2590 Orchard Parkway
San Jose, CA 95131
(408) 542-2500
AMENDMENT TO PROXY STATEMENT
For 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
To Be Held at 9:00 A.M. Pacific Time on Thursday, June 4, 2026
This amendment no. 1 dated May 15, 2026 (this “Amendment”), amends and supplements the definitive proxy statement dated April 24, 2026 (the “Proxy Statement”). This Proxy Statement relates to the solicitation of proxies by the board of directors (the “Board”) of Harmonic Inc. (the “Company”) for use at the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on Thursday, June 4, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time (the “Annual Meeting”). The Annual Meeting will be a virtual meeting held over the Internet. You will be able to attend the Annual Meeting, vote your shares electronically and submit your questions during the live webcast of the meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/HLIT2026 and entering your 16-digit control number located on your proxy card.
Except as described in this Amendment, the information provided in the Proxy Statement continues to apply. If information in this Amendment differs from or updates information contained in the Proxy Statement, then the information in this Amendment is more current and supersedes the different information contained in the Proxy Statement. THIS AMENDMENT SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PROXY STATEMENT.
This Amendment is being filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to make certain updates and clarifications with respect to Proposal 4 in connection with the proposed amendment of the Company’s 2025 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2025 Plan”), including to:
1.
| Reduce the number of shares proposed to be added to the 2025 Plan from 7,000,000 to 3,000,000 shares and amend and replace the proxy card to reflect this change; |
2.
| Correct a scrivener’s error in the Proxy Statement and confirm that the outstanding and unvested restricted stock units granted subject to performance-based vesting, under all active and inactive equity plans at target performance, is 1,235,021; |
3.
| Clarify the intent of the Board that shares that are used to pay the exercise price or satisfy tax liabilities or withholdings related to an award under the 2025 Plan do not become available for future grant under the 2025 Plan; and |
4.
| Amend and restate the 2025 Plan to reflect the corresponding changes as set forth in Appendix A. |
Amended Proxy Statement Disclosure
Proposal 4 – Approval of Amendment to 2025 Equity Incentive Plan shall be amended and restated as follows (including any references to the 7,000,000 share increase in the Proxy Statement):
To approve an amendment to the 2025 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance thereunder by 3,000,000 7,000,000 shares.
The following disclosure amends and restates the fifth paragraph under the heading “Proposal 4 – Approval of Amendment to 2025 Equity Incentive Plan” on page 25 of the Proxy Statement:
As of April 1, 2026, a total of 4,579,094 Shares remained available for issuance under the 2025 Plan. In April 2026, our Board of Directors approved amending the 2025 Plan, subject to stockholder approval at the Annual Meeting. The proposed Amendment would increase the number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2025 Plan by 3,000,000 7,000,000 shares and based on the data available as of April 1, 2026, the additional shares would increase the maximum total number of shares available for grant under the 2025 Plan to 7,579,094 11,579,094.
The following disclosure amends and restates the first paragraph on page 25 of the Proxy Statement:
We anticipate that the Shares reserved under the 2025 Plan, based on currently projected share use, will be sufficient for the granting of equity awards under the 2025 Plan for approximately two (2) years. However, future circumstances and business needs, such as higher than expected headcount increases, competitive pressures for attracting and retaining employees and stock price volatility, may result in a significant increase in projected equity award grants.