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W h e n t h e p ro x y s t a t e m en t / p ro s p e c t u s i s f i na li z e d , i t w i l l b e s e n t t o t h e s t o c k h o l d e r s o f I ri d iu m s ee k i n g t h ei r a pp r o v a l o f c e r t a i n t r a n s a c t i o n - r e l a t e d p ro p o s a l s . T h i s c o mm un i ca t i o n i s n o t a s u b s t i t u t e f o r t h e p ro x y s t a t e m en t / p ro s p e c t u s o r a n y o t h e r d o c u m e n t s w h i c h R o c k e t La b o r I r i d iu m m a y f i l e w i t h t h e S E C i n c o nnec t i o n w i t h t he p ro p o s e d t ran s a c t i o n. R o c k e t La b m ay n o t s el l t h e c o mm o n s t o c k r ef e r e n c e d i n t h e p ro x y s t a t e m en t / p ro s p e c t u s u n t i l t h e R e g i s t ra t i o n S t a t e m e n t o n F o rm S - 4 f i l e d w i t h t h e S E C b e c o m e s ef f e c t i v e . 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I n v e s t o r s a n d s e c uri t y h o l d e r s w i l l b e a b l e t o o b t a in t h e s e m a t e r i a l s ( w h e n t h e y a r e a v a i l a b l e a n d f i l e d ) f r e e o f c h a r ge a t t h e S E C ’ s w e b s i t e, ww w . s e c . g o v . C o p i e s o f d o cu m en t s f i l e d w i t h t h e S E C b y R o c k e t L a b ( w h e n t h e y b e c o m e a v a i l a b le ) m a y b e o b t a i n e d f r e e o f c h a r g e o n R o c k e t La b ’ s w e b s i t e a t h t t p s : // i n v e s t o r s . rock e t l a b c o r p . c o m / f i n a n c i a l - inf o r m a t i o n / s e c - f i l in g s o r b y c o n t a c t in g R o c k e t L a b ’s I n v e s t o r R e l a t i o n s D e p ar t m en t a t i n v e s t o r s @ r o c k e t l a b u s a . c o m . C o p i e s o f d o c u m e n t s f i l e d w i t h t h e S E C b y I ri d iu m ( w he n t he y b e c o m e avail a b l e ) m a y b e o b t aine d fr e e o f char g e o n I ri d iu m ’ s w e b s i t e a t h t t p s : / / i n v e s t o r . iri d i u m . c o m / s e c - fi l i n g s b y c o n t ac t in g I ri d iu m ’ s I nv e s t o r R ela t i o n s D e p ar t m ent a t inv e s t o r . r e la t i o n s @ i ri d i u m . c o m . P a r t i c ip an t s i n t h e S o l i c i t a t i on R o b e r t H . N i e h a u s , L o u i s M . Al t e r m an , T h o m a s C . C a n f i e l d , M a t t h e w J . D e s c h, T h o m a s J . F i t z p a t r i c k , L . A n t h o ny F r a z i e r , S u z a n n e E . M cB r i d e , E r i c T. O l s o n , K a y N . S e a r s , M o n i q u e S . S h i v a n a n d a n a n d J a c q u e l i n e E . Y e a n ey , a l l o f w h o m ar e m e m b e r s o f I ri d iu m ’ s b o ar d o f d i r e c t o r s , a n d V i n c e n t J . 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A d d i t i o n a l inf o r m a t i o n a b o u t s u c h p ar t i c i p a n t s i s a v a i l a b l e u n d e r t h e c a p t i o n s “ P ro p o s a l 1 – E l e c t i o n o f Di r e c t o r s , ” “ Di r e c t o r C o m p e n s a t i o n ” a n d “ S e c ur i t y O w n e r s h i p o f C e r t a in B e n e f i c i a l O w n e r s a n d M a n a g e m en t ” i n I r i d i u m’ s d e f i n i t i v e p ro x y s t a t e m e n t i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h i t s 2 0 2 6 A n n u a l M e e t i n g o f S t o c k h o l d e r s ( t h e “ 2 0 2 6 P ro x y S t a t e m e n t ” ) , w h i c h w a s f i l e d w i t h t h e S E C o n A p r i l 2 , 2 0 2 6 ( w h i c h i s a v a i l a b l e a t h t t p s : // ww w . s e c . g o v / i x ? d o c= / A r c h i v e s / e d g a r / d a t a / 00 0 14 1 88 1 9 / 00 0 141 8 8 1 9 2 6 0 0 0 0 2 2 / ir d m - 2 0 2 6 0 4 0 2 . h t m ) , a s w e l l a s o n I r i d iu m ’ s A n n u a l R e p o r t o n F o r m 1 0 - K f o r t h e fi s c a l y e a r e n d e d D e c e m b e r 31 , 2 0 2 5 , w h i c h w a s fi l e d w i t h t h e S E C o n F e b r u a r y 1 2 , 2 0 2 6 ( t h e “ 2 0 2 5 1 0 - K ” ) a n d c er t a i n o f I r i d i u m ’ s Q u a r t er l y R e p o r t s o n F o r m 1 0 - Q a n d C ur r e n t R e p o r t s o n F o r m 8 - K . 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R o c k e t L a b m a y al s o b e d e e m e d t o b e a p ar t ic i p an t i n I r i d i u m’ s s o l i c i t a t i o n ; i nf o r m a t i o n r e g ar d i n g R o c k e t L a b w i l l b e i n c l u d e d i n t h e p ro x y s t a t e m e n t / p ro s p e c t u s a n d o t h e r r e l ev an t d o cu m e n t s t o b e f i l e d w i t h t h e S E C i n c o nnec t i o n w i t h t he t ran s a c t i o n . C o p ie s o f t he s e d o cu m en t s m a y b e o b t aine d , fr e e o f char g e, fro m t h e S E C o r I ri d iu m a s d e s c r i b ed in t h e p r e c e d in g p ara g r a p h. C a u t io n a r y N o t e R e g a rding F or w a rd - L o o k i n g S t a t e m e n ts T hi s c o mm u n i c a t i o n c o n t a i n s “ f o r w ar d - l oo k i n g s t a t e m en t s ” w i t h i n t h e m e a n in g o f t h e f e d e r a l s e cu r i t i e s la w s . 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( i v ) R o c k e t L a b ’ s a n d I ri d i u m’ s a b i l i t y t o i m p l e m e n t t h e i r b u s in e s s s t r a t e g i e s ; ( v ) p o t e n t i a l l i t i g a t i o n r e l a t i n g t o t h e p ro p o s e d t ra n s ac t i o n t h a t c o u l d b e in s t i t u t e d a g a i n s t R o c k e t L a b , I r i d i u m o r t h e ir r e s p e c t i v e d ir e c to r s , m a n a g e r s , o r o ffic e r s , i n c l u d i n g t h e ef f e c t s o f an y o u t c o m e s r e la t e d t h e r e to ; ( vi ) t h e r i s k t h a t d i s r u p t i o n s fro m t h e p r o p o s e d t r a n s ac t i o n w i l l har m R o c k e t La b ’ s o r I r i d i u m’ s b u s i n e s s e s , i n c l u d in g c ur r e n t p l an s a n d o p e r a t i o n s , o r w i l l o t he r w i s e d i v e r t m an a g e m en t t i m e f ro m o ngoi n g b u s i n e s s o p e r a t i o n s o n t r a n s a c t i o n - r e l a t e d i ss u e s ; ( v i i ) t h e a b i li t y o f R o c k e t L a b o r I ri d iu m t o r e t a i n a n d hi r e k e y p e r s o n n e l ; ( v i ii ) p o t e n t i a l a d v e r s e r e a c t i o n s o r c h a n ge s t o b u s in e s s r e la t i o n s hi p s r e s ul t i n g fro m t h e an n o u n c e m e n t o r c o m p le t i o n o f t h e p ro p o s e d t r a n s a c t i o n ; ( i x) f l u c t u a t i o n s in , a n d u n c e r t a i n t y a s t o t h e l o n g - t e r m v a l u e o f , R o c k e t L a b o r I r i d i u m c o mm o n s t o c k ( in c l u d in g a s r e l a t i n g t o t h e r i s k t h a t a n y a n n o u n c e m e n t s r e l a t e d t o t h e p ro p o s e d t r a n s a c t i o n c o u l d h a v e a d v e r s e ef fe c t s o n t h e m a r k e t p r i c e o f s u c h s t o c k ) ; (x ) l e g i s l a t i v e, r e g u l a t o r y a n d e c o n o m i c d e v e l o p m e n t s af f e c t i n g R o c k e t La b ’ s a n d I r i d iu m ’ s b u s i n e s s e s , in c l u d in g a c t i o n s b y g o v e r n m en t a g e n c i e s a n d t h ir d p ar t i e s ; ( x i ) g e n e r a l e c o n o m i c a n d m a r k e t d e v e l o p m e n t s a n d c o n d i t i o n s , p ot en t i a l c h a n g e s t o i n t e r n a t i o n a l t r a d e r e l a t i o n s , ge o p o l i t i c a l c o n f l ic t s a n d ef f e c t s f r o m gl o b a l p a n d e m i c s , e p i d e m i c s , o r ot her p u b l ic h e a l t h cr i s e s ; ( x i i ) t h e e v o l v i n g l e g a l , r e g u l a t o r y a n d t a x r e g i m e s u n d er w h i c h R o c k e t La b a n d I r i d i u m o p e r a t e ; ( x ii i ) r e s t ric t i o n s d ur i n g t h e p e n d e n c y o f t h e p ro p o s ed t r a n s a c t i o n t h a t m a y i m p ac t R o c k e t La b ’ s o r I r i d i u m’ s a b i l i t y t o p u r s u e c e r t a i n b u s i n e s s o pp o r t u ni t i e s o r s t r a t e g i c t r a n s a c t i o n s ; ( x iv ) u ne x p e c t e d c o s t s , c h a r g e s o r e x p e n s e s r e s u l t i n g fro m t h e p ro p o s e d t r a n s a c t i o n ; ( x v ) r i s k s t h a t a n y d e b t o r o t h e r f i na n c i n g an t i c i p a t e d i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e p ro p o s ed t r a n s a c t i o n i s n o t o b t a i n e d o r t ha t s u c h f i na n c i n g c an n o t b e o b t a i n e d o n t h e a n t i c i p a t e d t i m in g o r t e r m s o r u n e x p e c t e d c o s t s o r e x p e n s e s i n c o n n e c t i o n t h e r e w i t h ; a n d ( x vi ) t h e o t he r r i s k s a n d un c e r t a i n t i e s , a s d e s c r i b e d i n t h e p e r i o d i c r e p o r t s t h a t R o c k e t La b a n d I r i d iu m f i l e w i t h t h e S E C . T h e s e r i s k s , a s w el l a s o t h e r r i s k s a ss o c i a t e d w i t h t h e p ro p o s e d t ra n s ac t i o n , ar e m o r e f u l l y d i s c u ss e d i n t h e p ro x y s t a t e m en t / p ro s p e c t u s t o b e f i l e d w i t h t h e S E C i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e p ro p o s ed t r a n s a c t i o n . N ei t h e r R o c k e t L a b n o r I r i d i u m a s s u m e s a n y o b l i g a t i o n t o p u b li c l y p rov i d e r e v i s i o n s o r u p d a t e s t o a n y f o r w ar d - l oo k in g s t a t e m e n t s , w h e t h e r a s a r e s ul t o f n e w i nf o r m a t i o n , f u t ur e d e v elo p m en t s o r o t h e r w i s e, s h o u l d c ir c u m s t a n c e s c h a n g e , e x c e p t a s o t he r w i s e r e q ui r e d b y s e c uri t i e s a n d o t h e r a p p l i c a b l e l a w s . F o r w ar d - l oo k i n g s t a t e m e n t s in c l u d e d i n t hi s c o mm unica t i o n ar e m a d e a s o f t h e d a t e o f t hi s c o mm unica t i o n.

 
 

W e have t a l ke d ab o u t sp ac e ap p l i c a t i o n s a l ot. I t ’s where t he t rue valu e i s in sp ac e . A sp ac e a ppl i c a t i o n is p ar t i c ul a rly p owerful in t he hand s of Ro c ket La b as a s e l f - l aunching sp ac e craf t manu f actu r er. Bu t t here a r e s t i l l b i g chal l en g e s , e s p e cia l l y in commu n ications: 3 R o c k e t L ab | In v e s t o r U pd a t e 1. S p ect r um. 2. Long time t o d eploy i n frast ru c t u re t o get yo u r fir s t reven u e. 3. Long time to b u ild b u s i n e s s model and cu s t o mer base for s u staine d c a s h flo w . THE SPACE APPLIC A TION EQUATION W e’ve found a s hor t cut.

 
 

4 R o c k e t L ab | In v e s t o r U pd a t e Comb i ne s Rocket Lab 's l au n ch capa b i l it y and sa t e l l ite ma n u f ac t u r in g w it h Iri d ium’s g l o b a l s a t e l l ite c o mmunication s net w ork an d r are s p e c t rum. Ro c ket La b b e c om es a f ul l y - inte g ra t e d , s e l f - l aunching, t i e r - 1 sp ac e p o wer, d e l ivering critica l c o mmunication s ca p a b i l ity t o mi l l i o n s of u s er s w or l d wi d e . ROC K ET LAB IS A CQU I RIN G IRIDIUM C OMM U NICATIONS INC. O N E O F T H E M O S T T R A N S F O R M A T IV E D E A L S I N T H E S PA C E I N D U S T R Y

 
 

5 R o c k e t L ab | In v e s t o r U pd a t e I r i d iu m i s cri t ical t o the peo p l e an d s y s te ms th a t can’ t los e s i g nal : p ilo t s , m a r in e r s , first r es p on d e r s , g overnm e nt s , cri t ical infr a s t r u c tu r e , an d r e mote se n s o r s o p e r a t in g a t the e n d s of t h e Ea r th. Ena b l e d b y L - b an d s p e ct r u m : R a r e , fin i te, an d valu ab l e s i g nal t ha t d e liv e r s r e lia b l e , r e al tim e conn e ctivity , e v e n in r e mote o r ha r s h c on d iti o n s. I t s a b ility t o w or k th r ough all wea t h e r an d in g a p s where ot her b a n d s d o n’ t r each ma k e s i t mi s s i o n cr it ical f o r mil l ions of p e o p l e . DE L IVERS RE A L TIME, P OL E - T O - POL E GLOBAL COV E RAGE OVER EVER Y OCEA N , MOUNTAI N , A N D AIRW AY A TRULY UNIQUE GLOBAL N ETWORK

 
 

6 R o c k e t L ab | In v e s t o r U pd a t e THE ORIG I NAL SP A CE PIO N EERS 66 SPE C TRUM $8 7 1M $495M 2.55M 1,000 TRUS T ED G lo b al r i g hts ov e r s ca r c e r es ou r ce 202 5 R e v e nue 202 5 OEBITDA S u b s cri b e r s Ex p e r i e n c e d Te am Me m b e r s G overnm e nt Pa r tner 57% 202 5 OEBITDA M a r g in Oper a ti o nal s a t e llite s + 1 4 on o r b it s p a r es 1 . A s o f M a r c h 3 1, 2 0 26 A S T R O NG F O UNDATI O N T O BUILD U PON 1 2 . Bas e d on I r i d i u m ’ s p u b li c ly r e p o r t e d 2 0 25 r e s u l t s. I r i d i u m O p e r a t i on a l E B I T D A , o r OE B I T D A , is d e f i n e d as e a r n i ng s b e f o r e i n t e r e s t , i n c o m e t ax e s, d e p r e c ia t i on a n d a m o r t i z a t i on , g ai n ( l o ss ) on e q u i t y m e t ho d i n v e s t m e n t s, t r a n sa c t i on r e l a t e d e x p e n s e s, a n d s h a r e - b as e d c o m p e n sa t i o n e x p e n s e s. OE B I T D A m a r g i n is c a l c u l a t e d b y d ivi d i ng OE B I T D A b y t o t a l r e v e nu e . 2 2

 
 

7 R o c k e t L ab | In v e s t o r U pd a t e L A UNCH S P A C E C RA F T M ANU F A C T URI NG T he re s ult i s a highl y inte g ra t e d , s e l f - l aunching g l o b a l sp ac e p ower. One t ha t wi l l unlo c k m o r e g row t h f r om Iri d ium’s exi s t ing net w ork, an d bui l d new c o n s t e l l a t i o n s t o unl o ck new s ervic es and market o p p o r t uni t ie s . H IG H L Y VE R T ICA L L Y I N T EGRA T ED P ROVEN N E W S P A C E DI S RU P T O R THE ULTIMATE C O MBINATIO N FOR GROWTH T wo in d u s t ry l ea d er s join i n g force s t o d e l iver d i s rupti v e nex t - g en e ra t i o n sp ac e ca p a b i l itie s 1 + 1 = 3 T RUS T ED G O VER N M E N T P ART N ER UNI Q UE O P ER A T IONA L C O NST E L L A T ION H IG H L Y VALUABLE S P EC T RUM M IL L ION S OF C U ST O M ERS T RUS T ED G O VER N M E N T P ART N ER ST RONG C A S H F L OW

 
 

SPECTRUM: ESSENTI A L FOR SATELLITE COMMUN I CATIO NS ACCELERATED MARKET EN T RY SPEC T R U M IS A S CARCE RESOU R CE PRIORITY LEO RIGHTS S p ec t r u m is a fi n i t e a n d t i g h tl y r eg u l a t e d r eso ur ce , m a k ing es t ablished, int e r n a t i o n a l ly co o r d i n a t e d r ig h t s a s t r at e gic adva n tage f o r a g l oba l co m m u n ica t ions ne t w o r k. I n s t a n t a c cess to g l oba l cove r age, c r ea t ing the pree m inent platf or m f o r d e fe n s e - g r ade sat e l l i t e v o ice a n d e m er g ency trac k ing. 8 R o c k e t L ab | In v e s t o r U pd a t e Pr o vid e s g l oba l l y - co o r d i n a t e d L EO sp e ctrum r ig h t s tha t suppo r t c o nsisten t , r eliable cove r age a n d m issio n - c r i t ical co m m u n ica t ions s e r vices.

 
 

9 R o c k e t L ab | In v e s t o r U pd a t e IF YOU W ANT TO DO B I G TH I NGS IN SPACE YOU N EED SPECTRUM $100B+ TOT A L ADD R ES S ABLE M A RKET + + + T A M s o u r ce : N o v a s p a ce S p a ce Ec o n o m y R e p o r t , J a n u a ry 2026

 
 

THE QUI N TESSENT I AL ROCKET LAB DEAL 1 0 R o c k e t L ab | In v e s t o r U pd a t e Not investing in drea ms B u y ing capabili t y tha t is acc r e t ive a n d ad d s to the bo t to m li ne High l y pr o fitable A p p ly i n g the R o c k e t L ab m agic: A bso r b , u n ify , op t i m ize, evo l ve, a n d sca l e . M i ssion c r i t ical tech n o l o g y f o r the m ost d e m a n d i n g custo m ers A ccele r at e d entr y to co m p e t e in ne w m a rk e t s + access to l ar ge T AM

 
 

11 KEY TRANS A CTION TERMS Ca s h/ s t o c k c o n s i d eration of $5 4. 0 0 p e r s ha r e of Irid i u m c o mmon s t o c k , im p l ying an enterpri s e valu e f or Iri d ium of a pp roxima t e l y $8 b i l l i o n. $27.0 0 in c ash an d a nu m b e r of s h a r e s o f R o ck e t L a b comm o n s to ck, u s in g an exchan ge r a t io th a t move s wi t hin a d e fin e d colla r . * R o c k e t L a b h a s r e c ei v e d c o mm i tt e d d e b t f i n a n c i n g o f $ 3 . 6 b i ll io n f r o m D e u t s c h e B a n k a n d W e lls Fa r g o . R o c k e t L a b i n t e n d s to f un d t h e c a s h c o m p o n e n t o f t h e t r a n s a c t i o n t h r o u g h a c o m b i n a t i o n o f c a s h f r o m i t s b a l a n c e s h ee t a n d ot h e r d e b t a n d e q u i t y fi n a n c i n g s o u r c es. T ransa c t i o n c o m p l etion ex p e c t e d mi d - 2 0 27, s ubject to t he s a t i s fac t i o n of cu s t omary c l o s ing c o n d ition s ( inc l u d ing a pp roval of Iri d ium s t o c kho l d er s an d re q uire d reg u l a t ory a pp roval s ). T r a n s a cti o n h a s b e e n un a nimo u s ly a p pr oved b y the b o a rd s of d i r e cto r s of I r i d iu m an d R ock e t L a b. * C o m p l e t e d e t a i l s o n th e c a l c u la ti o n o f th e e x c h a n g e rat i o w i l l b e in th e t r a n s a c ti o n a g re e me n t , w hi c h w i l l b e fi l e d w ith th e S e c uriti e s a nd E x c h a n g e C o m m i s s i o n. R o c k e t L ab | In v e s t o r U pd a t e

 
 

12 This is our ent r an c e into r e c ur r in g ap p licati o ns r e v e nue from space, but it’s not t he fi n ish line . Rathe r tha n simp l y c o nti n u i n g Iridium’s netwo r k , we wil l build upon it to s c a l e into untapp e d ma r kets and pionee r new spac e - bas e d se r vi c es . Hu g e TAM expansion has b e en unlo c ked. P N T I o T D e f e n s e & G ovt A v ia t ion & M a r ine Mi ss ion S e r vi c es D i r e ct t o D e vi c e OUR FUTURE IN SPACE APPLIC A TIONS HAS JUST BEEN UNLOCKE D AND ACCELER A TED R o c k e t L ab | In v e s t o r U pd a t e

 

 

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