Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On December 13, 2022, in connection with a periodic review of the bylaws of Akamai Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") including the effectiveness of new Securities and Exchange Commission rules regarding universal proxy cards and certain recent changes to the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"), the Company's board of directors (the "Board") adopted amended and restated bylaws (the "Amended and Restated Bylaws"), effective immediately. Among other things, the amendments effected by the Amended and Restated Bylaws:



•Enhance procedural mechanics and disclosure requirements in connection with
stockholder nominations of directors and submission of stockholder proposals
made in connection with annual and special meetings of stockholders, including
requiring additional disclosures, representations and warranties from nominating
or proposing stockholders and proposed nominees and their respective affiliates
and associates about their Company stock ownership (including derivative
securities), agreements with respect to voting commitments and stock ownership,
relationships among the nominating or proposing stockholders and proposed
nominees and litigation with the Company, among other disclosures;
•Address matters regarding nominations of directors and solicitations of proxies
in compliance with Rule 14a-19 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), including:
•Requiring the nominating stockholder or beneficial owner to represent that it
intends to solicit proxies or votes from stockholders representing at least 67%
of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote on the election of directors;
•Requiring the nominating stockholder to provide prompt notice, no later than
five business days prior to the applicable stockholder meeting, of reasonable
evidence that it has met the requirements of Rule 14a-19(a)(3) of the Exchange
Act;
•Requiring that a stockholder soliciting proxies from other stockholders use a
proxy card color other than white; and
•Clarifying that a failure to provide information required by Rule 14a-19 or
comply with the requirements of Rule 14a-19(a)(2) or Rule 14a-19(a)(3) will
result in the Company disregarding a stockholder's nomination or proposal of
other business;
•Modify the provisions relating to adjournment procedures and eliminating the
requirement that a list of stockholders be made available at stockholder
meetings, in each case, to reflect recent amendments to the DGCL;
•Revise the deadline for advance notice of business and nominations for an
annual meeting of stockholders to generally not later than 90 days nor earlier
than 120 days prior to the one-year anniversary of the preceding year's annual
meeting, subject to adjustment when the date of the annual meeting is deviated
from such anniversary date outside of certain windows. As a result of the
amendments, for consideration at the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders,
director nominations or the presentation of other business must be received by
the Secretary of the Company no earlier than January 12, 2023, and no later than
February 11, 2023. In addition, the amendments revise the deadline for advance
notice of director nominations for a special meeting of stockholders where
directors will be elected to generally not earlier than 120 days prior to such
special meeting and not later than 90 days prior to such special meeting, or, if
later, the tenth day following public announcement of the special meeting;
•Revise the number of directors required to call a special meeting of the Board
to at least one-third of the directors then in office, and that directors may be
removed with or without cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least
two-thirds of the shares of capital stock of the Company issued and outstanding
and entitled to vote; and
•Make various other updates, including administrative, ministerial, refining and
conforming changes.

The foregoing summary of the amendments effected by the Amended and Restated Bylaws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Amended and Restated Bylaws, which are filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and are incorporated herein by reference.

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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits



(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.         Description
3.1                   Amended and Restated Bylaws of Akamai Technologies, Inc., effective December
                    13, 2022
104                 Cover page interactive data file (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within
                    the inline XBRL document)

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