Document
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 9, 2018
Registration No. 333-            
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
 
FORM S‑8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
 
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
 
 
LIMELIGHT NETWORKS, INC.
 
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
Delaware
 
20-1677033
 
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
 
 
222 South Mill Avenue, 8th Floor
Tempe, Arizona 85281
(602) 850-5000
 
 
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of principal executive offices)
 
 
 
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2007 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
 
(Full title of the plan)
 
 
 
Robert A. Lento
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Limelight Networks, Inc.
222 South Mill Avenue, 8th Floor
Tempe, Arizona 85281
 (602) 850-5000
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
 
 
 
 
Copy to:
 
 
Andrew Hill
Goodwin Procter LLP
135 Commonwealth Drive
Menlo Park, California 94025
(650) 752-3100
 
 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non‑accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and "Emerging Growth Company" in Rule 12b‑2 of the Exchange Act.

 
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered(1)
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, to be issued under the Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan
4,432,945(2)
$4.275(3)
$ 18,950,840(3)
$2,359.38
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant's Common Stock that become issuable under the Registrant's Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2007 Plan") by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any similar transaction effected without the Registrant's receipt of consideration.
(2)
Represents an additional 4,432,945 shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Registrant’s 2007 Plan as a result of provisions in the Registrant’s 2007 Plan that allow for the automatic annual increase of Common Stock available for issuance under such plan.
(3)
Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based upon $4.275, the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s Common Stock on February 5, 2018, as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.





REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E

This Registration Statement registers additional shares of Common Stock of Limelight Networks, Inc. (the “Registrant”) to be issued pursuant to the Registrant’s Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan. Accordingly, the contents of the previous Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on December 4, 2007 (File No. 333-147830), May 11, 2009 (File No. 333-159132), March 12, 2010 (File No. 333-165436), September 9, 2011 (File No. 333-176760), May 9, 2012 (File No. 333-181280), March 5, 2013 (File No. 333-187052), February 26, 2014 (File No. 333-194143), February 18, 2015 (File No. 333-202144), February 16, 2016 (File No. 333-209537), and February 21, 2017 (File No. 333-216142) are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.    Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission, are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement (other than portions of these documents that are furnished under applicable Commission rules rather than filed and exhibits furnished in connection with such items):
(a)
The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 (the “Annual Report”), as filed with the Commission on February 8, 2018;
(b)
All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report; and
(c)
The description of the Registrant’s Common Stock contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-33508), as filed with the Commission on May 30, 2007 pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and as declared effective on June 7, 2007, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules of the Commission shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 8.    Exhibits.

Exhibit Number
Description
4.1*
4.2**
5.1
23.1
23.2
Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
24.1
Power of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto)
    
*
Incorporated by reference to exhibits filed with the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S‑1, as amended (Registration No. 333-141516), as declared effective on June 7, 2007.
**
Incorporated by reference to exhibits filed with the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (Registration No. 001-33508), as filed on October 27, 2016.



SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Tempe, State of Arizona, on this 9th day of February, 2018.
LIMELIGHT NETWORKS, INC.

By: /s/ Robert A. Lento    
Robert A. Lento
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Robert A. Lento and Sajid Malhotra, jointly and severally, as his attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution in each, for him in any and all capacities to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Robert A. Lento    
Robert A. Lento
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
February 9, 2018
/s/ Sajid Malhotra    
Sajid Malhotra
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

February 9, 2018
/s/ Daniel R. Boncel    
Daniel R. Boncel
Vice President, Finance (Principal Accounting Officer)
February 9, 2018
/s/ Walter D. Amaral    
Walter D. Amaral
Non-Executive Chairman of the Board and Director
February 9, 2018
/s/ Jeffrey T. Fisher    
Jeffrey T. Fisher
Director
February 9, 2018
/s/ Scott Genereux    
Scott Genereux
Director
February 9, 2018
/s/ Doug Bewsher    
Doug Bewsher
Director
February 9, 2018
/s/ Mark Midle    
Mark Midle
Director
February 9, 2018
/s/ David C. Peterschmidt    
David C. Peterschmidt
Director
February 9, 2018