IRDM Iridium Communications Inc

$IRDM holders vote Thursday on the $RKLB deal. After that, the only thing between here and closing is paperwork and patience.

$IRDM shareholders approved the acquisition $RKLB More than 81% of the shares attended the vote, & not a single question was raised Remaining is the final approval from FCC & regulatory bodies Deal completion expected in mid-2027, after which $IRDM will delist from Nasdaq RcketLab CEO: Has classified the space sector into 3 categories: rockets, which he est'd to be worth $10B-$20B; spacecraft, worth $20B-$30B & applications & services, the layer Iridium's acquisition adds, which he described as the larger prize specifically since it is virtually invisible to the public. "Everybody interfaces w/ space every single day." Adding that the merger as creating a self-launching "tier-1 space power," bringing rockets, spacecraft production, & now communications services under one roof. "We build rockets, we build satellites, & with our acquisition of Iridium, we're also a services company from space." Counterpoint: “Satellite IoT is moving beyond niche connectivity as 3GPP NTN & hybrid satellite-cellular connectivity bring satellite closer to the cellular ecosystem. The provisioning of satellite-based connectivity solutions is becoming a focus for MNOs, MVNOs, chipset & module vendors, device makers and IoT platforms, in addition to traditional satellite players.” Iridium & Skylo have emerged as ‘Pacesetters,’

$IRDM Logically, it is trading along with $RKLB . Once RocketLab goes above $80 a share, Iridium will reclaim the $52 range where it should be at until buyout closes.

$IRDM This price is ridiculous. FCC will approve the buyout without a hitch. There is no regulatory uncertainty that justifies a 10% deduction to buyout price. $RKLB

IRDM Shareholders Approve Acquisition By RKLB In $54-A-Share Deal — Iridium-Rocket Lab Merger Expected To Close By Mid-2027 $IRDM $RKLB https://stocktwits.com/news/equity/markets/irdm-shareholders-approve-acquisition-by-rklb-in-54-a-share-deal-iridium-rocket-lab-merger-expected-to-close-by-mid-2027/cZMJiXuRB96

$IRDM Hopefully when buyout gets approved on Thursday this stock will go back to the $52 range where it’s meant to be until deal closes.

$IRDM Iridium shareholders approved the Rocket Lab buyout Thursday: 99.6% of votes cast in favor, representing about 81% of outstanding shares. The terms: 27 in cash plus Rocket Lab shares for each Iridium share, a notional value of 54 a share. Rocket Lab put the enterprise value at about 8 billion. The arb math after the vote: Iridium traded around 48.75 on Friday, roughly 10.8% below the 54 notional. The shareholder hurdle is cleared, but the deal still needs regulatory approvals and is not expected to close until mid-2027. The strategic read: Rocket Lab buys a cash-generating global network (2.55 million subscribers, L-band spectrum, a 500-plus partner ecosystem) and becomes a company that designs, builds, launches, and operates its own constellations. Peter Beck's line: the most successful space companies will have the keys to space. Rocket Lab rose 5% Thursday to about 73.61, also the day of a Space Force contract win and ARK buying, per CoinCentral.

$IRDM So this will become RKLB potentially.. Okay then! Let the shorts bring this down to $10 where I will load up

I'm not an $IRDM investor, but what is the sentiment in this room in being acquired by Rocketlab? Yay or Nay?