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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 our insider trading policy prohibits trading in derivative securities related to our common stock, which include publicly traded call and put options, engaging in short selling of our common stock, purchasing our common stock on margin or holding it in a margin account and pledging our shares as collateral for a loan. The full text of our insider trading policy may be obtained by accessing our filings on the SEC's website atwww.sec.gov.

Insider Trading Policy

We haveadoptedan insider trading policy that governs the purchase, sale, and other dispositions of our securities by directors, officers, employees, and other covered persons that we believe is reasonably designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations, and applicable stock exchange listing requirements. A copy of our insider trading policy is filed as Exhibit 19.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. In addition, with regard to the Company’s trading in its own securities, it is our policy to comply with the federal securities laws and the applicable exchange listing requirements.

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PROPOSAL NO. 1:

ELECTION OF CLASS I DIRECTORS</div>

Our board of directors currently consists of eight directors and is divided into three classes with staggered three-year terms. At the Annual Meeting, two Class I directors will be elected for a three-year term to succeed the same class whose term is then expiring. Each director’s term continues until the expiration of the term for which such director was elected and until such director’s successor is elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

Nominees

Our nominating and corporate governance committee has recommended, and our board of directors has approved, Niccolo de Masi and Inder M. Singh as nominees for election as Class I directors at the Annual Meeting. If elected, each of Mr. de Masi, and Mr. Singh will serve as a Class I director until the 2028 annual meeting of stockholders and their respective successor is elected and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal. For more information concerning the nominees, please see the section titled “Board of Directors and Corporate Governance.”

Mr. de Masi and Mr. Singh have agreed to serve as directors if elected, and management has no reason to believe that they will be unavailable to serve. In the event a nominee is unable or declines to serve as a director at the time of the Annual Meeting, proxies will be voted for any nominee designated by