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New Providence Acquisition Corp., a blank check SPAC, merged with AST & Science LLC in a business combination that created AST SpaceMobile, Inc., with existing AST equityholders retaining approximately 94% of voting power through super-voting Class C shares while NPA stockholders received roughly 6% post-deal. The transaction was funded by approximately $462 million in gross proceeds from NPA's trust account and a $230 million private investment in public equity (PIPE) from third-party investors, with the combined entity to be listed on Nasdaq under ticker "ASTS."