VIASAT INC — Director's Dealing 2011

Dec 8, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: VIASAT INC (VSAT)
CIK: 0000797721
Period of Report: 2011-12-06

Reporting Person: HART STEVEN R (Chief Technical Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-12-06	$.0001 par value common stock	M	20000	$13.16	Acquired	20000	Direct
2011-12-06	$.0001 par value common stock	S	7000	$47.4318	Disposed	13000	Direct
2011-12-06	$.0001 par value common stock	G	13000	$0.00	Disposed	0	Direct
2011-12-06	$.0001 par value common stock	G	13000	$0.00	Acquired	647996	Indirect

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-12-06	stock options	$13.16	M	20000	Disposed	2011-12-11	common stock (20000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
$.0001 par value common stock	1010	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $47.41 to $47.49, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Issuer, any security holder of Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote.

F2: The commion stock option was granted to Steven R. Hart, an officer of ViaSat, Inc. Upon exercise the net shares were contributed to the Hart Family Trust.

F3: The options originally vested in five (5) equal annual installments beginning on December 11, 2002 and were accelerated and fully vested on March 30, 2006.