SUPPLEMENT TO PROXY STATEMENT FOR
THE SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS OF VIASAT,
INC.
TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2022
On May 20, 2022, Viasat, Inc. (“Viasat”) filed a Definitive
Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A (the “Proxy Statement”) with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in connection with the
Share Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) entered into by
Viasat with the shareholders of Connect Topco Limited, a private
company limited by shares and incorporated in Guernsey
(“Inmarsat”), and certain management and employees who hold options
and shares of a subsidiary of Inmarsat whose options and shares
will be exchanged for shares of Inmarsat prior to closing
(collectively, the “Sellers”), to combine Viasat with Inmarsat (the
“Transaction”). This is a supplement to the Proxy Statement, which
was mailed to Viasat stockholders in connection with the special
meeting of Viasat stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) to be held
virtually on Tuesday, June 21, 2022 at 8:30 a.m., Pacific
Time, to act on proposals related to the Transaction, as disclosed
in the Proxy Statement.
Litigation Relating to the Transaction
On May 2, 2022, a stockholder of Viasat brought a purported
class action in the Delaware Court of Chancery captioned Best v.
Dankberg, et al., C.A. No. 2022-0383. The complaint
alleges that the Viasat Board of Directors breached its fiduciary
duties by approving a false and misleading proxy statement in
connection with the Transaction. On June 1, 2022, the
plaintiff filed a motion for preliminary injunction, seeking to
enjoin the stockholder vote regarding the issuance of Viasat common
stock in connection with the Transaction.
Viasat does not believe that the supplemental disclosures herein
are required or necessary under applicable laws. However, in order
to minimize the expense of defending against the above-referenced
complaint and without admitting any liability or wrongdoing, Viasat
is electing to make the supplemental disclosures to the Proxy
Statement set forth below in response to the complaint and solely
for the purpose of mooting the allegations therein. Viasat denies
the allegations of the complaint, and denies any violation of law
in connection with the Transaction. Viasat believes that the Proxy
Statement disclosed all material information required to be
disclosed therein, and denies that the supplemental disclosures are
material or are otherwise required to be disclosed. Nothing in the
supplemental disclosures should be deemed an admission of legal
necessity or materiality of any supplemental disclosures under
applicable law.
Supplement to Proxy Statement
The following supplemental disclosures should be reviewed in
conjunction with the disclosures in the Proxy Statement, which
should be carefully read in its entirety. To the extent information
set forth herein differs from or updates information contained in
the Proxy Statement, the information contained herein supersedes
the information contained in the Proxy Statement. Any defined terms
used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the
Proxy Statement.
The following would replace the last two paragraphs in “Opinion
of Our Financial Advisor – General” on page 75 of the Proxy
Statement:
In acting as our financial advisor in connection with the
Transaction, as compensation for its services in connection with
the Transaction, PJT Partners is entitled to receive from us a
$4 million opinion fee, which became payable upon the delivery
of PJT Partners’ opinion to our Board and is creditable against any
transaction fee that becomes payable upon the consummation of the
Transaction. Upon the consummation of the Transaction, PJT Partners
is entitled to receive a transaction fee of $24 million. In
addition, the transaction fee payable to PJT Partners may be
increased by an amount of up to $4 million in our sole and
absolute discretion. We also agreed to reimburse PJT Partners for
certain out-of-pocket expenses and to
indemnify PJT Partners for certain liabilities arising out of the
performance of such services (including the rendering of PJT
Partners’ opinion). No separate or additional fees will be payable
to PJT Partners in connection with its role as our capital markets
advisor on the Transaction or for its assistance in arranging the
committed financing for the Transaction in connection with such
role.
In the ordinary course of PJT Partners’ and its affiliates’
businesses, PJT Partners and its affiliates may provide investment
banking and other financial services to us, Inmarsat Group, the
Sellers or any of our or their respective affiliates and may
receive compensation for the rendering of these services. During
the two years preceding the date of its opinion, PJT Partners and
certain of its affiliates advised us, certain affiliates of
Inmarsat Group and certain affiliates of the Sellers, for which PJT
Partners and its affiliates received or may in the future receive
customary compensation. Such services during such period included:
(i) previously advising us, through PJT Camberview, in
connection with corporate governance and stockholder engagement
matters unrelated to the Transaction; (ii) previously advising
Inmarsat (when it was a listed company) in connection with its
December 2019 sale to its current owners; and (iii) advising
certain affiliates (including certain portfolio companies) of the
Sellers in connection with various financial advisory and
restructuring services unrelated to the Transaction. PJT Partners
described these relationships in a letter dated October 26,
2021, and the Board reviewed those relationships in connection with
formalizing PJT Partners’ engagement on November 2,
2021. The fees that PJT Partners received or may receive for
any such services are not material (individually or in the
aggregate) to PJT Partners and its affiliates.