{"url_path":"/sec/irdm/8-k/2026-07-07/item-7-01","section_key":"item-7-01","section_title":"Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-07-07","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418819/0001104659-26-081335-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-081335","cik":"0001418819","ticker":"IRDM","issuer_name":"Iridium Communications Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418819/0001104659-26-081335-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001418819","primary_entity_name":"Iridium Communications Inc."},"word_count":805,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.**\n\n \n\nOn July 6, 2026, the Company issued a press release announcing\nthe Aireon Closing and the Company’s assumption of Aireon’s outstanding debt under the Aireon Credit Agreement. A copy of\nthe press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.\n\n \n\n**Additional Information and Where to Find It**\n\n** **\n\nThis communication is being made in respect of\na proposed transaction involving Rocket Lab Corporation (“Rocket Lab”) and Iridium Communications Inc. (“Iridium”).\nIn connection with the proposed transaction, Rocket Lab will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)\na Registration Statement on Form S-4 that includes the proxy statement of Iridium that will also constitute a prospectus of Rocket Lab.\nWhen the proxy statement/prospectus is finalized, it will be sent to the stockholders of Iridium seeking their approval of certain transaction-related\nproposals. This communication is not a substitute for the proxy statement/prospectus or any other documents which Rocket Lab or Iridium\nmay file with the SEC in connection with the proposed transaction.\n\n \n\nRocket Lab may not sell the common stock referenced\nin the proxy statement/prospectus until the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC becomes effective. The preliminary proxy\nstatement/prospectus and this communication are not offers to sell any securities, are not soliciting an offer to buy any securities in\nany state where the offer and sale is not permitted and are not a solicitation of any vote or approval.\n\n \n\nROCKET LAB AND IRIDIUM URGE INVESTORS AND SECURITY\nHOLDERS TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-4, THE RELATED PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS INCLUDED THEREIN AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED\nWITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED\nTRANSACTION.\n\n \n\nInvestors and security holders will be able to\nobtain these materials (when they are available and filed) free of charge at the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov. Copies of documents\nfiled with the SEC by Rocket Lab (when they become available) may be obtained free of charge on Rocket Lab’s website at https://investors.rocketlabcorp.com/financial-information/sec-filings\nor by contacting Rocket Lab’s Investor Relations Department at investors@rocketlabusa.com. Copies of documents filed with the SEC\nby Iridium (when they become available) may be obtained free of charge on Iridium’s website at https://investor.iridium.com/sec-filings\nby contacting Iridium’s Investor Relations Department at investor.relations@iridium.com.\n\n \n\n**Participants in the Solicitation**\n\n** **\n\nRobert H. Niehaus, Louis M. Alterman, Thomas C.\nCanfield, Matthew J. Desch, Thomas J. Fitzpatrick, L. Anthony Frazier, Suzanne E. McBride, Eric T. Olson, Kay N. Sears, Monique S. Shivanandan\nand Jacqueline E. Yeaney, all of whom are members of Iridium’s board of directors, and\nVincent J. O’Neill, Iridium’s chief financial officer, may be considered participants\nin Iridium’s solicitation. Information regarding such participants, including their\ndirect or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be included in the proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant\ndocuments to be filed with the SEC in connection with the transaction. Additional information about such participants is available under\nthe captions “Proposal 1 – Election of Directors,” “Director Compensation” and “Security Ownership\nof Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” in Iridium’s definitive proxy statement\nin connection with its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2026 Proxy Statement”), which was filed with the SEC on April\n2, 2026 (which is available at https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001418819/000141881926000022/irdm-20260402.htm), as well\nas on Iridium’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, which was filed with the SEC on February\n12, 2026 (the “2025 10-K”) and certain of Iridium’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K.\nTo the extent that holdings of Iridium’s securities have changed since the amounts\nprinted in the 2026 Proxy Statement, such changes have been or will be reflected on Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed\nwith the SEC (which are available at https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/own-disp?action=getissuer&CIK=0001418819). Information regarding\nIridium’s transactions with related persons is set forth in the 2026 Proxy Statement\nunder the caption “Transactions with Related Parties,” as well as on the 2025 10-K and certain of Iridium’s Quarterly\nReports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K. Certain illustrative information regarding the payments that may be owed, and the\ncircumstances in which they may be owed, by Iridium to its named executive officers in a\nchange of control of Iridium is set forth in the 2026 Proxy Statement under the caption “Severance\nand Change in Control-Related Benefits,” as well as on the 2025 10-K and certain of Iridium’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q\nand Current Reports on Form 8-K. Rocket Lab may also be deemed to be a participant in Iridium’s\nsolicitation; information regarding Rocket Lab will be included in the proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant documents to be filed\nwith the SEC in connection with the transaction. Copies of these documents may be obtained, free of charge, from the SEC or Iridium\nas described in the preceding paragraph.\n\n \n\n 4"}