Auditor Firm ID
FORM 10-K (Mark One)

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| ☑ | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |

  
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 or

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| ☐ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |

                     Commission file number: 0-27275 Akamai Technologies, Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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| Delaware |  | 04-3432319 |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |  | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |

  
145 Broadway Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142 (Address of principle executive offices) (Zip Code)   
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 444-3000   
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock - par value $0.01 per share | AKAM | Nasdaq Global Select Market |

  
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None  
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    Yes  þ    No  ¨  
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act.    Yes  ¨    No  þ  
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  þ    No  ¨  
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).    Yes  þ    No  ¨  
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. 

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| Large accelerated filer | ☑ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | Non-accelerated filer  | ☐ | Smaller reporting company  | ☐ | Emerging growth company | ☐ |

  
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o  
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment ofthe effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C.7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. þ  
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).     Yes  ☐    No  þ  
The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant was approximately $18,726.5 million based on the last reported sale price of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on June 30, 2021.  
The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, as of February 22, 2022: 160,346,656 shares.  
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE  
Portions of the registrant’s definitive proxy statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission relative to the registrant’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference into Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of Part III of this annual report on Form 10-K.  


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| Auditor name: |  | PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |  | Auditor location: |  | Boston, Massachusetts |  | PCAOB ID: |  | 238 |

  

