ROCKET PHARMACEUTICALS INC

On April 30, 2019, CIRM awarded the Company up to $7.5 million under a CLIN2 grant award to support the clinical development of its LV-based gene therapy, RP-L201. Proceeds from the grant helped fund clinical trial costs as well as manufactured drug product for Phase 1/2 patients enrolled at the U.S. clinical site, University of California, Los Angeles Mattel Children’s Hospital, led by principal investigator Donald Kohn, M.D., UCLA Professor of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology), Molecular and Medical Pharmacology and member of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA. As of March 31, 2025, the Company has received $5.9 million in total RP-L201 grants from CIRM. The Company received a final milestone grant of $0.05 million on January 2, 2024 andno additional payments are available under the grant awards program.

DD CIRM Grant

On August 18, 2024, CIRM awarded the Company up to $5.8 million under a CLIN2 grant award to support the clinical development of its AAV-based gene therapy, RP-A501 for the treatment of DD. Proceeds from the grant would help fund clinical trial costs as well as manufactured drug product for Phase 1/2 patients. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company received grants of $2.7 million, which were recorded as a reduction of R&D expenses. Through March 31, 2025, the Company has received RP-A501 grants of $5.0 million from CIRM.

Related Party Transactions

In June 2023, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with the spouse of one of the Company’s executive officers for information technology advisory services. The Company incurred expenses of approximately $0 and $2,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, for services provided under this agreement.

In December 2024, in connection with a public offering, the Company sold 400,000 pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock to funds affiliated with RTW, the Company’s largest shareholder (see Note 8 “Stockholders’ Equity”).

In February 2025, the Company enter into a consulting agreement with one of the Company’s board members, effective March 3, 2025, for services related to the Company’s research and development activities. As compensation for services rendered during 2025, the consultant will receive $125,000 to be paid in equal monthly installments and $125,000 of RSU’s valued as of the closing price on March 3, 2025 which will cliff vest on December 31, 2025. The agreement will terminate on December 31, 2025 unless terminated earlier by the Company for cause or voluntarily by consultant. The board member was paid approximately $12,500 for the period ended March 31, 2025 for services provided under the consulting agreement.

401(k) Savings Plan

The Company has a defined contribution savings plan (the “Plan”) under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. This Plan covers substantially all employees who meet minimum age and service requirements and allows participants to defer a portion of their annual compensation on a pre-tax basis. Company contributions to the Plan may be made at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors. The Company has elected the safe harbor match of 4% of employee contributions to the Plan, subject to certain limitations. The Company’s matching contribution for thethree months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, was $0.5 million and $0.4 million, respectively.

Segment Reporting

The Company hasone reportable segment related to R&D and commercial readiness of its gene therapies.

The Company’s CODM is its Chief Executive Officer and the senior leadership team. The CODM manages the Company’s operations on an integrated basis for the purpose of allocating resources. When evaluating the Company’s financial performance, the CODM regularly reviews total expenses and expenses by significant areas to make decisions on a company wide basis. Included in these expenses are R&D expenses by program.

The table below is a summary of the segment loss, including significant segment expenses:

The Company’s CODM uses net loss to evaluate past spending and to guide decisions of future spending. Net loss is used to monitor budget versus actual results. The CODM also uses net loss in analysis of programs and along with the monitoring of budgeted versus actual results in assessing performance of the segment and in establishing manager’s compensation.