---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-045569"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RKLB"
cik: "0001819994"
company_name: "Rocket Lab Corp"
filed_at: "2024-04-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T19:23:03.471163+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rocket Lab board member Sven Strohband not standing for re-election after 11 years

## Summary
- Dr. Sven Strohband, board member since 2013, will not stand for re-election at the 2024 Annual Meeting.
- His departure is not due to any disagreement with the company on operations, policies, or practices.
- Strohband is a managing director at Khosla Ventures and led Rocket Lab's Series A investment.
- He will continue serving until the June 12, 2024 Annual Meeting; no replacement named.
- CEO Peter Beck thanked Strohband for his support through funding, Electron launch, and NASDAQ listing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-045569
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RKLB
- cik: 0001819994
- company_name: Rocket Lab Corp
- filed_at: 2024-04-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017024045569/0000950170-24-045569-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017024045569/rklb-20240412.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-045569.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sven Strohband departed as Director at Rocket Lab Corp.
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 12, 2024, Sven Strohband notified Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (the “Company”) that he will not stand for re-election to the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) at the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (“2024 Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017024045569/0000950170-24-045569-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.