Form 8-K

 

 

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 (Date of earliest event reported):

August 31, 2012

 

 

LIMELIGHT NETWORKS, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-33508   20-1677033

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

222 South Mill Avenue, 8th Floor

Tempe, AZ 85281

(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

(602) 850-5000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On August 31, 2012, Limelight Networks, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release regarding the Court of Appeals en banc opinion in the ongoing litigation with Akamai Technology, Inc. The full text of the press release concerning the foregoing is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

99.1    Limelight Networks, Inc. Press Release dated August 31, 2012 (furnished herewith).


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.

 

    LIMELIGHT NETWORKS, INC.
Dated: September 5, 2012         By:  

/s/ Philip C. Maynard

     

Philip C. Maynard

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

99.1    Limelight Networks, Inc. Press Release dated August 31, 2012 (furnished herewith).