---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000851310-24-000028"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HLIT"
cik: "0000851310"
company_name: "HARMONIC INC."
filed_at: "2024-04-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T01:37:39.603720+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Harmonic CEO Patrick Harshman to retire; Nimrod Ben-Natan appointed as CEO; Q1 revenue guidance $121-123M

## Summary
- Patrick Harshman retiring as CEO effective June 11, 2024; Nimrod Ben-Natan, SVP/GM Broadband, appointed successor.
- Board concludes Video business strategic review; no sale under current conditions; will focus on profitable growth.
- Updated Q1 2024 revenue guidance: total $121-123M, Broadband $78.5-79.5M, Video $42.5-43.5M.
- Investor Day planned for mid-June 2024 to discuss long-term strategy and growth plans.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000851310-24-000028
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HLIT
- cik: 0000851310
- company_name: HARMONIC INC.
- filed_at: 2024-04-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851310/000085131024000028/0000851310-24-000028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851310/000085131024000028/hlit-20240408.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000851310-24-000028
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000851310-24-000028.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000851310-24-000028.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  HARMONIC INC. reported first quarter 2024 results: revenue $121 million to $123 million. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: first quarter 2024
  - Revenue: $121 million to $123 million
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: Harmonic management expects total Company first quarter 2024 revenue to be in the range of $121 million to $123 million.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851310/000085131024000028/0000851310-24-000028-index.htm
- Executive change
  Nimrod Ben-Natan was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at HARMONIC INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: 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.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851310/000085131024000028/0000851310-24-000028-index.htm
- Executive change
  Patrick Harshman departed as President and Chief Executive Officer at HARMONIC INC..
  - Action: will retire
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Patrick Harshman, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), will retire as CEO, effective as of June 11, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851310/000085131024000028/0000851310-24-000028-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.