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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-215312"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VSAT"
cik: "0000797721"
company_name: "VIASAT INC"
filed_at: "2024-09-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T05:59:15.512895+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Viasat stockholders approve equity plan amendment adding 3.43M shares; Board adopts inducement plan

## Summary
- Stockholders approved amendment to 1996 Equity Participation Plan: share reserve increased by 3,430,000 to 59,401,000 shares; ISO grant period extended to 2034.
- Board adopted 2024 Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan, reserving 377,500 shares for new-hire inducement grants under Nasdaq Rule 5635(c)(4).
- Class I Directors elected: John Stenbit (80.2M for, 22.4M withheld), Andrew Sukawaty (101.1M for), Theresa Wise (101.0M for).
- Ratification of PwC as independent auditor for FY2025 approved: 114.2M for, 0.9M against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed: 82.8M for, 19.5M against, 0.3M abstentions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-215312
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VSAT
- cik: 0000797721
- company_name: VIASAT INC
- filed_at: 2024-09-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/797721/000119312524215312/0001193125-24-215312-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/797721/000119312524215312/d883674d8k.htm

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