Communications Services, Not Elsewhere Classified - Latest Activist Disclosures

This table shows recent activist investor (Schedule 13D) filings made in this industry. Any investor or hedge fund that makes an investment with the intention of influencing management is considered an activist investor and must file a 13D.

Date Form Target Company Investor Shares Ownership
(Percent)
Ownership Change
(Percent)
2022-03-11 13D ASTS / AST SpaceMobile, Inc. Avellan Abel Antonio 78,163,078 60.20
2022-03-11 13D/A IRDM / Iridium Communications Inc. Baralonco Ltd 10,432,489 8.10 -11.02
2022-02-04 13D/A TSAT / Telesat Corporation Gamco Investors, Inc. Et Al 1,415,671 11.54 6.58
2022-01-13 13D BZFD / BuzzFeed, Inc. New Enterprise Associates 13 Lp 15,333,892 13.80
2022-01-11 13D/A TSAT / Telesat Corporation Gamco Investors, Inc. Et Al 1,328,284 10.83
2021-12-22 13D/A SATS / EchoStar Corporation Ergen Charles W
2021-12-13 13D BZFD / BuzzFeed, Inc. Jonah Peretti, LLC 12,019,830 9.79
2021-12-13 13D BZFD / BuzzFeed, Inc. Comcast Corp 30,880,000 27.90
2021-12-08 13D/A TSAT / Telesat Corporation Gamco Investors, Inc. Et Al 1,255,149 10.23
2021-12-07 13D/A SATS / EchoStar Corporation Ergen Charles W
2021-11-30 13D/A TSAT / Telesat Corporation Gamco Investors, Inc. Et Al 1,134,659 9.23
2021-11-26 13D/A ASTS / AST SpaceMobile, Inc. Rakuten, Inc. 31,020,155
2021-11-26 13D/A ASTS / AST SpaceMobile, Inc. Rakuten, Inc. 31,020,155
2021-11-26 13D/A IRDM / Iridium Communications Inc. Baralonco Ltd 11,724,230 8.90 -10.50
2021-11-23 13D TSAT / Telesat Corporation Mhr Fund Management Llc 18,096,228 36.50
2021-11-23 13D TSAT / Telesat Corporation Gamco Investors, Inc. Et Al 1,059,375 8.62
2021-11-10 13D/A VSAT / Viasat, Inc. Baupost Group Llc/ma 16,288,959 22.18 0.00
2021-10-12 13D KORE / KORE Group Holdings, Inc. Cerberus Telecom Acquisition Holdings, LLC 6,970,342 9.70
2021-08-26 13D SPIR / Spire Global, Inc. RRE Ventures GP V, LLC 6,754,020 5.10
2021-08-26 13D SPIR / Spire Global, Inc. Platzer Peter 20,826,176
2021-08-26 13D/A IRDM / Iridium Communications Inc. Baralonco Ltd 13,099,230 9.90 -3.68
2021-07-09 13D/A KVHI / KVH Industries, Inc. VIEX Capital Advisors, LLC 800,939 4.30 -25.05
2021-06-22 13D/A KVHI / KVH Industries, Inc. VIEX Capital Advisors, LLC 1,068,597 5.80 0.00
2021-06-10 13D/A SATS / EchoStar Corporation Ergen Charles W
2021-06-07 13D/A KVHI / KVH Industries, Inc. Vintage Capital Management LLC 390,050 2.08 -77.06
2021-06-02 13D/A SATS / EchoStar Corporation Ergen Charles W
2021-05-21 13D/A SATS / EchoStar Corporation Ergen Charles W
2021-05-06 13D/A KVHI / KVH Industries, Inc. VIEX Capital Advisors, LLC 1,068,597 5.80 4.91
2021-05-05 13D/A VSAT / Viasat, Inc. Baupost Group Llc/ma 16,288,959 22.50 0.00
2021-04-19 13D/A KVHI / KVH Industries, Inc. VIEX Capital Advisors, LLC 1,018,597 5.50 5.23
2021-04-16 13D ASTS / AST SpaceMobile, Inc. Vodafone Ventures Ltd 10,044,454 16.50
2021-04-16 13D ASTS / AST SpaceMobile, Inc. Invesat LLC 10,242,651 16.60
2021-04-16 13D ASTS / AST SpaceMobile, Inc. Mikitani Hiroshi 31,020,155 38.64
2021-04-16 13D ASTS / AST SpaceMobile, Inc. American Tower Corp /ma/ 4,670,657 8.60
2021-04-13 13D/A GOGO / Gogo Inc. Silver (Equity) Holdings, LP 31,739,011 30.10 150.42
2021-04-12 13D KVHI / KVH Industries, Inc. VIEX Capital Advisors, LLC 968,008 5.30
2021-04-01 13D/A GOGO / Gogo Inc. Silver (Equity) Holdings, LP 12,674,482 14.70 0.00
2021-03-19 13D/A SATS / EchoStar Corporation Ergen Charles W
2020-12-22 13D/A SATS / EchoStar Corporation Ergen Charles W
2020-12-08 13D/A SATS / EchoStar Corporation Ergen Charles W
2020-12-01 13D/A SATS / EchoStar Corporation Ergen Charles W
2020-10-26 13D KTEL / KonaTel, Inc. Atkinson Matthew Hugh 2,569,455 5.83
2020-10-23 13D/A KTEL / KonaTel, Inc. McEwen David S 12,100,000 54.40 -63.99
2020-09-14 13D GOGO / Gogo Inc. Silver (Equity) Holdings, LP 12,674,482 14.90
2020-07-27 13D/A VSAT / Viasat, Inc. Baupost Group Llc/ma 16,288,959 24.13 18.62
2020-06-02 13D/A SATS / EchoStar Corporation Ergen Charles W
2020-05-21 13D/A SATS / EchoStar Corporation Ergen Charles W
2020-04-10 13D/A KVHI / KVH Industries, Inc. Vintage Capital Management LLC 1,700,000 9.46 0.00
2020-03-19 13D/A SATS / EchoStar Corporation Ergen Charles W
2020-03-02 13D VSAT / Viasat, Inc. Fpr Partners Llc 6,831,134 11.00 15.57