| Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On October 1, 2022, Viasat, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Viasat”), entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with L3Harris Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Purchaser”). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Viasat has agreed to sell certain assets and assign certain liabilities comprising its Link-16 Tactical Data Links business (the “Business”) to Purchaser in exchange for approximately $1.96 billion in cash (subject to certain adjustments), on and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein (such transaction, the “Transaction”).
The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants and termination rights for a transaction of this nature, including, among other things, customary covenants: (i) relating to the conduct of the Business between the signing of the Purchase Agreement and the closing of the Transaction and (ii) regarding the efforts of the parties to cause the Transaction to be consummated, including actions which may be necessary to obtain required regulatory consents and approvals for the Transaction.
The consummation of the Transaction is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of customary closing conditions, including the expiration or termination of any required waiting periods under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976. The consummation of the Transaction is not subject to any financing contingency.
In connection with the closing of the Transaction, Viasat and Purchaser will enter into certain ancillary commercial agreements, including an intellectual property license agreement for the cross-licensing by each party of certain intellectual property rights relating to the Business and Viasat’s retained businesses, certain supply agreements with respect to the supply of certain Link-16 and related products following the closing, and a transition services agreement for the provision of certain services to support the transition of the Business following the closing, in each case subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein.
The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Purchase Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing summary has been included to provide investors and security holders with information regarding the terms of the Purchase Agreement and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about Viasat, Purchaser or their respective subsidiaries and affiliates. The Purchase Agreement contains representations, warranties and covenants by each of the parties to the Purchase Agreement, which were made only for purposes of the Purchase Agreement and as of specified dates. The representations, warranties and covenants in the Purchase Agreement were made solely for the benefit of the parties to the Purchase Agreement, may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties, including being qualified by confidential disclosures made for the purposes of allocating contractual risk between the parties to the Purchase Agreement instead of establishing these matters as facts, and may be subject to standards of materiality applicable to the contracting parties that differ from those applicable to investors. Investors should not rely on the representations, warranties and covenants or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of Viasat or any of its subsidiaries or the Business. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations, warranties and covenants may change after the date of the Purchase Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in Viasat’s public disclosures.
On October 3, 2022, Viasat issued a press release captioned “Viasat to Sell Its Link 16 Tactical Data Links Business to L3Harris Technologies for $1.96 Billion.” A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
