On December 19, 2019, the Company entered into a Merger Agreement (the "Merger Agreement") with Shape Security, Inc. ("Shape"), a provider of fraud and abuse prevention solutions. The transaction closed on January 24, 2020 with Shape becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of F5.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the acquisition, the capital stock of Shape and the vested outstanding and unexercised stock options in Shape were cancelled and converted to the right to receive approximately $1.0 billion in cash, subject to certain adjustments and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, and the unvested stock options and restricted stock units in Shape held by continuing employees of Shape were assumed by F5, on the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement. Included in cash consideration was $23.2 million of transaction costs paid by F5 on behalf of Shape. In addition, the Company incurred $15.3 million of transaction costs associated with the acquisition which was included in General and Administrative expenses in the first and second fiscal quarters of 2020.

Shape is a leader in online fraud and abuse prevention, adding protection from automated attacks, botnets, and targeted fraud to F5's world-class portfolio of application services. As a result of the acquisition, the Company acquired all the assets and assumed all the liabilities of Shape. The goodwill related to the Shape acquisition is comprised primarily of expected synergies from combining operations and the acquired intangible assets that do not qualify for separate recognition. Goodwill related to the Shape acquisition is not expected to be deductible for tax purposes. The results of operations of Shape have been included in the Company's consolidated financial statements from the date of acquisition.


			Estimated
			Useful Life
Assets acquired
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	$	53,934
Fair value of tangible assets:
Accounts receivable	21,077
Deferred tax assets	24,619
Operating lease right-of-use assets	29,644
Other tangible assets	22,571
Identifiable intangible assets:
Developed technologies	120,000		7 years
Customer relationships	21,000		4 years
Trade name	9,500		5 years
Goodwill	799,611
Total assets acquired	$	1,101,956
Liabilities assumed
Deferred revenue	$	(39,000)
Operating lease liabilities	(30,773)
Other assumed liabilities	(18,571)
Total liabilities assumed	$	(88,344)
Net assets acquired	$	1,013,612

The initial allocation of the purchase price was based on preliminary valuations and assumptions and is subject to change within the measurement period. The Company expects to finalize the allocation of the purchase price as soon as practicable and no later than one year from the acquisition date.

The developed technology intangible asset will be amortized on a straight-line basis over its estimated useful life of seven years and included in cost of net product revenues. The trade names and customer relationships intangible assets will be amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives of five years and four years, respectively, and included in sales and marketing expenses. The weighted average life of the amortizable intangible assets recognized from the Shape acquisition was 6.5 years as of January 24, 2020, the date the transaction closed. The estimated useful lives for the acquired intangible assets were based on the expected future cash flows associated with the respective asset.

Since the Shape acquisition was completed on January 24, 2020, the F5 and Shape teams have been executing a plan to integrate ongoing operations. The pro forma financial information, as well as the revenue and earnings generated by Shape, were not considered material to the Company's operations.

On March 9, 2019, the Company entered into a Merger Agreement (the "Merger Agreement") with Nginx, Inc. ("NGINX"), a provider of open source web server software and application delivery solutions. The transaction closed on May 8, 2019 with NGINX becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of F5.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the acquisition, the capital stock of NGINX and the vested outstanding and unexercised stock options in NGINX were cancelled and converted to the right to receive approximately $643.2 million in cash, subject to certain adjustments and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, and the unvested stock options and restricted stock units in NGINX held by continuing employees of NGINX were assumed by F5, on the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement. Included in cash consideration was $19.0 million of transaction costs paid by F5 on behalf of NGINX. In addition, the Company incurred $1.0 million of transaction costs associated with the acquisition which was included in General and Administrative expenses for fiscal 2019.

NGINX is an open source leader in application delivery. The combined company will enable multi-cloud application services across all environments, providing the ease-of-use and flexibility developers require while also delivering the scale, security, reliability and enterprise readiness network operations teams demand. As a result of the acquisition, the Company

acquired all the assets and assumed all the liabilities of NGINX. The goodwill related to the NGINX acquisition is comprised primarily of expected synergies from combining operations and the acquired intangible assets that do not qualify for separate recognition. The results of operations of NGINX have been included in the Company's consolidated financial statements from the date of acquisition.


			Estimated
			Useful Life
Assets acquired
Cash and cash equivalents	$	29,911
Fair value of tangible assets:
Other tangible assets	23,699
Identifiable intangible assets:
Developed technologies	62,500		7 years
Customer relationships	12,000		15 years
Trade name	14,500		7 years
Non-competition agreements	300		2 years
Goodwill	503,414
Total assets acquired	$	646,324
Liabilities assumed
Other assumed liabilities	$	(9,116)
Total liabilities assumed	$	(9,116)
Net assets acquired	$	637,208

The measurement period for the NGINX acquisition lapsed during the third quarter of fiscal 2020. The Company reduced the carrying amount of goodwill by $6.0 million to reflect an adjustment to consideration exchanged for the purchase of NGINX within the post-close measurement period. No other financial statement amounts were affected by this adjustment. The adjustment was not material to the current period or any of the previous period financial statements.

The developed technology intangible asset will be amortized on a straight-line basis over its estimated useful life of seven years and included in cost of net product revenues. The trade names and customer relationships intangible assets will be amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives of seven years and fifteen years, respectively, and included in sales and marketing expenses. The weighted average life of the amortizable intangible assets recognized from the NGINX acquisition was 8.1 years as of May 8, 2019, the date the transaction closed. The estimated useful lives for the acquired intangible assets were based on the expected future cash flows associated with the respective asset. Tax deductible goodwill based on the Company's preliminary calculation is $490.3 million.