---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001819994-26-000056"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RKLB"
cik: "0001819994"
company_name: "Rocket Lab Corp"
filed_at: "2026-06-05T20:15:29+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T20:27:03.001528+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rocket Lab appoints Agostino Ricupati as CAO, Spice steps down as principal accounting officer

## Summary
- Ricupati named Vice President, Corporate Controller and CAO effective June 3, 2026.
- Compensation includes base salary of $350,000, sign-on bonus of $50,000, and RSUs valued at $3M vesting over 4 years.
- Target bonus of 40% of base salary (prorated for 2026); temporary housing stipend up to $5,000/month for 7 months.
- Adam C. Spice remains CFO and principal financial officer, no longer principal accounting officer.
- Ricupati previously served as SVP and CAO of Cooper Companies (NASDAQ: COO) from 2017 to 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001819994-26-000056
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RKLB
- cik: 0001819994
- company_name: Rocket Lab Corp
- filed_at: 2026-06-05T20:15:29+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000181999426000056/0001819994-26-000056-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000181999426000056/rklb-20260603.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001819994-26-000056
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001819994-26-000056.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001819994-26-000056.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Adam C. Spice changed role as principal accounting officer at Rocket Lab Corp.
  - Action: will no longer serve as
  - Role: principal accounting officer
  source text: effective June 3, 2026 Adam C. Spice will no longer serve as principal accounting officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000181999426000056/0001819994-26-000056-index.htm
- Executive change
  Agostino Ricupati was appointed as Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at Rocket Lab Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On June 3, 2026, Rocket Lab Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Agostino Ricupati, age 59, as Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer and as the Company’s principal accounting officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000181999426000056/0001819994-26-000056-index.htm

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