-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, DD+CawNJe7sDdFhagdrIXg93TwpBjwdJnK82G9hP7xsIVSlyZAokG8dWOzSOvMVn wcTNbY3BOEL2imfenoq6qw== 0000950134-09-000874.txt : 20090122 0000950134-09-000874.hdr.sgml : 20090122 20090122160405 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950134-09-000874 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20090115 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20090122 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090122 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HARMONIC INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000851310 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO & TV BROADCASTING & COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT [3663] IRS NUMBER: 770201147 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-25826 FILM NUMBER: 09539359 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 549 BALTIC WAY CITY: SUNNYVALE STATE: CA ZIP: 94089 BUSINESS PHONE: 4085422500 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HARMONIC LIGHTWAVES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950404 8-K 1 f51193e8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk
 
 
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: January 15, 2009
(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   Commission File Number   (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)       Identification Number)
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)
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 8.01. Other Events.
On January 15, 2009, Harmonic Inc. (“Harmonic” or the “Company”) entered into a settlement agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) with Northrop Grumman Guidance and Electronics Company, Inc. (“Northrop Grumman”), a company that was previously named Litton Systems, Inc. Pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Agreement, Harmonic and Northrop Grumman agreed to settle litigation (the “Litigation”) that resulted from the filing of a complaint by Northrop Grumman and Stanford University (“Stanford”) in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (the “District Court”) alleging that optical fiber amplifiers incorporated into certain of Harmonic’s products infringe U.S. Patent No. 4859016 (the “Patent,” and, together with any foreign counterparts thereof, the “Patents”), which Patents are held by Stanford and exclusively licensed to Northrop Grumman pursuant to a license agreement. Northrop Grumman has the exclusive right, pursuant to the license agreement with Stanford, to settle the Litigation.
The Settlement Agreement provides, among other things, that, in exchange for a one-time lump sum payment by Harmonic to Northrop Grumman of $5.0 million, Northrop Grumman (i) would not bring suit or otherwise assert against Harmonic or its affiliates, or any of its direct and indirect customers, end-users, distributors, vendors, representatives, resellers or contract manufacturers, any claim arising out of any of the Patents, and (ii) would release Harmonic, its affiliates, customers, vendors, representatives, distributors, and its contract manufacturers from having any liability for making, using, offering for sale, importing, and/or selling any Harmonic products that may have incorporated technology that was alleged to have infringed on one or more of the Patents.
Harmonic and Northrop Grumman have agreed to jointly seek entry of a stipulated judgment in the District Court, or, alternatively, under certain specified circumstances, to enter into a stipulation and order of dismissal.

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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:
  January 22, 2009    
 
        
By:
Name:
  /s/ Robin N. Dickson
 
Robin N. Dickson 		   
Title:
  Chief Financial Officer    

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