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Issuer:     Rocket Lab Corp (RKLB)
CIK:        0001819994
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-09-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-22-018121
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Rocket Lab appoints Dr. Edward Frank to Board of Directors, expanding to nine members
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- Board increased from eight to nine directors; Dr. Frank appointed as Class II director with term expiring at 2023 annual meeting.
- Dr. Frank brings 35+ years of tech leadership, including roles at Apple (VP, Mac Hardware), Broadcom (R&D VP), and founding CEO of Epigram.
- Standard non-employee director compensation: initial $360K RSU grant vesting over 3 years and annual $180K RSU grant.
- Dr. Frank qualifies as an independent director under Nasdaq rules; company will enter indemnification agreement.
- No transactions exceeding $120K between Dr. Frank and company; no arrangements for his appointment other than standard terms.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017022018121/0000950170-22-018121-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017022018121/rklb-20220902.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-018121

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