---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-027573"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASTS"
cik: "0001780312"
company_name: "AST SpaceMobile, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T18:37:33.962667+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rakuten removes its designee Tareq Amin from ASTS board; replacement to be named

## Summary
- On August 8, 2023, Rakuten Group removed Tareq Amin as AST SpaceMobile director following his departure from Rakuten.
- Mr. Amin will not stand for re-election at the August 17, 2023 annual meeting.
- Rakuten retains the right under the Stockholders Agreement to designate a replacement director.
- No replacement has been announced as of the filing date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-027573
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASTS
- cik: 0001780312
- company_name: AST SpaceMobile, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1780312/000149315223027573/0001493152-23-027573-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1780312/000149315223027573/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-027573.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Tareq Amin was removed as Director at AST SpaceMobile, Inc..
  - Action: removed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 8, 2023, AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (the “Company”) was informed by Rakuten Group, Inc. (“Rakuten”) that, pursuant to the terms of the Company’s Stockholders Agreement, Rakuten had removed Tareq Amin as a director of the Company following his departure from Rakuten.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1780312/000149315223027573/0001493152-23-027573-index.htm

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