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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
On March 24, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing the next Electron mission launch window and an update to its first quarter 2022 revenue guidance. A copy of the press release is attached hereto and furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
This information is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01, “Regulation FD Disclosure,” and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
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This report may contain certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Exchange Act, as amended. These forward-looking statements, including without limitation expectations regarding mission launch windows and Q1 2022 revenue, are based on the Company’s current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects, and contain a number of risk and uncertainties (many of which are beyond the Company’s control), or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Many factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this report including the factors identified in the press release furnished under Item 7.01 hereof and those and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. There can be no assurance that the future developments affecting the Company will be those that we have anticipated. Except as required by law, the Company is not undertaking any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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| 99.1 | Press Release of Rocket Lab USA, Inc., dated March 24, 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: March 24, 2022 |
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. | |||||
| By: |
/s/ Adam Spice | |||||
| Adam Spice | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||