04:07 AM EST, 01/23/2025 (MT Newswires) -- AST SpaceMobile ( ASTS ) said Thursday it priced $400 million of 4.25% convertible senior unsecured notes due 2032 in a private offering.

The company granted the initial purchasers a 13-day option to buy up to an additional $60 million of notes. The initial sale is expected to settle on Jan. 27.

The initial conversion rate will be 37.0535 shares of AST SpaceMobile's ( ASTS ) class A common stock per $1,000 of notes, equivalent to an initial conversion price of about $26.99 per share.

The company estimates net proceeds of about $387.9 million, of which it plans to use about $38.7 million to pay the cost of certain capped call transactions and the remaining for working capital or other general corporate purposes.