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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 IonQ.

Sincerely,

Stacey Giamalis

Stacey Giamalis

Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

IONQ, INC. 4505 Campus Drive College Park, Maryland 20740 NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

| Time and Date                   |     | 1:00 PM, Eastern time, on Tuesday, June 17, 2025                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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| Place                           |     | The Annual Meeting will be conducted virtually via live audio webcast. You will be able to attend the Annual Meeting virtually by visiting www.proxydocs.com/IONQ, where you will be able to listen to the meeting live, submit questions and vote online during the meeting.                                                                                                                                             |
| Items of Business               |     | •To elect 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 compensation of the named executive officers identified in the 2024 Summary Compensation Table in the “Executive Compensation” section of the proxy statement (the “Say-on-Pay Vote”).                                                                                                                                                                                             
 •To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 •To transact other business that may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Record Date                     |     | April 23, 2025Only stockholders of record as of April 23, 2025 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Availability of Proxy Materials |     | The Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials containing instructions on how to access our proxy statement, notice of Annual Meeting, form of proxy and our annual report, is first being sent or given on or about April 28, 2025 to all stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.The proxy materials and our annual report can be accessed as of April 28, 2025 by visiting www.proxydocs.com/IONQ. |
| Voting                          |     | Your vote is important. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, we urge you to submit your proxy or voting instructions via the Internet, telephone or mail as soon as possible.                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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