---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-022564"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VSAT"
cik: "0000797721"
company_name: "VIASAT INC"
filed_at: "2026-01-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T08:13:37.640513+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Viasat subsidiary secures $188.7M Ex-Im Bank facility for ViaSat-3 F1 satellite; repays $300M Inmarsat loan

## Summary
- Ex-Im Bank credit facility of $188.7M; $175.8M to finance 85% of ViaSat-3 F1 costs and $12.9M for exposure fees.
- Interest rate fixed at 4.63% per annum (CIRR); 16 semi-annual repayments starting May 2026, maturing Nov 2033.
- Facility secured by first-priority liens on ViaSat-2 satellite, related contracts, and pledge of VTL stock.
- Covenants include max total leverage ratio and min interest coverage ratio; standard events of default apply.
- On Nov 21, 2025, Viasat repaid early $300M principal plus accrued interest on Inmarsat's original term loan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-022564
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VSAT
- cik: 0000797721
- company_name: VIASAT INC
- filed_at: 2026-01-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/797721/000119312526022564/0001193125-26-022564-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/797721/000119312526022564/d232462d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  VIASAT INC entered into Ex-Im Credit Facility with Export-Import Bank of the United States valued at $188.7 million (effective 2026-01-21).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: credit facility
  - Counterparty: Export-Import Bank of the United States
  - Value: $188.7 million
  - Effective: 2026-01-21
  source text: On January 21, 2026, Viasat, Inc. (“Viasat”) and ViaSat Technologies Limited, a company organized under the laws of England and a wholly owned subsidiary of Viasat (“VTL”), entered into a Credit Agreement (the “Ex-Im Credit Facility”) by and among VTL, as borrower, Viasat, as guarantor, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as Ex-Im Facility Agent, and the Export-Import Bank of the United States (“Ex-Im Bank”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/797721/000119312526022564/0001193125-26-022564-index.htm

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