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HARMONIC INC (HLIT) (CIK 0000851310)
Date: Nov. 3, 2023 · CIK: 0000851310 · Accession: 0000851310-23-000099
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File numbers found in text: 000-25826
Referenced dates: October 23, 2023
Letter
Re: Harmonic Inc. Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 Filed February 28, 2023 File No. 000-25826
Document
November 3, 2023
VIA EDGAR SUBMISSION
Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance Office of Manufacturing 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Eiko Yaoita Pyles Andrew Blume
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of Harmonic Inc. (the “Company”), we are responding to the comment of the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Staff”) contained in its letter dated October 23, 2023, to Walter Jankovic, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, regarding the above referenced Form 10-K (the “Form 10-K”) filed on February 28, 2023 (File No. 000-25826).
In this letter, we have recited the comment from the staff in bold and italicized type and have followed each comment with the Company's response. References to “we,” “our” or “us” mean the Company or its advisors, as the context may require.
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 4: Revenue, page 60
1.We note your response to prior comment 5. Your disclosures on page 36 indicate that the "Appliance and integration" revenue category "includes hardware, licenses and professional services" and that the "SaaS and service" revenue category "includes usage fees for our SaaS platform and support services." We further note that management makes several references to hardware, software, and SaaS revenues during the second quarter 2023 earnings call. Please tell us your consideration of separately disclosing revenues related to your hardware, software, and service offerings or similar categories. In doing so, identify all specific revenues categories regularly provided to your chief operating decision maker. In addition to ASC 606-10-50-5 and ASC 606-10-55-89 through 55-91, also see ASC 280-10-50-40.
Harmonic Inc. 2590 Orchard Parkway, San Jose, CA 95131 T +1 408 542 2500 F +1 408 542 2511 harmonicinc.com
The Company respectfully advises the Staff that it has considered the guidance under ASC 606-10-50-5, ASC 606-10-55-89 through 55-91 and ASC 280-10-50-40. Accordingly, the Company will enhance the footnotes to the consolidated financial statements in its future filings, beginning with the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three and nine months ending September 29, 2023, to contain additional quantitative disclosure of total revenues disaggregated by type.
Disclosure included in Note 10, "Segment Information" of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements on page 16 of the Company's Form 10-Q for the Quarterly Period Ended September 29, 2023.
Disaggregation of Revenues
The following table provides a summary of total revenues disaggregated by type:
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
(in thousands) September 29, 2023 September 30, 2022 September 29, 2023 September 30, 2022
Product sales $ 76,133 $ 105,602 $ 283,551 $ 313,390
Professional services 8,627 10,839 27,130 37,903
Total Appliance and integration 84,760 116,441 310,681 351,293
SaaS 12,540 8,862 37,707 24,168
Support services 29,903 30,435 92,427 85,162
Total SaaS and services 42,443 39,297 130,134 109,330
Total revenue $ 127,203 $ 155,738 $ 440,815 $ 460,623
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Please direct your any questions or comments with respect to the Company's responses to me at (408) 490-6063. Thank you for your assistance.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Timothy Chu
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November 3, 2023
VIA EDGAR SUBMISSION
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Manufacturing
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Eiko Yaoita Pyles
Andrew Blume
Re: Harmonic Inc.
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022
Filed February 28, 2023
File No. 000-25826
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of Harmonic Inc. (the “Company”), we are responding to the comment of the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Staff”) contained in its letter dated October 23, 2023, to Walter Jankovic, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, regarding the above referenced Form 10-K (the “Form 10-K”) filed on February 28, 2023 (File No. 000-25826).
In this letter, we have recited the comment from the staff in bold and italicized type and have followed each comment with the Company's response. References to “we,” “our” or “us” mean the Company or its advisors, as the context may require.
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 4: Revenue, page 60
1.We note your response to prior comment 5. Your disclosures on page 36 indicate that the "Appliance and integration" revenue category "includes hardware, licenses and professional services" and that the "SaaS and service" revenue category "includes usage fees for our SaaS platform and support services." We further note that management makes several references to hardware, software, and SaaS revenues during the second quarter 2023 earnings call. Please tell us your consideration of separately disclosing revenues related to your hardware, software, and service offerings or similar categories. In doing so, identify all specific revenues categories regularly provided to your chief operating decision maker. In addition to ASC 606-10-50-5 and ASC 606-10-55-89 through 55-91, also see ASC 280-10-50-40.
Harmonic Inc. 2590 Orchard Parkway, San Jose, CA 95131 T +1 408 542 2500 F +1 408 542 2511 harmonicinc.com
The Company respectfully advises the Staff that it has considered the guidance under ASC 606-10-50-5, ASC 606-10-55-89 through 55-91 and ASC 280-10-50-40. Accordingly, the Company will enhance the footnotes to the consolidated financial statements in its future filings, beginning with the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three and nine months ending September 29, 2023, to contain additional quantitative disclosure of total revenues disaggregated by type.
Disclosure included in Note 10, "Segment Information" of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements on page 16 of the Company's Form 10-Q for the Quarterly Period Ended September 29, 2023.
Disaggregation of Revenues
The following table provides a summary of total revenues disaggregated by type:
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
(in thousands) September 29, 2023 September 30, 2022 September 29, 2023 September 30, 2022
Product sales $ 76,133 $ 105,602 $ 283,551 $ 313,390
Professional services 8,627 10,839 27,130 37,903
Total Appliance and integration 84,760 116,441 310,681 351,293
SaaS 12,540 8,862 37,707 24,168
Support services 29,903 30,435 92,427 85,162
Total SaaS and services 42,443 39,297 130,134 109,330
Total revenue $ 127,203 $ 155,738 $ 440,815 $ 460,623
*****
Please direct your any questions or comments with respect to the Company's responses to me at (408) 490-6063. Thank you for your assistance.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Timothy Chu
Timothy Chu
General Counsel, SVP HR and Corporate Secretary
cc: Patrick Harshman, Harmonic Inc.
Walter Jankovic, Harmonic Inc.
Robert G. Day, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
Andrew S. Gillman, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
Harmonic Inc. 2590 Orchard Parkway, San Jose, CA 95131 T +1 408 542 2500 F +1 408 542 2511 harmonicinc.com