VIASAT INC — Director's Dealing 2016

Dec 20, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: VIASAT INC (VSAT)
CIK: 0000797721
Period of Report: 2016-12-17

Reporting Person: BALDRIDGE RICHARD A (Director, Chief Operating Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-12-17	$.0001 par value common stock	M	7917	$0.00	Acquired	7917	Direct
2016-12-17	$.0001 par value common stock	F	4132	$68.60	Disposed	4132	Direct
2016-12-17	$.0001 par value common stock	G	4132	$0.00	Disposed	154137	Indirect

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-12-17	restricted stock unit	$0.00	M	7917	Disposed		common stock (7917)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
$.0001 par value common stock	2069	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: This entry represents the number of shares of ViaSat, Inc. common stock withheld by the Issuer to satisfy the tax withholding obligation of the Reporting Person. These shares were not sold by the Reporting Person but were instead offset from the total number of vested shares received by the Reporting Person from the Issuer.

F2: The restricted stock unit was granted to Richard Baldridge, an officer of ViaSat, Inc. Upon vesting the shares were contributed to The Baldridge Family Trust.

F3: The original deferred restricted stock unit grant was for 31,667 restricted stock units on 11/17/2015. Subject to the reporting person's election to defer the receipt of common stock, the units vest and convert into shares of common stock of the Issuer at a rate of 1/4 on the 13th month anniversary of the grant date; 1/4th on the second anniversary of the grant date; 1/4th on the third anniversary of the grant date and 1/4 on the fourth anniversary of the grant date.

F4: Until vested, the restricted stock unit shall be subject to forfeiture in the event of termination of employment or service with the issuer.