---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-028634"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RKLB"
cik: "0001819994"
company_name: "Rocket Lab Corp"
filed_at: "2023-06-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T23:08:29.805474+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rocket Lab shareholders elect three Class II directors, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- Edward Frank, Michael Griffin, and Matt Ocko elected as Class II directors with 260M, 230M, and 259M votes for, respectively.
- Ratified Deloitte & Touche as independent auditor for FY2023: 335.6M for, 0.7M against.
- Advisory vote on say-on-pay frequency: 1-year interval approved with 260.1M votes; board adopts annual frequency.
- Advisory say-on-pay resolution passed with 231.3M for, 29.2M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-028634
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RKLB
- cik: 0001819994
- company_name: Rocket Lab Corp
- filed_at: 2023-06-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017023028634/0000950170-23-028634-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017023028634/rklb-20230614.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Rocket Lab Corp shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on compensation of named executive officers at the 2023-06-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-14
  source text: The stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers disclosed in the Company’s definitive proxy statement, based upon the votes set forth in the table below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017023028634/0000950170-23-028634-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Rocket Lab Corp shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on frequency of future stockholder advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2023-06-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-14
  source text: The stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, that they were in favor of one year as the frequency of future stockholder advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers, based upon the votes set forth in the table below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017023028634/0000950170-23-028634-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Rocket Lab Corp shareholders approved Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-06-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-14
  source text: The stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, by the following vote:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017023028634/0000950170-23-028634-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Rocket Lab Corp shareholders approved Election of three Class II directors at the 2023-06-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-14
  source text: The stockholders elected three Class II directors to hold office for a three-year term expiring at the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, by the following vote:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017023028634/0000950170-23-028634-index.htm

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