---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001753926-26-001454"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RKLB"
cik: "0001819994"
company_name: "Rocket Lab Corp"
filed_at: "2026-08-13T10:09:50+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-13T10:15:10.188720+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rocket Lab-Iridium merger: $27 cash plus stock, $3.6B bridge financing

## Summary
- Per-share consideration: $27.00 cash plus stock; exchange ratio 0.4000 if RKLB ≤ $67.50, 0.2400 if ≥ $112.50, else $27/RKLB price.
- Bridge facility: $3.6B senior secured 364-day term loan from Deutsche Bank and Wells Fargo to fund cash portion.
- Pro forma combined cash and equivalents $1,005.3M as of June 30, 2026; purchase consideration cash outflow $4,882.8M.
- Iridium audited FY2025 and unaudited Q2 2026 financials incorporated; pro forma statements for 2025 and H1 2026 filed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001753926-26-001454
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RKLB
- cik: 0001819994
- company_name: Rocket Lab Corp
- filed_at: 2026-08-13T10:09:50+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000175392626001454/0001753926-26-001454-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000175392626001454/g085841_8k.htm

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