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    Rocket Lab Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Regulation FD Disclosure, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits

    8/12/25 9:18:12 AM ET
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    false 0001819994 0001819994 2025-08-12 2025-08-12 iso4217:USD xbrli:shares iso4217:USD xbrli:shares

     

     

     

     

    UNITED STATES

    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

    WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

     

      

    FORM 8-K

     

     

    CURRENT REPORT 

    Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


     

    Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 12, 2025

     

     

    ROCKET LAB CORPORATION

    (Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

     

     

     

    Delaware 001-39560 39-2182599
    (State or Other Jurisdiction
    of Incorporation)
    (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer
    Identification No.)
         
    3881 McGowen Street
    Long Beach, California
      90808
    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

     

    Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: 714 465-5737

     

    Not Applicable

    (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

     

     

     

     

    Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

     

    ☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

     

    ☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

     

    ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

     

    ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

     

    Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     


    Title of each class

     

    Trading
    Symbol(s)

     


    Name of each exchange on which registered

    Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

     

    RKLB

     

    The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

     

    Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

     

    Emerging growth company ☐

     

    If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

     

      

     


    Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

    On August 12, 2025, Rocket Lab Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the closing of the previously announced acquisition (the “Acquisition”) of the parent holding company of GEOST LLC (“GEOST”). A copy of the press release is attached hereto and furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

    The information set forth under this Item 7.01 and in Exhibit 99.1 is not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in any such filing, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

     

    Item 8.01 Other Events.

     

    On August 12, 2025, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Rocket Lab USA, Inc. completed the previously announced Acquisition of GEOST, paying closing consideration of $125 million in cash and issuing 3,057,588 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.0001 par value (“Common Stock”). The agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) related to the Acquisition provides for an additional potential earnout of up to $50 million of cash payments to the seller tied to future revenue targets of GEOST’s business.

     

    On August 12, 2025, the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a prospectus supplement to the prospectus included in the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3ASR filed with the SEC on March 11, 2025 (File No. 333-285707), as amended by the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 filed with the SEC on May 27, 2025 (the “Registration Statement”), covering the resale by a certain selling stockholder of up to 3,057,588 shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued in a private placement in connection with the Acquisition. The prospectus supplement was filed in accordance with the Purchase Agreement. A copy of the legal opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP relating to the shares covered by the prospectus supplement is filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1, and is filed with reference to, and is hereby incorporated by reference in, the Registration Statement.

     

    Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

    (d) Exhibits

    Exhibit No.   Description
         
    5.1   Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP.
    23.1   Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
    99.1   Press Release of Rocket Lab Corporation, dated August 12, 2025, announcing the closing of the GEOST acquisition
    104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

     

      

     


    SIGNATURES

     

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    ROCKET LAB CORPORATION

     

     

     

     

    Date:

    August 12, 2025

    By:

    /s/ Adam Spice

     

     

     

    Adam Spice
    Chief Financial Officer

      

     

      

     

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