Securities Registration: Employee Benefit Plan (s-8)
July 09 2021 - 4:29PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 9, 2021
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AST
SPACEMOBILE, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE
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84-2027232
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
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(IRS
Employer
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incorporation
or organization)
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Identification
No.)
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Midland
International Air & Space Port, 2901 Enterprise Lane, Midland, Texas 79706
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices) (ZIP Code)
AST
SpaceMobile, Inc. 2020 Incentive Award Plan
AST
SpaceMobile, Inc. 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full
title of the plan)
Thomas
Severson
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
Midland International Air & Space Port
2901
Enterprise Lane
Midland,
Texas 79706
(Name
and address of agent for service)
(432)
276-3966
(Telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy
to:
Bradley
A. Helms, Esq.
Brent T. Epstein, Esq.
Latham
& Watkins LLP
355 South Grand Avenue
Los
Angeles, CA 90071
(213)
485-1234
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting
company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,”
“smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large
accelerated filer
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Accelerated
filer
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Non-accelerated
filer
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[X]
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Smaller
reporting company
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[X]
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Emerging
growth company
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[X]
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If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. [ ]
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
securities
to be registered
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Amount
to be
registered (1)
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Proposed maximum
offering price
per share
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Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price
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Amount of
registration
fee
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Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share
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12,800,000
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(2)
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$
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12.12
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(3)
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$
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155,136,000
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$
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16,925.34
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(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration
Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”),
of AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (the “Company”) that become issuable under the Company’s 2020 Incentive Award Plan
(the “Incentive Plan”) and the Company’s 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”) by
reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that
increases the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(2)
Represents (i) 10,800,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Incentive Plan and (ii) 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock
reserved for issuance under the ESPP.
(3)
Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act, and solely for the purposes of calculating the amount of the registration
fee, the proposed maximum offering price is based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on the
Nasdaq Global Market on July 8, 2021.
PART
I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item
1. Plan Information.
Not
required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
Item
2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
Not
required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
PART
II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The
following documents filed or to be filed (other than portions of those documents furnished or otherwise not deemed filed) by the Company
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) are incorporated into this Registration Statement by
reference, as of their respective dates:
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(1)
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The
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on March 1, 2021 and Amendment No. 1 to such Annual Report on
Form 10-K filed with the Commission on May 6, 2021 (File No. 001-39040);
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(2)
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The
Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on May 18, 2021 (File No. 001-39040);
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(3)
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The
Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March
12, 2021, March
26, 2021, April
1, 2021, April
12, 2021 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 to such Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on April
23, 2021, Amendment No. 2 to such Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May
6, 2021 and Amendment No. 3 to such Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May
18, 2021), April
23, 2021, April
30, 2021 and July 9, 2021 (each, File No. 001-39716), and in each case excluding Items 2.02 and 7.01;
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(4)
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The
description of the Company’s Common Stock contained in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated September
10, 2019 (File No. 001-39040) filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
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All
documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date
of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that
all securities then remaining unsold shall be deregistered, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
and to be a part thereof from the date of the filing of such documents.
For
purposes of this Registration Statement and the related prospectus, any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in a subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or replaces such statement. Any statement so
modified shall not be deemed in its unmodified form to constitute part of this Registration Statement or the related prospectus.
Item
4. Description of Securities.
Not
applicable.
Item
5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not
applicable.
Item
6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Subsection
(a) of Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) empowers a corporation to indemnify
any person who was or is a party or who is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the
fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had
no reasonable cause to believe the person’s conduct was unlawful.
Subsection
(b) of Section 145 empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that
the person acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably
incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a
manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification
shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation
unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application
that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled
to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
Section
145 further provides that to the extent a director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the
defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145, or in defense of any claim, issue or
matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred
by such person in connection therewith; that indemnification provided for by Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights
to which the indemnified party may be entitled; and the indemnification provided for by Section 145 shall, unless otherwise provided
when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the
benefit of such person’s heirs, executors and administrators. Section 145 also empowers the corporation to purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the
request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of his
status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liabilities under Section 145.
Section
102(b)(7) of the DGCL provides that a corporation’s certificate of incorporation may contain a provision eliminating or limiting
the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director’s duty
of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct
or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper
personal benefit. Additionally, the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation limits the liability of the Company’s
directors to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, and the Company’s bylaws provide that the Company will indemnify them to
the fullest extent permitted by such law. The Company has entered into and expect to continue to enter into agreements to indemnify its
directors, executive officers and other employees as determined by the Company’s board of directors. Under the terms of such indemnification
agreements, the Company is required to indemnify each of its directors and officers, to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the
state of Delaware, if the basis of the indemnitee’s involvement was by reason of the fact that the indemnitee is or was a director
or officer of the Company or was serving at the Company’s request in an official capacity for another entity. The Company must
indemnify its officers and directors against all reasonable fees, expenses, charges and other costs of any type or nature whatsoever,
including any and all expenses and obligations paid or incurred in connection with investigating, defending, being a witness in, participating
in (including on appeal), or preparing to defend, be a witness or participate in any completed, actual, pending or threatened action,
suit, claim or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, or establishing or enforcing a right to indemnification
under the indemnification agreement. The indemnification agreements also require the Company, if so requested, to advance all reasonable
fees, expenses, charges and other costs that such director or officer incurred, provided that such person will return any such advance
if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification by the Company. Any claims for indemnification by
the Company’s directors and officers may reduce the Company’s available funds to satisfy successful third-party claims against
the Company and may reduce the amount of money available to the Company.
Item
7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not
applicable.
Item
8. Exhibits.
The
following documents are filed as exhibits to this Registration Statement:
Exhibit
Number
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Exhibit
Index
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4.1
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Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-39040), filed with the Commission on April 12, 2021).
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4.2
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Amended and Restated Bylaws of AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-39040), filed with the Commission on April 12, 2021).
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5.1*
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Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP
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23.1*
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Consent of BDO USA LLP (with respect to the AST & Science LLC consolidated financial statements).
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23.2*
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Consent of Marcum LLP (with respect to New Providence Acquisition Corp. financial statements).
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23.3*
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Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
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24.1*
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Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto)
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99.1
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AST SpaceMobile, Inc. 2020 Incentive Award Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-39040), filed with the Commission on April 12, 2021).
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99.2
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AST SpaceMobile, Inc. 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-39040), filed with the Commission on April 12, 2021).
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Filed herewith.
Item
9. Undertakings.
A.
The Company hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total
dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation
of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement
or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
Provided,
however, that paragraphs (A)(1)(i) and (A)(1)(ii) shall not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to
the Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
B.
The undersigned Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Company’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering
of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
C.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that
a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Midland, State of Texas, on July 9, 2021.
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AST
SpaceMobile, Inc.
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By:
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/s/
Abel Avellan
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Name:
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Abel
Avellan
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Title:
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Chief
Executive Officer
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POWER
OF ATTORNEY
KNOW
ALL MEN AND WOMEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby severally constitutes and appoints each of
Abel Avellan, Thomas Severson or Brian Heller, acting alone or together with another attorney-in-fact, as such person’s true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in such person’s
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement and all documents relating thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Commission, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing necessary or advisable to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or such person’s
substitute or substitutes, lawfully may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities
and on the dates indicated.
Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/
Abel Avellan
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Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
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July
9, 2021
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Abel
Avellan
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(Principal
Executive Officer)
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/s/
Thomas Severson
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Chief
Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Director
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July
9, 2021
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Thomas
Severson
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(Principal
Financial Officer)
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/s/
Rulfo Hernandez
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Chief
Accounting Officer
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July
9, 2021
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Rulfo
Hernandez
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(Principal
Accounting Officer)
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/s/
Tareq Amin
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Director
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July
9, 2021
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Tareq
Amin
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/s/
Adriana Cisneros
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Director
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July
9, 2021
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Adriana
Cisneros
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/s/
Alexander Coleman
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Director
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July
9, 2021
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Alexander
Coleman
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Director
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July
9, 2021
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Luke Ibbetson
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/s/
Edward Knapp
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Director
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July
9, 2021
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Edward
Knapp
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/s/
Hiroshi Mikitani
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Director
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July
9, 2021
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Hiroshi
Mikitani
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/s/
Ronald Rubin
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Director
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July
9, 2021
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Ronald
Rubin
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/s/
Richard Sarnoff
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Director
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July
9, 2021
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Richard
Sarnoff
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/s/
Julio A. Torres
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Director
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July
9, 2021
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Julio
A. Torres
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