AST SpaceMobile, Inc. ("AST SpaceMobile") (NASDAQ:ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, designed for both commercial and government applications, today announced its intent to offer, subject to market conditions and other factors, $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2034 (the "Notes") in a private offering (the "Notes Offering") to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). AST SpaceMobile also intends to grant the initial purchasers of the Notes in the Notes Offering an option to purchase, for settlement within a 13-day period beginning on, and including, the first date on which the Notes are issued, up to an additional $150 million aggregate principal amount of Notes.