NASDAQ Approves Akamai's Transfer of Stock Listing to the NASDAQ National Market


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Akamai will begin trading on The NASDAQ National Market effective at the opening of business today, Monday, May 5, 2003

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - May 5, 2003 - Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), a provider of services that enable the world's leading enterprises and government agencies to extend and control their e-business infrastructure, today announced that its request to transfer to The NASDAQ National Market has been approved. Akamai will begin trading on The NASDAQ National Market effective at the opening of business today, Monday, May 5, 2003. Akamai's common stock will continue trading under its current symbol: AKAM.

About Akamai
Akamai® provides services that enable the world's leading enterprises and government agencies to extend and control their e-business infrastructure. Having deployed the world's largest, globally-distributed computing platform, Akamai ensures the highest levels of availability, reliability, security, and performance of networked information and application delivery. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Akamai's industry-leading services, matched with world-class customer care, are used by hundreds of successful enterprises, government entities, and Web businesses around the globe. For more information, visit www.akamai.com.

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Akamai Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
The release contains information about future expectations, plans and prospects of Akamai's management that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors including, but not limited to, changes in the market value of its common stock, changes in legal or regulatory requirements, and other factors that are discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and other documents periodically filed with the SEC.