---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-237687"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AKAM"
cik: "0001086222"
company_name: "AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-09-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T13:00:33.144743+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Akamai amends bylaws to adopt proxy access for director nominations

## Summary
- Stockholders holding 3%+ of common stock for 3+ years may nominate directors.
- Maximum nominees capped at 25% of board seats (rounded down to whole number).
- Group of up to 20 stockholders can aggregate holdings to meet the 3% threshold.
- Amendment effective immediately upon board approval on September 13, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-237687
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AKAM
- cik: 0001086222
- company_name: AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-09-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1086222/000119312523237687/0001193125-23-237687-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1086222/000119312523237687/d508328d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-237687.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC: Amendment to by-laws to add proxy access provisions for director nominations (effective 2023-09-13).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-09-13
  source text: On September 13, 2023, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Akamai Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) approved an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated by-laws (the “Amendment”), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1086222/000119312523237687/0001193125-23-237687-index.htm

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