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
Chunk 5
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 on the outcome of such proposal as long as a quorum exists.

Broker non-votes occur when a bank, broker or other nominee (i.e., the record holder) has not received voting instructions from the beneficial owner on a matter for which the record holder does not have discretionary power to vote. Broker non-votes will be counted for purposes of calculating whether a quorum is present at the Annual Meeting but will not be counted for purposes of determining the number of votes cast on a proposal. Therefore, a broker non-vote will make a quorum more readily attainable but will not otherwise affect the outcome of the vote on any of the proposals.

How many votes are needed for approval of each proposal?

Proposal No. 1 : Each director is elected by a plurality of the voting power of the shares present in person (including virtually) or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. A plurality means that the nominees with the largest number of FOR votes are elected as directors. You may (1) vote FOR the election of each of the director nominees named herein or (2) WITHHOLD authority to vote for each such director nominee. Because the outcome of this proposal will be determined by a plurality vote, any shares not voted FOR a particular nominee, whether as a result of choosing to WITHHOLD authority to vote or a broker non-vote, will have no effect on the outcome of the election.

Proposal No. 2 : The approval, on an advisory basis, of the Say-on-Pay Vote requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast FOR or AGAINST this proposal at the Annual Meeting. You may vote FOR or AGAINST this proposal, or you may indicate that you wish to ABSTAIN from voting on this proposal. Abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted for purposes of determining the presence or absence of a quorum but will not be counted as votes cast FOR or AGAINST this proposal and will have no effect on the

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outcome of this proposal. Because this proposal is an advisory vote, the result will not be binding on our board of directors or our Company. Our board of directors and our compensation committee will consider the outcome of the vote when determining named executive officer compensation.

Proposal No. 3 : The ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, requires the affirmative vote of a majority of