Company: VSAT
Filing Date: 2025-07-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-165436
Chunk: 64

Company: VIASAT INC
Filing Date: 2025-07-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 64
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 established goals, leadership qualities, individual contributions, operational results, business responsibilities, experience, career with the company, current compensation arrangements and long-term potential to enhance stockholder value. While competitive compensation market data paid by other companies is one of the many factors the Committee considers in assessing the reasonableness of compensation, we do not attempt to maintain a certain target percentile within a peer group or otherwise rely entirely on that data to determine executive officer compensation. Instead, we incorporate flexibility into our executive compensation program and in the assessment process to respond to and adjust for the evolving business environment. We strive to achieve an appropriate mix between long-term equity awards and cash payments to meet our objectives and an apportionment goal is not applied rigidly and does not control our compensation decisions. Our mix of compensation components is designed to reward results, align compensation with stockholder interests and fairly compensate our executive officers through a combination of cash and long-term equity awards.

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION • Compensation Discussion and Analysis Components of Our Compensation Program The components of our executive compensation program are the following: base salary, annual bonuses, long-term incentive compensation in the form of equity awards and certain other benefits that are generally available to all our employees. Base Salary. In evaluating base salaries, the Committee primarily considers (1) executive compensation survey results from Radford, which generally reports a compensation range for each position, (2) compensation data of our peer group companies prepared and analyzed by its compensation consultant, and (3) individual performance and contributions. In evaluating individual executive performance and contributions, the Committee considers to what extent the executive officer:

| • |     | sustains a high level of performance, |

| • |     | demonstrates leadership and success in contributing toward Viasat’s achievement of key business and financial objectives, |

| • |     | contributes significantly to the development and execution of Viasat’s long-term strategy, |

| • |     | has a proven ability to help create stockholder value, and |

| • |     | possesses highly developed skills and abilities critical to Viasat’s success. |

The following table sets forth the base salaries for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 for each of our Named Executive Officers. Fiscal Year 2024 and Fiscal Year 2025 Base Salaries

| Executive             |     | Fiscal Year End 2024    Base Salary ($) |     |           |     | Fiscal Year End 2025    Base Salary ($) |