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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950103-26-014464"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IRDM"
cik: "0001418819"
company_name: "Iridium Communications Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-24T20:52:18+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-24T20:53:11.172854+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Iridium shareholders approve Rocket Lab acquisition; $54/share notional value

## Summary
- 85,862,105 votes for merger agreement (99.6% of votes cast); 318,415 against, 67,862 abstain.
- Stockholders to receive $27 cash plus Rocket Lab shares, notional value $54 per share.
- Transaction expected to close by mid-2027, pending regulatory approvals and closing conditions.
- Golden parachute advisory proposal approved 74,461,703 for, 10,948,729 against, 837,950 abstain.
- Special meeting quorum 81.38% of outstanding shares represented; record date Aug 21, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950103-26-014464
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IRDM
- cik: 0001418819
- company_name: Iridium Communications Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-24T20:52:18+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418819/000095010326014464/0000950103-26-014464-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418819/000095010326014464/dp253851_8k.htm

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