---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-106830"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RKLB"
cik: "0001819994"
company_name: "Rocket Lab Corp"
filed_at: "2024-09-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T04:40:05.823012+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Michael Griffin resigns from Rocket Lab board effective immediately

## Summary
- Michael Griffin resigned as director on Sept 12, 2024, effective immediately.
- Resignation not the result of any dispute or disagreement with Rocket Lab.
- No replacement named; board acknowledged his service and insights.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-106830
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RKLB
- cik: 0001819994
- company_name: Rocket Lab Corp
- filed_at: 2024-09-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017024106830/0000950170-24-106830-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017024106830/rklb-20240912.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-106830.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael Griffin resigned as Director at Rocket Lab Corp.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 12, 2024, Michael Griffin notified Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (the “Company”) of his retirement and resignation as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors and the Board Committees on which he serves effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017024106830/0000950170-24-106830-index.htm

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