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                                                                   Exhibit 10.27

August 21, 2003

Ms. Melanie Haratunian
[address]

Dear Melanie:

On behalf of Akamai Technologies, Inc. ("Akamai"), I am pleased to confirm the
offer I made to you for full-time employment with Akamai in the position of Vice
President and General Counsel in our Cambridge office. You will report to me in
this capacity starting on September 8, 2003. This offer is contingent upon the
following: (1) completion of an employment application, which is enclosed with
this letter; and (2) your consent to and the successful completion of a
background investigation conducted pursuant to Akamai's standard procedures.

Your base salary will be $7,692.30 bi-weekly ($200,000.00 on an annualized
basis).

As part of this employment offer, I will recommend to the Akamai Board of
Directors that you be granted a stock option under the Akamai's 1998 Stock
Incentive Plan ("the Plan") for the purchase of an aggregate of 100,000 shares
of Akamai Common Stock at an option price equal to the fair market value of the
Common Stock as determined by the Board on the date the Board of Directors
approves your stock option ("the Grant Date"). Your stock options at Akamai will
vest over four years, provided you remain employed by Akamai, all on a schedule
beginning on the Grant Date. The first 25 percent of the options will vest on
the first anniversary of the Grant Date. An additional 6.25% of the original
number of shares will vest at the end of each successive full three-month period
following the first anniversary of the Grant Date until the fourth anniversary
of the Grant Date. Subject to Board approval, your option will be evidenced by a
separate option agreement embodying these terms. You will also be eligible to
receive such future stock option grants as the Board of Directors shall from
time to time deem appropriate.

You will be eligible to participate in the Employee Stock Purchase Program. This
plan allows you to contribute from 1% to 15% of your salary through regular
payroll deductions. The Akamai plan provides for a two-year offering period that
includes four six-month purchase periods. At the end of each six-month purchase
period, the money that has been deducted will be used to purchase shares of
Akamai common stock at 85% of the closing price of the Common Stock at the
beginning of the offer period or end of the purchase period, whichever is lower.

You will be eligible to elect health insurance, dental insurance, life
insurance, and short/long term disability coverage and other benefits that are
and may become available generally to employees of Akamai. Coverage takes effect
the first of the month following date of hire. You will also be eligible to
contribute to the Akamai Technologies, Inc. 401(k) Plan immediately upon
employment.
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You will be eligible for a maximum of three weeks of vacation per year. The
number of vacation days for which you are eligible in each year shall accrue at
the rate of 1.25 days per month that you are employed and working during such
year. Akamai also observes eleven holidays each year. This year nine of the
holidays are scheduled days, while two holidays are floating days.

Prior to the commencement of your employment, you will be required to execute a
Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation, Proprietary and Confidential Information and
Developments Agreement. Execution of this agreement is a condition of
employment.

You represent that you are not bound by any employment contract, restrictive
covenant or other restriction preventing you from entering into this agreement
or carrying out your responsibilities for Akamai as contemplated or which is in
any way inconsistent with any of the terms hereof.

Akamai is an at will employer, which means that either you or Akamai may
terminate the employment relationship at any time with or without notice and
with or without cause. This letter is not to be construed as an agreement,
either expressed or implied, to employ you for any stated term. No employee,
officer or other representative of Akamai, other than the Chief Executive
Officer, has any authority to enter into any agreement to the contrary.

In the event that Akamai terminates your employment for reasons other than cause
or there is a Change in Control (as defined below) during the first year of your
employment, you would be eligible for severance on the following terms, provided
you sign a separation agreement acceptable to Akamai that includes, among other
things, a full release, a one-year non-competition clause, a future cooperation
clause and a non-disparagement clause:

         If the company terminates your employment during the first year of your
         employment for reasons other than cause, Akamai will pay you an amount
         equal to six months of your then-base salary. The company will make an
         additional one-time lump sum, taxable payment to you equal to six
         months worth of the company's current contribution to the medical and
         dental plan. You may use that money to cover the costs of medical and
         dental coverage under COBRA.

         If the company terminates your employment for any reason after the
         completion of your first year of employment, you will be treated under
         the Akamai policy then in effect for other senior executives who leave
         the company involuntarily.

In the event that there is a Change in Control, as that term is defined in the
Plan, and within the first ninety (90) days the surviving entity fails to offer
to employ you in a position with responsibilities that are commensurate (but not
necessarily identical) with your responsibilities at Akamai, and as a result
your employment terminates voluntarily or involuntarily, you will receive an
amount equal to six months of your then-base salary. Whether you have been
offered a position with commensurate responsibilities is to be determined
without regard to the title or reporting relationship of the new position.
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This employment offer from Akamai is contingent upon your submitting an I-9
Employment Eligibility Verification Form acceptable to Akamai on your date of
employment. YOU MUST BE PREPARED TO OFFER PROOF OF YOUR EMPLOYABILITY IN THE
UNITED STATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS LISTED ON THE I-9 FORM ON YOUR
FIRST DAY OF EMPLOYMENT. YOU WILL NOT BE PLACED ON THE AKAMAI PAYROLL AS AN
ACTIVE EMPLOYEE UNTIL YOU HAVE PROVIDED THIS DOCUMENTATION.

Please accept Akamai's offer of employment by signing the enclosed copy of this
letter and the agreements attached and returning all documents to: ROSS
MATTHEWS, AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, 8 CAMBRIDGE CENTER, 7TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE, MA,
02142.

We are looking forward to having you join us.

Sincerely,

/s/ Paul Sagan
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Paul Sagan
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.36

[Company letterhead]

January 22, 2004

To Each of the Holders
  of Class A Stock of the Company (the "Class A Stockholders")

               RE: REQUEST FOR WAIVER AND RESTRICTION ON TRANSFER

Ladies and Gentlemen:

                  Reference is made herein to the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended (the "Charter") of John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. (the
"Company") effective as of December 10, 1991. Capitalized terms used herein and
not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in
the Charter. Reference is further made to the Company's Registration Statement
on Form S-3 in connection with the public offering of 1,000,000 shares of Common
Stock by the Company, 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock by certain of the Class A
Stockholders and up to 300,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to an
over-allotment option granted to the underwriters (the "Offering").

                  The Company hereby requests that, in connection with the
Offering, each of you, as a Class A Stockholder, (i) waive your right under the
Charter to voluntarily convert any or all of your Class A Stock into an equal
number of shares of Common Stock, (ii) agree not to sell, assign, pledge or
otherwise transfer, except pursuant to a Permitted Transfer, any shares or any
interest in shares of Class A Stock to any person or entity and (iii) agree not
to effectuate a Permitted Transfer unless the transferee agrees to be bound by
the terms of this Waiver and Restriction on Transfer. The foregoing shall not
apply to shares of Class A Stock being converted into Common Stock for the
purpose of inclusion in the Offering and shall be effective until such time as
the Charter is amended to increase the authorized shares of Common Stock to an
amount sufficient to allow for the conversion of all outstanding shares of Class
A Stock into an equal number of shares of Common Stock; provided that the
Company shall submit for the approval of its stockholders at its next annual
meeting a proposal to amend the Charter to increase the authorized shares of
Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow for the conversion of all
outstanding shares of Class A Stock into an equal number of shares of Common
Stock.

                                       ***

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                  Please acknowledge your receipt of this Request for Waiver and
Restriction on Transfer and indicate your agreement with its terms by signing in
the space provided below and returning a copy to my attention.

Yours Truly,

  /s/ MICHAEL J. VALENTINE
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Michael J. Valentine
Executive Vice President Finance
and Chief Financial Officer

ADDRESS FOR DELIVERY OF REQUEST FOR WAIVER:

John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.
2299 Busse Road
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
Attention:  Michael J. Valentine
Facsimile: (847) 593-9608

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED:

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    /s/ JASPER B. SANFILIPPO                                   /s/ MATHIAS A. VALENTINE
    -------------------------------------------------          -------------------------------------------------
    Jasper B. Sanfilippo                                       Mathias A. Valentine

                                                               JASPER B. SANFILIPPO, Trustee

    /S/ MARIAN SANFILIPPO                                 By:  /S/ JASPER B. SANFILIPPO
    -------------------------------------------------          -------------------------------------------------
    Marian Sanfilippo                                          Jasper B. Sanfilippo, not individually but as
                                                               Trustee under the John E. Sanfilippo Trust
                                                               Agreement dated 10/2/91

    JASPER B. SANFILIPPO, Trustee                              JASPER B. SANFILIPPO, Trustee

By: /S/ JASPER B. SANFILIPPO                              By:  /S/ JASPER B. SANFILIPPO
    -------------------------------------------------          -------------------------------------------------
    Jasper B. Sanfilippo, not individually but as              Jasper B. Sanfilippo, not individually but as
    Trustee under the Jeffrey T. Sanfilippo Trust              Trustee under the Lisa Ann Sanfilippo Trust
    Agreement dated 10/4/91                                    Agreement Dated 10/4/91
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    JASPER B. SANFILIPPO, Trustee                             JASPER B. SANFILIPPO, Trustee

By: /S/ JASPER B. SANFILIPPO                              By: /S/ JASPER B. SANFILIPPO
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    Jasper B. Sanfilippo, not individually but as             Jasper B. Sanfilippo, not individually but as
    Trustee under the James J. Sanfilippo Trust               Trustee under the Jasper B. Sanfilippo Jr.
    Agreement Dated 9/26/91                                   Trust Agreement dated 9/23/91

    MARIAN SANFILIPPO, Trustee                                MARIAN SANFILIPPO, Trustee

By: /s/ MARIAN SANFILIPPO                                 By: /s/ MARIAN SANFILIPPO
    -------------------------------------------------         -------------------------------------------------
    Marian Sanfilippo, not individually but as                Marian Sanfilippo, not individually but as
    Trustee under the Jasper B. Sanfilippo, Jr.               Trustee under the Lisa Sanfilippo Irrevocable
    Trust under the Jasper Sanfilippo Children's              Trust 1/21/93
    Trust Agreement Dated 10/8/96

    MARIAN SANFILIPPO, Trustee                                MARIAN SANFILIPPO, Trustee

By: /s/ MARIAN SANFILIPPO                                 By: /s/ MARIAN SANFILIPPO
    -------------------------------------------------         -------------------------------------------------
    Marian Sanfilippo, not individually but as                Marian Sanfilippo, not individually but as
    Trustee under the Jeffrey T. Sanfilippo Trust             Trustee under the James J. Sanfilippo Trust
    under the Jasper Sanfilippo Children's Trust              under the Jasper Sanfilippo Children's Trust
    Agreement Dated 10/8/96                                   Agreement Dated 10/8/96

    MARIAN SANFILIPPO, Trustee                                MICHAEL J. VALENTINE, Trustee

By: /s/ MARIAN SANFILIPPO                                 By: /s/ MICHAEL J. VALENTINE
    -------------------------------------------------         -------------------------------------------------
    Marian Sanfilippo, not individually but as                Michael J. Valentine, not individually but as
    Trustee under the John E. Sanfilippo Trust                Trustee under the Trust for Michael J.
    under the Jasper Sanfilippo Children's Trust              Valentine under the Valentine Trust Dated
    Agreement Dated 10/8/96                                   5/26/91
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    MICHAEL J. VALENTINE, Trustee                             MICHAEL J. VALENTINE, Trustee

By: /s/ MICHAEL J. VALENTINE                              By: /s/ MICHAEL J. VALENTINE
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    Michael J. Valentine, not individually but as             Michael J. Valentine, not individually but as
    Trustee under the Trust for James A. Valentine            Trustee under the Trust for Mary Jo Carroll
    under the Valentine Trust Dated 5/26/91                   under the Valentine Trust Dated 5/26/91
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