AST SpaceMobile, Inc.·4

Jun 2, 6:00 PM ET

Johnson Andrew Martin 4

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AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) CFO Andrew Johnson Withholds 16,377 Shares

What Happened

  • Andrew M. Johnson, AST SpaceMobile’s Chief Financial Officer, Chief Legal Officer and a director, had 16,377 shares withheld to cover tax withholding related to the vesting of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). The withheld shares were recorded at $113.41 per share, totaling $1,857,316.
  • The RSU grant represented 41,666 shares vesting; after withholding 16,377 shares for taxes, the net vested shares from this award were 25,289.

Key Details

  • Transaction date: 2026-05-30; Form 4 filed: 2026-06-02.
  • Withheld (disposed) shares: 16,377 at $113.41 each; total value withheld ≈ $1,857,316.
  • Original RSUs vesting: 41,666 shares; net delivered to insider after withholding: 25,289 shares (per filing footnote).
  • Transaction code: F (payment of tax liability via withholding securities).
  • The Form does not disclose total ASTS shares owned by Johnson after this transaction on this filing.
  • No indication in the filing that this was a late report.

Context

  • This was a tax-withholding event tied to RSU vesting (a routine internal disposition), not an open-market sale. Such withholdings are standard and generally reflect payroll/tax obligations rather than a discretionary sell by the insider.
  • For retail investors, tax-withholding dispositions typically carry less informational weight about insider sentiment than voluntary sales or open-market purchases.