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Item 8.01 Other Events
On January 20, 2022, Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (the “Company”), issued a press release announcing the extension of the redemption date of all of its outstanding warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock that were issued under the Warrant Agreement, dated as of September 24, 2020, by and among Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (f/k/a Vector Acquisition Corporation) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as original warrant agent, as amended by and assigned to and assumed by the Company, pursuant to that certain Amendment to Warrant Agreement, dated August 25, 2021, by and among Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (f/k/a Vector Acquisition Corporation), Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as successor warrant agent (as so amended, the “Warrant Agreement”). The Company has extended the redemption date from 5:00 p.m. New York City time on January 21, 2022 (the “Initial Redemption Date”) to 5:00 p.m. New York City time on January 31, 2022 (the “New Redemption Date”). A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
None of this Current Report on Form 8-K or the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 constitutes an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any Company securities, and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offering, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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| 99.1 | Press Release of Rocket Lab USA, Inc., dated January 20, 2022. | |
| 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.
| Date: January 20, 2022 | Rocket Lab USA, Inc. | |||||
| By: | /s/ Adam Spice | |||||
| Adam Spice | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||