AST SpaceMobile Inc

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOL IDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2025

(Unaudited)

Organization and Nature of Operations

AST SpaceMobile, Inc., collectively with its subsidiaries (“SpaceMobile” or the “Company”), is currently designing, developing and manufacturing the constellation of BlueBird (“BB”) satellites and has begun launching its planned space-based Cellular Broadband network distributed through a constellation of low Earth orbit (“LEO”) satellites. Once deployed and operational, the BB satellites are designed to provide connectivity directly to off-the-shelf and unmodified devices at broadband speeds (the “SpaceMobile Service”), and be accessible for other applications for government use. At that point, the Company intends to offer the SpaceMobile Service to cellular subscribers and others through wholesale commercial agreements with cellular service providers. The Company is headquartered in Texas where it operates 194,000 square feet of satellite assembly, integrating and testing (“AIT”) facilities. The Company’s intellectual property (“IP”) portfolio is diverse, containing numerous and various innovations of the direct-to-cell satellite ecosystem from space to Earth. The Company’s IP portfolio consists of 36 patent families worldwide. As of March 31, 2025, the Company has more than 3,650 patent and patent pending claims worldwide, of which approximately 1,650 have been officially granted or allowed.

The Company launched its Blue Walker 3 (“BW3”) test satellite on September 10, 2022, and announced the completion of the deployment of the communication phased array antenna of the BW3 test satellite in orbit on November 14, 2022. Using the BW3 test satellite, the Company successfully completed two-way 5G voice calls directly to standard unmodified smartphones, achieved repeated successful download speeds of above 21 megabits per second (“Mbps”) to standard unmodified smartphones and spectral efficiency of approximately 3 bits per second per hertz. The Company has also successfully completed initial in-orbit and ground testing for non-communication government applications. The Company intends to continue testing capabilities of the BW3 test satellite, including further testing with cellular service providers and the government.

The Company launched five first generation commercial BB satellites (“Block 1 BB satellites”) on September 12, 2024. The Block 1 BB satellites are of similar size and weight to the BW3 test satellite and have ten times higher throughput than the BW3 test satellite. In October 2024, the Company completed the deployment of the communication phased array antennas and Q/V antennas in orbit and performed a series of monitoring tests and activities to confirm the successful initial operations of the Block 1 BB satellites. In January 2025, the Company successfully made the first video call from space with Vodafone using standard unmodified 4G/5G smartphones. In February 2025, the Company completed the voice and video calls tests on standard unmodified smartphones with AT&T and Verizon in the U.S. and also completed the tests for non-communication applications for the United States government. All five Block 1 BB satellites have participated in the tests at various stages. In April 2025, together with Rakuten Mobile, Inc., the Company successfully conducted a two-way broadband video call in front of a live audience using unmodified smartphones on the SpaceMobile network enabled by a Block 1 BB satellite in orbit today. The Company expects to continue testing for SpaceMobile Service automation including beta testing prior to rollout of initial noncontinuous SpaceMobile Service in select markets including the United States, Europe, and Japan.

On April 6, 2021, the Company completed a business combination (the “Business Combination”) with AST & Science, LLC (“AST LLC”). Following the consummation of the Business Combination, the Company is organized in an “Up-C” structure in which the business is operated by AST LLC and its subsidiaries and in which the Company's only direct assets consist of equity interests in AST LLC. As the managing member of AST LLC, the Company has full discretion to manage and control the business of AST LLC and to take all action it deems necessary to accomplish the purposes of AST LLC. The Company’s Class A Common Stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “ASTS”.

The Company operates from multiple locations that include its corporate headquarters and 194,000 square feet of AIT facilities in Texas where the final AIT is performed, engineering and development centers in the United States, India and Scotland, and engineering, development and production centers in Spain and Israel.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes have been prepared by the Company in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) and the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, AST LLC and its subsidiaries. Intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated upon consolidation. Certain comparative amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on the reported results of operations. In the opinion of management, these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting only of normal and recurring adjustments) necessary to fairly state the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

As the Company is the sole managing member of AST LLC and has full, exclusive and complete discretion to manage and control the business of AST LLC and to take all actions it deems necessary, appropriate, advisable, incidental, or convenient to accomplish the purposes of AST LLC, the financial statements of AST LLC and its subsidiaries have been prepared on a consolidated basis with the Company.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto as of and for the year ended December 31, 2024, included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 3, 2025 (the “2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K”). The results of operations for the periods presented are not indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2025 or for any other interim period or other future year.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. The Company bases its estimates and assumptions on historical experience when available and on other market-specific or other relevant assumptions that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. Significant estimates and assumptions reflected in these financial statements include, but are not limited to, useful lives assigned to property and equipment, the fair values of warrant liabilities, potential impairment of long-lived assets, and equity-based compensation expense. The Company assesses estimates on an ongoing basis; however, actual results could materially differ from those estimates which could have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

The Company’s significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of the 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K, and there have been no significant changes in these significant accounting policies as compared to those described therein.

Segment

Operating segments are defined as components of an entity for which separate financial information is available and that is regularly reviewed by the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) in deciding how to allocate resources to an individual segment and in assessing performance. The Company’s CODM is its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. The Company has determined that it operates inone operating segment, as the CODM reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis for purposes of making operating decisions, allocating resources, and evaluating financial performance. The CODM assesses performance for the segment and decides how to allocate resources based on consolidated net loss before allocation to noncontrolling interest that also is reported on the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations as revenues less total operating expenses and other segment items. Other segment items include loss and gain on remeasurement of warrant liabilities, interest income and expense, and income taxes expense. The measure of segment assets is reported on the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets as total assets.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue generated from sales of goods and services is recognized when a customer obtains control of promised goods or services in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”). The Company recognizes revenue for services provided over time as customers simultaneously receive and consume the benefits provided by the Company’s performance. For performance obligations that do not meet the criteria for over time recognition, the Company recognizes revenue upon transfer of control of the performance obligation to the customer. The Company defers revenue and recognizes contract liabilities in the event the performance obligations are not satisfied for which compensation has been received.

To date, the Company has not generated any revenues from its SpaceMobile Service. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company recognized$0.7 million of revenue from performance obligations completed under agreements with prime contractors for U.S. government contracts and from the resale of gateway equipment to a mobile network operator. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company recognized$0.5 million of revenue from performance obligations completed under an agreement with a prime contractor for a U.S. government contract.

As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024,$41.8 million and $42.0 million, respectively, of contract liabilities were recorded foradvance payments received but associated performance obligations not yet satisfied related to the Company’s SpaceMobile Service and resale of gateway equipment and associated services to customers.

Future Adoption of Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740), Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (“ASU 2023-09). ASU 2023-09 requires a public business entity (PBE) to disclose, on an annual basis, a tabular rate reconciliation using both percentages and currency amounts, broken out into specified categories with certain reconciling items further broken out by nature and jurisdiction to the extent those items exceed a specified threshold. In addition, all entities are required to disclose income taxes paid, net of refunds received disaggregated by federal, state/local, and foreign and by jurisdiction if the amount is at least 5% of total income tax payments, net of refunds received. The ASU is effective for the Company for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of adopting this ASU on its consolidated financial statements.

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income – Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses, which is intended to improve the disclosures of expenses by providing more detailed information about the types of expenses in commonly presented expense captions. The standard is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The standard can be applied either prospectively or retrospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the standard on the presentation of its consolidated financial statements.

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-04, Debt - Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20): Induced Conversions of Convertible Debt Instruments, which clarifies the requirements for determining whether to account for certain early settlements of convertible debt instruments as induced conversions or extinguishments. The standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2025, and interim reporting periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. The standard can be applied either prospectively or retrospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the standard on the presentation of its consolidated financial statements.

All other new accounting pronouncements issued, but not yet effective or adopted, have been deemed to be not relevant to the Company and, accordingly, are not expected to have a material impact once adopted.

Fair Value Measurement

The Company’s financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis were as follows (in thousands):

As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had$874.5 million and$567.5 million of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, respectively, of which$853.6 million and$510.4 million, respectively, is classified as cash equivalents, which consists principally of short-term money market funds with original maturities of 90 days or less. As of March 31, 2025, restricted cash of$0.7 million represents deposits against the bank guaranty issued to the landlords for lease of properties. As of December 31, 2024, restricted cash of $2.5 million also included a deposit into an interest reserve escrow account for a terminated senior secured credit facility. For certain instruments, including cash, accounts payable, and accrued expenses, it was estimated that the carrying amount approximated fair value because of the short maturities of these instruments.

As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, warrant liabilities were comprised of private placement warrants (“Private Placement Warrants”), which have been classified as Level 3 due to the use of historical volatility of the Company’s shares and implied volatility derived from options on the Company’s shares. Warrant liabilities are described in detail in Note 7 Warrant Liabilities.

The Private Placement Warrants are valued using a Black-Scholes-Merton model. The Company’s Black-Scholes-Merton model to value Private Placement Warrants required the use of the following subjective assumption inputs:

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As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the risk-free rate assumption was based on the one- and two-year U.S. Treasury rates as the estimated time to expirationwas 1.02 years and 1.26 years, respectively. An increase in the risk-free interest rate, in isolation, would result in an increase in the fair value measurement of the warrant liabilities and vice versa.

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As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the expected volatility assumption was based on an average of the historical volatility of the Company’s shares and the implied volatility of one-year options on the Company’s shares, which was 118.2% and 112.7%, resp ectively.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment, net consisted of the following (in thousands):

Depreciation expense for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 was approximately$11.0 million and$19.9 million, respectively.

Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consists of the following (in thousands):

Debt

Long-term debt consists of the following (in thousands):

As of March 31, 2025, the aggregate fair value of the Company’s debt was $560.1 million, which included fair value of the Company’s 2032 Convertible Notes of $540.8 million. As of December 31, 2024, the aggregate fair value of the Company’s debt was $562.4 million, which included the fair value of the Company’s 2034 Convertible Notes of $542.9 million. The fair value of the 2032 Convertible Notes is based on an observable market quote in an active market (Level 1 inputs). The fair value of the 2034 Convertible Notes was determined based on a lattice-based binomial model using significant inputs derived from, or corroborated by, observable market data (Level 2 inputs). The fair value of remaining debt has been determined under the discounted cash flow method using significant inputs derived from, or corroborated by, observable market data (Level 2 inputs).

Debt discount and issuance costs are comprised of costs incurred in connection with debt issuance and are presented in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets as a deduction to the carrying amount of the debt and amortized using the effective interest method to interest expense over the term of the debt. During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company recognized $4.7 million and $4.4 million of interest expense related to the debt noted above, respectively. The interest expense included amortization of debt issuance costs of $0.3 million and $0.9 million for thethree months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

As of March 31, 2025, the Company was in compliance with all debt covenants requirements.

2032 Convertible Notes

On January 27, 2025, the Company issued $460.0 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2032 (the “2032 Convertible Notes”), including the exercise in full of the option granted to the initial purchasers to purchase up to $60.0 million aggregate principal amount of notes. The 2032 Convertible Notes are senior, unsecured obligations of the Company and bear interest at a fixed rate of 4.25% per year, payable semiannually in arrears on March 1 and September 1 of each year, beginning on September 1, 2025. The 2032 Convertible Notes will mature on March 1, 2032, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed, or converted.

Holders may convert their notes at their option at any time prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding December 1, 2031 only under the following conditions: (1) during any calendar quarter commencing after the calendar quarter ending on June 30, 2025 (and only during such calendar quarter), if the last reported sale price of the Company’s Class A Common Stock for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during a period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on, and including, the last trading day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of the conversion price on each applicable trading day; (2) during thefive business day period after anyten consecutive trading day period (the “measurement period”) in which the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of notes for each trading day of the measurement period was less than 98%of the product of the last reported sale price of the Company’s Class A Common Stock and the conversion rate on each such trading day; (3) if the Company issues a notice of redemption, at any time prior to the close of business on the scheduled trading day immediately preceding the redemption date; or (4) upon the occurrence of specified corporate events. On or after December 1, 2031 until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date, holders may convert all or any portion of their notes at any time, at the option of the holder regardless of the foregoing conditions. Upon conversion, the Company will pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash, shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, at the Company’s election.

The Company may not redeem the notes prior to March 6, 2029. The Company may redeem for cash all or any portion of the notes, at the Company’s option, on or after March 6, 2029, but only if (1) the liquidity condition (as defined in the indenture) is satisfied and (2) the last reported sale price of the Company’s Class A Common Stock has been at least 130% of the conversion price then in effect for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive trading day period ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date on which the Company provides notice of redemption, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. No sinking fund is provided for the notes.

The initial conversion rate for the 2032 Convertible Notes is 37.0535 shares of Class A Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of the notes, which represents an initial conversion price of approximately $26.99 per share of the Company’s Class A Common Stock. The conversion rate and conversion price are subject to customary adjustments upon the occurrence of certain events. In addition, holders who convert their notes in connection with a make-whole fundamental change or a notice of redemption may be entitled to an increase in the conversion rate.

The 2032 Convertible Notes include customary covenants and certain events of default after which the notes may be declared immediately due and payable and set forth certain types of bankruptcy or insolvency events of default after which the notes become automatically due and payable.

2034 Convertible Notes

Pursuant to the Convertible Security Investment Agreement (the “Investment Agreement”) which the Company entered into with certain investors, the Company issued subordinated convertible notes (the “2034 Convertible Notes”) for an aggregate principal amount of $110.0 million on January 22, 2024 to AT&T Venture Investments, LLC (“AT&T”), Google LLC (“Google”) and Vodafone Ventures Limited (“Vodafone”), and for an aggregate principal amount of $35.0 million on May 23, 2024 to Verizon Communications, Inc. (“Verizon”).

The 2034 Convertible Notes bear interest at a rate of 5.50% per year, payable semi-annually in arrears on June 30 and December 30 of each year, beginning on June 30, 2024. The Company had the option to pay interest on the 2034 Convertible Notes in cash or in kind. The Company selected to pay interest on the 2034 Convertible Notes in kind on June 30, 2024, resulting in the principal amount of the 2034 Convertible Notes being increased by approximately $3.0 million and interest to be accrued on such increased principal amount in subsequent interest periods. The Company elected to pay interest on the 2034 Convertible Notes in cash on December 30, 2024.

On or after 12 months after date of issuance, the Company may require the holders of the 2034 Convertible Notesto convert at an initial conversion rate of 173.9130 shares of Class A Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of 2034 Convertible Notes (equivalent to an initial conversion price of $5.75 per share of Class A Common Stock) at its option, if the VWAP of the Class A Common Stock has been at least 130% of the conversion price then in effect for 30 consecutive trading days, on the immediately succeeding trading day after the last trading day of such 30 day period.

On January 22, 2025, the Company notified the holders of the 2034 Convertible Notes that the Company exercised its option to require all of such notes to be converted into shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock. In the first quarter of 2025, the then outstanding principal amount of the 2034 Convertible Notes, which included an additional interest accrual of approximately $0.5 million, was converted into 25,818,541 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock and our obligation under the 2034 Convertible Notes was automatically cancelled upon such share issuance.

Other than as described above, there were no new debt issuances or significant changes related to the above listed debt during the three months ended March 31, 2025. See Note 7 Debt to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements included in its 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information regarding the debt listed above.

Warrant Liabilities

Warrant liabilities are comprised of Private Placement Warrants. Each whole Private Placement Warrant entitles the registered holder to purchase one whole share of Class A Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per share and is exercisable on a cashless basis. Pursuant to the warrant agreement, a holder of Private Placement Warrants may exercise its warrants only for a whole number of shares of Class A Common Stock. This means that only a whole warrant may be exercised at any given time by a warrant holder. The Private Placement Warrants expire on April 6, 2026, five years after the Business Combination, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, or earlier upon liquidation.

No Private Placement Warrants were exercised during thethree months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024. As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, there were 3,053,132 Private Placement Warrants outstanding.

As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company recorded warrant liabilities of$44.5 million and$41.2 million in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company recognized a loss of$3.2 million and a gain of$18.2 million, respectively, on the change in the fair value of the warrant liab ilities in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Commitments and Contingencies

Purchase Commitments

As of March 31, 2025, the Company had purchase commitments of approximately $300.0 million, primarily related to procurement of BB satellite components, R&D programs, operational services, and capital improvements. In addition, as of March 31, 2025, the Company had minimum commitments of approximately $300.0 - $350.0 million related to future launches.

Legal Proceedings

The Company is subject to various legal proceedings and claims that have arisen in the ordinary course of business and that have not been fully adjudicated. In the opinion of management, there was not at least a reasonable possibility the Company may have incurred a material loss, or a material loss in excess of any recorded accrual, with respect to loss contingencies. However, the outcome of litigation is inherently uncertain. Therefore, although management considers the likelihood of such an outcome to be remote, if one or more of these legal matters were resolved against the Company in a reporting period for amounts in excess of management’s expectations, the Company’s consolidated financial statements for that reporting period could be materially adversely affected.

Delaware Class Action Litigations

Following books and records demands pursuant to 8 Del. C. § 220, two stockholders filed putative class action complaints in the Delaware Court of Chancery against the Company, certain current and former directors and officers of the Company and its predecessor entity and manager, New Providence Acquisition Corp. and New Providence Management LLC, and Abel Avellan, alleging claims of breach of fiduciary duties, aiding and abetting such breaches, and unjust enrichment, relating to the Company’s de-SPAC merger. On February 11, 2025, the plaintiffs filed a notice voluntarily dismissing the complaints without prejudice, and on April 22, 2025, the Delaware Court of Chancery issued an order dismissing the complaints without prejudice.

Stockholders’ Equity

Class A Common Stock

As of March 31, 2025, there were 236,916,393 shares of Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding. Holders of Class A Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share. The Company is authorized to issue 800,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share.

Class B Common Stock

As of March 31, 2025, there were 11,227,292 shares of Class B Common Stock issued and outstanding. Shares of Class B Common Stock were issued to then existing equity holders of AST LLC (other than Abel Avellan, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (“Mr. Avellan”)) at the time of the Business Combination and are noneconomic, but entitle the holder to one vote per share. The Company is authorized to issue 200,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share.

The existing equity holders of AST LLC (other than Mr. Avellan) at the time of the Business Combination own economic interests in AST LLC which are redeemable into either shares of Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis or cash at the option of the Company. Upon redemption of the AST LLC Common Units by the existing equity holders (other than Mr. Avellan), a corresponding number of shares of Class B Common Stock held by such existing equity holders will be cancelled. No such redemptions of AST LLC Common Units occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Class C Common Stock

As of March 31, 2025, there were 78,163,078 shares of Class C Common Stock issued and outstanding. Shares of Class C Common Stock were issued to Mr. Avellan in connection with the Business Combination and are non-economic, but entitle the holder to the lesser of ten votes per share and the Class C Share Voting Amount, the latter of which is a number of votes per share equal to (1) (x) an amount of votes equal to 88.3% of the total voting power of the outstanding voting stock, minus (y) the total voting power of the outstanding capital stock (other than Class C Common Stock) owned or controlled by Mr. Avellan and his permitted transferees, divided by (2) the number of shares of Class C Common Stock then outstanding(the “Super-Voting Rights”). The Company is authorized to issue 125,000,000 shares of Class C Common Stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share.

Mr. Avellan owns economic interests in AST LLC which are redeemable into either shares of Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis or cash at the option of the Company. Upon redemption of the AST LLC Common Units by Mr. Avellan, a corresponding number of shares of Class C Common Stock held by Mr. Avellan will be cancelled. Correspondingly, the Super-Voting Rights associated with the shares of Class C Common Stock cancelled will be terminated.

Preferred Stock

As of March 31, 2025, there wereno shares of preferred stock issued or outstanding. The Company is authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share with such designation, rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s Board of Directors.

Noncontrolling Interest

The noncontrolling interests represent the equity interest in AST LLC held by members other than the Company. Changes in the Company’s ownership interest in AST LLC while retaining control of AST LLC are accounted for as equity transactions. Income or loss is attributed to the noncontrolling interests based on their contractual distribution rights, and the relative percentages of equity interest held by the Company and the other members during the period.

As the sole managing member of AST LLC controlling the operating decisions of AST LLC, the Company consolidates the financial position and results of operations of AST LLC and its subsidiaries. The Company reports equity interests in AST LLC held by members other than the Company as noncontrolling interest in the consolidated balance sheets. The noncontrolling interest is classified as permanent equity within the consolidated balance sheets as the Company may only elect to settle a redemption request in cash if the cash delivered in the exchange is limited to the amount of net proceeds from the issuance and sale of Class A Common Stock from a new permanent equity offering.

Each issuance of the Company's Class A Common Stock is accompanied by a corresponding issuance of AST LLC Common Units to the Company, which results in changes in ownership and reduction in noncontrolling interest. As of March 31, 2025, there were 3,053,132 Private Placement Warrants outstanding, each of which entitles the holder to purchase one whole share of Class A Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per share, and 4,714,226 unvested warrants outstanding, each of which entitles the holder to purchase one whole share of Class A Common Stock at a price of $0.01 per share (“Penny Warrants”). Each warrant exercise is accompanied by a corresponding issuance of AST LLC Common Units to the Company, which results in a change in ownership and reduces the amount recorded as noncontrolling interest and increases additional paid-in capital.

In addition, the Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of AST LLC permits the noncontrolling interest holders of AST LLC Common Units to exchange AST LLC Common Units, together with related shares of the Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, for shares of the Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis or, at the election of the Company, for cash (a “Cash Exchange”). A Cash Exchange is limited to the amount of net proceeds from the issuance and sale of Class A Common Stock from a new permanent equity offering. Future redemptions or direct exchanges of AST LLC Common Units by the noncontrolling interest holders will result in a change in ownership and reduce the amount recorded as noncontrolling interest and increase additional paid-in capital. Certain members of AST LLC also hold incentive stock options that are subject to service or performance conditions (see Note 10 Stock-Based Compensation for further details), that are exercisable into AST LLC Common Units which will simultaneously be redeemed for Class A Common Stock. The exercise of the incentive stock options results in a change in ownership and decreases the amount recorded as noncontrolling interest and increases additional paid-in capital.

The Company previously granted service-based and performance-based restricted stock units and service-based options that are exercisable into Class A Common Stock under the 2020 Plan (as defined below). The Company now grants service-based and performance-based restricted stock units and service-based options under the 2024 Plan (as defined below) (see Note 10 Stock-Based Compensation for further details). The vesting of the restricted stock units and the exercise of the options result in a change in ownership and decrease the amount recorded as noncontrolling interest and increase additional paid-in capital.

As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the noncontrolling interest in AST LLC was approximately 27.4% and 30.1%, respectively. The decrease in noncontrolling interest percentage during the three months ended March 31, 2025 was a result of the issuance of Class A Common Stock due to the conversion of the 2034 Convertible Notes, the issuance of Class A Common Stock under the 2024 Sales Agreement (as defined below), the redemption of AST LLC Common Units in exchange for Class A Common Stock, the exercise of options for Class A Common Stock and the vesting of the Company’s restricted stock units.

2024 Equity Distribution Agreement

On September 5, 2024, the Company entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement (the “2024 Sales Agreement” or “2024 At The Market Equity Program”) with B. Riley Securities, Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., BofA Securities, Inc., Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Roth Capital Partners, LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and UBS Securities LLC (collectively, the “agents”) to sell shares of the Class A Common Stock having an aggregate sale price of up to $400.0 million through an “at the market offering” program under which the agents act as sales agents. The sales of the shares made under the 2024 Sales Agreement may be made by any method permitted by law deemed to be an “at the market offering” as defined in Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The agents sell the Class A Common Stock based upon the Company’s instructions (including any price, time or size limits or other customary parameters or conditions the Company may impose). Under the 2024 Sales Agreement, the agents are entitled to total compensation at a commission rate of up to 3.0% of the gross sales price per share sold.

Under the 2024 Sales Agreement, the Company issued 1,989,966 shares of our Class A Common Stock during the three months ended March 31, 2025, and received proceeds of $54.8 million, net of commissions paid to the agents and transaction costs. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company paid commission of $1.4 million to the agents with respect to such sales and incurred initial transaction costs of $0.1 million. Proceeds from the sale of the Class A Common Stock under the 2024 At The Market Equity Program were used for general corporate purposes.

Capped Calls

On January 27, 2025, in connection with the issuance of the 2032 Convertible Notes, the Company entered into privately negotiated capped call transactions (the “Capped Calls”) with certain of the initial purchasers of the 2032 Notes or their respective affiliates at a cost of approximately $44.5 million. The Capped Calls cover, subject to anti-dilution adjustments, the number of shares of Class A Common Stock underlying the 2032 Convertible Notes. The capped call transactions can be settled in cash or shares at the Company’s option and are expected generally to reduce the potential dilution to the Class A Common Stock upon any conversion of the 2032 Convertible Notes and/or offset any cash payments the Company is required to make in excess of the principal amount of the 2032 Convertible Notes. The Capped Calls have an initial strike price of approximately $26.99 per share and an initial cap price of $44.98 per share, which are subject to certain adjustments under the terms of the Capped Calls. The Capped Calls are equity classified and included as a reduction to equity in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet.

Stock-Based Compensation

Stock-Based Compensation Expense

Stock-based compensation, measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award, is typically recognized ratably over the requisite services period, using the straight-line method of expense attribution. The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense in the following categories of its unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations (in thousands):

The Company estimates the fair value of the stock option awards to employees, non-employees and non-employee members of the Board of Directors using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which requires the input of subjective assumptions, including (i) the expected volatility of the Company's stock, (ii) the expected term of the award, (iii) the risk-free interest rate, and (iv) any expected dividends. Due to the lack of company-specific historical and implied volatility data, the Company based the estimate of expected volatility on the estimated and expected volatilities of a representative group of publicly traded companies. For these analyses, the Company selects companies with comparable characteristics including enterprise value, risk profiles, position within the industry, and with historical share price information sufficient to meet the expected life of the stock-based awards. The Company computes the historical volatility data using the daily closing prices for the selected companies’ shares during the equivalent period of the calculated expected term of the stock-based awards. The Company will continue to apply this process until a sufficient amount of historical information regarding the volatility of the Company’s stock price becomes available. For awards that qualify as “plain-vanilla” options, the Company estimates the expected life of the employee stock options using the “simplified” method, whereby the expected life equals the average of the vesting term and the original contractual term of the option. The expected term of stock options granted to non-employees is equal to the contractual term of the option award. The risk-free interest rate is determined by reference to the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant of the award for time periods approximately equal to the expected term of the award. Expected dividend yield is based on the fact that the Company has never paid cash dividends and does not expect to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

The fair value of restricted stock units granted to employees, non-employees, and non-employee members of the Board of Directors is based on the fair value of the Company’s stock on the grant date. The Company elects to account for forfeitures as they occur rather than apply an estimated forfeiture rate to stock-based compensation expense.

AST LLC 2019 Equity Incentive Plan

Prior to the Business Combination, under the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (“AST LLC Incentive Plan”), AST LLC was authorized to issue ordinary shares, as well as options exercisable for ordinary shares, as incentives to its employees, non-employees, and non-employee members of its Board of Directors. Following the Business Combination, no further grants were made or will be made under the AST LLC Incentive Plan. In connection with the Business Combination, the existing AST LLC options were reclassified into options to acquire AST LLC Incentive Equity Units, and there was no incremental compensation cost and the terms of the outstanding awards, including fair value, vesting conditions and classification, were unchanged. Each AST LLC Incentive Equity Unit is convertible into one AST LLC Common Unit and each AST LLC Common Unit is redeemable for one share of Class A Common Stock on the later of the (i) 24-month anniversary of the consummation of the Business Combination and (ii) six-month anniversary from the vesting date. The AST LLC Incentive Plan continues to govern the terms and conditions of the outstanding awards granted under it, except that in lieu of ordinary shares, holders of options under the AST LLC Incentive Plan have the right to exercise for AST LLC Incentive Units, which may then be converted into AST LLC Common Units, which may further be converted into shares of the Class A Common Stock.

There were two types of options granted under the AST LLC Incentive Plan: (1) service-based options and (2) performance-based options. Service-based options typically vest over afive year service period with 20% of the award vesting on the first anniversary of the employee’s commencement date, and the balance thereafter in 48 equal monthly installments. Certain service-based options also provide for accelerated vesting if there is a change in control or other performance condition as defined by the AST LLC Incentive Plan. Performance-based options typically vest on the earliest date that any of the following occurs: (i) AST LLC effects an initial public offering and becomes a reporting company, (ii) AST LLC experiences a change of control, or (iii) other specified performance conditions. Both service-based and performance-based options typically expire no later than 10 years from the date of grant.

AST LLC was authorized to issue a total of 12,812,959 Incentive Equity Units under a reserve set aside for equity awards. As of March 31, 2025, there were options to acquire 6,020,249 Incentive Equity Units outstanding under the AST LLC Incentive Plan.

The following table summarizes AST LLC’s option activity for thethree months ended March 31, 2025:

The following table summarizes AST LLC’s unvested option activity for thethree months ended March 31, 2025:

As of March 31, 2025, total unrecognized compensation expense related to the unvested stock options was$0.2 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average periodof 0.62 years.

SpaceMobile 2020 Incentive Award Plan

In connection with the Business Combination, the Company adopted the 2020 Incentive Award Plan (the “2020 Plan”). Awards could have been made under the 2020 Plan covering an aggregate number of Class A Common Stock shares equal to 10,800,000. Any shares distributed pursuant to an award could have consisted, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued Common Stock, treasury Common Stock or Common Stock purchased on the open market. The 2020 Plan provided for the grant of stock options, restricted stock, dividend equivalents, restricted stock units, incentive unit awards, stock appreciation rights, and other stock or cash-based awards. Each incentive unit issued pursuant to an award, if any, counted as one share for purposes of calculating the aggregate number of shares available for issuance under the 2020 Plan. On July 29, 2024, the 2020 Plan was replaced and superseded by the AST SpaceMobile, Inc. 2024 Incentive Award Plan (the “2024 Plan”). No new awards may be made under the 2020 Plan, although outstanding awards previously made under the 2020 Plan continue to be governed by the terms of the 2020 Plan. Refer below for further detail.

Two types of equity awards were granted under the 2020 Plan: (1) service-based options and (2) service-based and performance-based restricted stock units. Service-based options typically vest over afour year service period with 25% of the award vesting on the first anniversary of the employee’s commencement date, and the balance thereafter in 36 equal monthly installments. Service-based restricted stock units typically vest over a four year service period with 25% of the award vesting on each anniversary of the employee’s vesting commencement date. Performance-based restricted stock units typically vest on the earliest date that any of the following occurs: (i) the Company attains an incremental capital investment or (ii) other specified performance conditions. Options typically expire no later than 10 years from the date of grant.

Stock Options

As of March 31, 2025, there were 3,159,421 service-based options outstanding under the 2020 Plan.

The following table summarizes the Company’s option activity under the 2020 Plan for thethree months ended March 31, 2025:

The following table summarizes the Company’s unvested option activity under the 2020 Plan for the three months ended March 31, 2025:

There wereno stock options granted under the 2020 Plan during the three months ended March 31, 2025. The weighted-average grant-date fair value of stock options granted under the 2020 Plan during the three months ended March 31, 2024 was $1.64.

As of March 31, 2025, total unrecognized compensation expense related to the unvested stock options under the 2020 Plan was$6.4 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.24 years.

Restricted Stock Units

As of March 31, 2025, there were 2,661,236 restricted stock units outstanding under the 2020 Plan.

The following table summarizes the Company’s unvested restricted stock unit activity under the 2020 Plan for the three months ended March 31, 2025:

As of March 31, 2025, total unrecognized compensation expense related to the unvested restricted stock units under the 2020 Plan was$20.2 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.18 years.

SpaceMobile 2024 Incentive Award Plan

On September 10, 2024, the Company’s stockholders approved the 2024 Plan, which replaced and superseded the 2020 Plan, effective July 29, 2024 (the “Effective Date”). Awards may be made under the 2024 Plan covering an aggregate number of Class A Common Stock shares not to exceed the sum of (i)2,000,000 shares, plus (ii) one share for every one share available for award under the 2020 Plan. Any shares subject to an award under the 2024 Plan or the 2020 Plan that expires, is forfeited, otherwise terminates or is settled in cash, after the Effective Date, shall be added to the shares reserved for issuance under the 2024 Plan. In addition, the number of shares available for issuance under the 2024 Plan may increase on each January 1st occurring following the Effective Date in an amount up to 2,000,000 shares by action of the Company’s Board of Directors or its committee, as applicable. On December 4, 2024, in accordance with the evergreen feature, effective January 1, 2025, an additional 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock were authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors to be issued under the 2024 Plan. Any shares distributed pursuant to an award may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued Common Stock, treasury Common Stock or Common Stock purchased on the open market. The 2024 Plan provides for the grant of stock options, restricted stock, dividend equivalents, restricted stock units, incentive unit awards, stock appreciation rights, and other stock or cash-based awards. Each incentive unit issued pursuant to an award, if any, shall count as one share for purposes of calculating the aggregate number of shares available for issuance under the 2024 Plan.

Two types of equity awards have been granted under the 2024 Plan: (1) service-based options and (2) service-based and performance-based restricted stock units. Service-based options typically vest over afour year service period with 25% of the award vesting on the first anniversary of the employee’s vesting commencement date, and the balance thereafter in 36 equal monthly installments. Service-based restricted stock units typically vest over a three or four year service period with 1/3 or 25% of the award vesting on each anniversary of the employee’s vesting commencement date. Performance-based restricted stock units typically vest on the earliest date that any of the following occurs: (i) the Company attains an incremental capital investment or (ii) other specified performance conditions.

Stock Options

As of March 31, 2025, there were 67,000 service-based options outstanding under the 2024 Plan.

The following table summarizes the Company’s option activity under the 2024 Plan for the three months ended March 31, 2025:

The following table summarizes the Company’s unvested option activity under the 2024 Plan for the three months ended March 31, 2025:

The weighted-average grant-date fair value of stock options granted under the 2024 Plan during the three months ended March 31, 2025 was $16.23.

At March 31, 2025, total unrecognized compensation expense related to the unvested stock options under the 2024 Plan was$0.9 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 3.8 years.

Restricted Stock Units

As of March 31, 2025, there were 1,719,565 restricted stock units outstanding under the 2024 Plan.

The following table summarizes the Company’s unvested restricted stock unit activity under the 2024 Plan for thethree months ended March 31, 2025:

As of March 31, 2025, total unrecognized compensation expense related to the unvested restricted stock units under the 2024 Plan was$24.9 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.67 years.

SpaceMobile 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

In connection with the Business Combination, the Company adopted the 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”). The aggregate number of Common Stock shares that may be issued pursuant to rights granted under the ESPP is 2,000,000 shares. If any right granted under the ESPP shall for any reason terminate without having been exercised, the shares not purchased under such right shall again become available for issuance under the ESPP. As of March 31, 2025, the Company had not issued any awards under the ESPP.

Income Taxes

The Company, organized as a C corporation, owns an equity interest in AST LLC in what is commonly referred to as an “Up-C” structure. For U.S. federal and state income tax purposes, AST LLC has elected to be treated as a partnership and does not pay any income taxes since its income and losses are included in the returns of the members. The portion of the Company’s taxable income or loss attributable to the noncontrolling interests of AST LLC is taxed directly to such members. Consequently, no provision for income taxes has been included in the financial statements related to this portion of taxable income. Certain foreign wholly-owned entities are taxed as corporations in the jurisdictions in which they operate, and accruals for such taxes are included in the consolidated financial statements. The Company has operations in India, Scotland, Spain and Israel with tax filings in each foreign jurisdiction.

The consolidated effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 was(0.26%) and(0.74%), respectively. The difference between the federal statutory tax rate of 21% and the effective tax rate is primarily driven by the Company’s Up-C organizational structure and allocation of AST LLC results to noncontrolling interest holders and the valuation allowance recorded against the Company’s net deferred tax assets.

The Company recorded a net deferred tax asset for the difference between the book value and tax basis of the Company’s investment in AST LLC at the time of the Business Combination. The Company has assessed the realizability of their deferred tax assets and in that analysis has considered the relevant positive and negative evidence available to determine whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will be realized. As a result, the Company has recorded a full valuation allowance against its deferred tax asset resulting from the Business Combination. As of March 31, 2025, there is no valuation allowance recorded against the foreign deferred tax assets as it is more likely than not that the foreign deferred tax assets will be fully realized. The foreign deferred tax assets are subject to foreign exchange risk, which could reduce the amount the Company may ultimately realize.

The Company hadno uncertain tax positions as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

In conjunction with the Business Combination, the Company also entered into the Tax Receivable Agreement (“TRA”) with AST LLC. Pursuant to the TRA, the Company is required to pay TRA holders (as defined in the TRA) (i)85% of the amount of savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state, local and foreign income tax that the Company actually realizes as a result of (A) existing tax basis of certain assets of AST LLC and its subsidiaries attributable to the AST LLC Common Units, (B) tax basis adjustments resulting from taxable exchanges of AST LLC Common Units acquired by the Company, (C) tax deductions in respect of portions of certain payments made under the TRA, and (D) certain tax attributes that are acquired directly or indirectly by the Company pursuant to a reorganization transaction. All such payments to the TRA holders (as defined in the TRA) are the obligations of the Company, and not those of AST LLC. As of March 31, 2025, there have been no TRA liabilities recorded.

Net Loss per Share

Basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to the holders of Class A Common Stock is computed by dividing net loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding during the period.

The following table sets forth reconciliations of the numerators and denominators used to compute basic and diluted net loss per share of Class A Common Stock (in thousands, except share and per share data):

As of March 31, 2025, the Company excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share 11,227,292 shares of Class B Common Stock,78,163,078 shares of Class C Common Stock,3,053,132 Private Placement Warrants,4,714,226 unvested Penny Warrants,12,046,037 shares of Class A Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to awards outstanding under the AST LLC Incentive Plan, the 2020 Plan and the 2024 Plan, and 17,044,610 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the 2032 Convertible Notes (on an as-converted basis) as their effect would have been to reduce the net loss per share. Therefore, the weighted-average number of shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding used to calculate both basic and diluted net loss per share of Class A Common Stock is the same.

Shares of the Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock do not participate in the earnings or losses of the Company and are therefore not participating securities. As such, separate presentation of basic and diluted earnings per share of Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock under the two-class method has not been presented.

Spectrum Usage Rights Transactions

On January 5, 2025, AST LLC entered into a binding agreement (the “Strategic Collaboration Term Sheet”) with Ligado LLC under which the Company will receive long-term access to up to 45 MHz of lower mid-band spectrum in the United States and Canada for direct-to-device satellite applications. The Strategic Collaboration Term Sheet was entered into as part of the restructuring of Ligado LLC, which together with certain of its direct and indirect subsidiaries (together with Ligado LLC, “Ligado”) filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on January 5, 2025. On March 22, 2025, pursuant to the Strategic Collaboration Term Sheet, the Company, AST LLC, Spectrum USA I, LLC, a subsidiary of AST LLC (“SpectrumCo”) and Ligado entered into certain definitive agreements that, among other things, govern the Company’s obligation to make annual usage payments, revenue share payments and a $550.0 million contingent payment to Ligado in exchange for the right to use the up to 40 MHz of the L-band spectrum, its satellites and other ground station assets, the Company’s obligation to make annual usage payments for the right to use the up to 5 MHz of the 1670-1675 MHz Spectrum, and issuance of the Penny Warrants (further described below). The transactions contemplated in the Strategic Collaboration Term Sheet (collectively, the “Spectrum Usage Rights Transactions”) are subject to the approval of the bankruptcy court, and the Company and its subsidiaries’ obligations to make payments under the definitive agreements will not become effective until after the bankruptcy court approval.

On March 22, 2025, the Company issued Penny Warrants to Ligado LLC that entitles the holder of such warrants to purchase from the Company up to a total of 4,714,226 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock at an exercise price per share equal to $0.01 per share, subject to a 12-month lock-up. These Penny Warrants are accounted for as a non-employee share-based payment under ASC 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation, with a grant date fair value of approximately $121.2 million. The Penny Warrants are equity classified instruments that are subject to specific vesting conditions which were not met as of March 31, 2025. In addition, the Company capitalized approximately $4.0 million of third-party transaction costs that were incurred and directly attributable to the Spectrum Usage Rights Transactions within other non-current assets in the unaudited condensed balance sheets.

To support the consideration that may become payable under the definitive agreements, on March 5, 2025 (“Commitment Date”), SpectrumCo received a $550.0 million (“Loan Amount”) institutional financing commitment in the form of a single draw non-recourse senior-secured delayed-draw term loan facility (“Facility”), available for nineteen months from the Commitment Date with an option to extend for an additional six months (“Availability Period”). The Facility includes a commitment fee, payable in cash or shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock at the Company’s option, that is 2%of the Loan Amount due on the Commitment Date and upon entry into definitive documentation for the Facility (“Closing Date”). If the Company terminates the Facility prior to the end of the Availability

Period, the Company will pay a termination fee, payable in cash or shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock at the Company’s option, ranging from 1% to 5% of the Loan Amount depending on when the Company terminates the Facility. The Facility also includes an upfront fee that is 3% of the Loan Amount when the Company draws on the Facility as a reduction to proceeds received and some other fees that become payable starting from the Closing Date. As of March 31, 2025, the Company paid $2.8 million of the commitment fee in cash and capitalized the amount as deferred financing costs within other non-current assets in the unaudited condensed balance sheets.

Subsequent Events

Subsequent events have been evaluated through the date of the issuance of the financial statements. As of such date, there were no subsequent events identified that required recognition or disclosure other than as described in the footnotes herein.