UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 15, 2022
AST SpaceMobile, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-39040 | 84-2027232 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
Midland Intl. Air & Space Port 2901 Enterprise Lane Midland, Texas |
79706 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(432) 276-3966
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
On November 15, 2022, AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a prospectus supplement (the “Prospectus Supplement”) in connection with its “at-the-market” offering program pursuant to the Company’s effective registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-268087) previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, counsel to the Company, is filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Report and is incorporated by reference to the Prospectus Supplement.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: November 15, 2022
| AST SPACEMOBILE, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Sean R. Wallace | |
| Name: | Sean R. Wallace | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
Exhibit 5.1
[Letterhead of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP]
November 15, 2022
AST SpaceMobile, Inc.,
Midland Intl. Air & Space Port,
2901 Enterprise Lane, Midland, Texas, 79706
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”) of up to $150,000,000 aggregate offering price of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of which up to $137,863,932 remains available for sale as of the date hereof (the “Securities”) of AST SpaceMobile, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), we, as your counsel, have examined such corporate records, certificates and other documents, and such questions of law, as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion. Upon the basis of such examination, it is our opinion that the Securities have been duly authorized, and when the Securities have been duly issued and sold as contemplated by the Equity Distribution Agreement, by and among the Company, AST & Science, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Evercore Group L.L.C. and B. Riley Securities, Inc., the Securities will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
In rendering the foregoing opinion, we are not passing upon, and assume no responsibility for, any disclosure in any registration statement or any related prospectus or other offering material relating to the offer and sale of the Securities.
The foregoing opinion is limited to the Federal laws of the United States and General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and we are expressing no opinion as to the effect of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
We have relied as to certain factual matters on information obtained from public officials, officers of the Company and other sources believed by us to be responsible.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the references to us under the heading “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act.
| Very truly yours, | |
| /s/ SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP |