### Filing Overview **Filing Date**: June 4, 2021 **Type of Filing**: [[Filing Definitions#Form 425|Form 425]] **Filing Purpose**: Announcement of New Board Members Ahead of Nasdaq Listing --- ### Notes - **Key Announcement**: - Rocket Lab welcomed **[[Merline Saintil]]** and **[[Jon A. Olson]]** as new independent board members as the company prepared to go public through its merger with [[Vector Acquisition Corporation (VACQ)]]. - **Board Member Roles**: - **Merline Saintil**: Appointed as **Lead Independent Director** and Chair of the Compensation Committee. - **Jon A. Olson**: Appointed as Chair of the Audit Committee. - **Professional Backgrounds**: - **Merline Saintil**: - Over 20 years of leadership experience with companies like Intuit, Yahoo!, PayPal, Adobe, and Sun Microsystems. - Recognized among the “Most Powerful Women Engineers in the World” by _Business Insider_. - **Jon A. Olson**: - Former CFO at Xilinx and financial leader at Intel Corporation. - Extensive board experience with companies like Xilinx and Kulicke & Soffa. - **Strategic Importance**: - Appointments come during Rocket Lab’s strategic expansion, including: - Development of the **Neutron** rocket for mega-constellations and human spaceflight. - Growth of the space systems division for satellite manufacturing and interplanetary missions. --- ![[a995a28d-7bde-4cf7-b120-9788d193af32.pdf]]