VSAT: Other company developments

Item 8.01. Other Events. On November 3, 2026, the Compensation and Human Resources Committee (“CHRC”) of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Viasat, Inc. (the “Company”) adopted the Viasat Value Creation Incentive Program (“V-CIP”). The V-CIP provides for the grant of long-term performance-based equity awards and its adoption coincides with our 40 th anniversary, the advancement of our operating plan and the strategic review on which it was developed. The Board intends to motivate participants to create long-term stockholder value through meaningful stock price appreciation. No allocations or awards under the V-CIP have been made. The CHRC intends to approve V-CIP awards in December 2026 and expects to allocate a significant portion of the shares underlying the V-CIP to Mark Dankberg, our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, given his ongoing leadership and expected contributions to our success in creating significant value for our stockholders over the next four years. The V-CIP was developed based, in part, on feedback from stockholder engagement over the past several months, in which stockholders suggested that key contributors’ compensation be closely and meaningfully aligned with stock price appreciation and stockholder value creation. The CHRC developed the V-CIP after an extended deliberative process to (i) significantly strengthen key contributors’ incentives and align their interests with those of the Company’s other stockholders, (ii) help ensure their continued retention and contributions over the performance period and (iii) link a substantial component of compensation opportunities to rigorous stock price hurdles that can be met only by creating meaningful stockholder value. The CHRC’s independent compensation consultant, Compensia, advise