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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-047766"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASTS"
cik: "0001780312"
company_name: "AST SpaceMobile, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-20T20:30:17+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-20T20:31:05.785818+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AST SpaceMobile signs 3-year employment agreement with CFO/CRO Andrew Johnson at $250,000 base salary

## Summary
- Agreement dated October 14, 2026 with Andrew M. Johnson, EVP, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Legal Officer, supersedes his prior employment agreement.
- Initial term of three years from October 14, 2026, auto-renewing for successive one-year terms unless either party gives 30 days' notice of non-renewal.
- Base salary of not less than $250,000, subject to annual Compensation Committee review; eligible for discretionary annual bonus and RSUs under the 2024 Incentive Award Plan.
- Severance on termination without Cause, for Good Reason or non-renewal: 12 months of base salary, earned bonus, and up to 12 months of subsidized COBRA.
- Severance also includes accelerated vesting of RSUs scheduled to vest in the 12 months post-termination; he stays covered by the Senior Management Change of Control Severance Policy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-047766
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASTS
- cik: 0001780312
- company_name: AST SpaceMobile, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-20T20:30:17+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1780312/000149315226047766/0001493152-26-047766-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1780312/000149315226047766/form8-k.htm

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