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: February 8, 2010

(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 No.)

549 Baltic Way
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
(408) 542-2500

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

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Item 5.02		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On February 8, 2010, the Compensation and Equity Ownership Committee (the “Compensation Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Harmonic Inc. (the “Company”) approved the adoption of the Harmonic 2010 Executive and Key Contributor Bonus Plan (the “Plan”). The participants in the Plan include the following named executive officers of the Company:

Name		Position
Patrick J. Harshman		President and Chief Executive Officer
Robin N. Dickson		Chief Financial Officer
Matthew Aden		Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Services
Nimrod Ben-Natan		Vice President, Product Marketing, Solutions and Strategy
Neven Haltmayer		Vice President, Research and Development

Under the Plan, payment of a bonus to any participant that is a member of executive management, which includes the named executive officers identified above, will be based on performance against revenue and operating income targets. A minimum threshold must be exceeded for each component before any bonus payment will be made with respect to that component, except for the revenue component of Mr. Aden’s bonus, which bonus payment will be based linearly on the Company’s revenue. In addition, except for the revenue component of Mr. Aden’s bonus, operating income must exceed a minimum threshold before any bonus payments are made with respect to the revenue component. In the event that the target metrics are surpassed, a participant in the Plan may be awarded a bonus payment up to a maximum of 200% of such participant’s target bonus payment.

The target bonus of each executive officer is as follows:

	•		Patrick J. Harshman – 100% of base salary;
	•		Robin N. Dickson – 60% of base salary;
	•		Matthew Aden – 110% of base salary;
	•		Nimrod Ben-Natan– 60% of base salary; and
	•		Neven Haltmayer – 60% of base salary.

Participants in the Plan must remain employed through the date that a bonus is paid in order to qualify for a bonus payment. The Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion, retains the right to amend, supplement, supersede or cancel the Plan for any reason, and reserves the right to determine whether and when to pay out any bonus amounts, regardless of the achievement of the performance targets.

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.

HARMONIC INC.
Date: February 11, 2010
By:		/s/ Robin N. Dickson   Robin N. Dickson
		Chief Financial Officer