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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;7, 2002</FONT>

<DIV align="right"><FONT size="2">Registration No.&nbsp;333-____</FONT></DIV>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>FORM S-8<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>VIASAT, INC.</B><BR>
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT>

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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction<BR>
of incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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<B>33-0174996</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>6155 El Camino Real<BR>
Carlsbad, California 92009<BR>
(760)&nbsp;476-2200</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code, and telephone number)</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>AMENDED AND RESTATED U.S. MONOLITHICS, L.L.C. 2000 INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</FONT>

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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>MARK D. DANKBERG</B></FONT></TD>
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Copies to:</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>KEVEN K. LIPPERT<BR>
6155 El Camino Real<BR>
Carlsbad, California 92009<BR>
(760)&nbsp;476-2200</B><BR>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,<BR>
including area code, of agents for service)</FONT></TD>
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<B>THOMAS A. EDWARDS, ESQ.<BR>
CRAIG M. GARNER, ESQ.<BR>
Latham &#038; Watkins<BR>
12636 High Bluff Drive, Suite&nbsp;300<BR>
San Diego, California 92130<BR>
(858)&nbsp;523-5400</B></FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></FONT>

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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1">Proposed Maximum</FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1">to be Registered</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Common Stock, $.0001 par value</FONT></DIV></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">203,000</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">12.49</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">2,535,470.00</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Represents the number of shares authorized for issuance under the
Amended and Restated U.S. Monolithics, L.L.C. 2000 Incentive Plan.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h) the Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share
is based on the average of the high and low prices for our common stock
as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on February&nbsp;4, 2002.</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#000">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="a78870orex5-1.txt">EXHIBIT 5.1</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="a78870orex10-1.txt">EXHIBIT 10.1</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART II</B></FONT>

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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC)&nbsp;by us, are hereby incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:
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   <TD width="1%" align="right" nowrap><FONT size="2">(a)</FONT></TD>
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   <TD width="97%"><FONT size="2">Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended March
31, 2001, filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;29, 2001 and Amendment No.&nbsp;1
thereto filed on Form&nbsp;10-K/A with the SEC on October&nbsp;12, 2001;</FONT></TD>
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   <TD width="1%" align="right" nowrap><FONT size="2">(b)</FONT></TD>
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   <TD width="97%"><FONT size="2">Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
June&nbsp;30, 2001 filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;29, 2001 and Amendment No.
1 thereto filed on Form&nbsp;10-Q/A with the SEC on October&nbsp;12, 2001;</FONT></TD>
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   <TD width="1%" align="right" nowrap><FONT size="2">(c)</FONT></TD>
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   <TD width="97%"><FONT size="2">Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
September&nbsp;30, 2001 filed with the SEC on November&nbsp;14, 2001;</FONT></TD>
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   <TD width="1%" align="right" nowrap><FONT size="2">(d)</FONT></TD>
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   <TD width="97%"><FONT size="2">Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated December&nbsp;12, 2001 filed with
the SEC on December&nbsp;19, 2001 and Amendment No.&nbsp;1 thereto filed on
Form&nbsp;8-K/A with the SEC on December&nbsp;20, 2001;</FONT></TD>
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   <TD width="97%"><FONT size="2">Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated January&nbsp;8, 2002 filed with
the SEC on January&nbsp;10, 2002;</FONT></TD>
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   <TD width="1%" align="right" nowrap><FONT size="2">(f)</FONT></TD>
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   <TD width="97%"><FONT size="2">Description of our common stock contained in our Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed with the SEC on November&nbsp;20, 1996; and</FONT></TD>
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   <TD width="1%" align="right" nowrap><FONT size="2">(g)</FONT></TD>
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   <TD width="97%"><FONT size="2">All other reports filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act),
since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report on
Form&nbsp;10-K referred to in clause (a)&nbsp;above.</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by us pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)
of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date this Registration Statement is filed
with the SEC and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part of it from the
respective dates 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 other subsequently
filed document that 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 a part of this Registration Statement.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our officers and directors are covered by certain provisions of 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.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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&#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)
for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
benefit.
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<P><FONT size="2">&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.
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<P><FONT size="2">&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.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A list of exhibits filed with this Registration Statement is set forth in
the Exhibit&nbsp;Index and is incorporated herein by reference.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp; The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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<P><FONT size="2">&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:
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   <TD width="97%"><FONT size="2">To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Securities
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   <TD width="97%"><FONT size="2">To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of this 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 this
Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected
in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule
424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of
Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration
Statement; and</FONT></TD>
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   <TD width="97%"><FONT size="2">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;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2"><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 with or
furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT size="2">&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 <I>bona
fide </I>offering thereof.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&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.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp; The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the 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 <I>bona
fide </I>offering thereof.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&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 existing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC 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 the registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant 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, the registrant 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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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant,
ViaSat, Inc., a Delaware corporation, certifies that it has reasonable grounds
to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;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 February&nbsp;7, 2002.
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By:
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        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ MARK D. DANKBERG</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Mark D. Dankberg<br>
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated. Each person whose signature appears below authorizes Mark D.
Dankberg and Richard A. Baldridge, and either of them, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, for him
in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments (including post-effective
amendments or supplements) to this Registration Statement and to file the same,
with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
SEC.
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ MARK D. DANKBERG
<HR size="1" noshade>
Mark D. Dankberg</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief
Executive Officer
(Principal Executive
Officer)
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">February&nbsp;7, 2002</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ RICHARD A. BALDRIDGE
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Richard A. Baldridge</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Executive Vice President,
Chief Operating Officer
and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal
Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting
Officer)
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">February&nbsp;7, 2002</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ ROBERT W. JOHNSON
<HR size="1" noshade>
Robert W. Johnson</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">February&nbsp;7, 2002</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ B. ALLEN LAY
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B. Allen Lay</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">February&nbsp;7, 2002</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ JEFFREY M. NASH
<HR size="1" noshade>
Jeffrey M. Nash</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">February&nbsp;7, 2002</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ ADM. WILLIAM A. OWENS (RET.)
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Adm. William A. Owens (Ret.)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">February&nbsp;7, 2002</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Latham &#038; Watkins.*</FONT></TD>
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Amended and Restated U.S Monolithics, L.L.C. 2000 Incentive Plan.*</FONT></TD>
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Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.*</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Nelson Lambson &#038; Co., PLC.*</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Latham &#038; Watkins (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto).*</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto).*</FONT></TD>
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Viasat, Inc. Form S-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on February 7, 2002
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 No.)
6155 El Camino Real
Carlsbad, California 92009
(760) 476-2200
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code, and telephone number)
AMENDED AND RESTATED U.S. MONOLITHICS, L.L.C. 2000 INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
MARK D. DANKBERG
Copies to:
KEVEN K. LIPPERT
6155 El Camino Real
Carlsbad, California 92009
(760) 476-2200
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agents for service)
THOMAS A. EDWARDS, ESQ.
CRAIG M. GARNER, ESQ.
Latham & Watkins
12636 High Bluff Drive, Suite 300
San Diego, California 92130
(858) 523-5400
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Amount
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Title of Securities
to be
Offering Price
Aggregate Offering
Registration
to be Registered
Registered(1)
Per Share(2)
Price
Fee
Common Stock, $.0001 par value
203,000
$
12.49
$
2,535,470.00
$
233.26
(1)
Represents the number of shares authorized for issuance under the
Amended and Restated U.S. Monolithics, L.L.C. 2000 Incentive Plan.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 457(h) the Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share
is based on the average of the high and low prices for our common stock
as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on February 4, 2002.
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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
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 10.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
EXHIBIT 23.2
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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
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) by us, are hereby incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:
(a)
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March
31, 2001, filed with the SEC on June 29, 2001 and Amendment No. 1
thereto filed on Form 10-K/A with the SEC on October 12, 2001;
(b)
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
June 30, 2001 filed with the SEC on June 29, 2001 and Amendment No.
1 thereto filed on Form 10-Q/A with the SEC on October 12, 2001;
(c)
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
September 30, 2001 filed with the SEC on November 14, 2001;
(d)
Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 12, 2001 filed with
the SEC on December 19, 2001 and Amendment No. 1 thereto filed on
Form 8-K/A with the SEC on December 20, 2001;
(e)
Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 8, 2002 filed with
the SEC on January 10, 2002;
(f)
Description of our common stock contained in our Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on November 20, 1996; and
(g)
All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act),
since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report on
Form 10-K referred to in clause (a) above.
All documents filed by us pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)
of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date this Registration Statement is filed
with the SEC and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part of it from the
respective dates 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 other subsequently
filed document that 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 a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Our officers and directors are covered by certain provisions of 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.
A list of exhibits filed with this Registration Statement is set forth in
the Exhibit Index and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
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(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Securities
Act);
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of this 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 this
Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected
in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule
424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective 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 with or
furnished to the SEC by the Registrant 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)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
registrant's 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 the 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 existing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC 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 the registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant 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, the registrant 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, the registrant,
ViaSat, Inc., a Delaware corporation, 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 February 7, 2002.
ViaSat, Inc.
By:
/s/ MARK D. DANKBERG
Mark D. Dankberg
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated. Each person whose signature appears below authorizes Mark D.
Dankberg and Richard A. Baldridge, and either of them, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, for him
in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments (including post-effective
amendments or supplements) to this Registration Statement and to file the same,
with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
SEC.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ MARK D. DANKBERG
Mark D. Dankberg
Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief
Executive Officer
(Principal Executive
Officer)
February 7, 2002
/s/ RICHARD A. BALDRIDGE
Richard A. Baldridge
Executive Vice President,
Chief Operating Officer
and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal
Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting
Officer)
February 7, 2002
/s/ ROBERT W. JOHNSON
Robert W. Johnson
Director
February 7, 2002
/s/ B. ALLEN LAY
B. Allen Lay
Director
February 7, 2002
/s/ JEFFREY M. NASH
Jeffrey M. Nash
Director
February 7, 2002
/s/ ADM. WILLIAM A. OWENS (RET.)
Adm. William A. Owens (Ret.)
Director
February 7, 2002
Table of Contents
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT
5.1
Opinion of Latham & Watkins.*
10.1
Amended and Restated U.S Monolithics, L.L.C. 2000 Incentive Plan.*
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.*
23.2
Consent of Nelson Lambson & Co., PLC.*
23.3
Consent of Latham & Watkins (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).*
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto).*
*
Filed herewith.