0000899243-22-024330.txt : 20220627 0000899243-22-024330.hdr.sgml : 20220627 20220627214252 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000899243-22-024330 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20220623 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220627 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20220627 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: COWAN DAVID J/CA CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001204817 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-39560 FILM NUMBER: 221046389 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O BESSEMER VENTURE PARTNERS STREET 2: 535 MIDDLEFIELD ROAD, STE 245 CITY: MENLO PARK STATE: CA ZIP: 94025 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Rocket Lab USA, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001819994 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: GUIDED MISSILES & SPACE VEHICLES & PARTS [3760] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3881 MCGOWEN STREET CITY: LONG BEACH STATE: CA ZIP: 90808 BUSINESS PHONE: 714-465-5737 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3881 MCGOWEN STREET CITY: LONG BEACH STATE: CA ZIP: 90808 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Vector Acquisition Corp DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20200803 4 1 doc4.xml FORM 4 SUBMISSION X0306 4 2022-06-23 0 0001819994 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. RKLB 0001204817 COWAN DAVID J/CA C/O BESSEMER VENTURE PARTNERS 1865 PALMER AVE, SUITE 104 LARCHMONT NY 10538 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2022-06-23 4 A 0 38090 0.00 A 294310 D Common Stock 199084 I See footnote Common Stock 0 I See footnotes Represents restricted stock units ("RSUs") granted to David Cowan under the Rocket Lab USA, Inc. Amended and Restated Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy. Such RSUs will vest in full on the earlier of (i) the one-year anniversary of the grant date or (ii) the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The RSUs were granted on June 23, 2022. The Reporting Person has agreed to assign to Deer Management Co. LLC the right to any shares issuable pursuant to this grant or any proceeds from the sale thereof. Includes 256,220 shares received from in-kind partnership distributions for no consideration since the Reporting Person's last required report. Consists of 79,881 shares held by David Cowan Partners II and 119,203 shares held by Cowan Family trust received from in-kind partnership distributions for no consideration since the Reporting Person's last required report. As of the date hereof, Bessemer Venture Partners VIII Institutional L.P. ("BVP VIII Inst") and Bessemer Venture Partners VIII, L.P. ("BVP VIII", and together with BVP VIII Inst referred to collectively, the "Funds") own 37,803,531 shares of Common Stock and 31,433,700 shares of Common Stock, respectively. The Reporting Person is a director of Deer VIII & Co. Ltd. ("Deer Ltd."), which is the general partner of Deer VIII & Co. L.P. ("Deer L.P."), which is the general partner of each of the Funds. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities held by the Funds, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest, if any, in such securities by virtue of his interest in Deer Ltd. and Deer L.P. and his indirect limited partnership interest in the Funds. This report shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of such securities. /s/ Adam Spice, as Attorney-in-Fact for David Cowan 2022-06-27