HLIT-2015.07.01-8K-Annual Meeting
 
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: June 29, 2015
(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.)
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.
The Company held its 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2015 Annual Meeting”) at 1:00 p.m. PDT on Monday, June 29, 2015, at the Company’s corporate headquarters located at 4300 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95134. As of April 30, 2015, the record date for the 2015 Annual Meeting, there were 88,532,963 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. A quorum of 84,458,414 shares of common stock was present or represented at the 2015 Annual Meeting. All matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders at the 2015 Annual Meeting were approved. Those matters were as follows:
 
1.
Stockholders elected eight (8) directors to serve until the earlier of the 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are elected and duly qualified.
 
NAME
 
FOR
 
WITHHELD
 
BROKER NO VOTE
Patrick J. Harshman
 
70,642,925
 
1,393,683
 
12,421,806
Patrick Gallagher
 
70,728,738
 
1,307,870
 
12,421,806
Harold Covert
 
70,840,028
 
1,196,580
 
12,421,806
E. Floyd Kvamme
 
70,316,692
 
1,719,916
 
12,421,806
Mitzi Reaugh
 
70,651,416
 
1,385,192
 
12,421,806
William F. Reddersen
 
70,422,374
 
1,614,234
 
12,421,806
Susan G. Swenson
 
70,854,261
 
1,182,347
 
12,421,806
Nikos Theodosopoulos
 
70,740,907
 
1,295,701
 
12,421,806
 
2.
Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FOR
 
AGAINST
 
ABSTAIN
 
BROKER NO VOTE
69,732,675
 
2,004,179
 
299,754
 
12,421,806
 
3.
Stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s 2002 Director Stock Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance thereunder by 350,000 shares.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FOR
 
AGAINST
 
ABSTAIN
 
BROKER NO VOTE
68,011,793
 
3,979,473
 
45,342
 
12,421,806

4.
Stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015.

FOR
 
AGAINST
 
ABSTAIN
82,907,271
 
1,503,356
 
47,787



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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:
 
July 1, 2015
By:
 
/s/ Timothy C. Chu
 
 
Timothy C. Chu
 
 
VP, General Counsel and Secretary

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