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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i2ca19f7dbcf74df6a076b6fd59e41169_1"></div><div style="min-height:42.75pt;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:400;line-height:120%">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 6, 2021</font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Registration No. 333-_____</font></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:120%">UNITED STATES</font></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:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FORM S-8</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER</font></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:120%">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></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:120%">AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</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:68.421%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:60.438%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:37.362%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Delaware</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">04-3432319</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;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%">(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;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%">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">145 Broadway<br>Cambridge, MA</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">02142</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;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%">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;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%">(Zip Code)</font></td></tr></table></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:120%">Akamai Technologies, Inc. Amended and Restated 2013 Stock Incentive Plan</font></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:400;line-height:120%">(Full Title of the Plan)</font></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:120%">Aaron Ahola, Esq. </font></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:120%">Executive Vice President and General Counsel</font></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:120%">Akamai Technologies, Inc.</font></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:120%">145 Broadway</font></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:120%">Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Name and Address of Agent For Service)</font></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:120%">617-444-3000</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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 &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company,&#8221; and &#34;emerging growth company&#34; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Large accelerated filer&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">x</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;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Accelerated filer&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">o</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">     &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Non-accelerated filer&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;  &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">o </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;        &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Smaller reporting company&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">o</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">   &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Emerging growth company&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">o</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">o</font></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: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:90.789%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:16.291%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:21.605%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.867%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.867%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.870%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-left:3pt double #000000;border-top:3pt double #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Title of Securities to be Registered</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:3pt double #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Amount to be Registered(1)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:3pt double #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:3pt double #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-right:3pt double #000000;border-top:3pt double #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Amount of Registration Fee</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-left:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3,000,000 shares (2)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$118.615 (3)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$355,845,000 (3)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-right:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$38,823</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(1)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may from time to time be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(2)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Consists of 3,000,000 shares issuable under the Akamai Technologies, Inc. Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan.</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(3)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The price per share and aggregate offering price are calculated on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on August 2, 2021.</font></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE </font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-indent:24.75pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed to register the offer and sale of an additional 3,000,000 shares of the Registrant&#8217;s common stock, $0.01 par value per share, to be issued under the Registrant&#8217;s Amended and Restated 2013 Stock Incentive Plan (the &#8220;2013 Plan&#8221;). In accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, except for Item&#160;8 &#8220;Exhibits,&#8221; this Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statements on Form S-8, File Nos.&#160;</font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1086222/000126643213000074/registrationstatementonfor.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">333-188989</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1086222/000108622215000106/registrationstatementonfor.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">333-204208</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1086222/000108622217000190/registrationstatementonfor.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">333-</a><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1086222/000108622217000190/registrationstatementonfor.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">218537</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> and </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1086222/000108622219000169/registrationstatementonfor.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">333-231704</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 31, 2013, May 15, 2015, June 6, 2017 and May 23, 2019, respectively, relating to the 2013 Plan. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 8.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Exhibits.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:19pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following exhibits are incorporated herein by reference&#58;</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:9.280%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:88.520%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Number</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Description</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.1 (1)</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:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1086222/000108622218000158/exhibit31amendedandrestate.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.2 (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:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1086222/000108622220000045/exhibit3210k2019.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant, as amended</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">5.1</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:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="exhibit51whopinion2021.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to the Registrant</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;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:12pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="exhibit51whopinion2021.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP(included in Exhibit 5.1)</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">23.2</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:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="pwcs-8consent2021.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers&#160;LLP</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">24.1</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:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#i2ca19f7dbcf74df6a076b6fd59e41169_4" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Power of attorney (included on the signature pages of this registration statement)</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99.1 (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:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1086222/000108622221000194/stockinventiveplan2013amen.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Akamai Technologies, Inc. Amended and Restated 2013 Stock Incentive Plan</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">____________</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(1)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-27275, 18884226) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 6, 2018.</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(2)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 000-27275, 20670264) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2020.</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(3)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-27275, 21999675) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 7, 2021.</font></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i2ca19f7dbcf74df6a076b6fd59e41169_4"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:42.75pt;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:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SIGNATURES</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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 Cambridge, Massachusetts, on this 6th day of August, 2021.</font></div><div style="padding-left:216pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES,&#160;INC.</font></div><div style="padding-left:216pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:216pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">By&#58;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;_</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">&#47;s&#47;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">__</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"> Aaron Ahola</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">_______________</font></div><div style="padding-left:216pt;text-indent:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Aaron Ahola</font></div><div style="padding-left:216pt;text-indent:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Executive Vice President, General Counsel and </font></div><div style="padding-left:216pt;text-indent:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Secretary</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We, the undersigned officers and directors of Akamai Technologies,&#160;Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint F. 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Document
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 6, 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
AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
04-3432319
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
145 Broadway
Cambridge, MA
02142
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Akamai Technologies, Inc. Amended and Restated 2013 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Aaron Ahola, Esq.
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Akamai Technologies, Inc.
145 Broadway
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
617-444-3000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
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
x
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)
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
Amount of Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
3,000,000 shares (2)
$118.615 (3)
$355,845,000 (3)
$38,823
(1)    In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may from time to time be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)    Consists of 3,000,000 shares issuable under the Akamai Technologies, Inc. Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan.
(3)    Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The price per share and aggregate offering price are calculated on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on August 2, 2021.
STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed to register the offer and sale of an additional 3,000,000 shares of the Registrant's common stock, $0.01 par value per share, to be issued under the Registrant's Amended and Restated 2013 Stock Incentive Plan (the "2013 Plan"). In accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, except for Item 8 "Exhibits," this Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statements on Form S-8, File Nos.
333-188989
,
333-204208
,
333-
218537
and
333-231704
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 31, 2013, May 15, 2015, June 6, 2017 and May 23, 2019, respectively, relating to the 2013 Plan.
Item 8.        Exhibits.
The following exhibits are incorporated herein by reference:
Number
Description
4.1 (1)
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended
4.2 (2)
Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant, as amended
5.1
Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to the Registrant
23.1
Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP(included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
24.1
Power of attorney (included on the signature pages of this registration statement)
99.1 (3)
Akamai Technologies, Inc. Amended and Restated 2013 Stock Incentive Plan
____________
(1)    Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-27275, 18884226) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 6, 2018.
(2)    Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 000-27275, 20670264) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2020.
(3)    Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-27275, 21999675) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 7, 2021.
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 Cambridge, Massachusetts, on this 6th day of August, 2021.
AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:    _
/s/
__
Aaron Ahola
_______________
Aaron Ahola
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Akamai Technologies, Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint F. Thomson Leighton, Edward McGowan and Aaron Ahola, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Akamai Technologies, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.
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 dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ F. Thomson Leighton
President and Chief Executive Officer, Director
(Principal executive officer)
August 6, 2021
F. Thomson Leighton
/s/ Edward McGowan
Chief Financial Officer (Principal financial officer)
August 6, 2021
Edward McGowan
/s/ Laura Howell
Chief Accounting Officer (Principal accounting officer)
August 6, 2021
Laura Howell
/s/ Sharon Bowen
Director
August 6, 2021
Sharon Bowen
/s/ Marianne Brown
Director
August 6, 2021
Marianne Brown
/s/ Monte Ford
Director
August 6, 2021
Monte Ford
/s/ Jill Greenthal
Director
August 6, 2021
Jill Greenthal
/s/ Daniel Hesse
Director
August 6, 2021
Daniel Hesse
/s/ Peter Thomas Killalea
Director
August 6, 2021
Peter Thomas Killalea
/s/ Jonathan Miller
Director
August 6, 2021
Jonathan Miller
/s/ Madhu Ranganathan
Director
August 6, 2021
Madhu Ranganathan
/s/ Bernardus Verwaayen
Director
August 6, 2021
Bernardus Verwaayen
/s/ William Wagner
Director
August 6, 2021
William Wagner