Company: IONQ
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-059289
Chunk: 46

Company: IonQ, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 46
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 independent compensation consultant, annually reviews and discusses the risks that relate to our compensation program, including incentive and commission arrangements below the executive level. The following are executive compensation policies intended to mitigate IonQ’s compensation-related risk: Stock Ownership Guidelines During 2024, our compensation committee approved robust stock ownership guidelines for our executives, as outlined below. Shares owned outright or beneficially owned in a trust for family members, shares allocated to individual accounts in company plans, and unvested RSUs count toward the guidelines. Covered executives are expected to achieve the guidelines within five years of initial application and have three years to acquire incremental shares if their guideline multiple is later increased due to promotion or a market update. Net after-tax shares distributed from the compensation program must be held if the guideline is not achieved by the expected time.

| Covered Positions            |     | Salary Multiple |
| CEO                          |     | 5x              |
| Other NEOs/Senior Executives |     | 3x              |
| Leadership Team members      |     | 1x              |

Compensation Recoupment The IonQ, Inc. Incentive Compensation Recoupment Policy is our comprehensive policy on recoupment of compensation. This policy covers all individuals who are or were ever designated as an “officer” by the board of directors in accordance with Exchange Act Rule 16a-1(f). Under this policy, in the event of a financial restatement (whether or not this involves misconduct on the part of the covered individual) or a recalculation of a financial metric affecting an award, we have the right to recover from any covered individual annual incentive payments and gains realized from vested long-term incentive awards. The full text of our Incentive Compensation Recoupment Policy may be obtained by accessing our filings on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov . Trading Prohibitions We have an Insider Trading Policy applicable to executive officers which prohibits hedging or monetization transactions with respect to our common stock, including through the use of financial instruments such as prepaid variable forwards, equity swaps, collars, and exchange funds. In addition, 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. Welfare and Other Employee Benefits Our NEOs are eligible to participate in our employee benefit plans, including medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance