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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;30, 2006</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333- </B>________
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 5pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 5pt"><B>ViaSat, Inc.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
Incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>33-0174996</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 5pt"><B>6155 El Camino Real<BR>
Carlsbad, California 92009</B><BR>
(Address, including zip code, of Registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 5pt"><B>Efficient Channel Coding, Inc. 2000 Long Term Incentive Plan</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">(Full Title of the Plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 5pt"><B>Gregory D. Monahan<BR>
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
ViaSat, Inc.<BR>
6155 El Camino Real<BR>
Carlsbad, California 92009<BR>
(760)&nbsp;476-2200</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 16pt">(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,<BR>
Including Area Code for Agent for Service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 5pt"><B>Copies to:<BR>
Thomas A. Edwards, Esq.<BR>
Craig M. Garner, Esq.<BR>
Latham &#038; Watkins LLP<BR>
600 West Broadway, Suite&nbsp;1800<BR>
San Diego, California 92101<BR>
(619)&nbsp;236-1234</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Amount</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $0.0001 par value</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock which become issuable under
the above-named plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any
other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an
increase in the number of our outstanding shares of common stock .</TD>
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    <TD>This estimate is made pursuant to Rule 457(h) solely for purposes of calculating the
registration fee, and is based on the weighted average exercise price of the options granted
under the above-named plan.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Proposed sales to take place as soon after the effective date of this Registration Statement<BR>
as awards granted under the above-named plan are granted, exercised and/or distributed.</B>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">EXPLANATORY NOTE</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#004">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;3. <U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</U>.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;4. <U>Description of Securities</U>.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;5. <U>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</U>.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;6. <U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U>.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;7. <U>Exemption from Registration Claimed</U>.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item&nbsp;8. <U>Exhibits</U>.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#011">Item&nbsp;9. <U>Undertakings</U>.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#013">POWER OF ATTORNEY</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 relates to the issuance of up to 23,408 shares of
common stock of ViaSat, Inc. in connection with its assumption of the Efficient Channel Coding,
Inc. 2000 Long Term Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). In December&nbsp;2005, ViaSat, Inc. acquired Efficient
Channel Coding, Inc. In connection with the acquisition, ViaSat, Inc. assumed all of the options
then outstanding under the Plan, which options became exercisable for shares of the common stock of
ViaSat, Inc.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. </B><U><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B></U><B>.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) allows us to incorporate by
reference the information we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information
to you by referring to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is an important
part of this Registration Statement, and information that we file later with the Commission will
automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference the following
documents we have filed, or may file, with the Commission:
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    <TD>Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April&nbsp;1, 2005, filed
by us with the Commission on June&nbsp;10, 2005.</TD>
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    <TD>Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2005,
filed by us with the Commission on November&nbsp;7, 2005.</TD>
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    <TD>Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on November&nbsp;22, 2005,
May&nbsp;13, 2005 and May&nbsp;12, 2005.</TD>
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    <TD>The description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on
Form 8-A filed by us with the Commission on November&nbsp;20, 1996, under Section 12(g) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities covered hereby then remaining unsold are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and are a part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute part of this Registration Statement. Under no
circumstances will any information filed under former items 9 or 12 of Form 8-K or current items
2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K be deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such Form 8-K expressly
provides to the contrary.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. </B><U><B>Description of Securities</B></U><B>.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. </B><U><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</B></U><B>.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. </B><U><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B></U><B>.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our officers and directors are covered by certain provisions of the Delaware General
Corporations Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;), our certificate of incorporation, our bylaws and insurance policies
that serve to limit and, in certain instances, to indemnify them against certain liabilities that
they may incur in such capacities. We are not aware of any claim or proceeding in the last three
years, or any threatened claim, that would have been or would be covered by these provisions. These
various provisions are described below.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In June&nbsp;1986, Delaware enacted legislation that authorizes corporations to limit or eliminate
the personal liability of directors to corporations and their stockholders for monetary damages for
breach of directors&#146; fiduciary duty of care. This duty of care requires that, when acting on behalf
of the corporation, directors must exercise an informed business judgment based on all significant
information reasonably available to them. Absent the limitations now authorized by such
legislation, directors are accountable to corporations and their stockholders for monetary damages
for conduct constituting negligence or gross negligence in the exercise of their duty of care.
Although the statute does not change directors&#146; duty of care, it enables corporations to limit
available relief to equitable remedies such as injunction or rescission. Our certificate of
incorporation limits the liability of our directors to us or our stockholders (in their capacity as
directors but not in their capacity as officers) to the fullest extent permitted by such
legislation. Specifically, our directors will not be personally liable for monetary damages for
breach of a director&#146;s fiduciary duty as director, except for liability: (1)&nbsp;for any breach of the
director&#146;s duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders, (2)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith
or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3)&nbsp;for unlawful payments of
dividends or unlawful share repurchases or redemptions as provided in Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL, or
(4)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As a Delaware corporation, we have the power, under specified circumstances generally
requiring the director or officer to act in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believes to be
in or not opposed to our best interests, to indemnify our directors and officers in connection with
actions, suits or proceedings brought against them by a third party or in our name, by reason of
the fact that they were or are such directors or officers, against expenses, judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement in connection with any such action, suit or proceeding. The bylaws
generally provide for mandatory indemnification of our directors and officers to the full extent
provided by Delaware corporate law. In addition, we have entered into indemnification agreements
with our directors and officers that generally provide for mandatory indemnification under
circumstances for which indemnification would otherwise be discretionary under Delaware law.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of ViaSat,
or is or was a director or officer of ViaSat serving at the request of ViaSat as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee
benefit plan or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in
any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not we would have the power or
obligation to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of the bylaws.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. </B><U><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed</B></U><B>.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. </B><U><B>Exhibits</B></U><B>.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following are the exhibits required by Item&nbsp;601 of Regulation&nbsp;S-K:
</DIV>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Efficient Channel Coding, Inc. 2000 Long Term Incentive Plan.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Latham &#038; Watkins LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Latham &#038; Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement).</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. </B><U><B>Undertakings</B></U><B>.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;We hereby undertake:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement,
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;);
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of
the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof), which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
in the Registration Statement; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information
in the Registration Statement;
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed by us pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;We hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each filing of our annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement, relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by us of expenses incurred or paid by one of our directors, officers or controlling
persons in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, we will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Carlsbad, State of California, on this
January&nbsp;30, 2006.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>ViaSat, Inc.</B></FONT><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">By:</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Ronald G. Wangerin&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Ronald G. Wangerin&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Vice President, CFO&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints Mark D. Dankberg and Ronald G. Wangerin, and each of them acting
individually, as his or her attorney-in-fact, each with full power of substitution, for him or her
in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form
S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or any substitute, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
</DIV>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Mark D. Dankberg&nbsp;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Mark D. Dankberg</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
<I>(Principal Executive Officer)</I>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January 30, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Ronald G. Wangerin
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ronald G. Wangerin</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
<I>(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</I>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January 30, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Robert W. Johnson&nbsp;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert W. Johnson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January 30, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Jeffrey M. Nash&nbsp;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jeffrey M. Nash</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January 30, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ B. Allen Lay&nbsp;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
B. Allen Lay</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January 30, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Michael B. Targoff&nbsp;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael B. Targoff</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January 30, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ John P. Stenbit&nbsp;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John P. Stenbit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January 30, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Harvey P. White&nbsp;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Harvey P. White</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January 30, 2006</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Efficient Channel Coding, Inc. 2000 Long Term Incentive Plan.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Latham &#038; Watkins LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Latham &#038; Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement).</TD>
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ViaSat, Inc.
Table of Contents
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 30, 2006
Registration No. 333-
________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ViaSat, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
Incorporation or organization)
33-0174996
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
6155 El Camino Real
Carlsbad, California 92009
(Address, including zip code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)
Efficient Channel Coding, Inc. 2000 Long Term Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Gregory D. Monahan
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
ViaSat, Inc.
6155 El Camino Real
Carlsbad, California 92009
(760) 476-2200
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code for Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Thomas A. Edwards, Esq.
Craig M. Garner, Esq.
Latham & Watkins LLP
600 West Broadway, Suite 1800
San Diego, California 92101
(619) 236-1234
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Maximum
Amount
Maximum
Amount of
Amount of
to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Registration
Title of Securities to be Registered
Registered
Per Share
Offering Price
Fee
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value
23,408
(1)
$
143,725
(2)
$
143,725
(2)
$
15.38
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock which become issuable under
the above-named plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any
other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an
increase in the number of our outstanding shares of common stock .
(2)
This estimate is made pursuant to Rule 457(h) solely for purposes of calculating the
registration fee, and is based on the weighted average exercise price of the options granted
under the above-named plan.
Proposed sales to take place as soon after the effective date of this Registration Statement
as awards granted under the above-named plan are granted, exercised and/or distributed.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
PART I
Item 1. Plan Information.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
PART II
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 4.1
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 relates to the issuance of up to 23,408 shares of
common stock of ViaSat, Inc. in connection with its assumption of the Efficient Channel Coding,
Inc. 2000 Long Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). In December 2005, ViaSat, Inc. acquired Efficient
Channel Coding, Inc. In connection with the acquisition, ViaSat, Inc. assumed all of the options
then outstanding under the Plan, which options became exercisable for shares of the common stock of
ViaSat, Inc.
PART I
Item 1. Plan Information.
Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") allows us to incorporate by
reference the information we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information
to you by referring to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is an important
part of this Registration Statement, and information that we file later with the Commission will
automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference the following
documents we have filed, or may file, with the Commission:
(1)
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 1, 2005, filed
by us with the Commission on June 10, 2005.
(2)
Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005,
filed by us with the Commission on November 7, 2005.
(3)
Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on November 22, 2005,
May 13, 2005 and May 12, 2005.
(4)
The description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on
Form 8-A filed by us with the Commission on November 20, 1996, under Section 12(g) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities covered hereby then remaining unsold are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and are a part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute part of this Registration Statement. Under no
circumstances will any information filed under former items 9 or 12 of Form 8-K or current items
2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K be deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such Form 8-K expressly
provides to the contrary.
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Item 4.
Description of Securities
.
Not Applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
Not Applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
Our officers and directors are covered by certain provisions of the Delaware General
Corporations Law (the "DGCL"), our certificate of incorporation, our bylaws and insurance policies
that serve to limit and, in certain instances, to indemnify them against certain liabilities that
they may incur in such capacities. We are not aware of any claim or proceeding in the last three
years, or any threatened claim, that would have been or would be covered by these provisions. These
various provisions are described below.
In June 1986, Delaware enacted legislation that authorizes corporations to limit or eliminate
the personal liability of directors to corporations and their stockholders for monetary damages for
breach of directors' fiduciary duty of care. This duty of care requires that, when acting on behalf
of the corporation, directors must exercise an informed business judgment based on all significant
information reasonably available to them. Absent the limitations now authorized by such
legislation, directors are accountable to corporations and their stockholders for monetary damages
for conduct constituting negligence or gross negligence in the exercise of their duty of care.
Although the statute does not change directors' duty of care, it enables corporations to limit
available relief to equitable remedies such as injunction or rescission. Our certificate of
incorporation limits the liability of our directors to us or our stockholders (in their capacity as
directors but not in their capacity as officers) to the fullest extent permitted by such
legislation. Specifically, our directors will not be personally liable for monetary damages for
breach of a director's fiduciary duty as director, except for liability: (1) for any breach of the
director's duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith
or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3) for unlawful payments of
dividends or unlawful share repurchases or redemptions as provided in Section 174 of the DGCL, or
(4) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
As a Delaware corporation, we have the power, under specified circumstances generally
requiring the director or officer to act in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believes to be
in or not opposed to our best interests, to indemnify our directors and officers in connection with
actions, suits or proceedings brought against them by a third party or in our name, by reason of
the fact that they were or are such directors or officers, against expenses, judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement in connection with any such action, suit or proceeding. The bylaws
generally provide for mandatory indemnification of our directors and officers to the full extent
provided by Delaware corporate law. In addition, we have entered into indemnification agreements
with our directors and officers that generally provide for mandatory indemnification under
circumstances for which indemnification would otherwise be discretionary under Delaware law.
We maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of ViaSat,
or is or was a director or officer of ViaSat serving at the request of ViaSat as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee
benefit plan or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in
any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not we would have the power or
obligation to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of the bylaws.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Not Applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
The following are the exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K:
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Exhibit
Number
4.1
Efficient Channel Coding, Inc. 2000 Long Term Incentive Plan.
5.1
Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm.
23.2
Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement).
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
(a) We hereby undertake:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement,
(i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act");
(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of
the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof), which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
in the Registration Statement; and
(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information
in the Registration Statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed by us pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) We hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each filing of our annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement, relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by us of expenses incurred or paid by one of our directors, officers or controlling
persons in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, we will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Carlsbad, State of California, on this
January 30, 2006.
ViaSat, Inc.
By:
/s/ Ronald G. Wangerin
Name:
Ronald G. Wangerin
Title:
Vice President, CFO
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints Mark D. Dankberg and Ronald G. Wangerin, and each of them acting
individually, as his or her attorney-in-fact, each with full power of substitution, for him or her
in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form
S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or any substitute, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Mark D. Dankberg
Mark D. Dankberg
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
(Principal Executive Officer)
January 30, 2006
/s/ Ronald G. Wangerin
Ronald G. Wangerin
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
January 30, 2006
/s/ Robert W. Johnson
Robert W. Johnson
Director
January 30, 2006
/s/ Jeffrey M. Nash
Jeffrey M. Nash
Director
January 30, 2006
/s/ B. Allen Lay
B. Allen Lay
Director
January 30, 2006
/s/ Michael B. Targoff
Michael B. Targoff
Director
January 30, 2006
/s/ John P. Stenbit
John P. Stenbit
Director
January 30, 2006
/s/ Harvey P. White
Harvey P. White
Director
January 30, 2006
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
4.1
Efficient Channel Coding, Inc. 2000 Long Term Incentive Plan.
5.1
Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm.
23.2
Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement).