As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2002
Registration No. 333-_____
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 (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.)
500 TECHNOLOGY SQUARE, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02139
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2001 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
KATHRYN JORDEN MEYER
VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL
AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
500 TECHNOLOGY SQUARE
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02139
(617) 444-3000
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent For Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Proposed Proposed
Securities to be Amount to be Maximum Maximum Amount of
Registered Registered(1) Offering Price Per Aggregate Registration Fee
Share Offering Price
Common
Stock, $0.01 5,000,000 shares $3.21(2) $16,050,000(2) $1,476.60
par value per
share
(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) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and based upon the average of the high and low prices of the
Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on
February 25, 2002.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION.
The information required by Item 1 is included in documents sent or
given to participants in the plans covered by this registration statement
pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act").
ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION.
The written statement required by Item 2 is included in documents sent
or given to participants in the plans covered by this registration statement
pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The registrant is subject to the informational and reporting
requirements of Sections 13(a), 14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance therewith files
reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission"). The following documents, which are on file with
the Commission, are incorporated in this registration statement by reference:
(a) The registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or the latest prospectus filed pursuant to
Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act that contains audited financial statements
for the registrant's latest fiscal year for which such statements have been
filed.
(b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred
to in (a) above.
(c) The description of the securities contained in the registrant's
registration statements on Form 8-A filed under the Exchange Act, including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or which 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 the filing of such documents. Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this
registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any 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.
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ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
Hale and Dorr LLP has opined as to the legality of the securities being
offered by this registration statement.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Article SEVENTH of our Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation provides that no director of our company shall be personally
liable for any monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except to the extent that the Delaware General Corporation Law prohibits the
elimination or limitation of liability of directors for breach of fiduciary
duty.
Article EIGHTH of our Certificate of Incorporation provides that a
director or officer of our company (a) shall be indemnified by us against all
expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement incurred in connection with any litigation or other legal proceeding
(other than an action by or in the right of our company) brought against him by
virtue of his position as a director or officer of our company if he acted in
good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to,
the best interests of our company, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful and (b)
shall be indemnified by our company against all expenses (including attorneys'
fees) and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with any action by
or in the right of our company brought against him by virtue of his position as
a director or officer of our company if he acted in good faith and in a manner
he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of our
company, except that no indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter
as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to us, unless a
court determines that, despite such adjudication but in view of all of the
circumstances, he is entitled to indemnification of such expenses.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that a director or officer has been
successful, on the merits or otherwise, including, without limitation, the
dismissal of an action without prejudice, he is required to be indemnified by us
against all expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in connection
therewith. Expenses shall be advanced to a director or officer at his request,
provided that he undertakes to repay the amount advanced if it is ultimately
determined that he is not entitled to indemnification for such expenses.
Indemnification is required to be made unless we determine that the
applicable standard of conduct required for indemnification has not been met. In
the event of a determination by us that the director or officer did not meet the
applicable standard of conduct required for indemnification, or if we fail to
make an indemnification payment within 60 days after such payment is claimed by
such person, such person is permitted to petition the court to make an
independent determination as to whether such person is entitled to
indemnification. As a condition precedent to the right of indemnification, the
director or officer must give us notice of the action for which indemnity is
sought and we have the right to participate in such action or assume the defense
thereof.
Article EIGHTH of our Certificate of Incorporation further provides
that the indemnification provided therein is not exclusive, and provides that in
the event that the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended to expand the
indemnification permitted to directors or officers we must indemnify those
persons to the fullest extent permitted by such law as so amended.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a
corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of
the corporation and certain other persons serving at the request of the
corporation in related capacities against amounts paid and expenses incurred in
connection with an action or proceeding to which he is or is threatened to be
made a party by reason of such position, if such person shall have acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be
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in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal
proceeding, if such person had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
unlawful; provided that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of
the corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as
to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation
unless and only to the extent that the adjudicating court determines that such
indemnification is proper under the circumstances.
We maintain a general liability insurance policy which covers certain
liabilities of directors and officers of our company arising out of claims based
on acts or omissions in their capacities as directors or officers.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated
herein by reference.
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
1. Item 512(a) of Regulation S-K. The undersigned registrant hereby
undertakes:
(1) 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; and
(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 (i) and (ii) do not apply
if the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed with or furnished to the 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.
(2) 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
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) 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. Item 512(b) of Regulation S-K. The undersigned registrant hereby
undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report
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pursuant to Section 13(a) or 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 therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
3. Item 512(h) of Regulation S-K. 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.
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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 27th day of February, 2002.
AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By: /s/ George Conrades
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George Conrades
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Akamai Technologies,
Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint George Conrades, Paul Sagan and
Kathryn Jorden Meyer, 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/ George Conrades Chairman and Chief Executive February 27, 2002
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George Conrades (Principal executive officer)
/s/ Timothy Weller Chief Financial Officer February 27, 2002
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Timothy Weller accounting officer)
/s/ Arthur Bilger Director February 27, 2002
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Arthur Bilger
/s/ Martin Coyne II Director February 27, 2002
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Martin Coyne II
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/s/ Todd Dagres Director February 27, 2002
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Todd Dagres
/s/ Ronald Graham Director February 27, 2002
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Ronald Graham
/s/ William Halter Director February 27, 2002
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William Halter
Director
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Leo Hindery, Jr.
/s/ F. Thomson Leighton Director February 27, 2002
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F. Thomson Leighton
/s/ Naomi Seligman Director February 27, 2002
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Naomi Seligman
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Number Description
4.1(1) Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
4.2(2) Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant
5.1 Opinion of Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to the Registrant
23.1 Consent of 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)
(1) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2000.
(2) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Form S-1 (File No.
333-85679), as amended, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on August 20, 1999.
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[HALE AND DORR LLP LETTERHEAD]
Exhibit 5.1
February 27, 2002
Akamai Technologies, Inc.
500 Technology Square
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Re: 2001 Stock Incentive Plan
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have assisted in the preparation of a Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (the "Registration Statement") to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), relating to an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of common stock,
$0.01 par value per share (the "Shares"), of Akamai Technologies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), issuable under the Company's 2001 Stock
Incentive Plan (the "Plan").
We have examined the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws of the
Company, each as amended and restated to date, and originals, or copies
certified to our satisfaction, of all pertinent records of the meetings of the
directors and stockholders of the Company, the Registration Statement and such
other documents relating to the Company as we have deemed material for the
purposes of this opinion.
In our examination of the foregoing documents, we have assumed the
genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us
as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to
us as certified, photostatic or other copies, the authenticity of the originals
of any such documents and the legal competence of all signatories to such
documents.
We assume that the appropriate action will be taken, prior to the offer
and sale of the Shares in accordance with the Plan, to register and qualify the
Shares for sale under all applicable state securities or "blue sky" laws.
We express no opinion herein as to the laws of any state or
jurisdiction other than the state laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the federal laws of the
United States of America.
It is understood that this opinion is to be used only in connection
with the offer and sale of the Shares while the Registration Statement is in
effect.
Please note that we are opining only as to the matters expressly set
forth herein, and no opinion should be inferred as to any other matters.
Akamai Technologies, Inc.
February 27, 2002
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Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been
duly authorized for issuance and, when the Shares are issued and paid for in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Shares will be validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and
Exchange Commission in connection with the Registration Statement in accordance
with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities
Act. In giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category
of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or
the rules and regulations of the Commission.
Very truly yours,
/s/ HALE AND DORR LLP
HALE AND DORR LLP
Exhibit 23.2
Consent of Independent Accountants
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our reports dated January 18, 2002, relating to the
consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedules, which
appear in Akamai Technologies, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2001.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
February 27, 2002