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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM 8-K</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">CURRENT REPORT<BR>
Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the<BR>
Securities Exchange Act of 1934



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Date of report: <U>December&nbsp;17, 2004</U><BR>
(Date of earliest event reported)


<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B><U>AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</U></B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)</DIV>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><U>8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142</U><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: <U>(617)&nbsp;444-3000</U>



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filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (<I>see </I>General Instruction
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8.01. Other Events</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On December&nbsp;20, 2004, the Registrant announced that it repurchased, in an individually
negotiated transaction, $24.9&nbsp;million in principal amount of its 5 1/2% Convertible Subordinated
Notes due 2007 for a total of $26.1&nbsp;million in cash, including accrued interest. A copy of the
press release announcing the repurchase is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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" align="left">Date:  December 20, 2004&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.<BR>
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<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Exhibit&nbsp;99.1


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">AKAMAI ANNOUNCES DEBT REPURCHASE


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CAMBRIDGE, MA, December&nbsp;20, 2004 </B>&#151; Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) today announced that
on December&nbsp;17, 2004 it repurchased an additional $24.9&nbsp;million in principal amount of its 5 1/2%
Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2007 (&#147;the 5 1/2% Notes&#148;).


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">In total, the Company has repurchased $243.4&nbsp;million in principal amount of its 5 1/2% Notes, leaving
an aggregate of $56.6&nbsp;million in principal amount of the 5 1/2% Notes outstanding. To effect the
most recent repurchase, the Company paid a total of $26.1&nbsp;million in cash to an institutional
investor, including accrued interest as of the closing date.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>About Akamai</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Akamai<SUP>&#174;</SUP> is the global leader of distributed computing solutions and services, making the
Internet predictable, scalable, and secure for conducting profitable e-business. The Akamai
on-demand platform enables customers to easily extend their Web operations <B>&#150; </B>with full control <B>&#150;</B>
anywhere, anytime, without the cost of building out infrastructure. Headquartered in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, Akamai serves hundreds of today&#146;s most successful enterprises and government
agencies around the globe. Akamai is <I>The Business Internet</I>. For more information, visit
www.akamai.com.



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"># # #


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Akamai Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act</B><BR>
The release contains information about future expectations, plans and prospects of Akamai&#146;s
management that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions
under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements concerning
expectations as to interest savings as a result of the repurchase of a portion of the Company&#146;s 5
1/2% Notes. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking
statements as a result of factors that are discussed in the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K,
quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and other documents periodically filed with the SEC.



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