2025, from the comparable period in the prior year. The increase in general and administrative expenses for the three months ended December 31, 2025 was primarily due to an increase of $10.3 million in personnel costs and $9.3 million in costs incurred in response to the Cyber Incident from the comparable period in the prior year.

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Restructuring Charges. In the first fiscal quarters of 2025 and 2024, we completed restructuring plans to align strategic and financial objectives and optimize resources for long term growth. As a result of our restructuring initiatives, we recorded charges of $11.3 million and $8.7 million, net of adjustments, related to reductions in workforce that are reflected in our results for the nine months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

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Restructuring Charges. In the first fiscal quarter of 2025, we completed a restructuring plan to align strategic and financial objectives and optimize resources for long term growth. As a result of our restructuring initiatives, we recorded charges of $11.3 million, net of adjustments, related to reductions in workforce that are reflected in our results for the three months ended December 31, 2024.

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Other Income, Net. The change in other income, net for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2025 was primarily driven by interest income and expense, investment income, and foreign currency transaction gains and losses compared to the same periods in the prior year.

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Other Income, Net. The change in other income, net for the three months ended December 31, 2025 compared to the same period in the prior year was primarily driven by interest income and expense, investment income, and foreign currency transaction gains and losses.

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We record a valuation allowance to reduce our deferred tax assets to the amount we believe is more likely than not to be realized. In making these determinations we consider historical and projected taxable income, and ongoing prudent and feasible tax planning strategies in assessing the appropriateness of a valuation allowance. Our net deferred tax assets at June 30, 2025 and September 30, 2024 were $421.9 million and $358.8 million, respectively. The net deferred tax assets include valuation allowances of $32.1 million and $39.7 million as of June 30, 2025 and September 30, 2024, respectively, which are primarily related to certain foreign tax credit carryforwards and certain state net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards.

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Provision for Income Taxes. We record a valuation allowance to reduce our deferred tax assets to the amount we believe is more likely than not to be realized. In making these determinations we consider historical and projected taxable income, and ongoing prudent and feasible tax planning strategies in assessing the appropriateness of a valuation allowance. Our net deferred tax assets at December 31, 2025 and September 30, 2025 were $454.3 million and $444.5 million, respectively. The net deferred tax assets include valuation allowances of $34.3 million as of December 31, 2025 and September 30, 2025, which are primarily related to certain state and foreign net operating losses and tax credit carryforwards.

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Cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments and long-term investments totaled $1,442.0 million as of June 30, 2025, compared to $1,083.2 million as of September 30, 2024, representing an increase of $358.8 million. The increase was primarily due to cash provided by operating activities of $741.6 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2025, partially offset by cash used for the repurchase of common stock, including excise taxes, during the nine months ended June 30, 2025 of $377.1 million.

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Cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments and long-term investments totaled $1,217.7 million as of December 31, 2025, compared to $1,360.0 million as of September 30, 2025, representing a decrease of $142.3 million. The decrease was primarily due to cash used for the repurchase of common stock and the payment of related excise taxes of $301.1 million during the three months ended December 31, 2025, partially offset by cash provided by operating activities of $159.2 million.

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Cash provided by operating activities for the first nine months of fiscal year 2025 resulted from net income of $501.9 million combined with changes in operating assets and liabilities, as adjusted for various non-cash items including stock-based compensation, deferred revenue, depreciation, impairment and amortization charges. Cash provided by operating activities for the first nine months of fiscal year 2025 increased from the comparable period in the prior year primarily due to an increase in cash received from customers and an increase in deferred revenue.

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Cash provided by operating activities for the first three months of fiscal year 2026 resulted from net income of $180.1 million combined with changes in operating assets and liabilities, as adjusted for various non-cash items including stock-based compensation, deferred revenue, depreciation, impairment and amortization charges. Cash provided by operating activities for the first quarter of fiscal 2026 decreased from the comparable period in the prior year primarily due to an increase in payments made in excess of cash received from customers.

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Cash used in investing activities was $55.7 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2025, compared to cash used in investing activities of $53.5 million for the same period in the prior year. Investing activities include purchases, sales and maturities of available-for-sale securities, business acquisitions and capital expenditures. The amount of cash used in investing activities for the nine months ended June 30, 2025 was primarily the result of $27.1 million in capital expenditures related to maintaining our operations worldwide and $24.2 million in cash paid for business acquisitions.

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Cash used in investing activities was $10.6 million for the three months ended December 31, 2025, compared to cash used in investing activities of $10.0 million for the same period in the prior year. Investing activities include purchases, sales and maturities of available-for-sale securities, business acquisitions and capital expenditures. The amount of cash used in investing activities for the three months ended December 31, 2025 was primarily the result of $9.7 million in capital expenditures related to maintaining our operations worldwide.

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Cash used in financing activities was $337.7 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2025, compared to cash used in financing activities of $355.1 million for the same period in the prior year. Our financing activities for the nine months ended June 30, 2025 primarily consisted of $377.1 million of cash used to repurchase shares of common stock, including excise taxes. In addition, $19.6 million in cash was used for taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards. Cash used in financing activities was partially offset by cash received from the exercise of employee stock options and stock purchases under our employee stock purchase plan of $59.0 million.

Current wording

Cash used in financing activities was $293.0 million for the three months ended December 31, 2025, compared to cash used in financing activities of $114.7 million for the same period in the prior year. Our financing activities for the three months ended December 31, 2025 primarily consisted of $301.1 million of cash used to repurchase shares of common stock and the payment of related excise taxes. In addition, $14.8 million in cash was used for taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards. Cash used in financing activities was partially offset by cash received from the exercise of employee stock options and stock purchases under our employee stock purchase plan of $22.8 million.

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In October 2022, we entered into an unconditional purchase commitment with one of our suppliers for the delivery of systems components. Under the terms of the agreement, we are obligated to purchase $10 million of component inventory annually, with a total committed amount of $40 million over a four-year term. As of June 30, 2025, we had no remaining purchase commitments under the third year of the agreement. Our total non-cancelable long-term purchase commitments outstanding as of June 30, 2025 was $10.0 million.

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In October 2022, we entered into an unconditional purchase commitment with one of our suppliers for the delivery of systems components. Under the terms of the agreement, we are obligated to purchase $10 million of component inventory annually, with a total committed amount of $40 million over a four-year term. As of December 31, 2025, we had no remaining purchase commitments under the fourth year of the agreement. We did not have any non-cancelable long-term purchase commitments outstanding as of December 31, 2025.
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Summary of Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates