Form of Stock Option Agreement with Three-Year Vesting Period



 Exhibit 10.4 
 AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 
 Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement 

Granted Under 2009 Stock Incentive Plan 
  

	 	1.	Grant of Option. 

 This
Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (this “Agreement”) evidences the grant by Akamai Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), on
                     (the “Grant Date”) to
                    , an employee of the Company (the “Participant”), of an option to purchase, in whole or in part, on the terms provided
herein and in the Company’s 2009 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), a total of                      shares (the “Shares”) of
common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) at «Exercise_Price» per Share. Unless earlier terminated, this option shall expire on the seventh anniversary of the Grant Date (the “Final Exercise
Date”). 
 It is intended that the option evidenced by this agreement shall not be an incentive stock option as defined in
Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Code”). Except as otherwise indicated by the context, the term “Participant”, as used in this option, shall be
deemed to include any person who acquires the right to exercise this option validly under its terms. 
  

	 	2.	Vesting Schedule. 

 (a)
General. This option will become exercisable (“vest”) as to 33% of the original number of Shares on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the Grant Date. For purposes of this Section 2(a) the Vesting Start Date
shall be the Grant Date. 
 The right of exercise shall be cumulative so that to the extent the option is not exercised in any
period to the maximum extent permissible it shall continue to be exercisable, in whole or in part, with respect to all shares for which it is vested until the earlier of the Final Exercise Date or the termination of this option under Section 3
hereof or the Plan. 
 (b) Change in Control. Upon a Change in Control Event (as defined in the Plan), notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the Plan, the number of Shares as to which this option has vested shall be calculated pursuant to Section 2(a) as though the Grant Date were the date that is one year prior to the Grant Date. 

 

	 	3.	Exercise of Option. 

 (a)
Form of Exercise. In order to exercise this option, the Participant shall notify the Company’s third-party stock option plan administrator, Charles Schwab & Co., or any successor appointed by the Company (the “Plan
Administrator”), of the Participant’s intent to exercise this option, and shall follow the procedures established by the Plan Administrator for exercising stock options under the Plan and provide payment in full in the manner provided in
the Plan. The Participant may purchase less than the number of shares covered hereby, provided that no partial exercise of this option may be for any fractional share. 

  
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 (b) Continuous Relationship with the Company Required. Except as otherwise provided
in this Section 3, this option may not be exercised unless the Participant, at the time he or she exercises this option, is, and has been at all times since the Grant Date, an employee of the Company or any parent or subsidiary of the Company
as defined in Section 424(e) or (f) of the Code (an “Eligible Participant”). 
 (c) Termination of
Relationship with the Company. If the Participant ceases to be an Eligible Participant for any reason, then, except as provided in paragraphs (d) and (e) below, the right to exercise this option shall terminate three months after such
cessation (but in no event after the Final Exercise Date), provided that this option shall be exercisable only to the extent that the Participant was entitled to exercise this option on the date of such cessation. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the Participant, prior to the Final Exercise Date, violates the non-competition or confidentiality provisions of any employment contract, confidentiality and nondisclosure agreement or other agreement between the Participant and the
Company, the right to exercise this option shall terminate immediately upon such violation. 
 (d) Exercise Period Upon Death
or Disability. If the Participant dies or becomes disabled (within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code) prior to the Final Exercise Date while he or she is an Eligible Participant and the Company has not terminated such relationship
for “cause” as specified in paragraph (e) below, this option shall be exercisable, within the period of one year following the date of death or disability of the Participant by the Participant, provided that
(i) this option shall be exercisable only to the extent that this option was exercisable by the Participant on the date of his or her death or disability, and (ii) this option shall not be exercisable after the Final Exercise Date.

 (e) Discharge for Cause. If the Participant, prior to the Final Exercise Date, is discharged by the Company for
“cause” (as defined below), the right to exercise this option shall terminate immediately upon the effective date of such discharge. “Cause” shall mean willful misconduct by the Participant or willful failure by the Participant
to perform his or her responsibilities to the Company (including, without limitation, breach by the Participant of any provision of any employment, consulting, advisory, nondisclosure, non-competition or other similar agreement between the
Participant and the Company), as determined by the Company, which determination shall be conclusive. The Participant shall be considered to have been discharged for “cause” if the Company determines, prior to or simultaneously with the
Participant’s resignation, that discharge for cause was warranted. 
  

	 	4.	Withholding. 

 No Shares
will be issued pursuant to the exercise of this option unless and until the Participant pays to the Company, or makes provision satisfactory to the Company for payment of, any federal, state or local withholding taxes required by law to be withheld
in respect of this option. 
  

	 	5.	Nontransferability of Option. 

 This option may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered by the Participant, either voluntarily or by operation of law, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution,
and, during the lifetime of the Participant, this option shall be exercisable only by the Participant. 
  

	 	6.	Provisions of the Plan. 


This option is subject to the provisions of the Plan, a copy of which is furnished to the Participant with this option. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this option to be executed under its corporate
seal by its duly authorized officer. This option shall take effect as a sealed instrument. 
  

					
		 		 	AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
			
	Dated: «Grant_Date»	 		 	  

		 		 	Paul Sagan
		 		 	Chief Executive Officer

 PARTICIPANT’S ACCEPTANCE 
 The undersigned hereby accepts the foregoing option and agrees to the terms and conditions thereof. The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Company’s 2009 Stock Incentive Plan.

  

			
	PARTICIPANT:
	
	  

	Signature
	Name: «Name»
		
	Address:	 	  



 

			
		
		 	  




  
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