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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Form 10-Q
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(Mark One)

ý | Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the Quarterly Period Ended April 3, 2015

¨ | Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Commission File No. 000-25826
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HARMONIC INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware | 77-0201147
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

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)
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ý No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ý No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer | ¨ | Accelerated filer | ý
Non-accelerated filer | ¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | Smaller reporting company | ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No ý
The number of shares of the registrant’s Common Stock, $.001 par value, outstanding on April 30, 2015 was 88,532,963.

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PART I |
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) | 3
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS | 25
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK | 34
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES | 35
PART II |
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS | 36
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS | 36
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS | 54
ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES | 54
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES | 54
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION | 54
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS | 55
SIGNATURES | 56

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PART I
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
HARMONIC INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(UNAUDITED)

| April 3, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014
| (In thousands, except par value amounts)
ASSETS |  |  |
Current assets: |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 79,656 |  |  | $ | 73,032 |
Short-term investments | 22,203 |  |  | 31,847 |
Accounts receivable, net | 75,864 |  |  | 74,144 |
Inventories | 31,518 |  |  | 32,747 |
Deferred income taxes, short-term | 3,375 |  |  | 3,375 |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 30,526 |  |  | 17,539 |
Total current assets | 243,142 |  |  | 232,684 |
Property and equipment, net | 27,140 |  |  | 27,221 |
Goodwill | 197,776 |  |  | 197,884 |
Intangibles, net | 8,692 |  |  | 10,599 |
Other assets | 10,097 |  |  | 12,130 |
Total assets | $ | 486,847 |  |  | $ | 480,518 |
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY |  |  |
Current liabilities: |  |  |
Accounts payable | $ | 18,497 |  |  | $ | 15,318 |
Income taxes payable | 320 |  |  | 893 |
Deferred revenue | 48,124 |  |  | 38,601 |
Accrued liabilities | 29,248 |  |  | 35,118 |
Total current liabilities | 96,189 |  |  | 89,930 |
Income taxes payable, long-term | 5,032 |  |  | 4,969 |
Deferred tax liabilities, long-term | 3,095 |  |  | 3,095 |
Other non-current liabilities | 11,007 |  |  | 10,711 |
Total liabilities | 115,323 |  |  | 108,705 |
Commitments and contingencies (Note 16) |  |  |
Stockholders’ equity: |  |  |
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 5,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding | — |  |  | — |
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 150,000 shares authorized; 88,750 and 87,700 shares issued and outstanding at April 3, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively | 89 |  |  | 88 |
Additional paid-in capital | 2,265,055 |  |  | 2,261,952 |
Accumulated deficit | (1,890,904 | ) |  | (1,888,247 | )
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (2,716 | ) |  | (1,980 | )
Total stockholders’ equity | 371,524 |  |  | 371,813 |
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 486,847 |  |  | $ | 480,518 |

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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HARMONIC INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(UNAUDITED)

| Three months ended
| April 3, 2015 |  | March 28, 2014
| (In thousands, except per share amounts)
Product revenue | $ | 80,473 |  |  | $ | 88,260 |
Service revenue | 23,543 |  |  | 19,772 |
Net revenue | 104,016 |  |  | 108,032 |
Product cost of revenue | 35,460 |  |  | 44,606 |
Service cost of revenue | 13,528 |  |  | 11,114 |
Total cost of revenue | 48,988 |  |  | 55,720 |
Gross profit | 55,028 |  |  | 52,312 |
Operating expenses: |  |  |
Research and development | 22,329 |  |  | 23,888 |
Selling, general and administrative | 31,196 |  |  | 33,547 |
Amortization of intangibles | 1,446 |  |  | 1,950 |
Restructuring and related charges | 44 |  |  | 149 |
Total operating expenses | 55,015 |  |  | 59,534 |
Income (loss) from operations | 13 |  |  | (7,222 | )
Interest income, net | 55 |  |  | 77 |
Other income (expense), net | (506 | ) |  | 12 |
Loss on impairment of long-term investment | (2,505 | ) |  | — |
Loss before income taxes | (2,943 | ) |  | (7,133 | )
Benefit from income taxes | (286 | ) |  | (1,723 | )
Net loss | $ | (2,657 | ) |  | $ | (5,410 | )
Net loss per share: |  |  |
Basic | $ | (0.03 | ) |  | $ | (0.06 | )
Diluted | $ | (0.03 | ) |  | $ | (0.06 | )
Shares used in per share calculation: |  |  |
Basic | 88,655 |  |  | 97,921 |
Diluted | 88,655 |  |  | 97,921 |

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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HARMONIC INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
(UNAUDITED)

| Three months ended
| April 3, 2015 |  | March 28, 2014
| (In thousands)
Net loss | $ | (2,657 | ) |  | $ | (5,410 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) before tax: |  |  |
Change in unrealized losses on cash flow hedges: |  |  |
Unrealized losses arising during the period | (184 | ) |  | — |
Gains reclassified into earnings | (49 | ) |  | — |
| (233 | ) |  | — |
Change in unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities: | 485 |  |  | 7 |
Change in foreign currency translation adjustments | (984 | ) |  | 40 |
Other comprehensive income (loss) before tax | (732 | ) |  | 47 |
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | 4 |  |  | (1 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax | (736 | ) |  | 48 |
Total Comprehensive loss | $ | (3,393 | ) |  | $ | (5,362 | )

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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HARMONIC INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(UNAUDITED)

| Three months ended
| April 3, 2015 |  | March 28, 2014
| (In thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities: |  |  |
Net loss | $ | (2,657 | ) |  | $ | (5,410 | )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities: |  |  |
Amortization of intangibles | 1,907 |  |  | 6,666 |
Depreciation | 3,493 |  |  | 4,227 |
Stock-based compensation | 4,134 |  |  | 3,807 |
Loss on impairment of long-term investment | 2,505 |  |  | — |
Deferred income taxes, net | — |  |  | 3,510 |
Provision for excess and obsolete inventories | 454 |  |  | 722 |
Allowance for doubtful accounts, returns and discounts | (367 | ) |  | (536 | )
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation | (120 | ) |  | (185 | )
Other non-cash adjustments, net | 154 |  |  | 462 |
Changes in assets and liabilities: |  |  |
Accounts receivable | (1,353 | ) |  | (1,927 | )
Inventories | 775 |  |  | 5,900 |
Prepaid expenses and other assets | (13,062 | ) |  | (6,671 | )
Accounts payable | 3,380 |  |  | (2,533 | )
Deferred revenue | 10,105 |  |  | 6,382 |
Income taxes payable | (501 | ) |  | 278 |
Accrued and other liabilities | (6,819 | ) |  | (3,447 | )
Net cash provided by operating activities | 2,028 |  |  | 11,245 |
Cash flows from investing activities: |  |  |
Purchases of investments | — |  |  | (14,084 | )
Proceeds from maturities of investments | 9,497 |  |  | 15,382 |
Purchases of property and equipment | (3,651 | ) |  | (3,431 | )
Purchases of long-term investments | (85 | ) |  | — |
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | 5,761 |  |  | (2,133 | )
Cash flows from financing activities: |  |  |
Payments for repurchase of common stock | (5,182 | ) |  | (29,075 | )
Proceeds from (repurchases of) common stock issued to employees | 4,032 |  |  | (1,377 | )
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation | 120 |  |  | 185 |
Net cash used in financing activities | (1,030 | ) |  | (30,267 | )
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | (135 | ) |  | 18 |
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 6,624 |  |  | (21,137 | )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 73,032 |  |  | 90,329 |
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | 79,656 |  |  | $ | 69,192 |

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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HARMONIC INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
NOTE 1: BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, in the opinion of management, include all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) which Harmonic Inc. (“Harmonic,” or the “Company”) considers necessary for a fair statement of the results of operations for the interim periods covered and the consolidated financial condition of the Company at the date of the balance sheets. This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 2, 2015 (“2014 Form 10-K”). The interim results presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that may be expected for the full fiscal year ending December 31, 2015, or any other future period. The Company’s fiscal quarters are based on 13-week periods, except for the fourth quarter, which ends on December 31.
The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The year-end condensed balance sheet was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”).
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Significant Accounting Policies
The Company’s significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 to its audited Consolidated Financial Statements included in its 2014 Form 10-K. There have been no significant changes to these policies during the three months ended April 3, 2015.
NOTE 2: RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
On May 28, 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers”, requiring an entity to recognize the amount of revenue that reflects the consideration to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. The updated standard will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP when it becomes effective and permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. Early adoption is not permitted. The updated standard becomes effective for the Company in the first quarter of fiscal 2017. In April 2015, the FASB announced a proposal to defer the effective date by one year, with early adoption on the original effective date permitted. The Company has not yet selected a transition method and it is currently evaluating the effect that the updated standard will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
On November 3, 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-16, “Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815) - Determining Whether the Host Contract in a Hybrid Financial Instrument Issued in the Form of a Share is More Akin to Debt or to Equity”. ASU 2014-16 was issued to clarify how current U.S. GAAP should be interpreted in evaluating the economic characteristics and risk of a host contract in a hybrid financial instrument that is issued in the form of a share. In addition, ASU 2014-16 was issued to clarify that in evaluating the nature of a host contract, an entity should assess the substance of the relevant terms and features (that is, the relative strength of the debt-like or equity-like terms and features given the facts and circumstances) when considering how to weight those terms and features. ASU 2014-16 is effective in the fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption in an interim period is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2014-16 on its consolidated financial statements.
On February 18, 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-02, “Consolidation (Topic 810) - Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis”, intended to improve targeted areas of consolidation guidance for all entities. ASU 2015-02 is effective in the fiscal
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year beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption in an interim period is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2015-02 on its consolidated financial statements.
On April 15, 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-05, “Intangibles-Goodwill and Other-Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40) - Customer’s Accounting for Fees Paid in a Cloud Computing Arrangement”. ASU 2015-05 amends ASC 350-40 to provide customers with guidance on whether a cloud computing arrangement contains a software license to be accounted for as internal-use software. ASU No. 2015-05 is effective in the fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption in an interim period is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2015-05 on its consolidated financial statements.
NOTE 3: SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
The following table summarizes the Company’s short-term investments (in thousands):

| Amortized Cost |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Estimated Fair Value
As of April 3, 2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
State, municipal and local government agencies bonds | $ | 11,228 |  |  | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 11,238 |
Corporate bonds | 10,969 |  |  | 1 |  |  | (5 | ) |  | 10,965 |
Total short-term investments | $ | 22,197 |  |  | $ | 11 |  |  | $ | (5 | ) |  | $ | 22,203 |
As of December 31, 2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
State, municipal and local government agencies bonds | $ | 13,946 |  |  | $ | 16 |  |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | 13,961 |
Corporate bonds | 17,899 |  |  | 3 |  |  | (16 | ) |  | 17,886 |
Total short-term investments | $ | 31,845 |  |  | $ | 19 |  |  | $ | (17 | ) |  | $ | 31,847 |

The following table summarizes the maturities of the Company’s short-term investments (in thousands):

| April 3, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014
Less than one year | $ | 22,203 |  |  | $ | 30,946 |
Due in 1 - 2 years | — |  |  | 901 |
Total short-term investments | $ | 22,203 |  |  | $ | 31,847 |

These available-for-sale investments are presented as “Current Assets” in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as they are available for current operations. Realized gains and losses from the sale of investments for the three months ended April 3, 2015 and March 28, 2014 were not material.
As of April 3, 2015 and December 31, 2014, $6.7 million and $8.6 million, respectively, of investments in equity securities of other privately and publicly held companies were considered as long-term investments and were included in “Other assets” in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet (See Note 4, “Investments in Other Equity Securities,” for additional information).
Impairment of Short-term Investments
The Company monitors its investment portfolio for impairment on a periodic basis. In the event that the carrying value of an investment exceeds its fair value and the decline in value is determined to be other-than-temporary, an impairment charge is recorded and a new cost basis for the investment is established. A decline of fair value below amortized costs of debt securities is considered other-than-temporary if the Company has the intent to sell the security or it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the security before recovery of the entire amortized cost basis. At the present time, the Company does not intend to sell its investments that have unrealized losses in accumulated other comprehensive loss. In addition, the Company does not believe that it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell its investments that have unrealized losses in accumulated other comprehensive loss before the Company recovers the principal amounts invested. The Company believes that the unrealized losses are temporary and do not require an other-than-temporary impairment, based on its evaluation of available evidence as of April 3, 2015.
As of April 3, 2015, there were no individual available-for-sale securities in a material unrealized loss position and the amount of unrealized losses on the total investment balance was insignificant.
NOTE 4: INVESTMENTS IN OTHER EQUITY SECURITIES
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From time to time, the Company may acquire certain equity investments for the promotion of business objectives and these investments are classified as long-term investments and included in "Other assets" in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.
On September 2, 2014, the Company acquired a 3.3% interest in Vislink plc (“Vislink”), a U.K. public company listed on the AIM exchange, for $3.3 million, and also made a $3.3 million prepayment for future software license purchases. The investment in Vislink is being accounted for as a cost method investment as the Company does not have significant influence over the operational and financial policies of Vislink. Since the Vislink investment is also an available-for-sale security, its value is marked to market for the difference in fair value at period end. As of April 3, 2015, the carrying value of Vislink was $3.1 million and the accumulated unrealized loss of $0.2 million, net of taxes, on the Vislink investment is included in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as a component of “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)”. As of April 3, 2015, the balance of the prepayment to Vislink for future software license purchase was $1.1 million and it was included in “Prepaid expenses and other current assets” in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. The Company determined that there were no impairment indicators existing at April 3, 2015 that would indicate that the Vislink investment was impaired and the Company believes the decline in the fair value of the Vislink investment is temporary. As of April 3, 2015, the Company's maximum exposure to loss from the Vislink investment was limited to its initial investment cost of $3.3 million. As of December 31, 2014, the carrying value of Vislink was $2.6 million and the accumulated unrealized loss, net of taxes, was $0.7 million.
Unconsolidated Variable Interest Entities (“VIE”)
VJU
On September 26, 2014, the Company acquired a 19.8% interest in VJU iTV Development GmbH (“VJU”), a software company based in Austria, for $2.5 million. Since VJU's equity is deemed not sufficient to permit it to finance its activities without additional support from its shareholders, VJU is considered a variable interest entity (“VIE”). The Company determined that it is not the primary beneficiary of VJU because its financial interest in VJU's equity and its research and development agreement with VJU do not empower the Company to direct VJU's activities that will most significantly impact VJU's economic performance. VJU is accounted for as a cost method investment as the Company does not have significant influence over the operational and financial policies of VJU.
The Company attended a VJU board meeting on March 5, 2015 as an observer. At that meeting, the Company was made aware of significant decreases in VJU's business prospects, VJU’S existing working capital and prospects for additional funding, compared to the prior information the Company had received from VJU. Based on the Company’s assessment, the Company determined that its investment in VJU was impaired on an other-than-temporary basis. Factors considered included the severity of the impairment and recent events specific to VJU. Based on the Company's assessment of VJU's expected cash flows, the entire investment is expected to be non-recoverable. As a result, the Company recorded an impairment charge of $2.5 million in the first quarter of 2015. The Company's impairment loss in VJU is limited to its initial cost of investment of $2.5 million as well as the $0.1 million research and development cost expensed in September 2014.
EDC
On October 22, 2014, the Company acquired an 18.4% interest in Encoding.com, Inc. (“EDC”), a video transcoding service company headquartered in San Francisco, California, for $3.5 million by purchasing EDC's Series B preferred stock. Since EDC's equity is deemed not sufficient to permit it to finance its activities without additional support from its shareholders, EDC is considered a VIE. The Company determined that it is not the primary beneficiary of EDC because its financial interest in EDC's equity does not empower the Company to direct EDC's activities that will most significantly impact EDC's economic performance. In addition, the Company determined that its investment in EDC's Series B preferred stock does not have the risk and reward characteristics that are substantially similar to EDC’s common stock. Therefore, Harmonic does not hold an investment in EDC’s common stock or in-substance common stock. According to the applicable accounting guidance, the EDC investment is accounted for as a cost-method investment.
The following table presents the carrying values and maximum exposure of the unconsolidated VIEs as of April 3, 2015 (in thousands):

| Carrying Value |  | Maximum exposure to loss(1)
VJU | — |  |  | — |
EDC(2) | 3,593 |  |  | 3,593 |
Total | $ | 3,593 |  |  | $ | 3,593 |

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(1) The Company did not provide financial support to any of its unconsolidated VIEs and as of April 3, 2015, there were no explicit arrangements or implicit variable interests that could require the Company to provide financial support to any of its unconsolidated VIEs.
(2) The Company's maximum exposure to loss with respect to EDC as of April 3, 2015 was limited to a total investment cost of $3.6 million, including $0.1 million of transaction costs.
Each reporting period, the Company reviews all of its unconsolidated VIE investments to determine whether there are any reconsideration events that may result in the Company being a primary beneficiary of the unconsolidated VIE which would then require the Company to consolidate the VIE. The Company also reviews all of its cost-method investments in each reporting period to determine whether a significant event of change in circumstances has occurred that may have an adverse effect on the fair value of each investment.
NOTE 5: DERIVATIVES AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES
The Company uses forward contracts to manage exposures to foreign currency exchange rates. The Company's primary objective in holding derivative instruments is to reduce the volatility of earnings and cash flows associated with fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates and the Company does not use derivative instruments for trading purposes. The use of derivative instruments expose the Company to credit risk to the extent that the counterparties may be unable to meet their contractual obligations, as such, the potential risk of loss with any one counterparty is closely monitored by the Company.
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments (Cash Flow Hedges)
Beginning in December 2014, the Company entered into forward currency contracts to hedge forecasted operating expenses and service costs related to employee salaries and benefits denominated in Israeli shekels (“ILS”) for its subsidiaries in Israel. These ILS forward contacts mature generally within twelve months and are designated as cash flow hedges. For derivatives that are designated as hedges of forecasted foreign currency denominated operating expenses and service costs, the Company assesses effectiveness based on changes in spot currency exchange rates. Changes in spot rates on the derivative are recorded as a component of “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)” (“OCI”) in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet until such time as the hedged transaction impacts earnings. The change in fair value of the forward points, which reflects the interest rate differential between the two countries on the derivative, is excluded from the effectiveness assessment. Gains or losses on the derivative representing either hedge ineffectiveness or hedge components excluded from the assessment of effectiveness are recognized in current earnings.
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments (Balance Sheet Hedges)
Balance sheet hedges consist of foreign currency forward contracts, mature generally within three months, are carried at fair value and they are used to minimize the short-term impact of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuation on cash and certain trade and inter-company receivables and payables. Changes in the fair value of these foreign currency forward contracts are recognized in “Other income (expense), net” in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and are largely offset by the changes in the fair value of the assets or liabilities being hedged.
The locations and amounts of designated and non-designated derivative instruments' gains and losses reported in the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations were as follows (in thousands):

|  |  |  | Three months ended
|  | Financial Statement Location |  | April 3, 2015 |  | March 28, 2014
Derivatives Designated as Hedging instruments: |  |  |  |  |  |
Gains in accumulated OCI on derivatives (effective portion) |  | Accumulated OCI |  | $ | 184 |  |  | $ | — |
Gains reclassified from accumulated OCI into income (effective portion) |  | Cost of Revenue |  | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | — |
|  | Operating Expense |  | 42 |  | — |
|  | Total |  | $ | 49 |  |  | $ | — |
Loss recognized in income on derivatives (ineffectiveness portion and amount excluded from effectiveness testing) |  | Other income (expense), net |  | $ | (42 | ) |  | $ | — |
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging instruments: |  |  |  |  |  |
Gains (losses) recognized in income |  | Other income (expense), net |  | $ | 252 |  |  | $ | (177 | )

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The Company anticipates the accumulated OCI balance of 78,000 at April 3, 2015, relating to net unrealized gains from cash flow hedges, will be reclassified to earnings in 2015.
The U.S. dollar equivalents of all outstanding notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts are summarized as follows (in thousands):

|  | April 3, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedges: |  |  |  |
Purchase |  | $ | 12,728 |  |  | $ | 16,903 |
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: |  |  |  |
Purchase |  | $ | 6,585 |  |  | $ | 1,043 |
Sell |  | $ | 9,069 |  |  | $ | 4,925 |

The locations and fair value amounts of the Company's derivative instruments reported in its Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets are as follows (in thousands):

|  |  |  | Asset Derivatives |  |  |  | Derivative Liabilities
|  | Balance Sheet Location |  | April 3, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014 |  | Balance Sheet Location |  | April 3, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency contracts |  | Prepaid expenses and other current assets |  | $ | 57 |  |  | $ | 329 |  |  | Accrued Liabilities |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
|  |  |  | $ | 57 |  |  | $ | 329 |  |  |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency contracts |  | Prepaid expenses and other current assets |  | $ | 91 |  |  | $ | 12 |  |  | Accrued Liabilities |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 7 |
|  |  |  | $ | 91 |  |  | $ | 12 |  |  |  |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 7 |
Total derivatives |  |  |  | $ | 148 |  |  | $ | 341 |  |  |  |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 7 |

Offsetting of Derivative Assets and Liabilities
The Company recognizes all derivative instruments on a gross basis in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. However, the arrangements with its counterparties allows for net settlement, which are designed to reduce credit risk by permitting net settlement with the same counterparty. To further limit credit risk, the Company also enters into cash collateral security arrangements with the same counterparty. As of April 3, 2015, information related to the offsetting arrangements was as follows (in thousands):

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Gross Amounts of Derivatives Not Offset in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets |  |
|  | Gross Amounts of Derivatives |  | Gross Amounts of Derivatives Offset in the Condensed Consolidated Balance sheets |  | Net Amounts of Derivatives Presented in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets |  | Financial Instrument |  | Cash Collateral Pledged |  | Net Amount
Derivative Assets |  | $ | 148 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 148 |  |  | $ | (18 | ) |  | — |  |  | $ | 130 |
Derivative Liabilities |  | $ | 18 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | (18 | ) |  | — |  |  | $ | — |

As of December 31, 2014, there was no potential effect of rights of offset associated with the outstanding foreign currency forward contracts that would result in a net derivative asset or net derivative liability.
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NOTE 6: FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
The applicable accounting guidance establishes a framework for measuring fair value and requires disclosure about the fair value measurements of assets and liabilities. This guidance requires the Company to classify and disclose assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis, as well as fair value measurements of assets and liabilities measured on a nonrecurring basis in periods subsequent to initial measurement, in a three-tier fair value hierarchy as described below.
The guidance defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability, in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date.
Valuation techniques used to measure fair value must maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The guidance describes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

• | Level 1 — Observable inputs that reflect quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

• | Level 2 — Observable inputs other than Level 1 prices, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities. The Company primarily uses broker quotes for valuation of its short-term investments. The forward exchange contracts are classified as Level 2 because they are valued using quoted market prices and other observable data for similar instruments in an active market.

• | Level 3 — Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

The Company uses the market approach to measure fair value for its financial assets and liabilities. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets or liabilities. During the three months ended April 3, 2015, there were no nonrecurring fair value measurements of assets and liabilities subsequent to initial recognition.
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The following table sets forth the fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value based on the three-tier fair value hierarchy (in thousands):

| Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total
As of April 3, 2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash equivalents |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Money market funds | $ | 32,795 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 32,795 |
Short-term investments |  |  |  |  |  |  |
State, municipal and local government agencies bonds | — |  |  | 11,238 |  |  | — |  |  | 11,238 |
Corporate bonds | — |  |  | 10,965 |  |  | — |  |  | 10,965 |
Prepaids and other current assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivative assets | — |  |  | 148 |  |  | — |  |  | 148 |
Other assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-term investment | 3,082 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 3,082 |
Total assets measured and recorded at fair value | $ | 35,877 |  |  | $ | 22,351 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 58,228 |
Accrued liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivative liabilities | $ | — |  |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 18 |
Total liabilities measured and recorded at fair value | $ | — |  |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 18 |
| Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total
As of December 31, 2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash equivalents |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Money market funds | $ | 23,121 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 23,121 |
Short-term investments |  |  |  |  |  |  |
State, municipal and local government agencies bonds | — |  |  | 13,961 |  |  | — |  |  | 13,961 |
Corporate bonds | — |  |  | 17,886 |  |  | — |  |  | 17,886 |
Prepaids and other current assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivative assets | — |  |  | 341 |  |  | — |  |  | 341 |
Other assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-term investment | 2,606 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2,606 |
Total assets measured and recorded at fair value | $ | 25,727 |  |  | $ | 32,188 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 57,915 |
Accrued liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivative liabilities | $ | — |  |  | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 7 |
Total liabilities measured and recorded at fair value | $ | — |  |  | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 7 |

NOTE 7: BALANCE SHEET COMPONENTS
The following tables provide details of selected balance sheet components (in thousands):

| April 3, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014
Accounts receivable, net: |  |  |
Accounts receivable | $ | 80,974 |  |  | $ | 81,201 |
Less: allowances for doubtful accounts, returns and discounts | (5,110 | ) |  | (7,057 | )
Total | $ | 75,864 |  |  | $ | 74,144 |

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Prepaid expenses and other current assets: |  |  |
Prepaid inventories to contract manufacturer(1) | $ | 14,200 |  |  | $ | — |
Prepaid software license to Vislink(2) | 1,090 |  |  | 1,233 |
Other Prepayments | 9,953 |  |  | 9,713 |
Deferred cost of revenue | 3,364 |  |  | 2,524 |
Income tax receivable | 1,664 |  |  | 2,316 |
Other | 255 |  |  | 1,753 |
| $ | 30,526 |  |  | $ | 17,539 |

(1) In the first quarter of 2015, the Company made a $14.2 million advance payment for future inventory requirements to a supplier in order to secure more favorable pricing. The Company anticipates that this amount will begin to offset in the fourth quarter of 2015 through the first quarter of 2016 against the accounts payable owed to this supplier.
(2) The prepaid inventories were related to prepayment for software licenses made to Vislink (see Note 4, “Investments in Other Equity Securities,” for additional information on Vislink).

Inventories: |  |  |
Raw materials | $ | 1,844 |  |  | $ | 1,422 |
Work-in-process | 1,439 |  |  | 1,255 |
Finished goods | 28,235 |  |  | 30,070 |
Total | $ | 31,518 |  |  | $ | 32,747 |

Property and equipment, net: |  |  |
Furniture and fixtures | $ | 7,690 |  |  | $ | 7,691 |
Machinery and equipment | 116,895 |  |  | 116,031 |
Leasehold improvements | 9,550 |  |  | 8,140 |
Property and equipment, gross | 134,135 |  |  | 131,862 |
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization | (106,995 | ) |  | (104,641 | )
Total | $ | 27,140 |  |  | $ | 27,221 |

NOTE 8: GOODWILL AND IDENTIFIED INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Goodwill
The following table presents goodwill by reportable segments (in thousands):

| Video |  | Cable Edge |  | Total
As of December 31, 2014 | $ | 136,975 |  |  | $ | 60,909 |  |  | $ | 197,884 |
Foreign currency translation adjustment | (75 | ) |  | (33 | ) |  | (108 | )
As of April 3, 2015 | $ | 136,900 |  |  | $ | 60,876 |  |  | $ | 197,776 |

Identified Intangible Assets
The following is a summary of identifiable intangible assets (in thousands):
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|  |  | April 3, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014
| Range of Useful Lives |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount
Identifiable intangibles: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Developed core technology | 4-6 years |  | $ | 136,145 |  |  | $ | (135,887 | ) |  | $ | 258 |  |  | $ | 136,145 |  |  | $ | (135,426 | ) |  | $ | 719 |
Customer relationships/contracts | 5-6 years |  | 67,098 |  |  | (60,001 | ) |  | 7,097 |  |  | 67,098 |  |  | (58,784 | ) |  | 8,314 |
Maintenance agreements and related relationships | 6-7 years |  | 7,100 |  |  | (5,763 | ) |  | 1,337 |  |  | 7,100 |  |  | (5,534 | ) |  | 1,566 |
Total identifiable intangibles |  |  | $ | 210,343 |  |  | $ | (201,651 | ) |  | $ | 8,692 |  |  | $ | 210,343 |  |  | $ | (199,744 | ) |  | $ | 10,599 |

Amortization expense for the identifiable purchased intangible assets for the three months ended April 3, 2015 and March 28, 2014 was allocated as follows (in thousands):

|  | Three months ended
|  | April 3, 2015 |  | March 28, 2014
Included in cost of revenue |  | $ | 461 |  |  | $ | 4,716 |
Included in operating expenses |  | 1,446 |  |  | 1,950 |
Total amortization expense |  | $ | 1,907 |  |  | $ | 6,666 |

The estimated future amortization expense of purchased intangible assets with definite lives is as follows (in thousands):

| Cost of Revenue |  | Operating Expenses |  | Total
Year ended December 31, |  |  |  |  |
2015 (remaining 9 months) | $ | 258 |  |  | $ | 4,337 |  |  | $ | 4,595 |
2016 | — |  |  | 4,097 |  |  | 4,097 |
Total future amortization expense | $ | 258 |  |  | $ | 8,434 |  |  | $ | 8,692 |

NOTE 9: RESTRUCTURING AND RELATED CHARGES
The Company implemented several restructuring plans in the past few years. The goal of these plans was to bring operational expenses to appropriate levels relative to its net revenues, while simultaneously implementing extensive company-wide expense control programs.
The Company accounts for its restructuring plans under the authoritative guidance for exit or disposal activities. The restructuring and asset impairment charges are included in “Product cost of revenue” and “Operating expenses-restructuring and related charges” in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. The following table summarizes the restructuring and related charges (in thousands):

| Three months ended
| April 3, 2015 |  | March 28, 2014
Restructuring and related charges in: |  |  |
Product cost of revenue | $ | — |  |  | $ | 79 |
Operating expenses-Restructuring and related charges | 44 |  |  | 149 |
| $ | 44 |  |  | $ | 228 |

Harmonic 2015 Restructuring
In the fourth quarter of 2014, the Company approved a new restructuring plan (the “Harmonic 2015 Restructuring Plan”) to reduce 2015 operating costs and the planned restructuring activities involve headcount reduction, exiting certain operating
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facilities and disposing of excess assets. The Company started the restructuring activities pursuant to this plan in the fourth quarter of 2014 and expects to complete its actions by end of 2015. The Company recorded $2.2 million of restructuring and asset impairment charges recorded under this plan in the fourth quarter of 2014 consisting of a $1.1 million fixed asset impairment charge related to software development costs incurred for a discontinued information technology (“IT”) project, $0.6 million of severance and benefits related to the termination of nineteen employees worldwide, $0.3 million of excess material costs associated with the termination of a research and development project and $0.1 million of other charges. In the three months ended April 3, 2015, the Company recorded an additional 44,000 restructuring charges under the Harmonic 2015 Restructuring Plan primarily related to severance and benefits for two employees.
The following table summarizes the activity in the Harmonic 2015 restructuring accrual during the three months ended April 3, 2015 (in thousands):

| Severance and benefits |  | Other charges |  | Total
Balance at December 31, 2014 | $ | 305 |  |  | $ | 17 |  |  | $ | 322 |
Restructuring charges | 56 |  |  | — |  |  | 56 |
Adjustments to restructuring provisions | (5 | ) |  | (7 | ) |  | (12 | )
Cash payments | (312 | ) |  | (9 | ) |  | (321 | )
Non-cash write-offs | — |  |  | 2 |  |  | 2 |
Balance at April 3, 2015 | $ | 44 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 47 |

Harmonic 2013 Restructuring
The Company implemented a series of restructuring plans in 2013 to reduce costs and improve efficiencies. These restructuring plans extended to actions taken through the third quarter of fiscal 2014. As a result, the Company recorded restructuring charges of $2.2 million and $0.9 million in fiscal 2013 and fiscal 2014, respectively. The restructuring charges in the three months ended March 28, 2014 were $0.2 million under these plans, consisting of severance and benefits related to the termination of eight employees worldwide and costs associated with vacating from excess facility in France. For a complete discussion of the restructuring actions related to the 2013 restructuring plans, see Note 11, "Restructuring and Asset Impairment Charges," of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the 2014 Form 10-K.
NOTE 10: CREDIT FACILITIES
On December 22, 2014, the Company entered into a Credit Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“JPMorgan”) for a $20.0 million revolving credit facility, with a sublimit of $10.0 million for the issuance of commercial and standby letters of credit on the Company’s behalf. Revolving loans under the Credit Agreement may be borrowed, repaid and re-borrowed until December 22, 2015, at which time all amounts borrowed must be repaid. There were no borrowings under the Credit Agreement during the three months ended April 3, 2015. As of April 3, 2015, the amount available for borrowing under this facility, net of $0.2 million of standby letters of credit, was $19.8 million.
The revolving loan bears interest, at the Company's election, at either (a) an adjusted LIBOR rate for a term of one, two or three months, plus an applicable margin of 1.75% or (b) the prime rate plus an applicable margin of -1.30%, provided that such rate shall not be less than the one month adjusted LIBOR rate, plus 2.5%. In the event that the balance of the Company’s accounts held with JPMorgan falls below $30.0 million in aggregate total worldwide consolidated cash and short-term investments (the “Consolidated Cash Threshold”) for five consecutive business days, the Company is obligated to pay a one-time facility fee of $50,000 to JPMorgan. The Company is also obligated to pay JPMorgan a non-usage fee equal to the average daily unused portion of the credit facility multiplied by a per annum rate of 0.25% if, during any calendar month, the balance in the Company’s accounts held with JPMorgan falls below the Consolidated Cash Threshold for five consecutive business days.
The Company will pay a letter of credit fee with respect to any letters of credit issued under the Credit Agreement in an amount equal to (a) in the case of a standby letter of credit, the maximum amount available to be drawn under such standby letter of credit multiplied by a per annum rate of 1.75% and (b) in the case of a commercial letter of credit, the greater of $100 or 0.75% of the original maximum available amount of such commercial letter of credit. The Company will also pay other customary transaction fees and costs in connection with the issuance of letters of credit under the Credit Agreement.
Obligations under the Credit Agreement are secured only by a pledge of 66 2/3% of the Company’s equity interests in its foreign subsidiary, Harmonic International AG. Additionally, to the extent that the Company in the future forms any direct or
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indirect, domestic, material subsidiaries, those subsidiaries will be required to provide a guaranty of the Company’s obligations under the Credit Agreement.
The Credit Agreement contains customary affirmative and negative covenants, including covenants that limit the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things, incur indebtedness, grant liens, merge or consolidate, dispose of assets, make investments or pay dividends, in each case subject to certain exceptions. The Company is also required to maintain, on a consolidated basis, total cash and marketable securities of at least $35.0 million and EBITDA of at least $20.0 million determined on a rolling four-quarter basis. As of April 3, 2015, the Company was in compliance with the covenants under the Credit Agreement.
NOTE 11: EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
Harmonic grants stock options and restricted stock units (“RSUs”) pursuant to stockholder approved equity incentive plans. These equity incentive plans are described in detail in Note 14, “Employee Benefit Plans”, of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the 2014 Form 10-K.
Stock Options and Restricted Stock Units
The following table summarizes the Company’s stock option and RSU unit activity during the three months ended April 3, 2015 (in thousands, except per share amounts):

|  |  | Stock Options Outstanding |  | Restricted Stock Units Outstanding
| Shares Available for Grant |  | Number of Shares |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |  | Number of Units |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Balance at December 31, 2014 | 7,480 |  |  | 7,255 |  |  | $ | 6.65 |  |  | 2,241 |  |  | $ | 6.40 |
Authorized |  |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Granted | (3,037 | ) |  | 1,049 |  |  | 7.58 |  |  | 1,325 |  |  | 7.57 |
Options exercised | — |  |  | (617 | ) |  | 5.49 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Shares released | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (925 | ) |  | 6.56 |
Forfeited or cancelled | 283 |  |  | (172 | ) |  | 6.86 |  |  | (73 | ) |  | 6.23 |
Balance at April 3, 2015 | 4,726 |  |  | 7,515 |  |  | $ | 6.87 |  |  | 2,568 |  |  | $ | 7.01 |

The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding as of April 3, 2015 (in thousands, except per share amounts):

| Number of Shares |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years) |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Vested and expected to vest | 7,126 |  |  | $ | 6.87 |  |  | 3.7 |  | $ | 6,331 |
Exercisable | 4,694 |  |  | 6.94 |  |  | 2.5 |  | 4,571 |

The intrinsic value of options vested and expected to vest and exercisable as of April 3, 2015 is calculated based on the difference between the exercise price and the fair value of the Company’s common stock as of April 3, 2015. The intrinsic value of options exercised is calculated based on the difference between the exercise price and the fair value of the Company's common stock as of the exercise date. The intrinsic value of options exercised during the three months ended April 3, 2015 and March 28, 2014 was $1.3 million and $0.1 million, respectively.
The following table summarizes information about RSUs outstanding as of April 3, 2015 (in thousands, except per share amounts):
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| Number of Shares Underlying Restricted Stock Units |  | Weighted Average Remaining Vesting Period (Years) |  | Aggregate Fair Value
Vested and expected to vest | 2,359 |  |  | 0.8 |  | $ | 17,407 |

The fair value of RSUs vested and expected to vest as of April 3, 2015 is calculated based on the fair value of the Company's common stock as of April 3, 2015.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
The 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) provides for the issuance of common stock purchase rights to employees of the Company. The ESPP is intended to qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code. The ESPP enables employees to purchase shares at 85% of the fair market value of the common stock at the beginning or end of the offering period, whichever is lower. Offering periods generally begin on the first trading day on or after January 1 and July 1 of each year. Employees may participate through payroll deductions of 1% to 10% of their earnings. In the event that there are insufficient shares in the plan to fully fund the issuance, the available shares will be allocated across all participants based on their contributions relative to the total contributions received for the offering period.
401(k) Plan
The Company has a retirement/savings plan which qualifies as a thrift plan under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. This plan allows participants to contribute up to the applicable Internal Revenue Code limitations under the plan. The Company has made discretionary contributions to the plan of 25% of the first 4% contributed by eligible participants, up to a maximum contribution per participant of $1,000 per year. The contributions for the three months ended April 3, 2015 and March 28, 2014 were $161,000 and $173,000, respectively.
NOTE 12: STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
Stock-based compensation expense consists primarily of expenses for stock options and RSUs granted to employees and shares issued under the ESPP. The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense (in thousands):

| Three months ended
| April 3, 2015 |  | March 28, 2014
Stock-based compensation in: |  |  |
Cost of revenue | $ | 528 |  |  | $ | 516 |
Research and development expense | 1,148 |  |  | 1,101 |
Selling, general and administrative expense | 2,458 |  |  | 2,190 |
Total stock-based compensation in operating expense | 3,606 |  |  | 3,291 |
Total stock-based compensation | $ | 4,134 |  |  | $ | 3,807 |

The Company is required to estimate forfeitures at the time of grant and revise those estimates in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. The Company uses historical data to estimate pre-vesting option forfeitures and records stock-based compensation expense only for those awards that are expected to vest. All stock-based payment awards are amortized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service periods of the awards, which are generally the vesting periods.
Stock Options
The Company estimated the fair value of all employee stock options using a Black-Scholes valuation model with the following weighted average assumptions:
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| Three months ended
| April 3, 2015 |  | March 28, 2014
Expected term (years) | 4.70 |  |  | 4.70 |
Volatility | 38 | % |  | 40 | %
Risk-free interest rate | 1.6 | % |  | 1.7 | %
Expected dividends | 0.0 | % |  | 0.0 | %

The expected term represents the weighted-average period that the stock options are expected to remain outstanding. The computation of the expected term was determined based on historical experience of similar awards, giving consideration to the contractual terms of the stock-based awards, vesting schedules and expectations of future employee behavior. The Company uses its historical volatility for a period equivalent to the expected term of the options to estimate the expected volatility. The risk-free interest rate that the Company uses in the Black-Scholes option valuation model is based on U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues with remaining terms similar to the expected term. The Company has never declared or paid any cash dividends and does not plan to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future, and, therefore, used an expected dividend yield of zero in the valuation model.
The weighted-average fair value per share of options granted was $2.63 and $2.35 for the three months ended April 3, 2015 and March 28, 2014, respectively. The fair value of all stock options vested during the three months ended April 3, 2015 and March 28, 2014 were both $1.3 million. The total realized tax benefit attributable to stock options exercised during the three months ended April 3, 2015 and March 28, 2014, in jurisdictions where this expense is deductible for tax purposes, were $120,000 and $185,000, respectively.
Restricted Stock Units
The aggregate fair value of all RSUs issued during the three months ended April 3, 2015 and March 28, 2014 were $6.1 million and $5.4 million, respectively.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
The value of the stock purchase rights under the ESPP consists of: (1) the 15% discount on the purchase of the stock; (2) 85% of the fair value of the call option; and (3) 15% of the fair value of the put option. The call option and put option were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The weighted average fair value of the Company's ESPP shares at purchase dates was estimated using the following weighted average assumptions during the three months ended April 3, 2015 and March 28, 2014:

| Purchase Period Ending
| June 30, 2015 |  | June 30, 2014
Expected term (years) | 0.49 |  |  | 0.50 |
Volatility | 35 | % |  | 29 | %
Risk-free interest rate | 0.1 | % |  | 0.1 | %
Expected dividends | 0.0 | % |  | 0.0 | %
Estimated weighted average fair value per share at purchase date | $1.74 |  | $1.71

The expected term represents the period of time from the beginning of the offering period to the purchase date. The Company uses its historical volatility for a period equivalent to the expected term of the options to estimate the expected volatility. The risk-free interest rate that the Company uses in the Black-Scholes option valuation model is based on U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues with remaining terms similar to the expected term. The Company has never declared or paid any cash dividends and does not plan to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future, and, therefore, used an expected dividend yield of zero in the valuation model.
Unrecognized Stock-Based Compensation
As of April 3, 2015, the Company had approximately $20.1 million of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to the unvested portion of its stock options and RSUs that is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 2.1 years.
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NOTE 13: INCOME TAXES
The Company reported the following operating results for the periods presented (in thousands):

| Three months ended
| April 3, 2015 |  | March 28, 2014
Loss before income taxes | $ | (2,943 | ) |  | $ | (7,133 | )
Benefit from income taxes | (286 | ) |  | (1,723 | )
Effective income tax rate | 9.7 | % |  | 24.2 | %

The Company's quarterly income taxes reflect an estimate of the corresponding fiscal year's annual effective tax rate and include, where applicable, adjustments for discrete tax items.
In the three months ended April 3, 2015, the Company's effective income tax rate was 9.7%. The rate for the three months ended April 3, 2015 is lower than the U.S. federal statutory rate of 35% primarily because the loss before income taxes for three months ended April 3, 2015 included the loss on impairment of VJU investment (see Note 4, "Investments in Other Equity Securities") for which no tax benefit can be recognized. The effective tax rate for the three months ended April 3, 2015 excluding the loss on impairment of VJU would be approximately 65% and this is higher than the U.S. federal rate of 35% primarily due to an increase in the Company's U.S. current and non-current income tax payable as well as maintaining a full valuation allowance against all of the Company's U.S. deferred tax assets.
In the three months ended March 28, 2014, the Company's effective rate was 24.2%, lower than the U.S. federal statutory rate of 35%, primarily due to favorable tax rates associated with certain earnings from operations in lower-tax jurisdictions, partially offset by the detriment from non-deductible stock-based compensation and non-deductible amortization of foreign intangibles, and various net discrete tax adjustments. For three months ended March 28, 2014, the discrete adjustments to the Company's tax benefit were primarily the accrual of interest on uncertain tax positions.
The Company files U.S. federal and state, and foreign income tax returns in jurisdictions with varying statutes of limitations during which such tax returns may be audited and adjusted by the relevant tax authorities. The 2011 through 2014 tax years generally remain subject to examination by U.S. federal and most state tax authorities. In significant foreign jurisdictions, the 2006 through 2014 tax years generally remain subject to examination by their respective tax authorities. In the first quarter of 2015, the Israeli tax authority commenced an audit of a subsidiary of the Company for the 2012 and 2013 tax years. If, upon the conclusion of this audit, the ultimate determination of taxes owed in Israel is for an amount in excess of the tax provision the Company has recorded in the applicable period, the Company's overall tax expense, effective tax rate, operating results and cash flow could be materially and adversely impacted in the period of adjustment.
The Company's operations in Switzerland are subject to a reduced tax rate under the Switzerland tax holiday which requires various thresholds of investment and employment in Switzerland. The Company has met these various thresholds and the Switzerland tax holiday is effective through the end of 2018.
As of April 3, 2015, the total amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits, including interest and penalties, was approximately $16.3 million, that if recognized, would affect the Company's effective tax rate. The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax positions in income tax expense. The Company had $0.6 million of gross interest and penalties accrued as of April 3, 2015. The Company will continue to review its tax positions and provide for, or reverse, unrecognized tax benefits as issues arise. As of April 3, 2015, the Company anticipates that the balance of gross unrecognized tax benefits will decrease up to approximately $1.0 million due to expiration of the applicable statues of limitations over the next twelve months.
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NOTE 14: INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE
The following table sets forth the computation of the basic and diluted net loss per share (in thousands, except per share amounts):

| Three months ended
| April 3, 2015 |  | March 28, 2014
Numerator: |  |  |
Net loss | $ | (2,657 | ) |  | $ | (5,410 | )
Denominator: |  |  |
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding |  |  |
Basic and diluted | 88,655 |  |  | 97,921 |
Net loss per share: |  |  |
Basic and diluted | $ | (0.03 | ) |  | $ | (0.06 | )

The following table sets forth the potentially dilutive shares from stock options, RSUs and the ESPP, for the periods presented, that were excluded from the net loss per share computations because their effect was anti-dilutive (in thousands):

| Three months ended
| April 3, 2015 |  | March 28, 2014
Potentially dilutive equity awards outstanding | 9,641 |  |  | 11,072 |

NOTE 15: SEGMENT INFORMATION
Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise that engage in business activities for which separate financial information is available and evaluated by the Company's Chief Operating Decision Maker ( “CODM”), which for Harmonic is its Chief Executive Officer, in deciding how to allocate resources and assess performance. Prior to the fourth quarter of 2014, the Company operated its business in one reportable segment. In connection with the 2015 annual planning process, the Company changed its operating segments to align with how the CODM expected to evaluate the financial information used to allocate resources and assess performance of the Company. The new reporting structure consists of two operating segments: Video and Cable Edge. As a result, the segment information presented has been conformed to the new operating segments for all prior periods.
The new operating segments were determined based on the nature of the products offered. The Video segment sells video processing and production and playout solutions and services worldwide to broadcast and media companies, streaming new media companies, cable operators, and satellite and telecommunications (telco) Pay-TV service providers. The Cable Edge segment sells cable edge solutions and related services to cable operators globally.
The Company does not allocate amortization of intangibles, stock-based compensation, restructuring and asset impairment charges, and certain other non-recurring charges to the operating income for each segment because management does not include this information in the measurement of the performance of the operating segments. A measure of assets by segment is not applicable as segment assets are not included in the discrete financial information provided to the CODM.
The following tables provide summary financial information by reportable segment (in thousands):
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| Three months ended
| April 3, 2015 |  | March 28, 2014
Net revenue: |  |  |  |  |
Video | $ | 69,282 |  |  | $ | 81,152 |
Cable Edge | 34,734 |  |  | 26,880 |
Total consolidated net revenue | $ | 104,016 |  |  | $ | 108,032 |
Operating income (loss): |  |  |  |  |
Video | $ | (90 | ) |  | $ | 2,435 |
Cable Edge | 6,188 |  |  | 1,044 |
Total segment operating income | 6,098 |  |  | 3,479 |
Unallocated corporate expenses* | (44 | ) |  | (228 | )
Stock-based compensation | (4,134 | ) |  | (3,807 | )
Amortization of intangibles | (1,907 | ) |  | (6,666 | )
Income (loss) from operations | 13 |  |  | (7,222 | )
Non-operating income (expense) | (2,956 | ) |  | 89 |
Loss before income taxes | $ | (2,943 | ) |  | $ | (7,133 | )

*Unallocated corporate expenses include certain corporate-level operating expenses and charges such as restructuring and related charges.
NOTE 16: COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Leases
Future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases as of April 3, 2015, after giving effect to $131,000 of future sublease income, are as follows (in thousands):

Years ending December 31, |
2015 (remaining 9 months) | $ | 7,591 |
2016 | 8,788 |
2017 | 8,067 |
2018 | 7,933 |
2019 | 7,885 |
Thereafter | 6,133 |
Total | $ | 46,397 |

Warranties
The Company accrues for estimated warranty costs at the time of product shipment. Management periodically reviews the estimated fair value of its warranty liability and records adjustments based on the terms of warranties provided to customers, historical and anticipated warranty claims experience, and estimates of the timing and cost of warranty claims. Activity for the Company’s warranty accrual, which is included in accrued liabilities, is summarized below (in thousands):

| Three months ended
| April 3, 2015 |  | March 28, 2014
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 4,242 |  |  | $ | 3,606 |
Accrual for current period warranties | 1,595 |  |  | 1,749 |
Warranty costs incurred | (1,746 | ) |  | (1,696 | )
Balance at end of period | $ | 4,091 |  |  | $ | 3,659 |

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Purchase Commitments with Contract Manufacturers and Other Suppliers
The Company relies on a limited number of contract manufacturers and suppliers to provide manufacturing services for a substantial majority of its products. In addition, some components, sub-assemblies and modules are obtained from a sole supplier or limited group of suppliers. During the normal course of business, in order to reduce manufacturing lead times and ensure adequate component supply, the Company enters into agreements with certain contract manufacturers and suppliers that allow them to procure inventory and services based upon criteria defined by the Company. The Company had approximately $22.6 million of non-cancelable purchase commitments with contract manufacturers and other suppliers as of April 3, 2015.
Standby Letters of Credit
As of April 3, 2015, the Company’s financial guarantees consisted of standby letters of credit outstanding, which were principally related to performance bonds and state requirements imposed on employers. The maximum amount of potential future payments under these arrangements was $0.4 million as of April 3, 2015.
Indemnification
Harmonic is obligated to indemnify its officers and the members of its Board of Directors pursuant to its bylaws and contractual indemnity agreements. Harmonic also indemnifies some of its suppliers and most of its customers for specified intellectual property matters pursuant to certain contractual arrangements, subject to certain limitations. The scope of these indemnities varies, but, in some instances, includes indemnification for damages and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees). There have been no amounts accrued in respect of these indemnification provisions through April 3, 2015.
Guarantees
The Company has $0.4 million of guarantees in Israel as of April 3, 2015, with the majority relating to rent obligations for buildings used by its Israeli subsidiaries.
Legal proceedings
From time to time, the Company is involved in lawsuits as well as subject to various legal proceedings, claims, threats of litigation, and investigations in the ordinary course of business, including claims of alleged infringement of third-party patents and other intellectual property rights, commercial, employment, and other matters. The Company assesses potential liabilities in connection with each lawsuit and threatened lawsuits and accrues an estimated loss for these loss contingencies if both of the following conditions are met: information available prior to issuance of the financial statements indicates that it is probable that a liability has been incurred at the date of the financial statements and the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated. While certain matters to which the Company is a party specify the damages claimed, such claims may not represent reasonably possible losses. Given the inherent uncertainties of litigation, the ultimate outcome of these matters cannot be predicted at this time, nor can the amount of possible loss or range of loss, if any, be reasonably estimated.
In October 2011, Avid Technology, Inc. (“Avid”) filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware alleging that the Company’s Media Grid product infringes two patents held by Avid. A jury trial on this complaint commenced on January 23, 2014 and, on February 4, 2014, the jury returned a unanimous verdict in favor of the Company, rejecting Avid's infringement allegations in their entirety. On May 23, 2014, Avid filed a post-trial motion asking the court to set aside the jury’s verdict, and the judge issued an order on December 17, 2014, denying the motion. On January 5, 2015, Avid filed an appeal with respect to the jury’s verdict with the Federal Circuit, which was docketed on January 9, 2015, as Case No. 2015-1246. Avid filed its opening brief with respect to this appeal on March 24, 2015, and the Company filed its response brief on May 7, 2015.
In June 2012, Avid served a subsequent complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware alleging that the Company’s Spectrum product infringes one patent held by Avid. The complaint seeks injunctive relief and unspecified damages. In September 2013, the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) authorized an inter partes review to be instituted as to claims 1-16 of the patent asserted in this second complaint. A hearing before the PTAB was conducted on May 20, 2014. On July 10, 2014, the PTAB issued a decision finding claims 1 - 10 invalid and claims 11 - 16 not invalid. The Company filed an appeal with respect to the PTAB’s decision on claims 11 - 16 on September 11, 2014. The appeal was docketed with the Federal Circuit on October 22, 2014, as Case No. 2015-1072, and the Company filed its opening brief with respect to this appeal on January 29, 2015. Avid and PTAB each filed a response brief on April 27, 2015.
An unfavorable outcome on any litigation matter could require that the Company pay substantial damages, or, in connection with any intellectual property infringement claims, could require that the Company pay ongoing royalty payments or could prevent the Company from selling certain of its products. As a result, a settlement of, or an unfavorable outcome on, any of the
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matters referenced above or other litigation matters could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, operating results, financial position and cash flows.
NOTE 17: STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (“AOCI”)
The components of accumulated other comprehensive loss, on an after-tax basis where applicable, were as follows (in thousands):

| Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments |  | Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Cash Flow Hedges |  | Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Available-for-Sale Investments |  | Total
Balance as of December 31, 2014 | $ | (1,523 | ) |  | $ | 311 |  |  | $ | (768 | ) |  | $ | (1,980 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | (984 | ) |  | (184 | ) |  | 485 |  |  | $ | (683 | )
Amounts reclassified from AOCI | — |  |  | (49 | ) |  | — |  |  | (49 | )
Provision for income taxes | — |  |  | — |  |  | (4 | ) |  | (4 | )
Balance as of April 3, 2015 | $ | (2,507 | ) |  | $ | 78 |  |  | (287 | ) |  | (2,716 | )

The effects of amounts reclassified from AOCI into the condensed consolidated statement of operations were as follows (in thousands):

| Three months ended
| April 3, 2015 |  | March 28, 2014
Gains on cash flow hedges from foreign currency contracts: |  |  |
Cost of revenue | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | — |
Operating expenses | 42 |  |  | — |
Total reclassifications from AOCI | $ | 49 |  |  | $ | — |

Common Stock Repurchases
On April 24, 2012, the Company's Board of Directors (the “Board”) approved a stock repurchase program that provided for the repurchase of up to $25 million of our outstanding common stock. During 2013, the Board approved $195 million of increases to the program, increasing the aggregate authorized amount of the program to $220 million. On February 6, 2013, the Board approved a modification to the program that permits the Company to also repurchase its common stock pursuant to a plan that meets the requirements of Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. On May 14, 2014, the Board approved an additional $80 million increase to the program, resulting in an aggregate authorized purchase of $300 million under the program and the repurchase period was extended through the end of 2016.
As of April 3, 2015, the Company had purchased 37.9 million shares of common stock under this program at a weighted average price of $6.23 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $237.5 million, including $1.0 million of expenses. The remaining authorized amount for stock repurchases under this program was $63.5 million as of April 3, 2015. For additional information, see “Item 2 - Unregistered sales of equity securities and use of proceeds” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The terms “Harmonic,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” “its,” and “our,” as used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this “Form 10-Q”), refer to Harmonic, Inc. and its subsidiaries and its predecessors as a combined entity, except where the context requires otherwise.
Some of the statements contained in this Form 10-Q are forward-looking statements that involve risk and uncertainties. The statements contained in this Form 10-Q that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including, without limitation, statements regarding our expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as, “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “intends,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding:

• | developing trends and demands in the markets we address, particularly emerging markets;

• | economic conditions, particularly in certain geographies, and in financial markets;

• | new and future products and services;

• | capital spending of our customers;

• | our strategic direction, future business plans and growth strategy;

• | industry and customer consolidation;

• | expected demand for and benefits of our products and services;

• | seasonality of revenue and concentration of revenue sources;

• | the potential impact of our continuing stock repurchase plan;

• | potential future acquisitions and dispositions;

• | anticipated results of potential or actual litigation;

• | our competitive environment;

• | the impact of governmental regulation;

• | anticipated revenue and expenses, including the sources of such revenue and expenses;

• | expected impacts of changes in accounting rules;

• | use of cash, cash needs and ability to raise capital; and

• | the condition of our cash investments.

These statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, any of which may cause our actual results to differ materially from those implied by the forward-looking statements. Important factors that may cause actual results to differ from expectations include those discussed in “Risk Factors” beginning on page 36 of this Form 10-Q. All forward-looking statements included in this Form 10-Q are based on information available to us on the date thereof, and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements.
OVERVIEW
We design, manufacture and sell versatile and high performance video infrastructure products and system solutions that enable our customers to efficiently create, prepare and deliver a full range of video and broadband services to consumer devices, including televisions, personal computers, laptops, tablets and smart phones. We operate in two segments, Video and Cable Edge. Our Video business sells video processing and production and playout solutions and services worldwide to cable operators and satellite and telecommunications (telco) Pay-TV service providers, which we refer to collectively as “service providers,” as well as to broadcast and media companies, including streaming new media companies. Our Cable Edge business sells cable edge solutions and related services, primarily to cable operators globally.
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Historically, our revenue has been dependent upon capital spending in the cable, satellite, telco, broadcast and media industries, including streaming media. Our customers' capital spending patterns are dependent on a variety of factors, including but not limited to: economic conditions in the U.S. and international markets; access to financing; annual budget cycles of each of the industries we serve; impact of industry consolidations; and customers suspending or reducing capital spending in anticipation of new products or new standards, new industry trends and/or technology shifts. If our product portfolio and product development plans do not position us well to capture an increased portion of the capital spending in the markets on which we compete, our revenue may decline. As we attempt to further diversify our customer base in these markets, we may need to continue to build alliances with other equipment manufacturers, content providers, resellers and system integrators, managed services providers and software developers; adapt our products for new applications; take orders at prices resulting in lower margins; and build internal expertise to handle the particular operational, payment, financing and/or contractual demands of our customers, which could result in higher operating costs for us. Implementation issues with our products or those of other vendors have caused in the past, and may cause in the future, delays in project completion for our customers and delay our recognition of revenue.
A majority of our revenue has been derived from relatively few customers, due in part to the consolidation of our service provider customers. Sales to our ten largest customers in the three months ended April 3, 2015 accounted for approximately 44% of our net revenue, compared to 47% for the same period in 2014. Although we are attempting to broaden our customer base by penetrating new markets and further expanding internationally, we expect to see continuing industry consolidation and customer concentration. During both of the three month periods ended April 3, 2015 and March 28, 2014, revenue from Comcast accounted for approximately 20% of our net revenue. The loss of Comcast or any other significant customer, any material reduction in orders by Comcast or any significant customer, or our failure to qualify our new products with a significant customer could materially and adversely affect our operating results, financial condition and cash flows.
Our net revenue decreased $4.0 million, or 4%, in the three months ended April 3, 2015 compared to the corresponding period in 2014. The decrease in net revenue was attributable to an $11.9 million decrease in our Video segment revenue, offset in part by a $7.9 million increase in our Cable Edge segment revenue. The decrease in Video segment revenue was primarily due to our customers delaying their investment spending in anticipation of the adoption of next generation technologies and architectures and continued softness in demand trends in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”) and Asia-Pacific (“APAC”) which were exacerbated by the continued strengthening of the U.S. dollar as over half our Video segment revenue is generated from international customers. The increase in Cable Edge segment revenue was primarily due to increased demand for our NSG Pro platform as we continued penetration into the Converged Cable Access Platform (“CCAP”) market.
The delay by our customers in purchasing new solutions in anticipation of the adoption of next generation technologies and architectures, including the continued delays by new and existing broadcast and media company and service provider customers, first began in 2014 and we believe such delays could continue in varying degrees for the next several quarters. Meanwhile, our customers’ consolidation activities are ongoing and may further contribute to investment uncertainties in the coming months.
As a result of the decrease in our net revenue and the continued uncertainty regarding the timing of our customers' investment decisions, we implemented restructuring plans to bring our operating expenses more in line with net revenues, while simultaneously implementing extensive, Company-wide expense control programs (See Note 9, “Restructuring and Related Charges” of the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information).
Our quarterly revenue has been, and may continue to be, affected by seasonal buying patterns. Typically, revenue in the first
quarter of the year is seasonally lower than other quarters, as our customers often are still finalizing their annual budget and
capital spending projections for the year. Further, we often recognize a substantial portion of our quarterly revenues in the last
month of each quarter. We establish our expenditure levels for product development and other operating expenses based on
projected revenue levels for a specified period, and expenses are relatively fixed in the short term. Accordingly, even small
variations in timing of revenue, particularly from large individual transactions, can cause significant fluctuations in operating
results in a particular quarter.
As part of our business strategy, (1) from time to time we have acquired or invested in, and continue to consider acquiring or investing in, businesses, technologies, assets and product lines that we believe complement or may enhance or expand our existing business, and (2) from time to time we consider divesting a product line that we believe may no longer complement or expand our existing business. In March 2013, we completed the sale of our cable access HFC business to Aurora Networks, Inc. for $46 million, and in 2014 we made strategic minority investments in three companies (See Note 4, “Investments in Other Equity Securities,” of the notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information).
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES, JUDGMENTS AND ESTIMATES
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There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies, judgments and estimates, during the three months ended April 3, 2015, from those disclosed in our 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “2014 Form 10-K”).
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Net Revenue
Prior to the fourth quarter of 2014, we operated our business in one reportable segment. In connection with our 2015 annual planning process, we changed our operating segments to align with how our chief operating decision maker, which for us is our Chief Executive Officer, expected to evaluate the financial information used to allocate resources and assess our performance. The new reporting structure consists of two operating segments: Video and Cable Edge. As a result, the segment information presented has been conformed to the new operating segments for all prior periods.
The new operating segments were determined based on the nature of the products offered. The Video segment sells video processing and production and playout solutions and services worldwide to service providers as well as to broadcast and media companies, including streaming new media companies. The Cable Edge segment sells cable edge solutions and related services to cable operators globally.
The following table presents the breakdown of revenue by segment for the three months ended April 3, 2015 and March 28, 2014 (in thousands, except percentages):

| Three months ended |  |  |
| April 3, 2015 |  | March 28, 2014 |  | Q1 FY15 vs Q1 FY14
Segment: |  |  |  |  |  |
Video | $ | 69,282 |  |  | $ | 81,152 |  |  | $ | (11,870 | ) | (15 | )%
Cable Edge | 34,734 |  |  | 26,880 |  |  | 7,854 |  | 29 | %
Total | $ | 104,016 |  |  | $ | 108,032 |  |  | $ | (4,016 | ) | (4 | )%
Segment revenue as a % of total net revenue: |  |  |
Video | 67 | % |  | 75 | % |  |  |
Cable Edge | 33 | % |  | 25 | % |  |  |

The following table presents the breakdown of revenue by geographical region for the three months ended April 3, 2015 and March 28, 2014 (in thousands, except percentages):

| Three months ended |  |  |
| April 3, 2015 |  | March 28, 2014 |  | Q1 FY15 vs Q1 FY14
Geography: |  |  |  |  |  |
Americas | $ | 60,518 |  |  | $ | 64,886 |  |  | $ | (4,368 | ) | (7 | )%
EMEA | 24,673 |  |  | 24,187 |  |  | 486 |  | 2 | %
APAC | 18,825 |  |  | 18,959 |  |  | (134 | ) | (1 | )%
Total | $ | 104,016 |  |  | $ | 108,032 |  |  | $ | (4,016 | ) | (4 | )%
Regional revenue as a % of total net revenue: |  |  |
Americas | 58 | % |  | 60 | % |  |  |
EMEA | 24 | % |  | 22 | % |  |  |
APAC | 18 | % |  | 18 | % |  |  |

Our Video segment net revenue decreased $11.9 million, or 15%, in the three months ended April 3, 2015, compared to the corresponding period in 2014, primarily due to a decrease in video product revenue, offset partially by an increase in video service revenue. The decrease in video product revenue spanned across all of our geographic regions, but was most notable with respect to North American service providers due to the investment pause of several of our customers as they looked ahead towards the industry's transition to Ultra HD and high-efficiency video coding (“HEVC”) compression as well as new virtualized architectures for video processing. The decrease in video product revenue was also partly impacted by the strengthening of the U.S. dollar as over half of our video product revenue was derived from international customers. The increase in video service revenue spanned across almost all of our geographical regions, primarily due to an increase in the installed base of equipment being serviced.
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Our Cable Edge segment net revenue increased $7.9 million, or 29%, in the three months ended April 3, 2015, compared to the corresponding period in 2014. This increase was primarily attributable to increased sales of our NSG Pro CCAP products as we continued to expand our footprint across all geographical regions. Our NSG Pro platform continues to exhibit strong customer reception and acceptance. Over half of our Cable Edge revenue was derived from sales of our NSG Pro platform.
Net revenue in the Americas decreased $4.4 million, or 7%, in the three months ended April 3, 2015, compared to the corresponding period in 2014. The increase in sales of our cable edge products to North American cable providers and production and playout products to the North American broadcast and media companies were more than offset by the decline in video processing products net revenue in the Americas, which was primarily due to the spending pause ahead of key technology transitions in the video products market. APAC net revenue in the three months ended April 3, 2015 was relatively flat compared to the corresponding period in 2014. The softer demand in video products in the APAC region was offset by strengthening demand for our cable edge products. EMEA net revenue increased $0.5 million, or 2%, in the three months ended April 3, 2015 compared to the corresponding period in 2014. The increase in EMEA net revenue was primarily driven by expansion of our NSG Pro platform footprint in that region as well as increased service revenue, offset in part by softer demand from the broadcast and media vertical. The fragile economic and geopolitical climates in EMEA, coupled with the strengthening of the U.S. dollar, continue to drive the overall softness throughout Europe, especially Russia, Africa and certain parts of the Middle East.
Gross Profit
The following table presents the gross profit and gross profit as a percentage of net revenue (“gross margin”) for the three months ended April 3, 2015 and March 28, 2014 (in thousands, except percentages):

| Three months ended |  |  |
| April 3, 2015 |  | March 28, 2014 |  | Q1 FY15 vs Q1 FY14
Gross profit | $ | 55,028 |  |  | $ | 52,312 |  |  | $ | 2,716 |  | 5 | %
As a percentage of net revenue (“gross margin”) | 52.9 | % |  | 48.4 | % |  |  |

Our gross margins are dependent upon, among other factors, achievement of cost reductions, mix of software sales, product mix, customer mix, product introduction costs, and price reductions granted to customers.
Gross margin increased to 52.9% in the three months ended April 3, 2015 from 48.4% in the corresponding period in 2014, despite a revenue mix shift toward our lower margin cable edge products in the three months ended April 3, 2015. The increase in gross margin was primarily due to decreased expenses related to amortization of intangibles, a higher mix of software sold, and we also benefited from our improved operational efficiencies and supply chain management.
In the three months ended April 3, 2015, $0.5 million of amortization of intangibles was included in cost of revenue, compared to $4.7 million in the corresponding period in 2014. The decrease in amortization of intangibles expense in the three months ended April 3, 2015, compared to the corresponding period in 2014, was primarily due to certain purchased intangible assets becoming fully amortized.
Research and Development
The following table presents the research and development expenses and the expenses as a percentage of net revenue for the three months ended April 3, 2015 and March 28, 2014 (in thousands, except percentages):

| Three months ended |  |  |
| April 3, 2015 |  | March 28, 2014 |  | Q1 FY15 vs Q1 FY14
Research and development | $ | 22,329 |  |  | $ | 23,888 |  |  | $ | (1,559 | ) | (7 | )%
As a percentage of net revenue | 21.5 | % |  | 22.1 | % |  |  |

Our research and development expenses consist primarily of employee salaries and related expenses, contractors and outside consultants, supplies and materials, equipment depreciation and facilities costs, all associated with the design and development of new products and enhancements of existing products.
The $1.6 million, or 7%, decrease in research and development expenses in the three months ended April 3, 2015, compared to the corresponding period of 2014, was primarily attributable to decreased headcount and related expenses due to the reduction
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in our worldwide workforce resulting from our 2013 restructuring plan, and to a lesser extent, due to a favorable impact from the strengthened U.S. dollar on our spending denominated in Israeli shekels.
Selling, General and Administrative
The following table presents the selling, general and administrative expenses and the expenses as a percentage of net revenue for the three months ended April 3, 2015 and March 28, 2014 (in thousands, except percentages):

| Three months ended |  |  |
| April 3, 2015 |  | March 28, 2014 |  | Q1 FY15 vs Q1 FY14
Selling, general and administrative | $ | 31,196 |  |  | $ | 33,547 |  |  | $ | (2,351 | ) | (7 | )%
As a percentage of net revenue | 30.0 | % |  | 31.1 | % |  |  |

The $2.4 million, or 7%, decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses in the three months ended April 3, 2015, compared to the corresponding period of 2014, was primarily attributable to decreased legal and other professional fees related to our legal proceedings with Avid in 2014, decreased depreciation for demonstration equipment and cost containment effort in marketing related expenses.
Segment Operating Income
The following table presents a breakdown of operating income (loss) by segment for the three months ended April 3, 2015 and March 28, 2014 (in thousands, except percentages):

| Three months ended |  |  |
| April 3, 2015 |  | March 28, 2014 |  | Q1 FY15 vs Q1 FY14
Video | $ | (90 | ) |  | $ | 2,435 |  |  | $ | (2,525 | ) | (104 | )%
Cable Edge | 6,188 |  |  | 1,044 |  |  | 5,144 |  | 493 | %
Total segment operating income | $ | 6,098 |  |  | $ | 3,479 |  |  | $ | 2,619 |  | 75 | %
Segment operating income (loss) as a % of segment revenue: |  |  |  |  |  |
Video | (0.1 | )% |  | 3 | % |  |  |
Cable Edge | 18 | % |  | 4 | % |  |  |

Video segment operating income decreased $2.5 million in the three months ended April 3, 2015, compared to the corresponding period in 2014, and operating margin decreased from 3% to (0.1)%. The decrease in Video segment operating income and operating margin was primarily attributable to a 15% decrease in Video segment net revenue in 2015, offset partially by a reduction in selling, general and administrative expenses due to decreased legal and other professional fees, depreciation for demonstration equipment and cost containment effort in marketing related expenses.
Cable Edge segment operating income increased $5.1 million for the three months ended April 3, 2015, compared to the corresponding period in 2014, and operating margin increased from 4% to 18%. The increase in Cable Edge segment operating income and margin was primarily attributable to a 29% increase in Cable Edge segment net revenue in 2015 and delivering more value to our customers in software, as well as efficiencies from manufacturing and overhead spending, especially for our NSG Pro products.
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The following table presents a reconciliation of total segment operating income to consolidated loss before income taxes (in thousands):

| Three months ended
| April 3, 2015 |  | March 28, 2014
Total segment operating income | 6,098 |  |  | 3,479 |
Unallocated corporate expenses | (44 | ) |  | (228 | )
Stock-based compensation | (4,134 | ) |  | (3,807 | )
Amortization of intangibles | (1,907 | ) |  | (6,666 | )
Income (loss) from operations | 13 |  |  | (7,222 | )
Non-operating income (expense) | (2,956 | ) |  | 89 |
Loss before income taxes | $ | (2,943 | ) |  | $ | (7,133 | )

Amortization of Intangibles
The following table presents the amortization of intangible assets charged to operating expenses and the expense as a percentage of net revenue for the three months ended April 3, 2015 and March 28, 2014 (in thousands, except percentages):

| Three months ended |  |  |
| April 3, 2015 |  | March 28, 2014 |  | Q1 FY15 vs Q1 FY14
Amortization of intangibles | $ | 1,446 |  |  | $ | 1,950 |  |  | $ | (504 | ) | (26 | )%
As a percentage of net revenue | 1.4 | % |  | 1.8 | % |  |  |

The decrease in amortization of intangibles expense in the three months ended April 3, 2015, compared to the corresponding period in 2014, was primarily due to certain purchased intangible assets becoming fully amortized.
Restructuring and Related Charges
We have implemented several restructuring plans in the past few years. The goal of these plans was to bring operational expenses to appropriate levels relative to our net revenues, while simultaneously implementing extensive company-wide expense control programs.
We account for our restructuring plans under the authoritative guidance for exit or disposal activities. The restructuring and asset impairment charges are included in “Product cost of revenue” and “Operating expenses-restructuring and related charges” in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations. The following table summarizes the restructuring and related charges (in thousands):

| Three months ended
| April 3, 2015 |  | March 28, 2014
Restructuring and related charges in: |  |  |
Product cost of revenue | $ | — |  |  | $ | 79 |
Operating expenses-Restructuring and related charges | 44 |  |  | 149 |
| $ | 44 |  |  | $ | 228 |

In the fourth quarter of 2014, our management approved a new restructuring plan (the “Harmonic 2015 Restructuring Plan”) to reduce 2015 operating costs and the planned restructuring activities involve headcount reduction, exiting certain operating facilities and disposing excess assets. We began the restructuring activities pursuant to this plan in the fourth quarter of 2014 and expect to complete its actions by the end of 2015. We recorded $2.2 million of restructuring and asset impairment charges recorded under this plan in the fourth quarter of 2014, consisting of a $1.1 million fixed asset impairment charge related to software development costs incurred for a discontinued information technology (“IT”) project, $0.6 million of severance and benefits related to the termination of nineteen employees worldwide, $0.3 million of excess material costs associated with the termination of a research and development project and $0.1 million of other charges. In the three months ended April 3, 2015, we recorded an additional $44,000 restructuring charges under this plan primarily related to severance and benefits for two employees.
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In the three months ended March 28, 2014, we recorded $0.2 million under our 2013 Restructuring Plan, which consisted of severance and benefits related to the termination of eight employees and costs associated with vacating from an excess facility in France. For a complete discussion of the restructuring actions related to the 2013 restructuring plan, see Note 11, "Restructuring and Asset Impairment Charges," of the notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the 2014 Form 10-K.
Loss on Impairment of Long-term Investment
We attended a VJU iTV Development GmbH (“VJU”) board meeting on March 5, 2015 as an observer. At that meeting, we were made aware of significant decreases in VJU's business prospects, VJU’S existing working capital and prospects for additional funding, compared to the prior information we had received from VJU. Based on our assessment, we determined that our investment in VJU was impaired on an other-than-temporary basis. Factors considered included the severity of the impairment and recent events specific to VJU. Based on our assessment of VJU's expected cash flows, the entire investment is expected to be non-recoverable. As a result, we recorded an impairment charge of $2.5million in the first quarter of 2015. Our impairment loss in VJU is limited to our initial cost of investment of $2.5 million as well as the $0.1 million research and development cost expensed in September 2014. (See Note 4, “Investments in Other Equity Securities”, of the notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information).
Interest Income, Net
In the three months ended April 3, 2015 and March 28, 2014, interest income, net was $55,000 and $77,000, respectively.
Other Income (Expense), Net
Other income (expense), net is primarily comprised of foreign exchange gains and losses on cash, accounts receivable and inter-company balances denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar.
Other income (expense), net was $(0.5) million and $12,000, for the three months ended April 3, 2015 and March 28, 2014, respectively. The increase in other expense, net in the three months ended April 3, 2015, compared to the corresponding period of 2014, was primarily due to the unfavorable foreign exchange impact resulting from the weakening of the Euro. To mitigate the volatility related to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, we may enter into various foreign currency forward contracts (See Note 5, “Derivatives and Hedging Activities,” of the notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information).
Income Taxes
The following table presents the benefit from income taxes and the benefit as a percentage of net revenue for the three months ended April 3, 2015 and March 28, 2014 (in thousands, except percentages):

| Three months ended |  |  |
| April 3, 2015 |  | March 28, 2014 |  | Q1 FY15 vs Q1 FY14
Benefit from income taxes | $ | (286 | ) |  | $ | (1,723 | ) |  | $ | 1,437 |  | (83 | )%
As a percentage of net revenue | (0.3 | )% |  | (1.6 | )% |  |  |

We operate in multiple jurisdictions and our profits are taxed pursuant to the tax laws of these jurisdictions. Our effective income tax rate may be affected by changes in or interpretations of tax laws and tax agreements in any given jurisdiction, utilization of net operating loss and tax credit carry forwards, changes in geographical mix of income and expense, and changes in management's assessment of matters such as the ability to realize deferred tax assets, as well as recognition of uncertain tax benefits, the effects of statute of limitation, or settlement with tax authorities.
In the three months ended April 3, 2015, our effective income tax rate was 9.7%. The rate for the three months ended April 3, 2015 is lower than the U.S. federal statutory rate of 35% primarily because the loss before income taxes for three months ended April 3, 2015 included the loss on impairment of the VJU investment (see Note 4, “Investments in Other Equity Securities”) for which no tax benefit can be recognized. The effective tax rate for the three months ended April 3, 2015 excluding the loss on impairment of VJU, would be approximately 65% and this is higher than the U.S. federal rate of 35% primarily due to an increase in our U.S. current and non-current income tax payable as well as maintaining a full valuation allowance against all of our U.S. deferred tax assets.
In the three months ended March 28, 2014, our effective rate was 24.2%, lower than the U.S. federal statutory rate of 35%, primarily due to favorable tax rates associated with certain earnings from operations in lower-tax jurisdictions, partially offset by the detriment from non-deductible stock-based compensation and non-deductible amortization of foreign intangibles, and
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various net discrete tax adjustments. For three months ended March 28, 2014, the discrete adjustments to our tax benefit were primarily the accrual of interest on uncertain tax positions.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of April 3, 2015, our cash and cash equivalents totaled $79.7 million, and our short-term investments totaled $22.2 million, and a majority of our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments as of April 3, 2015 were held in accounts in the United States. We believe that these funds are sufficient to meet the requirements of our operations in the next twelve months, as well as any stock repurchases under our present stock repurchase program. In the event that we need funds from our foreign subsidiaries to fund the operations in the U.S., and if U.S. tax has not already been previously provided, we may be required to accrue and pay additional U.S. taxes in order to repatriate these funds. However, our intent is to permanently reinvest these funds outside the U.S. and our current plans do not demonstrate a need to repatriate them to fund our U.S. operations.
In the event we need or desire to access funds from the short-term investments that we hold, it is possible that we may not be able to do so due to adverse market conditions. Our inability to sell all or a material portion of our short-term investments at par or our cost, or rating downgrades of issuers of these securities, could adversely affect our results of operations or financial condition. Nevertheless, we believe that our existing liquidity sources will satisfy our presently contemplated cash requirements for at least the next twelve months. However, if our expectations are incorrect, we may need to raise additional funds to fund our operations, to take advantage of unanticipated opportunities or to strengthen our financial position.
On December 22, 2014, we entered into a Credit Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“JPMorgan”) for a $20.0 million revolving credit facility, with a sublimit of $10.0 million for the issuance of commercial and standby letters of credit on our behalf. Revolving loans under the Credit Agreement may be borrowed, repaid and re-borrowed until December 22, 2015, at which time all amounts borrowed must be repaid. There were no borrowings under the Credit Agreement during the three months ended April 3, 2015. As of April 3, 2015, the amount available for borrowing under this facility, net of $0.2 million of standby letters of credit, was $19.8 million.
The revolving loan bears interest, at our election, at either (a) an adjusted LIBOR rate for a term of one, two or three months, plus an applicable margin of 1.75% or (b) the prime rate plus an applicable margin of -1.30%, provided that such rate shall not be less than the one month adjusted LIBOR rate, plus 2.5%. In the event that the balance of our accounts held with JPMorgan falls below $30.0 million in aggregate total worldwide consolidated cash and short-term investments (the “Consolidated Cash Threshold”) for five consecutive business days, we are obligated to pay a one-time facility fee of $50,000 to JPMorgan. We are also obligated to pay JPMorgan a non-usage fee equal to the average daily unused portion of the credit facility multiplied by a per annum rate of 0.25% if, during any calendar month, the balance in our accounts held with JPMorgan falls below the Consolidated Cash Threshold for five consecutive business days.
We will pay a letter of credit fee with respect to any letters of credit issued under the Credit Agreement in an amount equal to (a) in the case of a standby letter of credit, the maximum amount available to be drawn under such standby letter of credit multiplied by a per annum rate of 1.75% and (b) in the case of a commercial letter of credit, the greater of $100 or 0.75% of the original maximum available amount of such commercial letter of credit. We will also pay other customary transaction fees and costs in connection with the issuance of letters of credit under the Credit Agreement.
Obligations under the Credit Agreement are secured only by a pledge of 66 2/3% of our equity interests in our foreign subsidiary, Harmonic International AG. Additionally, to the extent that we form any direct or indirect, domestic, material subsidiaries in the future, those subsidiaries will be required to provide a guaranty of our obligations under the Credit Agreement.
The Credit Agreement contains customary affirmative and negative covenants, including covenants that limit our and our subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things, incur indebtedness, grant liens, merge or consolidate, dispose of assets, make investments or pay dividends, in each case subject to certain exceptions. We are also required to maintain, on a consolidated basis, total cash and marketable securities of at least $35.0 million and EBITDA of at least $20.0 million determined on a rolling four-quarter basis. As of April 3, 2015, we were in compliance with the covenants under the Credit Agreement.
We regularly consider potential acquisitions that would complement our existing product offerings, enhance our technical capabilities or expand our marketing and sales presence. Any future transaction of this nature could require potentially significant amounts of capital or could require us to issue our stock and dilute existing stockholders. If adequate funds are not available, or are not available on acceptable terms, we may not be able to take advantage of market opportunities, to develop new products or to otherwise respond to competitive pressures.
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In addition, our ability to raise funds may be adversely affected by a number of factors relating to Harmonic, as well as factors beyond our control, including any global or regional economic slowdown, wars and conflicts, market uncertainty surrounding any necessary increases in the U.S. debt limit and its future debt obligations, and conditions in financial markets and the industries we serve. There can be no assurance that any financing will be available on terms acceptable to us, if at all.
The table below sets forth selected cash flow data for the periods presented (in thousands):

| Three months ended
| April 3, 2015 |  | March 28, 2014
Net cash provided by (used in): |  |  |
Operating activities | $ | 2,028 |  |  | $ | 11,245 |
Investing activities | 5,761 |  |  | (2,133 | )
Financing activities | (1,030 | ) |  | (30,267 | )
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash | (135 | ) |  | 18 |
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | $ | 6,624 |  |  | $ | (21,137 | )

Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operations in the three months ended April 3, 2015 was $2.0 million, resulting from a net loss of $2.7 million, adjusted for $12.2 million in non-cash gains and charges, and a $7.5 million decrease in cash associated with the net change in operating assets and liabilities. The non-cash gains and charges primarily included amortization of intangible assets, stock-based compensation, depreciation and a $2.5 million impairment loss on long-term investment. The net change in operating assets and liabilities primarily included increases in prepaid and other current assets and accounts receivables, as well as decreases in accrued liabilities, which were partially offset by increases in deferred revenue and accounts payable. The increase in prepaid and other current assets was primarily due to a $14.2 million advance payment made to an inventory supplier in the first quarter of 2015 in order to secure more favorable pricing from the supplier. We anticipate that this amount will begin to offset in the fourth quarter of 2015 through the first quarter of 2016 against the accounts payable owed to this supplier. The decrease in accrued liabilities was primarily due to bonus payments and ESPP purchases made in the first quarter of 2015 and lower accruals for salaries and benefits at the end of the first quarter of 2015. The increase in deferred revenue was primarily due to the timing of periodic service and support billings for annual contracts.
Net cash provided by operations in the three months ended March 28, 2014 was $11.2 million, resulting from a net loss of $5.4 million, adjusted for $18.6 million in non-cash gains and charges, and a $2.0 million decrease in cash associated with the net change in operating assets and liabilities. The non-cash gains and charges primarily included amortization of intangible assets, stock-based compensation, depreciation, adjustments to deferred income taxes and provisions for excess and obsolete inventories, partially offset by a provision for doubtful accounts, returns and discounts. The net change in operating assets and liabilities included increases in prepaid expenses and other assets and accounts receivable, as well as decreases in accrued and other liabilities and accounts payable, which were partially offset by a decrease in inventories, as well as an increase in deferred revenue. The increase in prepaid and other assets was primarily due to the increase in tax receivables resulting from a tax benefit from the loss on operations in the first quarter of fiscal 2014 and the tax effects associated with the write-off of certain fully reserved obsolete inventories, as well as the tax benefits on stock options exercised in the first quarter of fiscal 2014. The decrease in accrued and other liabilities was primarily due to the bonus payments made in the first quarter of fiscal 2014 and the decrease in inventory was primarily due to our concerted efforts to better optimize our supply chain. The increase in deferred revenue was primarily due to the timing of periodic service and support billings for annual contracts.
We expect that cash provided by operating activities may fluctuate in future periods as a result of a number of factors, including fluctuations in our operating results, shipment linearity, accounts receivable collections performance, inventory and supply chain management, income tax reserves adjustments, and the timing and amount of compensation and other payments. We usually pay our annual incentive compensation to employees in the first quarter.
Investing Activities
Net cash provided by investing activities was $5.8 million in the three months ended April 3, 2015, resulting from the proceeds from the net sale and maturity of investments of $9.5 million, partially offset by capital expenditures of $3.7 million.
Net cash used in investing activities was $2.1 million in the three months ended March 28, 2014, resulting from the purchase of short-term investments of $14.1 million and capital expenditures of $3.4 million, partially offset by the proceeds from the net sale and maturity of investments of $15.4 million.
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Net cash used in financing activities was $1.0 million in the three months ended April 3, 2015, primarily resulting from $5.2 million of payments for the repurchase of common stock in connection with our stock repurchase program, partially offset by $4.0 million of net proceeds from the issuance of common stock related to our equity incentive plans.
Net cash used in financing activities was $30.3 million in the three months ended March 28, 2014, primarily resulting from $29.1 million of payments for the repurchase of common stock in connection with our stock repurchase program and $1.4 million of net payments relating to the repurchase of common stock issued to employees to satisfy employee tax withholding obligations that arose in connection with the vesting of restricted stocks units.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as of April 3, 2015.
Contractual Obligations and Commitments
As of April 3, 2015, we had approximately $22.6 million of non-cancelable purchase order commitments. There were no other significant changes to our contractual obligations and commitments in the three months ended April 3, 2015, from such information presented in our 2014 Form 10-K.
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Market risk represents the risk of loss that may impact the operating results, financial position or our liquidity due to adverse changes in market prices and rates. We are exposed to market risk because of changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, as measured against the U.S. dollar and currencies held by our subsidiaries, and changes in the value of financial instruments held by us.
Foreign Currency Exchange Risk
We operate in international markets, which expose us to market risk associated with foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations between the U.S. Dollar and various foreign currencies.
We have certain international customers who are billed in their local currency, primarily the Euro, British pound and Japanese yen. Sales denominated in foreign currencies were approximately 10% and 11% of revenue in the first three months of 2015 and 2014, respectively. In addition, a portion of our operating expenses, primarily the cost of personnel to deliver technical support on our products and professional services, sales support and research and development, are denominated in foreign currencies, primarily the Israeli shekel. We use derivative instruments, primarily forward contracts, to manage exposures to foreign currency exchange rates and we do not enter into foreign currency forward contracts for trading purposes.
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments (Cash Flow Hedges)
Beginning December 2014, we entered into forward currency contracts to hedge forecasted operating expenses and service cost related to employee salaries and benefits denominated in Israeli shekels (“ILS”) for our subsidiaries in Israel. These ILS forward contacts mature generally within 12 months and are designated as cash flow hedges. The effective portion of the gains or losses on the derivative is reported as a component of “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)” (“OCI”) in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet and subsequently reclassified into earnings in the same period during which the hedged transactions are recognized in earnings. If the hedge program becomes ineffective or if the underlying forecasted transaction does not occur for any reason, or it becomes probable that it will not occur, the gain or loss on the related derivative will be reclassified from OCI to earnings immediately.
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments (Balance Sheet Hedges)
We also enter into forward currency contracts to hedge foreign currency denominated monetary assets and liabilities. These derivative instruments are marked to market through earnings every period and mature generally within three months. Changes in the fair value of these foreign currency forward contracts are recognized in “Other income (expense), net” in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations, net and are largely offset by the changes in the fair value of the assets or liabilities being hedged.
The U.S. dollar equivalents of all outstanding notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts are summarized as follows (in thousands):
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|  | April 3, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedges: |  |  |  |
Purchase |  | $ | 12,728 |  |  | $ | 16,903 |
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: |  |  |  |
Purchase |  | $ | 6,585 |  |  | $ | 1,043 |
Sell |  | $ | 9,069 |  |  | $ | 4,925 |

Interest rate and credit risk
Our exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates relates primarily to our investment portfolio of marketable debt securities of various issuers, types and maturities and to our borrowings under the bank line of credit facility. As of April 3, 2015, our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments balance was $101.9 million and we had no borrowings during the three months ended April 3, 2015. Our short-term investments are classified as available for sale and are carried at estimated fair value with unrealized gains and losses reported in "accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)”. For the first three months of 2015 and 2014, realized gains and realized losses from the sale of investments were not material. The $0.5 million of unrealized gain from available-for-sale investments for the three months ended April 3, 2015 was primarily related to our investment in Vislink, plc (“Vislink”), a U.K. public company listed on the AIM exchange (See Note 4, “Investments in Other Equity Securities,” of the notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information). As of April 3, 2015, our maximum exposure to loss from the Vislink investment was limited to our initial investment cost of $3.3 million.
We do not use derivative instruments in our investment portfolio and our investment portfolio only includes highly liquid instruments. These instruments, as with all fixed income instruments, are subject to interest rate risk and will fall in value if market interest rates increase. Conversely, a decline in interest rates will decrease the interest income from our investment portfolio. We attempt to limit this exposure by investing primarily in short-term and investment-grade instruments with original maturities of less than two years.
We performed a sensitivity analysis to determine the impact a change in interest rates would have on the value of our investment portfolio. Based on our investment positions as of April 3, 2015, a hypothetical 100 basis point increase in interest rates would result in a $0.1 million decline in fair market value of our portfolio. Such losses would only be realized if we sold the investments prior to maturity. A hypothetical decrease in market interest rates by 10% will result in a decline in interest income from our investment portfolio by less than $0.1 million.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures
We maintain “disclosure controls and procedures,” as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act, that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, and not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met. Additionally, in designing disclosure controls and procedures, our management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible disclosure controls and procedures. The design of any disclosure controls and procedures also is based, in part, upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
Based on their evaluation as of the end of the period covered by this Form 10-Q, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at a reasonable assurance level.
During the quarterly period covered by this Form 10-Q, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II
OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
From time to time, the Company is involved in lawsuits as well as subject to various legal proceedings, claims, threats of litigation, and investigations in the ordinary course of business, including claims of alleged infringement of third-party patents and other intellectual property rights, commercial, employment, and other matters. While certain matters to which the Company is a party may specify the damages claimed, such claims may not represent reasonably possible losses. Given the inherent uncertainties of litigation, the ultimate outcome of these matters cannot be predicted at this time, nor can the amount of possible loss or range of loss, if any, be reasonably estimated.
In October 2011, Avid Technology, Inc. (“Avid”) filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware alleging that Harmonic’s Media Grid product infringes two patents held by Avid. A jury trial on this complaint commenced on January 23, 2014 and, on February 4, 2014, the jury returned a unanimous verdict in favor of Harmonic, rejecting Avid's infringement allegations in their entirety. On May 23, 2014, Avid filed a post-trial motion asking the court to set aside the jury’s verdict, and the judge issued an order on December 17, 2014, denying the motion. On January 5, 2015, Avid filed an appeal with respect to the jury’s verdict with the Federal Circuit, which was docketed on January 9, 2015, as Case No. 2015-1246. Avid filed its opening brief with respect to this appeal on March 24, 2015, and we filed our response brief on May 7, 2015.
In June 2012, Avid served a subsequent complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware alleging that Harmonic’s Spectrum product infringes one patent held by Avid. The complaint seeks injunctive relief and unspecified damages. In September 2013, the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) authorized an inter partes review to be instituted as to claims 1-16 of the patent asserted in this second complaint. A hearing before the PTAB was conducted on May 20, 2014. On July 10, 2014, the PTAB issued a decision finding claims 1 - 10 invalid and claims 11 - 16 not invalid. Harmonic filed an appeal with respect to the PTAB’s decision on claims 11 - 16 on September 11, 2014. The appeal was docketed with the Federal Circuit on October 22, 2014, as Case No. 2015-1072, and we filed our opening brief with respect to this appeal on January 29, 2015. Avid and PTAB each filed a response brief on April 27, 2015.
An unfavorable outcome on any litigation matter could require that Harmonic pay substantial damages, or, in connection with any intellectual property infringement claims, could require that the Company pay ongoing royalty payments or could prevent the Company from selling certain of its products. As a result, a settlement of, or an unfavorable outcome on, any of the matters referenced above or other litigation matters could have a material adverse effect on Harmonic’s business, operating results, financial position and cash flows.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
We depend on cable, satellite and telco, and broadcast and media industry capital spending for our revenue and any material decrease or delay in capital spending in any of these industries would negatively impact our operating results, financial condition and cash flows.
Our revenue has been derived from worldwide sales to service providers and broadcast and media companies, as well as, more recently, emerging streaming media companies. We expect that these markets will provide our revenue for the foreseeable future. Demand for our products will depend on the magnitude and timing of capital spending by customers in each of these markets for the purpose of creating, expanding or upgrading their systems. These capital spending patterns are dependent on a variety of factors, including:
• the impact of general economic conditions, actual and projected;
• access to financing;
• annual capital spending budget cycles of each of the industries we serve;
• the impact of industry consolidation;
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• customers suspending or reducing capital spending in anticipation of: (i) new standards, such as HEVC and DOCSIS 3.1; (ii) industry trends and technology shifts, such as virtualization, and (iii) new products, such as products based on the VOS software platform or the CCAP architecture;
• federal, state, local and foreign government regulation of telecommunications, television broadcasting and streaming media;
• overall demand for communication services and consumer acceptance of new video and data technologies and services;
• competitive pressures, including pricing pressures;
• the impact of fluctuations in currency exchange rates; and
• discretionary end-user customer spending patterns.
In the past, specific factors contributing to reduced capital spending have included:
• weak or uncertain economic and financial conditions in the U.S. or one or more international markets;
• uncertainty related to development of digital video industry standards;
• delays in evaluations of new services, new standards and systems architectures by many operators;
• emphasis by operators on generating revenue from existing customers, rather than from new customers, through construction, expansion or upgrades;
• a reduction in the amount of capital available to finance projects of our customers and potential customers;
• proposed and completed business combinations and divestitures by our customers and the length of regulatory review of each;
• completion of a new system or significant expansion or upgrade to a system; and
• bankruptcies and financial restructuring of major customers.
In the past, adverse economic conditions in one or more of the geographies in which we offer our products have adversely affected our customers’ capital spending in those geographies and, as a result, our business. During challenging economic times, and in tight credit markets, many customers may delay or reduce capital expenditures. This could result in reductions in revenue from our products, longer sales cycles, difficulties in collection of accounts receivable, slower adoption of new technologies and increased price competition. If global economic and market conditions, or economic conditions in the U.S., Europe or other key markets, deteriorate, we could experience a material and adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows. Additionally, since most of our international revenue is denominated in U.S. dollars, global economic and market conditions may impact currency exchange rates and cause our products to become relatively more expensive to customers in a particular country or region, which could lead to delayed or reduced capital spending in those countries or regions, thereby negatively impacting our business and financial condition.
In addition, industry consolidation has in the past constrained, and may in the future constrain or delay, capital spending by our customers. Further, if our product portfolio and product development plans do not position us well to capture an increased portion of the capital spending of customers in the markets on which we focus, our revenue may decline.
As a result of these capital spending issues, we may not be able to maintain or increase our revenue in the future, and our operating results, financial condition and cash flows could be materially and adversely affected.
The markets in which we operate are intensely competitive.
The markets for our products are extremely competitive and have been characterized by rapid technological change and declining average sales prices in the past. Our competitors in our Video business segment include vertically integrated system suppliers, such as Arris Group, Cisco Systems and Ericsson, and, in certain product lines, a number of other companies
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including ATEME, Elemental Technologies, Envivio, Sumavision Technologies and Thomson Video Networks. With respect to production and playout products, competitors include Evertz Microsystems, EVS, Grass Valley (a Belden brand) and Imagine Communications. Our competitors in our Cable Edge business include Arris, Casa Systems and Cisco Systems
Many of our competitors are substantially larger, or as a result of consolidation activity have become larger, and have greater financial, technical, marketing and other resources than we have, and have been in operation longer than we have. Consolidation in the industry has led to the acquisition of a number of our historic competitors over the last several years. For example, Motorola Home, BigBand Networks and C-Cor were acquired by Arris; NDS and Scientific Atlanta were acquired by Cisco Systems; Tandberg Television was acquired by Ericsson; and Miranda Technologies and Grass Valley were acquired by Belden Inc.
In addition, some of our larger competitors have more long-standing and established relationships with domestic and foreign customers. Many of these large enterprises are in a better position to withstand any significant reduction in capital spending by customers in our markets. They often have broader product lines and market focus, and may not be as susceptible to downturns in a particular market. These competitors may also be able to bundle their products together to meet the needs of a particular customer, and may be capable of delivering more complete solutions than we are able to provide. To the extent large enterprises that currently do not compete directly with us choose to enter our markets by acquisition or otherwise, competition would likely intensify.
Further, some of our competitors that have greater financial resources have offered, and in the future may offer, their products at lower prices than we offer for our competing products or on more attractive financing or payment terms, which has in the past caused, and may in the future cause, us to lose sales opportunities and the resulting revenue or to reduce our prices in response to that competition. Also, some competitors that are smaller than we are have engaged in, and may continue to engage in, aggressive price competition in order to gain customer traction and market share. Reductions in prices for any of our products could materially and adversely affect our operating margins and revenue.
Additionally, certain customers and potential customers have developed, and may continue to develop, their own solutions that may cause such customers or potential customers to not consider our product offerings or to displace our installed products with their own solutions. The growing availability of open source codecs and related software, as well as new server chipsets that incorporate encoding technology, has, in certain respects, lowered the barriers to entry for the video processing industry. The development of solutions by potential and existing customers and the reduction of the barriers to entry to enter the video processing industry could result in increased competition and adversely affect our results of operations and business.
If any of our competitors’ products or technologies were to become the industry standard, our business could be seriously harmed. If our competitors are successful in bringing their products to market earlier than us, or if these products are more technologically capable than ours, our revenue could be materially and adversely affected.
We need to develop and introduce new and enhanced products in a timely manner to meet the needs of our customers and to remain competitive.
All of the markets we address are characterized by continuing technological advancement, changes in customer requirements and evolving industry standards. To compete successfully, we must continually design, develop, manufacture and sell new or enhanced products that provide increasingly higher levels of performance and reliability and meet our customers changing needs. However, we may not be successful in those efforts if, among other things, our products:
• are not cost effective;
• are not brought to market in a timely manner;
• are not in accordance with evolving industry standards;
• fail to meet market acceptance or customer requirements; or
• are ahead of the needs of their markets.
We are currently developing and marketing products based on established video compression standards, such as HEVC, which provides significantly greater compression efficiency, thereby making more bandwidth available to operators. At the same time, we continue to devote development resources to enhance the existing MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 compression of our products, which
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many of our customers continue to require. There can be no assurance that these efforts will be successful in the near future, or at all, or that our competitors will not take significant market share in encoding or transcoding.
In order to attempt to meet fast paced, dynamic, evolving standards and customer requirements, we are intensifying our development efforts on a number of our product solutions in our Video and Cable Edge businesses. In 2014, we announced our VOS solution, a software-based, fully virtualized platform that we are developing to unify the entire media processing chain, from ingest to delivery, and which is designed to operate on common server hardware in data center environments. We also recently introduced the Electra XVM software product, our first video media processing and encoding product based on this platform. We believe some of our customers have been delaying their purchase decisions until products based on our new VOS software platform and incorporating Ultra HD and HEVC technologies are deployed, which has adversely affected our revenue from video products in recent periods. In our Cable Edge business, we recently introduced the NSG Exo distributed CCAP product, and we continue to develop, market and sell our NSG Pro centralized CCAP product solutions.
Many of these products and initiatives are intended to integrate existing and new features and functions in response to shifts in customer demands in the relevant market, as well as to general technology trends (such as virtualized and cloud-based computing, and integrated QAM and CMTS functionality in CCAP-based products) that we believe will significantly impact our industry. The success of these significant and costly development efforts will be predicated, for certain products and initiatives, on the timing of market adoption of the new standards on which the resulting products are based, and for other products, the timing of customer adoption of our products and solutions, as well as our ability to timely develop the features and capabilities of our products and solutions. If new standards or some of our new products are adopted later than we predict or not adopted at all, or if adoption occurs earlier than we are able to deliver the applicable products or functionality, we risk spending significant research and development time and dollars on products or features that may never achieve market acceptance or that miss the customer demand window and thus do not produce the revenue that a timely introduction would have likely produced.
If we fail to develop and market new and enhanced products on a timely basis, our operating results, financial condition and cash flows could be materially and adversely affected.
Our CCAP-based product initiatives expose us to certain technology transition risks that may adversely impact our operating results, financial condition and cash flows.
In the last few years, the cable industry has begun to develop and promulgate the CCAP architecture for next-generation cable edge solutions, which combines edge QAM and CMTS functions in a single system in order to combine resources for video and data delivery. We believe CCAP-based systems will significantly reduce cable headend costs and increase operational efficiency, and are an important step in cable operators’ transition to all-IP networks. We have begun to market and sell centralized and distributed CCAP-based products, and are developing the CMTS capabilities in our centralized CCAP products and universal edge QAM capabilities in our distributed CCAP products to make our products fully-compliant with current CCAP architecture standards. If we are unsuccessful in developing these capabilities in a timely manner, or are otherwise delayed in making such capabilities available to our customers, our business may be adversely impacted, particularly if our competitors develop and market fully compliant products before we do.
We believe CCAP-based systems may, over time, replace and make obsolete current cable edge QAM solutions, including our cable edge QAM products, as well as current CMTS solutions, which is a market our products have previously not addressed. If demand for our CCAP-based systems is weaker than expected, or sales of our CCAP-based systems do not adequately offset the expected decline in demand for our non-CCAP cable edge products, or the decline in demand for our non-CCAP cable edge products is more rapid and precipitous than expected, our near and long-term operating results, financial condition and cash flows could be adversely impacted. Moreover, if a new or competitive architecture for next-generation cable edge solutions is promulgated that renders our CCAP-based systems obsolete, our business may be adversely impacted.
Our future growth depends on market acceptance of several broadband services, on the adoption of new broadband technologies, and on several other broadband industry trends.
Future demand for many of our products will depend significantly on the growing market acceptance of emerging broadband services, including digital video, VOD, HDTV, IP video services (particularly streaming to tablet computers, connected TVs and mobile devices), and very high-speed data services. The market demand for such emerging services is rapidly growing, with many custom or proprietary systems in use, which increases the challenge of delivering interoperable products intended to address the requirements of such services.
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The effective delivery of these services will depend, in part, on a variety of new network architectures, standards and devices, such as:
• the adoption of advanced video compression standards, such as next generation H.264 compression and HEVC;
• the CCAP architecture;
• fiber to the premises, or FTTP, networks designed to facilitate the delivery of video services by telcos;
• the greater use of protocols such as IP;
• the further adoption of bandwidth-optimization techniques, such as DOCSIS 3.0 and DOCSIS 3.1; and
• the introduction of new consumer devices, such as advanced set-top boxes, DVRs and NDVRs, connected TVs, tablet computers, and a variety of smart phone mobile devices.
If adoption of these emerging services and/or technologies is not as widespread or as rapid as we expect, or if we are unable to develop new products based on these technologies on a timely basis, our operating results, financial condition and cash flows could be materially and adversely affected.
Furthermore, other technological, industry and regulatory trends and requirements may affect the growth of our business.
These trends and requirements include the following:
• convergence, or the need of network operators to deliver a package of video, voice and data services to consumers, including mobile delivery options;
• the increasing availability of traditional broadcast video content and video-on-demand on the Internet;
• adoption of high-bandwidth technology, such as DOCSIS 3.x, next generation LTE and FTTP;
• the use of digital video by businesses, governments and educational institutions;
• efforts by regulators and governments in the U.S. and internationally to encourage the adoption of broadband and digital technologies, as well as to regulate broadband access and delivery;
• consumer interest in higher resolution video such as Ultra HD or retina-display technologies on mobile devices;
• the need to develop partnerships with other companies involved in video infrastructure workflow and broadband services;
• the continued adoption of the television viewing behaviors of consumers in developed economies by the growing middle class across emerging economies;
• the extent and nature of regulatory attitudes towards such issues as network neutrality, competition between operators, access by third parties to networks of other operators, local franchising requirements for telcos to offer video, and other new services, such as mobile video; and
• the outcome of disputes and negotiations between content owners and service providers regarding rights of service providers to store and distribute recorded broadcast content, which outcomes may drive adoption of one technology over another in some cases.
If we fail to recognize and respond to these trends, by timely developing products, features and services required by these trends, we are likely to lose revenue opportunities and our operating results, financial condition and cash flows could be materially and adversely affected.
We depend significantly on our international revenue and are subject to the risks associated with international operations, including those of our resellers, contract manufacturers and outsourcing partners, which may negatively affect our operating results.
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Revenue derived from customers outside of the U.S. in both the first three months of 2015 and 2014 represented approximately 50% of our revenue. Although no assurance can be given with respect to international sales growth in any one or more regions, we expect that international revenue will likely continue to represent, from year to year, a majority, and potentially increasing, percentage of our annual revenue for the foreseeable future. A significant percentage of our revenue is generated from sales to resellers, value-added resellers (VARs) and systems integrators, particularly in emerging market countries. Furthermore, a significant percentage of our employees are based in our international offices and locations, and most of our contract manufacturing occurs outside of the U.S. In addition, we outsource a portion of our research and development activities to certain third party partners with development centers located in different countries, particularly Ukraine and India.
Our international operations, the international operations of our resellers, contract manufacturers and outsourcing partners, and our efforts to maintain and increase revenue in international markets are subject to a number of risks, which are generally greater with respect to emerging market countries, including the following:
• growth and stability of the economy in one or more international regions;
• fluctuations in currency exchange rates;
• changes in foreign government regulations and telecommunications standards;
• import and export license requirements, tariffs, taxes and other trade barriers;
• our significant reliance on resellers and others to purchase and resell our products and solutions, particularly in emerging market countries;
• availability of credit, particularly in emerging market countries;
• difficulty in collecting accounts receivable, especially from smaller customers and resellers, particularly in emerging market countries;
• compliance with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the “FCPA”), the U.K. Bribery Act, particularly in emerging market countries and/or similar anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws;
• the burden of complying with a wide variety of foreign laws, treaties and technical standards;
• fulfilling “country of origin” requirements for our products for certain customers;
• difficulty in staffing and managing foreign operations;
• business and operational disruptions or delays caused by political, social and economic instability and unrest, including risks related to terrorist activity, particularly in emerging market countries (e.g., recent significant civil, political and economic disturbances in Russia and Ukraine);
• changes in economic policies by foreign governments, including the imposition and potential continued expansion of economic sanctions by the U.S. and the European Union on the Russian Federation; and
• business and economic disruptions and delays caused by outbreaks of disease, epidemics and potential pandemics.
We have certain international customers who are billed in their local currency, primarily the Euro, British pound and Japanese yen, which subjects us to foreign currency risk. In addition, a portion of our operating expenses relating to the cost of certain international employees, are denominated in foreign currencies, primarily the Israeli shekel, British pound, Euro, Singapore dollar, Chinese yuan and Indian rupee, although we do hedge against the Israeli shekel. Gains and losses on the conversion to U.S. dollars of accounts receivable, accounts payable and other monetary assets and liabilities arising from international operations may contribute to fluctuations in our operating results. Furthermore, payment cycles for international customers are typically longer than those for customers in the U.S. Unpredictable payment cycles could cause us to fail to meet or exceed the expectations of security analysts and investors for any given period.
Most of our international revenue is denominated in U.S. dollars, and fluctuations in currency exchange rates could cause our products to become relatively more expensive to customers in a particular country or region, leading to a reduction in revenue or profitability from sales in that country or region. The potential negative impact of a strong U.S. dollar on our business may
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be exacerbated by the significant devaluation of a number of foreign currencies. Also, if the U.S. dollar were to weaken against many foreign currencies, there can be no assurance that a weaker dollar would lead to growth in capital spending in foreign markets.
Our operations outside the U.S. also require us to comply with a number of U.S. and international regulations that prohibit improper payments or offers of payments to foreign governments and their officials and political parties for corrupt purposes. For example, our operations in countries outside the U.S. are subject to the FCPA and similar laws, including the U.K. Bribery Act. Our activities in certain emerging countries create the risk of unauthorized payments or offers of payments by one of our employees, consultants, sales agents or channel partners that could be in violation of various anti-corruption laws, even though these parties may not be under our control. Under the FCPA and U.K. Bribery Act, companies may be held liable for the corrupt actions taken by their directors, officers, employees, channel partners, sales agents, consultants, or other strategic or local partners or representatives. We have internal control policies and procedures with respect to FCPA compliance, have implemented FCPA training and compliance programs for our employees, and include in our agreements with resellers a requirement that those parties comply with the FCPA. However, we cannot provide assurances that our policies, procedures and programs will prevent violations of the FCPA or similar laws by our employees or agents, particularly in emerging market countries, and as we expand our international operations. Any such violation, even if prohibited by our policies, could result in criminal or civil sanctions against us.
The effect of one or more of these international risks could have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition, operating results and cash flows.
We purchase several key components, subassemblies and modules used in the manufacture or integration of our products from sole or limited sources, and we rely on contract manufacturers and other subcontractors.
Many components, subassemblies and modules necessary for the manufacture or integration of our products are obtained from a sole supplier or a limited group of suppliers. For example, we depend on one supplier for certain video encoding chips which are incorporated into several products. Our reliance on sole or limited suppliers, particularly foreign suppliers, and our reliance on contractors for manufacturing and installation of our products, involves several risks, including a potential inability to obtain an adequate supply of required components, subassemblies or modules; reduced control over costs, quality and timely delivery of components, subassemblies or modules; supplier discontinuation of components, subassemblies or modules we require; and timely installation of products.
These risks could be heightened during a substantial economic slowdown, because our suppliers and subcontractors are more likely to experience adverse changes in their financial condition and operations during such a period. Further, these risks could materially and adversely affect our business if one of our sole sources, or a sole source of one of our suppliers or contract manufacturers, is adversely affected by a natural disaster. While we expend resources to qualify additional component sources, consolidation of suppliers and the small number of viable alternatives have limited the results of these efforts. Managing our supplier and contractor relationships is particularly difficult during time periods in which we introduce new products and during time periods in which demand for our products is increasing, especially if demand increases more quickly than we expect.
Plexus Services Corp., which manufactures our products at its facilities in Malaysia, currently serves as our primary contract manufacturer, and currently provides us with a substantial majority, by dollar amount, of the products that we purchase from our contract manufacturers. Most of the products manufactured by our Israeli operations are outsourced to another third party manufacturer in Israel. From time to time we assess our relationship with our contract manufacturers, and we do not generally maintain long-term agreements with any of our suppliers or contract manufacturers. Our agreement with Plexus has automatic annual renewals, unless prior notice is given by either party, and has been automatically renewed until October 2015.
Difficulties in managing relationships with any of our current contract manufacturers, particularly Plexus, that manufacture our products off-shore, or any of our suppliers of key components, subassemblies and modules used in our products, could impede our ability to meet our customers’ requirements and adversely affect our operating results. An inability to obtain adequate and timely deliveries of our products or any materials used in our products, or the inability of any of our contract manufacturers to scale their production to meet demand, or any other circumstance that would require us to seek alternative sources of supply, could negatively affect our ability to ship our products on a timely basis, which could damage relationships with current and prospective customers and harm our business and materially and adversely affect our revenue and other operating results. Furthermore, if we fail to meet customers’ supply expectations, our revenue would be adversely affected and we may lose sales opportunities, both short and long term, which could materially and adversely affect our business and our operating results, financial condition and cash flows. Increases, from time to time, in demand on our suppliers and subcontractors from our customers or from other parties have, on occasion, caused delays in the availability of certain components and products. In response, we may increase our inventories of certain components and products and expedite shipments of our products when
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necessary. These actions could increase our costs and could also increase our risk of holding obsolete or excess inventory, which, despite our use of a demand order fulfillment model, could materially and adversely affect our business, operating results, financial position and cash flows.
The loss of one or more of our key customers, a failure to continue diversifying our customer base, or a decrease in the number of larger transactions could harm our business and our operating results.
Historically, a significant portion of our revenue has been derived from relatively few customers, due in part to the consolidation of the ownership of cable television and direct broadcast satellite system companies. Sales to our top ten customers in the first three months of 2015 and 2014 accounted for approximately 44% and 47% of our revenue, respectively. Although we have broadened our customer base by further penetrating new markets and expanding internationally, we expect to see continuing industry consolidation and customer concentration.
In both of the first three month periods of 2015 and 2014, revenue from Comcast accounted for approximately 20% our revenue, and further consolidation in the cable industry could lead to additional revenue concentration for us. The loss of Comcast or any other significant customer, any material reduction in orders by Comcast or any other significant customer, or our failure to qualify our new products with a significant customer could materially and adversely affect, either long term or in a particular quarter, our operating results, financial condition and cash flows. In addition, we are involved in most quarters in one or more relatively large individual transactions. A decrease in the number of the relatively larger individual transactions in which we are involved in any quarter could materially and adversely affect our operating results for that quarter.
As a result of these and other factors, we may be unable to increase our revenues from some or all of the markets we address, or to do so profitably, and any failure to increase revenues and profits from these customers could materially and adversely affect our operating results, financial condition and cash flows.
We rely on resellers, value-added resellers and systems integrators for a significant portion of our revenue, and disruptions to, or our failure to develop and manage our relationships with these customers or the processes and procedures that support them could adversely affect our business.
We generate a significant percentage of our revenue through sales to resellers, value-added resellers (VARs) and systems integrators that assist us with fulfillment or installation obligations. We expect that these sales will continue to generate a significant percentage of our revenue in the future. Accordingly, our future success is highly dependent upon establishing and maintaining successful relationships with a variety of channel partners.
We generally have no long-term contracts or minimum purchase commitments with any of our reseller, VAR or system integrator customers, and our contracts with these parties do not prohibit them from purchasing or offering products or services that compete with ours. Our competitors may provide incentives to any of our reseller, VAR or systems integrator customers to favor their products or, in effect, to prevent or reduce sales of our products. Any of our reseller, VAR or systems integrator customers may independently choose not to purchase or offer our products. Many of our resellers, and some of our VARs and system integrators are small, are based in a variety of international locations, and may have relatively unsophisticated processes and limited financial resources to conduct their business. Any significant disruption of our sales to these customers, including as a result of the inability or unwillingness of these customers to continue purchasing our products, or their failure to properly manage their business with respect to the purchase of, and payment for, our products, could materially and adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition and cash flows. In addition, our failure to continue to establish or maintain successful relationships with reseller, VAR and systems integrator customers could likewise materially and adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition and cash flows.
We may not be able to effectively manage our operations or implement strategic organizational initiatives.
We have grown significantly, principally through acquisitions, and expanded our international operations. Upon the closing of our acquisition of Scopus in 2009, we added 221 employees, most of whom are based in Israel. Upon the closing of the acquisition of Omneon in 2010, we added 286 employees, most of whom are based in the U.S.
As of April 3, 2015, we had 480 employees in our international operations, representing approximately 48% of our worldwide workforce. Our ability to manage our business effectively in the future, including with respect to any future growth, our operation as both a hardware and increasingly software-centric business, the integration of any acquisition efforts, and the breadth of our international operations, will require us to train, motivate and manage our employees successfully, to attract and integrate new employees into our overall operations, to retain key employees and to continue to improve and evolve our operational, financial and management systems. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in any of these efforts,
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and our failure to effectively manage our operations could have a material and adverse effect on our business, operating results, cash flows and financial condition.
The fact that our employees are spread out in offices around the world also may present additional challenges when we initiate certain strategic initiatives. For example, we have an ongoing program to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of our worldwide sales organization. There can be no assurance that this initiative will achieve success or improve our revenue, operating results or financial condition. We may encounter communication, coordination, management and motivational challenges as we work to align our global sales teams with the stated objectives of this program, which could cause disruptions and delays within the sales organization and in their sales activities. In addition, the investment and costs associated with this strategic initiative may be greater than anticipated, and may outweigh any benefits achieved, which could adversely affect our operating results.
We face risks associated with having outsourced engineering resources located in Ukraine.
We outsource a portion of our research and development activities to a third-party partner with engineering resources located in Ukraine. Political, social and economic instability and unrest or violence in Ukraine, including the ongoing conflict with Russian-backed separatists or conflict with the Russian Federation directly, could cause disruptions to the business and operations of our outsourcing partner, which could slow or delay the development work our partner is undertaking for us. Instability, unrest or conflict could limit or prevent our employees from traveling to, from, or within Ukraine to direct and coordinate our outsourced engineering teams, or cause us to shift all or portions of the development work occurring in Ukraine to other locations or countries. The resulting delays could negatively impact our product development efforts, operating results and our business.
We face risks associated with having facilities and employees located in Israel.
As of April 3, 2015, we maintained facilities in two locations in Israel with a total of 167 employees, or approximately 17% of our worldwide workforce. Our employees in Israel engage in a number of activities, including research and development, product development, and supply chain management for certain product lines and sales activities.
As such, we are directly affected by the political, economic and military conditions affecting Israel. Any significant conflict involving Israel could have a direct effect on our business or that of our Israeli contract manufacturers, in the form of physical damage or injury, restrictions from traveling or reluctance to travel to from or within Israel by our Israeli and other employees or those of our subcontractors, or the loss of Israeli employees to active military duty. Most of our employees in Israel are currently obligated to perform annual reserve duty in the Israel Defense Forces, and approximately 11% of those employees were called for active military duty in 2014. In the event that more of our employees are called to active duty, certain of our research and development activities may be significantly delayed and adversely affected. Further, the interruption or curtailment of trade between Israel and its trading partners, as a result of terrorist attacks or hostilities, conflicts between Israel and any other Middle Eastern country or organization, or any other cause, could significantly harm our business. Additionally, current or future tensions or conflicts in the Middle East could materially and adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition and cash flows.
Our operating results are likely to fluctuate significantly and, as a result, may fail to meet or exceed the expectations of securities analysts or investors, causing our stock price to decline.
Our operating results have fluctuated in the past and are likely to continue to fluctuate in the future, on an annual and a quarterly basis, as a result of several factors, many of which are outside of our control. Some of the factors that may cause these fluctuations include:
• the level and timing of capital spending of our customers in the U.S., Europe and in other foreign markets;
• economic and financial conditions specific to each of the cable, satellite and telco, and broadcast and media industries, as well as general economic and financial market conditions;
• changes in market acceptance of and demand for our products or our customers’ services or products;
• the timing and amount of orders, especially from large individual transactions and transactions with our significant customers;
• the mix of our products sold and the effect it has on gross margins;
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• the timing of revenue recognition, including revenue recognition on sales arrangements and from transactions with significant service and support components, which may span several quarters;
• the timing of completion of our customers’ projects;
• the length of each customer product upgrade cycle and the volume of purchases during the cycle;
• competitive market conditions, including pricing actions by our competitors;
• the level and mix of our domestic and international revenue;
• new product introductions by our competitors or by us;
• changes in domestic and international regulatory environments affecting our business;
• the evaluation of new services, new standards and system architectures by our customers;
• the cost and timely availability to us of components, subassemblies and modules;
• the mix of our customer base, by industry and size, and sales channels;
• changes in our operating and extraordinary expenses;
• the timing of acquisitions and dispositions by us and the financial impact of such transactions;
• impairment of our goodwill and intangibles;
• the impact of litigation, such as related litigation expenses and settlement costs;
• write-downs of inventory and investments;
• whether the research and development tax is renewed for 2015 and beyond;
• changes in our effective federal tax rate, including as a result of changes in our valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets, and changes in our effective state tax rates, including as a result of apportionment;
• changes to tax rules related to the deferral of foreign earnings and compliance with foreign tax rules;
• the impact of applicable accounting guidance on accounting for uncertainty in income taxes that requires us to establish reserves for uncertain tax positions and accrue potential tax penalties and interest; and
• the impact of applicable accounting guidance on business combinations that requires us to record charges for certain acquisition related costs and expenses and generally to expense restructuring costs associated with a business combination subsequent to the acquisition date.
The timing of deployment of our products by our customers can be subject to a number of other risks, including the availability of skilled engineering and technical personnel, the availability of third party equipment and services, our customers’ ability to negotiate and enter into rights agreements with video content owners that provide the customers with the right to deliver certain video content, and our customers’ need for local franchise and licensing approvals.
We often recognize a substantial portion of our quarterly revenue in the last month of the quarter. We establish our expenditure levels for product development and other operating expenses based on projected revenue levels for a specified period, and expenses are relatively fixed in the short term. Accordingly, even small variations in the timing of revenue, particularly from relatively large individual transactions, can cause significant fluctuations in operating results in a particular quarter.
As a result of these factors and other factors, our operating results in one or more future periods may fail to meet or exceed the expectations of securities analysts or investors. In that event, the trading price of our common stock would likely decline.
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Fluctuations in our future effective tax rates could affect our future operating results, financial condition and cash flows.
We are required to periodically review our deferred tax assets and determine whether, based on available evidence, a valuation allowance is necessary. The realization of our deferred tax assets, which are predominantly in the United States, is dependent upon the generation of sufficient U.S. and foreign taxable income in the future to offset these assets. Based on our evaluation, a history of operating losses in recent years has led to uncertainty with respect to our ability to realize certain of our net deferred tax assets, and as a result we recorded a net increase in valuation allowance of $29.0 million in 2014 against U.S. net deferred tax assets.
The calculation of tax liabilities involves dealing with uncertainties in the application of complex global tax regulations. We recognize potential liabilities for anticipated tax audit issues in the U.S. and other tax jurisdictions based on our estimate of whether, and the extent to which, additional taxes will be due. In the event we determine that it is appropriate to create a reserve or increase an existing reserve for any such potential liabilities, the amount of the additional reserve is charged as an expense in the period in which it is determined. If payment of these amounts ultimately proves to be unnecessary, the reversal of the liabilities would result in tax benefits being recognized in the period when we determine the liabilities are no longer necessary. If the estimate of tax liabilities proves to be less than the ultimate tax assessment for the applicable period, a further charge to expense in the period such short fall is determined would result. Either such charge to expense could have a material and adverse effect on our operating results for the applicable period. In addition, recent statements from the Internal Revenue Service have indicated their intent to seek greater disclosure by companies of their reserves for uncertain tax positions.
We continue to be in the process of expanding our international operations and staffing to better support our expansion into international markets. This expansion involves the implementation of an international structure that includes, among other things, an international support center in Europe, a research and development cost sharing arrangement, and certain licenses and other contractual arrangements between us and our wholly-owned domestic and foreign subsidiaries. As a result of these changes, we anticipate that our consolidated pre-tax income will be subject to foreign tax at relatively lower tax rates when compared to the U.S. federal statutory tax rate and, as a consequence, our effective income tax rate is expected to be lower than the U.S. federal statutory rate.
Our future effective income tax rates could be adversely affected if tax authorities challenge our international tax structure or if the relative mix of U.S. and international income changes for any reason. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that our income tax rate will be less than the U.S. federal statutory rate in future periods.
We or our customers may face intellectual property infringement claims from third parties.
Our industry is characterized by the existence of a large number of patents and frequent claims and related litigation regarding patent and other intellectual property rights. In particular, leading companies in the telecommunications industry have extensive patent portfolios. Also, patent infringement claims and litigation by entities that purchase or control patents, but do not produce goods or services covered by the claims of such patents (so-called “non-practicing entities” or “NPEs”), have increased rapidly over the last decade or so. From time to time, third parties, including NPEs, have asserted, and may assert in the future, patent, copyright, trademark and other intellectual property rights against us or our customers. For example, in October 2011, Avid Technology, Inc. filed a complaint against us in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware alleging that our MediaGrid product infringes two patents held by Avid. In February 2014, a jury determined that we had not infringed on either of these patents. Avid has filed an appeal with respect to the jury’s verdict and the appeal has been docketed with the Federal Circuit. Although we have been able to successfully defend ourselves against the allegations by Avid to date, we may in the future be subject to additional allegations of infringement. Our suppliers and their customers, including us, may have similar claims asserted against them. A number of third parties, including companies with greater financial and other resources than us, have asserted patent rights to technologies that are important to us.
Any intellectual property litigation, regardless of its outcome, could result in substantial expense and significant diversion of the efforts of our management and technical personnel. An adverse determination in any such proceeding could subject us to significant liabilities and temporary or permanent injunctions and require us to seek licenses from third parties or pay royalties that may be substantial. Furthermore, necessary licenses may not be available on terms satisfactory to us, or at all. An unfavorable outcome on any such litigation matter could require that we pay substantial damages, could require that we pay ongoing royalty payments, or could prohibit us from selling certain of our products. Any such outcome could have a material and adverse effect on our business, operating results, financial condition and cash flows.
Our suppliers and customers may have intellectual property claims relating to our products asserted against them. We have agreed to indemnify some of our suppliers and most of our customers for patent infringement relating to our products. The scope of this indemnity varies, but, in some instances, includes indemnification for damages and expenses (including
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reasonable attorney’s fees) incurred by the supplier or customer in connection with such claims. If a supplier or a customer seeks to enforce a claim for indemnification against us, we could incur significant costs defending such claim, the underlying claim or both. An adverse determination in either such proceeding could subject us to significant liabilities and have a material and adverse effect on our operating results, cash flows and financial condition.
We may be the subject of litigation which, if adversely determined, could harm our business and operating results.
We may be subject to claims arising in the normal course of business. The costs of defending any litigation, whether in cash expenses or in management time, could harm our business and materially and adversely affect our operating results and cash flows. An unfavorable outcome on any litigation matter could require that we pay substantial damages, or, in connection with any intellectual property infringement claims, could require that we pay ongoing royalty payments or prohibit us from selling certain of our products. In addition, we may decide to settle any litigation, which could cause us to incur significant settlement costs. A settlement or an unfavorable outcome on any litigation matter could have a material and adverse effect on our business, operating results, financial condition and cash flows.
We have made, and may continue to make, acquisitions, and any acquisition could disrupt our operations, cause dilution to our stockholders and materially and adversely affect our business, operating results, cash flows and financial condition.
As part of our business strategy, from time to time we have acquired, and we may continue to acquire, businesses, technologies, assets and product lines that we believe complement or expand our existing business. Acquisitions involve numerous risks, including the following:
• unanticipated costs or delays associated with an acquisition;
• difficulties in the assimilation and integration of acquired operations, technologies and/or products;
• potential disruption of our business and the diversion of management’s attention from the regular operations of the business during the acquisition process;
• the challenges of managing a larger and more geographically widespread operation and product portfolio after the closing of the acquisition;
• potential adverse effects on new and existing business relationships with suppliers, contract manufacturers, resellers, partners and customers;
• risks associated with entering markets in which we may have no or limited prior experience;
• the potential loss of key employees of acquired businesses and our own business as a result of integration;
• difficulties in bringing acquired products and businesses into compliance with applicable legal requirements in jurisdictions in which we operate and sell products;
• impact of known potential liabilities or unknown liabilities, including litigation and infringement claims, associated with companies we acquire;
• substantial charges for acquisition costs or for the amortization of certain purchased intangible assets, deferred stock compensation or similar items;
• substantial impairments to goodwill or intangible assets in the event that an acquisition proves to be less valuable than the price we paid for it;
• delays in realizing, or failure to realize, the anticipated benefits of an acquisition; and
• the possibility that any acquisition may be viewed negatively by our customers or investors or the financial markets.
Competition within our industry for acquisitions of businesses, technologies, assets and product lines has been, and is likely to continue to be, intense. As such, even if we are able to identify an acquisition that we would like to consummate, we may not be able to complete the acquisition on commercially reasonable terms or because the target chooses to be acquired by another
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company. Furthermore, in the event that we are able to identify and consummate any future acquisitions, we may, in each of those acquisitions:
• issue equity securities which would dilute current stockholders’ percentage ownership;
• incur substantial debt to finance the acquisition or assume substantial debt in the acquisition;
• incur significant acquisition-related expenses;
• assume substantial liabilities, contingent or otherwise; or
• expend significant cash.
These financing activities or expenditures could materially and adversely affect our operating results, cash flows and financial condition or the price of our common stock. Alternatively, due to difficulties in the capital or credit markets at the time, we may be unable to secure capital necessary to complete an acquisition on reasonable terms, or at all. Moreover, even if we were to obtain benefits from acquisitions in the form of increased revenue and earnings per share, there may be a delay between the time the expenses associated with an acquisition are incurred and the time we recognize such benefits.
As of April 3, 2015, we had approximately $198 million of goodwill recorded on our balance sheet associated with prior acquisitions. In the event we determine that our goodwill is impaired, we would be required to write down all or a portion of such goodwill, which could result in a material non-cash charge to our results of operations in the period in which such write-down occurs.
If we are unable to successfully address one or more of these risks, our business, operating results, financial condition and cash flows could be materially and adversely affected.
We may sell one or more of our product lines, from time to time, as a result of our evaluation of our products and markets, and any such divestiture could adversely affect our continuing business and our expenses, revenues, results of operation, cash flows and financial position.
We periodically evaluate our various product lines and may, as a result, consider the divestiture of one or more of those product lines. For example, in February 2013, we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Aurora Networks, Inc. pursuant to which we agreed to sell our cable access HFC Business for $46 million in cash. Any such divestiture could adversely affect our continuing business and expenses, revenues, results of operations, cash flows and financial position.
Divestitures of product lines have inherent risks, including the expense of selling the product line, the possibility that any anticipated sale will not occur, delays in closing any sale, the risk of lower-than-expected proceeds from the sale of the divested business, unexpected costs associated with the separation of the business to be sold from the seller’s information technology and other operating systems, and potential post-closing claims for indemnification or breach of transition services obligations of the seller. Expected cost savings, which are offset by revenue losses from divested businesses, may also be difficult to achieve or maximize due to the seller’s fixed cost structure, and a seller may experience varying success in reducing fixed costs or transferring liabilities previously associated with the divested business.
Our operating results could be adversely affected by natural disasters affecting the Company or impacting our third-party manufacturers, suppliers, resellers or customers.
Our corporate headquarters is located in California, which is prone to earthquakes. We have employees, consultants and contractors located in regions and countries around the world. In the event that any of our business, sales or research and development centers or offices in the U.S. or internationally are adversely affected by an earthquake or by any other natural disaster, we may sustain damage to our operations and properties, which could cause a sustained interruption or loss of affected operations, and cause us to suffer significant financial losses.
We rely on third-party contract manufacturers for the production of our products. Any significant disruption in the business or operations of such manufacturers or of their or our suppliers could adversely impact our business. Our principal contract manufacturers and several of their and our suppliers and our resellers have operations in locations that are subject to natural disasters, such as severe weather, tsunamis, floods and earthquakes, which could disrupt their operations and, in turn, our operations.
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In addition, if there is a natural disaster in any of the locations in which our significant customers are located, we face the risk that our customers may incur losses or sustained business interruption, or both, which may materially impair their ability to continue their purchase of products from us. Accordingly, natural disaster in one of the geographies in which we, or our third-party manufacturers, their or our suppliers or our customers, operate could have a material and adverse effect on our business, operating results, cash flows and financial condition.
In order to manage our growth, we must be successful in addressing management succession issues and attracting and retaining qualified personnel.
Our future success will depend, to a significant extent, on the ability of our management to operate effectively, both individually and as a group. We must successfully manage transition and replacement issues that may result from the departure or retirement of members of our executive management. We cannot provide assurances that changes of management personnel in the future would not cause disruption to operations or customer relationships or a decline in our operating results.
We are also dependent on our ability to retain and motivate our existing highly qualified personnel, in addition to attracting new highly qualified personnel. Competition for qualified management, technical and other personnel is often intense, and we may not be successful in attracting and retaining such personnel. Competitors and others have in the past attempted, and are likely in the future to attempt, to recruit our employees. While our employees are required to sign standard agreements concerning confidentiality and ownership of inventions, we generally do not have employment contracts or non-competition agreements with any of our personnel. The loss of the services of any of our key personnel, the inability to attract or retain highly qualified personnel in the future or delays in hiring such personnel, particularly senior management and engineers and other technical personnel, could negatively affect our business and operating results.
We could be negatively affected as a result of a future proxy contest and the actions of activist stockholders.
If a proxy contest with respect to election of our directors is initiated in the future, or if other activist stockholder activities occur, our business could be adversely affected because:
• responding to a proxy contest and other actions by activist stockholders can be costly and time-consuming, disrupting our operations and diverting the attention of management and our employees;
• perceived uncertainties as to our future direction caused by activist activities may result in the loss of potential business opportunities, and may make it more difficult to attract and retain qualified personnel and business partners; and
• if individuals are elected to our Board of Directors with a specific agenda, it may adversely affect our ability to effectively and timely implement our strategic plans.
Our failure to adequately protect our proprietary rights and data may adversely affect us.
At April 3, 2015, we held 55 issued U.S. patents and 34 issued foreign patents, and had 22 patent applications pending. Although we attempt to protect our intellectual property rights through patents, trademarks, copyrights, licensing arrangements, maintaining certain technology as trade secrets and other measures, we can give no assurances that any patent, trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights owned by us will not be invalidated, circumvented or challenged, that such intellectual property rights will provide competitive advantages to us, or that any of our pending or future patent applications will be issued with the scope of the claims sought by us, if at all. We can give no assurances that others will not develop technologies that are similar or superior to our technologies, duplicate our technologies or design around the patents that we own. In addition, effective patent, copyright and trade secret protection may be unavailable or limited in certain foreign countries in which we do business or may do business in the future.
We generally enter into confidentiality or license agreements with our employees, consultants, and vendors and our customers, as needed, and generally limit access to, and distribution of, our proprietary information. Nevertheless, we cannot provide assurances that the steps taken by us will prevent misappropriation of our technology. In addition, we have taken in the past, and may take in the future, legal action to enforce our patents and other intellectual property rights, to protect our trade secrets, to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others, or to defend against claims of infringement or invalidity. Such litigation could result in substantial costs and diversion of management time and other resources, and could materially and adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition and cash flows.
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Recently reported hacking attacks on government and commercial computer systems, particularly attacks sponsored by foreign governments or enterprises, raise the risks that such an attack may compromise, in a material respect, one or more of our computer systems and permit hackers access to our proprietary information and data. If such an attack does, in fact, allow access to or theft of our proprietary information or data, our business, operating results, financial condition and cash flows could be materially and adversely affected.
Our products include third-party technology and intellectual property, and our inability to acquire new technologies or use third-party technology in the future could harm our business.
In order to successfully develop and market certain of our planned products, we may be required to enter into technology development or licensing agreements with third parties. Although companies with technology useful to us are often willing to enter into technology development or licensing agreements with respect to such technology, we cannot provide assurances that such agreements may be negotiated on commercially reasonable terms, or at all. The failure to enter, or a delay in entering, into such technology development or licensing agreements, when necessary or desirable, could limit our ability to develop and market new products and could materially and adversely affect our business.
We incorporate certain third-party technologies, including software programs, into our products, and, as noted, intend to utilize additional third-party technologies in the future. In addition, the technologies that we license may not operate properly or as specified, and we may not be able to secure alternatives in a timely manner, either of which could harm our business. We could face delays in product releases until alternative technology can be identified, licensed or developed, and integrated into our products, if we are able to do so at all. These delays, or a failure to secure or develop adequate technology, could materially and adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition and cash flows.
Our use of open source software in some of our products may expose us to certain risks.
Some of our products contain software modules licensed for use from third-party authors under open source licenses. Use and distribution of open source software may entail greater risks than use of third-party commercial software, as open source licensors generally do not provide warranties or other contractual protections regarding infringement claims or the quality of the code. Some open source licenses contain requirements that we make available source code for modifications or derivative works we create based upon the type of open source software we use. If we combine our proprietary software with open source software in a certain manner, we could, under certain of the open source licenses, be required to release the source code of our proprietary software to the public. This could allow our competitors to create similar products with lower development effort and in less time and ultimately could result in a loss of product sales for us.
Although we monitor our use of open source closely, it is possible our past, present or future use of open source has triggered or may trigger the foregoing requirements. Furthermore, the terms of many open source licenses have not been interpreted by U.S. courts, and there is a risk that such licenses could be construed in a manner that could impose unanticipated conditions or restrictions on our ability to commercialize our products. In such event, we could be required to seek licenses from third parties in order to continue offering our products, to re-engineer our products or to discontinue the sale of our products in the event re-engineering cannot be accomplished on a timely basis, any of which could materially and adversely affect our operating results, financial condition and cash flows.
We cannot assure you that our stock repurchase program will result in repurchases of our common stock or enhance long term stockholder value, and repurchases, if any, could affect our stock price and increase its volatility and will diminish our cash reserves.
In April 2013, our Board of Directors approved a modified “Dutch Auction” tender offer to repurchase up to $100 million of shares of our common stock. The tender offer expired on May 24, 2013, and resulted in our repurchasing approximately 12 million shares of our common stock, at $6.25 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $75 million.
Following the tender offer, we resumed purchases under our stock repurchase program. Under the program, we are authorized to repurchase up to $300 million of our common stock in open market transactions or pursuant to any trading plan that may be adopted in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act. As of April 3, 2015, we had purchased an aggregate of $237 million of our common stock under this program, including under the tender offer. The timing and actual number of shares repurchased, if any, will depend on a variety of factors, including the price and availability of our shares, trading volume, general market conditions and projected cash positions. The program was suspended prior to the announcement of the tender offer, and may be suspended or discontinued at any time in the future without prior notice.
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Repurchases pursuant to our tender offer and our stock repurchase program could affect our stock price and increase its volatility and will reduce the market liquidity for our stock. Additionally, these repurchases will diminish our cash reserves, which could impact our ability to pursue possible future strategic opportunities and acquisitions and would result in lower overall returns on our cash balances. There can be no assurance that any stock repurchases will, in fact, occur, or, if they occur, that they will enhance stockholder value because the market price of our common stock may decline below the levels at which we repurchased shares of stock. Although our tender offer and our stock repurchase program are intended to enhance long-term stockholder value, short-term stock price fluctuations could reduce the effectiveness of these repurchases.
We are subject to import and export controls that could subject us to liability or impair our ability to compete in international markets.
Our products are subject to U.S. export controls, and may be exported outside the U.S. only with the required level of export license or through an export license exception, in most cases because we incorporate encryption technology into our products. In addition, various countries regulate the import of certain technology and have enacted laws that could limit our ability to distribute our products, or could limit our customers’ ability to implement our products, in those countries. Changes in our products or changes in export and import regulations may delay the introduction of our products in international markets, prevent our customers with international operations from deploying our products throughout their global systems or, in some cases, prevent the export or import of our products to certain countries altogether. Any change in export or import regulations or related legislation, shift in approach to the enforcement or scope of existing regulations, or change in the countries, persons or technologies targeted by such regulations, could result in decreased use of our products by, or in our decreased ability to export or sell our products to, existing or potential international customers.
In addition, we may be subject to customs duties that could have a significant adverse impact on our operating results or, if we are able to pass on the related costs in any particular situation, would increase the cost of the related product to our customers. As a result, the future imposition of significant increases in the level of customs duties or the creation of import quotas on our products in Europe or in other jurisdictions, or any of the limitations on international sales described above, could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, financial condition and cash flows. Further, some of our customers in Europe have been, or are being, audited by local governmental authorities regarding the tariff classifications used for importation of our products. Import duties and tariffs vary by country and a different tariff classification for any of our products may result in higher duties or tariffs, which could have an adverse impact on our operating results and potentially increase the cost of the related products to our customers.
We may need additional capital in the future and may not be able to secure adequate funds on terms acceptable to us.
We have been engaged in the design, manufacture and sale of a variety of video products and system solutions since inception, which has required, and will continue to require, significant research and development expenditures.
We believe that our existing cash and short-term investments of approximately $102 million at April 3, 2015, even as it may be reduced through possible future repurchases of our common stock under the stock repurchase program discussed above, will satisfy our cash requirements for at least the next 12 months. However, we may need to raise additional funds to take advantage of presently unanticipated strategic opportunities, satisfy our other cash requirements from time to time, or strengthen our financial position. Our ability to raise funds may be adversely affected by a number of factors, including factors beyond our control, such as weakness in the economic conditions in markets in which we sell our products and continued uncertainty in financial, capital and credit markets. There can be no assurance that equity or debt financing will be available to us on reasonable terms, if at all, when and if it is needed.
We may raise additional financing through public or private equity offerings, debt financings, or corporate partnership or licensing arrangements. To the extent we raise additional capital by issuing equity securities or convertible debt, our stockholders may experience dilution. To the extent that we raise additional funds through collaboration and licensing arrangements, it may be necessary to relinquish some rights to our technologies or products, or grant licenses on terms that are not favorable to us. To the extent we raise capital through debt financing arrangements, we may be required to pledge assets or enter into covenants that could restrict our operations or our ability to incur further indebtedness and the interest on such debt may adversely affect our operating results.
If adequate capital is not available, or is not available on reasonable terms, when needed, we may not be able to take advantage of acquisition or other market opportunities, to timely develop new products, or to otherwise respond to competitive pressures.
Our business and industry are subject to various laws and regulations that could adversely affect our business, operating results, cash flows and financial condition.
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Our business and industry are regulated under various federal, state, local and international laws. For example, we are subject to environmental regulations such as the European Union’s Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and Restriction on the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS) directives and similar legislation enacted in other jurisdictions worldwide. Our failure to comply with these laws could result in our being directly or indirectly liable for costs, fines or penalties and third-party claims, and could jeopardize our ability to conduct business in such regions and countries. We expect that our operations will be affected by other new environmental laws and regulations on an ongoing basis. Although we cannot predict the ultimate impact of any such new laws and regulations, they would likely result in additional costs, and could require that we redesign or change how we manufacture our products, any of which could have a material and adverse effect on our operating results, financial condition and cash flows.
We are subject to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 which, among other things, requires an annual review and evaluation of our internal control over financial reporting. If we conclude in future periods that our internal control over financial reporting is not effective or if our independent registered public accounting firm is unable to provide an unqualified attestation as of future year-ends, we may incur substantial additional costs in an effort to correct such problems, and investors may lose confidence in our financial statements, and our stock price may decrease in the short term, until we correct such problems, and perhaps in the long term, as well.
We are subject to new requirements under the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 that will require us to conduct research, disclose, and report whether or not our products contain certain conflict minerals sourced from the Democratic Republic of Congo or its surrounding countries. The implementation of these new requirements could adversely affect the sourcing, availability, and pricing of the materials used in the manufacture of components used in our products. In addition, we may incur certain additional costs to comply with the disclosure requirements, including costs related to conducting diligence procedures to determine the sources of conflict minerals that may be used or necessary to the production of our products and, if applicable, potential changes to products, processes or sources of supply as a consequence of such verification activities. It is also possible that we may face reputational harm if we determine that certain of our products contain minerals not determined to be conflict-free and/or we are unable to alter our products, processes or sources of supply to avoid such materials.
Changes in telecommunications legislation and regulations in the U.S. and other countries could affect our sales and the revenue we are able to derive from our products. In particular, “net neutrality” rules proposed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) aimed at regulating Internet service as a Title II telecommunications service, or regulations dealing with access by competitors to the networks of incumbent operators, could slow or stop infrastructure and services investments or expansion by service providers. Increased regulation of our customers’ pricing or service offerings could limit their investments and, consequently, revenue from our products. The impact of new or revised legislation or regulations could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, financial condition and cash flows.
Some anti-takeover provisions contained in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, as well as provisions of Delaware law, could impair a takeover attempt.
We have provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws that could have the effect of rendering more difficult or discouraging an acquisition deemed undesirable by our Board of Directors. These include provisions:
• authorizing blank check preferred stock, which could be issued with voting, liquidation, dividend and other rights superior to our common stock;
• limiting the liability of, and providing indemnification to, our directors and officers;
• limiting the ability of our stockholders to call, and bring business before, special meetings;
• requiring advance notice of stockholder proposals for business to be conducted at meetings of our stockholders and for nominations of candidates for election to our Board of Directors;
• controlling the procedures for conducting and scheduling of Board of Directors and stockholder meetings; and
• providing the Board of Directors with the express power to postpone previously scheduled annual meetings and to cancel previously scheduled special meetings.
These provisions could delay hostile takeovers, changes in control of the Company or changes in our management. As a Delaware corporation, we are also subject to provisions of Delaware law, including Section 203 of the Delaware General
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Corporation law, which prevents some stockholders holding more than 15% of our outstanding common stock from engaging in certain business combinations without approval of the holders of substantially all of our outstanding common stock. Any provision of our certificate of incorporation or bylaws or Delaware law that has the effect of delaying or deterring a change in control could limit the opportunity for our stockholders to receive a premium for their shares of our common stock, and could also affect the price that some investors are willing to pay for our common stock.
Our common stock price may be extremely volatile, and the value of an investment in our stock may decline.
Our common stock price has been highly volatile. We expect that this volatility will continue in the future due to factors such as:
• general market and economic conditions;
• actual or anticipated variations in operating results;
• increases or decreases in the general stock market or to the stock prices of technology companies;
• announcements of technological innovations, new products or new services by us or by our competitors or customers;
• changes in financial estimates or recommendations by stock market analysts regarding us or our competitors;
• announcements by us or our competitors of significant acquisitions, dispositions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures or capital commitments;
• announcements by our customers regarding end user market conditions and the status of existing and future infrastructure network deployments;
• the repurchase of over 30% of our outstanding shares since 2012 pursuant to our ongoing stock repurchase program and the tender offer we completed in 2013, as well as any future repurchases under our stock repurchase program;
• additions or departures of key personnel; and
• future equity or debt offerings or our announcements of these offerings.
In addition, in recent years, the stock market in general, and the NASDAQ Stock Market and the securities of technology companies in particular, have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations. These fluctuations have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of individual companies. These broad market fluctuations have in the past, and may in the future, materially and adversely affect our stock price, regardless of our operating results. In these circumstances, investors may be unable to sell their shares of our common stock at or above their purchase price over the short term, or at all.
Our stock price may decline if additional shares are sold in the market or if analysts drop coverage of or downgrade our stock.
Future sales of substantial amounts of shares of our common stock by our existing stockholders in the public market, or the perception that these sales could occur, may cause the market price of our common stock to decline. In addition, we issue additional shares upon exercise of stock options, including under our Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and in connection with grants of RSUs on an ongoing basis. Increased sales of our common stock in the market after exercise of outstanding stock options or grants of RSUs could exert downward pressure on our stock price. These sales also might make it more difficult for us to sell equity or equity-related securities in the future at a time and price we deem appropriate.
The trading market for our common stock relies in part on the availability of research and reports that third-party industry or securities analysts publish about us. If one or more of the analysts who do cover us downgrade our stock, our stock price may decline. If one or more of these analysts cease coverage of us, we could lose visibility in the market, which in turn could cause the liquidity of our stock and our stock price to decline.
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ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
On April 24, 2012, our Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program that provided for the repurchase of up to $25 million of our outstanding common stock during the term of the program. In 2013, our Board of Directors approved a $195 million increase in the program, including a $75 million increase on January 28, 2013, a $35 million increase to the program upon the closing of a sale of our HFC business on February 19, 2013 and an additional $85 million increase to the program on July 16, 2013. On May 14, 2014, our Board of Directors approved an additional $80 million increase to the program, resulting in an aggregate authorized purchase of $300 million under the program and the repurchase period was extended through the end of 2016.
Under the program, we are authorized to repurchase shares of common stock in open market transactions or pursuant to any trading plan that may be adopted in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act. The timing and actual number of shares repurchased, if any, will depend on a variety of factors, including the price and availability of our shares, trading volume and general market conditions. The program may be suspended or discontinued at any time without prior notice.
As of April 3, 2015, we had purchased 37.9 million shares of common stock under this program at a weighted average price of $6.23 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $237.5 million, including $1.0 million of expenses. The remaining authorized amount for stock repurchases under this program was $63.5 million as of April 3, 2015.
The table below sets forth the stock repurchase activity for the quarter ended April 3, 2015 (in thousands, except per share amounts):

Period | Total Number of Shares Repurchased |  | Average Price Paid per Share |  | Total Number of Shares Repurchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plan or Program |  | Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet be Purchased Under the Plan or Program
January 1, 2015 - January 30, 2015 | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 68,654 |
January 31, 2015 - February 27, 2015 | 197 |  |  | $ | 7.87 |  |  | 197 |  |  | $ | 67,103 |
February 28, 2015 - April 3, 2015 | 477 |  |  | $ | 7.62 |  |  | 477 |  |  | $ | 63,472 |
| 674 |  |  | $ | 7.69 |  |  | 674 |  |  |

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
None.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
None.
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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number | Exhibit Index
3.2(1) | Amended and Restated Bylaws of Harmonic Inc.
31.1(1) | Section 302 Certification of Principal Executive Officer
31.2(1) | Section 302 Certification of Principal Financial Officer
32.1 | Section 906 Certification of Principal Executive Officer
32.2 | Section 906 Certification of Principal Financial Officer
101 | The following materials from Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 3, 2015, formatted in Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) includes:
| (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at April 3, 2015 and December 31, 2014, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended April 3, 2015 and March 28, 2014, (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the three months ended April 3, 2015 and March 28, 2014, (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended April 3, 2015 and March 28, 2014, and (v) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

HARMONIC INC.
By: | /s/ Carolyn V. Aver
| Carolyn V. Aver
| Chief Financial Officer
| (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
| Date: May 11, 2015

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