HARMONIC INC. (NASDAQ:HLIT) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain OfficersItem 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory
(e)Compensatory.
2018 Executive and Key Contributor Incentive Plan
On March 20, 2018, the Compensation Committee (the “Compensation Committee”) of the board of directors (the “Board”) of Harmonic Inc. (the “Company”), following a review of the Company’s executive compensation program in conjunction with its outside compensation consultant, approved the adoption of the Harmonic (i) 2018 Corporate Executive and Key Contributor Incentive Plan (the “Corporate Plan”) and (ii) 2018 Cable Access Executive and Key Contributor Incentive Plan (the “Cable Access Plan” and, together with the Corporate Plan, the “Plans”). The participants in the Plans include the following executive officers of the Company:
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Position |
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Patrick J. Harshman |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
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Sanjay Kalra |
Chief Financial Officer |
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Nimrod Ben-Natan |
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Cable Access Business |
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Neven Haltmayer |
Senior Vice President, Research and Development |
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Tim Warren |
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Video Business |
Under the Corporate Plan, payment of bonus amounts to any participant that is a member of executive management, which includes executive officers Patrick Harshman, Sanjay Kalra, Neven Haltmayer and Tim Warren as well as other senior employees, may be made after the second fiscal quarter of 2018 based on performance against established Company non-GAAP gross profit and spending targets for the first fiscal half-year of 2018. Payment of any bonus amounts for Mr. Harshman will be made following the end of fiscal year 2018. With respect to the second half of fiscal 2018, the Compensation Committee will establish second-half 2018 targets and any payouts for performance against such second-half targets may be made following the end of fiscal year 2018.
Mr. Ben-Natan is a participant in the Cable Access Plan. Payment of bonus amounts to Mr. Ben-Natan and certain other participants under the Cable Access Plan may be made after the second fiscal quarter of 2018 based on performance against established Cable Access Business non-GAAP gross profit, spending and design win targets for the first fiscal half-year of 2018. With respect to the second half of fiscal 2018, the Compensation Committee will establish second-half 2018 targets and any payouts for performance against such second-half targets may be made following the end of fiscal year 2018.
For either Plan, a minimum threshold must be exceeded before any bonus payments will be made with respect to any Plan component, and in the event any of the half-year target metrics are surpassed, a Plan participant may receive total bonus payments of up to a maximum of 200% of the portion of such participant’s half-year target bonus that is related to that metric. In addition, under the Cable Access Plan, each qualified customer design win would result in a fixed bonus payment amount.
The 2018 base salary and full-year target bonus of each executive officer is as follows:
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Name |
2018 Base Salary |
TargetBonus asa%of Base Salary |
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Patrick J. Harshman |
$514,500 |
125% |
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Sanjay Kalra |
$320,000 |
55% |
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Nimrod Ben-Natan |
$336,515* |
60% |
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Neven Haltmayer |
$329,321 |
57% |
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Tim Warren |
$301,425** |
55% |
* converted from Israeli Shekel
** converted from Hong Kong Dollar
Participants in the Plans must remain employed through the date that any bonus amount is paid in order to qualify for the 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, and the form of consideration (i.e., cash or performance-based restricted stock units).
Amended and Restated Change of Control Severance Agreements
On March 20, 2018, the Compensation Committee, following a benchmarking review of the Company’s CEO and executive change of control and severance agreements, approved, and the Company adopted, (i) an amended and restated Change of Control Severance Agreement for Mr. Harshman (the “Amended CEO Agreement”) and (ii) the form of amended and restated Change of Control Severance Agreement for each of Messrs. Kalra, Ben-Natan, Haltmayer and Warren (the “Amended Executive Agreements” and, together with the Amended CEO Agreement, the “Amended Agreements”). The Amended Agreements replace and supersede the change of control severance agreements previously entered into by each of Messrs. Harshman, Kalra, Ben-Natan, Haltmayer and Warren.
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The Amended CEO Agreement provides that, if Mr.Harshman’s employment with the Company is terminated as a result of an Involuntary Termination (as defined in the Agreement) other than for Cause (as defined in the Agreement) at any time within eighteen (18)months following a Change of Control, then Mr. Harshman will be entitled to receive, among other things: |
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A cash payment in an amount equal to 200% of Mr.Harshman’s base salary for the twelve months preceding the Change of Control; |
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A cash payment in an amount equal to the greater of (i)200% of the established annual target bonus, or (ii)200% of the average of the actual bonuses paid in each of the two prior years; |
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Continued Company-paid health, dental and life insurance coverage for up to one year from the termination date of Mr. Harshman’s employment; and |
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Accelerated vesting of one hundred percent (50%) of the unvested portion of any outstanding stock option, restricted stock or other equity compensation award. |
All payments and other benefits under the Amended CEO Agreement are subject to applicable withholding obligations and Mr. Harshman granting a release of all claims.
The foregoing description of the Amended CEO Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended CEO Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
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The Amended Executive Agreement provides that, if the executive officer’s employment with the Company is terminated as a result of an Involuntary Termination (as defined in the Agreement) other than for Cause (as defined in the Agreement) at any time within eighteen (18)months following a Change of Control, then the executive officer will be entitled to receive, among other things: |
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A cash payment in an amount equal to 50% of executive’s base salary for the twelve months preceding the Change of Control; |
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A cash payment in an amount equal to the greater of (i)50% of executive’s established annual target bonus, or (ii) the average of the actual bonuses paid in each of the two prior years; |
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Continued Company-paid health, dental and life insurance coverage for up to one year from the termination date of executive’s employment; and |
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Accelerated vesting of one hundred percent (50%) of the unvested portion of any outstanding stock option, restricted stock or other equity compensation award. |
All payments and other benefits under the Amended Executive Agreement are subject to applicable withholding obligations and the executive officer granting a release of all claims.
The foregoing description of the Amended Executive Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended Executive Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
HARMONIC INC ExhibitEX-10.1 2 hlit-2018320x8kxex101.htm EXHIBIT 10.1 Exhibit Exhibit 10.1HARMONIC INC.CHANGE OF CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENTThis Change of Control Severance Agreement (the “Agreement”) was originally made and entered into by and between Patrick Harshman (the “Employee”) and Harmonic Inc. (the “Company”),…To view the full exhibit click here
About HARMONIC INC. (NASDAQ:HLIT)
Harmonic Inc. (Harmonic) designs, manufactures and sells video infrastructure products and system solutions. The Company has two segments: Video and Cable Edge. Harmonic provides technical support and professional services to its customers around the world. The Video segment sells video processing and production, and playout solutions and services to broadcast and media companies, streaming media companies, cable operators, and satellite and telecommunications (telco), and pay television (TV) service providers. Its Cable Edge business sells cable edge solutions and related services to cable operators. The Video segment offers software-based media processing platforms. The products in the video segment include video processing solutions, and video production platforms and playout solutions. The Cabled Edge segment offers products, including edge quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) products, centralized converged cable access platform (CCAP) Solution and Distributed CCAP Solution.
