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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;14, 2004
  
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
  Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<BR>
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 20pt"><B>AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</B>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>
  
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>
  Incorporation or Organization)
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>04-3432319</B><BR>
  (I.R.S. Employer<BR>
  Identification No.)</TD>
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>8 Cambridge Center<BR>
  Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142<BR>
  (617)&nbsp;444-3000</B><BR>
  (Address Including Zip Code and Telephone Number, Including<BR>
  Area Code of Principal Executive Offices)
  
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Second Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Incentive Plan</B><BR>
  (Full Title of the Plan)
  
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>MELANIE HARATUNIAN<BR>
  Vice President and General Counsel<BR>
  8 Cambridge Center<BR>
  Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142<BR>
  (617)&nbsp;444-3000</B><BR>
  (Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including<BR>
  Area Code, of Agent for Service)
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
  
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                      <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, $0.01
  par value per share
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      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">7,000,000 shares&nbsp;(1)
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      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$15.38 (2)
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      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$107,660,000&nbsp;(2)
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      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$13,640.52</TD>
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      <TD>Consists of 7,000,000 shares issuable under the Second Amended and
  Restated 1998 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended.</TD>
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      <TD>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&#146;s Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on
  June&nbsp;10, 2004.</TD>
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as otherwise set forth below, this Registration Statement on Form
  S-8 incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statements on
  Form S-8, File Nos. 333-89887, 333-37810 and 333-62072 relating to our Second
  Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Incentive Plan.
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Exhibit&nbsp;Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
  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 11th day of June, 2004.
  
  
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      <TD colspan="3">AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.<BR>
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      <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Melanie Haratunian
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      <TD colspan="2">Melanie Haratunian&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD colspan="2">Vice President and General Counsel&nbsp;</TD>
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES</B>
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned officers and directors of Akamai Technologies, Inc.,
  hereby severally constitute and appoint George H. Conrades, Paul Sagan and
  Melanie Haratunian, 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.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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.
  
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ George H. Conrades
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  George H. Conrades
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
  Officer (Principal executive officer)
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      <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">June&nbsp;11, 2004</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert Cobuzzi
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  Robert Cobuzzi
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer and
  Treasurer<BR>(Principal financial and
  accounting officer)
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">June&nbsp;11, 2004</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Martin M. Coyne II
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  Martin M. Coyne II
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">June&nbsp;11, 2004</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ C. Kim Goodwin
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  C. Kim Goodwin
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">June&nbsp;11, 2004</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ronald L. Graham
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  Ronald L. Graham
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">June&nbsp;11, 2004</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William A. Halter
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  William A. Halter
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">June&nbsp;11, 2004</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Peter J. Kight
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  Peter J. Kight
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">June&nbsp;11, 2004</TD>
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  F. Thomson Leighton
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
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  Frederic V. Salerno
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Naomi O. Seligman
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  Naomi O. Seligman
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">June&nbsp;11, 2004</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen common stock certificate</TD>
  </TR>
  
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      <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*4.2
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Indenture, dated as of December&nbsp;12, 2003 by and between the Registrant and U.S.
  Bank National Association</TD>
  </TR>
  
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      <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">****4.3
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Indenture, dated as of June&nbsp;20, 2000, by and between the Registrant and State
  Street Bank and Trust Company</TD>
  </TR>
  
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      <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*4.4
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December&nbsp;12, 2003, by and between the
  Registrant and Credit Suisse First Boston LLC</TD>
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      <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">**4.5
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Fourth Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement dated September&nbsp;20, 1999</TD>
  </TR>
  
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  </DIV></TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to the Registrant</TD>
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  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</TD>
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text: Akamai Technologies, Inc. Form S-8
  Table of Contents
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 14, 2004
  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
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of
  Incorporation or Organization)
  04-3432319
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  8 Cambridge Center
  Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
  (617) 444-3000
  (Address Including Zip Code and Telephone Number, Including
  Area Code of Principal Executive Offices)
  Second Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Incentive Plan
  (Full Title of the Plan)
  MELANIE HARATUNIAN
  Vice President and General Counsel
  8 Cambridge Center
  Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
  (617) 444-3000
  (Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including
  Area Code, of Agent for Service)
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Proposed Maximum
  Proposed Maximum
  Title of Securities
  Amount to be
  Offering Price Per
  Aggregate Offering
  Amount of
  to be Registered
  Registered
  Share
  Price
  Registration Fee
  Common Stock, $0.01
  par value per share
  7,000,000 shares (1)
  $15.38 (2)
  $107,660,000 (2)
  $13,640.52
  (1)
  Consists of 7,000,000 shares issuable under the Second Amended and
  Restated 1998 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended.
  (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
  June 10, 2004.
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
  Item 8.   Exhibits.
  SIGNATURES
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Ex-5.1 Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale
  Ex-23.2 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  Table of Contents
  STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
  Except as otherwise set forth below, this Registration Statement on Form
  S-8 incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statements on
  Form S-8, File Nos. 333-89887, 333-37810 and 333-62072 relating to our Second
  Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Incentive Plan.
  Item 8.   Exhibits.
  The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated
  herein by reference.
  Table of Contents
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
  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 11th day of June, 2004.
  AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
  By:
  /s/ Melanie Haratunian
  Melanie Haratunian
  Vice President and General Counsel
  POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
  We, the undersigned officers and directors of Akamai Technologies, Inc.,
  hereby severally constitute and appoint George H. Conrades, Paul Sagan and
  Melanie Haratunian, 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 H. Conrades
  George H. Conrades
  Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
  Officer (Principal executive officer)
  June 11, 2004
  /s/ Robert Cobuzzi
  Robert Cobuzzi
  Chief Financial Officer and
  Treasurer
  (Principal financial and
  accounting officer)
  June 11, 2004
  /s/ Martin M. Coyne II
  Martin M. Coyne II
  Director
  June 11, 2004
  /s/ C. Kim Goodwin
  C. Kim Goodwin
  Director
  June 11, 2004
  /s/ Ronald L. Graham
  Ronald L. Graham
  Director
  June 11, 2004
  /s/ William A. Halter
  William A. Halter
  Director
  June 11, 2004
  /s/ Peter J. Kight
  Peter J. Kight
  Director
  June 11, 2004
  F. Thomson Leighton
  Director
  Frederic V. Salerno
  Director
  /s/ Naomi O. Seligman
  Naomi O. Seligman
  Director
  June 11, 2004
  Table of Contents
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  EXHIBIT
  NUMBER
  DESCRIPTION
  ***4.1
  Specimen common stock certificate
  *4.2
  Indenture, dated as of December 12, 2003 by and between the Registrant and U.S.
  Bank National Association
  ****4.3
  Indenture, dated as of June 20, 2000, by and between the Registrant and State
  Street Bank and Trust Company
  *4.4
  Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 12, 2003, by and between the
  Registrant and Credit Suisse First Boston LLC
  **4.5
  Fourth Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement dated September 20, 1999
  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 page of this Registration Statement)
  *
  Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on
  December 16, 2003.
  **
  Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Form S-1, as amended, filed
  with the Commission on September 27, 1999.
  ***
  Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Form S-1, as amended, filed
  with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 13, 1999.
  ****
  Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K
  filed with the Commission on June 27, 2000.