<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001493152-21-011181.txt : 20210615 <SEC-HEADER>0001493152-21-011181.hdr.sgml : 20210615 <ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20210513060838 <PRIVATE-TO-PUBLIC> ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001493152-21-011181 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20210513 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AST SpaceMobile, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001780312 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: COMMUNICATION SERVICES, NEC [4899] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6500 RIVERPLACE BOULEVARD CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78730 BUSINESS PHONE: 9179694834 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6500 RIVERPLACE BOULEVARD CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78730 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: New Providence Acquisition Corp. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20190620 </SEC-HEADER> <DOCUMENT> <TYPE>CORRESP <SEQUENCE>1 <FILENAME>filename1.htm <TEXT> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE></TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.2pt"><B>AST SpaceMobile, Inc.</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.2pt">Midland International Air & Space Port</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.2pt">2019 Enterprise Lane</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.2pt">Midland, Texas 79706</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.2pt"> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.2pt">May 13, 2021</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.2pt"> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B><I>Via EDGAR</I></B></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: 0.1pt"> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Securities and Exchange Commission</P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Division of Corporation Finance</P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Office of Finance</P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">100 F Street, N.E.</P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Washington, D.C. 20549</P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: 0.1pt"><B> </B></FONT></P> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"> <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt">Re: </FONT></TD> <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>AST SpaceMobile, Inc.</B></FONT></TD></TR> <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"> <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> </TD> <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Registration Statement on Form S-1</B></FONT></TD></TR> <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"> <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> </TD> <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Filed May 6, 2021</B></FONT></TD></TR> <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"> <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> </TD> <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>File No. 333-255842</B></FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B> </B></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">To whom it may concern:</P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"> </P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to Rule 461(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (the “<B><I>Company</I></B>”) hereby respectfully requests that the effective date of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-255842) be accelerated by the Securities and Exchange Commission to 4:00 p.m. Washington D.C. time on May 14, 2021 or as soon as practicable thereafter.</P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"> </P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.25pt">* * * *</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.25pt"> </FONT></P> <!-- Field: Page; Sequence: 1 --> <DIV STYLE="margin-bottom: 6pt; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; font-size: 10pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><TD STYLE="width: 100%; text-align: right"> </TD></TR></TABLE></DIV> <DIV STYLE="break-before: page; margin-top: 6pt"><P STYLE="margin: 0pt"> </P></DIV> <!-- Field: /Page --> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"> </P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.25pt">The Company requests that we be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Bradley Helms of Latham & Watkins LLP</FONT> at (213) 891-8640 or to Brent Epstein of Latham & Watkins LLP at (213) 891-8185 and that such effectiveness also be confirmed in writing.</P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </P> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"> <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> </TD> <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Very truly yours,</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"> <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> </TD> <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> </TD> </TR> <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"> <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> </TD> <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">AST SpaceMobile, Inc.</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"> <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 50%"> </TD> <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 5%"> </TD> <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 45%"> </TD> </TR> <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"> <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"> </FONT></TD> <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"> </FONT></TD> <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>/s/ Tom Severson</I></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"> <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> </TD> <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Name: </FONT></TD> <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Tom Severson</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"> <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> </TD> <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title: </FONT></TD> <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 3in"> </P> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"> <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">cc:</FONT></TD> <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Brian Heller, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, AST SpaceMobile, Inc.</FONT></TD></TR> <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"> <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> </TD> <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Bradley Helms, Latham & Watkins LLP</FONT></TD></TR> <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"> <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> </TD> <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Brent Epstein, Latham & Watkins LLP</FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; 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