Company: VSAT
Filing Date: 2025-07-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-165436
Chunk: 62

Company: VIASAT INC
Filing Date: 2025-07-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 62
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In evaluating our peer group for fiscal year 2025, the Committee made several changes from our fiscal year 2024 peer group, including removing Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc., Splunk, Inc. and Wolfspeed, Inc. and adding Fabrinet, Fortinet, Inc. and Gen Digital Inc. The Committee made these changes to increase our alignment with peer group companies from an industry and size perspective. The resulting peer group for fiscal year 2025 was comprised of companies with revenues

| 2025 Proxy Statement   41 |

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION •Compensation Discussion and Analysis generally ranging within 0.5x and 2.5x of Viasat’s revenues for the most recently completed fiscal year, with Viasat placing in approximately the 58 thpercentile among the nineteen peer group companies, based on the data available to the Committee at the time the peer group was selected. Individual Performance and Contributions. The Committee assesses individual executive performance and contributions. The individual performance assessments made by the Committee are based in part on input from executive management. As part of our executive compensation process, our Chief Executive Officer provides input to the Committee on the individual performance and contributions of our executive officers other than himself. With respect to assessing the individual performance of our Chief Executive Officer, the Committee relies on an annual assessment completed by our Nomination, Evaluation and Corporate Governance Committee. While the Committee believes input from management and outside advisors is valuable, the Committee makes its recommendations and decisions based on its independent analysis and assessment. Company Financial and Operational Performance. A major component of our executive compensation program is the belief that a significant amount of executive compensation should be based on performance, including company financial and operational performance. These financial and operational performance metrics are important factors considered by the Committee in determining base salary, annual bonuses and equity awards. Company Strategic Positioning. Given the