---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-206216"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RKLB"
cik: "0001819994"
company_name: "Rocket Lab Corp"
filed_at: "2024-08-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T07:52:26.931037+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rocket Lab appoints former Lockheed Martin CFO Kenneth Possenriede to Board

## Summary
- Board expanded from 8 to 9 directors; Possenriede appointed as Class III director effective August 21, 2024.
- Possenriede served as Lockheed Martin CFO from Feb 2019 to Aug 2021, plus 35 years in finance leadership.
- Appointed to the Audit Committee.
- Receives initial RSU grant valued at $360,000 vesting over 3 years, plus annual RSU grants of $180,000.
- Cash retainer per standard non-employee director policy, prorated for 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-206216
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RKLB
- cik: 0001819994
- company_name: Rocket Lab Corp
- filed_at: 2024-08-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000119312524206216/0001193125-24-206216-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000119312524206216/d855227d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-206216
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-206216.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-206216.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kenneth Possenriede was appointed as Class III Director at Rocket Lab Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III Director
  source text: On August 21, 2024, the Board appointed Kenneth Possenriede as a Class III director to fill a vacancy on the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000119312524206216/0001193125-24-206216-index.htm

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