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 11, 2016
(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.) | ||
150 Broadway
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 Annual Meeting, four items of business were acted upon by stockholders. There were 176,524,467 shares of Akamai’s common stock eligible to vote, and 156,105,352 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 II directors for terms expiring at the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders:
Nominees | For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
Pamela Craig | 139,617,871 | 1,045,144 | 358,188 | 15,084,149 |
Jonathan Miller | 135,199,553 | 5,534,139 | 287,511 | 15,084,149 |
Paul Sagan | 135,372,439 | 5,495,768 | 152,996 | 15,084,149 |
Naomi Seligman | 127,126,192 | 13,626,113 | 268,898 | 15,084,149 |
Following the Annual Meeting, (a) Monte Ford, Frederic Salerno, Steven Scopellite and Bernardus Verwaayen, each having terms expiring in 2017, and (b) George Conrades, Jill Greenthal and Tom Leighton, each having terms expiring in 2018, continued in office.
2. A non-binding, advisory proposal to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved.
For: | 127,075,628 |
Against: | 13,582,973 |
Abstain: | 362,602 |
Broker Non-Votes: | 15,084,149 |
4. The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 was ratified.
For: | 153,261,440 |
Against: | 2,406,255 |
Abstain: | 437,657 |
Broker Non-Votes: | — |
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, 2016 | AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | |
By: | /s/ Melanie Haratunian | |
Melanie Haratunian, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||