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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
June 22, 2011
 
Date of Report
(Date of earliest event reported)
HARMONIC INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   000-25826   77-0201147
 
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  Commission File Number   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
4300 North First Street
San Jose, CA 95134
(408) 542-2500
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of Registrant’s principal executive offices)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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ITEM 5.07   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Harmonic Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2011 Annual Meeting”) at 2:00 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at the Company’s office located at 4300 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95134. As of April 25, 2011, the record date for the 2011 Annual Meeting, there were 114,793,101 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. A quorum of 101,315,839 shares of common stock was present or represented at the 2011 Annual Meeting. All matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders at the 2011 Annual Meeting were approved. Those matters were as follows:
  1.   Stockholders elected eight (8) directors to serve until the earlier of the 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are elected and duly qualified.
                         
NAME   FOR   WITHHELD   BROKER NO VOTE
Patrick J. Harshman
    76,290,125       6,321,453       18,704,261  
Lewis Solomon
    70,602,520       12,009,058       18,704,261  
Harold Covert
    76,372,500       6,239,078       18,704,261  
Patrick Gallagher
    75,406,260       7,205,318       18,704,261  
E. Floyd Kvamme
    75,233,835       7,377,743       18,704,261  
Anthony J. Ley
    76,271,174       6,340,404       18,704,261  
William F. Reddersen
    76,371,337       6,240,241       18,704,261  
David R. Van Valkenburg
    76,667,460       5,944,118       18,704,261  
  2.   Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, compensation of named executive officers.
                         
FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN   BROKER NO VOTE
73,720,350
    8,733,444       157,784       18,704,261  
  3.   Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, an annual advisory vote on compensation of named executive officers.
                                 
1 YEAR   2 YEARS   3 YEARS   ABSTAIN   BROKER NO VOTE
72,370,426
    188,651       9,938,946       113,555       18,704,261  
      In accordance with the recommendation of our board of directors and the results of our stockholder vote, the Company will hold an advisory vote to approve the compensation of named executive officers of the Company every year, until the next stockholder advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote to approve the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company.
 
  4.   Stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance thereunder by 2,000,000 shares to 9,500,000 shares.
                         
FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN   BROKER NO VOTE
72,185,327
    10,296,359       129,892       18,704,261  
  5.   Stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011.
                         
FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN   BROKER NO VOTE
98,737,326
    2,484,245       94,268       0  

 


 

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.
         
Dated: June 28, 2011   HARMONIC INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Carolyn V. Aver  
    Carolyn V. Aver   
    Chief Financial Officer