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Form 4 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. For: Jun 23 Filed by: COWAN DAVID J/CA

June 27, 2022 9:43 PM EDT
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
COWAN DAVID J/CA
(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O BESSEMER VENTURE PARTNERS
1865 PALMER AVE, SUITE 104
(Street)
LARCHMONT NY 10538
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. [ RKLB ] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/23/2022
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 06/23/2022   A   38,090 (1) A $ 0 294,310 (2) D  
Common Stock               199,084 I See footnote (3)
Common Stock               0 (4) I See footnotes (4) (5)
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. 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.
2. Includes 256,220 shares received from in-kind partnership distributions for no consideration since the Reporting Person's last required report.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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 06/27/2022
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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