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ROCKET LAB USA INC. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and ROCKET LAB USA INC.’s Form 8-K, filed June 14, 2024 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated October 18, 2026.

4Ballot items
224Asset managers
789Fund votes
June 12, 2024Meeting date

Results at a glance

Meeting of June 12, 2024: 4 items on ROCKET LAB USA INC.’s Form 8-K, filed June 14, 2024: 2 approved · 2 without a stated outcome.

Material dissent

None.

Material dissent: a director nominee under 80% of the votes cast, say-on-pay under 70%, any other item the board put forward under 80%, or a shareholder proposal with more than 50%, on the company’s own Form 8-K tally. How this is decided

Proxy season: 2023-2024

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Official 2023-2024 meeting results reported by ROCKET LAB USA INC.

These tallies are ROCKET LAB USA INC.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed June 14, 2024 (Item 5.07, “Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders”). They cover every share voted at the meeting, not just the funds that file Form N-PX.

ROCKET LAB USA INC. — official shareholder meeting results, meeting held June 12, 2024
Ballot item	For	Against	Abstain	Withheld	Broker non-votes	Support (of votes cast)	Reported outcome	Voting standard
Elect Director: Lt. Gen. Nina M. Armagno (Ret.)	248,478,144	--	--	1,184,794	103,196,075	99.5%	Not verified	—
Elect Director: Peter Beck	234,810,322	--	--	14,852,616	103,196,075	94%	Not verified	—
2. The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, by the following vote	350,790,323	1,010,170	1,058,520	--	--	99.7%	Approved	—
3. On a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers disclosed in the Company's definitive proxy statement	245,635,450	3,098,739	928,749	--	103,196,075	99%	Approved	—

Source: ROCKET LAB USA INC., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on June 14, 2024 — read the filing on EDGAR.

How asset managers voted at the ROCKET LAB USA INC. 2023-2024 meeting

Each item below shows how the 224 asset managers that disclosed a ROCKET LAB USA INC. vote in their SEC Form N-PX filings actually voted. Share totals are the shares those managers' funds voted, summed across every fund they report.

1. Elect Director: Lt. Gen. Nina M. Armagno (Ret.)

Outcome not verifiedDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Not verified

Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

99.5% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 99.5%

FOR: 248,478,144WITHHELD: 1,184,794

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 49 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of Class III Directors: Lt. Gen. Nina M. Armagno (Ret.)

ROCKET LAB USA INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Lt. Gen. Nina M. Armagno (Ret.)”): 248,478,144 for, 1,184,794 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed June 14, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 99.5% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 49 asset managers below reported 32,382,020 for.

FOR

FOR: 32,382,020

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Class III Directors: Lt. Gen. Nina M. Armagno (Ret.)” at ROCKET LAB USA INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Vote
Vanguard	14,115,277	For
ARK ETF Trust	5,940,677	For
BlackRock	4,749,573	For
Charles Schwab	2,134,766	For
State Street	1,980,441	For
TOCQUEVILLE TRUST	500,000	For
Procure ETF Trust II	374,080	For
Equitable	371,510	For
Dimensional	344,119	For
Advisors' Inner Circle Fund III	310,438	For
Lincoln Financial	267,381	For
Fidelity	229,922	For
Global X	126,379	For
Pacific Life	95,414	For
Bridge Builder Trust	92,975	For
First Trust	92,619	For
John Hancock	89,933	For
NEW COVENANT FUNDS	87,494	For
Direxion Shares ETF Trust	60,074	For
American Century	56,483	For
ARK Venture Fund	43,357	For
DWS	42,626	For
Voya	41,528	For
Principal	35,463	For
AIG/SunAmerica	31,810	For

Showing the 25 largest of 49 asset managers. See all 49 in the interactive database.

2. Elect Director: Peter Beck

Outcome not verifiedDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Not verified

Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

94% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 94%

FOR: 234,810,322WITHHELD: 14,852,616

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 49 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of Class III Directors: Peter Beck

ROCKET LAB USA INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Peter Beck”): 234,810,322 for, 14,852,616 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed June 14, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 94% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 49 asset managers below reported 30,672,530 for, 1,568,600 withheld, 140,890 abstained.

FOR

FOR: 30,672,530ABSTAIN: 140,890WITHHOLD: 1,568,600

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Class III Directors: Peter Beck” at ROCKET LAB USA INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Abstain	Withheld	Vote
Vanguard	14,115,277	0	0	For
ARK ETF Trust	5,940,677	0	0	For
BlackRock	4,749,573	0	0	For
Charles Schwab	2,134,766	0	0	For
State Street	1,974,658	0	5,783	For
TOCQUEVILLE TRUST	0	0	500,000	Withhold
Procure ETF Trust II	374,080	0	0	For
Equitable	371,510	0	0	For
Dimensional	0	0	344,119	Withhold
Advisors' Inner Circle Fund III	0	0	310,438	Withhold
Lincoln Financial	236,100	0	31,281	Mixed
Fidelity	229,922	0	0	For
Global X	126,379	0	0	For
Pacific Life	95,414	0	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	52,839	40,136	0	Mixed
First Trust	0	0	92,619	Withhold
John Hancock	0	89,933	0	Abstain
NEW COVENANT FUNDS	87,494	0	0	For
Direxion Shares ETF Trust	0	0	60,074	Withhold
American Century	56,483	0	0	For
ARK Venture Fund	43,357	0	0	For
DWS	0	0	42,626	Withhold
Voya	0	0	41,528	Withhold
Principal	0	0	35,463	Withhold
AIG/SunAmerica	0	0	31,810	Withhold

Showing the 25 largest of 49 asset managers. See all 49 in the interactive database.

3. 3. On a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers disclosed in the Company's…

Official result Fund totals may overlapCOMPENSATIONReported outcome: Approved

Combines 12 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

99% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 99%

FOR: 245,635,450AGAINST: 3,098,739

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 224 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers disclosed in the accompanying proxy statement.

ROCKET LAB USA INC.’s own tally for this item (“3. On a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers disclosed in the Company's definitive proxy statement”): 245,635,450 for, 3,098,739 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed June 14, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers disclosed in the Company's definitive proxy statement, based upon the votes set forth in the table below:”
Support: 99% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports: 49 asset managers voting on “To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers disclosed in the” at ROCKET LAB USA INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
Vanguard	14,115,277	0	For
ARK ETF Trust	5,940,677	0	For
BlackRock	4,749,573	0	For
Charles Schwab	2,134,766	0	For
State Street	1,979,396	1,045	For
TOCQUEVILLE TRUST	500,000	0	For
Procure ETF Trust II	374,080	0	For
Equitable	371,510	0	For
Dimensional	344,119	0	For
Advisors' Inner Circle Fund III	310,438	0	For
Lincoln Financial	267,381	0	For
Fidelity	229,922	0	For
Global X	126,379	0	For
Pacific Life	95,414	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	92,975	0	For
First Trust	92,619	0	For
John Hancock	89,933	0	For
NEW COVENANT FUNDS	87,494	0	For
Direxion Shares ETF Trust	60,074	0	For
American Century	56,483	0	For
ARK Venture Fund	43,357	0	For
DWS	42,626	0	For
Voya	41,528	0	For
Principal	35,463	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	31,810	0	For

Fund voting reports, all 49 managers: 32,353,264 for, 28,756 against. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports: 192 asset managers voting on “To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers disclosed in the” at ROCKET LAB USA INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
VK Services, LLC	52,027,273	0	For
Deer Management Co. LLC	40,738,544	0	For
Vector Capital Management, L.P.	9,622,769	0	For
State Street	4,454,668	1,045	For
Data Collective IV GP, LLC	2,929,350	0	For
Charles Schwab	2,134,766	0	For
Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd.	1,820,390	0	For
BlackRock	1,542,547	38,823	For
Northern Trust	1,345,688	0	For
HARVARD MANAGEMENT CO INC	1,000,000	0	For
LA FINANCIERE DE L'ECHIQUIER	994,000	0	For
Voya	899,421	0	For
TOCQUEVILLE ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P.	754,310	0	For
Fisher Asset Management, LLC	704,304	0	For
MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp	448,659	0	For
Neuberger Berman	318,527	0	For
Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd.	294,054	0	For
AllianceBernstein	286,910	0	For
BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P.	271,611	0	For
UBS	254,341	0	For
T. Rowe Price	230,642	0	For
SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP	0	225,330	Against
PARAMETRIC PORTFOLIO ASSOCIATES LLC	217,029	0	For
Vanguard	212,035	0	For
ROCKEFELLER FINANCIAL LLC	198,093	0	For

Institutional-manager reports, all 192 managers: 127,403,958 for, 341,194 against, 1,725 abstained, 405 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

4. 2. The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for…

Official resultAUDIT-RELATEDReported outcome: Approved

Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

99.7% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 99.7%

FOR: 350,790,323AGAINST: 1,010,170

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 49 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024

ROCKET LAB USA INC.’s own tally for this item (“2. The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, by the following vote”): 350,790,323 for, 1,010,170 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed June 14, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, by the following vote:”
Support: 99.7% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 49 asset managers below reported 32,382,020 for.

FOR

FOR: 32,382,020

Largest asset managers voting on “To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for th” at ROCKET LAB USA INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Vote
Vanguard	14,115,277	For
ARK ETF Trust	5,940,677	For
BlackRock	4,749,573	For
Charles Schwab	2,134,766	For
State Street	1,980,441	For
TOCQUEVILLE TRUST	500,000	For
Procure ETF Trust II	374,080	For
Equitable	371,510	For
Dimensional	344,119	For
Advisors' Inner Circle Fund III	310,438	For
Lincoln Financial	267,381	For
Fidelity	229,922	For
Global X	126,379	For
Pacific Life	95,414	For
Bridge Builder Trust	92,975	For
First Trust	92,619	For
John Hancock	89,933	For
NEW COVENANT FUNDS	87,494	For
Direxion Shares ETF Trust	60,074	For
American Century	56,483	For
ARK Venture Fund	43,357	For
DWS	42,626	For
Voya	41,528	For
Principal	35,463	For
AIG/SunAmerica	31,810	For

Showing the 25 largest of 49 asset managers. See all 49 in the interactive database.

Largest ROCKET LAB USA INC. shareholders voting in 2023-2024

Ranked separately for each type of Form N-PX report. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two tables can list the same shares and are never added together. Each is ranked by the shares voted on the item that the most managers of that type reported, shown as a share of the 492,670,716 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.

Fund voting reports: top ROCKET LAB USA INC. shareholders by shares voted on “To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers…”, 2023-2024
#	Asset manager	% of shares outstanding
1	Vanguard	2.87%
2	ARK ETF Trust	1.21%
3	BlackRock	0.96%
4	Charles Schwab	0.43%
5	State Street	0.40%
6	TOCQUEVILLE TRUST	0.10%
7	Procure ETF Trust II	0.08%
8	Equitable	0.08%
9	Dimensional	0.07%
10	Advisors' Inner Circle Fund III	0.06%

Institutional-manager reports: top ROCKET LAB USA INC. shareholders by shares voted on “To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers…”, 2023-2024
#	Asset manager	% of shares outstanding
1	VK Services, LLC	10.56%
2	Deer Management Co. LLC	8.27%
3	Vector Capital Management, L.P.	1.95%
4	State Street	0.90%
5	Data Collective IV GP, LLC	0.59%
6	Charles Schwab	0.43%
7	Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd.	0.37%
8	BlackRock	0.32%
9	Northern Trust	0.27%
10	HARVARD MANAGEMENT CO INC	0.20%

Reported ROCKET LAB USA INC. holdings and ownership

As disclosed to the SEC in Form 13F (quarter-end holdings of 30 large managers), Schedules 13D and 13G (beneficial ownership above 5%) and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A). Each row names its form.

ROCKET LAB USA INC. holdings and ownership disclosed for the 2023-2024 proxy season
Holder	% outstanding	Disclosure
The Vanguard Group	5.39%	13G
State Street	5.08%	13F
Geode Capital	1.29%	13F
Citadel Advisors	1.26%	13F
Dimensional Fund Advisors	0.79%	13F
Northern Trust	0.49%	13F
Charles Schwab	0.43%	13F
BNY Mellon	0.29%	13F
Millennium Management	0.26%	13F
Point72	0.21%	13F

Percentages above are of 492,670,716 shares outstanding, as reported by ROCKET LAB USA INC. on its Form 10-Q dated March 31, 2024 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2023-2024 meeting, not today’s. Each holding is as of its own filing, which may be dated before or after the meeting.

About this page

Every figure above is derived from filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PX, in which registered funds disclose how they voted every proxy and institutional managers disclose their votes on executive pay (say-on-pay, say-on-frequency and golden parachutes), and Form 8-K Item 5.07, in which the company reports its own meeting results. Shares outstanding are taken from ROCKET LAB USA INC.’s 10-Q dated March 31, 2024. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on October 18, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.

At ROCKET LAB USA INC.'s shareholder meeting held June 12, 2024, in the 2023-2024 proxy season, 224 asset managers reported how they voted on 4 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 789 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers… — ROCKET LAB USA INC.'s filing reports the proposal as approved, with 99% support of the votes cast (FOR divided by FOR plus AGAINST, the conventional basis for proxy support; abstentions, broker non-votes and unvoted shares are excluded because none of them took a side). Source: ROCKET LAB USA INC.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 14, 2024.

ROCKET LAB USA INC. proxy season coverage: 2023-2024 (this page).

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