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Earnings release · 8-K Exhibit 99

Akamai Technologies · Earnings release · 8-K Exhibit 99

AKAM · Information Technology

Filed 2026-08-06 · CY2026 Q3 · Company’s FY2026 Q3 · 5,932 words

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Akamai reported Q2 revenue of $1.1 billion, up 5% year-over-year. Security revenue grew 10% to $604 million, while Cloud Infrastructure Services increased 39% to $99 million. GAAP EPS declined 27% to $0.52. The company issued FY26 revenue guidance of $4.445-$4.530 billion and non-GAAP operating margin guidance of 25%-26%. Akamai repurchased $410 million of shares and signed over $2.8 billion in multi-year CIS contracts year-to-date.

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EX-99.12exhibit991-q22026.htmEX-99.1 Document

Exhibit 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contacts:

Johanna Schmitt

Mark Stoutenberg

Media Relations

Investor Relations

Akamai Technologies

Akamai Technologies

AkamaiPR@akamai.com

mstouten@akamai.com

AKAMAI REPORTS SECOND QUARTER 2026 FINANCIAL RESULTS

Second quarter revenue of $1.1 billion, up 5% year-over-year and when adjusted for foreign exchange*

Cloud Infrastructure Services revenue of $99 million, up 39% year-over-year and when adjusted for foreign exchange*

Security revenue of $604 million, up 10% year-over-year and up 9% when adjusted for foreign exchange*

GAAP net income per diluted share of $0.52, down 27% year-over-year and down 22% when adjusted for foreign exchange*, and non-GAAP net income per diluted share* of $1.59, down 8% year-over-year and down 6% when adjusted for foreign exchange*

U.S.-based technology company commits to more than $600 million over four years for Cloud Infrastructure Services to power robotics development

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – August 6, 2026 – Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that powers and protects business online, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026.

“Akamai delivered a strong second quarter, highlighted by sustained momentum across our security and Cloud Infrastructure Services (CIS) portfolios,” said Dr. Tom Leighton, Akamai's Chief Executive Officer. “T1We are especially excited by the rapid growth of our CIS portfolio. Year-to-date, we have signed numerous customers to multi-year CIS contracts, collectively worth over $2.8 billion. This includes a contract with a U.S.-based technology company, which is also a new customer, worth more than $600 million over four years. T2These major contract wins validate Akamai's growing position as a key AI infrastructure provider.”

Akamai delivered the following results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026:

Revenue: Revenue was $1.100 billion, a 5% increase over second quarter 2025 revenue of $1.043 billion and a 5% increase when adjusted for foreign exchange.*

Revenue by solution:

•T3Security revenue was $604 million, up 10% year-over-year and up 9% when adjusted for foreign exchange*

•T4Delivery and other cloud applications revenue was $396 million, down 6% year-over-year and down 5% when adjusted for foreign exchange*

•Cloud infrastructure services revenue was $99 million, up 39% year-over-year and when adjusted for foreign exchange*

Revenue by geography:

•U.S. revenue was $550 million, up 4% year-over-year

•International revenue was $549 million, up 6% year-over-year and up 7% when adjusted for foreign exchange*

1

Income from operations: GAAP income from operations was $80 million, a 47% decrease from second quarter 2025. T5GAAP operating margin for the second quarter was 7%, down 8 percentage points from the same period last year.

Non-GAAP income from operations* was $271 million, a 12% decrease from second quarter 2025. Non-GAAP operating margin* for the second quarter was 25%, down 5 percentage points from the same period last year.

Net income: GAAP net income was $79 million, a 23% decrease from second quarter 2025. Non-GAAP net income* was $236 million, down 6% from second quarter 2025.

EPS: GAAP net income per diluted share was $0.52, a 27% decrease from second quarter 2025 and a 22% decrease when adjusted for foreign exchange.* Non-GAAP net income per diluted share* was $1.59, an 8% decrease from second quarter 2025 and a 6% decrease when adjusted for foreign exchange.*

Adjusted EBITDA*: Adjusted EBITDA* was $416 million, a 6% decrease from second quarter 2025.

Supplemental cash information: Cash from operations for the second quarter of 2026 was $326 million, or 30% of revenue. Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities was $4.616 billion as of June 30, 2026.

Share repurchases: T6The Company spent $410 million in the second quarter of 2026 to repurchase 3 million shares of common stock at a weighted average price of $134.54 per share. The Company had 144 million shares of common stock outstanding as of June 30, 2026.

Financial guidance: The Company reports the following financial guidance for the third quarter and full year 2026:

Three Months Ending

September 30, 2026

Year Ending

December 31, 2026

Low End

High End

Low End

High End

G1Revenue (in millions)

$

1,105

$

1,130

$

4,445

$

4,530

G2Non-GAAP operating margin *

24

%

26

%

25

%

26

%

G3Non-GAAP net income per diluted share *

$

1.60

$

1.80

$

6.40

$

7.05

G4G5Non-GAAP tax rate*

19

%

19

%

19

%

19

%

G6G7Shares used in non-GAAP per diluted share calculations * (in millions)

150

150

150

150

The guidance that is provided on a non-GAAP basis cannot be reconciled to the closest GAAP measures without unreasonable effort because of the unpredictability of the amounts and timing of events affecting the items Akamai excludes from non-GAAP measures. For example, stock-based compensation is unpredictable for Akamai’s performance-based awards, which can fluctuate significantly based on current expectations of the future achievement of performance-based targets. Amortization of intangible assets, acquisition-related costs and restructuring costs are all impacted by the timing and size of potential future actions, which are difficult to predict. In addition, from time to time, Akamai excludes certain items that occur infrequently, which are also inherently difficult to predict and estimate.

It is also difficult to predict the tax effect of the items Akamai excludes and to estimate certain discrete tax items, such as the resolution of tax audits or changes to tax laws. As such, the costs that are being excluded from non-GAAP guidance are difficult to predict and a reconciliation or a range of results could lead to disclosure that would be imprecise or potentially misleading. Material changes to any one of the exclusions could have a significant effect on our guidance and future GAAP results.

* See Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures below for definitions

2

Quarterly Conference Call

Akamai will host a conference call today at 4:30 p.m. ET that can be accessed through 1-833-634-5020 (or 1-412-902-4238 for international calls) and using passcode Akamai Technologies call. A live webcast of the call may be accessed at www.akamai.com in the Investor Relations section. In addition, a replay of the call will be available for two weeks following the conference by calling 1-855-669-9658 (or 1-412-317-0088 for international calls) and using passcode 8525174. The archived webcast of this event may be accessed through the Akamai website.

About Akamai

Akamai is the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that powers and protects business online. Our market-leading security solutions, superior threat intelligence and global operations team provide defense in depth to safeguard enterprise data and applications everywhere. Akamai’s full-stack cloud computing solutions deliver performance and affordability on the world’s most distributed platform. Global enterprises trust Akamai to provide the industry-leading reliability, scale and expertise they need to grow their business with confidence. Learn more at akamai.com and akamai.com/blog, or follow Akamai Technologies on X and LinkedIn.

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AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands)

June 30,

2026

December 31,

2025

ASSETS

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

$

1,480,257

$

930,231

Marketable securities

1,875,130

256,302

Accounts receivable, net

953,445

793,666

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

341,254

306,481

Total current assets

4,650,086

2,286,680

Marketable securities

1,260,918

733,228

Property and equipment, net

2,636,028

2,333,462

Operating lease right-of-use assets

1,689,018

1,469,700

Acquired intangible assets, net

564,281

614,542

Goodwill

3,202,854

3,206,525

Deferred income tax assets

852,383

622,776

Other assets

217,852

212,730

Total assets

$

15,073,420

$

11,479,643

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Current liabilities:

Accounts payable

$

273,378

$

125,054

Accrued expenses

277,771

319,622

Deferred revenue

200,269

151,186

Convertible senior notes

1,705,576

—

Operating lease liabilities

370,448

336,613

Other current liabilities

13,777

35,043

Total current liabilities

2,841,219

967,518

Deferred revenue

21,337

17,088

Deferred income tax liabilities

40,077

31,089

Convertible senior notes

5,857,252

4,105,355

Operating lease liabilities

1,405,710

1,233,420

Other liabilities

159,308

147,802

Total liabilities

10,324,903

6,502,272

Total stockholders’ equity

4,748,517

4,977,371

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

$

15,073,420

$

11,479,643

4

AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

(in thousands, except per share data)

June 30,

2026

March 31,

2026

June 30,

2025

June 30,

2026

June 30,

2025

Revenue

$

1,099,682

$

1,073,610

$

1,043,494

$

2,173,292

$

2,058,633

Costs and operating expenses:

Cost of revenue (1) (2)

485,932

471,299

426,535

957,231

845,480

Research and development (1)

148,821

141,576

125,838

290,397

249,387

Sales and marketing (1)

170,045

157,062

146,239

327,107

280,370

General and administrative (1) (2)

187,686

163,809

162,597

351,495

318,530

Amortization of acquired intangible assets

25,089

25,187

27,721

50,276

55,358

Restructuring charge

1,825

183

3,103

2,008

3,464

Total costs and operating expenses

1,019,398

959,116

892,033

1,978,514

1,752,589

Income from operations

80,284

114,494

151,461

194,778

306,044

Interest and marketable securities income, net

31,672

17,547

14,129

49,219

33,659

Interest expense

(9,078)

(8,257)

(8,201)

(17,335)

(14,951)

Other (expense) income, net

(2,851)

(1,786)

(5,451)

(4,637)

569

Income before provision for income taxes

100,027

121,998

151,938

222,025

325,321

Provision for income taxes

20,623

15,679

48,320

36,302

98,532

Net income

$

79,404

$

106,319

$

103,618

$

185,723

$

226,789

Net income per share:

Basic

$

0.55

$

0.73

$

0.72

$

1.28

$

1.54

Diluted

$

0.52

$

0.71

$

0.71

$

1.22

$

1.53

Shares used in per share calculations:

Basic

144,660

145,270

144,757

144,965

146,905

Diluted

153,686

150,022

145,249

151,854

148,156

(1) Includes stock-based compensation (see supplemental table for figures)

(2) Includes depreciation and amortization (see supplemental table for figures)

5

AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

(in thousands)

June 30,

2026

March 31,

2026

June 30,

2025

June 30,

2026

June 30,

2025

Cash flows from operating activities:

Net income

$

79,404

$

106,319

$

103,618

$

185,723

$

226,789

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

Depreciation and amortization

185,537

183,751

175,461

369,288

349,483

Stock-based compensation

146,290

128,681

112,776

274,971

224,754

(Benefit) provision for deferred income taxes

(2,732)

(1,749)

12,680

(4,481)

44,063

Amortization of debt issuance costs

3,032

2,148

1,645

5,180

3,250

Gain on investments

—

—

—

—

(9,313)

Other non-cash reconciling items, net

3,716

2,709

1,840

6,425

3,982

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions:

Accounts receivable

(77,532)

(94,272)

(7,440)

(171,804)

(33,117)

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

(23,245)

(10,096)

7,430

(33,341)

(29,699)

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

26,941

(42,035)

25,365

(15,094)

(84,541)

Deferred revenue

(2,295)

56,281

8,169

53,986

23,117

Other current liabilities

(11,856)

(10,353)

(2,181)

(22,209)

(22,457)

Other non-current assets and liabilities

(994)

(8,876)

19,786

(9,870)

14,038

Net cash provided by operating activities

326,266

312,508

459,149

638,774

710,349

Cash flows from investing activities:

Cash (paid) received for business acquisition, net of cash acquired

(37)

—

790

(37)

790

Cash paid for asset acquisition

—

—

—

—

(29,930)

Purchases of property and equipment and capitalization of internal-use software development costs

(225,753)

(191,847)

(223,781)

(417,600)

(419,789)

Purchases of short- and long-term marketable securities

(2,106,653)

(161,455)

(662,715)

(2,268,108)

(669,795)

Proceeds from sales, maturities and redemptions of short- and long-term marketable securities

79,482

35,606

206,270

115,088

1,319,225

Other, net

(1,304)

(1,798)

(3,430)

(3,102)

(6,521)

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

(2,254,265)

(319,494)

(682,866)

(2,573,759)

193,980

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AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS, continued

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

(in thousands)

June 30,

2026

March 31,

2026

June 30,

2025

June 30,

2026

June 30,

2025

Cash flows from financing activities:

Proceeds from borrowings under revolving credit facility

—

—

250,000

—

250,000

Repayment from borrowings under revolving credit facility

—

—

(250,000)

—

(250,000)

Proceeds from the issuance of convertible senior notes, net of issuance costs

3,452,749

—

1,702,188

3,452,749

1,702,188

Proceeds from the issuance of warrants related to convertible senior notes

657,125

—

330,855

657,125

330,855

Purchases of note hedges related to convertible senior notes

(893,725)

—

(605,820)

(893,725)

(605,820)

Repayment of convertible senior notes

—

—

(1,149,992)

—

(1,149,992)

Proceeds from the issuance of common stock under stock plans

14,348

21,619

9,059

35,967

29,241

Employee taxes paid related to net share settlement of stock-based awards

(43,502)

(106,574)

(25,866)

(150,076)

(97,929)

Repurchases of common stock

(409,858)

(205,886)

(300,000)

(615,744)

(799,963)

Other, net

(591)

(868)

(1,629)

(1,459)

(2,035)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

2,776,546

(291,709)

(41,205)

2,484,837

(593,455)

Effects of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

6,251

(5,672)

16,070

579

21,501

Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

854,798

(304,367)

(248,852)

550,431

332,375

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period

626,941

931,308

1,100,311

931,308

519,084

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period

$

1,481,739

$

626,941

$

851,459

$

1,481,739

$

851,459

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AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

SUPPLEMENTAL REVENUE DATA – REVENUE BY SOLUTION (1)

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

(in thousands)

June 30,

2026

March 31,

2026

June 30,

2025

June 30,

2026

June 30,

2025

Security

$

604,436

$

589,790

$

551,914

$

1,194,226

$

1,082,609

Delivery and other cloud applications

395,927

389,208

420,117

785,135

836,960

Cloud infrastructure services

99,319

94,612

71,463

193,931

139,064

Total revenue

$

1,099,682

$

1,073,610

$

1,043,494

$

2,173,292

$

2,058,633

Revenue growth rates year-over-year:

Security

10

%

11

%

11

%

10

%

9

%

Delivery and other cloud applications

(6)

(7)

(1)

(6)

(4)

Cloud infrastructure services

39

40

30

39

30

Total revenue

5

%

6

%

7

%

6

%

5

%

Revenue growth rates year-over-year, adjusted for the impact of foreign exchange rates (2):

Security

9

%

9

%

10

%

9

%

10

%

Delivery and other cloud applications

(5)

(8)

(2)

(6)

(4)

Cloud infrastructure services

39

39

29

39

30

Total revenue

5

%

4

%

6

%

5

%

5

%

AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

SUPPLEMENTAL REVENUE DATA – REVENUE BY GEOGRAPHY

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

(in thousands)

June 30,

2026

March 31,

2026

June 30,

2025

June 30,

2026

June 30,

2025

U.S.

$

550,426

$

543,147

$

527,607

$

1,093,573

$

1,056,346

International

549,256

530,463

515,887

1,079,719

1,002,287

Total revenue

$

1,099,682

$

1,073,610

$

1,043,494

$

2,173,292

$

2,058,633

Revenue growth rates year-over-year:

U.S.

4

%

3

%

4

%

4

%

3

%

International

6

9

10

8

6

Total revenue

5

%

6

%

7

%

6

%

5

%

Revenue growth rates year-over-year, adjusted for the impact of foreign exchange rates (2):

U.S.

4

%

3

%

4

%

4

%

3

%

International

7

5

8

6

7

Total revenue

5

%

4

%

6

%

5

%

5

%

(1) Beginning with the first quarter of 2026, the Company began reporting its revenue in three solution categories: security, delivery and other cloud applications and cloud infrastructure services. Recognizing cloud infrastructure services as a primary growth area and a significant focus of investment in the Company's cloud computing portfolio, the Company began reporting its revenue separately. Prior period amounts reported in the table for revenue by solution category have been recast to reflect this change.

(2) See Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures below for a definition

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AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL DATA

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

(in thousands, except end of period statistics)

June 30,

2026

March 31,

2026

June 30,

2025

June 30,

2026

June 30,

2025

Stock-based compensation:

Cost of revenue

$

24,659

$

21,677

$

19,314

$

46,336

$

38,242

Research and development

53,997

48,857

39,803

102,854

82,071

Sales and marketing

26,456

24,981

22,263

51,437

44,703

General and administrative

41,178

33,166

31,396

74,344

59,738

Total stock-based compensation

$

146,290

$

128,681

$

112,776

$

274,971

$

224,754

Depreciation and amortization:

Network-related depreciation

$

84,735

$

84,048

$

81,824

$

168,783

$

160,149

Capitalized internal-use software development amortization

43,221

42,568

38,059

85,789

78,154

Other depreciation and amortization

17,400

17,251

15,874

34,651

31,758

Non-GAAP depreciation and amortization (1)

145,356

143,867

135,757

289,223

270,061

Capitalized stock-based compensation amortization (2)

14,924

14,538

11,864

29,462

23,827

Capitalized interest expense amortization (2)

168

159

119

327

237

Amortization of acquired intangible assets

25,089

25,187

27,721

50,276

55,358

Total depreciation and amortization

$

185,537

$

183,751

$

175,461

$

369,288

$

349,483

Capital expenditures (1) (3):

Purchases of property and equipment

$

261,732

$

118,915

$

135,597

$

380,647

$

283,587

Capitalized internal-use software development costs

84,804

87,422

78,584

172,226

156,494

Total capital expenditures

$

346,536

$

206,337

$

214,181

$

552,873

$

440,081

Capex as a percentage of revenue (1)

32

%

19

%

21

%

25

%

21

%

End of period statistics:

Number of employees

11,540

11,419

10,944

(1) See Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures below for a definition

(2) Amortization of capitalized stock-based compensation and interest expense in this table excludes amortization of capitalized stock-based compensation and interest expense capitalized related to cloud-computing arrangements. However, the amounts are included in our total amortization of capitalized stock-based compensation and interest expense that is excluded from our non-GAAP measures (see reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP measures).

(3) Capital expenditures presented in this table are reported on an accrual basis, which differs from the cash-basis presentation in the statements of cash flows. The primary difference between the two is the change in purchases of property and equipment and capitalization of internal-use software development costs accrued for, but not paid, at period end versus prior periods.

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AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP INCOME FROM OPERATIONS, NET INCOME AND TAX RATE

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

(in thousands)

June 30,

2026

March 31,

2026

June 30,

2025

June 30,

2026

June 30,

2025

Income from operations

$

80,284

$

114,494

$

151,461

$

194,778

$

306,044

GAAP operating margin

7

%

11

%

15

%

9

%

15

%

Amortization of acquired intangible assets

25,089

25,187

27,721

50,276

55,358

Stock-based compensation

146,290

128,681

112,776

274,971

224,754

Amortization of capitalized stock-based compensation and capitalized interest expense

15,434

15,016

12,288

30,450

24,647

Restructuring charge

1,825

183

3,103

2,008

3,464

Acquisition-related costs (benefit)

1,788

(759)

1,274

1,029

1,369

Operating adjustments

190,426

168,308

157,162

358,734

309,592

Non-GAAP income from operations

$

270,710

$

282,802

$

308,623

$

553,512

$

615,636

G8Non-GAAP operating margin

25

%

26

%

30

%

25

%

30

%

Net income

$

79,404

$

106,319

$

103,618

$

185,723

$

226,789

Operating adjustments (from above)

190,426

168,308

157,162

358,734

309,592

Amortization of debt issuance costs

3,032

2,148

1,645

5,180

3,250

Gain on cost method investments, net

—

—

—

—

(9,313)

Income tax effect of above non-GAAP adjustments and certain discrete tax items

(37,039)

(37,515)

(11,069)

(74,554)

(22,866)

Non-GAAP net income

$

235,823

$

239,260

$

251,356

$

475,083

$

507,452

GAAP tax rate

21

%

13

%

32

%

16

%

30

%

Income tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments and certain discrete tax items

(1)

5

(13)

3

(11)

Non-GAAP tax rate

20

%

18

%

19

%

19

%

19

%

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AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP NET INCOME PER DILUTED SHARE

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

(in thousands, except per share data)

June 30,

2026

March 31,

2026

June 30,

2025

June 30,

2026

June 30,

2025

GAAP net income per diluted share

$

0.52

$

0.71

$

0.71

$

1.22

$

1.53

Adjustments to net income:

Amortization of acquired intangible assets

0.16

0.17

0.19

0.33

0.37

Stock-based compensation

0.95

0.86

0.78

1.81

1.52

Amortization of capitalized stock-based compensation and capitalized interest expense

0.10

0.10

0.08

0.20

0.17

Restructuring charge

0.01

—

0.02

0.01

0.02

Acquisition-related costs (benefit)

0.01

(0.01)

0.01

0.01

0.01

Amortization of debt issuance costs

0.02

0.01

0.01

0.03

0.02

Gain on cost method investments, net

—

—

—

—

(0.06)

Income tax effect of above non-GAAP adjustments and certain discrete tax items

(0.24)

(0.25)

(0.08)

(0.49)

(0.15)

Adjustment for shares (1)

0.06

0.02

—

0.07

—

Non-GAAP net income per diluted share

$

1.59

$

1.61

$

1.73

$

3.20

$

3.43

Shares used in GAAP per diluted share calculations

153,686

150,022

145,249

151,854

148,156

Impact of benefit from note hedge transactions (1)

(5,353)

(1,338)

—

(3,346)

—

Shares used in non-GAAP per diluted share calculations (1)

148,333

148,684

145,249

148,508

148,156

(1) Shares used in non-GAAP per diluted share calculations have been adjusted for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and for the three months ended March 31, 2026 for the benefit of Akamai's note hedge transactions. During these periods, Akamai's average stock price exceeded the initial conversion price of one or more of Akamai's convertible senior notes. See Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures below for further definition.

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AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

RECONCILIATION OF GAAP NET INCOME TO ADJUSTED EBITDA

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

(in thousands)

June 30,

2026

March 31,

2026

June 30,

2025

June 30,

2026

June 30,

2025

Net income

$

79,404

$

106,319

$

103,618

$

185,723

$

226,789

Net income margin

7

%

10

%

10

%

9

%

11

%

Interest and marketable securities income, net

(31,672)

(17,547)

(14,129)

(49,219)

(33,659)

Provision for income taxes

20,623

15,679

48,320

36,302

98,532

Depreciation and amortization

145,356

143,867

135,757

289,223

270,061

Amortization of capitalized stock-based compensation and capitalized interest expense

15,434

15,016

12,288

30,450

24,647

Amortization of acquired intangible assets

25,089

25,187

27,721

50,276

55,358

Stock-based compensation

146,290

128,681

112,776

274,971

224,754

Restructuring charge

1,825

183

3,103

2,008

3,464

Acquisition-related costs (benefit)

1,788

(759)

1,274

1,029

1,369

Interest expense

9,078

8,257

8,201

17,335

14,951

Gain on cost method investments, net

—

—

—

—

(9,313)

Other expense, net

2,851

1,786

5,451

4,637

8,744

Adjusted EBITDA

$

416,066

$

426,669

$

444,380

$

842,735

$

885,697

Adjusted EBITDA margin

38

%

40

%

43

%

39

%

43

%

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Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to providing financial measurements based on generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (GAAP), Akamai provides additional financial metrics that are not prepared in accordance with GAAP (non-GAAP financial measures). Management uses non-GAAP financial measures, in addition to GAAP financial measures, to understand and compare operating results across accounting periods, for financial and operational decision making, for planning and forecasting purposes, to measure executive compensation and to evaluate Akamai's financial performance. These non-GAAP financial measures are non-GAAP income from operations, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP net income per diluted share, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin, non-GAAP tax rate, capital expenditures, non-GAAP depreciation and amortization, capex as a percentage of revenue and impact of foreign currency exchange rates, as discussed below.

Management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures reflect Akamai's ongoing business in a manner that allows for meaningful comparisons and analysis of trends in the business, as they facilitate comparison of financial results across accounting periods and to those of our peer companies. Management also believes that these non-GAAP financial measures enable investors to evaluate Akamai's operating results and future prospects in the same manner as management. These non-GAAP financial measures may exclude expenses and gains that may be unusual in nature, infrequent or not reflective of Akamai's ongoing operating results.

The non-GAAP financial measures do not replace the presentation of Akamai's GAAP financial measures and should only be used as a supplement to, not as a substitute for, Akamai's financial results presented in accordance with GAAP. Akamai has provided a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures used in its financial reporting and investor presentations to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. This reconciliation can be found in the “Supplemental Financial Information” on the Investor Relations section of Akamai's website.

The non-GAAP adjustments, and Akamai's basis for excluding them from non-GAAP financial measures, are outlined below:

•Amortization of acquired intangible assets – Akamai has incurred amortization of intangible assets, included in its GAAP financial statements, related to various acquisitions Akamai has made. The amount of an acquisition's purchase price allocated to intangible assets and term of its related amortization can vary significantly and is unique to each acquisition; therefore, Akamai excludes amortization of acquired intangible assets from its non-GAAP financial measures to provide investors with a consistent basis for comparing pre- and post-acquisition operating results.

•Stock-based compensation and amortization of capitalized stock-based compensation – Stock-based compensation is an important aspect of the compensation paid to Akamai's employees which includes long-term incentive plans to encourage retention, performance-based plans to encourage achievement of specified financial targets, short-term incentive awards with a one year vest and shares issued as part of a retirement savings program. The grant date fair value of the stock-based compensation awards varies based on the stock price at the time of grant, varying valuation methodologies, subjective assumptions and the variety of award types. This makes the comparison of Akamai's current financial results to previous and future periods difficult to interpret; therefore, Akamai believes it is useful to exclude stock-based compensation and amortization of capitalized stock-based compensation from its non-GAAP financial measures in order to highlight the performance of Akamai's core business and to be consistent with the way many investors evaluate its performance and compare its operating results to peer companies.

•Acquisition-related costs – Acquisition-related costs include transaction fees, advisory fees, due diligence costs and other direct costs associated with strategic activities. Acquisition-related costs are impacted by the timing and size of the acquisitions, and Akamai excludes acquisition-related costs from its non-GAAP financial measures to provide a useful comparison of operating results to prior periods and to peer companies because such amounts vary significantly based on the magnitude of the acquisition transactions and do not reflect Akamai's core operations.

•Restructuring charge – Akamai has incurred restructuring charges from programs that have significantly changed either the scope of the business undertaken by the Company or the manner in which that business is conducted. These charges include severance and related expenses for workforce reductions, impairments of long-lived assets that will no longer be used in operations (including acquired intangible assets, right-of-use assets, other facility-related property and equipment and internal-use software) and termination fees for any contracts cancelled as part of these programs. Akamai excludes these items from its non-GAAP financial measures when evaluating its continuing business performance as such items vary significantly based on the magnitude of the restructuring action and do not reflect expected future operating expenses. In addition, these charges do not necessarily provide meaningful insight into the fundamentals of current or past operations of its business.

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•Amortization of debt issuance costs and capitalized interest expense – The issuance costs of Akamai's convertible senior notes are amortized to interest expense and are excluded from Akamai's non-GAAP results because management believes the non-cash amortization expense is not representative of ongoing operating performance.

•Gains and losses on cost method investments – Akamai has recorded gains and losses from the disposition, changes to fair value and impairment of cost method investments. Akamai believes excluding these amounts from its non-GAAP financial measures is useful to investors as the types of events giving rise to these gains and losses are not representative of Akamai's core business operations and ongoing operating performance.

•Income tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments and certain discrete tax items – The non-GAAP adjustments described above are reported on a pre-tax basis. The income tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments is the difference between GAAP and non-GAAP income tax expense. Non-GAAP income tax expense is computed on non-GAAP pre-tax income (GAAP pre-tax income adjusted for non-GAAP adjustments) and excludes certain discrete tax items (such as the impact of intercompany sales of intellectual property related to acquisitions), if any. Akamai believes that applying the non-GAAP adjustments and their related income tax effect allows Akamai to highlight income attributable to its core operations.

Akamai's definitions of its non-GAAP financial measures are outlined below:

Non-GAAP income from operations – GAAP income from operations adjusted for the following items: amortization of acquired intangible assets; stock-based compensation; amortization of capitalized stock-based compensation; amortization of capitalized interest expense; acquisition-related costs; restructuring charges; legal settlements; and other non-recurring or unusual items that may arise from time to time.

Non-GAAP operating margin – Non-GAAP income from operations stated as a percentage of revenue.

Non-GAAP net income – GAAP net income adjusted for the following tax-affected items: amortization of acquired intangible assets; stock-based compensation; amortization of capitalized stock-based compensation; acquisition-related costs; restructuring charges; legal settlements; amortization of debt issuance costs; amortization of capitalized interest expense; gains and losses on cost method investments; and other non-recurring or unusual items that may arise from time to time.

Non-GAAP net income per diluted share, or EPS – Non-GAAP net income divided by weighted average diluted common shares outstanding. Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding are adjusted in non-GAAP per share calculations for the shares that would be delivered to Akamai pursuant to the note hedge transactions entered into in connection with the issuances of Akamai's convertible senior notes. Under GAAP, shares delivered under hedge transactions are not considered offsetting shares in the fully-diluted share calculation until they are delivered. However, Akamai would receive a benefit from the note hedge transactions and would not allow the dilution to occur, so management believes that adjusting for this benefit provides a meaningful view of operating performance.

With respect to the convertible senior notes due in each of 2033, 2032, 2030, 2029 and 2027, and those that matured in 2025, unless Akamai's weighted average stock price is greater than $93.01, $190.81, $201.41, $126.31, $116.18 and $95.10, respectively, the initial conversion prices, there will be no difference between GAAP and non-GAAP diluted weighted average common shares outstanding.

Adjusted EBITDA – GAAP net income excluding the following items: interest and marketable securities income and losses; income taxes; depreciation and amortization of tangible and intangible assets; stock-based compensation; amortization of capitalized stock-based compensation; acquisition-related costs; restructuring charges; legal settlements; foreign exchange gains and losses; interest expense; amortization of capitalized interest expense; gains and losses on cost method investments; and other non-recurring or unusual items that may arise from time to time.

Adjusted EBITDA margin – Adjusted EBITDA stated as a percentage of revenue.

Non-GAAP tax rate – GAAP tax rate excluding the tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments and certain discrete tax items.

Capital expenditures, or capex – Purchases of property and equipment and capitalization of internal-use software development costs presented on an accrual basis, which differs from the cash-basis presentation included in the statements of cash flows. The primary difference between the two is the change in purchases of property and equipment and capitalization of internal-use software development costs accrued for, but not paid, at period end versus prior periods.

Capex as a percentage of revenue – Capital expenditures, or capex, stated as a percentage of revenue.

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Non-GAAP depreciation and amortization – GAAP depreciation and amortization (which consists of depreciation and amortization of property and equipment, capitalized stock-based compensation, capitalized interest expense and acquired intangible assets), less depreciation and amortization excluded from non-GAAP results (which consists of depreciation and amortization of capitalized stock-based compensation, capitalized interest expense and acquired intangible assets).

Impact of foreign currency exchange rates – Revenue and earnings from international operations have historically been an important contributor to Akamai's financial results. Consequently, Akamai's financial results have been impacted, and management expects they will continue to be impacted, by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. For example, when the local currencies of our international subsidiaries weaken, generally its consolidated results stated in U.S. dollars are negatively impacted.

Because exchange rates are a meaningful factor in understanding period-to-period comparisons, management believes the presentation of the impact of foreign currency exchange rates on revenue and earnings enhances the understanding of our financial results and evaluation of performance in comparison to prior periods. The dollar impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates presented is calculated by translating current period results using monthly average foreign currency exchange rates from the comparative period and comparing them to the reported amount. The percentage change at constant currency presented is calculated by comparing the prior period amounts as reported and the current period amounts translated using the same monthly average foreign currency exchange rates from the comparative period.

Akamai Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act

This release and related management commentary on our quarterly earnings conference call scheduled for later today contain statements that are not statements of historical fact and constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, statements about expected future financial performance, expectations, plans and prospects of Akamai, including our outlook, guidance, growth objectives, statements about anticipated revenue growth rates and profitability trends for future periods, statements about the anticipated benefits, timing, revenue and capital expenditure associated with customer commitments, statements about the expected economics and profitability of our cloud infrastructure services contracts, statements about expected levels of capital expenditure and infrastructure deployment and statements about our products, including Akamai Inference Cloud, and their anticipated capabilities, scalability and performance.

In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the following words: “may,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “project,” “potential,” “continue,” “ongoing,” “committed,” “positioned,” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. 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, inability to continue to generate cash at the same level as prior years; failure of our investments in innovation to generate solutions that are accepted in the market; inability to increase our revenue at the same rate as in the past and keep our expenses from increasing at a greater rate than our revenues; effects of competition, including pricing pressure, changing business models and competition from established and emerging providers of AI infrastructure and cloud computing services; changes in customer or user preferences or demands; impact of macroeconomic trends, including economic uncertainty, turmoil in the financial services industry, the effects of inflation, fluctuating interest rates, foreign currency exchange rate and monetary supply fluctuations, international tensions and volatility in capital markets; conditions and uncertainties in the geopolitical environment, including sanctions and disruptions resulting from the ongoing war in Ukraine and the U.S.-Israel military conflict with Iran and related hostilities in the Middle East; continuing supply chain and logistics costs, constraints, changes or disruptions; risks associated with large customer commitments, including the customer’s ability to fulfill its purchase obligations, our ability to deploy the infrastructure necessary to service such commitments on anticipated timelines and our ability to procure sufficient hardware and memory at anticipated costs and on anticipated delivery schedules; our ability to convert pipeline opportunities into signed contracts; our ability to achieve projected levels of capital expenditure and the anticipated returns therefrom; defects or disruptions in our products or IT systems, including outages, cyber-attacks, data breaches or malware; difficulties in integrating our acquisitions and investments; failure to realize the expected benefits of any of our acquisitions, reorganizations or investments; changes to economic, political and regulatory conditions in the United States and internationally, including changes in government policies, regulations and resources; our ability to attract and retain key personnel; delay in developing or failure to develop new products, service offerings or functionalities, and if developed, lack of market acceptance of such service offerings and functionalities or failure of such solutions to operate as expected, and other factors that are discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and other documents filed with the SEC.

In addition, the statements in this press release and on our quarterly earnings conference call represent Akamai's expectations and beliefs as of the date of this press release. Akamai anticipates that subsequent events and developments may cause these expectations and beliefs to change. However, while Akamai may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point

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in the future, it specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Akamai's expectations or beliefs as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.

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Mentions · how they’re counted

CategoryUnderlinedWord counterModel’s count
AI

AI, artificial intelligence, generative AI, machine learning, large language model, LLM

224
Layoffs

layoffs, RIF, headcount reduction, workforce optimization, restructuring

11—0
Recession

recession, downturn, contraction, slowdown

000
Tariffs

tariff, trade war, trade barriers, trade restrictions, trade policy

000
Buybacks

share repurchase, buyback program

1—1

Underlines use the same word lists the scores use. AI, recession and tariffs follow Palanor’s word counter, so those counts match it exactly on the same text. Layoffs and buybacks use the terms the model was given. The model’s count is an estimate by meaning, not by string, so it can differ from the underlines.

Not placed in the text

These quotes are stored with a score, but no passage here matches them closely enough to highlight. Rather than point at the wrong passage, they are listed as stored.

Theme · Capital Expenditure Increase

“Total capital expenditures were $346,536,000. Capex as a percentage of revenue was 32%.”

Source: SEC EDGAR · public domain · Highlights by Palanor