Company: IONQ
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-059289
Chunk: 63

Company: IonQ, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 63
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 a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of another entity. In the case of an action or proceeding by or in the right of our Company or any of our subsidiaries, no indemnification will be provided for any claim where the indemnified party is prohibited from receiving indemnification by law. We believe that these certificate of incorporation and bylaws provisions and indemnification agreements are necessary to attract and retain qualified persons as directors and officers.

The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their fiduciary duties. They may also reduce the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though an action, if successful, might benefit us and our stockholders. Moreover, a stockholder’s investment may be harmed to the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised that, in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act, and is, therefore, unenforceable. There is no pending litigation or proceeding naming any of our directors or officers as to which indemnification is being sought, nor are we aware of any pending or threatened litigation that may result in claims for indemnification by any director or officer.

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PAY VERSUS PERFORMANCE

The following tables and related disclosures have been prepared in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K, and do not necessarily reflect the economic benefit actually earned, received, or realized by our NEOs, the method by which the compensation committee makes compensation determinations, or how the compensation committee views the link between the Company’s performance and compensation for NEOs. For example, a significant portion of “compensation actually paid” relates to changes in fair value of unvested awards over the course of each year, and the ultimate value realized by NEOs from unvested equity awards is not determined until the awards vest. For further information on our executive compensation program and the compensation committee’s decision-making process in determining and approving our NEOs compensation, see the section above titled “Compensation Discussion and Analysis.”

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