Alexander KarpAlexander Karp earned $1B in 2024

In 2023, Kara Sprague earned $2.78M in total compensation at F5, Inc., including $525.00K salary and $2.24M in stock. Most recently acquired 14,396 shares in Oct 2024. Currently holds stock worth $18.30M. 3+ years at the helm of F5, Inc..

Compensation History

Annual executive compensation data for Kara Sprague, including salary, bonuses, and stock awards.

Year

2023

Total Compensation

$2.78M

Salary

$525.00K

Bonus

$0.00

Other

$16.75K

Salary

$525.00K

Board Justification

The Company emphasizes pay for performance and aligns executive compensation with business objectives and performance, creating long-term shareholder value.

Bonus

$0.00

Board Justification

No cash incentive bonus with respect to the revenue and EBITDA performance goals will be paid for results less than 80% of an applicable target. Payment with respect to the revenue and EBITDA performance goals are linear above 80% of the applicable target goal and subject to a 200% cap. Payment with respect to the Diversity Goals is straight-line for growth over the baseline subject to the 200% cap and the Inclusion Goal is subject to a 70% achievement threshold and paid linear above the applicable target and subject to the 200% cap at a 90% achievement level.

Other Compensation

$16.75K

Board Justification

Includes communication stipend and contributions to 401(k) plan.

Restricted Stock

$2.24M13.92K RSU

Board Justification

Composed of the following equity awards: (i) 858 RSUs which vest in equal quarterly increments through November 1, 2023; (ii) 3,197 RSUs which vest in equal quarterly increments through November 1, 2024; and (iii) 9,860 RSUs from the annual equity award issued in fiscal year 2023 which vest in equal quarterly increments through November 1, 2025, subject to the Company achieving performance criteria and assuming target payout.

Performance Metrics

60% of the cash incentive bonus is based on the Company achieving target revenue for the fiscal year, 30% is based on the Company achieving target EBITDA for the fiscal year and 10% is based on the Company achieving target growth in Diversity and Inclusion.

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Kara Sprague

CEO of F5, Inc.

Field of Expertise

Technology & Engineering - Technology

Sector of Economy

Technology

CEO of F5, Inc. for

3 years 10 months (Jan 2022 - Present)

Previous Experience

Executive Vice President and General Manager of Security and Distributed Cloud Services

Holdings

Track Kara Sprague's stock holdings and portfolio value over time.

Total Stock Sold

$698.89K

FFIV

$698.89K

4,876 FFIV shares

What if they kept their stock?

If Kara Sprague didn't sell their stock, today they would have:
Extra FFIV4,876 shares worth $1.21M.
This is 73.11% and $510.94K more than what they got when they sold the stock.

Insider Trading

Kara Sprague's recent stock transactions, purchases, and sales filed with the SEC.

FFIV

14,396 shares

FFIV

Oct 31, 2024

Received

FFIV

9,768 shares

FFIV

Oct 31, 2023

Received

FFIV

8,002 shares

FFIV

Oct 31, 2022

Received

FFIV

9,193 shares

FFIV

Oct 29, 2021

Received

FFIV

4,074 shares

FFIV

Oct 30, 2020

Received

FFIV

$129.25K

FFIV at $132.16/share

May 4, 2020

Sale

FFIV

$82.29K

FFIV at $121.19/share

Feb 3, 2020

Sale

FFIV

$205.74K

FFIV at $145.71/share

Nov 4, 2019

Sale

FFIV

1,853 shares

FFIV

Oct 31, 2019

Received

FFIV

$60.15K

FFIV at $141.86/share

Aug 2, 2019

Sale

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