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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i0366a4fa90e5457f9dd93253ae1ffcc6_1"></div><div style="min-height:45pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:144%">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 5, 2021</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:7pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Registration No. 333-</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.847%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:32.284%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:31.826%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:31.826%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.564%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="border-top:3pt double #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:5pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:138%">FORM S</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:400;line-height:138%">&#8209;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:138%">8</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:138%">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:138%">UNDER</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:138%;text-decoration:underline">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">LIMELIGHT NETWORKS, INC.</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:5pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:9pt"><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Delaware</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">20-1677033</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:138%">(State or other jurisdiction of</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:138%">incorporation or organization)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:138%">(I.R.S. Employer</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:138%">Identification Number)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">1465 North Scottsdale Road, </font></div><div style="margin-top:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Suite 500</font></div><div style="padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:138%">Scottsdale, Arizona 85257</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:138%">(602) 850-5000</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:5pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of principal executive offices)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:8pt"><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">Limelight Networks, Inc. 2021 Inducement Plan</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(Full title of the plan)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:6pt"><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="12" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Robert Lyons</font></div><div style="padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</font></div><div style="padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Limelight Networks, Inc.</font></div><div style="margin-top:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">1465 North Scottsdale Road, </font></div><div style="margin-top:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Suite 500</font></div><div style="padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:138%">Scottsdale, Arizona 85257</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(602) 850-5000</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:5pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(Name, address and 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Chang</font></div><div style="padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Goodwin Procter LLP</font></div><div style="padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">3 Embarcadero Center, 28</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:4.55pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;position:relative;top:-2.44pt;vertical-align:baseline">th</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">&#160;Floor</font></div><div style="padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">San Francisco, CA 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Large&#160;accelerated&#160;filer            &#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#254;</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;margin-top:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Accelerated&#160;filer                    &#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">o</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;margin-top:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Non-accelerated&#160;filer&#160;             &#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">o</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;margin-top:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Smaller&#160;Reporting&#160;Company&#160;&#160; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">o</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;margin-top:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Emerging Growth Company&#160; &#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">o</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;padding-left:20.25pt"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">o</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:13pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:45pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:13pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.755%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:15.338%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:15.338%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:16.556%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.513%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:3pt double #00000a;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Title of Securities to be Registered</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:3pt double #00000a;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:138%">Amount to be</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:138%">Registered</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:138%">(1)(2)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:3pt double #00000a;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">(3)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:3pt double #00000a;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;border-top:3pt double #00000a;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:138%">Amount of</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:138%">Registration Fee</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #00000a;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Limelight Networks, Inc. common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, to be issued under the Limelight Networks, Inc. 2021 Inducement Plan</font></div></td><td colspan="3" 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style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i0366a4fa90e5457f9dd93253ae1ffcc6_4"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:67.5pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">EXPLANATORY NOTE</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#34;Registration Statement&#34;) is being filed for the purpose of registering 11,000,000 shares of common stock reserved and available for issuance under the Registrant's 2021 Inducement Plan (the &#34;Inducement Plan&#34;). </font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">On or about November 4, 2021, the Registrant's board of directors adopted the Inducement Plan pursuant to which the Registrant reserved 11,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the &#34;Common Stock&#34;), to be used exclusively for grants of equity based awards to highly-qualified prospective officers and employees who are not currently employees of the Registrant, as an inducement material to the individual's entry into employment with the Registrant within the meaning of Rule 5635(c)(4) of the Nasdaq Listing Rules. The Inducement Plan provides for the grant of equity-based awards in the form of nonstatutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, and restricted stock unit awards. The Inducement Plan was adopted by our board of directors without stockholder approval pursuant to Rule 5634(c)(4) of the Nasdaq Listing Rules. </font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:144%">PART II</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:144%">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:144%">Item 3.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:144%">Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">The following documents, which have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission, are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement (other than portions of these documents that are furnished under applicable Commission rules rather than filed and exhibits furnished in connection with such items)&#58;</font></div><div style="padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">(a)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%;padding-left:6.91pt">The Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 (the &#8220;Annual Report&#8221;), as filed with the Commission on February 12, 2021&#59;</font></div><div style="padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">(b)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%;padding-left:6.34pt">The portions of the Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed on April 23, 2021 that are incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020&#59;</font></div><div style="padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">(c)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%;padding-left:6.91pt">All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;) since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report&#59; and</font></div><div style="padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">(d)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%;padding-left:6.34pt">The description of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form&#160;8-A (File No. 001-33508), as filed with the Commission on May 30, 2007 pursuant to Section&#160;12(b) of the Exchange Act and as declared effective on June 7, 2007, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents&#59; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">provided</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">, </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">however</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules of the Commission shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:144%">Item 4. Description of Securities.</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">Not applicable.</font></div><div style="height:29.25pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:67.5pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:144%">Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">Not applicable.</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:144%">Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%;text-decoration:underline">DGCL</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">&#8221;) authorizes a court to award, or a corporation&#8217;s board of directors to grant, indemnity to directors and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities, including reimbursement for expenses incurred, arising under the Securities Act. 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style="margin-bottom:7pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:7pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:29.25pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:67.5pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:7pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 8.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Exhibits.</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;padding-left:2.25pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.849%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:12.948%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:84.852%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Exhibit Number</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Description</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.1</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1391127/000095015307001260/p73585a3exv4w1.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Specimen Common Stock certificate of the Registrant</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%"> (incorporated by reference to exhibits filed with the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S&#8209;1, as amended (Registration No. 333-141516), as declared effective on June 7, 2007)</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.2</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1391127/000119312511164835/dex31.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New 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href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1391127/000119312513064230/d488901dex32.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Limelight Networks, Inc.</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%"> (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&#8217;s Form 8-K (Registration No. 001-33508) filed on February 19, 2013)</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">5.1</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-right:2.25pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="exhibit5120211105.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">O</a><a href="exhibit5120211105.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">pinion of Goodwin Proctor LLP</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">23.1</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-right:2.25pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="exhibit23120211105.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Consent of Ernst &#38; </a><a href="exhibit23120211105.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Y</a><a href="exhibit23120211105.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">oung, LLP</a><a href="exhibit23120211105.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">, </a><a href="exhibit23120211105.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">23.2</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;margin-top:2pt;padding-right:2.25pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="exhibit5120211105.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">24.1</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;margin-top:2pt;padding-right:2.25pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#i0366a4fa90e5457f9dd93253ae1ffcc6_7" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Power of Attorney</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> (contained on signature page hereto)</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99.1</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="a2021inducementplan.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Limelight </a><a href="a2021inducementplan.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Networks</a><a href="a2021inducementplan.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">, </a><a href="a2021inducementplan.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">I</a><a href="a2021inducementplan.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">nc.</a><a href="a2021inducementplan.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline"> 2021 Inducement Plan</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99.2</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="rsugrant2021inducementplan.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Form of Time-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Limelight Networks, Inc. 2021 Inducement Plan</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99.3</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="prsugrant2021inducementplan.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Form of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Limelight Networks, Inc. 2021 Inducement Plan</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:2pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:144%">Item 9.  Undertakings</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:144%">1.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%"> The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:144%">(a)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%"> To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:144%">(i)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%"> To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:144%">(ii)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%"> To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration Fee&#8221; table in the effective registration statement.</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:144%">(iii)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%"> To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement&#59; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">provided, however,</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%"> that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:144%">(b) </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></div><div style="height:29.25pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:67.5pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:144%">(c) </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:144%">2. </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:144%">3. </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></div><div style="height:29.25pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i0366a4fa90e5457f9dd93253ae1ffcc6_7"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:67.5pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:144%">SIGNATURES</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Scottsdale, State of Arizona, on this 5th day of November 2021.</font></div><div style="padding-left:245.25pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-243pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;LIMELIGHT NETWORKS, INC.</font></div><div style="padding-left:245.25pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-243pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:245.25pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-243pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;By&#58;  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%;text-decoration:underline">&#47;s&#47; Robert Lyons&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="padding-left:270pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%"> Robert Lyons</font></div><div style="padding-left:270pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%"> President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:29.25pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:67.5pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:144%">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Robert Lyons and Daniel Boncel, jointly and severally, as his or her attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution in each, for him or her in any and all capacities to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his or her substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:7pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;padding-left:2.25pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.396%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:27.883%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:51.252%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:17.565%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Signature</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Title</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Date</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">&#47;s&#47; 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David C. 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Document
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 5, 2021
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S
‑
8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
LIMELIGHT NETWORKS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
20-1677033
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
1465 North Scottsdale Road,
Suite 500
Scottsdale, Arizona 85257
(602) 850-5000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of principal executive offices)
Limelight Networks, Inc. 2021 Inducement Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Robert Lyons
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Limelight Networks, Inc.
1465 North Scottsdale Road,
Suite 500
Scottsdale, Arizona 85257
(602) 850-5000
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Mitzi Chang
Goodwin Procter LLP
3 Embarcadero Center, 28
th
Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 733-6000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non‑accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.  See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b‑2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller Reporting Company
o
Emerging Growth Company
o
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered
(1)(2)
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share
(3)
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Limelight Networks, Inc. common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, to be issued under the Limelight Networks, Inc. 2021 Inducement Plan
11,000,000
$3.15
$34,650,000.00
$3,212.06
(1)    Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "
Securities Act
"), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Limelight Networks, Inc.'s (the "
Registrant
") Common Stock that became issuable under the Registrant's 2021 Inducement Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any similar transaction effective without the Registrant's receipt of consideration.
(2)    Represents the 11,000,000 shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Registrant's 2021 Inducement Plan.
(3)    Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based upon $3.15
, the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock on November 4, 2021, as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") is being filed for the purpose of registering 11,000,000 shares of common stock reserved and available for issuance under the Registrant's 2021 Inducement Plan (the "Inducement Plan").
On or about November 4, 2021, the Registrant's board of directors adopted the Inducement Plan pursuant to which the Registrant reserved 11,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), to be used exclusively for grants of equity based awards to highly-qualified prospective officers and employees who are not currently employees of the Registrant, as an inducement material to the individual's entry into employment with the Registrant within the meaning of Rule 5635(c)(4) of the Nasdaq Listing Rules. The Inducement Plan provides for the grant of equity-based awards in the form of nonstatutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, and restricted stock unit awards. The Inducement Plan was adopted by our board of directors without stockholder approval pursuant to Rule 5634(c)(4) of the Nasdaq Listing Rules.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission, are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement (other than portions of these documents that are furnished under applicable Commission rules rather than filed and exhibits furnished in connection with such items):
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 (the "Annual Report"), as filed with the Commission on February 12, 2021;
(b)
The portions of the Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed on April 23, 2021 that are incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020;
(c)
All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report; and
(d)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-33508), as filed with the Commission on May 30, 2007 pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and as declared effective on June 7, 2007, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents;
provided
,
however
, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules of the Commission shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "
DGCL
") authorizes a court to award, or a corporation's board of directors to grant, indemnity to directors and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities, including reimbursement for expenses incurred, arising under the Securities Act. In addition, Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a corporation has the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of its directors and officers against any liability asserted against them and incurred by them in their capacity as a director or officer, or arising out of their status as such, where or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify the director or officer against such liability under Section 145 of the DGCL.
The Registrant's amended and restated certificate of incorporation contains provisions that limit the liability of its directors, officers, employees, and other agents to the maximum extent permitted by the DGCL, as it now exists or may in the future be amended, and the Registrant's second amended and restated bylaws provide for indemnification of its directors, officers, employees, and other agents to the maximum extent permitted by the DGCL.
The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and officers, whereby the Registrant has agreed to indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by law, including indemnification against expenses and liabilities incurred in legal proceedings to which the director or officer was, or is threatened to be made, a party by reason of the fact that such director or officer is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant, provided that such director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner that the director or officer reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interest of the Registrant.
The Registrant maintains insurance policies that indemnify its directors and officers against various liabilities arising under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act that might be incurred by any director or officer in his or her capacity as such.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Specimen Common Stock certificate of the Registrant
(incorporated by reference to exhibits filed with the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S‑1, as amended (Registration No. 333-141516), as declared effective on June 7, 2007)
4.2
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Limelight Networks, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrants Form 8-K (Registration No. 001-33508) filed on June 14, 2011)
4.3
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Limelight Networks, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Form 8-K (Registration No. 001-33508) filed on February 19, 2013)
5.1
O
pinion of Goodwin Proctor LLP
23.1
Consent of Ernst &
Y
oung, LLP
,
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP
(contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
24.1
Power of Attorney
(contained on signature page hereto)
99.1
Limelight
Networks
,
I
nc.
2021 Inducement Plan
99.2
Form of Time-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Limelight Networks, Inc. 2021 Inducement Plan
99.3
Form of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Limelight Networks, Inc. 2021 Inducement Plan
Item 9.  Undertakings
1.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(a)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement.
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(b)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
2.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
3.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Scottsdale, State of Arizona, on this 5th day of November 2021.
LIMELIGHT NETWORKS, INC.
By:
/s/ Robert Lyons
Robert Lyons
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Robert Lyons and Daniel Boncel, jointly and severally, as his or her attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution in each, for him or her in any and all capacities to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his or her substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Robert Lyons
Robert Lyons
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
November 5, 2021
/s/ Daniel Boncel
Daniel Boncel
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
November 5, 2021
/s/ David C. Peterschmidt
David C. Peterschmidt
Non-Executive Chairman of the Board and Director
November 5, 2021
/s/ Doug Bewsher
Doug Bewsher
Director
November 5, 2021
/s/ Marc DeBevoise
Marc DeBevoise
Director
November 5, 2021
/s/ Jeffrey T. Fisher
Jeffrey T. Fisher
Director
November 5, 2021
/s/ Scott Genereux
Scott Genereux
Director
November 5, 2021
/s/ Patricia Parra Hadden
Patricia Parra Hadden
Director
November 5, 2021
/s/ Walter D. Amaral
Walter D. Amaral
Director
November 5, 2021