EX-10.2




 EXHIBIT 10.2 

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT 

FOR COMPANY EMPLOYEES 

UNDER THE ROCKET LAB USA, INC. 

2021 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN 
  

			
	 Name of Grantee:
	 	
                   
                                         
            

	 No. of Restricted Stock Units:
	 	
                   
                         

	 Grant Date:
	 	
                   
                         


 Pursuant to the Rocket Lab USA, Inc. 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan as amended through the date hereof
(the “Plan”), Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby grants an award of the number of Restricted Stock Units listed above (an “Award”) to the Grantee named above. Each Restricted Stock Unit shall relate to one
share of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Stock”) of the Company. 
 1. Restrictions on Transfer of Award.
This Award may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise encumbered or disposed of by the Grantee, and any shares of Stock issuable with respect to the Award may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise encumbered or
disposed of until (i) the Restricted Stock Units have vested as provided in Paragraph 2 of this Agreement and (ii) shares of Stock have been issued to the Grantee in accordance with the terms of the Plan and this Agreement. 

2. Vesting of Restricted Stock Units. The restrictions and conditions of Paragraph 1 of this Agreement shall lapse on the Vesting
Date or Dates specified in the following schedule so long as the Grantee continues to have a Service Relationship with the Company or a Subsidiary on such Dates. If a series of Vesting Dates is specified, then the restrictions and conditions in
Paragraph 1 shall lapse only with respect to the number of Restricted Stock Units specified as vested on such date. 
  

					
	 Incremental Number of
Restricted Stock Units Vested
	  	Vesting Date	 
	 _____________ (___%)
	  	 	                    	 
	 _____________ (___%)
	  	 	                    	 
	 _____________ (___%)
	  	 	                    	 
	 _____________ (___%)
	  	 	                    	 

 The Administrator may at any time accelerate the vesting schedule specified in this Paragraph 2. 

3. Termination of Service Relationship. If the Grantee’s Service Relationship with the Company or a Subsidiary terminates for any
reason (including death or disability) prior to the satisfaction of the vesting conditions set forth in Paragraph 2 above, any Restricted Stock Units that have not vested as of such date shall automatically and without notice terminate and be












 
forfeited, and neither the Grantee nor any of his or her successors, heirs, assigns, or personal representatives will thereafter have any further rights or interests in such unvested Restricted
Stock Units. 
 4. Issuance of Shares of Stock. As soon as practicable following each Vesting Date (but in no event later than two
and one-half months after the end of the year in which the Vesting Date occurs), the Company shall issue to the Grantee the number of shares of Stock equal to the aggregate number of Restricted Stock Units
that have vested pursuant to Paragraph 2 of this Agreement on such date and the Grantee shall thereafter have all the rights of a stockholder of the Company with respect to such shares. 

5. Incorporation of Plan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Agreement shall be subject to and governed by all the
terms and conditions of the Plan, including the powers of the Administrator set forth in Section 2(b) of the Plan. Capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified herein.

 6. Tax Withholding. The Grantee shall, not later than the date as of which the receipt of this Award becomes a taxable event for
Federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company or make arrangements satisfactory to the Administrator for payment of any Federal, state, and local taxes required by law to be withheld on account of such taxable event. The Company shall have the
authority to cause the required tax withholding obligation to be satisfied, in whole or in part, by (i) withholding from shares of Stock to be issued to the Grantee a number of shares of Stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value that would
satisfy the withholding amount due; or (ii) causing its transfer agent to sell from the number of shares of Stock to be issued to the Grantee, the number of shares of Stock necessary to satisfy the Federal, state and local taxes required by law
to be withheld from the Grantee on account of such transfer. 
 7. Section 409A of the Code. This Agreement shall be interpreted in
such a manner that all provisions relating to the settlement of the Award are exempt from the requirements of Section 409A of the Code as “short-term deferrals” as described in Section 409A of the Code. 

8. No Obligation to Continue Service Relationship. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is obligated by or as a result of the Plan or
this Agreement to continue the Grantee’s Service Relationship with the Company or a Subsidiary and neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the Grantee’s
Service Relationship with the Company or a Subsidiary at any time. 
 9. Integration. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
between the parties with respect to this Award and supersedes all prior agreements and discussions between the parties concerning such subject matter. 

10. Data Privacy Consent. In order to administer the Plan and this Agreement and to implement or structure future equity grants, the
Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates and certain agents thereof (together, the “Relevant Companies”) may process any and all personal or professional data, including but not limited to Social Security or other identification number,
home address and telephone number, date of birth and other information that is necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan and/or this Agreement (the “Relevant Information”). 


  
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By entering into this Agreement, the Grantee (i) authorizes the Company to collect, process, register and transfer to the Relevant Companies all Relevant Information; (ii) waives any
privacy rights the Grantee may have with respect to the Relevant Information; (iii) authorizes the Relevant Companies to store and transmit such information in electronic form; and (iv) authorizes the transfer of the Relevant Information
to any jurisdiction in which the Relevant Companies consider appropriate. The Grantee shall have access to, and the right to change, the Relevant Information. Relevant Information will only be used in accordance with applicable law. 

11. Notices. Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or
delivered to the Grantee at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing. 

 

			
	 Rocket Lab USA, Inc.

		
	 By:
	 	 
		 	 Title:



 The foregoing Agreement is hereby accepted and the terms and conditions thereof hereby agreed to by the undersigned.
Electronic acceptance of this Agreement pursuant to the Company’s instructions to the Grantee (including through an online acceptance process) is acceptable. 
  

							
	Dated:	  	                                      
  	  		  	 
		  		  		  	 Grantee’s Signature
  

		  		  		  	Grantee’s name and address:
		  		  		  	 
				
		  		  		  	 
				
		  		  		  	 


  
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