secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Rocket Lab Corp (RKLB)
CIK:        0001819994
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-06-05T20:15:29+00:00
Accession:  0001819994-26-000056
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000181999426000056/0001819994-26-000056-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000181999426000056/rklb-20260603.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001819994-26-000056

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