Company: IONQ
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form Type: S-8
Source: 0001193125-25-036759
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Company: IonQ, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form: S-8
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 is filing this Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission”) to register an additional 14,532,010 shares of common stock under the IonQ, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, pursuant to the provisions of such plan which provide for annual automatic increases in the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under such plan. In accordance with the instructional note to Part I of Form S-8as promulgated by the Commission, the information specified by Part I of the Form S-8has been omitted from this Registration Statement. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. The following documents, which have been filed with the Commission, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

| (i) | the contents of the Registrant’s Registration Statements on Form         
 S-8 previously filed with the Commission on: (i) December 17, 2021 (File 
 No. 333-261737); (ii) August 16, 2022 (File No.                          
 333-266889); (iii) March 30, 2023 (File                                  
 No. 333-270999); and (iv) February 29, 2024 (File                        
 No. 333-277491);                                                         |

| (ii) | the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form                                                                                 
 10-K (File No. 001-39694) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on February 26, 2025; |

| (iii) | the Registrant’s Current Report on Form                                                                                                                  
 8-K (File No. 001-39694), filed with the Commission on February 26, 2025 (other than portions of this Form 8-K that were furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 
 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K, including any exhibits included with such information that are related to such item); and                                      |

| (iv) | the description of the Registrant’s Common Stock which is contained in a registration statement on Form                                   
 8-A (File No. 001-39694), filed with the Commission on November 10, 2020 under the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), 
 as well as any additional amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.                                       |

In addition, all documents subsequently