{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001193125-25-185295","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"VSAT","cik":"0000797721","company_name":"VIASAT INC","filed_at":"2025-08-21T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:02:46.399582+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-17T10:59:55.170655+00:00","sec_items":["5.02"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.55,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.55,"confidence":"high","headline":"Viasat President Commercial Services James Dodd to retire effective Nov 1, 2025","bullets":["James Dodd, SVP and President, Commercial Services, will retire on or about November 1, 2025.","He will continue as a non-executive employee through December 31, 2025, per his severance agreement.","Upon termination, Dodd is eligible for separation benefits under the previously filed severance agreement.","No successor named in the filing; the company has not announced a replacement."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-185295","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-185295.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-185295.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-185295.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/797721/000119312525185295/0001193125-25-185295-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/797721/000119312525185295/d948130d8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-17T10:59:55.170655+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}