Rocket Lab stockholders reject charter amendment at August 27 annual meeting
At its August 27, 2025 annual meeting, Rocket Lab's stockholders re-elected no one new but elected three Class I directors, ratified Deloitte & Touche as auditor, and approved the executive pay advisory vote. They did not approve an amendment to remove a recently added pass-through voting provision at subsidiary Rocket Lab USA, Inc., because it did not reach the required 66-2/3% of voting power. The company also adopted a Senior Executive Cash Incentive Bonus Plan on August 25, 2025.
Key points
- Stockholders elected Jon Olson, Merline Saintil and Alex Slusky as Class I directors for terms expiring at the 2028 annual meeting.
- The charter amendment for Rocket Lab USA, Inc. received 298,079,255 votes for and 1,925,556 against, short of the required 66-2/3% of voting power.
- Compensation Committee adopted the Senior Executive Cash Incentive Bonus Plan on August 25, 2025; the full plan is filed as Exhibit 10.1.
- Stockholders approved the named executive officer compensation on an advisory basis, with 240,340,772 votes for and 58,526,365 against.
The filing
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