Rocket Lab Directors Receive RSUs as Regular Director Compensation

On May 20, 2026, Rocket Lab Corp (NASDAQ: RKLB) granted each of its three non-employee directors—Alexander R. Slusky, Merlaine Gentil, and Nina Armagno—2,482 restricted stock units (RSUs) under its non-employee director compensation policy and the 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan.

Those RSUs will vest in full on the earlier of the next annual shareholders’ meeting or one year after the grant date. While the awards slightly increased each director’s direct equity holdings, they were disclosed as routine director compensation rather than open-market transactions.

Recently, Rocket Lab won a contract worth about $90 million (KRW 120 billion) from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command to build and operate two geostationary space-domain awareness satellites, a development that has driven a rally in its share price.

Earlier this month, the company signed multiple launch agreements for its Neutron and Electron rockets with a confidential customer, boosting its launch backlog to roughly $2.2 billion (over KRW 3 trillion). It also reported record first-quarter revenue of approximately $200 million (KRW 280 billion).

Publicly traded in the U.S., Rocket Lab operates the small Electron launcher and is developing the medium-class reusable Neutron rocket while expanding into satellite manufacturing and space systems, with growing defense and government business.

The company is further pursuing defense and space-infrastructure contracts through initiatives such as the HASTE hypersonic test-launch platform, U.S. military space-surveillance satellites, optical laser communications, and strategic acquisitions in space robotics.