Form Of Underwriting Agreement

SHARES


AKAMAI


COMMON STOCK, $0.01 PAR VALUE PER SHARE


UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT


September __, 1999


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September __, 1999


Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Salomon Smith Barney Thomas Weisel Partners LLC c/o Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036


Dear Sirs and Mesdames:


Akamai Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the "UNDERWRITERS") _______________ shares of its common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the "FIRM SHARES"). The Company also proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters not more than an additional ______________ shares of its common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the "ADDITIONAL SHARES"), if and to the extent that you, as Managers of the offering, shall have determined to exercise, on behalf of the Underwriters, the right to purchase such shares of common stock granted to the Underwriters in Section 2 hereof. The Firm Shares and the Additional Shares are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "SHARES." The shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company to be outstanding after giving effect to the sales contemplated hereby are hereinafter referred to as the "COMMON STOCK."


The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "COMMISSION") a registration statement, including a prospectus, relating to the Shares. The registration statement as amended at the time it becomes effective, including the information (if any) deemed to be part of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "SECURITIES ACT"), is hereinafter referred to as the "REGISTRATION STATEMENT"; the prospectus in the form first used to confirm sales of Shares is hereinafter referred to as the "PROSPECTUS." If the Company has filed an abbreviated registration statement to register additional shares of Common Stock pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the "RULE 462 REGISTRATION STATEMENT"), then any reference herein to the term "REGISTRATION STATEMENT" shall be deemed to include such Rule 462 Registration Statement.


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Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated ("Morgan Stanley") has agreed to reserve up to _______ Shares to be purchased by it under this Agreement for sale to the Company's directors, officers, employees and business associates and other parties related to the Company (collectively, "Participants"), as set forth in the Prospectus under the heading "Underwriters" (the "Directed Share Program"). The Shares to be sold by Morgan Stanley and its affiliates pursuant to the Directed Share Program are referred to hereinafter as the "Directed Shares." Any Directed Shares not orally confirmed for purchase by any Participants by the end of the business day on which this Agreement is executed will be offered to the public by the Underwriters as set forth in the Prospectus.


1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Company represents and warrants to and agrees with each of the Underwriters that:


(a) The Registration Statement has become effective; no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in
effect, and no proceedings for such purpose are pending before or, to
the Company's knowledge, threatened by the Commission.


(b) (i) The Registration Statement, when it became effective,
did not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will
not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus comply and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable,
will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the
applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and (iii)
the Prospectus does not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if
applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, except that the representations and warranties set forth in
this paragraph do not apply to statements or omissions in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus based upon information
relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such
Underwriter through you expressly for use therein.


(c) The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate power and
authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described
in the Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in
good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business
or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification,
except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good
standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company.


(d) The Company has no subsidiaries.


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(e) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.


(f) The authorized capital stock of the Company conforms as to
legal matters to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus.


(g) The shares of Common Stock outstanding prior to the
issuance of the Shares have been duly authorized and are validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable.


(h) The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and
delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of such
Shares will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.


(i) The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the
performance by the Company of its obligations under, this Agreement
will not contravene any provision of applicable law or the certificate
of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any agreement or other
instrument binding upon the Company that is material to the Company, or
any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court
having jurisdiction over the Company, and no consent, approval,
authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body
or agency is required for the performance by the Company of its
obligations under this Agreement, except such as may be required by the
securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with
the offer and sale of the Shares.


(j) There has not occurred any material adverse change, or any
development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the
condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or
operations of the Company, from that set forth in the Prospectus
(exclusive of any amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the
date of this Agreement).


(k) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or,
to the Company's knowledge, threatened to which the Company is a party
or to which any of the properties of the Company is subject that are
required to be described in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus and are not so described or any statutes, regulations,
contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to
the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required.


(l) Each preliminary prospectus filed as part of the
registration statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment
thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act,
complied when so filed in all material respects with the Securities Act
and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.


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(m) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the
offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds
thereof as described in the Prospectus, will not be an "investment
company" as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended.


(n) The Company (i) is in compliance with any and all
applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations
relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment
or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants
("ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS"), (ii) has received all permits, licenses or
other approvals required of it under applicable Environmental Laws to
conduct its business and (iii) is in compliance with all terms and
conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such
noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required
permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the
terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not,
singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the
Company.


(o) There are no costs or liabilities associated with
Environmental Laws (including, without limitation, any capital or
operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or
compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval,
any related constraints on operating activities and any potential
liabilities to third parties) which would, singly or in the aggregate,
have a material adverse effect on the Company.


(p) Except as described in the Prospectus, there are no
contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any
person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a
registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any
securities of the Company or to require the Company to include such
securities with the Shares registered pursuant to the Registration
Statement.


(q) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information
is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (1) the
Company has not incurred any material liability or obligation, direct
or contingent, nor entered into any material transaction not in the
ordinary course of business; (2) the Company has not purchased any of
its outstanding capital stock, nor declared, paid or otherwise made any
dividend or distribution of any kind on its capital stock other than
ordinary and customary dividends; and (3) there has not been any
material change in the capital stock, short-term debt or long-term debt
of the Company, except in each case as described in the Prospectus.


(r) The Company has good and marketable title in fee simple to
all real property and good and marketable title to all personal
property owned by it which is material to the business of the Company,
in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects
except such as are described in the Prospectus or such as do not
materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with
the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company;
and any real property and buildings held under


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lease by the Company are held by it under valid, subsisting and
enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not
interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property
and buildings by the Company, in each case except as described in the
Prospectus.


(s) The Company own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable
terms, all material patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions,
copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented
and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or
procedures), trademarks, service marks and trade names currently
employed by them in connection with the business now operated by it,
and the Company has not received any notice of infringement of or
conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any of the
foregoing which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an
unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would be reasonably likely to
have a material adverse affect on the Company.


(t) No material labor dispute with the employees of the
Company exists, except as described in the Prospectus, or, to the
knowledge of the Company, is imminent; and the Company is not aware of
any existing, threatened or imminent labor disturbance by the employees
of any of its principal suppliers, manufacturers or contractors that
could have a material adverse effect on the Company.


(u) The Company is insured by the insurers of recognized
financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such
amounts as, in the Company's reasonable judgment, are prudent and
customary in the businesses in which they are engaged; the Company has
not been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and the
Company does not have any reason to believe that it will not be able to
renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires
or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary
to continue its business at a cost that would not have a material
adverse effect on the Company, except as described in the Prospectus.


(v) The Company possesses all certificates, authorizations and
permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory
authorities necessary to conduct its business, other than those which,
if not so possessed, would not have a material adverse effect on the
Company, and the Company has not received any notice of proceedings
relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate,
authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the
subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a
material adverse effect on the Company, except as described the
Prospectus.


(w) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (1)
transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or
specific authorizations; (2) transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability;
(3) access to assets is


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permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific
authorization; and (4) the recorded accountability for assets is
compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.


(x) The accountants who have certified or shall certify the
financial statements filed or to be filed with the Commission as part
of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are independent
accountants as required by the Securities Act. The consolidated
financial statements of the Company (together with the related notes
thereto) included in the Registration Statement present fairly the
financial position and results of operations of the Company at the
respective dates and for the respective periods to which they apply,
subject to normal year-end adjustments. Such financial statements have
been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles consistently applied throughout the periods involved except
as otherwise stated therein. The pro forma financial information of the
Company included in the Registration Statement has been prepared in
accordance with the Commission's rules and guidelines with respect to
pro forma financial statements, has been properly compiled on the bases
described therein and, in the opinion of the Company, the assumptions
used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used
therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and
circumstances referred to therein.


(y) The Shares have been approved for listing on the Nasdaq
National Market, subject to official notice of issuance.


(z) The Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any
preliminary prospectus comply, and any amendments or supplements
thereto will comply, with any applicable laws or regulations of foreign
jurisdictions in which the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus, as
amended or supplemented, if applicable, are distributed in connection
with the Directed Share Program.


(aa) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or
qualification with, any governmental body or agency, other than those
obtained, is required in connection with the offering of the Directed
Shares in any jurisdiction where the Directed Shares are being offered.


(bb) The Company has not offered, or caused Morgan Stanley to
offer, Shares to any person pursuant to the Directed Share Program with
the specific intent to unlawfully influence (i) a customer or supplier
of the Company to alter the customer's or supplier's level or type of
business with the Company, or (ii) a trade journalist or publication to
write or publish favorable information about the Company or its
products.


(cc) The Company has reviewed its operations and that of its
subsidiaries to evaluate the extent to which the business or operations
of the Company or any of its subsidiaries will be affected by the Year
2000 Problem (that is, any significant risk that computer hardware or
software applications used by the Company and its subsidiaries


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will not, in the case of dates or time periods occurring after December
31, 1999, function at least as effectively as in the case of dates or
time periods occurring prior to January 1, 2000); as a result of such
review, (i) the Company has no reason to believe, and does not believe,
that (A) there are any issues related to the Company's preparedness to
address the Year 2000 Problem that are of a character required to be
described or referred to in the Registration Statement or Prospectus
which have not been accurately described in the Registration Statement
or Prospectus and (B) the Year 2000 Problem will have a material
adverse effect on the condition, financial or otherwise, or on the
earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, or result in any material loss or interference with
the business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken
as a whole; and (ii) the Company reasonably believes, after due
inquiry, that the suppliers, vendors, customers or other material third
parties used or served by the Company and such subsidiaries are
addressing or will address the Year 2000 Problem in a timely manner,
except to the extent that a failure to address the Year 2000 Problem by
any supplier, vendor, customer or material third party would not have a
material adverse effect on the condition, financial or otherwise, or on
the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole.


(dd) To the Company's knowledge, no officer or director of the
Company is in breach or violation of any employment agreement,
non-competition agreement, confidentiality agreement, or other
agreement restricting the nature or scope of employment to which such
officer or director is a party, and, to the Company's knowledge, the
conduct of the Company's business, as described in the Registration
Statement and Prospectus, will not result in a breach or violation of
any such agreement.


(ee) There are no outstanding options to acquire shares of
capital stock of the Company except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus and except as have been granted under the
Second Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Incentive Plan.


(ff) There are no outstanding warrants to acquire shares of
capital stock of the Company except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus and except as have been granted under the
15% Senior Subordinated Notes and Warrants to Purchase Common Stock
Purchase Agreement dated as of May 7, 1999.


2. AGREEMENTS TO SELL AND PURCHASE. The Company hereby agrees to sell to the several Underwriters, and each Underwriter, upon the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective numbers of Firm Shares set forth in Schedule I hereto opposite its name at $______ a share (the "PURCHASE PRICE").


On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, and subject to its terms and conditions, the Company agrees to sell to the Underwriters the Additional Shares, and the Underwriters shall have a one-time right to purchase, severally and


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not jointly, up to _______________ Additional Shares at the Purchase Price. If you, on behalf of the Underwriters, elect to exercise such option, you shall so notify the Company in writing not later than 30 days after the date of this Agreement, which notice shall specify the number of Additional Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters and the date on which such shares are to be purchased. Such date may be the same as the Closing Date (as defined below) but not earlier than the Closing Date nor later than ten business days after the date of such notice. Additional Shares may be purchased as provided in Section 4 hereof solely for the purpose of covering over-allotments made in connection with the offering of the Firm Shares. If any Additional Shares are to be purchased, each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase the number of Additional Shares (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as you may determine) that bears the same proportion to the total number of Additional Shares to be purchased as the number of Firm Shares set forth in Schedule I hereto opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Firm Shares.


The Company hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period ending 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A) the Shares to be sold hereunder, (B) the issuance by the Company of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of an option or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof that is disclosed in the Prospectus or of which the Underwriters have been advised in writing, or (C) the issuance by the Company of shares of Common Stock or options to purchase shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the Company's stock plans as described in the Prospectus, provided that any such shares of Common Stock described in this clause (C), whether to be issued directly or upon exercise of any option, shall not be issued prior to the 18lst day after the date of the Prospectus unless the recipient of such shares executes and delivers to you on or before the date of such issuance a "lock-up" agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.


3. TERMS OF PUBLIC OFFERING. The Company is advised by you that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of their respective portions of the Shares as soon after the Registration Statement and this Agreement have become effective as in your judgment is advisable. The Company is further advised by you that the Shares are to be offered to the public initially at $_____________ a share (the "PUBLIC OFFERING PRICE") and to certain dealers selected by you at a price that represents a concession not in excess of $______ a share under the Public Offering Price, and that any Underwriter may allow, and such dealers may reallow, a concession, not in excess of $_____ a share, to any Underwriter or to certain other dealers.


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4. PAYMENT AND DELIVERY. Payment for the Firm Shares shall be made to the Company in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City against delivery of such Firm Shares for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on ____________, 1999, or at such other time on the same or such other date, not later than _________, 1999, as shall be designated in writing by you. The time and date of such payment are hereinafter refe ...