Hiroshi Mikitani - 10 Oct 2024 Form 4 Insider Report for AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (ASTS)

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SEC form
4
Accepted by SEC
10 Oct 2024, 16:16:02 UTC
Next SEC filing
16 Apr 2026
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Reporting owner 1 detail
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/s/ Hiroshi Mikitani

Key filing fact

Hiroshi Mikitani filed Form 4 for AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (ASTS) on 10 Oct 2024.

Key facts

  • This page summarizes Hiroshi Mikitani's Form 4 filing for AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (ASTS).
  • 2 reported transactions and 1 derivative row are listed below.
  • Accepted by SEC: 10 Oct 2024, 16:16.

Change

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  • Current net transaction value: $0.

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Evidence

Filed on Form 4

Ownership activity is grounded in SEC Form 4 disclosures.

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Reported non-derivative transactions

Shares, units, or other non-derivative securities reported in this filing.

ASTS transaction

Class A Common Stock

Award

Transaction value
Shares
+28,520,155
Change %
+1141%
Price
Shares after
31,020,155
Date
10 Oct 2024
Ownership
See Footnote
Footnotes
F1, F2, F3

Reported derivative securities

Options, warrants, convertible securities, or similar derivative positions disclosed in the filing.

ASTS transaction Derivative

Common Units

Disposed to Issuer

Transaction value
Shares
-28,520,155
Change %
-100%
Price
Shares after
0
Date
10 Oct 2024
Ownership
See Footnote
Underlying class
Class A Common Stock
Underlying amount
28,520,155
Exercise price
Footnotes
F1, F2, F3, F4
* marks a reported price that did not pass the local price check.

Additional SEC filing notes

Filing notes and footnotes

Explanation of responses 4 footnotes

Footnote F1

Rakuten Mobile USA Service Inc. ("Rakuten USA"), which is a subsidiary of Rakuten Mobile, Inc. ("Rakuten Mobile") and part of the Rakuten Group, of which Mr. Hiroshi Mikitani, a member of the Issuer's Board of Directors, is the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, completed a series of transactions with subsidiaries of the Issuer (the "Mergers") that resulted in the acquisition by Rakuten Mobile of 28,520,155 shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock. As part of the Mergers, the 28,520,155 shares of Class B Common Stock previously held by Rakuten USA were transferred to the Issuer and cancelled. In addition, the Issuer received the 28,520,155 Common Units of AST & Science LLC, a subsidiary of the Issuer, that were held by Rakuten USA prior to the Mergers.

Footnote F2

As part of the Mergers, AST SpaceMobile Holdings III, LLC, a newly formed wholly owned subsidiary of the Issuer, merged with and into Rakuten USA, with Rakuten USA surviving such merger (the "First Merger") and, immediately following the First Merger, Rakuten USA merged with and into AST SpaceMobile Holdings IV, LLC, a newly formed wholly owned subsidiary of the Issuer ("AST Holdings"), with AST Holdings surviving such merger (the "Second Merger"). After giving effect to the Second Merger, the separate corporate existence of Rakuten USA ceased.

Footnote F3

Securities held of record by Rakuten Mobile. Mr. Mikitani is the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rakuten Mobile and has voting and investment discretion with respect to the securities held of record by Rakuten Mobile.

Footnote F4

The Common Units of the Issuer were eligible to be redeemed by Rakuten USA at any time after April 6, 2022 for shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock on a one-to-one basis. The Common Units do not expire.

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