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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<p align="center" style="font-size: 11pt"><B>SCHEDULE TO<BR>
(RULE 14d-100)<BR>
TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR 13(e)(1)<BR>
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934<BR>
(AMENDMENT NO. 3)</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>Akamai Technologies, Inc.</B>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>Akamai Technologies, Inc.</B>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Name of Filing Person (Offeror))</DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">5 1/2% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2007


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Title of Class of Securities)</DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">00971T AA 9<BR>
00971T AB 7<BR>
00971T AC 5


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>With copies to:</I></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Melanie Haratunian, Esq.
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Susan W. Murley, Esq.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">Vice President and General Counsel
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Stuart R. Nayman, Esq.</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Akamai Technologies, Inc.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Hale and Dorr LLP</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">8 Cambridge Center
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">60 State Street</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">Boston, Massachusetts 02109</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(617)&nbsp;444-3000
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Telephone: (617)&nbsp;526-6000</TD>
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</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Telecopy: (617)&nbsp;526-5000</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person<br>
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications<br>
on Behalf of Filing Person)</DIV>



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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule
0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was
previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration
statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Amount Previously Paid: $12,956.66. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Filing party: Akamai Technologies, Inc.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Form or Registration No.: Schedule&nbsp;TO-I. Date filed: February&nbsp;10, 2004, as amended February&nbsp;19, 2004 and March&nbsp;10, 2004.



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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD>Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the
statement relates:



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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>third party tender offer subject to Rule&nbsp;14d-1.</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>issuer tender offer subject to Rule&nbsp;13e-4.</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD>going-private transaction subject to Rule&nbsp;13e-3.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>amendment to Schedule&nbsp;13D under Rule&nbsp;13d-2.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the
results of the tender offer: &nbsp; <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT TO AMENDMENT NO. 3



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Amendment No.&nbsp;3, the final amendment in connection herewith, amends
and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule&nbsp;TO filed by Akamai
Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (&#147;Akamai&#148;), with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;10, 2004, as amended and supplemented on each
of February&nbsp;19, 2004 and March&nbsp;10, 2004 (the &#147;Schedule&nbsp;TO&#148;), relating to an
offer (the &#147;Offer&#148;) to purchase for cash, on terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated February&nbsp;10, 2004 (as
amended and supplemented, the &#147;Offer to Purchase&#148;), and the related Letter of
Transmittal (as amended and supplemented, the &#147;Letter of Transmittal&#148;), up to
$101,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 5 1/2%
Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2007 (the &#147;Notes&#148;). Copies of the Offer to
Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal, the Supplement to the Offer to Purchase
and the Amended and Restated Letter of Transmittal were previously filed as
exhibits (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii), (a)(1)(vii) and (a)(1)(viii), respectively, to
the Schedule&nbsp;TO. The Offer expired at 9:00 a.m., Eastern time, on March&nbsp;24,
2004.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Capitalized terms used in this amendment and not otherwise defined herein
have the meanings given to them in the Offer to Purchase and the Schedule&nbsp;TO.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">ITEM 4. TERMS OF THE TRANSACTION.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information set forth in Item 4(a) is hereby amended and supplemented
by adding the following:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#147;The Offer expired
at 9:00 a.m., Eastern time, on Wednesday, March&nbsp;24,
2004. Akamai has accepted for purchase $39,873,000 in aggregate principal amount of
the Notes, which constituted all of the Notes validly tendered and not
withdrawn, including $4,005,000 in principal amount of Notes subject to satisfactory delivery of Notes tendered
by notice of guaranteed delivery, at a purchase price of $1,012.50 per $1,000 of
principal amount of the Notes. The purchase price applies to all of the Notes
accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer.

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On March&nbsp;24, 2004 Akamai issued a press release announcing the final
results of the Offer. A copy of this press release is filed as Exhibit
(a)(5)(iii) to the Schedule&nbsp;TO and is incorporated herein by
reference.&#148; The press release, which was based on preliminary
information about the aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered,
overstated by $5,000 the aggregate principal amount of Notes
tendered.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">ITEM 11. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information set forth in Item 11(b) is hereby amended and supplemented
by incorporating by reference the information contained in Item&nbsp;4 above.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
information set forth in Item&nbsp;12 is hereby amended and supplemented by
adding immediately following the reference to Exhibit (a)(5)(iii) the
following:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#147;(a)(5)(iii) Press Release Regarding Results of the Offer dated March&nbsp;24,
2004.&#148;


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">SIGNATURE



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in this Amendment No.&nbsp;3 to Schedule&nbsp;TO is true,
complete and correct.


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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3">AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Robert Cobuzzi
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Robert Cobuzzi&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Date: March&nbsp;24, 2004



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


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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Number</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Description</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(a)(1)(i)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Offer to Purchase dated February&nbsp;10, 2004.*</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(a)(1)(ii)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Letter of Transmittal.*</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(a)(1)(iii)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.*</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(a)(1)(iv)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Letter to Clients dated February&nbsp;10, 2004.*</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(a)(1)(v)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and
Other Nominees dated February&nbsp;10, 2004.*</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(a)(1)(vi)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Guidelines to Form&nbsp;W-9.*</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(a)(1)(vii)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Supplement to the Offer to Purchase dated March&nbsp;10, 2004.*</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(a)(1)(viii)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Amended and Restated Letter of Transmittal.*</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(a)(5)(i)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Press Release Regarding Offer dated February&nbsp;10, 2004.*</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(a)(5)(ii)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Press Release Regarding Offer dated March&nbsp;10, 2004*</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(a)(5)(iii)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Press Release Regarding Results of the Offer dated March&nbsp;24, 2004.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(d)(1)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indenture, dated June&nbsp;20, 2000, by and between Akamai
Technologies, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association successor to
State Street Bank and Trust Company (previously filed as Exhibit
99.4 to the Akamai Technologies, Inc. Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;27,
2000, and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(d)(2)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">5 1/2% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2007 Registration Rights
Agreement, dated June&nbsp;20, 2000, by and among Akamai Technologies,
Inc. and Donaldson, Lufkin &#038; Jenrette Securities Corporation,
Morgan Stanley &#038; Co. Incorporated, Salomon Smith Barney Inc. and
Thomas Weisel Partners LLC (previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;99.5 to
the Akamai Technologies, Inc. Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;27, 2000, and
incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</B>


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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Jeff Young<br>
Media Relations<br>
Akamai Technologies<br>
(617)&nbsp;444-3913<br>
jyoung@akamai.com
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    <TD align="center" valign="middle">&#151;or&#151;
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sandy Smith<br>
Investor Relations<br>
Akamai Technologies<br>
(617)&nbsp;444-2804<br>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>AKAMAI ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF TENDER OFFER<BR>
FOR A PORTION OF ITS 5 1/2% CONVERTIBLE NOTES</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CAMBRIDGE, MA, March&nbsp;24, 2004 &#150; </B>Akamai Technologies, Inc.

(Nasdaq: AKAM) today
announced the results of its &#147;Modified Dutch Auction&#148; cash tender offer for up
to $101&nbsp;million in aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 5 1/2%
Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2007. The offer expired at 9:00 a.m.,
Eastern time, on March&nbsp;24, 2004.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">In accordance with the terms of its offer, Akamai has accepted for
payment $39,878,000 million in aggregate principal amount of the notes, which constitute all of the
notes validly tendered and not withdrawn, including $4,005,000 in
principal amount of notes subject to
satisfactory delivery of notes tendered by notice of guaranteed delivery.
Akamai will purchase the notes at a purchase price of $1,012.50 per $1,000 of
principal amount of the notes.

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The purchase price applies to all notes accepted for payment pursuant to the
offer.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The Blackstone Group L.P. acted as dealer manager, Citigate Financial Services
acted as the information agent, and U.S. Bank National Association is acting as
the depositary in connection with the offer.


<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 in 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 &#150; with full control &#150; 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 The Business Internet. For more
information, visit www.akamai.com.



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