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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950103-26-014197"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IRDM"
cik: "0001418819"
company_name: "Iridium Communications Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-18T20:14:30+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-18T20:15:17.964942+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Iridium supplements proxy for $54/sh Rocket Lab merger; Sept 24 vote, lawsuits allege disclosure gaps

## Summary
- Three NY Supreme Court lawsuits (two NY County, one Suffolk) allege proxy disclosure deficiencies; company denies merit, voluntarily supplements.
- Special meeting on Sept 24, 2026 for $54/share Rocket Lab merger; closing expected mid-2027.
- Evercore precedent transactions: 10-14x TEV/EBITDA on ~$527M OEBITDA implies $28.69-$47.77/sh.
- DCF implies $29.97-$45.54/sh using 9-10% discount rate; net debt ~$2,102M, 110.5M shares.
- Rocket Lab implied value $61.22-$99.03 (2027) and $53.10-$101.69 (2028); analyst targets to $150.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950103-26-014197
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IRDM
- cik: 0001418819
- company_name: Iridium Communications Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-18T20:14:30+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418819/000095010326014197/0000950103-26-014197-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418819/000095010326014197/dp253526_8k.htm

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