UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
_________________
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report: May 14, 2014
(Date of earliest event reported)
AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 0-27275 | 04-3432319 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
8 Cambridge Center
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 444-3000
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
At the 2014 annual meeting of stockholders of Akamai Technologies, Inc. (“Akamai” or the “Company”) held on May 14, 2014 (the “Annual Meeting”), four items of business were acted upon by stockholders. There were 179,230,421 shares of Akamai’s common stock eligible to vote, and 156,936,673 shares present in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting.
1. The following nominees were elected to the Company’s Board of Directors as Class III directors for terms expiring at the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders.
| Nominees | For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
| Monte Ford | 137,935,964 | 636,629 | 146,511 | 18,217,569 |
| Frederic Salerno | 122,752,103 | 15,824,948 | 142,053 | 18,217,569 |
| Steven Scopellite | 138,140,900 | 435,788 | 142,416 | 18,217,569 |
| Bernardus Verwaayen | 138,144,358 | 420,797 | 153,949 | 18,217,569 |
Following the Annual Meeting, George Conrades, Martin Coyne, Jill Greenthal and Geoffrey Moore, each having terms expiring in 2015, and Pamela Craig, Tom Leighton, Paul Sagan and Naomi Seligman, each having terms expiring in 2016, continued in office.
2. A non-binding, advisory proposal to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved.
| For: | 136,662,358 |
| Against: | 1,868,632 |
| Abstain: | 188,404 |
| Broker Non-Votes: | 18,217,569 |
3. The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014 was ratified.
| For: | 154,605,451 |
| Against: | 2,152,363 |
| Abstain: | 178,859 |
| Broker Non-Votes: | 0 |
4. A non-binding stockholder proposal on the repeal of the Company’s classified board of directors passed.
| For: | 127,903,442 |
| Against: | 6,229,339 |
| Abstain: | 4,516,569 |
| Broker Non-Votes: | 18,217,569 |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: May 16, 2014 | AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | |
| By: | /s/ Melanie Haratunian | |
| Melanie Haratunian, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||