SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Rakuten Group, Inc. (Last) (First) (Middle) 1-14-1 TAMAGAWA SETAGAYA-KU (Street) TOKYO 158-0094 (City) (State) (Zip) JAPAN (Country)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 10/10/2024	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AST SpaceMobile, Inc. [ ASTS ]
		3a. Foreign Trading Symbol	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Class A Common Stock	31,020,155	I	See footnote(1)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Rakuten Group, Inc. (Last) (First) (Middle) 1-14-1 TAMAGAWA SETAGAYA-KU (Street) TOKYO 158-0094 (City) (State) (Zip) JAPAN (Country) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Rakuten Mobile, Inc. (Last) (First) (Middle) 1-14-1 TAMAGAWA SETAGAYA-KU (Street) TOKYO 158-0094 (City) (State) (Zip) JAPAN (Country) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. The securities are held of record by Rakuten Mobile, Inc., a wholly- owned subsidiary of Rakuten Group, Inc.

	Rakuten Group, Inc. /s/Kentaro Hyakuno, Representative Director, Group Senior Executive Vice President	04/16/2026
	Rakuten Mobile, Inc. /s/Atsushi Maeda, Director, Executive Vice President and CFO	04/16/2026
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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* Form 3: SEC 1473 (03-26)