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Merger communication
✓ VerifiedRocket Lab filed Iridium's audited and interim financials plus pro forma combined statements to support its pending acquisition of Iridium under a June 28, 2026 merger agreement.
Filed Aug 13, 2026 · 06:12 ET
Summary
- Rocket Lab entered an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated June 28, 2026 with Iridium Communications Inc., Ion Merger Sub I, Inc., and Ion Merger Sub II, LLC.
- Under the two-step Transaction, Merger Sub I will merge into Iridium as the First Merger, and the surviving corporation will then merge into Merger Sub II.
- The filing incorporates Iridium's audited financial statements as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 and its unaudited statements as of June 30, 2026, along with the consent of KPMG LLP.
- Rocket Lab provided unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements as of June 30, 2026 and for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and the year ended December 31, 2025.
- Rocket Lab has filed a Registration Statement on Form S-4 that is not yet effective, and the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus was filed with the SEC on August 13, 2026.
Key facts
- Merger Agreement date
- June 28, 2026
From the filing for Merger Agreement date
“entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated as of June 28, 2026, with Iridium Communications Inc.”
- Target
- Iridium Communications Inc.
From the filing for Target
“Rocket Lab Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Rocket Lab"), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger”
- Merger subsidiaries
- Ion Merger Sub I, Inc. and Ion Merger Sub II, LLC
From the filing for Merger subsidiaries
“Ion Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Rocket Lab ("Merger Sub I"), and Ion Merger Sub II, LLC”
- Iridium auditor
- KPMG LLP
From the filing for Iridium auditor
“the consent of KPMG LLP, Iridium's independent registered public accounting firm, included as Exhibit 23.1”
- Audited period
- December 31, 2025 and 2024
From the filing for Audited period
“The audited consolidated financial statements of Iridium as of December 31, 2025 and 2024”
- Interim statements date
- June 30, 2026
From the filing for Interim statements date
“The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Iridium as of June 30, 2026”
- Proxy filing date
- Augest 13, 2026
From the filing for Proxy filing date
“is included in the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus filed with the SEC on Augest 13, 2026”
- CFO signatory
- Adam Spice
From the filing for CFO signatory
“/s/ Adam Spice Adam Spice Chief Financial Officer”
Why it mattersThe filing provides the financial disclosures required to advance Rocket Lab's pending acquisition of Iridium toward stockholder and regulatory approval. The Form S-4 is not yet effective.
- Filed
- Aug 13, 2026
- Accepted
- 2026-08-13 10:12Z
- Accession no.
- 0001753926-26-001456
- Size
- 544 KB
- Index
- Filing index