0001086222-18-000073.txt : 20180409 0001086222-18-000073.hdr.sgml : 20180409 20180409172055 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001086222-18-000073 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20180409 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure FILED AS OF DATE: 20180409 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180409 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001086222 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389] IRS NUMBER: 043432319 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-27275 FILM NUMBER: 18746325 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 150 BROADWAY CITY: CAMBRIDGE STATE: MA ZIP: 02142 BUSINESS PHONE: 6174443000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 150 BROADWAY CITY: CAMBRIDGE STATE: MA ZIP: 02142 8-K 1 form8-kxasc606.htm FORM 8-K Document


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report: April 9, 2018
(Date of earliest event reported)

AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
 
0-27275
 
04-3432319
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

150 Broadway
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 444-3000

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Effective January 1, 2018, Akamai Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") adopted the pronouncements of the new revenue recognition standard, Accounting Standards Codification No. 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The Company adopted the standard on a retrospective basis and revised its results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, and each of the quarterly periods therein. In order to facilitate review of the restated results, on April 9, 2018, the Company posted the revisions to its consolidated statements of income and other key disaggregated revenue amounts to the Investor Relations section of its website at www.akamai.com.


The information provided under this Form 8-K shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.






SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: April 9, 2018
 
AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ James Benson
 
 
 
 
 
James Benson
 
 
Chief Financial Officer