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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * DiSanto Michael   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Limelight Networks, Inc. [LLNW] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chief Admin. & Legal Officer (Last) (First) (Middle) 222 SOUTH MILL AVENUE, #800 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/16/2016 (Street) TEMPE, AZ 85281 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 11/16/2016   A(1)   143,000 A $ 0 (2) 566,976 (3) D   Common Stock 11/16/2016   A(1)   45,000 A $ 0 (2) 611,976 (4) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Non-qualified stock option (Right to Buy)

$ 2.39

11/16/2016

A

270,000

12/01/2017(5)

11/16/2026

Common Stock

270,000

$ 0 (2)

270,000

D

Non-qualified stock option (Right to Buy)

$ 2.39

11/16/2016

A

86,000

12/01/2017(5)

11/16/2026

Common Stock

86,000

$ 0

86,000

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
DiSanto Michael 222 SOUTH MILL AVENUE #800 TEMPE, AZ 85281			Chief Admin. & Legal Officer

Signatures

Michael DiSanto /s/ James R. Todd, Attorney-in-Fact		11/18/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The Reporting Person received an aggregate of 188,000 restricted stock units. Subject to the provisions of the Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan and Reporting Person's employment and restricted stock unit agreements with the Company, one-third (1/3rd) of the RSUs will vest on December 1, 2017, and one-twelfth (1/12th) of the RSUs will vest on the first day of each March, June, September, and December thereafter for eight (8) consecutive quarters, provided the recipient continues to be a Service Provider through each such vesting date.
(2)	$0.00 is used for technical reasons as there is no price for this security until it vests in the case of RSUs, or until it is exercised in the case of stock options.
(3)	This includes 369,313 unvested restricted stock units.
(4)	This includes 414,313 unvested restricted stock units.
(5)	Reporting Person received an aggregate of 356,000 stock options. Subject to the provisions of the Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan and Reporting Person's employment and stock option agreements with the Company, one-third (1/3rd) of the shares subject to the stock option will vest on December 1, 2017, and one-thirty-sixth (1/36th) of the stock options will vest on the 1st day of January, 2018 and on the 1st day of each month thereafter until all of the stock options have vested (three years), provided the recipient continues to be a Service Provider through each such vesting date.
Remarks: Executed pursuant to the Limited Power of Attorney for Section 16 reporting obligations dated April 1, 2015.

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