DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,832

F5 NETWORKS, INC.

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING TEAM

LIBERTY LAKE, WASHINGTON

Certification Regarding Eligibility

To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of an investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.

The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are satisfied if
the following criteria are met:

(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers
in such workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated;

(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of articles
or supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR

(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND

(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on March 23, 2020 by a State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers of F5 Networks, Inc., Systems Engineering Team, Liberty
Lake, Washington (F5). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the supply of application services and application
delivery networking, including web and cloud security.

The workers the subject of the investigation are engaged in
activities related to the supply of system engineering services
which consists of designing and developing F5's Hardware,
Firmware, and low level software.

During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.

Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally
or partially separated.

Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the supply of a service like or
directly competitive with the service supplied by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at F5.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of F5 Networks, Inc.,
Systems Engineering Team, Liberty Lake, Washington, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of system engineering
services meet the worker group certification criteria under

Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with
Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following
certification:

"All workers of F5 Networks, Inc., Systems Engineering Team,
Liberty Lake, Washington, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 17, 2019 through
two years from the date of certification, and all workers in
the group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on the date of certification through two years
from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade
Act of 1974, as amended."

Signed in Washington, D.C., this 28th day of February, 2021


/s/ Hope D. Kinglock
_______________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK

Certifying Officer, Office of

Trade Adjustment Assistance