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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001641172-25-016581"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASTS"
cik: "0001780312"
company_name: "AST SpaceMobile, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-06-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T18:06:21.868613+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AST SpaceMobile gains court approval for up to 45 MHz of lower mid-band spectrum; $550M deal

## Summary
- Bankruptcy court approved Ligado transaction on June 23, 2025; includes up to 45 MHz of lower mid-band spectrum in US/Canada for direct-to-device.
- AST SpaceMobile to pay ~$550M total consideration; $535M to Inmarsat; $420M due Oct 31, 2025, $100M Mar 31, 2026, $15M at closing.
- Non-recourse senior-secured delayed-draw term loan facility of $550M committed by institutional lenders; backstop commitment from Ligado sponsors.
- Inmarsat supports regulatory applications with FCC and ISED for L-Band NGSO system; spectrum usage rights for 80+ years.
- Closing subject to satisfactory regulatory approvals; spectrum access usage payments to Ligado begin Sep 30, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001641172-25-016581
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASTS
- cik: 0001780312
- company_name: AST SpaceMobile, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-06-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1780312/000164117225016581/0001641172-25-016581-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1780312/000164117225016581/form8-k.htm

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