Date:
Monday, April 22, 2013
Announces Intent to Launch $100 Million Common Stock Tender Offer Patrick Gallagher Appointed Chairman of the Board; Lewis Solomon to Retire Discloses Receipt of Notice to Nominate Directors Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT), the worldwide leader in video delivery infrastructure, announced today actions that deliver value to Harmonic shareholders.
On April 18, 2013, Harmonic's Board of Directors approved a modified Dutch Auction tender offer to purchase up to $100 million of Harmonic common stock at $5.75 to $6.25 per share, beginning on April 26, 2013. Details of the tender offer are included in a separate press release issued by Harmonic earlier today.
In addition, on April 18, 2013, Patrick Gallagher was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Gallagher succeeds Lewis Solomon, who will retire from the Board prior to the Company's 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
The tender offer is the result of the Board's continued evaluation of our capital structure, the appropriate level of cash to run and grow the business, and our free cash flow and balance sheet, said Patrick Harshman, Harmonic's President and Chief Executive Officer. With these resources, we have multiple opportunities to drive shareholder value, including investments in strategic growth initiatives and stock repurchases. As the Board continues to evaluate our capital structure and explore ways to effectively use our cash balances to drive shareholder value and having solicited the input of several major shareholders the Board concluded that a cash tender offer at this time would be an appropriate mechanism to return capital to shareholders that seek liquidity under current market conditions. At the same time, shareholders who do not participate in the tender offer will share in a higher portion of Harmonic's future potential.
Harmonic has suspended the share repurchase program it initiated last year while the tender offer is outstanding, and expects to resume the program after the tender offer is completed.
On behalf of the entire Board, I would like to thank Lew Solomon for his ten years of service to Harmonic and its shareholders, including the last five as Chairman, said Mr. Gallagher. He joined the Board at a time when Harmonic had just begun to expand beyond its roots in broadcast hardware and helped guide the Company in its evolution as a technology innovation leader. I look forward to working with our Board and management team as we continue to pursue the significant growth opportunities that we have before us today to create long-term value for our shareholders.
These actions demonstrate Harmonic's ongoing commitment to creating shareholder value by returning capital to shareholders, while continuing to evolve the makeup of our Board and leading the evolution of technology to serve our rapidly changing markets, continued Mr. Harshman.
Harmonic also disclosed that it received notice on Friday, April 19, 2013, from Voce Catalyst Partners LP that it intends to nominate three directors for election to Harmonic's Board of Directors at the Company's 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Voce and its affiliates report owning 106,000 Harmonic shares, representing less than 0.1% of the Company's shares outstanding.
Harmonic's Board will continue to evaluate Board structure, and will evaluate Voce's nominees and make a recommendation in the best interests of all shareholders in due course.
Harmonic will host a conference call to discuss its financial results for the first quarter 2013 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific (5:00 p.m. Eastern) on Tuesday, April 23, 2013.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
Harmonic Inc. (the Company ), its directors and certain executive officers are participants in the solicitation of proxies from stockholders in connection with the Company's 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the Annual Meeting ). The Company plans to file a proxy statement (the 2013 Proxy Statement ) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC ) in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the Annual Meeting.
Lewis Solomon, Patrick J. Harshman, Harold Covert, Patrick Gallagher, E. Floyd Kvamme, Mitzi Reaugh, William F. Reddersen and Susan G. Swenson, all of whom are members of the Company's Board of Directors, and Carolyn V. Aver, Chief Financial Officer, and Peter Alexander, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, are participants in the Company's solicitation. Other than Mr. Harshman, none of such participants owns in excess of 1% of the Company's common stock. Mr. Harshman may be deemed to own approximately 1% of the Company's common stock. Additional information regarding such participants, including their direct or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be included in the 2013 Proxy Statement and other relevant documents to be filed with the SEC in connection with the Annual Meeting. Information relating to the foregoing can also be found in the Company's revised definitive proxy statement for its 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the 2012 Proxy Statement ), which was filed with the SEC on May 8, 2012. To the extent that holdings of the Company's securities have changed since the amounts printed in the 2012 Proxy Statement, such changes have been or will be reflected on Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC.
Promptly after filing its definitive 2013 Proxy Statement with the SEC, the Company will mail the definitive 2013 Proxy Statement and a white proxy card to each stockholder entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE 2013 PROXY STATEMENT (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT THE COMPANY WILL FILE WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILA
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