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 median employee based on the compensation of our full- and part-time employees (other than our CEO and non-U.S. employees excluded under the de minimis exception) as of December 31, 2024, at which time we had approximately 407 worldwide employees, compared to approximately 324 as of December 31, 2023. The consistently applied compensation measure used for this purpose was total taxable wages. We did not annualize salaries or make any cost-of-living adjustments in identifying the median employee. We did not include any contractors or other non-employee workers in our employee population. The employee selected was an individual closest to the median employee that was employed for the full-year. Using this median employee, we calculated the annual total compensation for such employee for 2024 using the same methodology that we used for our NEOs as set forth in the Summary Compensation Table. The pay ratio reported above is a reasonable estimate calculated in a manner consistent with SEC rules, based on our internal records and the methodology described above. The SEC rules for identifying the median compensated employee and calculating the pay ratio based on that employee’s annual total compensation allow companies to adopt a variety of methodologies, to apply certain exclusions, and to make reasonable estimates and assumptions that reflect their employee populations and compensation practices. Accordingly, the pay ratio reported by other companies may not be comparable to the pay ratio reported above, as other companies have different employee populations and compensation practices and may use different methodologies, exclusions, estimates and assumptions in calculating their own pay ratios.

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DIRECTOR COMPENSATION</div>

Cash Compensation

We maintain a non-employee director compensation policy, most recently amended and restated in October 2024, pursuant to which the non-executive chair receives an annual base retainer of $70,000, the lead independent director receives an annual base retainer of $70,000, and each other non-employee director receives an annual base retainer of $50,000. In addition, our non-employee directors receive the following cash compensation for committee services, as applicable:

each chair of our audit, compensation and nominating and corporate governance committees receives an additional annual retainer of $20,000, $15,000 and $10,000, respectively; and

each other member of our audit, compensation and nominating and corporate governance committees, other than the chair of such committee, receives an additional annual retainer of $8,000, $6,000 and $4,000, respectively