Company: IONQ
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-059289
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Company: IonQ, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
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 Materials, or Notice of Internet Availability, containing instructions on how to access this proxy statement, the accompanying notice of Annual Meeting and form of proxy, and our annual report, is first being sent or given on or about April 28, 2025 to all stockholders of record as of April 23, 2025. The proxy materials and our annual report can be accessed as of April 28, 2025 by visiting www.proxydocs.com/IONQ. If you receive a Notice of Internet Availability, then you will not receive a printed copy of the proxy materials or our annual report in the mail unless you specifically request these materials. Instructions for requesting a printed copy of the proxy materials and our annual report are set forth in the Notice of Internet Availability.

What proposals will be voted on at the Annual Meeting?

The following proposals will be voted on at the Annual Meeting:

the election of two Class I directors to hold office until our 2028 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified;

to approve, on an advisory basis, the Say-on-Pay Vote;

the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2025; and

any other business that may properly come before the Annual Meeting.

As of the date of this proxy statement, our management and board of directors were not aware of any other matters to be presented at the Annual Meeting.

How does the board of directors recommend that I vote on these proposals?

Our board of directors recommends that you vote your shares:

“FOR” the election of each Class I director nominee named in this proxy statement;

“FOR” the approval, on an advisory basis, of the Say-on-Pay Vote; and

“FOR” the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

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Who is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting?

Holders of our common stock as of the close of business on April 23, 2025, the record date for the Annual Meeting, may vote at the Annual Meeting. As of the record date, there were 243,533,606 shares of our common stock outstanding. Each share of common stock is entitled to one vote on each matter properly brought before the Annual Meeting. Stockholders are not permitted to cumulate votes with respect to the election of directors.

Stockholdersof Record