Mikitani Hiroshi Form 4 AST SpaceMobile / Hiroshi Mikitani ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Mikitani Hiroshi

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC. RAKUTEN CRIMSON

HOUSE, 1-14-1 TAMAGAWA, SETAGAYA-KU

(Street)

TOKYO M0 158-0094

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. [ ASTS ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	X	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
10/10/2024

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A Common Stock	10/10/2024		A		28,520,155	A	(1)(2)	31,020,155	I	See Footnote(3)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Common Units	(4)	10/10/2024		D			28,520,155	(4)	(4)	Class A Common Stock	28,520,155	(1)(2)	0	I	See Footnote(3)

Explanation of Responses:

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

	/s/ Hiroshi Mikitani	10/10/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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