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<B>File Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)(5)</B>
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<B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-53906</B>
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<B>Prospectus Supplement (to prospectus dated January&nbsp;30,
2001)</B>
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<B>Akamai Technologies, Inc.</B>
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<B>12,000,000 Shares</B>
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<B>Common Stock</B>
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<B>________________________________________________________________________________
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This is a public offering of common stock of Akamai
Technologies, Inc. We are offering 12,000,000 shares of our
common stock. Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq National
Market under the symbol &#147;AKAM.&#148; On October&nbsp;31,
2005, the last reported sale price of our common stock on the
Nasdaq National Market was $17.34 per share.
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<B>Investing in our common stock involves risks. See &#147;Risk
Factors&#148; beginning on page S-10 of this prospectus
supplement.</B>
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<B>Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state
securities commission has approved or disapproved of these
securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this
prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus. Any
representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.</B>
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    Public offering price</DIV>
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    Underwriting discounts and commissions</DIV>
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    Proceeds, before expenses, to Akamai Technologies, Inc.&nbsp;</DIV>
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We have granted Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. the right to
purchase up to 1,800,000 additional shares of common stock to
cover over-allotments.
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Delivery of the shares of common stock will be made on or about
November&nbsp;3, 2005.
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<B>Deutsche Bank Securities</B>
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The date of this prospectus supplement is October&nbsp;31, 2005.
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<B>ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT</B>
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This document is in two parts. The first part is this prospectus
supplement, which describes the specific terms of this offering
of our common stock and also adds to and updates information
contained in the accompanying prospectus and the documents
incorporated by reference into the accompanying prospectus. The
second part, the accompanying prospectus, provides more general
information. Generally, when we refer to this prospectus, we are
referring to both parts of this document combined. To the extent
there is a conflict between the information contained in this
prospectus supplement and the information contained in the
accompanying prospectus or any document incorporated by
reference therein filed prior to the date of this prospectus
supplement, you should rely on the information in this
prospectus supplement. If any statement in one of these
documents is inconsistent with a statement in another document
having a later date&#151;for example, a document incorporated by
reference in the accompanying prospectus&#151;the statement in
the document having the later date modifies or supersedes the
earlier statement.
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We further note that the representations, warranties and
covenants made by us in any agreement that is filed as an
exhibit to any document that is incorporated by reference in the
accompanying prospectus were made solely for the benefit of the
parties to such agreement, including, in some cases, for the
purpose of allocating risk among the parties to such agreements,
and should not be deemed to be a representation, warranty or
covenant to you. Moreover, such representations, warranties or
covenants were accurate only as of the date when made.
Accordingly, such representations, warranties and covenants
should not be relied on as accurately representing the current
state of our affairs.
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You should rely only on the information contained in this
prospectus supplement and contained, or incorporated by
reference, in the accompanying prospectus. We have not
authorized, and the underwriter has not authorized, anyone to
provide you with information that is different. The information
contained in this prospectus supplement and contained, or
incorporated by reference, in the accompanying prospectus is
accurate only as of the respective dates thereof, regardless of
the time of delivery of this prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus or of any sale of our common stock. It
is important for you to read and consider all information
contained in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus, including the documents incorporated by reference
therein, in making your investment decision. You should also
read and consider the information in the documents to which we
have referred you in the section entitled &#147;Where You Can
Find More Information&#148; in this prospectus supplement.
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We are offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, shares of
our common stock only in jurisdictions where offers and sales
are permitted. The distribution of this prospectus supplement
and the accompanying prospectus and the offering of our common
stock in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons
outside the United States who come into possession of this
prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus must
inform themselves about, and observe any restrictions relating
to, the offering of our common stock and the distribution of
this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus
outside the United States. This prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus do not constitute, and may not be used
in connection with, an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an
offer to buy, any securities offered by this prospectus
supplement and the accompanying prospectus by any person in any
jurisdiction in which it is unlawful for such person to make
such an offer or solicitation.
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Unless otherwise stated, all references in this prospectus to
&#147;we,&#148; &#147;us,&#148; &#147;our,&#148;
&#147;Akamai,&#148; the &#147;Company&#148; and similar
designations refer to Akamai Technologies, Inc. and its direct
and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries. Trademarks or service
marks appearing in this prospectus are the property of their
respective holders.
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<I>This summary highlights selected information about us and
this offering. You should carefully read this entire prospectus
supplement and the accompanying prospectus, including the
&#147;Risk Factors&#148; section of this prospectus supplement
and the financial statements and the other information
incorporated by reference in the prospectus, before making an
investment decision.</I>
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<B>Overview</B>
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Akamai provides services for accelerating and improving the
delivery of content and business processes over the Internet.
Our solutions are designed to help businesses, government
agencies and other enterprises enhance their revenue streams and
reduce costs by maximizing the performance of their online
businesses. By advancing the performance and reliability of
their websites, our customers can improve visitor experiences
and increase the effectiveness of Web-based campaigns and
operations. Through the Akamai EdgePlatform, the technological
platform of Akamai&#146;s business solutions, our customers are
able to rely on Akamai&#146;s infrastructure and can reduce
costs associated with internal infrastructure build-ups.
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We began selling our content delivery services in 1999 under the
trade name FreeFlow. Later that year, we added streaming media
delivery services to our portfolio and introduced traffic
management services that allow customers to monitor traffic
patterns on their websites both on a continual basis and for
specific events. In 2000, we began offering a software solution
that identifies the geographic location and network origin from
which end users access our customers&#146; websites, enabling
content providers to customize content without compromising user
privacy. In 2001, we commenced commercial sales of our EdgeSuite
offering, a suite of services that allows for high-performance
and dynamic delivery of web content. In 2003, we began offering
on a commercial basis our EdgeComputing service, which allows
for Web-based delivery of applications, such as store/dealer
locators, promotional contests, search functionalities and user
registration, over our network. In 2004, we packaged a number of
services and specialized features to tailor solutions to the
needs of specific vertical market segments such as media and
entertainment, software demands and online commerce.
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<B>Meeting the Challenges of the Internet</B>
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The Internet has matured into a key tool for companies, public
sector agencies and other entities to conduct business and reach
the public. The Internet, however, is a complex system of
networks that was not originally created to accommodate the
volume or sophistication of today&#146;s business communication
demands. As a result, information is frequently delayed or lost
on its way through the Internet due to many challenges,
including:
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    bandwidth constraints between an end user and the end
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    Internet traffic exceeding the capacity of routing equipment;</TD>
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    inefficient or nonfunctioning peering points, or points of
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    traffic congestion at data centers.</TD>
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In addition to the challenges inherent in the Internet,
companies and other entities face internal technology
challenges. Driven by competition, globalization and
cost-containment strategies, companies need an agile
Internet-facing infrastructure that cost-effectively
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meets real-time strategic and business objectives. As public
sector agencies migrate more and more of their processes from
in-person, mail, or phone services to Internet-based
applications, it has become essential that their websites be
more reliable and that they deliver their content and
applications more efficiently to their constituents. At the same
time, budget limitations may preclude public sector agencies
from developing their own infrastructure for Internet-facing
applications. Enterprises of all types are confronted with the
increasingly widespread use of broadband connectivity leading to
more users requesting more different types of rich content. As a
result, there is greater stress on centralized infrastructures.
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Akamai meets these challenges in ways that are designed to help
companies and government agencies increase revenues and reduce
costs by improving the performance, reliability and security of
their Internet facing operations.
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<I>Superior Performance.</I> Customers seeking to remain
competitive and meet the challenges of globalization look to
Akamai&#146;s EdgePlatform for solutions designed to reduce or
eliminate downtime and poor performance. Through a combination
of people, processes and technology, Akamai offers solutions
designed to achieve reliability, stability and predictability
without the need for our customers to spend a lot of money to
develop their own Internet-related infrastructure. Instead, we
have a presence in hundreds of networks around the world so that
content can be delivered from Akamai servers located closer to
website visitors&#151;from what we call, the edge of the
Internet. We are thus able to reduce the impact of traffic
congestion, bandwidth constraints and capacity limitations. At
the same time, our customers have access to control features to
ensure that the content served to end users is always current
and is delivered efficiently without the need for end users to
traverse the Internet to the origin server.
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<I>Scalability.</I> Many Akamai customers experience seasonal or
erratic demand for access to their websites. On a larger scale,
almost all websites experience demand peaks at different points
during the day. In both instances, it can be difficult and
expensive to plan for, and deploy solutions against, such peaks
and valleys. The Akamai EdgePlatform has the robustness and
flexibility to handle planned and unplanned peaks without
additional hardware investment and configuration on the part of
our customers. As a result, we provide an on demand solution to
address our customers&#146; capacity needs in the face of
unpredictable traffic spikes, which helps them avoid expensive
over-investment in a centralized Internet-facing infrastructure.
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<I>Security.</I> Security may be the most significant challenge
facing use of the Internet for business and government processes
today. That&#146;s because security threats&#151;in the form of
attacks, viruses, worms and intrusions&#151;can impact every
measure of performance, including speed, reliability, customer
confidence and information security. Unlike traditional security
strategies that can impact performance negatively, Akamai&#146;s
EdgePlatform is designed to allow for proactive monitoring and
rapid response to security incidents and anomalies. We rely on
both built-in defense mechanisms and the ability to route
traffic around potential security issues so performance is not
compromised.
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<B>Our Solutions</B>
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The EdgePlatform is the foundation of Akamai&#146;s business
solutions. We believe Akamai has deployed the world&#146;s
largest globally distributed computing platform, with servers
located in countries across the world. To make this
wide-reaching deployment effective, the EdgePlatform includes
specialized technologies, such as advanced routing, load
balancing, data collection and monitoring. Through a combination
of architecture and services, our EdgePlatform helps our
customers implement their Web strategy quickly,
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without adding equipment, cost or complexity to their existing
information technology, or IT, infrastructure.
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The key to the EdgePlatform&#146;s effectiveness is its use of a
distributed computing model in which both content and computing
applications are delivered across a system of widely distributed
networks of servers, and processed at the most efficient places
within the network. With the EdgePlatform as our backbone we
offer services and solutions for content and application
delivery, application performance services, on demand managed
services and business performance management services.
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    <B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Content and Application
    Delivery Services</I></B></TD>
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Akamai&#146;s EdgeSuite service and related content delivery
offerings have represented the core of our business since we
began our operations. Leveraging the EdgePlatform, our EdgeSuite
service is designed to enable enterprises to improve the
end-user experience, boost reliability and scalability and
reduce the cost of their e-business infrastructure. By providing
the benefits of distributed performance to an enterprise&#146;s
entire website and all aspects of its applications, we are able
to provide our customers with a more efficient way to implement
and maintain a global Internet presence. While site owners
maintain a control copy of their applications and content, we
provide global delivery, load balancing and storage of these
applications and content, enabling businesses to focus valuable
resources on strategic matters, rather than technical
infrastructure issues.
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Customers of our EdgeSuite service also have access to advanced
service features, such as:
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    <I>Secure Content Distribution</I>&#151;distribution of secure
    Internet-related content using Secure Sockets Layer transport, a
    protocol to secure transmittal of content over the Internet, to
    ensure that content is distributed privately and reliably
    between two communicating applications.</TD>
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    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
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    <I>Site Fail Over&#151;</I>delivery of default content in the
    event that the primary, or source, version of the website of an
    enterprise customer becomes unavailable.</TD>
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    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
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    <I>Site Mirroring</I>&#151;an economical way to mirror a website
    without the expense of investing in additional data centers to
    achieve redundancy.</TD>
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    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
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    <I>Disaster Recovery</I>&#151;a backup web presence if an
    unforeseen event causes a website to crash.</TD>
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    <I>Site Maintenance</I>&#151;fail-over service so that a website
    remains available to end users during updates and maintenance.</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
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    <I>Net Storage</I>&#151;an efficient solution for digital
    storage needs for all content types.</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    <I>Global Traffic Management</I>&#151;a solution that allows
    enterprises with geographically distributed Internet protocol
    infrastructures to improve the availability, responsiveness and
    reliability of a multi-location website.</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
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    <I>Content Targeting</I>&#151;a feature that enables content
    providers to deliver localized content, customized store-fronts,
    targeted advertising and adaptive marketing.</TD>
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    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
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    <I>Streaming Services</I>&#151;delivery of streaming audio and
    video content to Internet users.</TD>
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    <B><I>Application Performance Services</I></B></TD>
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Application performance services improve the performance of
highly dynamic content common on corporate extranets and wide
area networks. Traditionally, this market has been addressed
primarily by hardware and software products. We believe our
approach
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offers a most cost-effective and comprehensive solution in this
area without customers having to make significant infrastructure
investments.
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Akamai&#146;s on demand managed services, including Akamai
EdgeComputing<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">SM</SUP>
and net storage offerings, enable enterprises to dramatically
reduce the need for an internal infrastructure to handle
unpredictable levels of Internet traffic. With access to the
EdgePlatform, customers are able to rapidly launch and deploy
new applications worldwide, with on demand availability and
scalability but on a cost-effective basis. For example, Akamai
On Demand Events provides an on demand platform for running
promotional websites&#151;through Macromedia Flash&#174;
promotions, site search, sweepstakes, polls, regional offers or
other innovative applications that create a positive brand
experience.
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    <B><I>Business Performance Management Services</I></B></TD>
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Akamai&#146;s offerings in this area include our network data
feeds and our Web analytics offering, which provide customers
with real time data about the performance of their content and
applications over the Internet and on Akamai&#146;s platform. In
addition, our business performance management services let
business managers better understand their Web operations through
relevant, timely information with tools that measure all aspects
of an application&#146;s performance. For example, a customer
could incorporate website data feeds from Akamai&#146;s customer
portal into an executive management interface to assist in
managing costs and budget. The core of these offerings lies in
our EdgeControl tools, which provide comprehensive reporting and
management capabilities.
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    <B><I>Akamai Industry Solutions</I></B></TD>
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Akamai&#146;s industry solutions leverage capabilities from all
of our services offerings, but in a way that is specific to a
particular industry:
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    <I>Akamai Online Commerce </I>is a secure, on demand business
    solution that helps retailers more efficiently conduct
    e-business transactions by meeting peak performance demands,
    thereby delivering a positive customer experience and
    facilitating transaction completion while reducing
    infrastructure build-out costs.</TD>
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    <I>Akamai Media Delivery </I>is designed to provide a solution
    to the challenges of media delivery by helping media industry
    clients to bypass traditional server and bandwidth limitations
    to better handle peak traffic conditions and large file sizes.
    This suite of services is particularly attractive for dynamic,
    scalable delivery of music, movies and games.</TD>
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    <I>Akamai Electronic Software Delivery </I>is a solution
    designed to leverage the EdgePlatform to provide capacity for
    the largest surges in traffic related to new software launches
    with a goal of improved customer experiences, increased use of
    electronic delivery and successful product launches, all at
    lower costs than would be possible through self-provisioning.</TD>
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    <B><I>Custom Solutions</I></B></TD>
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In addition to our core commercial services, we are able to
leverage the expertise of our technology, networks and support
personnel to provide custom solutions to both commercial and
government customers. These solutions include replicating our
core technologies to facilitate content delivery behind the
firewall, combinations of our technology with that of other
providers to create unique solutions for specific customers
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and support for mission critical applications that rely on the
Internet and intranets. Additionally, numerous federal
government agencies look to Akamai for information about traffic
conditions and activity on the Internet and tailored solutions
to their content delivery needs.
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<B>Recent Developments</B>
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    <B><I>Acquisition of Speedera Networks</I></B></TD>
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On June&nbsp;10, 2005, we acquired Speedera Networks, Inc., or
Speedera, in exchange for approximately 10.6&nbsp;million shares
of Akamai common stock and 1.7&nbsp;million Akamai stock
options. Speedera provides distributed content delivery
services. The purchase of Speedera is intended to enable us to
better compete against larger managed services vendors and other
content delivery providers by expanding our customer base and
providing customers with a broader suite of services. Akamai and
Speedera were involved in lawsuits against each other regarding
patent infringement and false advertising and trade secrets.
Upon completion of the acquisition of Speedera, all lawsuits
between us were dismissed.
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    <B><I>Redemption of
    5<FONT style="font-size: 70%"><SUP>1</SUP></FONT>/<FONT style="font-size: 60%">2</FONT>%&nbsp;Subordinated
    Convertible Notes</I></B></TD>
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On September&nbsp;7, 2005, we redeemed all of our outstanding
5<FONT style="font-size: 70%"><SUP>1</SUP></FONT>/<FONT style="font-size: 60%">2</FONT>%&nbsp;convertible
subordinated notes due July 2007 for a cash payment of
$58.1&nbsp;million. Under the terms of the indenture governing
the
5<FONT style="font-size: 70%"><SUP>1</SUP></FONT>/<FONT style="font-size: 60%">2</FONT>%&nbsp;convertible
subordinated notes, all of the $56.6&nbsp;million principal
amount was redeemed at a redemption price of 101.571%, plus
accrued interest as of September&nbsp;7, 2005.
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    <B><I>Financial Results for the Third Quarter of 2005</I></B></TD>
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Our revenue for the third quarter 2005 was $75.7&nbsp;million, a
17&nbsp;percent increase over second quarter 2005 revenue of
$64.6&nbsp;million and a 42&nbsp;percent increase over third
quarter 2004 revenue of $53.3&nbsp;million.
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Net income increased in the third quarter of 2005 to
$272.3&nbsp;million, or $1.71&nbsp;per diluted share, including
a benefit from the release of a tax valuation allowance of
$255.3&nbsp;million, as compared to net income in the second
quarter of 2005 of $15.9&nbsp;million, or $0.11&nbsp;per diluted
share, and net income in the third quarter of 2004 of
$11.2&nbsp;million, or $0.08&nbsp;per diluted share.
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Cash from operations was $19.5&nbsp;million in the third quarter
of 2005, as compared to $16.9&nbsp;million in the second quarter
of 2005 and $14.5&nbsp;million in the third quarter of 2004.
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<B>Company Information</B>
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We are a Delaware corporation. Our principal offices are located
at 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142. The
telephone number of our principal executive offices is
617-444-3000. Our Internet address is www.akamai.com. The
information contained on our website is not incorporated by
reference, and should not be considered as part of, this
prospectus. Our website address is included in this prospectus
as an inactive textual reference only.
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    Common stock offered</TD>
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    12,000,000 shares</TD>
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    Common stock to be outstanding after this offering</TD>
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    150,830,331 shares</TD>
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    Use of Proceeds</TD>
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    For general corporate purposes, including working capital,
    research and development expenditures, sales and marketing
    expenditures, capital expenditures, and potential acquisitions
    of new businesses, technologies or products that we believe can
    complement or expand our business. See &#147;Use of
    Proceeds.&#148;</TD>
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    Risk Factors</TD>
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    You should read the &#147;Risk Factors&#148; section of this
    prospectus supplement for a discussion of factors to consider
    before deciding to purchase shares of our common stock.</TD>
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    AKAM</TD>
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The shares of our common stock to be outstanding after this
offering is based on 138,830,331 shares outstanding as of
June&nbsp;30, 2005 and excludes:
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    13,465,911 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of
    outstanding stock options at a weighted-average exercise price
    of $7.38 per share;</TD>
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    243,700 shares of common stock issuable pursuant to the terms of
    outstanding deferred stock units;</TD>
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    an aggregate of 9,829,752 additional shares of common stock
    reserved for future issuance under our Second Amended and
    Restated 1998 Stock Incentive Plan, 1999 Employee Stock Purchase
    Plan and 2001 Restricted Stock Plan; and</TD>
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    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
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    12,944,984 shares of common stock issuable upon the conversion
    of our 1.0% convertible senior notes due December 2033.</TD>
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Except as otherwise noted, we have presented the information in
this prospectus supplement assuming no exercise by the
underwriter of the option to purchase up to 1,800,000 additional
shares of our common stock in this offering.
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The statement of operations data for each of the three years
ended December&nbsp;31, 2004 have been derived from our audited
financial statements. The statement of operations data for the
six months ended June&nbsp;30, 2005 and 2004, and the balance
sheet data as of June&nbsp;30, 2005, are unaudited but include,
in the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of
only normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair
presentation of such data. You should read the data below in
conjunction with &#147;Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results of Operations&#148; and our
financial statements and related notes incorporated by reference
in this prospectus.
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="font-size: 8pt;">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="11">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="6" align="center" nowrap><B>Six Months Ended</B></TD><TD></TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 8pt;">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="10" align="center" nowrap><B>Years Ended December 31,</B></TD><TD></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="6" align="center" nowrap><B>June 30,</B></TD><TD></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="10" align="center" nowrap style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000;">&nbsp;</TD><TD></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="6" align="center" nowrap style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000;">&nbsp;</TD><TD></TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 8pt;">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center" nowrap><B>2002</B></TD><TD></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center" nowrap><B>2003</B></TD><TD></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center" nowrap><B>2004</B></TD><TD></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center" nowrap><B>2004</B></TD><TD></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center" nowrap><B>2005</B></TD><TD></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center" nowrap style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000;">&nbsp;</TD><TD></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center" nowrap style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000;">&nbsp;</TD><TD></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center" nowrap style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000;">&nbsp;</TD><TD></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center" nowrap style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000;">&nbsp;</TD><TD></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center" nowrap style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000;">&nbsp;</TD><TD></TD>
</TR>


<TR style="font-size: 8pt;">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="6" align="center" nowrap><B>(unaudited)</B></TD><TD></TD>
</TR>


<TR style="font-size: 8pt;">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="18" align="center" nowrap><B>(in thousands, except share and per share data)</B></TD><TD></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    <B>Consolidated Statements of Operations Data:</B></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Revenue</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>144,976</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>161,259</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>210,015</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>99,153</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>124,745</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Cost of revenue</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>85,159</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>60,844</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>46,150</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>23,229</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>24,276</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Research and development</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>21,766</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>12,971</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>12,132</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>5,566</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>8,136</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Sales and marketing</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>64,765</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>47,583</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>55,663</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>27,681</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>35,108</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    General and administrative</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>98,136</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>57,259</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>47,055</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>21,718</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>23,180</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Amortization of other intangible assets</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>11,930</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>2,234</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>48</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>24</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>532</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Restructuring&nbsp;charges (benefit)</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>45,824</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>(8,521</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Income (loss)&nbsp;from operations</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>(182,604</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>(11,111</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>48,967</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>20,935</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>33,513</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Income (loss)&nbsp;from operations before income taxes</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>(203,945</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>(28,652</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>35,136</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>10,238</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>31,081</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Income tax provision</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>492</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>629</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>772</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>514</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>1,102</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Net income (loss)</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>(204,437</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>(29,281</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>34,364</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>9,724</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>29,979</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 3pt double #000000;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 3pt double #000000;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 3pt double #000000;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 3pt double #000000;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 3pt double #000000;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Basic net income (loss)&nbsp;per share</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>(1.81</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>(0.25</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>0.28</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>0.08</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>0.23</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Diluted net income (loss)&nbsp;per share</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>(1.81</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>(0.25</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>0.25</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>0.07</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>0.21</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Shares used in computing basic net income (loss)&nbsp;per share</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>112,766</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>118,075</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>124,407</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>122,875</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>128,585</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Shares used in computing diluted net income (loss)&nbsp;per share</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>112,766</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>118,075</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>146,595</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>146,058</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>148,607</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TR style="font-size: 1pt;">
    <TD width="59%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 8pt;">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="7">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center" nowrap><B>As Adjusted</B></TD><TD></TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 8pt;">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="6" align="center" nowrap><B>As of June 30,</B></TD><TD></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center" nowrap><B>as of June 30,</B></TD><TD></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="6" align="center" nowrap style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000;">&nbsp;</TD><TD></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center" nowrap style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000;">&nbsp;</TD><TD></TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt;">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center" nowrap><B>2004</B></TD><TD></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center" nowrap><B>2005</B></TD><TD></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center" nowrap><B>2005(1)</B></TD><TD></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center" nowrap style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000;">&nbsp;</TD><TD></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center" nowrap style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000;">&nbsp;</TD><TD></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center" nowrap style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000;">&nbsp;</TD><TD></TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 8pt;">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="7">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center"><B>(unaudited)</B></TD><TD></TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 8pt;">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="10" align="center"><B>(unaudited)</B></TD><TD></TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 8pt;">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="10" align="center" nowrap><B>(in thousands)</B></TD><TD></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    <B>Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:</B></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities(2)</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>122,126</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>130,716</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>332,746</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Property, plant and equipment, net</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>20,596</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>39,308</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>39,308</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Working capital(3)</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>55,467</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>91,869</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>293,899</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Total assets</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>190,422</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>364,731</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>566,761</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Accrued expenses and current deferred revenue</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>31,748</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>40,222</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>40,222</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Total long-term obligations, less current portion</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>299,604</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>262,727</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>262,727</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Total stockholders&#146; equity (deficit)</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>(156,702</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>40,917</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>242,947</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>(1)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    The as adjusted balance sheet data as of June&nbsp;30, 2005
    gives effect to the sale by us to the underwriter of
    12,000,000&nbsp;shares of common stock offered by this
    prospectus supplement at a public offering price of
    $17.00&nbsp;per share, after deducting underwriting discounts
    and commissions and $230,000 of estimated offering expenses
    payable by us.</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>(2)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities includes
    short-term, long-term and restricted marketable securities.</TD>
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<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>(3)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Working capital is calculated as current assets, which includes
    cash, cash equivalents and short-term marketable securities,
    less current liabilities.</TD>
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<B>RISK FACTORS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<I>Investing in our common stock involves risk. In deciding
whether to invest in our common stock, you should carefully
consider the following discussion of risks together with the
other information included in this prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus. Important factors could cause our
actual results to differ materially from those indicated or
implied by forward-looking statements contained or incorporated
by reference in this prospectus supplement. Such factors that
could cause or contribute to such differences include those
factors discussed below. If any of the following risks actually
occur, our business, prospects, financial condition and
operating results and the value of common stock purchased by you
would likely suffer, possibly materially.</I>
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<B>Risks Related to our Operating Results</B>
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    <TD>
    <I>The markets in which we operate are highly competitive, and
    we may be unable to compete successfully against new entrants
    and established companies with greater resources.</I></TD>
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We compete in markets that are new, intensely competitive,
highly fragmented and rapidly changing. We have experienced and
expect to continue to experience increased competition. Many of
our current competitors, as well as a number of our potential
competitors, have longer operating histories, greater name
recognition, broader customer relationships and industry
alliances and substantially greater financial, technical and
marketing resources than we do. Other competitors may attract
customers by offering less-sophisticated versions of services we
provide at lower prices than those we charge. Our competitors
may be able to respond more quickly than we can to new or
emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements. Some
of our current or potential competitors may bundle their
services with other services, software or hardware in a manner
that may discourage website owners from purchasing any service
we offer. In addition, potential customers may decide to
purchase or develop their own hardware, software and other
technology solutions rather than rely on an external provider
like Akamai. Increased competition could result in price and
revenue reductions, loss of customers and loss of market share,
which could materially and adversely affect our business,
financial condition and results of operations.
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    <TD>
    <I>If we are unable to sell our services at acceptable prices
    related to our costs, our business and financial results are
    likely to suffer.</I></TD>
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Prices we have been charging for some of our services have
declined in recent years. We expect that this decline may
continue in the future as a result of, among other things,
existing and new competition in the markets we serve.
Consequently, our historical revenue rates may not be indicative
of future revenues based on comparable traffic volumes. If we
are unable to sell our services at acceptable prices relative to
our costs or if we are unsuccessful with our strategy of selling
additional services and features to our existing EdgeSuite
delivery customers, our revenues and gross margins will
decrease, and our business and financial results will suffer.
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    <TD>
    <I>Failure to increase our revenues and keep our expenses
    consistent with revenues could prevent us from maintaining
    profitability.</I></TD>
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The year ended December&nbsp;31, 2004 was the first fiscal year
during which we achieved profitability as measured in accordance
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States of America. We have large fixed expenses, and we expect
to continue to incur significant bandwidth, sales and marketing,
product development, administrative and other expenses.
Therefore, we will need to generate higher revenues to maintain
profitability. There are numerous factors that could, alone or
in combination with other factors, impede our ability to
increase revenues and/or moderate expenses, including:
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    failure to increase sales of our content delivery and other core
    services;</TD>
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    significant increases in bandwidth costs or other operating
    expenses;</TD>
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    loss of one or more of our large customers;</TD>
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    inability to maintain our prices;</TD>
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    failure to expand the market acceptance for our services due to
    continuing concerns about commercial use of the Internet,
    including security, reliability, speed, cost, ease of access,
    quality of service and regulatory initiatives;</TD>
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    any failure of our current and planned services and software to
    operate as expected;</TD>
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    unauthorized use or access to content delivered over our network
    or network failures;</TD>
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    failure of a significant number of customers to pay our fees on
    a timely basis or at all or failure to continue to purchase our
    services in accordance with their contractual
    commitments;&nbsp;and</TD>
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    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
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    inability to attract high-quality customers to purchase and
    implement our current and planned services and software.</TD>
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    <TD>
    <I>If we are unable to develop new services and enhancements to
    existing services, and if we fail to predict and respond to
    emerging technological trends and customers&#146; changing
    needs, our operating results may suffer.</I></TD>
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The market for our services is characterized by rapidly changing
technology, evolving industry standards and new product and
service introductions. Our operating results depend on our
ability to develop and introduce new services into existing and
emerging markets. The process of developing new technology is
complex and uncertain, and if we fail to accurately predict
customers&#146; changing needs and emerging technological
trends, our business could be harmed. We must commit significant
resources to developing new services or enhancements to our
existing services before knowing whether our investments will
result in services the market will accept. Furthermore, we may
not execute successfully our technology initiatives because of
errors in planning or timing, technical hurdles that we fail to
overcome in a timely fashion, misunderstandings about market
demand or a lack of appropriate resources. Failures in execution
or market acceptance of new services we introduce could result
in competitors providing those solutions before we do and loss
of market share, revenues and earnings.
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    <TD>
    <I>Any unplanned interruption in our network or services could
    lead to significant costs and disruptions that could reduce our
    revenues and harm our business, financial results and
    reputation.</I></TD>
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Our business is dependent on providing our customers with fast,
efficient and reliable distribution of application and content
delivery services over the Internet. For our core services, we
currently provide a standard guarantee that our networks will
deliver Internet content 24&nbsp;hours a day, seven days a week,
365&nbsp;days a year. If we do not meet this standard, our
customer does not pay for all or a part of its services on that
day. Our network or services could be disrupted by numerous
events, including natural disasters, failure or refusal of our
third-party network providers to provide the necessary capacity,
power losses, and intentional disruptions of our services, such
as disruptions caused by software viruses or attacks by
unauthorized users. Although we have taken steps to enhance our
ability to prevent such disruptions, there can be no assurance
that attacks by unauthorized users will not be attempted in the
future, that our enhanced security measures will be effective or
that a successful attack would not be damaging. Any widespread
loss or interruption of our network or services would reduce our
revenues and could harm our business, financial results and
reputation.
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    <TD>
    <I>As part of our business strategy, we have entered into and
    may enter into or seek to enter into business combinations and
    acquisitions that may be difficult to integrate, disrupt our
    business, dilute stockholder value or divert management
    attention.</I></TD>
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In June 2005, we completed our acquisition of Speedera. We may
seek to enter into additional business combinations or
acquisitions in the future. Acquisitions are typically
accompanied by a number of risks, including the difficulty of
integrating the operations and personnel of the acquired
companies, the potential disruption of our ongoing business, the
potential distraction of management, expenses related to the
acquisition and potential unknown liabilities associated with
acquired businesses. We face all of these risks in connection
with the Speedera acquisition. If we are not successful in
completing acquisitions that we may pursue in the future, we may
be required to reevaluate our business strategy, and we may
incur substantial expenses and devote significant management
time and resources without a productive result. In addition,
with future acquisitions, we could use substantial portions of
our available cash or, as in the Speedera merger transaction,
make dilutive issuances of securities. Future acquisitions or
attempted acquisitions could also have an adverse effect on our
ability to remain profitable.
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    <I>Because our services are complex and are deployed in complex
    environments, they may have errors or defects that could
    seriously harm our business.</I></TD>
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Our services are highly complex and are designed to be deployed
in and across numerous large and complex networks. From time to
time, we have needed to correct errors and defects in our
software. In the future, there may be additional errors and
defects in our software that may adversely affect our services.
We may not have in place adequate quality assurance procedures
to ensure that we detect errors in our software in a timely
manner. If we are unable to efficiently fix errors or other
problems that may be identified, or if there are unidentified
errors that allow persons to improperly access our services, we
could experience loss of revenues and market share, damage to
our reputation, increased expenses and legal actions by our
customers.
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    <I>We may have insufficient transmission capacity, which could
    result in interruptions in our services and loss of revenues.</I></TD>
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Our operations are dependent in part upon transmission capacity
provided by third-party telecommunications network providers. We
believe that we have access to adequate capacity to provide our
services; however, there can be no assurance that we are
adequately prepared for unexpected increases in bandwidth
demands by our customers. In addition, the bandwidth we have
contracted to purchase may become unavailable for a variety of
reasons including due to payment disputes or network providers
going out of business. Any failure of these network providers to
provide the capacity we require, due to financial or other
reasons, may result in a reduction in, or interruption of,
service to our customers. If we do not have access to
third-party transmission capacity, we could lose customers. If
we are unable to obtain transmission capacity on terms
commercially acceptable to us or at all, our business and
financial results could suffer. In addition, our
telecommunications and network providers typically provide rack
space for our servers. Damage or destruction of, or other denial
of access to, a facility where our servers are housed could
result in a reduction in, or interruption of, service to our
customers.
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    <I>If the estimates we make, and the assumptions on which we
    rely, in preparing our financial statements prove inaccurate,
    our actual results may be adversely affected.</I></TD>
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Our financial statements have been prepared in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America. The preparation of these financial statements requires
us to make estimates and judgments about, among other things,
taxes,
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revenue recognition, capitalization of internal-use software,
contingent obligations, doubtful accounts and restructuring
charges. These estimates and judgments affect the reported
amounts of our assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, the
amounts of charges accrued by us, such as those made in
connection with our restructuring charges, and related
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. We base our
estimates on historical experience and on various other
assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the
circumstances. If our estimates or the assumptions underlying
them are not correct, we may need to accrue additional charges
that could adversely affect our results of operations, which in
turn could adversely affect our stock price.
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    <I>Our substantial leverage may impair our ability to maintain
    and grow operations, and any failure to meet our repayment
    obligations would damage our business.</I></TD>
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We have long-term debt. As of September&nbsp;30, 2005, our total
long-term debt was $200.0&nbsp;million. Our level of
indebtedness could adversely affect our future operations by
increasing our vulnerability to adverse changes in general
economic and industry conditions and by limiting or prohibiting
our ability to obtain additional financing for future capital
expenditures, acquisitions and general corporate and other
purposes. In addition, if we are unable to make interest or
principal payments when due, we would be in default under the
terms of our loans, which would result in all principal and
interest becoming due and payable which, in turn, would
seriously harm our business.
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    <I>If our license agreement with MIT terminates, our business
    could be adversely affected.</I></TD>
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We have licensed technology from MIT covered by various patents,
patent applications and copyrights relating to Internet content
delivery technology. Some of our core technology is based in
part on the technology covered by these patents, patent
applications and copyrights. Our license is effective for the
life of the patents and patent applications; however, under
limited circumstances, such as a cessation of our operations due
to our insolvency or our material breach of the terms of the
license agreement, MIT has the right to terminate our license. A
termination of our license agreement with MIT could have a
material adverse effect on our business.
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    <I>We have incurred and could continue to incur substantial
    costs defending our intellectual property from infringement
    claims.</I></TD>
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Other companies or individuals, including our competitors, may
obtain patents or other proprietary rights that would prevent,
limit or interfere with our ability to make, use or sell our
services or develop new services, which could make it more
difficult for us to increase revenues and improve profitability.
Companies providing Internet-related products and services are
increasingly bringing suits alleging infringement of their
proprietary rights, particularly patent rights. Any litigation
or claims, whether or not valid, could result in substantial
costs and diversion of resources and require us to do one or
more of the following:
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    cease selling, incorporating or using products or services that
    incorporate the challenged intellectual property;</TD>
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    pay substantial damages;</TD>
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    obtain a license from the holder of the infringed intellectual
    property right, which license may not be available on reasonable
    terms or at all;&nbsp;and</TD>
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    redesign products or services.</TD>
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If we are forced to take any of these actions, our business may
be seriously harmed. In the event of a successful claim of
infringement against us and our failure or inability to obtain a
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license to the infringed technology, our business and operating
results could be materially adversely affected.
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    <I>Our business will be adversely affected if we are unable to
    protect our intellectual property rights from third-party
    challenges.</I></TD>
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We rely on a combination of patent, copyright, trademark and
trade secret laws and restrictions on disclosure to protect our
intellectual property rights. We have brought numerous lawsuits
against entities that we believe are infringing on our
intellectual property rights. These legal protections afford
only limited protection. Monitoring unauthorized use of our
services is difficult and we cannot be certain that the steps we
have taken will prevent unauthorized use of our technology,
particularly in foreign countries where the laws may not protect
our proprietary rights as fully as in the United States.
Although we have licensed from other parties proprietary
technology covered by patents, we cannot be certain that any
such patents will not be challenged, invalidated or
circumvented. Furthermore, we cannot be certain that any pending
or future patent applications will be granted, that any future
patent will not be challenged, invalidated or circumvented, or
that rights granted under any patent that may be issued will
provide competitive advantages to us.
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    <I>If we are unable to retain our key employees and hire
    qualified sales and technical personnel, our ability to compete
    could be harmed.</I></TD>
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Our future success depends upon the continued services of our
executive officers and other key technology, sales, marketing
and support personnel who have critical industry experience and
relationships that they rely on in implementing our business
plan. None of our officers or key employees is bound by an
employment agreement for any specific term. The loss of the
services of any of our key employees could delay the development
and introduction of and negatively impact our ability to sell
our services.
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    <I>We face risks associated with international operations that
    could harm our business.</I></TD>
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We have operations in several foreign countries and may continue
to expand our sales and support organizations internationally.
Such expansion could require us to make significant
expenditures. We are increasingly subject to a number of risks
associated with international business activities that may
increase our costs, lengthen our sales cycle and require
significant management attention. These risks include:
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    lack of market acceptance of our software and services abroad;</TD>
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    increased expenses associated with marketing services in foreign
    countries;</TD>
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    general economic conditions in international markets;</TD>
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    currency exchange rate fluctuations;</TD>
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    unexpected changes in regulatory requirements resulting in
    unanticipated costs and delays;</TD>
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    interpretations of laws or regulations that would subject us to
    regulatory supervision or, in the alternative, require us to
    exit a country which could have a negative impact on the quality
    of our services or our results of operations;</TD>
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    tariffs, export controls and other trade barriers;</TD>
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    longer accounts receivable payment cycles and difficulties in
    collecting accounts receivable;&nbsp;and</TD>
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    potentially adverse tax consequences.</TD>
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    <I>If we are required to seek additional funding, such funding
    may not be available on acceptable terms or at all.</I></TD>
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If our revenues decrease or grow more slowly than we anticipate
or if our operating expenses increase more than we expect or
cannot be reduced in the event of lower revenues, we may need to
obtain funding from outside sources. If we are unable to obtain
this funding, our business would be materially and adversely
affected. In addition, even if we were to find outside funding
sources, we might be required to issue securities with greater
rights than the securities we have outstanding today. We might
also be required to take other actions that could lessen the
value of our common stock, including borrowing money on terms
that are not favorable to us, if at all.
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    <I>Internet-related and other laws could adversely affect our
    business.</I></TD>
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Laws and regulations that apply to communications and commerce
over the Internet are becoming more prevalent. In particular,
the growth and development of the market for online commerce has
prompted calls for more stringent tax, consumer protection and
privacy laws, both in the United States and abroad, that may
impose additional burdens on companies conducting business
online. This could negatively affect the businesses of our
customers and reduce their demand for our services. Tax laws
that might apply to our servers, which are located in many
different jurisdictions, could require us to pay additional
taxes that would adversely affect our continued profitability.
Internet-related laws, however, remain largely unsettled, even
in areas where there has been some legislative action. The
adoption or modification of laws or regulations relating to the
Internet or our operations, or interpretations of existing law,
could adversely affect our business.
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    <I>Provisions of our charter documents, our stockholder rights
    plan and Delaware law may have anti-takeover effects that could
    prevent a change in control even if the change in control would
    be beneficial to our stockholders.</I></TD>
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Provisions of our amended and restated certificate of
incorporation, amended and restated by-laws and Delaware law
could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us,
even if doing so would be beneficial to our stockholders. In
addition, our Board of Directors has adopted a stockholder
rights plan the provisions of which could make it more difficult
for a potential acquirer of Akamai to consummate an acquisition
transaction without the approval of our Board of Directors.
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    <I>A class action lawsuit has been filed against us that may be
    costly to defend and the outcome of which is uncertain and may
    harm our business.</I></TD>
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We are named as a defendant in a purported class action lawsuit
filed in 2001 alleging that the underwriters of our initial
public offering received undisclosed compensation in connection
with our initial public offering of common stock in violation of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which we refer to as the
Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, which we refer to as the Exchange Act. Any conclusion
of these matters in a manner adverse to us could have a material
adverse affect on our financial position and results of
operations.
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    <I>We may become involved in other litigation that may adversely
    affect us.</I></TD>
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In the ordinary course of business, we may become involved in
litigation, administrative proceedings and governmental
proceedings. Such matters can be time-consuming, divert
management&#146;s attention and resources and cause us to incur
significant expenses. Furthermore, there can be no assurance
that the results of any of these actions will not have a
material adverse effect on our business, results of operations
or financial condition.
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Offering</B>
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    <I>Fluctuation of our quarterly results may cause our stock
    price to decline, potentially resulting in losses to you.</I></TD>
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Our quarterly operating results have fluctuated in the past and
are likely to fluctuate in the future. A number of factors, many
of which are not within our control, could subject our operating
results and stock price to volatility, including:
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    market acceptance of our products and services;</TD>
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    technological advancements by us or our competitors;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    our ability to adequately protect out intellectual property
    rights;&nbsp;and</TD>
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    general and industry-specific economic conditions that may
    affect our research and development expenditures.</TD>
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Due to the possibility of significant fluctuations, we do not
believe that quarterly comparisons of our operating results will
necessarily be indicative of our future operating performance.
If our quarterly operating results fail to meet the expectations
of stock market analysts or investors, the price of our common
stock may decline, potentially resulting in losses to you.
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    <TD>
    <I>An investment in our common stock may decline in value as a
    result of announcements of business developments by us or our
    competitors.</I></TD>
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The market price of our common stock is subject to substantial
volatility as a result of announcements by us or other companies
in our industry. As a result, purchasers of our common stock may
not be able to sell their shares of common stock at or above the
price at which they purchased such stock. Announcements which
may subject the price of our common stock to substantial
volatility include announcements regarding:
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    the development of new technologies, product candidates or
    products by us or our competitors;</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    regulatory or legislative actions with respect to Internet
    commerce;</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    the initiation or conclusion of litigation to enforce or defend
    any of our intellectual property rights;&nbsp;and</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
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    significant acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures
    or capital commitments by us or our competitors.</TD>
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    <TD></TD>
    <TD>
    <I>We could be subject to class action litigation due to stock
    price volatility, which, if it occurs, will distract our
    management and could result in substantial costs or large
    judgments against us.</I></TD>
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The stock market in general has recently experienced extreme
price and volume fluctuations. In addition, the market prices of
securities of companies in the information technology industry
have been extremely volatile and have experienced fluctuations
that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the
operating performance of these companies. These fluctuations
could adversely affect the market price of our common stock. In
the past, securities class action litigation has often been
brought against companies following periods of volatility in the
market prices of their securities. We may be the target of
similar litigation in the future. Securities litigation could
result in substantial costs and divert our management&#146;s
attention and resources, which could cause serious harm to our
business, operating results and financial condition.
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    <I>Management will have broad discretion as to the use of the
    proceeds from this offering, and we may not use the proceeds
    effectively.</I></TD>
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We have not designated the amount of net proceeds we will use
for any particular purpose. Accordingly, our management will
have broad discretion as to the application of the net proceeds
and could use them for purposes other than those contemplated at
the time of this offering. Our stockholders may not agree with
the manner in which our management chooses to allocate and spend
the net proceeds. Moreover, our management may use the net
proceeds for corporate purposes that may not yield profitable
results or increase our market value.
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<B>FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS</B>
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Statements contained or incorporated by reference in this
prospectus supplement that are not based on historical fact are
&#147;forward-looking statements&#148; within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995,
Section&nbsp;27A of the Securities Act and Section&nbsp;21E of
the Exchange Act. These forward-looking statements regarding
future events and our future results are based on current
expectations, estimates, forecasts, and projections and the
beliefs and assumptions of our management including, without
limitation, our expectations regarding results of operations,
selling, general and administrative expenses, research and
development expenses and the sufficiency of our cash for future
operations. For purposes of these statutes, any statement that
is not a statement of historical fact may be deemed a
forward-looking statement. For example, statements containing
the words &#147;believes,&#148; &#147;anticipates,&#148;
&#147;estimates,&#148; &#147;plans,&#148; &#147;expects,&#148;
&#147;intends,&#148; &#147;may,&#148; &#147;projects,&#148;
&#147;will,&#148; &#147;would&#148; and similar expressions,
including variations of such terms or the negative of those
terms may be forward-looking statements. We may not actually
achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our
forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue
reliance on our forward-looking statements. There are a number
of important factors that could cause our actual results to
differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking
statements, including the factors referred to above under the
caption &#147;Risk Factors.&#148; These important factors
include the factors that we identify in the documents we
incorporate by reference in this prospectus supplement. You
should read these factors and the other cautionary statements
made in this prospectus supplement, the prospectus and in the
documents we incorporate by reference as being applicable to all
related forward-looking statements wherever they appear in this
prospectus supplement, prospectus and in the documents
incorporated by reference. We do not assume any obligation to
update any forward-looking statements made by us.
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The proceeds from the sale of the 12,000,000&nbsp;shares of our
common stock that we are offering at a public offering price of
$17.00 per share will be $202,030,000 after deducting
underwriting discounts and commissions of $1,740,000 and
$230,000 of estimated offering expenses payable by us.
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We intend to use the net proceeds of this offering for general
corporate purposes. Although we have not yet identified specific
uses for these proceeds, we currently anticipate using the
proceeds for some or all of the following purposes:
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    working capital;</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
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    research and development expenditures;</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    sales and marketing expenditures;</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    capital expenditures;&nbsp;and</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
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    potential acquisitions of new businesses, technologies or
    products that we believe can complement or expand our business.</TD>
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Pending the use of the net proceeds, we intend to invest the net
proceeds in interest-bearing, investment-grade and
U.S.&nbsp;government securities.
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<B>MARKET PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK AND DIVIDENDS</B>
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Our common stock currently trades on the Nasdaq National Market
under the symbol &#147;AKAM.&#148; From the time that public
trading of our common stock commenced on October&nbsp;29, 1999
until September&nbsp;3, 2002 and since May&nbsp;5, 2003, our
common stock was listed on the Nasdaq National Market. Our
common stock was listed on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market between
September&nbsp;3, 2002 and May&nbsp;5, 2003. The following table
sets forth, for the periods indicated, the high and low sales
prices per share of our common stock as reported by the Nasdaq
National Market and the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, as applicable.
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    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="6" align="center" nowrap><B>Price Range of</B></TD><TD></TD>
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    <B>Year Ended December&nbsp;31, 2003</B></DIV>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
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    First quarter</DIV>
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    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>1.96</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>1.18</TD>
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    Second quarter</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>5.93</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>1.36</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Third quarter</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>5.90</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>3.22</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    Fourth quarter</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>14.20</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>3.39</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    <B>Year Ended December&nbsp;31, 2004</B></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
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    First quarter</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>16.97</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>10.74</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    Second quarter</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>18.47</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>11.65</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Third quarter</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>17.95</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>11.90</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Fourth quarter</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>16.50</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>11.15</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD colspan="10">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    <B>Year Ended December&nbsp;31, 2005</B></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    First quarter</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>13.32</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>10.64</TD>
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    Second quarter</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>14.80</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>11.14</TD>
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    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Third quarter</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>16.00</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>13.02</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    Fourth quarter (through October 31, 2005)</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>17.54</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>15.27</TD>
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On October&nbsp;31, 2005, the last reported sale price of our
common stock on the Nasdaq National Market was $17.34. As of
September&nbsp;30, 2005, we had approximately 139.7&nbsp;million
shares of common stock outstanding.
</DIV>

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We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common
stock. We anticipate that we will continue to retain our
earnings, if any, for use in the operation of our business.
Accordingly, we do not expect to pay any cash dividends on our
common stock for the foreseeable future.
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<B>CAPITALIZATION</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The following table sets forth our cash, cash equivalents and
marketable securities and our total capitalization as of
June&nbsp;30, 2005:
</DIV>

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    <TD width="3%"></TD>
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    <TD width="96%"></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    on an actual basis;&nbsp;and</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    on an as adjusted basis to give effect to the sale by us of
    12,000,000&nbsp;shares of common stock in this offering at a
    public offering price of $17.00 per share, after deducting
    underwriting discounts and commissions and $230,000 of estimated
    offering expenses payable by us.</TD>
</TR>

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You should read this table in conjunction with
&#147;Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations&#148; and our financial
statements and related footnotes incorporated by reference in
this prospectus.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="65%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="6" align="center" nowrap><B>As of June&nbsp;30, 2005</B></TD><TD></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center" nowrap><B>Actual</B></TD><TD></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center" nowrap><B>As Adjusted</B></TD><TD></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center" nowrap style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000;">&nbsp;</TD><TD></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center" nowrap style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000;">&nbsp;</TD><TD></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="6" align="center" nowrap><B>(in thousands)</B></TD><TD></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff">
    <TD colspan="3" align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities(1)</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>130,716</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>332,746</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 3pt double #000000;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 3pt double #000000;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Total Debt:</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Convertible subordinated notes</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>56,614</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>56,614</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Convertible senior notes</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>200,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>200,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Total debt</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>256,614</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>256,614</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Total stockholders&#146; equity</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>40,917</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>242,947</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff">
    <TD colspan="3" align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Total capitalization</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>297,531</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>499,561</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 3pt double #000000;">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 3pt double #000000;">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="97%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>(1)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities includes
    short-term, long-term and restricted marketable securities.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The number of shares of our common stock to be outstanding after
this offering excludes, as of June&nbsp;30, 2005:
</DIV>

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<TR>
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    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    13,465,911&nbsp;shares of common stock issuable upon the
    exercise of outstanding stock options at a weighted-average
    exercise price of $7.38&nbsp;per share;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    243,700&nbsp;shares of common stock issuable pursuant to the
    terms of outstanding deferred stock units;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    an aggregate of 9,829,752 additional shares of common stock
    reserved for future issuance under our Second Amended and
    Restated 1998 Stock Incentive Plan, 1999 Employee Stock Purchase
    Plan and 2001 Restricted Stock Plan;&nbsp;and</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    12,944,984&nbsp;shares of common stock issuable upon the
    conversion of our 1.0%&nbsp;convertible senior notes due
    December 2033.</TD>
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<B>UNDERWRITING</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Under the terms and subject to the conditions contained in an
underwriting agreement, dated the date of this prospectus
supplement, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (the
&#147;underwriter&#148;) has agreed to purchase, and we have
agreed to sell to them, 12,000,000 shares of our common stock.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The underwriter is offering the shares of common stock subject
to its acceptance of the shares from us. The underwriting
agreement provides that the obligation of the underwriter to pay
for and accept delivery of the shares of common stock offered by
this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus are
subject to the approval of specified legal matters by its
counsel and to other conditions. The underwriter is obligated to
take and pay for all of the shares of common stock offered by
this prospectus supplement if any such shares are purchased.
However, the underwriter is not required to take or pay for the
shares covered by the underwriter&#146;s over-allotment option
described below.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The underwriter initially proposes to offer the shares of common
stock directly to the public at the public offering price listed
on the cover page of this prospectus supplement. After the
initial offering of the shares of common stock, the underwriter
may change the offering price and other selling terms.
</DIV>

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We have granted to the underwriter an option, exercisable not
later than 30 days after the date of this prospectus supplement,
to purchase up to 1,800,000&nbsp;additional shares of common
stock at the public offering price less the underwriting
discounts and commissions set forth on the cover page of this
prospectus. The underwriter may exercise this option only to
cover over-allotments made in connection with the sale of the
common stock offered by this prospectus supplement. We will be
obligated, pursuant to the option, to sell these additional
shares of common stock to the underwriter to the extent the
option is exercised. If any additional shares of common stock
are purchased, the underwriter will offer the additional shares
on the same terms as those on which the 12,000,000&nbsp;shares
are being offered.
</DIV>

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We and our executive officers and directors have agreed that,
without the prior written consent of Deutsche Bank Securities
Inc., we and they will not, during the period ending 90 days
after the date of this prospectus supplement:
</DIV>

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    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or
    contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell,
    grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or
    otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any
    shares of our common stock or any securities convertible into or
    exercisable or exchangeable for shares of our common
    stock;&nbsp;or</TD>
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<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to
    another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences
    of ownership of shares of our common stock;</TD>
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whether any transaction described above is to be settled by
delivery of shares of our common stock or such other securities,
in cash or otherwise.
</DIV>

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Subject to certain limitations, these restrictions on us do not
apply to:
</DIV>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    the sale of shares by us of our common stock to the underwriter;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    the grant or issuance by us of stock options, restricted stock,
    deferred stock units or other stock-based awards to employees,
    consultants or directors pursuant to the terms of its plans in
    effect on the date of the prospectus supplement;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    the issuance by us of shares of our common stock pursuant to the
    exercise of options and stock-based awards, the exercise of any
    employee stock options outstanding on the</TD>
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    date of this prospectus supplement, and the distribution of
    vested deferred stock units in effect on the date of this
    prospectus supplement;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    the issuance of shares of our common stock upon the conversion
    of convertible securities issued prior to the date of this
    prospectus supplement;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    the issuance of shares of our common stock or other securities
    convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of
    our common stock or derivative of our common stock (or our
    entering into agreements for such) in connection with one or
    more acquisitions by us of assets, capital stock or businesses
    of unaffiliated persons or entities (whether by mergers,
    exchanges of stock or otherwise), or in connection with the
    entering into of one or more strategic partnering agreements
    with unaffiliated entities, provided that each person or entity
    receiving any such securities (or entering into any agreement
    for such) pursuant to any such acquisition or agreement shall
    enter into a letter agreement with transfer restriction terms
    (including a lock-up period continuing for 90 days after the
    date of this prospectus supplement) equivalent to those set
    forth above; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    the issuance of shares in connection with the acquisition by us
    or one of our subsidiaries of the assets or capital stock of
    another person or entity, whether through merger, asset
    acquisition, stock purchase or otherwise, provided that each
    person or entity receiving any such securities (or entering into
    any agreement for such) pursuant to any such acquisition or
    agreement shall enter into a letter agreement with transfer
    restriction terms (including a lock-up period continuing for 90
    days after the date of this prospectus supplement) equivalent to
    those set forth above.</TD>
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Subject to certain limitations, these restrictions on our
executive officers and directors do not apply to:
</DIV>

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<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    dispositions of shares of our common stock pursuant to a written
    plan for trading securities that is designed to satisfy the
    requirements of Rule 10b5-1 promulgated under the Securities
    Exchange Act of 1934 and is existing on the date of this
    prospectus supplement;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    transactions relating to shares of our common stock or other
    securities acquired by an executive officer or director in open
    market transactions or the sale or transfer of shares to the
    acquiror in connection with the sale of the Company pursuant to
    a merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise. In
    addition, each of our executive officers and directors have
    agreed that, without the prior written consent of Deutsche Bank
    Securities Inc., he or she will not, during the period
    commencing on the date hereof and ending on January&nbsp;30,
    2006, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to,
    the registration of any shares of common stock or any security
    convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for common
    stock, cause to be filed a registration statement with respect
    to common stock or such securities or publicly announce the
    intention to do any of the foregoing; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    bona fide gifts and transfers by will or intestacy, or
    dispositions or transfers to (i)&nbsp;the members, partners,
    stockholders, affiliates or immediate family of the applicable
    executive officers and directors, (ii)&nbsp;trusts, family
    limited partnerships or family limited liability companies for
    the direct or indirect benefit of our directors and executive
    officers and/or members of our directors&#146; and executive
    officers&#146; immediate family, or (iii)&nbsp;a trust or other
    entity for charitable and/or estate or financial planning
    purposes for our executive officers and directors; provided,
    that in the case of any such transfer or disposition, each donee
    or transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the</TD>
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    restrictions set forth above in the same manner as it applies to
    the applicable executive officer or director.</TD>
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The following table shows the per share and total underwriting
discounts and commissions that we are to pay to the underwriter
in connection with this offering. These amounts are shown
assuming both no exercise and full exercise of the
underwriter&#146;s option to purchase additional shares of our
common stock.
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    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="center" nowrap><B>No Exercise</B></TD><TD></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center" nowrap><B>Full Exercise</B></TD><TD></TD>
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    Per Share</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>0.145</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>0.145</TD>
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    Total</DIV>
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    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>1,740,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>2,001,000</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
We estimate that the total expenses of this offering incurred by
us, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, will be
approximately $230,000.
</DIV>

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In order to facilitate the offering of the common stock, the
underwriter may engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain
or otherwise affect the price of our common stock. Specifically,
the underwriter may sell more shares than it is obligated to
purchase under the underwriting agreement, creating a short
position. A short sale is covered if the short position is no
greater than the number of shares available for purchase by the
underwriter under the over-allotment option. The underwriter can
close out a covered short sale by exercising the over-allotment
option or purchasing shares in the open market. In determining
the source of shares to close out a covered short sale, the
underwriter will consider, among other things, the open market
price of shares compared to the price available under the
over-allotment option. The underwriter may also sell shares in
excess of the over-allotment option, creating a naked short
position. The underwriter must close out any naked short
position by purchasing shares in the open market. A naked short
position is more likely to be created if the underwriter is
concerned that there may be downward pressure on the price of
our common stock in the open market after pricing that could
adversely affect investors who purchase in this offering. In
addition, to stabilize the price of our common stock, the
underwriter may bid for, and purchase, shares of our common
stock in the open market. Any of these activities may stabilize
or maintain the market price of our common stock above
independent market levels. The underwriter is not required to
engage in these activities and may end any of these activities
at any time.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A prospectus supplement or accompanying prospectus in electronic
format may be made available on the website maintained by the
underwriter. Other than the prospectus supplement or
accompanying prospectus in electronic format, the information on
these websites and any other information contained on a website
maintained by the underwriter is not part of this prospectus
supplement or accompanying prospectus.
</DIV>

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The underwriter does not expect sales to discretionary accounts
to exceed five percent of the total number of shares offered.
</DIV>

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We have agreed to indemnify the underwriter against certain
liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
</DIV>

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In the ordinary course of their businesses, the underwriter and
its affiliates have provided, or may in the future provide,
investment banking and other financial services to us or our
subsidiaries, including underwriting, the provision of financial
advice and the extension of credit. The underwriter and its
affiliates have received and may in the future receive customary
fees and commissions for their services.
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In compliance with guidelines of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, or NASD, the maximum consideration or
discount to be received by the underwriter may not exceed 8% of
the aggregate amount of the securities offered pursuant to this
prospectus supplement.
</DIV>

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<B>LEGAL MATTERS</B>
</DIV>

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The validity of the shares of common stock being offered by this
prospectus supplement will be passed upon for us by Wilmer
Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, Massachusetts. Legal
matters in connection with this offering will be passed upon for
the underwriter by Ropes &#38; Gray LLP, Boston, Massachusetts.
</DIV>

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<B>EXPERTS</B>
</DIV>

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The financial statements and management&#146;s assessment of the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting
(which is included in Management&#146;s Report on Internal
Control over Financial Reporting) incorporated in this
prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of
Akamai Technologies, Inc. for the year ended December&nbsp;31,
2004 and the audited historical financial statements of Speedera
Networks, Inc. for the year ended June&nbsp;30, 2003 included on
page 26 of Exhibit 99.3 to Akamai Technologies, Inc.&#146;s
Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated August&nbsp;26, 2005 have
been so incorporated in reliance on the reports of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public
accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts
in auditing and accounting.
</DIV>

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The consolidated financial statements of Speedera Networks, Inc.
for the year ended June&nbsp;30, 2004, have been audited by
BDO&nbsp;Seidman, LLP, independent registered public accounting
firm, as set forth in their reports thereon included therein,
and have been incorporated by reference in this prospectus in
reliance on such reports, given on the authority of such firm as
experts in accounting and auditing.
</DIV>

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<B>WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION</B>
</DIV>

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We file reports, proxy statements and other documents with the
SEC. You may read and copy any document we file at the
SEC&#146;s public reference room at 100&nbsp;F&nbsp;Street,
N.E., Room&nbsp;1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. You should call
1-800-SEC-0330 for more information on the public reference
room. Our SEC filings are also available to you on the
SEC&#146;s Internet site at <I>http://www.sec.gov</I>.
</DIV>

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This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we
filed with the SEC. The registration statement contains more
information than this prospectus regarding us and our common
stock, including certain exhibits and schedules. You can obtain
a copy of the registration statement from the SEC at the address
listed above or from the SEC&#146;s Internet site.
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<B>$500,000,000</B>
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<B>AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</B>
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<B> Common Stock</B>
</DIV>

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<B>Preferred Stock</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 16pt;">
<B>Debt Securities</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 16pt;">
<B>Warrants</B>
</DIV>

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<B> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>We may from time to time
issue up to $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of common
stock, preferred stock, debt securities and warrants. We will
specify in the accompanying prospectus supplement the terms of
the securities. We may sell these securities to or through
underwriters and also to other purchasers or through agents. We
will set forth the names of any underwriters or agents in the
accompanying prospectus supplement.
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<FONT style="font-size: 10pt"> </FONT><B>Investing in our
Securities involves risks. See &#147;Risk Factors&#148; on
page&nbsp;2.</B>
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<B> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Neither the Securities and
Exchange Commission nor any State Securities Commission has
approved or disapproved of these Securities or passed upon the
accuracy or adequacy of this Prospectus. Any representation to
the contrary is a criminal offense.</B>
</DIV>

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<B> </B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This prospectus may not be
used to consummate sales of securities unless it is accompanied
by a prospectus supplement.
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Prospectus dated January&nbsp;30, 2001
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    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS</DIV>
    </TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>1</TD>
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    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    DEFICIENCY OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>1</TD>
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    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    RISK FACTORS</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>2</TD>
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    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    USE OF PROCEEDS</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    THE SECURITIES WE MAY OFFER</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK AND PREFERRED STOCK</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>3</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>7</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>12</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    LEGAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>14</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>17</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    VALIDITY OF SECURITIES</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>19</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    EXPERTS</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>19</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>19</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>20</TD>
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This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we
filed with the SEC utilizing a &#147;shelf&#148; registration
process. Under this shelf process, we may sell any combination
of the securities described in this prospectus in one or more
offerings up to a total dollar amount of $500,000,000. We have
provided to you in this prospectus a general description of the
securities we may offer. Each time we sell securities, we will
provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific
information about the terms of that offering. We may also add,
update or change in the prospectus supplement any of the
information contained in this prospectus. This prospectus,
together with applicable prospectus supplements, includes all
material information relating to this offering.
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<B>AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</B>
</DIV>

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We provide global delivery services for Internet content,
streaming media and applications and global Internet traffic
management services. Our services improve the speed, quality,
availability, reliability and scalability of Web sites. Our
services deliver our customers&#146; Internet content, streaming
media and applications through a distributed worldwide server
network which locates the content and applications
geographically closer to users. Using technology and software
that is based on our proprietary mathematical formulas, or
algorithms, we monitor Internet traffic patterns and deliver our
customers&#146; content and applications by the most efficient
route available. Our services are easy to implement and do not
require our customers or their Web site visitors to modify their
hardware or software. Using our FreeFlow service, our customers
have been able to more than double the speed at which they
deliver content to their users and, in some instances, have been
able to improve speeds by ten times or more. Our streaming
services offer customers enhanced video and audio quality,
scalability and reliability.
</DIV>

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We were incorporated in Delaware in 1998. Our principal
executive offices are located at 500 Technology Square,
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, and our telephone number is
(617)&nbsp;250-3000. Our World Wide Web site address is
www.akamai.com. We have not incorporated by reference into this
prospectus the information on our Web site and you should not
consider it to be a part of this document. Our Web site address
is included in this document as an inactive textual reference
only. The Akamai logo, EdgeAdvantage&#153;,
EdgeScape<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">SM</SUP>,
EdgeSuite<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">SM</SUP>,
FirstPoint<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">SM</SUP>,
FreeFlow<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">SM</SUP>,
FreeFlow
Streaming<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">SM</SUP>,
SteadyStream&#153;,
StorageFlow<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">SM</SUP>
and Traffic
Analyzer<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">SM</SUP>
are trademarks or service marks of us or our subsidiaries. All
other trademarks or trade names in this prospectus are the
property of their respective owners.
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<B>(in thousands)</B>
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We have not recorded earnings for the period from inception
(August&nbsp;20, 1998) to December&nbsp;31, 1998, for the year
ended December&nbsp;31, 1999 or for the nine months ended
September&nbsp;30, 2000 and therefore are unable to cover fixed
charges. Earnings (loss)&nbsp;consists of loss before provision
for income taxes and extraordinary items plus fixed charges.
Fixed charges consist of interest expense, amortization of
deferred financing costs and a portion of rental expense that we
believe to be representative of interest. The following table
discloses our dollar coverage deficiency. The ratio of earnings
to fixed charges is not disclosed since it is a negative number
in each year and period.
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center" nowrap><B>September 30,</B></TD><TD></TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="center" nowrap><B>1998</B></TD><TD></TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="center" nowrap><B>1999</B></TD><TD></TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="center" nowrap><B>2000</B></TD><TD></TD>
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    Ratio of earnings to fixed charges</DIV>
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    Coverage deficiency to attain a ratio of 1:1</DIV>
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    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>890</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>54,169</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<B>RISK FACTORS</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Investing in our securities involves risk. The prospectus
supplement applicable to each type or series of securities we
offer will contain a discussion of risks applicable to an
investment in Akamai and the particular type of securities that
we are offering under that prospectus supplement. Before making
an investment decision, you should carefully consider the
specific factors discussed under the caption &#147;Risk
Factors&#148; in the applicable prospectus supplement as well as
other information we include or incorporate by reference in this
prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement. The risks
and uncertainties we have described are not the only ones facing
our company. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently
known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also affect
our business operations.
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<B>SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
This prospectus contains forward-looking statements that involve
substantial risks and uncertainties. You can identify these
statements by forward-looking words such as
&#147;anticipate,&#148; &#147;believe,&#148; &#147;could,&#148;
&#147;estimate,&#148; &#147;expect,&#148; &#147;intend,&#148;
&#147;may,&#148; &#147;should,&#148; &#147;will,&#148; and
&#147;would&#148; or similar words. You should carefully read
statements that contain these words because they discuss our
future expectations, contain projections of our future results
of operations or of our financial position or state other
&#147;forward-looking&#148; information. We believe that it is
important to communicate our future expectations to our
investors. However, there may be events in the future that we
are not able to accurately predict or control. The factors
listed above in the section captioned &#147;Risk Factors,&#148;
as well as any cautionary language in this prospectus, provide
examples of risks, uncertainties and events that may cause our
actual results to differ materially from the expectations we
describe in our forward-looking statements. Before you invest,
you should be aware that the occurrence of the events described
in these risk factors and elsewhere in this prospectus could
have a material adverse effect on our business, results of
operations and financial position.
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<B>USE OF PROCEEDS</B>
</DIV>

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Unless we otherwise indicate in the applicable prospectus
supplement, we currently intend to use the net proceeds from the
sale of the securities for working capital and other general
corporate purposes, including:
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    to finance our growth;</TD>
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    for capital expenditures made in the ordinary course of
    business, including facilities expansion; and</TD>
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    for acquisitions of businesses, products and technologies that
    complement or expand our business.</TD>
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We may set forth additional information on the use of net
proceeds from the sale of securities we offer under this
prospectus in a prospectus supplement relating to the specific
offering.
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<B>THE SECURITIES WE MAY OFFER</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The descriptions of the securities contained in this prospectus,
together with the applicable prospectus supplements, summarize
the material terms and provisions of the various types of
securities that we may offer. We will describe in the applicable
prospectus supplement relating to any securities the particular
terms of the securities offered by that prospectus supplement.
If we indicate particular terms in the applicable prospectus
supplement, the terms of the securities may differ from the
terms we have summarized below. We will also include in the
prospectus
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supplement information, where applicable, about material United
States federal income tax considerations relating to the
securities, and the securities exchange, if any, on which the
securities will be listed.
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We may sell from time to time, in one or more offerings:
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    common stock;</TD>
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    preferred stock;</TD>
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    debt securities; and</TD>
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    warrants to purchase any of the securities listed above.</TD>
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In this prospectus, we will refer to the common stock, preferred
stock, debt securities and warrants collectively as
&#147;securities.&#148; The total dollar amount of all
securities that we may issue will not exceed $500,000,000.
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If we issue debt securities at a discount from their original
stated principal amount, then, for purposes of calculating the
total dollar amount of all securities issued under this
prospectus, we will treat the initial offering price of the debt
securities as the total original principal amount of the debt
securities.
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This prospectus may not be used to consummate a sale of
securities unless it is accompanied by a prospectus supplement.
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<B>DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK AND PREFERRED STOCK</B>
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The following description of our common stock and preferred
stock, together with the additional information we include in
any applicable prospectus supplements, summarizes the material
terms and provisions of the common stock and preferred stock
that we may offer under this prospectus. For the complete terms
of our common stock and preferred stock, please refer to our
charter and by-laws, which are incorporated by reference into
the registration statement which includes this prospectus. The
General Corporation Law of Delaware may also affect the terms of
these securities. While the terms we have summarized below will
apply generally to any future common stock or preferred stock
that we may offer, we will describe the particular terms of any
series of these securities in more detail in the applicable
prospectus supplement. If we indicate in a prospectus
supplement, the terms of any common stock or preferred stock we
offer under that prospectus supplement may differ from the terms
we describe below.
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Our authorized capital stock consists of 700,000,000 shares of
common stock $0.01 par value per share, and 5,000,000 shares of
preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share. As of
January&nbsp;16, 2001, we had 108,571,949 shares of common stock
outstanding held by 549 stockholders of record. As of
January&nbsp;16, 2001, no shares of preferred stock were
outstanding.
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<B>Common Stock</B>
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<I>Voting. </I>Holders of our common stock are entitled to one
vote for each share held on matters submitted to a vote of
stockholders. Holders of our common stock do not have cumulative
voting rights. Accordingly, holders of a majority of the shares
of common stock entitled to vote in any election of directors
may elect all of the directors standing for election.
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<I>Dividends. </I>Holders of common stock are entitled to
receive their proportionate share of any dividends declared by
the board of directors, subject to any preferential dividend
rights of outstanding preferred stock.
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<I>Liquidation and Dissolution. </I>Upon our liquidation,
dissolution or winding up, the holders of common stock are
entitled to receive ratably our net assets available after the
payment of all debts and other liabilities and subject to the
preferential rights of any outstanding preferred stock.
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<I>Other Rights and Restrictions. </I>The common stock has no
preemptive, subscription, redemption or conversion rights. All
outstanding shares of common stock are fully paid and
nonassessable. The rights, preferences and privileges of the
common stock are subject to the rights of the holders of shares
of any series of preferred stock which we may designate and
issue in the future.
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<I>Listing. </I>Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq
National Market.
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<I>Transfer Agent and Registrar. </I>The transfer agent and
registrar for our common stock is EquiServe.
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<B>Preferred Stock</B>
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<I>General. </I>Our charter authorizes our board of directors to
issue preferred stock in one or more series and to determine the
voting rights and dividend rights, dividend rates, liquidation
preferences, conversion rights, redemption rights, including
sinking fund provisions and redemption prices, and other terms
and rights of each series of preferred stock. We will fix the
rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions of the
preferred stock of each series in the certificate of designation
relating to that series. We will incorporate by reference as an
exhibit to the registration statement which includes this
prospectus the form of any certificate of designation which
describes the terms of the series of preferred stock we are
offering before the issuance of the related series of preferred
stock. This description will include:
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    the title and stated value;</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    the number of shares we are offering;</TD>
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    the liquidation preference per share;</TD>
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    the purchase price;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    the dividend rate, period and payment date, and method of
    calculation for dividends;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    whether dividends will be cumulative or non-cumulative and, if
    cumulative, the date from which dividends will accumulate;</TD>
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    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
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    the procedures for any auction and remarketing, if any;</TD>
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    the provisions for a sinking fund, if any;</TD>
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    the provisions for redemption or repurchase, if applicable, and
    any restrictions on our ability to exercise those redemption and
    repurchase rights;</TD>
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    any listing of the preferred stock on any securities exchange or
    market;</TD>
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    whether the preferred stock will be convertible into our common
    stock, and, if applicable, the conversion price, or how it will
    be calculated, and the conversion period;</TD>
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    whether the preferred stock will be exchangeable into debt
    securities, and, if applicable, the exchange price, or how it
    will be calculated, and the exchange period;</TD>
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    voting rights, if any, of the preferred stock;</TD>
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    preemption rights, if any;</TD>
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    restrictions on transfer, sale or other assignment, if any;</TD>
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    whether interests in the preferred stock will be represented by
    depositary shares;</TD>
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    a discussion of any material or special United States federal
    income tax considerations applicable to the preferred stock;</TD>
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    the relative ranking and preferences of the preferred stock as
    to dividend rights and rights if we liquidate, dissolve or wind
    up our affairs;</TD>
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    any limitations on issuance of any class or series of preferred
    stock ranking senior to or on a parity with the series of
    preferred stock as to dividend rights and rights if we
    liquidate, dissolve or wind up our affairs; and</TD>
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    any other specific terms, preferences, rights or limitations of,
    or restrictions on, the preferred stock.</TD>
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When we issue shares of preferred stock under this prospectus,
the shares, when issued, will be fully paid and non-assessable
and will not have, or be subject to, any preemptive or similar
rights.
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<I>Voting Rights. </I>The General Corporation Law of Delaware
provides that the holders of preferred stock will have the right
to vote separately as a class on any proposal involving
fundamental changes in the rights of holders of that preferred
stock. This right is in addition to any voting rights that may
be provided for in the applicable certificate of designation.
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<I>Other.</I> The preferred stock could have other rights,
including economic rights senior to our common stock, so that
the issuance of the preferred stock could adversely affect the
market value of our common stock. The issuance of the preferred
stock may also have the effect of delaying, deferring or
preventing a change in control of us without any action by the
stockholders.
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<B>Certain Effects of Authorized but Unissued Stock</B>
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We have shares of common stock and preferred stock available for
future issuance without stockholder approval. We may utilize
these additional shares for a variety of corporate purposes,
including future public offerings to raise additional capital,
corporate acquisitions or dividends on the capital stock.
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The existence of unissued and unreserved common stock and
preferred stock may enable our board of directors to issue
shares to persons friendly to current management or to issue
preferred stock with terms that could render more difficult or
discourage a third-party attempt to obtain control of us by
means of a merger, tender offer, proxy contest or otherwise,
thereby protecting the continuity of our management. In
addition, if we issue preferred stock, the issuance could
adversely affect the voting power of holders of common stock and
the likelihood that such holders will receive dividend payments
and payments upon liquidation.
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<B>Delaware Law</B>
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<I>Business Combinations. </I>We are subject to the provisions
of Section&nbsp;203 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
Section&nbsp;203 prohibits a publicly held Delaware corporation
from engaging in a &#147;business combination&#148; with an
&#147;interested stockholder&#148; for a period of three years
after the date of the transaction in which the person became an
interested stockholder, unless the business combination is
approved in a prescribed manner. A &#147;business
combination&#148; includes mergers, asset sales and other
transactions resulting in a financial benefit to the interested
stockholder. Subject to specified exceptions, an
&#147;interested stockholder&#148; is a person who, together
with affiliates and associates, owns, or within three years did
own, 15% or more of the corporation&#146;s voting stock.
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<B>Charter and By-Law Provisions</B>
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Our certificate of incorporation and by-laws provide:
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    That the board of directors be divided into three classes, as
    nearly equal in size as possible, with no class having more than
    one director more than any other class, with staggered
    three-year terms;</TD>
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    That directors may be removed only for cause by the vote of the
    holders of at least 66% of the shares of our capital stock
    entitled to vote; and</TD>
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    That any vacancy on the board of directors, however occurring,
    including a vacancy resulting from an enlargement of the board,
    may only be filled by vote of a majority of the directors then
    in office.</TD>
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The classification of the board of directors and the limitations
on the removal of directors and filling of vacancies could make
it more difficult for a third party to acquire, or discourage a
third party from acquiring, us.
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The certificate of incorporation and by-laws also provide that:
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    Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders
    at an annual meeting or special meeting of stockholders may only
    be taken if it is properly brought before such meeting and may
    not be taken by written action in lieu of a meeting; and</TD>
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    Special meetings of the stockholders may only be called by the
    chairman of the board of director, the president, or by the
    board of directors. Our by-laws will also provide that, in order
    for any matter to be considered &#147;properly brought&#148;
    before a meeting, a stockholder must comply with requirements
    regarding advance notice to us.</TD>
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These provisions could delay until the next stockholders&#146;
meeting stockholder actions which are favored by the holders of
a majority of our outstanding voting securities. These
provisions may also discourage another person or entity from
making a tender offer for our common stock, because such person
or entity, even if it acquired a majority of our outstanding
voting securities, would be able to take action as a stockholder
only at a duly called stockholders meeting, and not by written
consent.
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Delaware law provides that the vote of a majority of the shares
entitled to vote on any matter is required to amend a
corporation&#146;s certificate of incorporation or by-laws,
unless a corporation&#146;s certificate of incorporation or
by-laws, as the case may be, requires a greater percentage. Our
certificate of incorporation requires the vote of the holders of
at least 75% of the shares of our capital stock entitled to vote
to amend or repeal any of the foregoing provisions of our
certificate of incorporation. Generally, our by-laws may be
amended or repealed by a majority vote of the board of directors
or the holders of a majority of the shares of our capital stock
issued and outstanding and entitled to vote. Changes to our
by-laws regarding special meetings of stockholders, written
actions of stockholders in lieu of a meeting, and the election,
removal and classification of members of the board of directors
require the vote of the holders of at least 75% of the shares of
our capital stock entitled to vote. The stockholder vote would
be in addition to any separate class vote that might in the
future be required pursuant to the terms of any series of
preferred stock that might be then outstanding.
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<B>Limitation of Liability and Indemnification</B>
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Our certificate of incorporation provides that our directors and
officers shall be indemnified by us except to the extent
prohibited by Delaware law. This indemnification covers all
expenses and liabilities reasonably incurred in connection with
their services for or on behalf of us. In addition, our
certificate of incorporation provides that our directors will
not be personally liable for monetary damages to us or to our
stockholders for breaches of their fiduciary duty as
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directors, unless they violated their duty of loyalty to us or
our stockholders, acted in bad faith, knowingly or intentionally
violated the law, authorized illegal dividends or redemptions or
derived an improper personal benefit from their action as
directors.
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<B>DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES</B>
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The following description, together with the additional
information we include in any applicable prospectus supplements,
summarizes the material terms and provisions of the debt
securities that we may offer under this prospectus. While the
terms we have summarized below will apply generally to any
future debt securities we may offer, we will describe the
particular terms of any debt securities that we may offer in
more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement. If we
indicate in a prospectus supplement, the terms of any debt
securities we offer under that prospectus supplement may differ
from the terms we describe below.
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We will issue the senior notes under one or more senior
indentures which we will enter into with a trustee to be named
in the senior indentures. We will issue the subordinated notes
under one or more subordinated indentures which we will enter
into with a trustee to be named in the subordinated indentures.
We have filed forms of these documents as exhibits to the
registration statement which includes this prospectus. We use
the term &#147;indentures&#148; to refer to both the senior
indenture and the subordinated indenture. The indentures will be
qualified under the Trust Indenture Act. We use the term
&#147;trustee&#148; to refer to either the senior trustee or the
subordinated trustee, as applicable.
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The following summaries of material provisions of the senior
notes, the subordinated notes and the indentures are subject to,
and qualified in their entirety by reference to, the provisions
of the indenture applicable to a particular series of debt
securities. Except as we may otherwise indicate, the terms of
the senior indenture and the subordinated indenture are
identical.
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We conduct some of our operations through our subsidiaries. Our
rights and the rights of our creditors, including holders of
debt securities, to the assets of any subsidiary of ours upon
that subsidiary&#146;s liquidation or reorganization or
otherwise would be subject to the prior claims of that
subsidiary&#146;s creditors, except to the extent that we may be
a creditor with recognized claims against the subsidiary. Our
subsidiaries&#146; creditors would include trade creditors, debt
holders, secured creditors and taxing authorities. Except as we
may provide in a prospectus supplement, neither the debt
securities nor the indentures restrict us or any of our
subsidiaries from incurring indebtedness.
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<B>General</B>
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We will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement the
following terms relating to a series of notes:
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    the title;</TD>
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    any limit on the amount that may be issued;</TD>
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    whether or not we will issue the series of notes in global form,
    the terms and who the depository will be;</TD>
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    the maturity date;</TD>
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    the annual interest rate, which may be fixed or variable, or the
    method for determining the rate and the date interest will begin
    to accrue, the dates interest will be payable and the regular
    record dates for interest payment dates or the method for
    determining such dates;</TD>
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    whether or not the notes will be secured or unsecured, and the
    terms of any secured debt;</TD>
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    the terms of the subordination of any series of subordinated
    debt;</TD>
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    the place where payments will be payable;</TD>
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    our right, if any, to defer payment of interest and the maximum
    length of any such deferral period;</TD>
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    the date, if any, after which, and the price at which, we may,
    at our option, redeem the series of notes pursuant to any
    optional redemption provisions;</TD>
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    the date, if any, on which, and the price at which we are
    obligated, pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund provisions or
    otherwise, to redeem, or at the holder&#146;s option to
    purchase, the series of notes;</TD>
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    whether the indenture will restrict our ability to pay
    dividends, or will require us to maintain any asset ratios or
    reserves;</TD>
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    whether we will be restricted from incurring any additional
    indebtedness;</TD>
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    a discussion on any material or special United States federal
    income tax considerations applicable to the notes;</TD>
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    the denominations in which we will issue the series of notes, if
    other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
    thereof; and</TD>
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    any other specific terms, preferences, rights or limitations of,
    or restrictions on, the debt securities.</TD>
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<B>Conversion or Exchange Rights</B>
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We will set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement the
terms on which a series of notes may be convertible into or
exchangeable for common stock or other securities of ours. We
will include provisions as to whether conversion or exchange is
mandatory, at the option of the holder or at our option. We may
include provisions pursuant to which the number of shares of
common stock or other securities of ours that the holders of the
series of notes receive would be subject to adjustment.
</DIV>

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<B>Consolidation, Merger or Sale</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The indentures will not contain any covenant which restricts our
ability to merge or consolidate, or sell, convey, transfer or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets.
However, any successor to or acquirer of such assets must assume
all of our obligations under the indentures or the notes, as
appropriate.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">
<B>Events of Default Under the Indenture</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The following will be events of default under the indentures
with respect to any series of notes that we may issue:
</DIV>

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    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96%"></TD>
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<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    if we fail to pay interest when due and our failure continues
    for 90 days and the time for payment has not been extended or
    deferred;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    if we fail to pay the principal, or premium, if any, when due
    and the time for payment has not been extended or delayed;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    if we fail to observe or perform any other covenant contained in
    the notes or the indentures, other than a covenant specifically
    relating to another series of notes, and our failure continues
    for 90&nbsp;days after we receive notice from the trustee or
    holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
    outstanding notes of the applicable series; and</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="1%"></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    if specified events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization
    occur to us.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
If an event of default with respect to notes of any series
occurs and is continuing, the trustee or the holders of at least
25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding notes of
that series, by notice to us in writing, and to the trustee if
notice is given by such holders, may declare the unpaid
principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest, if any, due
and payable immediately.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
notes of an affected series may waive any default or event of
default with respect to the series and its consequences, except
defaults or events of default regarding payment of principal,
premium, if any, or interest, unless we have cured the default
or event of default in accordance with the applicable indenture.
Any waiver shall cure the default or event of default.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Subject to the terms of the indentures, if an event of default
under an indenture shall occur and be continuing, the trustee
will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or
powers under such indenture at the request or direction of any
of the holders of the applicable series of notes, unless such
holders have offered the trustee reasonable indemnity. The
holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
notes of any series will have the right to direct the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred on the trustee, with respect to the notes of that
series, provided that:
</DIV>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    the direction so given by the holder is not in conflict with any
    law or the applicable indenture; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    subject to its duties under the Trust Indenture Act, the trustee
    need not take any action that might involve it in personal
    liability or might be unduly prejudicial to the holders not
    involved in the proceeding.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A holder of the notes of any series will only have the right to
institute a proceeding under the indentures or to appoint a
receiver or trustee, or to seek other remedies if:
</DIV>

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    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    the holder has given written notice to the trustee of a
    continuing event of default with respect to that series;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
    outstanding notes of that series have made written request, and
    such holders have offered reasonable indemnity to the trustee to
    institute the proceeding as trustee; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    the trustee does not institute the proceeding, and does not
    receive from the holders of a majority in aggregate principal
    amount of the outstanding notes of that series other conflicting
    directions within 60&nbsp;days after the notice, request and
    offer.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
These limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by a holder
of notes if we default in the payment of the principal, premium,
if any, or interest on, the notes.
</DIV>

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We will periodically file statements with the trustee regarding
our compliance with specified covenants in the indentures.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">
<B>Modification of Indenture; Waiver</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
We and the trustee may change an indenture without the consent
of any holders with respect to specific matters, including:
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    to fix any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in the indenture;
    and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    to change anything that does not materially adversely affect the
    interests of any holder of notes of any series.</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
In addition, under the indentures, the rights of holders of a
series of notes may be changed by us and the trustee with the
written consent of the holders of at least a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding notes of each
series that is affected. However, we and the trustee may only
make the following changes with the consent of each holder of
any outstanding notes affected:
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    extending the fixed maturity of the series of notes;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    reducing the principal amount, reducing the rate of or extending
    the time of payment of interest, or any premium payable upon the
    redemption of any notes; or</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    reducing the minimum percentage of notes, the holders of which
    are required to consent to any amendment.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">
<B>Discharge</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Each indenture will provide that we can elect to be discharged
from our obligations with respect to one or more series of debt
securities, except for obligations to:
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    register the transfer or exchange of debt securities of the
    series;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    replace stolen, lost or mutilated debt securities of the series;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    maintain paying agencies;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    hold monies for payment in trust;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    compensate and indemnify the trustee; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    appoint any successor trustee.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
In order to exercise our rights to be discharged, we must
deposit with the trustee money or government obligations
sufficient to pay all the principal of, any premium, if any, and
interest on, the debt securities of the series on the dates
payments are due.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">
<B>Form, Exchange and Transfer</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
We will issue the notes of each series only in fully registered
form without coupons and, unless we otherwise specify in the
applicable prospectus supplement, in denominations of $1,000 and
any integral multiple thereof. The indentures will provide that
we may issue notes of a series in temporary or permanent global
form and as book-entry securities that will be deposited with,
or on behalf of, The Depository Trust Company or another
depository named by us and identified in a prospectus supplement
with respect to that series. See &#147;Legal Ownership of
Securities&#148; for a further description of the terms relating
to any book-entry securities.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
At the option of the holder, subject to the terms of the
indentures and the limitations applicable to global securities
described in the applicable prospectus supplement, the holder of
the notes of any series can exchange the notes for other notes
of the same series, in any authorized denomination and of like
tenor and aggregate principal amount.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Subject to the terms of the indentures and the limitations
applicable to global securities set forth in the applicable
prospectus supplement, holders of the notes may present the
notes for exchange or for registration of transfer, duly
endorsed or with the form of transfer endorsed thereon duly
executed if so required by us or the security registrar, at the
office of the security registrar or at the office of any
transfer agent designated by us for this purpose. Unless
otherwise provided in the notes that the holder presents for
transfer or exchange, we will not require any payment for any
registration of transfer or exchange, but we may require payment
of any taxes or other governmental charges.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
We will name in the applicable prospectus supplement the
security registrar, and any transfer agent in addition to the
security registrar, that we initially designate for any notes.
We may at any time designate additional transfer agents or
rescind the designation of any transfer agent or approve a
change in the office through which any transfer agent acts,
except that we will be required to maintain a transfer agent in
each place of payment for the notes of each series.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
If we elect to redeem the notes of any series, we will not be
required to:
</DIV>

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    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any notes of that
    series during a period beginning at the opening of business
    15&nbsp;days before the day of mailing of a notice of redemption
    of any notes that may be selected for redemption and ending at
    the close of business on the day of the mailing; or</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    register the transfer of or exchange any notes so selected for
    redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion
    of any notes we are redeeming in part.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">
<B>Information Concerning the Trustee</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The trustee, other than during the occurrence and continuance of
an event of default under an indenture, undertakes to perform
only those duties as are specifically set forth in the
applicable indenture. Upon an event of default under an
indenture, the trustee must use the same degree of care as a
prudent person would exercise or use in the conduct of his or
her own affairs. Subject to this provision, the trustee is under
no obligation to exercise any of the powers given it by the
indentures at the request of any holder of notes unless it is
offered reasonable security and indemnity against the costs,
expenses and liabilities that it might incur.
</DIV>

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<B>Payment and Paying Agents</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Unless we otherwise indicate in the applicable prospectus
supplement, we will make payment of the interest on any notes on
any interest payment date to the person in whose name the notes,
or one or more predecessor securities, are registered at the
close of business on the regular record date for the interest.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
We will pay principal of and any premium and interest on the
notes of a particular series at the office of the paying agents
designated by us, except that unless we otherwise indicate in
the applicable prospectus supplement, will we make interest
payments by check which we will mail to the holder. Unless we
otherwise indicate in a prospectus supplement, we will designate
the corporate trust office of the trustee in New York, New York
as our sole paying agent for payments with respect to notes of
each series. We will name in the applicable prospectus
supplement any other paying agents that we initially designate
for the notes of a particular series. We will maintain a paying
agent in each place of payment for the notes of a particular
series.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
All money we pay to a paying agent or the trustee for the
payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any
notes which remains unclaimed at the end of two years after such
principal, premium or interest has become due and payable will
be repaid to us, and the holder of the security thereafter may
look only to us for payment thereof.
</DIV>

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<B>Governing Law</B>
</DIV>

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The indentures and the notes will be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, except to
the extent that the Trust Indenture Act is applicable.
</DIV>

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<B>Subordination of Subordinated Notes</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The subordinated notes will be unsecured and will be subordinate
and junior in priority of payment to certain of our other
indebtedness to the extent described in a prospectus supplement.
The subordinated indenture does not limit the amount of
subordinated notes which we may issue. It also does not limit us
from issuing any other secured or unsecured debt.
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<B>DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The following description, together with the additional
information we may include in any applicable prospectus
supplements, summarizes the material terms and provisions of the
warrants that we may offer under this prospectus and the related
warrant agreements and warrant certificates. While the terms
summarized below will apply generally to any warrants that we
may offer, we will describe the particular terms of any series
of warrants in more detail in the applicable prospectus
supplement. If we indicate in the prospectus supplement, the
terms of any warrants offered under that prospectus supplement
may differ from the terms described below. Specific warrant
agreements will contain additional important terms and
provisions and will be incorporated by reference as an exhibit
to the registration statement which includes this prospectus.
</DIV>

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<B>General</B>
</DIV>

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We may issue warrants for the purchase of common stock,
preferred stock or debt securities in one or more series. We may
issue warrants independently or together with common stock,
preferred stock and debt securities, and the warrants may be
attached to or separate from these securities.
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We will evidence each series of warrants by warrant certificates
that we will issue under a separate agreement. We will enter
into the warrant agreement with a warrant agent. Each warrant
agent will be a bank that we select which has its principal
office in the United States and a combined capital and surplus
of at least $50,000,000. We will indicate the name and address
of the warrant agent in the applicable prospectus supplement
relating to a particular series of warrants.
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We will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement the
terms of the series of warrants, including:
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    the offering price and aggregate number of warrants offered;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    the currency for which the warrants may be purchased;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    if applicable, the designation and terms of the securities with
    which the warrants are issued and the number of warrants issued
    with each such security or each principal amount of such
    security;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    if applicable, the date on and after which the warrants and the
    related securities will be separately transferable;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
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    in the case of warrants to purchase debt securities, the
    principal amount of debt securities purchasable upon exercise of
    one warrant and the price at, and currency in which, this
    principal amount of debt securities may be purchased upon such
    exercise;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
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    in the case of warrants to purchase common stock or preferred
    stock, the number of shares of common stock or preferred stock,
    as the case may be, purchasable upon the exercise of one warrant
    and the price at which these shares may be purchased upon such
    exercise;</TD>
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    the effect of any merger, consolidation, sale or other
    disposition of our business on the warrant agreement and the
    warrants;</TD>
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    the terms of any rights to redeem or call the warrants;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    any provisions for changes to or adjustments in the exercise
    price or number of securities issuable upon exercise of the
    warrants;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    the dates on which the right to exercise the warrants will
    commence and expire;</TD>
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    the manner in which the warrant agreement and warrants may be
    modified;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    federal income tax consequences of holding or exercising the
    warrants;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
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    the terms of the securities issuable upon exercise of the
    warrants; and</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    any other specific terms, preferences, rights or limitations of
    or restrictions on the warrants.</TD>
</TR>

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Before exercising their warrants, holders of warrants will not
have any of the rights of holders of the securities purchasable
upon such exercise, including:
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    in the case of warrants to purchase debt securities, the right
    to receive payments of principal of, or premium, if any, or
    interest on, the debt securities purchasable upon exercise or to
    enforce covenants in the applicable indenture; or</TD>
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    in the case of warrants to purchase common stock or preferred
    stock, the right to receive dividends, if any, or, payments upon
    our liquidation, dissolution or winding up or to exercise voting
    rights, if any.</TD>
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<B>Exercise of Warrants</B>
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Each warrant will entitle the holder to purchase the securities
that we specify in the applicable prospectus supplement at the
exercise price that we describe in the applicable prospectus
supplement. Unless we otherwise specify in the applicable
prospectus supplement, holders of the warrants may exercise the
warrants at any time up to 5:00&nbsp;p.m. eastern standard time
on the expiration date that we set forth in the applicable
prospectus supplement. After the close of business on the
expiration date, unexercised warrants will become void.
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Holders of the warrants may exercise the warrants by delivering
the warrant certificate representing the warrants to be
exercised together with specified information, and paying the
required amount to the warrant agent in immediately available
funds, as provided in the applicable prospectus supplement. We
will set forth on the reverse side of the warrant certificate
and in the applicable prospectus supplement the information that
the holder of the warrant will be required to deliver to the
warrant agent.
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Upon receipt of the required payment and the warrant certificate
properly completed and duly executed at the corporate trust
office of the warrant agent or any other office indicated in the
applicable prospectus supplement, we will issue and deliver the
securities purchasable upon such exercise. If fewer than all of
the warrants represented by the warrant certificate are
exercised, then we will issue a new warrant certificate for the
remaining amount of warrants. If we so indicate in the
applicable prospectus supplement, holders of the warrants may
surrender securities as all or part of the exercise price for
warrants.
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<B>Enforceability of Rights by Holders of Warrants</B>
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Each warrant agent will act solely as our agent under the
applicable warrant agreement and will not assume any obligation
or relationship of agency or trust with any holder of any
warrant. A single bank or trust company may act as warrant agent
for more than one issue of warrants. A warrant agent will have
no duty or responsibility in case of any default by us under the
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applicable warrant agreement or warrant, including any duty or
responsibility to initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise,
or to make any demand upon us. Any holder of a warrant may,
without the consent of the related warrant agent or the holder
of any other warrant, enforce by appropriate legal action its
right to exercise, and receive the securities purchasable upon
exercise of, its warrants.
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<B>LEGAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES</B>
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We can issue securities in registered form or in the form of one
or more global securities. We describe global securities in
greater detail below. We refer to those persons who have
securities registered in their own names on the books that we or
any applicable trustee maintain for this purpose as the
&#147;holders&#148; of those securities. These persons are the
legal holders of the securities. We refer to those persons who,
indirectly through others, own beneficial interests in
securities that are not registered in their own names, as
&#147;indirect holders&#148; of those securities. As we discuss
below, indirect holders are not legal holders, and investors in
securities issued in book-entry form or in street name will be
indirect holders.
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<B>Book-Entry Holders</B>
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We may issue securities in book-entry form only, as we will
specify in the applicable prospectus supplement. This means
securities may be represented by one or more global securities
registered in the name of a financial institution that holds
them as depositary on behalf of other financial institutions
that participate in the depositary&#146;s book-entry system.
These participating institutions, which are referred to as
participants, in turn, hold beneficial interests in the
securities on behalf of themselves or their customers.
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Only the person in whose name a security is registered is
recognized as the holder of that security. Securities issued in
global form will be registered in the name of the depositary or
its participants. Consequently, for securities issued in global
form, we will recognize only the depositary as the holder of the
securities, and we will make all payments on the securities to
the depositary. The depositary passes along the payments it
receives to its participants, which in turn pass the payments
along to their customers who are the beneficial owners. The
depositary and its participants do so under agreements they have
made with one another or with their customers; they are not
obligated to do so under the terms of the securities.
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As a result, investors in a book-entry security will not own
securities directly. Instead, they will own beneficial interests
in a global security, through a bank, broker or other financial
institution that participates in the depositary&#146;s
book-entry system or holds an interest through a participant. As
long as the securities are issued in global form, investors will
be indirect holders, and not holders, of the securities.
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<B>Street Name Holders</B>
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We may terminate a global security or issue securities in
non-global form. In these cases, investors may choose to hold
their securities in their own names or in &#147;street
name.&#148; Securities held by an investor in street name would
be registered in the name of a bank, broker or other financial
institution that the investor chooses, and the investor would
hold only a beneficial interest in those securities through an
account he or she maintains at that institution.
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For securities held in street name, we will recognize only the
intermediary banks, brokers and other financial institutions in
whose names the securities are registered as the holders of
those securities, and we will make all payments on those
securities to them. These institutions pass along the payments
they receive to their customers who are the beneficial owners,
but only because they agree to do so in their customer
agreements or because they are legally
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required to do so. Investors who hold securities in street name
will be indirect holders, not holders, of those securities.
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<B>Legal Holders</B>
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Our obligations, as well as the obligations of any applicable
trustee and of any third parties employed by us or a trustee,
run only to the legal holders of the securities. We do not have
obligations to investors who hold beneficial interests in global
securities, in street name or by any other indirect means. This
will be the case whether an investor chooses to be an indirect
holder of a security or has no choice because we are issuing the
securities only in global form.
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For example, once we make a payment or give a notice to the
holder, we have no further responsibility for the payment or
notice even if that holder is required, under agreements with
depositary participants or customers or by law, to pass it along
to the indirect holders but does not do so. Similarly, we may
want to obtain the approval of the holders to amend an
indenture, to relieve us of the consequences of a default or of
our obligation to comply with a particular provision of the
indenture or for other purposes. In such an event, we would seek
approval only from the holders, and not the indirect holders, of
the securities. Whether and how the holders contact the indirect
holders is up to the holders.
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<B>Special Considerations for Indirect Holders</B>
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If you hold securities through a bank, broker or other financial
institution, either in book-entry form or in street name, you
should check with your own institution to find out:
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    how it handles securities payments and notices;</TD>
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    whether it imposes fees or charges;</TD>
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    how it would handle a request for the holders&#146; consent, if
    ever required;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
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    whether and how you can instruct it to send you securities
    registered in your own name so you can be a holder, if that is
    permitted in the future;</TD>
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    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
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    how it would exercise rights under the securities if there were
    a default or other event triggering the need for holders to act
    to protect their interests; and</TD>
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    if the securities are in book-entry form, how the
    depositary&#146;s rules and procedures will affect these matters.</TD>
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<B>Global Securities</B>
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A global security is a security held by a depositary which
represents one or any other number of individual securities.
Generally, all securities represented by the same global
securities will have the same terms.
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Each security issued in book-entry form will be represented by a
global security that we deposit with and register in the name of
a financial institution or its nominee that we select. The
financial institution that we select for this purpose is called
the depositary. Unless we specify otherwise in the applicable
prospectus supplement, The Depository Trust Company, New York,
New York, known as DTC, will be the depositary for all
securities issued in book-entry form.
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A global security may not be transferred to or registered in the
name of anyone other than the depositary, its nominee or a
successor depositary, unless special termination situations
arise. We describe those situations below under
&#147;&#151;Special Situations When a Global Security Will Be
Terminated.&#148; As a result of these arrangements, the
depositary, or its nominee, will be the sole registered owner
and holder of all securities represented by a global security,
and investors will be permitted to own only beneficial interests
in a global security. Beneficial interests must be held by means
of an account with a broker, bank or other financial institution
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that in turn has an account with the depositary or with another
institution that does. Thus, an investor whose security is
represented by a global security will not be a holder of the
security, but only an indirect holder of a beneficial interest
in the global security.
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If the prospectus supplement for a particular security indicates
that the security will be issued in global form only, then the
security will be represented by a global security at all times
unless and until the global security is terminated. If
termination occurs, we may issue the securities through another
book-entry clearing system or decide that the securities may no
longer be held through any book-entry clearing system.
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<B>Special Considerations for Global Securities</B>
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As an indirect holder, an investor&#146;s rights relating to a
global security will be governed by the account rules of the
investor&#146;s financial institution and of the depositary, as
well as general laws relating to securities transfers. We do not
recognize an indirect holder as a holder of securities and
instead deal only with the depositary that holds the global
security.
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If securities are issued only in the form of a global security,
an investor should be aware of the following:
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    an investor cannot cause the securities to be registered in his
    or her name, and cannot obtain non-global certificates for his
    or her interest in the securities, except in the special
    situations we describe below;</TD>
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    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    an investor will be an indirect holder and must look to his or
    her own bank or broker for payments on the securities and
    protection of his or her legal rights relating to the
    securities, as we describe under &#147;Legal Ownership of
    Securities;&#148;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#149;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    an investor may not be able to sell interests in the securities
    to some insurance companies and to other institutions that are
    required by law to own their securities in non-book-entry form;</TD>
</TR>

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    an investor may not be able to pledge his or her interest in a
    global security in circumstances where certificates representing
    the securities must be delivered to the lender or other
    beneficiary of the pledge in order for the pledge to be
    effective;</TD>
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    the depositary&#146;s policies, which may change from time to
    time, will govern payments, transfers, exchanges and other
    matters relating to an investor&#146;s interest in a global
    security. We and any applicable trustee have no responsibility
    for any aspect of the depositary&#146;s actions or for its
    records of ownership interests in a global security. We and the
    trustee also do not supervise the depositary in any way;</TD>
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    the depositary may, and we understand that DTC will, require
    that those who purchase and sell interests in a global security
    within its book-entry system use immediately available funds,
    and your broker or bank may require you to do so as well; and</TD>
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    financial institutions that participate in the depositary&#146;s
    book-entry system, and through which an investor holds its
    interest in a global security, may also have their own policies
    affecting payments, notices and other matters relating to the
    securities. There may be more than one financial intermediary in
    the chain of ownership for an investor. We do not monitor and
    are not responsible for the actions of any of those
    intermediaries.</TD>
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<B>Special Situations When a Global Security will be
Terminated</B>
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In a few special situations described below, the global security
will terminate and interests in it will be exchanged for
physical certificates representing those interests. After that
exchange, the choice of whether to hold securities directly or
in street name will be up to the investor. Investors must
consult their own banks or brokers to find out how to have their
interests in
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securities transferred to their own name, so that they will be
direct holders. We have described the rights of holders and
street name investors above.
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The global security will terminate when the following special
situations occur:
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    if the depositary notifies us that it is unwilling, unable or no
    longer qualified to continue as depositary for that global
    security and we do not appoint another institution to act as
    depositary within 90&nbsp;days;</TD>
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    if we notify any applicable trustee that we wish to terminate
    that global security; or</TD>
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    if an event of default has occurred with regard to securities
    represented by that global security and has not been cured or
    waived.</TD>
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The prospectus supplement may also list additional situations
for terminating a global security that would apply only to the
particular series of securities covered by the prospectus
supplement. When a global security terminates, the depositary,
and not we or any applicable trustee, is responsible for
deciding the names of the institutions that will be the initial
direct holders.
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We may sell the securities being offered hereby in one or more
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    through agents to the public or to investors;</TD>
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    to underwriters for resale to the public or to investors; or</TD>
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    directly to investors.</TD>
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We will set forth in a prospectus supplement the terms of the
offering of securities, including:
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    the name or names of any agents or underwriters;</TD>
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    the purchase price of the securities being offered and the
    proceeds we will receive from the sale;</TD>
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    any over-allotment options under which underwriters may purchase
    additional securities from us;</TD>
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    any agency fees or underwriting discounts and other items
    constituting agents&#146; or underwriters&#146; compensation;</TD>
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    any initial public offering price;</TD>
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    any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to
    dealers; and</TD>
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    any securities exchanges on which such securities may be listed.</TD>
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<B>Agents</B>
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We may designate agents who agree to use their reasonable
efforts to solicit purchases for the period of their appointment
or to sell securities on a continuing basis.
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<B>Underwriters</B>
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If we use underwriters for a sale of securities, the
underwriters will acquire the securities for their own account.
The underwriters may resell the securities in one or more
transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed
public offering price or at varying prices determined
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at the time of sale. The obligations of the underwriters to
purchase the securities will be subject to the conditions set
forth in the applicable underwriting agreement. The underwriters
will be obligated to purchase all the securities of the series
offered if they purchase any of the securities of that series.
We may change from time to time any initial public offering
price and any discounts or concessions the underwriters allow or
reallow or pay to dealers. We may use underwriters with whom we
have a material relationship. We will describe in the prospectus
supplement naming the underwriter the nature of any such
relationship.
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<B>Direct Sales</B>
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We may also sell securities directly to one or more purchasers
without using underwriters or agents.
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Underwriters, dealers and agents that participate in the
distribution of the securities may be underwriters as defined in
the Securities Act and any discounts or commissions they receive
from us and any profit on their resale of the securities may be
treated as underwriting discounts and commissions under the
Securities Act. We will identify in the applicable prospectus
supplement any underwriters, dealers or agents and will describe
their compensation. We may have agreements with the
underwriters, dealers and agents to indemnify them against
specified civil liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act. Underwriters, dealers and agents may engage in
transactions with or perform services for us or our subsidiaries
in the ordinary course of their businesses.
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Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus
supplement, each class or series of securities will be a new
issue with no established trading market, other than our common
stock, which is listed on the Nasdaq National Market. We may
elect to list any other class or series of securities on any
exchange, but we are not obligated to do so. It is possible that
one or more underwriters may make a market in a class or series
of securities, but the underwriters will not be obligated to do
so and may discontinue any market making at any time without
notice. We cannot give any assurance as to the liquidity of the
trading market for any of the securities.
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<B>Stabilization Activities</B>
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Any underwriter may engage in over-allotment, stabilizing
transactions, short covering transactions and penalty bids in
accordance with Regulation&nbsp;M under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934. Over-allotment involves sales in excess of the
offering size, which create a short position. Stabilizing
transactions permit bids to purchase the underlying security so
long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum.
Short covering transactions involve purchases of the securities
in the open market after the distribution is completed to cover
short positions. Penalty bids permit the underwriters to reclaim
a selling concession from a dealer when the securities
originally sold by the dealer are purchased in a covering
transaction to cover short positions. Those activities may cause
the price of the securities to be higher than it would otherwise
be. If commenced, the underwriters may discontinue any of the
activities at any time.
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<B>Passive Market Making</B>
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Any underwriters who are qualified market makers on the Nasdaq
National Market may engage in passive market making transactions
in the securities on the Nasdaq National Market in accordance
with Rule&nbsp;103 of Regulation&nbsp;M, during the business day
prior to the pricing of the offering, before the commencement of
offers or sales of the securities. Passive market makers must
comply with applicable volume and price limitations and must be
identified as passive market makers. In general, a passive
market maker must display its bid at a price not in excess of
the highest independent bid for the security; if all independent
bids are lowered below the
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passive market maker&#146;s bid, however, the passive market
maker&#146;s bid then must be lowered when certain purchase
limits are exceeded.
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The validity of the securities offered hereby will be passed
upon for us by Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, Massachusetts.
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The consolidated financial statements incorporated in this
Prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K
of Akamai Technologies, Inc. for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 1999 have been so incorporated in reliance on
the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent
accountants, given on the authority of said firm as experts on
auditing and accounting.
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Ernst &#38; Young, LLP, independent auditors, have audited the
consolidated financial statements of InterVU Inc. as of
December&nbsp;31, 1999 and 1998 and for each of the three years
in the period ended December&nbsp;31, 1999, as set forth in
their report, which is incorporated by reference in this
prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement. The
consolidated financial statements of InterVU Inc. are
incorporated by reference in reliance on Ernst &#38; Young
LLP&#146;s report, given on their authority as experts in
accounting and auditing.
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The financial statements of Network24 Communications, Inc. as of
December&nbsp;31, 1999 and 1998 and for each of the two years in
the period ended December&nbsp;31, 1999 incorporated in this
Prospectus by reference to the Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K
of Akamai Technologies, Inc. have been so incorporated in
reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
independent accountants, given on the authority of said firm as
experts on auditing and accounting.
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We file reports, proxy statements and other documents with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. You may read and copy any
document we file with the SEC at the public reference facilities
the SEC maintains at:
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Room&nbsp;1024, Judiciary Plaza
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450 Fifth Street, N.W.
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Washington, D.C. 20549
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Northwestern Atrium Center
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Suite&nbsp;1400
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500 West Madison Street
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Chicago, Illinois 60661
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Seven World Trade Center
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13th Floor
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New York, New York 10048
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and you may also obtain copies of these materials by mail from
the Public Reference Section of the SEC at:
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Washington, D.C. 20549
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at prescribed rates. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for
further information on the public reference rooms.
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The SEC also maintains a Web site, the address of which is
http://www.sec.gov. That site also contains our annual,
quarterly and special reports, proxy statements, information
statements and other information.
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This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we
filed with the SEC. The registration statement contains more
information than this prospectus regarding us and the
securities, including exhibits and schedules. You can obtain a
copy of the registration statement from the SEC at any address
listed above or from the SEC&#146;s Web site.
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The SEC allows us to &#147;incorporate&#148; into this
prospectus information that we file with the SEC in other
documents. This means that we can disclose important information
to you by referring to other documents that contain that
information. Any information that we incorporate by reference is
considered part of this prospectus. The documents and reports
that we list below are incorporated by reference into this
prospectus. In addition, all documents and reports which we file
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act after the date of this prospectus are
incorporated by reference in this prospectus as of the
respective filing dates of these documents and reports.
Statements contained in documents that we file with the SEC and
that are incorporated by reference in this prospectus will
automatically update and supersede information contained in this
prospectus, including information in previously filed documents
or reports that have been incorporated by reference in this
prospectus, to the extent the new information differs from or is
inconsistent with the old information.
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We have filed the following documents with the SEC. These
documents are incorporated herein by reference as of their
respective dates of filing:
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    Our Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended
    December&nbsp;31, 1999;</TD>
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    <TD>(2)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Our Quarterly Reports on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarters ended
    March&nbsp;31, 2000, June&nbsp;30, 2000 and September&nbsp;30,
    2000;</TD>
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    <TD>(3)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Our Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on
    (a)&nbsp;February&nbsp;8, 2000, as amended on March&nbsp;3,
    2000, (b)&nbsp;May&nbsp;5, 2000, as amended on May&nbsp;24,
    2000, and (c)&nbsp;June&nbsp;27, 2000;</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>(4)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    The description of our common stock contained in our
    Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A declared effective on
    October&nbsp;28, 1999; and</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>(5)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Pages F-1 through F-9 of the prospectus included in our
    Post-effective Amendment to Form&nbsp;S-1 on a Registration
    Statement on Form&nbsp;S-3 (File No.&nbsp;333-45696) filed on
    December&nbsp;1, 2000.</TD>
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You may request a copy of these documents, which will be
provided to you at no cost, by contacting:
</DIV>

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Akamai Technologies
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt;">
500 Technology Square
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt;">
Cambridge, MA 02139
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt;">
Attention: Kathryn Jorden Meyer
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt;">
Telephone: (617)&nbsp;250-3000
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
You should rely only on the information contained in this
prospectus, including information incorporated by reference as
described above, or any prospectus supplement or that we have
specifically referred you to. We have not authorized anyone else
to provide you with different information. You should not assume
that the information in this prospectus or any prospectus
supplement is accurate as of any date other than the date on the
front of those documents or that any document incorporated by
reference is accurate as of any date other than its filing date.
You should not consider this prospectus to be an offer or
solicitation relating to the securities in any jurisdiction in
which such an offer or solicitation relating to the securities
is not authorized. Furthermore, you should not consider this
prospectus to be an offer or solicitation relating to the
securities if the person making the offer or solicitation is not
qualified to do so, or if it is unlawful for you to receive such
an offer or solicitation.
</DIV>

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<DIV style="width: 78%; border-top: 1.0pt solid black; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 9pt;">
<B>You should rely only on the information contained or
incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to
provide you with different information. We are not making an
offer of these securities in any state where the offer is not
permitted. You should not assume that the information provided
by this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus is
accurate as of any date other than the respective dates on the
front of these documents.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 9pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">
<B>TABLE OF CONTENTS</B>
</DIV>

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<TR style="font-size: 1pt;">
    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 8pt;">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" nowrap><B>Page</B></TD><TD></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" nowrap style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000;">&nbsp;</TD><TD></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    <B>Prospectus Supplement</B></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    &nbsp;<A HREF='#101'>About This Prospectus Supplement</A></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>S-1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    &nbsp;<A HREF='#102'>Prospectus Supplement Summary</A></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>S-2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    &nbsp;<A HREF='#103'>The Offering</A></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>S-7</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    &nbsp;<A HREF='#104'>Summary Consolidated Financial Data</A></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>S-8</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    &nbsp;<A HREF='#105'>Risk Factors</A></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>S-10</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    &nbsp;<A HREF='#106'>Forward-Looking Statements</A></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>S-17</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    &nbsp;<A HREF='#107'>Use of Proceeds</A></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>S-18</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    &nbsp;<A HREF='#108'>Market Price of Our Common Stock and
    Dividends</A></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>S-19</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    &nbsp;<A HREF='#109'>Capitalization</A></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>S-20</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    &nbsp;<A HREF='#111'>Underwriting</A></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>S-21</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Legal Matters</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>S-24</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Experts</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>S-24</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    Where You Can Find More Information</DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>S-24</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 8pt;">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" nowrap><B>Page</B></TD><TD></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" nowrap style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000;">&nbsp;</TD><TD></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    <B>Prospectus</B></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    &nbsp;<A HREF='#201'>About This Prospectus</A></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    &nbsp;<A HREF='#202'>Akamai Technologies, Inc</A></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    &nbsp;<A HREF='#203'>Deficiency of Earnings to Fixed Charges</A></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    &nbsp;<A HREF='#204'>Risk Factors</A></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    &nbsp;<A HREF='#205'>Special Note&nbsp;Regarding Forward-Looking
    Information</A></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    &nbsp;<A HREF='#206'>Use of Proceeds</A></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    &nbsp;<A HREF='#207'>The Securities We May Offer</A></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    &nbsp;<A HREF='#208'>Description of Common Stock and Preferred
    Stock</A></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>3</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    &nbsp;<A HREF='#209'>Description of Debt Securities</A></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>7</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    &nbsp;<A HREF='#210'>Description of Warrants</A></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>12</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    &nbsp;<A HREF='#211'>Legal Ownership of Securities</A></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>14</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    &nbsp;<A HREF='#212'>Plan of Distribution</A></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>17</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    &nbsp;<A HREF='#213'>Validity of Securities</A></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>19</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    &nbsp;<A HREF='#214'>Experts</A></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>19</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    &nbsp;<A HREF='#215'>Where You Can Find More Information</A></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>19</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    &nbsp;<A HREF='#216'>Incorporation of Certain Documents by
    Reference</A></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" nowrap>20</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<B>12,000,000&nbsp;Shares</B>
</DIV>

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<B>Deutsche Bank Securities</B>
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<B>Prospectus Supplement</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt;">
<B>(to prospectus dated January&nbsp;30, 2001)</B>
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