Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share
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Current Report · Items 8.01, 9.01 · 8-K
Rocket Lab Corporation
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Other Events
Item 8.01 Other Events. As previously disclosed in its Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 29, 2026, Rocket Lab Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Rocket Lab”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of June 28, 2026, with Iridium Communications Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Iridium”), Ion Mer…
Company context
Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB) is an end-to-end space company delivering rockets, satellites, and spacecraft components for commercial, government, and defense missions. Driven by its industry-leading small-lift rockets Electron and HASTE and its upcoming reusable Neutron medium-lift rocket, Rocket Lab delivers reliable and responsive launch for the world’s most important missions from constellation deployment to missile defense. Rocket Lab’s satellites and components have powered more than 1,700 missions in Earth orbit, as well as deep-space exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Learn more at www.rocketlabcorp.com.
Current securities
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ROCKET LAB CORPORATION · 8-K · Filed 2026-08-13
Disclosure sections
Item 8.01Item 8.01 - Other Events
Item
8.01 Other Events.
As
previously disclosed in its Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
on June 29, 2026, Rocket Lab Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Rocket Lab”), entered into an Agreement and Plan
of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of June 28, 2026, with Iridium Communications Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“Iridium”), Ion Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Rocket Lab
(“Merger Sub I”), and Ion Merger Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary
of Rocket Lab (“Merger Sub II”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the
conditions set forth therein, Merger Sub I will merge with and into Iridium (the “First Merger”), with Iridium continuing
as the surviving corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Rocket Lab, and subject to certain specified conditions
provided in the Merger Agreement being satisfied, following the First Merger, the surviving corporation in the First Merger will
merge with and into Merger Sub II (together with the First Merger, the “Transaction”), with Merger Sub II continuing
as the surviving entity.
The
purpose of this Current Report on Form 8-K is to file (a) the Financial Information (as defined below) and (b) the consent of
KPMG LLP, Iridium’s independent registered public accounting firm, included as Exhibit 23.1 to this Current Report on Form
8-K (the “Consent”), and to allow such Financial Information and Consent to be incorporated by reference into the
registration statements identified in the Consent and previously filed with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Securities Act”).