Company: IONQ
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form Type: S-3ASR
Source: 0001193125-25-036787
Chunk: 34

Company: IonQ, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form: S-3ASR
Chunk 34
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| Item 15. | Indemnification of Directors and Officers |

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a corporation’s board of directors to grant, and authorizes a court to award, indemnity to officers, directors and other corporate agents. Our certificate of incorporation contains provisions that limit the liability of our directors for monetary damages to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. Consequently, our directors will not be personally liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as directors, except liability for the following:

| • |     | any breach of their duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders; |

| • |     | any act or omission not in good faith or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; |

| • |     | unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions as provided in Section 174 of 
 the Delaware General Corporation Law; or                                                                  |

| • |     | any transaction from which they derived an improper personal benefit. |

Any repeal or modification of these provisions will not adversely affect any right or protection of our directors with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification. If applicable law is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of our directors will be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as so amended. In addition, our bylaws provide that we will indemnify our directors and executive officers, and may indemnify our other officers, employees and other agents, to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. Our bylaws also provide that we must advance expenses incurred by or on behalf of a director or executive officer in advance of the final disposition of any action or proceeding, subject to limited exceptions. II-1

Further, we have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers and certain employees that may be broader than the specific indemnification provisions contained in the Delaware General Corporation Law. These indemnification agreements require us to, among other things, indemnify our directors and executive officers against liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service. These indemnification agreements also generally require us to advance all expenses reasonably and actually incurred by our directors and executive officers in investigating, defending or otherwise participating in any such action, suit or proceeding. We believe that these agreements are necessary to attract and retain qualified individuals to serve as directors and executive officers. The limitation of liability and indemnification