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<P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
&nbsp;</B></FONT>

<DIV align="center"><FONT size="3"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="5"><B>FORM 8-K</B></FONT>


<P align="center"><FONT size="2">CURRENT REPORT<BR>
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF<BR>
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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January&nbsp;29, 2004
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<P align="center"><FONT size="6"><B>AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</B></FONT>

<DIV align="center"><FONT size="2">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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0-27275
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(Commission File<BR>
Number)
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Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
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(Address of principal executive offices)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Zip Code)
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(617) 444-3000<BR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">Not Applicable
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Other Events</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On January&nbsp;29, 2004, Akamai Technologies, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) entered
into an amendment with EquiServe Trust Company, N.A. (&#147;Amendment No.&nbsp;1&#148;) to the
Rights Agreement, dated as of September&nbsp;10, 2002 (the &#147;Rights Agreement&#148;),
between the Company and EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent, whereby
the Company amended the Rights Agreement to provide (i)&nbsp;that each Right (as
defined in the Rights Agreement) would entitle the registered holder to
purchase from the Company one one-thousandth of a share of Series&nbsp;A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock, $.01 par value per share, at a price of $65.00
in cash, subject to adjustment, (ii)&nbsp;that in the event the transfer agency
relationship in effect between the Company and the Rights Agent terminates
pursuant to the Company&#146;s termination of such relationship, the Rights Agent
will be deemed to resign automatically on the effective date of such
termination; and any required notice will be sent by the Company, (iii)&nbsp;the
address of the Company is updated for notices under the Rights Agreement, (iv)
any supplement or amendment that the Rights Agent is required to sign shall be
effective upon execution by the Company (whether or not then executed by the
Rights Agent or the certificate referred to in the immediately preceding
sentence has been delivered) and (v)&nbsp;a force majeure provision.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Amendment No.&nbsp;1 is attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 and is incorporated
herein by reference. The foregoing description of Amendment No.&nbsp;1 does not
purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such
Exhibit.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Financial Statements and Exhibits</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>(c)&nbsp;Exhibits</B>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Exhibit&nbsp;4.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Amendment No.&nbsp;1, dated as of January&nbsp;29, 2004, to the Rights
Agreement, dated as of September&nbsp;10, 2002, between Akamai
Technologies, Inc. and EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., as
Rights Agent.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">2
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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.
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Date: January&nbsp;29, 2004</FONT></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</B></FONT></TD>
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By:
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Melanie Haratunian
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Melanie Haratunian</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX DESCRIPTION</B>
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Amendment No.&nbsp;1, dated as of January&nbsp;29, 2004, to the Rights
Agreement, dated as of September&nbsp;10, 2002, between Akamai
Technologies, Inc. and EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., as
Rights Agent.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="right"><FONT size="2"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;4.1</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT is entered into as of January&nbsp;29,
2004 by and between Akamai Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
&#147;Company&#148;) and EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association,
as Rights Agent (the &#147;Rights Agent&#148;).
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WHEREAS, the Company and the Rights Agent are parties to that certain
Rights Agreement dated September&nbsp;10, 2002 (the &#147;Rights Agreement&#148;);
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WHEREAS, the Rights (as defined in the WHEREAS clause at the beginning of
the Rights Agreement) are still redeemable; and
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WHEREAS, the Company has directed the Rights Agent to enter into this
Amendment No.&nbsp;1 pursuant to Section&nbsp;27 of the Rights Agreement;
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual agreements set
forth herein, the parties agree as follows:
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;Section&nbsp;7(b) of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such
section in its entirety and substituting therefor the following:
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 <TD><FONT size="2">&#147;The Purchase Price for each one one-thousandth of a share of
Preferred Stock pursuant to the exercise of a Right shall initially
be $65.00 and shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as
provided in Sections&nbsp;11 and 13(a) hereof and shall be payable in
lawful money of the United States of America in accordance with
paragraph (c)&nbsp;below.&#148;
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;Section&nbsp;21 of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the
following sentence immediately after the first sentence thereof:
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 <TD><FONT size="2">&#147;In the event the transfer agency relationship in effect between
the Company and the Rights Agent terminates pursuant to the
Company&#146;s termination of such relationship, the Rights Agent will
be deemed to resign automatically on the effective date of such
termination; and any required notice will be sent by the Company.&#148;
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;Section&nbsp;26 of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the
first sentence thereof in its entirety and substituting therefor the following:
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 <TD><FONT size="2">&#147;Section&nbsp;26. Notices. Notices or demands authorized by this
Agreement to be given or made by the Rights Agent or by the holder
of any Rights Certificate to or on the Company shall be
sufficiently given or made if sent by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing with
the Rights Agent) as follows:
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Akamai Technologies, Inc.</FONT></TD>
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Eight Cambridge Center</FONT></TD>
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Cambridge, MA 02142</FONT></TD>
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Attention: Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
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with a copy to:</FONT></TD>
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Hale and Dorr LLP</FONT></TD>
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60 State Street</FONT></TD>
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Boston, MA 02109</FONT></TD>
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Attention: Susan W. Murley, Esq.&#148;</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.&nbsp;Section&nbsp;27 of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such
section in in its entirety and substituting therefor the following:
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 <TD><FONT size="2">&#147;Section&nbsp;27. Supplements and Amendments. Except as provided in
the penultimate sentence of this Section&nbsp;27, for so long as the
Rights are then redeemable, the Company may, in its sole and
absolute discretion, and the Rights Agent shall, if the Company so
directs, supplement or amend any provision of this Agreement in
any respect without the approval of any holders of the Rights. At
any time when the Rights are no longer redeemable, except as
provided in the penultimate sentence of this Section&nbsp;27, the
Company may, by approval of at least 75% of the members of the
Board, and the Rights Agent shall, if the Company so directs,
supplement or amend this Agreement without the approval of any
holders of Rights in order (i)&nbsp;to cure any ambiguity or (ii)&nbsp;to
correct or supplement any provision contained herein which may be
defective or inconsistent with any other provisions herein,
provided that no such supplement or amendment shall adversely
affect the interests of the holders of Rights as such (other than
an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring
Person). Upon the delivery of a certificate from an appropriate
officer of the Company which states that the proposed supplement
or amendment is in compliance with the terms of this Section&nbsp;27,
the Rights Agent shall execute such supplement or amendment. Any
supplement or amendment that the Rights Agent is required to sign
pursuant to this Section&nbsp;27 shall be effective upon execution by
the Company (whether or not then executed by the Rights Agent or
the certificate referred to in the immediately preceding sentence
has been delivered). Notwithstanding anything contained in this
Agreement to the contrary, no supplement or amendment shall be
made which changes the Redemption Price. Prior to the
Distribution Date, the interests of the holders of Rights shall be
deemed coincident with the interests of the holders of Common
Stock.&#148;
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.&nbsp;The Rights Agreement is hereby amended to insert the following section
in its entirety:
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 <TD><FONT size="2">&#147;Section&nbsp;35. Force Majeure. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, the Rights Agent shall not be liable
for any delays or failures in performance resulting from acts
beyond its reasonable control including, without limitation, acts
of God, terrorist acts, shortage of supply, breakdowns or
malfunctions, interruptions or malfunction of computer facilities,
or loss of data due to power failures or mechanical difficulties
with information storage or retrieval systems, labor difficulties,
war, or civil unrest.&#148;
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to
Rights Agreement, intending that it be executed under seal, as of the date
first written above.
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><FONT size="2">AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><FONT size="2">EQUISERVE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,<br>
AS RIGHTS AGENT</FONT></TD>
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