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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):
June 5, 2014
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)
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Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On April 10, 2014, Limelight Networks, Inc. (the “Company”) announced in a current report on Form 8-K that Thomas Falk expressed his intent to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) not to stand for re-election as a Class I director of the Company at the 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Company also announced the appointment of Gray Hall to the Company’s Board to fill this vacancy, effective May 1, 2014, and that following the annual meeting the Board will have seven members. On June 5, 2014, the Company held its Annual Meeting, and following this meeting, the Board was increased back to seven members, consisting of two Class I directors, two Class II directors, and three Class III directors.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On June 5, 2014, the Company held its annual meeting of stockholders. At the annual meeting, the following matters were submitted to the vote of the stockholders, with the results of voting on each such matter as set forth below:

Proposal 1: The Company’s stockholders approved a proposal to re-elect the following two Class I directors to the Company’s Board of Directors, each to hold office until the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders (and until each such director’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified), with voting results as follows:

Director
 
Votes For
 
Votes Withheld
 
Broker Non-Votes
Walter D. Amaral
 
67,240,444
 
1,943,930
 
23,249,487
Gray Hall
 
67,402,513
 
1,781,861
 
23,249,487
 
Proposal 2: The Company’s stockholders approved a proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as its independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014, with voting results as follows:

Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
90,203,360
 
1,583,911
 
646,590
 
0

Proposal 3: The Company’s stockholders recommended that the advisory vote on the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company be held every three years, with voting results as follows:

Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
54,469,863
 
14,667,088
 
47,013
 
23,249,487




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.
Date: June 6, 2014
By: /s/ Philip C. Maynard            
Philip C. Maynard
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary