Akamai (AKAM) 8-K Akamai Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results

Exhibit 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contacts:
Jeff Young Media Relations Akamai Technologies 617-444-3913 jyoung@akamai.com	—or—	Noelle Faris Investor Relations Akamai Technologies 617-444-4676 nfaris@akamai.com

AKAMAI REPORTS THIRD QUARTER 2009 FINANCIAL RESULTS

• Revenue of $206.5 million, up 5 percent year-over-year

• GAAP net income of $32.7 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, down 2 percent year-over-year

• Normalized net income* of $70.8 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, down 5 percent year-over-year

• Cash flow from operations of $105.2 million, up 13 percent year-over-year

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–October 28, 2009– Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leader in powering video, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online, today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009. Revenue for the third quarter 2009 was $206.5 million, a 5 percent increase over third quarter 2008 revenue of $197.3 million, and a 1 percent increase from second quarter 2009 revenue of $204.6 million.

Net income in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, or GAAP, for the third quarter of 2009 was $32.7 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, a 2 percent decrease over third quarter 2008 GAAP net income of $33.4 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, and a 9 percent decrease from second quarter 2009 GAAP net income of $36.0 million, or $0.19 per diluted share.

The Company generated normalized net income* of $70.8 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2009, a 5 percent decrease from third quarter 2008 normalized net income of $74.2 million, or $0.40 per diluted share, and down 6 percent from the second quarter 2009 normalized net income of $75.3 million, or $0.40 per diluted share. (*See Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures below for definitions.)

“We are pleased with Akamai’s solid performance in the third quarter, with both promising signs of growth in high quality video online and continued strong demand for our value-added solutions,” said Paul Sagan, president and CEO of Akamai. “Our results demonstrated our ability to leverage the Company’s unique cost structure and scale while improving performance and reliability for our enterprise-class customers.”

Cash from operations was $105 million in the third quarter of 2009. Year-to-date cash from operations was $300 million, an increase of 19 percent over the same period last year. At the end of the third quarter of 2009, the Company had approximately $973 million in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities.

During the third quarter of 2009, the Company repurchased approximately 2 million shares of common stock for $36.2 million at an average price of $18.41 per share.

The Company had approximately 171.2 million shares of common stock outstanding as of September 30, 2009.

Customers

The number of customers under recurring contracts at the end of the third quarter increased to a record 3,031, an 8 percent increase year-over-year.

Sales through resellers and sales outside the United States accounted for 19 percent and 28 percent, respectively, of revenue for the third quarter of 2009.

Quarterly Conference Call

Akamai will host a conference call today at 4:30 p.m. ET that can be accessed through 1-800-510-9834 (or 1-617-614-3669 for international calls) and using passcode No. 93777894. A live Webcast of the call may be accessed atwww.akamai.com in the Investor section. In addition, a replay of the call will be available for one week following the conference through the Akamai Website or by calling 1-888-286-8010 (or 1-617-801-6888 for international calls) and using passcode No. 78517440.

The Akamai Difference

Akamai^® provides market-leading managed services for powering video, dynamic transactions, and enterprise applications online. Having pioneered the content delivery market one decade ago, Akamai’s services have been adopted by the world’s most recognized brands across diverse industries. The alternative to centralized Web infrastructure, Akamai’s global network of tens of thousands of distributed servers provides the scale, reliability, insight and performance for businesses to succeed online. Akamai has transformed the Internet into a more viable place to inform, entertain, advertise, interact, and collaborate. To experience The Akamai Difference, visitwww.akamai.com.

Financial Statements

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(dollar amounts in thousands)

(unaudited)

	Sept. 30, 2009		Dec. 31, 2008
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	202,802	$	156,074
Marketable securities		377,327		171,097
Restricted marketable securities		1,941		3,460
Accounts receivable, net		152,132		139,612
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		42,370		31,666
Current assets		776,572		501,909
Marketable securities		391,133		440,843
Restricted marketable securities		73		153
Property and equipment, net		179,826		174,483
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net		522,290		534,253
Other assets		4,531		5,592
Deferred income tax assets, net		154,246		223,718
Total assets	$	2,028,671	$	1,880,951
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	79,013	$	87,297
Deferred revenue		30,423		11,506
Other current liabilities		869		1,653
Current liabilities		110,305		100,456
Other liabilities		20,165		11,870
Convertible notes		199,755		199,855
Total liabilities		330,225		312,181
Stockholders’ equity		1,698,446		1,568,770
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	2,028,671	$	1,880,951

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(amounts in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

	Three Months Ended									Nine Months Ended
	Sept. 30, 2009			June 30, 2009			Sept. 30, 2008			Sept. 30, 2009			Sept. 30, 2008
Revenues	$	206,500		$	204,600		$	197,347		$	621,468		$	578,370
Costs and operating expenses:
Cost of revenues* †		61,987			60,009			56,659			182,358			161,922
Research and development*		10,904			9,378			9,943			31,138			28,766
Sales and marketing*		44,106			41,437			42,027			127,813			119,159
General and administrative* †		34,655			35,144			33,776			105,867			100,845
Amortization of other intangible assets		4,103			4,238			3,173			12,580			10,254
Restructuring charge		-			-			-			454			-
Total costs and operating expenses		155,755			150,206			145,578			460,210			420,946
Operating income		50,745			54,394			51,769			161,258			157,424
Interest income, net		(2,807	)		(3,454	)		(4,994	)		(10,291	)		(17,105	)
Gain on investments, net		-			-			(1	)		(455	)		(273	)
Other loss (income), net		659			(184	)		(154	)		(659	)		340
Income before provision for income taxes		52,893			58,032			56,918			172,663			174,462
Provision for income taxes		20,148			22,025			23,558			66,830			69,857
Net income	$	32,745		$	36,007		$	33,360		$	105,833		$	104,605
Net income per share:
Basic	$	0.19		$	0.21		$	0.20		$	0.62		$	0.63
Diluted	$	0.18		$	0.19		$	0.18		$	0.57		$	0.56
Shares used in per share calculations:
Basic		171,686			172,561			168,474			171,588			167,283
Diluted		188,273			189,556			187,769			188,671			188,175

^* Includes stock-based compensation (see supplemental table for figures)

† Includes depreciation and amortization (see supplemental table for figures)

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(amounts in thousands)

(unaudited)

	Three Months Ended									Nine Months Ended
	Sept. 30, 2009			June 30, 2009			Sept. 30, 2008			Sept. 30, 2009			Sept. 30, 2008
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	32,745		$	36,007		$	33,360		$	105,833		$	104,605
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization of intangible assets and deferred financing costs		31,775			29,888			24,780			90,551			71,258
Stock-based compensation		13,612			13,320			14,122			41,999			42,370
Provision for deferred income taxes, net		18,617			20,290			22,434			61,784			66,386
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation		(713	)		(333	)		(751	)		(1,371	)		(11,033	)
Gain on divesture of certain assets		-			(1,062	)		-			(1,062	)		-
Loss (gain) on investments and disposal of property and equipment, net		20			47			16			(367	)		(287	)
Provision for doubtful accounts		740			2,363			610			4,261			1,346
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions:
Accounts receivable		(6,765	)		5,941			(5,184	)		3,895			(10,892	)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		(6,452	)		(468	)		607			(10,727	)		(8,208	)
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities		17,900			(4,022	)		7,074			(3,437	)		(1,033	)
Accrued restructuring		(347	)		(514	)		(4	)		(1,022	)		(547	)
Deferred revenue		1,315			840			(3,432	)		2,261			(2,333	)
Other noncurrent assets and liabilities		2,796			1,534			(414	)		6,945			(611	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		105,243			103,831			93,218			299,543			251,021
Cash flows from investing activities:
Cash paid for acquired business		-			-			-			(5,779	)		-
Proceeds from the divesture of certain assets		-			1,350			-			1,350			-
Purchases of property and equipment and capitalization of internal-use software costs		(31,183	)		(24,653	)		(36,428	)		(78,903	)		(94,950	)
Proceeds from sales and maturities of short- and long-term marketable securities		204,630			116,896			40,641			396,302			290,456
Purchases of short- and long-term marketable securities		(366,912	)		(83,902	)		(121,096	)		(530,794	)		(479,555	)
Proceeds from the sale of property and equipment		28			2			2			32			76
Decrease in restricted investments held for security deposits		103			130			-			233			-
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities		(193,334	)		9,823			(116,881	)		(217,559	)		(283,973	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock under stock option and employee stock purchase plans		2,996			6,999			1,670			13,759			19,802
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation		713			333			751			1,371			11,033
Repurchase of common stock		(34,663	)		(16,905	)		-			(51,568	)		-
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities		(30,954	)		(9,573	)		2,421			(36,438	)		30,835
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		764			1,792			(2,153	)		1,182			(939	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		(118,281	)		105,873			(23,395	)		46,728			(3,056	)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		321,083			215,210			165,417			156,074			145,078
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	202,802		$	321,083		$	142,022		$	202,802		$	142,022

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	Sept. 30, 2009		June 30, 2009		Sept. 30, 2008		Sept. 30, 2009		Sept. 30, 2008
Supplemental financial data (in thousands):
Stock-based compensation:
Cost of revenues	$	532	$	489	$	614	$	1,582	$	1,779
Research and development		2,654		2,223		2,765		7,603		7,875
Sales and marketing		6,787		6,024		6,949		19,851		19,002
General and administrative		3,639		4,584		3,794		12,963		13,714
Total stock-based compensation	$	13,612	$	13,320	$	14,122	$	41,999	$	42,370
Depreciation and amortization:
Network-related depreciation	$	21,733	$	20,143	$	17,365	$	61,290	$	49,483
Capitalized stock-based compensation amortization		1,794		1,461		1,118		4,562		2,993
Other depreciation and amortization		3,935		3,836		2,914		11,488		7,898
Amortization of other intangible assets		4,103		4,238		3,173		12,580		10,254
Total depreciation and amortization	$	31,565	$	29,678	$	24,570	$	89,920	$	70,628
Capital expenditures:
Purchases of property and equipment	$	24,423	$	18,258	$	30,286	$	58,455	$	76,229
Capitalized internal-use software		6,760		6,395		6,142		20,448		18,721
Capitalized stock-based compensation		1,373		1,244		1,867		4,525		5,458
Total capital expenditures	$	32,556	$	25,897	$	38,295	$	83,428	$	100,408
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities and restricted marketable securities	$	46,498	$	78,299	$	43,059	$	201,649	$	155,193
End of period statistics:
Number of customers under recurring contract		3,031		2,979		2,808
Number of employees		1,682		1,645		1,555
Number of deployed servers		56,066		50,922		40,635

*Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to providing financial measurements based on generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (GAAP), Akamai has historically provided additional financial metrics that are not prepared in accordance with GAAP (non-GAAP). Legislative and regulatory changes discourage the use of and emphasis on non-GAAP financial metrics and require companies to explain why non-GAAP financial metrics are relevant to management and investors. We believe that the inclusion of these non-GAAP financial measures in this press release helps investors to gain a meaningful understanding of our past performance and future prospects, consistent with how management measures and forecasts our performance, especially when comparing such results to previous periods or forecasts. Our management uses these non-GAAP measures, in addition to GAAP financial measures, as the basis for measuring our core operating performance and comparing such performance to that of prior periods and to the performance of our competitors. These measures are also used by management in its financial and operational decision-making. There are limitations associated with reliance on these non-GAAP financial metrics because they are specific to our operations and financial performance, which makes comparisons with other companies’ financial results more challenging. By providing both GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures, we believe that investors are able to compare our GAAP results to those of other companies while also gaining a better understanding of our operating performance as evaluated by management.

Akamai defines “Adjusted EBITDA” as net income, before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of tangible and intangible assets, stock-based compensation expense, amortization of capitalized stock-based compensation, restructuring charges and benefits, certain gains and losses on investments, foreign exchange gains and losses, loss on early extinguishment of debt, gains on legal settlements, utilization of tax NOLs/credits and release of the deferred tax asset valuation allowance. Akamai considers Adjusted EBITDA to be an important indicator of the Company’s operational strength and performance of its business and a good measure of the Company’s historical operating trend.

Adjusted EBITDA eliminates items that are either not part of the Company’s core operations, such as investment gains and losses, foreign exchange gains and losses, early debt extinguishment and net interest income, or do not require a cash outlay, such as stock-based compensation. Adjusted EBITDA also excludes depreciation and amortization expense, which is based on the Company’s estimate of the useful life of tangible and intangible assets. These estimates could vary from actual performance of the asset, are based on historic cost incurred to build out the Company’s deployed network, and may not be indicative of current or future capital expenditures.

Akamai defines “Adjusted EBITDA margin” as a percentage of Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of revenues. Akamai considers Adjusted EBITDA margin to be an indicator of the Company’s operating trend and performance of its business in relation to its revenue growth.

Akamai defines “capital expenditures” or “capex” as purchases of property and equipment, capitalization of internal-use software development costs and capitalization of stock-based compensation. Capital expenditures or capex are disclosed in Akamai’s consolidated Statement of Cash Flows in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Akamai defines “normalized net income” as net income before amortization of other intangible assets, stock-based compensation expense, amortization of capitalized stock-based compensation, restructuring charges and benefits, certain gains and losses on investments, loss on early extinguishment of debt, utilization of tax NOLs/credits and release of the deferred tax asset valuation allowance. Akamai considers normalized net income to be another important indicator of the overall performance of the Company because it eliminates the effects of events that are either not part of the Company’s core operations or are non-cash.

Akamai defines “diluted shares used in normalized net income per share calculation” as diluted common shares outstanding used in GAAP net income per share calculation, excluding the effect of stock-based compensation under the treasury stock method. Akamai considers normalized net income to be another important indicator of overall performance of the Company because it eliminates the effect of a non-cash item.

Adjusted EBITDA and normalized net income should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, the Company’s operating income and net income, as well as other measures of financial performance reported in accordance with GAAP.

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In accordance with the requirements of Regulation G issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company is presenting the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures and reconciling the non-GAAP financial metrics to the comparable GAAP measures.

Reconciliation of GAAP net income to Normalized net income

and Adjusted EBITDA

(amounts in thousands, except per share data)

	Three Months Ended									Nine Months Ended
	Sept. 30, 2009			June 30, 2009			Sept. 30, 2008			Sept. 30, 2009			Sept. 30, 2008
Net income	$	32,745		$	36,007		$	33,360		$	105,833		$	104,605
Amortization of other intangible assets		4,103			4,238			3,173			12,580			10,254
Stock-based compensation		13,612			13,320			14,122			41,999			42,370
Amortization of capitalized stock-based compensation		1,794			1,461			1,118			4,562			2,993
Gain on investments, net		-			-			(1	)		(455	)		(273	)
Utilization of tax NOLs/credits		18,563			20,236			22,434			61,650			66,386
Restructuring charge		-			-			-			454			-
Total normalized net income:		70,817			75,262			74,206			226,623			226,335
Interest income, net		(2,807	)		(3,454	)		(4,994	)		(10,291	)		(17,105	)
Provision for income taxes		1,585			1,789			1,124			5,180			3,471
Depreciation and amortization		25,668			23,979			20,279			72,778			57,381
Other loss (income), net		659			(184	)		(154	)		(659	)		340
Total Adjusted EBITDA:	$	95,922		$	97,392		$	90,461		$	293,631		$	270,422
Normalized net income per share:
Basic	$	0.41		$	0.44		$	0.44		$	1.32		$	1.35
Diluted	$	0.38		$	0.40		$	0.40		$	1.21		$	1.21
Shares used in normalized per share calculations:
Basic		171,686			172,561			168,474			171,588			167,283
Diluted		188,273			189,556			188,349			188,671			189,135

Akamai Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act

This release contains information about future expectations, plans and prospects of Akamai’s management that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of

1995, including statements concerning the expected growth and development of our business and the markets in which we operate, the strength of our business model and cost structure and the superiority of our service offerings. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors including, but not limited to, failure to maintain the prices we charge for our services, loss of significant customers, failure to increase our revenue and keep our expenses consistent with revenues, inability to continue to generate positive cash flow, the effects of any attempts to intentionally disrupt our services or network by unauthorized users or others, failure to have available sufficient transmission capacity, a failure of Akamai’s services or network infrastructure, inability to realize the benefits of our net operating loss carryforward, delay in developing or failure to develop new service offerings or functionalities, and if developed, lack of market acceptance of such service offerings and functionalities, and other factors that are discussed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and other documents periodically filed with the SEC.

In addition, the statements in this press release represent Akamai’s expectations and beliefs as of the date of this press release. Akamai anticipates that subsequent events and developments may cause these expectations and beliefs to change. However, while Akamai may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, it specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Akamai’s expectations or beliefs as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.

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