---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001086222-26-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AKAM"
cik: "0001086222"
company_name: "AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-02-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T02:19:26.670604+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Akamai adopts 2026 executive comp plan with $1 CEO salary, performance-based equity

## Summary
- CEO Leighton base salary $1; target bonus $1.5M, max $3.3M; CFO McGowan salary $535k, target 85% of earnings.
- Performance bonus weighted 50% revenue and 50% adjusted operating income, with ESG modifier +/-10%.
- Annual vesting RSUs: Leighton $7.25M, McGowan $2.755M, Karon $3.43M, Joseph $2.23M, Sundaram $2.325M.
- Corporate performance RSUs tied to 3-year revenue and non-GAAP EPS targets; threshold at 90% of target.
- Stock performance RSUs vest based on TSR vs S&P 500 over 2026-2028; max payout at 75th percentile.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001086222-26-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AKAM
- cik: 0001086222
- company_name: AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-02-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1086222/000108622226000004/0001086222-26-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1086222/000108622226000004/akam-20260211.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001086222-26-000004.txt

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