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ViaSat (VSAT): executive pay, fiscal 2026
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Summary compensation table
No Summary Compensation Table is on file for fiscal year 2026.
Equity grants and outstanding awards
Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2026
| Executive | Award | Grant date | Threshold | Target | Granted | Maximum | Grant-date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrett Chase | RSU | 2025-08-17 | — | — | 78,750 | — | $2,134,125 |
| Craig Miller | RSU | 2025-08-17 | — | — | 45,940 | — | 1,244,974 |
| Girish Chandran | PSU | 2025-08-17 | 11,485 | 22,970 | — | 45,940 | 758,929 |
| Mark Dankberg | PSU | 2025-08-17 | 59,065 | 118,130 | — | 236,260 | 3,903,015 |
| Robert Blair | PSU | 2025-08-17 | 11,485 | 22,970 | — | 45,940 | 758,929 |
| Mark Dankberg | RSU | 2025-08-17 | — | — | 236,250 | — | 6,402,375 |
| Robert Blair | RSU | 2025-08-17 | — | — | 45,940 | — | 1,244,974 |
| Girish Chandran | RSU | 2025-08-17 | — | — | 45,940 | — | 1,244,974 |
| Garrett Chase | RSU | 2025-12-04 | — | — | 63,000 | — | 2,213,820 |
| Garrett Chase | PSU | 2025-08-17 | 19,690 | 39,380 | — | 78,760 | 1,301,115 |
| Craig Miller | PSU | 2025-08-17 | 11,485 | 22,970 | — | 45,940 | 758,929 |
Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type
| Named executive officer | Time-vested (RSU) | Performance-vested (PSU) | Options / SARs | % performance-vested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrett Chase | $4,347,945 | $1,301,115 | $0 | 23.0% |
| Craig Miller | 1,244,974 | 758,929 | 0 | 37.9% |
| Girish Chandran | 1,244,974 | 758,929 | 0 | 37.9% |
| Mark Dankberg | 6,402,375 | 3,903,015 | 0 | 37.9% |
| Robert Blair | 1,244,974 | 758,929 | 0 | 37.9% |
% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.
Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2026
| Executive | Award | Shares unvested | Exercise price | Market value unvested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chandran | Option | 7,136 | 15.96 | — |
| Chandran | RSU | 7,362 | — | 337,180 |
| Blair | RSU | 7,362 | — | 337,180 |
| Miller | RSU | 8,834 | — | 404,597 |
| Chandran | PSU | 9,470 | — | 433,726 |
| Blair | PSU | 9,470 | — | 433,726 |
| Miller | PSU | 11,141 | — | 510,258 |
| Miller | Option | 11,893 | 15.96 | — |
| Blair | Option | 11,893 | 15.96 | — |
| Chandran | RSU | 12,499 | — | 572,454 |
| Blair | RSU | 12,499 | — | 572,454 |
| Miller | RSU | 14,706 | — | 673,535 |
| Chandran | RSU | 16,666 | — | 763,303 |
| Blair | RSU | 16,666 | — | 763,303 |
| Miller | RSU | 19,608 | — | 898,046 |
| Chandran | PSU | 22,970 | — | 1,052,026 |
| Miller | PSU | 22,970 | — | 1,052,026 |
| Blair | PSU | 22,970 | — | 1,052,026 |
| Dankberg | Option | 35,680 | 15.96 | — |
| Chase | PSU | 39,380 | — | 1,803,604 |
| Dankberg | RSU | 42,021 | — | 1,924,562 |
| Chandran | RSU | 45,940 | — | 2,104,052 |
| Miller | RSU | 45,940 | — | 2,104,052 |
| Blair | RSU | 45,940 | — | 2,104,052 |
| Chase | RSU | 52,095 | — | 2,385,951 |
| Dankberg | PSU | 52,919 | — | 2,423,690 |
| Chase | PSU | 59,199 | — | 2,711,314 |
| Chase | RSU | 62,514 | — | 2,863,141 |
| Chase | RSU | 63,000 | — | 2,885,400 |
| Dankberg | RSU | 69,852 | — | 3,199,222 |
| Chase | RSU | 78,750 | — | 3,606,750 |
| Dankberg | RSU | 93,137 | — | 4,265,675 |
| Dankberg | PSU | 118,130 | — | 5,410,354 |
| Dankberg | RSU | 236,250 | — | 10,820,250 |
Director compensation
No director compensation table is on file for fiscal year 2026.
Peer group, and who names ViaSat as a peer
Companies that benchmark against VSAT
19 companies name VSAT as a compensation peer
The list of companies that name VSAT as a peer is temporarily unavailable — recheck shortly.
Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2026
The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.
Peer reciprocity
Of the companies ViaSat names as compensation peers, which name it back in their own disclosed peer groups. A peer set the market reciprocates reads differently from one selected in a single direction.
Reciprocity shown where the peer’s own current proxy has been read — each mark is cited in the register to that peer’s filing. A dash means the peer’s current proxy was read and names no reciprocal group including ViaSat.
Chief executive pay against the peer group
Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company’s own proxy statement.
| Rank | Company | FY | Chief executive | Salary | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Coherent Corp | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | Ciena Corporation | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | Equinix Inc | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | Fabrinet | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | Akamai Technologies Inc | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | F5, Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | Fortinet, Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | Extreme Networks, Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | Gen Digital, Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | Lumentum Holdings Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | Transdigm Group Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | IAC/Interactivecorp | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | SBA Communications Corp | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | Nutanix, Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | Viavi Solutions Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | Palo Alto Networks Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | PTC Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | Rackspace Technology, Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | RingCentral, Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
Each peer’s compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer’s figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.
Incentive design against the same peers
| Company | Annual incentive payout | Long-term vehicle mix | PSU measures include TSR | Compensation consultant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ViaSat | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Akamai Technologies Inc | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Ciena Corporation | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Coherent Corp | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Equinix Inc | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Extreme Networks, Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| F5, Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Fabrinet | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Fortinet, Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Gen Digital, Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| IAC/Interactivecorp | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Lumentum Holdings Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Nutanix, Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Palo Alto Networks Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| PTC Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Rackspace Technology, Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| RingCentral, Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| SBA Communications Corp | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Transdigm Group Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Viavi Solutions Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
Read from each company’s Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company’s filing does not state the item.
Say-on-pay history and pay ratio
| Meeting year | Meeting date | For | Against | Abstain | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-09-03 | 111,567,560 | 2,768,292 | 559,033 | 97.58% | Passed |
| 2025 | 2025-09-04 | 94,363,820 | 4,413,521 | 1,200,588 | 95.53% | Passed |
| 2024 | 2024-09-05 | 82,772,713 | 19,517,898 | 311,576 | 80.92% | Passed |
| 2024 | 2024-09-05 | 82,772,713 | 19,517,898 | 311,576 | 80.92% | Passed |
| 2023 | 2023-09-07 | 91,663,424 | 3,238,750 | 315,136 | 96.59% | Passed |
| 2022 | 2022-09-01 | 53,992,311 | 4,718,720 | 148,550 | 91.96% | Passed |
Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year’s compensation.
Say-on-pay — history, company’s computation
| Meeting year | Meeting date | Approval — company’s computation |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-09-03 | 97.58%a |
| 2025 | 2025-09-04 | 95.53%b |
| 2024 | 2024-09-05 | 80.92%c |
a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.
b. Voting standard not stated in the filing.
c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “In tabulating the voting results for each proposal, neither abstentions nor shares that constitute broker non-votes are considered votes cast on that proposal. Because abstentions and broker non-votes will not be considered votes cast, abstentions and broker non-votes will not affect the outcome of any matter being voted on at the meeting, assuming that a quorum is obtained.”.
Approval percentages are the company’s own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.
CEO pay ratio
| Ratio (CEO : median employee) | 63 : 1 |
|---|---|
| CEO total compensation | — |
| Median employee compensation | $225,659 |
Insider trades since the proxy
No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.
Sources (16 citations)
Each figure is listed with the filing it comes from, where it appears in that filing, and the value as printed. Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.
- Section 03, Garrett Chase RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-27. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal Year 2026” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Craig Miller RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-27. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal Year 2026” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Girish Chandran PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-27. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal Year 2026” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Mark Dankberg PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-27. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal Year 2026” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Robert Blair PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-27. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal Year 2026” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Mark Dankberg RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-27. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal Year 2026” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Robert Blair RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-27. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal Year 2026” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Girish Chandran RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-27. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal Year 2026” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Garrett Chase RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-27. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal Year 2026” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Garrett Chase PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-27. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal Year 2026” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Craig Miller PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-27. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal Year 2026” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 07, pay ratio. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-27. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 63 : 1. View filing ↗
- Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-09-04. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 97.58% (votes for as printed: 111,567,560). View filing ↗
- Section 06, 2025 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2025-09-05. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 95.53% (votes for as printed: 94,363,820). View filing ↗
- Section 06, 2024 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2024-09-09. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 80.92% (votes for as printed: 82,772,713). View filing ↗
- Section 03b vehicle mix (computed). Computed. RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).