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Posted 08 April, 2024

HARMONIC INC appointed Nimrod Ben-Natan as new CEO

Nasdaq:HLIT appointed new Chief Executive Officer Nimrod Ben-Natan in a 8-K filed on 08 April, 2024.


  Nimrod Ben-Natan, currently Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Company's Broadband business, has been appointed as CEO of the Company by the Company's board of directors (the "Board"), effective as of the Effective Date.  

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Item 5.02 Departure of Certain Officers; Appointment of Certain Officers 


On April 8, 2024, the Company announced that Patrick Harshman, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer ("CEO"), will retire as CEO, effective as of June 11, 2024 (the "Effective Date"). Nimrod Ben-Natan, currently Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Company's Broadband business, has been appointed as CEO of the Company by the Company's board of directors (the "Board"), effective as of the Effective Date. 

Mr. Ben-Natan joined the Company in 1996, was named Vice President of Product Marketing, Solutions and Strategy in 2007, and was appointed Senior Vice President and General Manager, Cable Products, in June 2012. From 1993 to 1996, Mr. Ben-Natan served as an Embedded Software Engineer at Orckit Communications Ltd., a digital subscriber line developer. Previously, he worked on wireless communications systems while he was with the Israeli Defense Signal Corps from 1988 to 1993. Mr. Ben-Natan holds a B.A. in Computer Science from Tel Aviv University.

At this time, there are no new compensation arrangements for Mr. Ben-Natan or Mr. Harshman. 

A press release announcing the CEO transition is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated into this Item 5.02 by reference.