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SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Whittle John

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O FORTINET, INC. 1090 KIFER ROAD

(Street)

SUNNYVALE

94086

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
11/17/2009

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
FORTINET INC [ FTNT ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
VP & General Counsel

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽¹⁾	10/26/2016	Common Stock	150,000	2.4	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽²⁾	04/23/2015	Common Stock	50,000	7.47	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽³⁾	01/28/2016	Common Stock	70,000	7.47	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. One-fourth of the shares subject to the option vested on October 25, 2007 and one forty-eighth of the shares shall vest monthly thereafter.

2. One-fourth of the shares subject to the option vested on April 23, 2009 and one forty-eighth of the shares shall vest monthly thereafter.

3. One-fourth of the shares subject to the option vest on January 28, 2010 and one forty-eighth of the shares shall vest monthly thereafter.

	/s/ John Whittle	11/17/2009
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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                                                                     Exhibit 24
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person of Fortinet, Inc.
(the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Ken Xie, Ken Goldman and Robert
Turner, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:

         1.    complete and execute Forms 3, 4 and 5 and other forms and all
               amendments thereto as such attorneys-in-fact shall in their
               discretion determine to be required or advisable pursuant to
               Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended)
               and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any
               successor laws and regulations, as a consequence of the
               undersigned's ownership, acquisition or disposition of
               securities of the Company; and

         2.    do all acts necessary in order to file such forms with the
               Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or
               national association, the Company and such other person or
               agency as the attorneys-in-fact shall deem appropriate.

         The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agent shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended).

         This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
Company and the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 16th day of November, 2009.


                                        Signature:  /s/ John Whittle
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                                        Print Name: John Whittle
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