Company: VSAT
Filing Date: 2025-07-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-165436
Chunk: 150

Company: VIASAT INC
Filing Date: 2025-07-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 150
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 Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, and/or (B) any Employee who is a citizen or resident of a foreign jurisdiction (without regard to whether they are also a U.S. citizen or a resident alien (within the meaning of Section 7701(b)(1)(A) of the Code)) if either (1) the grant of the Option is prohibited under the laws of the jurisdiction governing such Employee, or (2) compliance with the laws of the foreign jurisdiction would cause the Section 423 Component, any Offering or the Option to violate the requirements of Section 423 of the Code; providedthat any exclusion in clauses (A), and/or (B) shall be applied in an identical manner under each Offering to all Employees of the Participating Companies in such Offering, in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.423-2(e). (iv) With respect to the Non-Section423 Component, all of the foregoing rules shall apply in determining who is an “Eligible Employee,” except (A) the Administrator may limit eligibility further within a Participating Company so as to only designate some Employees of a Participating Company as Eligible Employees, and (B) to the extent the foregoing eligibility rules are not consistent with applicable local laws. (i) “Employee” means an individual who renders services to a Participating Company in the status of an employee within the meaning of Section 3401(c) of the Code. “Employee” shall not include any independent contractor or director of the Company or a Participating Company who does not render services to the Company or a Participating Company in the status of an employee within the meaning of Section 3401(c) of the Code. A Participant shall be deemed to have ceased to be an Employee either upon the Participant ceasing to provide services as an employee or upon the Subsidiary Corporation or Affiliate employing the Participant ceasing to be a Participating Company. The Company shall determine in good faith and in the exercise of its discretion whether an individual has become or has ceased to be an Employee and the effective date of such individual’s attainment or termination of such status. For purposes of an individual’s participation in, or other rights under the Plan, all such determinations by the Company shall be final, binding and conclusive, notwithstanding that any court of law or governmental agency subsequently makes a contrary determination. (j) “Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. (k) “Exercise Date” means, with respect to any