As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 12, 2010

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)

2220 W. 14th Street

Tempe, Arizona 85281

(602) 850-5000

(Address including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of principal executive offices)

 

 

2007 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

(Full title of the plans)

 

 

Jeffrey W. Lunsford

President, Chief Executive Officer

and Chairman of the Board

Limelight Networks, Inc.

2220 W. 14th Street

Tempe, Arizona 85281

(602) 850-5000

(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copy to:

Mark L. Reinstra, Esq.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Professional Corporation

650 Page Mill Road

Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050

(650) 493-9300

 

 

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 definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer		¨		Accelerated filer		x
Non-accelerated filer		¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)		Smaller reporting company		¨

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of Securities to be Registered		Amount to be Registered(1)		Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share(3)		Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price		Amount of Registration Fee
2007 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share		3,400,436(2)		$3.93(3)		$13,363,713.48		$952.83
TOTAL		3,400,436		$3.93		$13,363,713.48		$952.83

 

(1)

Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock that become issuable under the Registrant’s 2007 Equity Incentive 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 3,400,436 shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Registrant’s 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, as a result of provisions in the Registrant’s 2007 Equity Incentive Plan that allow for the automatic annual increase of Common Stock available for issuance under such plan.

(3)	Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the total registration fee. The computation is based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Market on March 8, 2010.

 

 

 

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STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E

REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES

This Registration Statement registers additional shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Registrant’s 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 May 11, 2009 (File No. 333-159132) and on December 4, 2007 (File No. 333-147830) are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3.

Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

 

(1)

The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, filed with the Commission on March 12, 2010; and

 

(2)

The Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on February 25, 2010 and February 12, 2010; and

 

(3)

The description of the Registrant’s Common Stock shares contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on May 30, 2007 pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which 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.

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 other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any 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*		Specimen Common Stock certificate of the Registrant
5.1		Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation
10.3*		2007 Equity Incentive Plan and form of agreement thereunder
23.1		Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2		Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation (see Exhibit 5.1)
24.1		Powers of Attorney (see page II-3)

 

*	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.

 

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Item 9.

Undertakings.

 

A.

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

 

(1)

To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

 

(i)

To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

 

(ii)

To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective Registration Statement;

 

(iii)

To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement.

Provided, however, that paragraphs (A)(1)(i) and (A)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

 

(2)

That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(3)

To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

B.

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

C.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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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 12th day of March, 2010.

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jeffrey W. Lunsford and Douglas S. Lindroth, 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, 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 below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature		Title		Date
/s/    JEFFREY W. LUNSFORD         Jeffrey W. Lunsford		President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive Officer)		March 12, 2010
/s/    DOUGLAS S. LINDROTH         Douglas S. Lindroth		Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)		March 12, 2010
/s/    WALTER D. AMARAL         Walter D. Amaral		Director		March 12, 2010
/s/    JEFFREY T. FISHER         Jeffrey T. Fisher		Director		March 12, 2010
/s/    JOSEPH H. GLEBERMAN         Joseph H. Gleberman		Director		March 12, 2010
/s/    FREDRIC W. HARMAN         Fredric W. Harman		Director		March 12, 2010
/s/    PETER J. PERRONE         Peter J. Perrone		Director		March 12, 2010
/s/    DAVID C. PETERSCHMIDT         David C. Peterschmidt		Director		March 8, 2010
/s/    NATHAN F. RACIBORSKI         Nathan F. Raciborski		Co-Founder, Chief Technical Officer and Director		March 12, 2010

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit Number		Description
4.1*		Specimen Common Stock certificate of the Registrant
5.1		Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation
10.3*		2007 Equity Incentive Plan and form of agreement thereunder
23.1		Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2		Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation (see Exhibit 5.1)
24.1		Powers of Attorney (see page II-3)

 

*	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.

Exhibit 5.1

OPINION OF WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI, PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

March 12, 2010

Limelight Networks, Inc.

2220 W. 14th Street

Tempe, Arizona 85281

 

Re:	Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be filed by you with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about March 12, 2010 (the “Registration Statement”), in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of an aggregate of 3,400,436 shares of your common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), subject to currently outstanding options or reserved for issuance under the 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). As your counsel, we have examined the proceedings taken and are familiar with the proceedings proposed to be taken by you in connection with the issuance and sale of the Shares pursuant to the Plan.

It is our opinion that, when issued and sold in compliance with the applicable prospectus delivery requirements and in the manner referred to in the Plan and pursuant to the agreements that accompany each grant under the Plan, and upon completion of the actions being taken or proposed to be taken to permit such issuance and sale of the Shares, the Shares will be legally and validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable.

We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, and further consent to the use of our name wherever appearing in the Registration Statement, including any Prospectus constituting a part thereof, and any amendments or supplements thereto.

 

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the 2007 Equity Incentive Plan of Limelight Networks, Inc. for the registration of 3,400,436 shares of common stock of our reports dated March 12, 2010, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Limelight Networks, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2009, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Limelight Networks, Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Phoenix, Arizona

March 12, 2010