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)
February 5, 2008
LIMELIGHT NETWORKS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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001-33508
(Commission
File Number)
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20-1677033
(IRS Employer
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2220 W.
14th
Street
Tempe AZ 85281
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(602) 850-5000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(d) On February 5, 2008, Limelight Networks, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Douglas Lindroth
to the Company’s Board of Directors to fill a vacancy, to serve until his successor is
duly elected and qualified. Mr. Lindroth will serve as a Class III director of the Company.
Mr. Lindroth will also serve as a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Governance
Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors.
As a result of Mr. Lindroth’s appointment to the Board of Directors, he became entitled to
an automatic and nondiscretionary initial stock option award under the Company’s 2007 Equity
Incentive Plan for the purchase of 52,500 shares of the Company’s common stock, which vests over a
three year term. The Company also plans to enter into an indemnification agreement with
Mr. Lindroth in the same form as the indemnification agreements the Company has entered into with
other members of the Board of Directors.
Mr. Lindroth has served as a General Partner of Bayview Investment Company, a real estate
investment company, since November 2005. From April 2006 to May 2007, Mr. Lindroth served as
Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of BakBone Software Incorporated, a developer and
distributor of data backup, restoration, disaster recovery, replication and storage reporting
software. From 1997 through February 2006, Mr. Lindroth served in various capacities for Memec
Group Holdings Limited, a privately held company and a specialty semiconductor distributor,
including as its Chief Financial Officer beginning in 2003. Mr. Lindroth currently serves on the
boards of directors of BakBone Software Incorporated and Visual Sciences, Inc. (formerly known as
WebSideStory, Inc.). He is a Certified Public Accountant and received a B.A. in Business
Administration from San Diego State University.
On February 6, 2008, the Company issued a press release regarding Mr. Lindroth’s appointment
to the Company’s Board of Directors. The press release is filed with this report on Form 8-K as
Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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Press release of Limelight Networks, Inc., dated February 6, 2008. |
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