rkt-20240325




	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549
	FORM 8-K
	CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
	Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) March 25, 2024
	Rocket Companies, Inc.
	(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware	001-39432	84-4946470
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)
	1050 Woodward Avenue
	Detroit, MI 48226
	(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
	(313) 373-7990
	(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

	(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Trading Symbol

Name of each exchange on which registered

Class A common stock, par value $0.00001 per share

RKT

New York Stock Exchange

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On March 25, 2024, Rocket Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Noah Edwards as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. Edwards will replace Brian Brown, who will continue as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

Mr. Edwards, age 40, has served as the Company’s Senior Vice President of Accounting since November 2022. Prior to then, Mr. Edwards served as Director of Accounting for Rocket Mortgage, LLC from March 2018 to August 2020, and Vice President of Accounting for the Company from August 2020 to November 2022. Prior to joining Rocket Mortgage, LLC, Mr. Edwards held various accounting and financial reporting leadership roles at large privately held and publicly traded companies, and also spent six years as a manager at Deloitte serving large publicly traded clients.

As Chief Accounting Officer, Mr. Edwards will receive a base salary of $358,000, will continue to vest in his outstanding equity awards and will be eligible for other compensation and benefits provided to similarly situated team members.

Neither Mr. Edwards nor any of his immediate family members has had (or proposes to have) a direct or indirect interest in a transaction in which the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries was (or is to be) a participant, that would be required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of SEC Regulation S-K.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.