---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-21-023191"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASTS"
cik: "0001780312"
company_name: "AST SpaceMobile, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-09-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T02:42:39.417766+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AST SpaceMobile appoints Shanti Gupta as CAO; Hernandez becomes CFO of International Ops

## Summary
- Shanti Gupta appointed Chief Accounting Officer effective Sept 15, 2021, replacing Rulfo Hernandez.
- Hernandez shifts to CFO of International Operations.
- Gupta's compensation: $250k base salary, 6 months severance, 200k RSUs (4-year vest), 50k performance RSUs.
- Gupta most recently Partner at Ernst & Young in Financial Accounting Advisory Services.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-21-023191
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASTS
- cik: 0001780312
- company_name: AST SpaceMobile, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-09-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1780312/000149315221023191/0001493152-21-023191-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1780312/000149315221023191/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-21-023191
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-21-023191.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-21-023191.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Shanti Gupta was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at AST SpaceMobile, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Effective September 15, 2021, Shanti Gupta has been appointed Chief Accounting Officer of AST SpaceMobile, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1780312/000149315221023191/0001493152-21-023191-index.htm
- Executive change
  Rulfo Hernandez changed role as Chief Financial Officer – International Operations at AST SpaceMobile, Inc..
  - Action: assumed the role of
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer – International Operations
  source text: Rulfo Hernandez, the prior Chief Accounting Officer, assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer – International Operations effective as of the same date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1780312/000149315221023191/0001493152-21-023191-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.