---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-057537"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RKLB"
cik: "0001819994"
company_name: "Rocket Lab Corp"
filed_at: "2023-11-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T03:08:27.569576+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rocket Lab appoints retired U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Nina Armagno to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Board expanded from 8 to 9 directors; Armagno appointed as Class III director until 2024 annual meeting.
- Armagno qualifies as independent; expected to serve on Government Security Committee.
- Receives initial RSU grant worth $360,000 vesting over 3 years, plus annual RSU grant of $180,000.
- 35+ year military career; first Lt Gen appointed to Space Force; served as Director of Staff and of Plans & Policy.
- CEO Peter Beck says addition strengthens board as Rocket Lab scales launch and space systems businesses.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-057537
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RKLB
- cik: 0001819994
- company_name: Rocket Lab Corp
- filed_at: 2023-11-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017023057537/0000950170-23-057537-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017023057537/rklb-20231030.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-057537.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Nina M. Armagno was appointed as Class III director at Rocket Lab Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III director
  source text: On October 30, 2023, the Board appointed Lt. Gen. Nina M. Armagno (Ret.) as a Class III director to fill a newly created vacancy on the Board, with an initial term expiring at the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017023057537/0000950170-23-057537-index.htm

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