Company: VSAT
Filing Date: 2025-07-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-165436
Chunk: 103

Company: VIASAT INC
Filing Date: 2025-07-25
Form: DEF 14A
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 reflected in the table above, but information regarding such shares is set forth in footnotes 6 and 7 below. |

In September 2024, the Board adopted the 2024 Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan (the “Inducement Plan”). The terms of the Inducement Plan are substantially similar to the terms of the 1996 Equity Participation Plan of Viasat, Inc. with the exception that incentive stock options may not be issued under the Inducement Plan and awards under the Inducement Plan may only be issued to eligible recipients under the applicable Nasdaq rules. The Inducement Plan was adopted by the Board without shareholder approval pursuant to the Nasdaq listing rules. The Board reserved 377,500 shares for issuance pursuant to awards granted under the Inducement Plan. In accordance with Nasdaq listing rules, awards under the Inducement Plan may only be made to an employee who is commencing employment with the Company or any subsidiary or who is being rehired following a bona fide interruption of employment by the Company

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION •Equity Compensation Plan Information or any subsidiary, in either case if he or she is granted such award in connection with his or her commencement of employment with the Company or a subsidiary and such grant is an inducement material to his or her entering into employment with the Company or such subsidiary.

| (6) | Includes outstanding restricted stock units and performance stock units under the Inducement Plan. Performance-based awards are included at “target” levels. |

28,718 shares may be issued upon the exercise of outstanding options and restricted stock units under the RigNet Plans as follows: (i) RigNet, Inc. 2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan, 6,496 shares; and (ii) RigNet 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan, 22,222 shares. As described in footnote (5) above, these shares are not included in the table above.

| (7) | The weighted average exercise price of options granted under the RigNet Plans is $65.13. The weighted average exercise price does not take into account the shares subject to outstanding restricted stock units under the RigNet Plans, which have no exercise price. There are no options outstanding under the Inducement Plan. |

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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS Review and Approval of Related Party Transactions The Audit Committee (