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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001086222-26-000064"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AKAM"
cik: "0001086222"
company_name: "AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-13T20:22:14+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-13T21:48:39.146962+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Akamai shareholders approve special meeting right, new ESPP, and incentive plan amendment at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- Shareholders approved amendment to certificate of incorporation allowing stockholders with 25% ownership to call special meetings.
- Approved 2026 Employee Stock Purchase Plan reserving 9M shares and amendment to 2013 Stock Incentive Plan adding 8M shares.
- Elected nine directors including Janaki Akella, Sharon Bowen, and Tom Leighton; all received majority support.
- Advisory say-on-pay proposal passed with 102.4M for vs 10.5M against; shareholder proposal on political spending failed.
- Ratified PricewaterhouseCoopers as independent auditor for FY2026 with 111.4M for, 11.3M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001086222-26-000064
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AKAM
- cik: 0001086222
- company_name: AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-13T20:22:14+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1086222/000108622226000064/0001086222-26-000064-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1086222/000108622226000064/akam-20260513.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC: Adopted amended and restated by-laws to conform and implement the special meeting right for stockholders owning at least 25% of shares (effective 2026-05-13).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2026-05-13
  source text: the adoption of the Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1086222/000108622226000064/0001086222-26-000064-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC: Amended and restated certificate of incorporation to require secretary to call special meeting upon written request of stockholders owning at least 25% of outstanding shares (effective 2026-05-13).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2026-05-13
  source text: to require the Secretary of the Company to call a special meeting of stockholders upon the written request of stockholders or beneficial owners beneficially owning at least 25% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of capital stock
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1086222/000108622226000064/0001086222-26-000064-index.htm

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