SEC Form DEF 14A filed by D-Wave Quantum Inc.

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April 22, 2025

Dear D-Wave Quantum Inc. Stockholder:

We cordially invite you to attend the 2025 Annual Meeting (the “Annual Meeting”) of the stockholders of D-Wave Quantum Inc., a Delaware corporation (“we,” “our,” “Company” or “D-Wave Quantum”), being held virtually via live webcast at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/QBTS2025 on June 5, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time.

The Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement on the following pages describe the matters to be presented at the Annual Meeting. Please see the section called “How can I attend the Annual Meeting” on page 6 of the proxy statement for more information about how to attend the meeting.

Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, please vote as soon as possible by following the instructions in this proxy statement to make sure that your shares are represented at the Annual Meeting. You may vote and submit your proxy by phone, via the Internet, or, if you received paper copies of these materials, by signing, dating and returning the enclosed proxy card or voting instruction card in the enclosed envelope, which requires no postage if mailed in the United States or Canada. If you have previously received our Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, then instructions regarding how you can vote are contained in that notice. If you are a Company stockholder and you decide to attend the Annual Meeting, you will be able to vote online, even if you have previously submitted your proxy. In such case, your previously submitted proxy will be disregarded.

Thank you for your support of D-Wave Quantum Inc.

Sincerely,

Alan Baratz

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

To our stockholders:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an annual meeting of the stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of D-Wave Quantum Inc., a Delaware corporation (which is referred to as “we,” “us,” “our,” “Company” or “D-Wave Quantum”), will be held virtually via live webcast at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/QBTS2025 on June 5, 2025. The Annual Meeting will be held for the following purposes:

The record date for the Annual Meeting is April 9, 2025. Only holders of record of (i) shares of our common stock and (ii) exchangeable shares issued by D-Wave Quantum Technologies Inc., a Canadian subsidiary of ours, at the close of business on that date may vote at the Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof. A complete list of our stockholders of record entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting, or any continuation, postponement, or adjournment, will be available for ten days before the Annual Meeting at our principal executive offices for inspection by stockholders during ordinary business hours, for any purpose germane to the Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting may be continued or adjourned from time to time without notice other than by announcement at the Annual Meeting.

It is important that your shares be represented regardless of the number of shares you may hold. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, we urge you to vote your shares via the toll-free telephone number or over the Internet, as described in the enclosed materials. If you received a copy of the proxy card or voting instruction card by mail, you may sign, date and mail the proxy card or voting instruction card in the enclosed return envelope. Promptly voting your shares will ensure the presence of a quorum at the Annual Meeting and will save us the expense of further solicitation. Submitting your proxy now will not prevent you from voting your shares at the Annual Meeting if you desire to do so, as your proxy is revocable at your option.

By Order of the Board of Directors

Steven M. West

Chair of the Board of Directors

April 22, 2025

 

This proxy statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation by the Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors”) of D-Wave Quantum Inc. (the “Company”) of proxies to be voted at our annual meeting of stockholders to be held via live webcast on June 5, 2025 (the “Annual Meeting”), 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time, and at any continuation, postponement, or adjournment of the Annual Meeting.

Holders of record of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 (the “Common Shares”), as of the close of business on April 9, 2025 (the “Record Date”) will be entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting and any continuation, postponement, or adjournment of the Annual Meeting. As of the Record Date, there were 287,823,551 Common Shares outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Each Common Share is entitled to one vote per share on any matters presented to stockholders at the Annual Meeting.

Holders of record of exchangeable shares (the “Exchangeable Shares”) of D-Wave Quantum Technologies Inc., an indirect subsidiary of the Company (“D-Wave Quantum Technologies”), as of the Record Date will be entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting and any continuation, postponement, or adjournment of the Annual Meeting. As of the Record Date, there were 3,527,852 Exchangeable Shares outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Each Exchangeable Share is entitled to one vote per Exchangeable Share on any matters presented to stockholders at the Annual Meeting. Voting rights are exercised by Computershare Trust Company of Canada (the “Trustee”) via a share of our Special Voting Share pursuant to the terms of a Voting and Exchange Trust Agreement dated August 5, 2022 among us, DWSI Canada Holdings ULC, D-Wave Quantum Technologies Inc. and the Trustee (the “Voting and Exchange Trust Agreement”), unless a proxy is submitted.

On or about April 25, 2025, we will begin to mail to our stockholders and holders of Exchangeable Shares of record as of the close of business on the Record Date a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Internet Notice”) containing instructions on how to access this proxy statement and the Company’s Annual Report to Stockholders for the year ended December 31, 2024 (the “2024 Annual Report”) and vote online.

Unless otherwise stated or unless the context otherwise requires, the terms “D-Wave Quantum”, “D-Wave”, “Company”, “we”, “us”, and “our” refer to D-Wave Quantum Inc., a Delaware corporation, together with its direct and indirect subsidiaries.

In addition, in this proxy statement:

“DPCM” means DPCM Capital, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of D-Wave Quantum Inc.

“DPCM Class A Common Stock” means the shares of DPCM’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

“DPCM Class B Common Stock” means the shares of DPCM’s Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

“DPCM IPO” means DPCM’s initial public offering, consummated on November 17, 2020, through the sale of 30,000,000 DPCM Units at $10.00 per DPCM Unit.

“DPCM Unit” means one share of DPCM Class A Common Stock and one-third of one warrant of DPCM, whereby each whole warrant entitled the holder thereof to purchase one share of DPCM Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share of DPCM Class A Common Stock, sold in the DPCM IPO.

“D-Wave Option” means each option to purchase shares of common stock of D-Wave Systems.

“D-Wave Warrants” means the warrants exercisable for D-Wave Systems preferred stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of the Merger that became exercisable for Common Shares at the time the merger between DPCM and DWSI Holdings, Inc. became effective.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Founder Shares” means the 7,500,000 shares of DPCM Class B Common Stock that were owned by the Initial Stockholders prior to the Merger.

“Initial Stockholders” means the Sponsor and certain of DPCM’s former officers, directors and other special advisors.

“PIPE Financing” means the sale to the PIPE Investors of an aggregate number of Common Shares in exchange for an aggregate purchase price of $40.0 million pursuant to the PIPE Subscription Agreements.

“PIPE Investors” means persons that entered into subscription agreements to purchase Common Shares pursuant to the PIPE Subscription Agreements on or prior to the date of the Transaction Agreement, which included certain D-Wave Systems equityholders and certain Initial Stockholders.

“PIPE Subscription Agreements” means those certain subscription agreements executed by PIPE Investors on or before the date of the Transaction Agreement in connection with the PIPE Financing.

“Plan of Arrangement” means the statutory plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) by which D-Wave Systems became a subsidiary of the Company with the shareholders of D-Wave Systems receiving, at their election, either Common Shares or Exchangeable Shares.

“Private Warrants” means the warrants held by the Sponsor that were issued to the Sponsor at the closing of the DPCM IPO, each of which was exercisable, at an exercise price of $11.50, for one share of DPCM Class A Common Stock, in accordance with its terms, prior to the consummation of the Merger.

“Registration Rights and Lock-Up Agreement” means that certain Registration Rights and Lock-Up Agreement, entered into among the Company, certain holders of DPCM Class B Common Stock, and certain stockholders of the Company pursuant to which shareholders were contractually restricted from selling or transferring any of their D-Wave securities until February 5, 2023.

“Registration Rights Holders” means certain former holders of DPCM Class B Common Stock, and certain former stockholders of the Company.

“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Special Voting Share” means the special voting share in the capital of the Company, deposited with the Trustee, which, at any time, entitles the holder of record to that number of votes at meetings of holders of the Company’s Common Shares equal to the number of Exchangeable Shares outstanding at such time (excluding Exchangeable Shares held by the Company’s affiliates) multiplied by the exchangeable share exchange ratio pursuant to the Voting and Exchange Trust Agreement, and in respect of each beneficial holder of the Exchangeable Shares, rounded down to the nearest whole vote.

“Sponsor” means CDPM Sponsor Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

“Transaction” means the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement, including, among other things, the DPCM Merger and the Arrangement (as defined below), whereby DPCM and D-Wave became subsidiaries of D-Wave Quantum.

“Warrants” means the warrants of D-Wave, which are exercisable for Common Shares.

At the Annual Meeting, our stockholders will be asked:

We know of no other business that will be presented at the Annual Meeting. If any other matter properly comes before the stockholders for a vote at the Annual Meeting, however, the proxy holders named on the Company’s proxy card will vote your shares in accordance with their best judgment.

The Board of Directors recommends that you vote your shares as indicated below. If you return a properly completed proxy card, or vote your shares by telephone or the Internet, your Common Shares will be voted on your behalf as you direct. If not otherwise specified, the Common Shares represented by the proxies will be voted as follows, and the Board of Directors recommends that you vote:

If any other matter properly comes before the stockholders for a vote at the Annual Meeting, the proxy holders named on the Company’s proxy card will vote your shares in accordance with their best judgment.

If you are a holder of Exchangeable Shares, your shares will be voted on your behalf by the Trustee as you direct, unless a proxy is submitted. If not otherwise specified, your voting rights will not be exercised by the Trustee. For additional information, see “What if I do not specify how my shares are to be voted?” and “How can I attend the Annual Meeting?”

Why you received this proxy statement. You are viewing or have received these proxy materials either because you are a Company stockholder and the Board of Directors is soliciting your proxy to vote your shares at the Annual Meeting or because you are a holder of Exchangeable Shares and you have a right to direct the Trustee to vote at the Annual Meeting on your behalf. This proxy statement includes information that we are required to provide to you under the rules of the SEC and that is designed to assist you in voting your shares.

Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials. As permitted by SEC rules, the Company is making this proxy statement and its 2024 Annual Report available to its stockholders and the Exchangeable Shareholders electronically via the Internet. On or about April 25, 2025, we mailed to our stockholders and the Exchangeable Shareholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Internet Notice”) containing instructions on how to access this proxy statement and our 2024 Annual Report and vote online. If you received an Internet Notice by mail, you will not receive a printed copy of the proxy materials in the mail unless you specifically request them. Instead, the Internet Notice instructs you on how to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy statement and 2024 Annual Report. The Internet Notice also instructs you on how you may submit your proxy over the Internet. If you received an Internet Notice by mail and would like to receive a printed copy of our proxy materials, you should follow the instructions for requesting such materials contained on the Internet Notice.

Printed Copies of Our Proxy Materials. If you received printed copies of our proxy materials, then instructions regarding how you can vote are contained on the proxy card or voting instruction card included in the materials.

Householding. The SEC has adopted rules that permit companies and intermediaries (e.g., brokers) to satisfy the delivery requirements for Notices of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or other Annual Meeting materials with respect to two or more stockholders sharing the same address by delivering a single Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or other Annual Meeting materials addressed to those stockholders. This process, which is commonly referred to as “householding,” reduces the volume of duplicate information received at any one household and helps to reduce expenses.

This year, a number of brokers with account holders who are our stockholders will likely be “householding” our proxy materials. A single Internet Notice will be delivered to multiple stockholders sharing an address unless contrary instructions have been received from the affected stockholders. If you participate in “householding,” then you will continue to receive separate proxy cards. If you prefer to receive multiple sets of disclosure documents at the same address this year or in future years, you should follow the instructions described below. Similarly, if your address is shared with another stockholder and both you and the other stockholder would like to receive only a single set of disclosure documents, you should follow the instructions below:

The Record Date for the Annual Meeting is April 9, 2025. You are entitled to (i) vote at the Annual Meeting if you were a holder of record of Common Shares, or if you hold a valid proxy for the Annual Meeting; or (ii) direct the Trustee to vote the Special Voting Share at the Annual Meeting, attend the Annual Meeting and personally exercise thereat as the proxy of the Trustee, or appoint a third party as a proxy of the Trustee if you were a holder of record of Exchangeable Shares; at the close of business on that date. Each outstanding Common Share and Exchangeable Share is entitled to one vote per share. As of the close of business on the Record Date, there were 287,823,551 Common Shares and 3,527,852 Exchangeable Shares.

A record holder holds shares in their name. Shares held in “street name” means shares that are held in the name of a bank, broker or nominee on a person’s behalf.

Yes. If your shares are held by a bank, brokerage firm, or nominee you are considered the “beneficial owner” of those shares held in “street name.” If your shares are held in street name, these proxy materials are being provided to you by your bank or brokerage firm, along with a voting instruction card if you received printed copies of our proxy materials. As the beneficial owner of Common Shares, you have the right to direct your bank, brokerage firm, or nominee how to vote your shares, and the bank, brokerage firm, or nominee is required to vote your shares in accordance with your instructions. As the beneficial owner of Exchangeable Shares, you have the right to direct your bank, brokerage firm, or nominee to instruct the Trustee to exercise the voting rights. If your shares are held in street name, you may not vote your shares at the Annual Meeting, unless you obtain a legal proxy from your bank, brokerage firm, or nominee.

In connection with the Merger, shareholders of D-Wave Systems exchanged their shares for either our Common Shares or Exchangeable Shares. The Exchangeable Shares were only issued to shareholders of D-Wave Systems who made a valid election to receive these shares in lieu of our Common Shares. Exchangeable Shares may be exchanged by the holder into our Common Shares and are economically equivalent to our Common Shares.

Holders of Exchangeable Shares (excluding any of our subsidiaries who may hold any Exchangeable Shares) are entitled to exercise one vote for each Exchangeable Share that they owned as of the Record Date for the Annual Meeting. Voting rights are exercised by the Trustee via the Special Voting Share pursuant to the terms of the Voting and Exchange Trust Agreement, unless a proxy is submitted.

A quorum, consisting of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting including the votes attaching to Exchangeable Shares represented by the Special Voting Share, must be present at the Annual Meeting for any business to be conducted. A quorum will be present if stockholders holding a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares entitled to vote are present at the Annual Meeting by virtual attendance or represented by proxy.

You may attend the Annual Meeting only if you are a stockholder of the Company who is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, or if you hold a valid proxy for the Annual Meeting.

The Annual Meeting will be conducted via live webcast. The meeting webcast will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time. Online check-in will start approximately 15 minutes before the meeting. We recommend that you log in a few minutes before the Annual Meeting to ensure you are logged in when the Annual Meeting begins.

You may attend and participate in the Annual Meeting by visiting: www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/QBTS2025. To attend and participate in the Annual Meeting, you will need the 16-digit control number included in your Internet Notice, on your proxy card or on the instructions that accompanied your proxy materials.

Beneficial Owners of Shares Held in “Street Name.” If your shares are held in street name, you should contact your bank or broker to obtain your 16-digit control number. If your shares are held in street name, and you would like to vote your shares online at the Annual Meeting, you must request and obtain a valid proxy from your bank or broker that gives you the right to vote the shares at the Annual Meeting.

Registered Holders of Exchangeable Shares. If you are a registered holder of Exchangeable Shares and wish to attend the Annual Meeting and exercise the voting rights of Exchangeable Shares directly, you must (1) request a proxy from the Trustee, which proxy can authorize the holder of the Exchangeable Shares, its designee, or a designated agent or other representative of the Company to exercise the voting rights associated with such Exchangeable Shares, and (2) not have previously given the Trustee instructions on how to exercise the voting rights of the Exchangeable Shares or have submitted a written revocation of any such previous instructions, all prior to 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on June 3, 2025.

Beneficial Owners of Exchangeable Shares Held in “Street Name.” If you are a beneficial holder of Exchangeable Shares and wish to attend the Annual Meeting and exercise the voting rights of the Exchangeable Shares directly, you have to request a legal proxy by selecting the applicable box in the voting instruction form sent to you by the bank, brokerage firm or nominee that is the registered holder of your shares, follow all of the applicable instructions provided by the bank, broker or other nominee that is the registered holder of your shares and register yourself as your proxyholder. By doing so, you are instructing the bank, brokerage firm or nominee that is the registered holder of your shares to appoint you as proxyholder. It is important that you comply with the signature and return instructions provided by the bank, broker or other nominee that is the registered holder of your shares. Then you must take the same steps as the registered holders of Exchangeable Shares, as set out in the paragraph above, all prior to 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on June 3, 2025.

If a quorum is not present at the scheduled time of the Annual Meeting, the Chairperson of the Annual Meeting is authorized by our Amended and Restated Bylaws to adjourn the meeting, without the vote of stockholders. In addition, in the absence of a quorum, the stockholders may adjourn the meeting by the vote of a majority of the voting power of the shares represented thereat and entitled to vote thereon. Holders of Exchangeable Shares will contribute to the quorum one vote per Exchangeable Share that has been voted by the Trustee or that is represented by a proxy holder at the Annual Meeting. The stockholders present at a duly called or convened meeting, at which a quorum is present, may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.

You may receive more than one Internet Notice or set of proxy materials, including multiple copies of this proxy statement and multiple proxy cards or voting instruction cards. For example, if you hold your shares in more than one brokerage account, you will receive a separate voting instruction card for each brokerage account in which you hold shares. If you are a holder of record and your shares are registered in more than one name, you will receive more than one proxy card. Please vote all of your shares. To ensure that all of your shares are voted, for each Internet Notice or set of proxy materials, please submit your proxy by phone, via the Internet, or, if you received printed copies of the proxy materials, by signing, dating and returning the enclosed proxy card or voting instruction card in the enclosed envelope.

Stockholders of Record. If you are a stockholder of record, you may vote:

Internet and telephone voting facilities for stockholders of record will be available 24 hours a day and will close at 11:59 p.m., Eastern time, on June 4, 2025. To vote via the Internet or telephone, or at the virtual Annual Meeting, you will need the control number included on your Internet Notice, on your proxy card or on the instructions that accompanied your proxy materials.

Whether or not you expect to attend the Annual Meeting, we urge you to vote your shares as promptly as possible to ensure your representation and the presence of a quorum at the Annual Meeting. If you submit your proxy, you may still decide to attend the Annual Meeting and vote your shares.

Beneficial Owners of Shares Held in “Street Name.” If your shares are held in “street name” through a bank, broker or nominee, you will receive instructions on how to vote from the bank, broker or nominee. You must follow their instructions in order for your shares to be voted. Internet and telephone voting also may be offered to stockholders owning shares through certain banks and brokers. If your shares are not registered in your own name and you would like to vote your shares at the Annual Meeting, you should contact your bank or broker to obtain a legal proxy.

Holders of Exchangeable Shares. If you are a registered holder of Exchangeable Shares, you may exercise voting rights by completing, signing and mailing your voting instruction card to the Trustee, which must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on June 3, 2025. That voting card will provide registered holders of Exchangeable Shares with the opportunity to attend the Annual Meeting and personally exercise thereat the votes associated with such Exchangeable Shares as the proxy of the Trustee, or appoint a third party to act as the proxy of the Trustee to attend the Annual Meeting and exercise thereat the votes associated with such Exchangeable Shares. If you are a beneficial holder of Exchangeable Shares, you may exercise the voting rights by submitting voting instructions to the bank, brokerage firm or nominee that is the registered holder of your shares via the voting instruction card you receive.

Yes. If you are a registered stockholder, you may revoke your proxy and change your vote:

Your most recent proxy card or Internet or telephone proxy is the one that is counted. Your attendance at the Annual Meeting by itself will not revoke your proxy unless you give written notice of revocation to the Secretary before your proxy is voted or you vote at the Annual Meeting.

If your Common Shares are held in street name, you may change or revoke your voting instructions by following the specific directions provided to you by your bank, broker or other nominee, or you may vote at the Annual Meeting via the virtual meeting platform by obtaining a legal proxy from your bank or broker prior to the Annual Meeting.

If you are a registered holder of Exchangeable Shares, you may change your vote by submitting a written revocation of your previous instruction to the Trustee. The written revocation must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on June 3, 2025.

If your Exchangeable Shares are held in street name, you may change or revoke your voting instructions by following the specific directions provided to you by your bank, broker or other nominee, which revocation must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on June 3, 2025.

A representative of Broadridge, our inspector of election, will tabulate and certify the votes.

Stockholders. If you submit a proxy but do not indicate any voting instructions, the persons named as proxies will vote in accordance with the recommendations of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors’ recommendations are indicated on pages 11-15 of this proxy statement, as well as with the description of each proposal in this proxy statement.

Holders of Exchangeable Shares. If you are a registered holder of Exchangeable Shares and you do not return your voting instruction card, or if you sign and return your voting instruction card but do not provide voting instructions or request a proxy from the Trustee, your voting rights will not be exercised, and your shares will not count towards the quorum at the Annual Meeting. If you are a beneficial holder of Exchangeable Shares and you do not return your voting instruction card to your bank, brokerage firm or nominee that is the registered holder of your shares, the voting rights in respect of your Exchangeable Shares will not be exercised and your shares will not count towards the quorum at the Annual Meeting. The Trustee is prohibited from exercising the voting rights in respect of your Exchangeable Shares without your instructions on the election of directors and on any other proposal. Your votes will not be counted and will not count towards a quorum at the Annual Meeting if you do not direct the Trustee or submit a proxy to the Trustee.

We know of no other business that will be presented at the Annual Meeting. If any other matter properly comes before the stockholders for a vote at the Annual Meeting, however, the proxy holders named on the Company’s proxy card will vote your shares in accordance with their best judgment.

As part of the Annual Meeting, we will hold a Q&A session, during which we intend to answer questions that are pertinent to the Company and the meeting matters, as time permits. Only stockholders that are logged into the online portal with a control number will be permitted to ask questions during the Annual Meeting. Each stockholder is limited to no more than two questions. Questions should be succinct and only cover a single topic. We will not address questions that are, among other things:

A “vote withheld,” in the case of the proposal regarding the election of directors, or an “abstention,” in the case of the proposal regarding the ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm represents a stockholder’s affirmative choice to decline to vote on a proposal. Votes withheld and abstentions are counted as present and entitled to vote for purposes of determining a quorum. Votes withheld will have no effect on the election of directors. Abstentions will have no effect on the ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP.

Generally, broker non-votes occur when shares held by a broker in “street name” for a beneficial owner are not voted with respect to a particular proposal because the broker (1) has not received voting instructions from the beneficial owner and (2) lacks discretionary voting power to vote those shares. A broker is entitled to vote shares held for a beneficial owner on routine matters, such as the ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm, without instructions from the beneficial owner of those shares. On the other hand, absent instructions from the beneficial owner of such shares, a broker is not entitled to vote shares held for a beneficial owner on non-routine matters, such as the election of directors. Broker non-votes will have no effect on the election of directors or ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP.

If you are a holder of Exchangeable Shares, and you have not submitted a proxy to the Trustee, your shares will be voted on your behalf by the Trustee as you direct. If not otherwise specified, your voting rights will not be exercised by the Trustee. For additional information, see “What if I do not specify how my shares are to be voted?”

We plan to announce preliminary voting results at the Annual Meeting and we will report the final results in a Current Report on Form 8-K, which we intend to file with the SEC within four business days of the date of the Annual Meeting.

At the Annual Meeting, three (3) Class III directors are to be elected to hold office until the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held in 2028 and until each such director’s respective successor is elected and qualified or until each such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

We currently have seven (7) directors on our Board of Directors. Our current Class III Directors are Steven M. West, Kirstjen Nielsen, and Roger Biscay. The Board of Directors has nominated each of the foregoing director candidates to serve as Class III directors until the 2028 Annual Meeting.

The proposal regarding the election of directors requires the approval of a plurality of the votes of the shares present at the virtual Annual Meeting or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote. This means that the three (3) nominees receiving the highest number of affirmative “FOR” votes will be elected as Class III directors. Votes withheld and broker non-votes are not considered to be votes cast and, accordingly, will have no effect on the outcome of the vote on this proposal.

In accordance with our Charter and Amended and Restated Bylaws, our Board of Directors is divided into three classes with staggered three-year terms. At each annual meeting of stockholders, the successors to the directors whose terms will then expire will be elected to serve from the time of election and qualification until the third annual meeting following their election. The current class structure is as follows: Class I, whose current term will expire at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; Class II, whose term will expire at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; and Class III, whose term will expire at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The current Class I Directors are Alan Baratz and Sharon Holt; the current Class II Directors are John DiLullo and Rohit Ghai; and the current Class III Directors are Steven M. West, Kirstjen Nielsen and Roger Biscay.

Upon the recommendation of our Chief Executive Officer and Nominating and Governance Committee, our Board of Directors has nominated the three persons listed below to stand for a term expiring at the 2028 Annual Meeting and until each such director’s respective successor is elected and qualified or until each such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal. Each nominee listed below is currently serving as a director and is willing and able to serve as a director. Kirstjen Nielsen, one of our current directors, was recommended by a member of the Company’s senior management team.

Our Charter and Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that, subject to the rights of holders of any series of preferred stock, the authorized number of directors may be changed from time to time by the Board of Directors. Any additional directorships resulting from an increase in the number of directors will be distributed among the three classes so that the number of directors in each class is divided as nearly equal as reasonably possible.

If you submit a proxy but do not indicate any voting instructions, the persons named as proxies will vote the Common Shares represented thereby for the election as directors of the persons whose names and biographies appear below. In the event that Steven M. West, Kirstjen Nielsen or Roger Biscay should become unable to serve, or for good cause will not serve, as a director, it is intended that votes will be cast for a substitute nominee designated by the Board of Directors or the Board of Directors may elect to reduce its size. The Board of Directors has no reason to believe that any of the director nominees will be unable to serve if elected. Each of the director nominees has consented to being named in this proxy statement and to serve if elected.

The proposal regarding the election of directors requires the approval of a plurality of the votes of the shares present at the virtual Annual Meeting or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote. This means that the three (3) nominees receiving the highest number of affirmative “FOR” votes will be elected as directors. Votes withheld and broker non-votes are not considered to be votes cast and, accordingly, will have no effect on the outcome of the vote on this proposal.

The Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote “FOR” the election of each of the following director nominees.

The nominees for election to the Board of Directors are as follows:

The principal occupations and business experience, for at least the past five years, of each director nominee for election at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

Mr. West is a 40-year veteran of the information technology and media marketplace. He is the founder and has been a managing partner of Emerging Company Partners LLC, a technology-consulting firm located in Incline Village, Nevada, since February 2004. Mr. West has held executive leadership positions in both large and early-stage information technology companies located in North America, Asia and Europe. His leadership positions have included CEO of Entera, an Internet content delivery firm (acquired by Blue Coat Systems, Inc.), President and CEO of Hitachi Data Systems in Santa Clara, California and Group Executive of EDS in Plano, Texas. As a partner in Emerging Company Partners LLC, Mr. West has completed consulting engagements with numerous companies specializing in early-stage firms. Mr. West’s public board experience includes Cisco Systems from 1996 to 2019. As a board director of Cisco, he was audit committee chair and a member of the finance committee. He also served as a board member of Autodesk from 2008 to 2018 and was a member of the audit committee and chair of their compensation committee. He has also served on the boards of Delta-Q Technologies and Bycast Inc. Currently, Mr. West is a licensed Broadcast Engineer by the Federal Communications Commission. He also is an active member in the Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

We believe that Mr. West is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors due to his extensive experience leading technology companies and service as a public company board member.

Sec. Nielsen is a seasoned expert in homeland and national security. She has served as President and Founder of Lighthouse Strategies, a national security consultancy focused on emerging technology and emerging threats, since 2019. From 2017 to 2019, Sec. Nielsen served as the sixth Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to lead the 240,000 law enforcement, civilian, and military employees of the third largest cabinet agency and oversee development and expenditure of its $70 billion in total annual budget authority. As an attorney, public servant, successful entrepreneur, subject matter expert, and regular public speaker, she brings over two decades of domestic and international experience in the homeland and national security sectors and has advised governments, private sector companies, international organizations, and NGOs throughout her impressive career. She continues to promote government, nonprofit, and private sector security collaboration. Sec. Nielsen serves on the Board of Advisors for the Global and National Security Institute at the University of South Florida, as a Board Member of the Global Resilience Federation and the National Defense University Foundation Board, and as an Editorial Board member of Homeland Security Today. She has co-chaired working groups on cyber and critical infrastructure security for the bipartisan Homeland Security Experts Group. Sec. Nielsen also sits on the Advisory Boards of several emerging technology companies and charities. She holds a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.

We believe Sec. Nielsen is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors because of her significant experience in the homeland and national security sectors and role as a key advisor to governments, private sector companies, international organizations, and NGOs.

Mr. Biscay holds over 20 years of diverse leadership experience driving strategy, organizational planning, financial management, and compliance across high-tech public and private companies and non-profit organizations. Mr. Biscay has served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Cisco Systems, which designs and sells a broad range of

technologies, since April 2017 where his responsibilities include corporate finance, investments, cash management, foreign exchange, risk transfer, safety, security and business resiliency. Mr. Biscay has also served on the board of directors of Wasabi Technologies since August 2021, including as a member of the Audit Committee and Chair of the Nomination, Governance & Sustainability Committee. Mr. Biscay has also held senior financial markets positions in the areas of fixed income, equity capital markets and foreign exchange with major global financial institutions including the Royal Bank of Canada, Banque Paribas and Lehman Brothers in New York, London, Paris and San Francisco. Mr. Biscay is a graduate of the University of San Francisco where he received both his MBA and BS in Finance.

We believe Mr. Biscay is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors because of his significant financial management and organizational planning experience across numerous high-tech companies.

The current members of the Board of Directors who are Class I Directors are as follows:

Dr. Baratz became the CEO of D-Wave Systems in January 2020 and the Company in August 2022. Previously, as Executive Vice President of R&D and Chief Product Officer of D-Wave Systems from August 2018 to December 2019, he drove the development, delivery, and support of all of the company’s products, technologies, and applications. Dr. Baratz also acted as Senior Vice President of Software & Applications of D-Wave Systems from August 2017 to August 2018. He has over 25 years of experience in product development and bringing new products to market at leading technology companies and software startups. As the first president of JavaSoft at Sun Microsystems, Dr. Baratz oversaw the growth and adoption of the Java platform from its infancy to a robust platform supporting mission-critical applications in nearly 80 percent of Fortune 1000 companies. He has also held executive positions at Symphony, Avaya, Cisco, and IBM. He served as CEO and president of Versata, Zaplet, and NeoPath Networks, and as a managing director at Warburg Pincus LLC. Dr. Baratz also served on the board of Versata from 2003 to 2005 and the board of TRW Inc. in 2002. Dr. Baratz holds a doctorate in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

We believe Dr. Baratz is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors because of his extensive knowledge of the Company, past public company board experience, and significant experience in product development and, specifically, bringing new products to market.

Ms. Holt is the co-founder and has served as a principal at Fraser Stuart Ventures, LLC, a private investment and advisory firm since February 2016. Since June 2019, she has served as a director on the board of directors of Infinera Corporation (Nasdaq: INFN), an industry-leading supplier of intelligent transport network solutions (“Infinera”). Ms. Holt also serves as the chair of Infinera’s compensation committee and previously served as the chair of Infinera’s nominating and governance committee. From August 2016 to May 2021, Ms. Holt served on the board of directors of Immersion Corporation (Nasdaq: IMMR), a developer of haptics technology for cellphones and other devices, having served as the chairman of the board, lead independent director, the chair of the nominating and governance committee, the chair of the compensation committee and a member of the audit committee. Since 2012, she has served as an advisor to several technology companies. From 2004 to 2012, Ms. Holt was a senior executive at Rambus Inc., a leading technology development and licensing company, where she served as Senior Vice President of Sales, Licensing and Marketing and Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Semiconductor Business Group. From 1999 to 2004, Ms. Holt served as an executive at Agilent Technologies in the Semiconductor Products Group (now Broadcom), where her last position was Vice President & General Manager of Americas Field Operations, overseeing sales and technical support operations for the semiconductor business, including ASICs,

ASSPs, optical and wireless ICs. Prior to that, she ran sales operations focused on Agilent’s largest global customers. From 1986 to 1999, Ms. Holt held various positions at HP in Applications Engineering, Sales, and Distribution Channel Management for the Semiconductor Products Group. Ms. Holt received a BS in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech).

We believe Ms. Holt is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors because of her significant investment, technology, operational, go-to-market and marketing experience, and service as a public company board member.

The current members of the Board of Directors who are Class II Directors are as follows:

Mr. DiLullo has served as the chief executive officer at Deepwatch, a leading managed security platform for cyber resilient enterprises, since July 2024. With a track record spanning more than 30 years in technology, including more than 15 years in networking and cybersecurity, Mr. DiLullo brings leadership expertise in growth and profitability transformation. A long-time customer advocate, Mr. DiLullo is focused on improving a customer’s technology adoption experience, championing customer success and ROI, and embracing specialized routes to market for significant growth. Prior to his role at Deepwatch, Mr. DiLullo served as Operating Advisor of STG - Symphony Technology Group (March 2024 - May 2024), Chief Executive Officer of LiveVox Holdings (“LiveVox”) (November 2022 - March 2024), Chief Revenue Officer of Forcepoint (January 2021 - October 2022), Operating Partner of Francisco Partners (November 2020 - February 2021), and Chief Executive Officer of Lastline, Inc. (July 2018 - July 2020). Mr. DiLullo has also served in senior executive level positions with F5 Networks, HP/Aruba Networks, Avaya, Cisco Systems, and Sonicwall. Mr. DiLullo has also served as a Board advisor for Tetrate, since 2020 and as a director for LiveVox from November 2022 to January 2024. Mr. DiLullo holds a bachelor’s degree in science in electrical engineering from Villanova University.

We believe that Mr. DiLullo is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors due to his significant corporate operational experience, extensive experience in the technology industry, including cybersecurity, and prior public company experience. 

Mr. Ghai has served as the chief executive officer of RSA Security (“RSA”), a global leader in identity and access management solutions for security-first organizations, since 2017, and a director of RSA since 2020. Mr. Ghai has experience in both startups and large enterprises, with expertise in digital transformation in highly regulated markets and knowledge across software, systems and security. Mr. Ghai was president of RSA during its tenure as a Dell Technologies business. Prior to that, he served as president of Dell EMC’s Enterprise Content Division and held senior engineering and management roles at Symantec, Computer Associates and Cheyenne Software. Mr. Ghai currently serves as a director for Pega Systems (Nasdaq: PEGA) since January 2025 and has also served as a director for Everbridge from January 2023 to July 2024, while it was a public company. Mr. Ghai holds a master’s degree in computer science from the University of South Carolina and a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee.

We believe Mr. Ghai is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors due to his significant corporate operational experience, his expertise across software, systems and cybersecurity, and prior public company experience as a board member.

Our Audit Committee has appointed Grant Thornton LLP (“Grant Thornton”) as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. Our Board of Directors has directed that this

appointment be submitted to our stockholders for ratification at the Annual Meeting. Although ratification of our appointment of Grant Thornton is not required, we value the opinions of our stockholders and believe that stockholder ratification of our appointment is a good corporate governance practice.

Grant Thornton has served as our independent registered public accounting firm since August 24, 2023 and served in such capacity for our last two fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2024.

Neither Grant Thornton nor any of its members has any direct or indirect financial interest in or any connection with us in any capacity other than as our auditors, providing audit and non-audit services. A representative of Grant Thornton is expected to attend the 2025 Annual Meeting and to have an opportunity to make a statement if they wish to do so and be available to respond to appropriate questions from stockholders.

In the event that the appointment of Grant Thornton is not ratified by the stockholders, the Audit Committee will consider this fact when it appoints the independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. Even if the appointment of Grant Thornton is ratified, the Audit Committee retains the discretion to appoint a different independent auditor at any time if it determines that such a change is in the best interest of the Company.

This proposal requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares present at the virtual Annual Meeting or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and voting affirmatively or negatively (excluding abstentions and broker non-votes).

Abstentions are not considered to be votes cast and, accordingly, will have no effect on the outcome of the vote on this proposal. Because brokers have discretionary authority to vote on the ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton, we do not expect any broker non-votes in connection with this proposal.

The Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote “FOR” the ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

The Audit Committee’s role is to oversee the Company’s financial reporting process. Management is responsible for determining that the Company’s financial statements and disclosures are complete and accurate and are in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”). In addition to fulfilling its oversight responsibilities as set forth in its charter and further described in the section titled “Committees of the Board of Directors,” the Audit Committee has done the following things:

Based on the reviews and discussions cited above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the SEC.

Roger Biscay (Chair)

Sharon Holt

Steven M. West

On June 7, 2023, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Canada) (“PwC”) notified the Company of its decision to decline to stand for re-election as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company. Although PwC declined to stand for re-election, it maintained its relationship with the Company for the review of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ending June 30, 2023 (the “10-Q”). On August 10, 2023, the Company filed the 10-Q. As a result, PwC’s term as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm ended.

PwC’s reports on the financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 contained no adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles, except that PwC’s report for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 contained a separate paragraph that stated the Company has incurred net losses and negative cash flows from operating activities and has a negative working capital that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, and in the subsequent interim period through August 10, 2023, there were no disagreements with PwC on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which if not resolved to PwC’s satisfaction, would have caused PwC to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in connection with PwC’s report. Aside from the identification of a material weakness in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 pertaining to the Company’s design and operation of controls related to its financial statement close process, there were no reportable events of the type described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 or in the subsequent interim period through August 10, 2023.

On August 24, 2023, the Company engaged Grant Thornton to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 beginning with the fiscal third quarter ending September 30, 2023. The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company approved the selection of Grant Thornton as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 on August 23, 2023.

During the two fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, and the subsequent interim period through the date of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 24, 2023, the Company did not consult with Grant Thornton regarding either (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed; or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s consolidated financial statements, and neither a written report was provided to the Company nor was oral advice provided that Grant Thornton concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a “disagreement,” as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions to Item 304 of Regulation S-K, or a “reportable event,” as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(i)(v) of Regulation S-K.

The following table summarizes the fees of Grant Thornton LLP (“Grant Thornton”), our current independent registered public accounting firm, for 2024 and 2023 and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Canada) (“PwC”), our prior independent registered public accounting firm, for 2023 billed to us for each of the last two fiscal years for audit services and billed to us in each of the last two fiscal years for other services:

Audit fees for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 include fees invoiced for professional services rendered for the audit of our annual consolidated financial statements; for reviews of our financial statements included in our SEC filings and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q; and fees related to consents, comfort letters and assistance with the review of our SEC filings.

Audit related fees for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 include fees for professional services provided in connection with our Merger, including consents and review of documents filed with the SEC and with our registration statements.

Tax fees consist of fees billed for professional services relating to tax compliance and tax advisory services.

Our Audit Committee’s policy is to review in advance and pre-approve all audit or non-audit services to be provided by the Company’s independent auditor or other auditors and to approve all related fees and terms thereof. Pre-approval will be given either as part of our Audit Committee’s approval of the scope of the engagement of the independent registered public accounting firm or on an individual, explicit, case-by-case basis before the independent registered public accounting firm is engaged to provide each service. All of the services relating to the fees in the table above were approved by our Audit Committee.

The following table identifies our executive officers as of April 11, 2025:

Our Board of Directors has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines, a Code of Conduct, and charters for our Nominating and Governance Committee, Audit Committee and Compensation Committee to assist the Board of Directors in the exercise of its responsibilities and to serve as a framework for the effective governance of the Company. You can access our current committee charters, our Corporate Governance Guidelines, and our Code of Conduct in the “Governance” section of the “Investors Relations” page of our website located at https://ir.dwavesys.com/ or by emailing [email protected].

The Board adopted a clawback policy (the “Clawback Policy”) in compliance with NYSE requirements. In general, the Clawback Policy requires the Company to recover, in a reasonably prompt manner, covered compensation erroneously awarded to a covered officer in the event of an accounting restatement, without regard to any taxes paid. “Erroneously Awarded Compensation” is generally the amount of incentive-based compensation received by the covered officer, during an applicable three fiscal year recovery period immediately preceding an accounting restatement trigger date (but on or after October 2, 2023), that exceeds the amount of incentive-based compensation that otherwise would have been received during such period had it been determined based on the relevant restated amounts. “Incentive-Based Compensation” is generally compensation that is granted, earned, or vested based wholly or in part upon the attainment of a financial reporting measure, and “financial reporting measure” includes stock price and total shareholder return. “Accounting Restatement” means any required accounting restatement to correct an error in previously issued financial statements that is material to the previously issued financial statements or that would result in a material misstatement if the error were corrected in the current period or left uncorrected in the current period.

Under the Clawback Policy, the Company generally is not required to recover such excess compensation if the Compensation Committee has made a determination that recovery would be impracticable and (i) the Company has already attempted to recover such amount but the direct expense paid to a third party to assist in enforcing the Clawback Policy would exceed the amount to be recovered, (ii) recovery would violate applicable home country law that was adopted prior to November 28, 2022, or (iii) recovery would likely cause an otherwise tax-qualified retirement plan to fail to meet the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code” or “Code”). The Company may not indemnify any such covered officer against the loss of such recovered compensation.

On January 30, 2024, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, after discussions with the Company’s management and its current and former independent registered public accounting firms, determined that the Company’s (i) audited financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the periods ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020 (the “Audited Financial Statements”), filed with the SEC on April 18, 2023 and (ii) unaudited financial statements included in each of the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ending September 30, 2023, June 30, 2023, and March 31, 2023 (the “unaudited Financial Statements,” and together with the Audited Financial Statements, the “Financial Statements”), filed with the SEC on November 9, 2023, August 10, 2023, and May 10, 2023, respectively, as well as the Registration Statements on Forms S-1 and S-4 (Registration Nos. 333-269732, 333-267126, 333-267124 and 333-263573) initially filed with the SEC on February 13, 2023, August 29, 2022, August 29, 2022, and March 15, 2022, respectively which include the Financial Statements (collectively, the “Affected Periods”), as well as the relevant portions of any communication which describe or are based on the Financial Statements, should no longer be relied upon. The Company has restated the Financial Statements for the Affected Periods in amendments to the Form 10-K, the Q1 2023 Form 10-Q, the Q2 2023 Form 10-Q, and the Q3 2023 Form 10-Q, respectively (collectively, the “2023 Restatement”). The 2023 Restatement mainly impacts non-cash and non-operating components of other income (expense) and net loss on the consolidated statements of operations and research incentives receivable and loans payable on the consolidated balance sheets. The 2023 Restatement does not affect any of the Company’s key business metrics or compliance with any financial covenants.

The 2023 Restatement does not have any impact on management’s or other employees’ compensation, as incentive compensation plans were based on the attainment of certain operating metrics and operational goals unaffected by the adjustments. Accordingly, the Company concluded that recovery of erroneously awarded compensation was not required pursuant to the Clawback Policy.

The Company’s business and affairs are organized under the direction of the Board of Directors. Our Board of Directors currently consists of seven members: Alan Baratz, Sharon Holt, John DiLullo, Rohit Ghai, Steven M. West, Kirstjen Nielsen and Roger Biscay. Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that the Board of Directors may establish the authorized number of directors from time to time by resolution. Subject to the rights of any series of preferred stock to remove directors elected by the holders of such series of preferred stock, neither the entire Board of Directors nor any individual director may be removed from office without cause. Subject to any limitations imposed by applicable law and the rights of any series of preferred stock to remove directors elected by the holders of such preferred stock, any individual director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed from office with cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the voting power of all then-outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company entitled to vote on the election of such directors.

Our Board of Directors has undertaken a review of the independence of each director. Based on information provided by each director concerning their background, employment and affiliations, our Board of Directors has determined that Sharon Holt, John DiLullo, Rohit Ghai, Steven M. West, Kirstjen Nielsen and Roger Biscay do not have any relationships that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director and that each of the individuals is “independent” as defined under the NYSE listing standards. John DiLullo was identified as director candidate by a third party search firm. In making the determination of independence for Mr. DiLullo, the Board considered Mr. DiLullo's acquaintance with our CEO, Alan Baratz, who he has known for over 15 years and with whom he has socialized with outside a professional setting on a few occasions. The Board evaluated this relationship and concluded that it does not impair Mr. DiLullo’s ability to act independently. In making the determinations for the other independent directors, our Board of Directors considered the current and prior relationships that each individual has with the Company and all other facts and circumstances our Board of Directors deemed relevant in determining their independence, including the beneficial ownership of securities of the Company by each non-employee director and the transactions described in the section titled “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions.” There are no family relationships among any of our directors, director nominees or executive officers.

As part of every regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Directors, all independent directors meet in an executive session without management directors and any other members of the Company’s management present. The Chair of the Board of Directors, currently Steven M. West, (and, if the Chair of the Board of Directors is not an independent director, then the Lead Director) presides at these executive sessions.

The Nominating and Governance Committee has, as one of its responsibilities, the recommendation of director candidates to the full Board of Directors. Nominees for directorship are identified and evaluated in accordance with the criteria and procedures set forth below.

The Nominating and Governance Committee uses a variety of methods to identify director nominees. The Nominating and Governance Committee may consider candidates recommended by management, by members of the Nominating and Governance Committee, by the Board of Directors, by stockholders or by a third party it may engage to conduct a search for possible candidates.

Once potential candidates are identified (both new candidates and current Board of Directors members), the Nominating and Governance Committee evaluates the individuals in accordance with a number of criteria. The Nominating and Governance Committee does not have a formal policy with respect to diversity and inclusion; however, it seeks to promote board membership that reflects a diversity of business experience, expertise, viewpoints,

personal backgrounds and other characteristics that are expected to contribute to the Board of Directors’ overall effectiveness. This assessment includes an individual’s independence from the Company, as well as consideration of age, skills and experience, and diversity, in the context of the needs of the Company. In addition, the Nominating and Governance Committee considers each candidate’s outside board membership; financial literacy; character; and ability to meet the Board of Directors’ expectations regarding, among other things, sufficient time, energy and attention to the role.

The Nominating and Governance Committee will consider director candidates recommended by stockholders on the same basis that it evaluates other nominees for director. In doing so, the Nominating and Governance Committee will evaluate director candidates in light of the general criteria outlined above. Our Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that any stockholder of record entitled to vote for the election of directors at the applicable meeting of stockholders may nominate persons for election to our Board of Directors, if such stockholder complies with the applicable notice procedures, which are referenced in “Stockholders’ Proposals” on page 47 of this proxy statement.

Stockholders and other interested parties who wish to communicate with the Chair of the Board of Directors, the independent or non-management directors, or the Board of Directors as a whole, should address such communications to the applicable party or parties and send via e-mail: c/o Secretary, [email protected]. The Secretary will review all incoming communications and forward such communications to the appropriate member(s) of our Board of Directors. The Secretary will generally not forward communications that are unrelated to the duties and responsibilities of our Board of Directors, including communications that the Secretary determines to be primarily commercial in nature, personal grievances, and materials that are patently offensive or otherwise inappropriate.

Our Chair of the Board of Directors is elected by the Board of Directors. Currently, the Chair of the Board of Directors is not the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. However, our Board of Directors believes that the Company and its stockholders are best served by maintaining flexibility to have any director serve as the Chair of the Board of Directors. Therefore, our Board of Directors believes that a permanent policy on whether the Chair of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer positions should be separated or combined is not appropriate.

To maintain the independent integrity of the Board of Directors, however, if the Chair of the Board of Directors is not an independent director, our Board of Directors will appoint a Lead Director who must be independent. The Lead Director’s responsibilities shall include: (a) presiding at all meetings of the Board of Directors at which the Chair of the Board of Directors is not present, including executive sessions of the independent directors; (b) serving as liaison between the Chair of the Board of Directors and the independent directors; (c) reviewing and approving materials to be sent to the Board of Directors; (d) approving the meeting agendas for the Board of Directors; (e) approving meeting schedules to assure that there is sufficient time for discussion of all agenda items; (f) having the authority to call meetings of the independent directors; and (g), if requested by major stockholders, ensuring that they are available for consultation and direct communication. If the Chair of the Board of Directors is an independent director, then he or she will handle the foregoing responsibilities.

One of the key functions of our Board of Directors is informed oversight of the Company’s risk management process, including for cybersecurity threats. Our Board of Directors does not have, and does not anticipate having, a standing risk management committee, but rather administers this oversight function directly through the Board of Directors as a whole, as well as through various standing committees of the Board of Directors that address risks inherent in their respective areas of oversight. In particular, our Board of Directors is responsible for monitoring and assessing strategic risk exposure, as well as cybersecurity risks, and the Board of Directors’ Audit Committee has the responsibility to consider and discuss the Company’s major financial risk exposures and the steps its management will take to monitor and control such exposures, including guidelines and policies to govern the process by which risk assessment and management is undertaken. For additional information about the Company’s cybersecurity strategy and initiatives, see Part I, Item 1C of the Company’s 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. The Audit Committee also monitors compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. Our Board of Directors’ Compensation Committee also assesses and monitors whether the Company’s compensation plans, policies and programs comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

We have adopted a Code of Conduct applicable to all of the Company’s employees, executive officers and directors. The Code of Conduct is available at the investors section of the Company’s website at https://ir.dwavesys.com. Any amendments to the Code of Conduct, or any waivers of its requirements, are expected to be disclosed on the Company’s website to the extent required by applicable rules and exchange requirements. The reference to the Company’s website address does not constitute incorporation by reference of the information contained at or available through the Company’s website, and you should not consider it to be a part of this proxy statement.

We have an insider trading policy, which governs the purchase, sale, and other dispositions of our securities by directors, officers and employees, and is designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations, and the NYSE listing standards. Our insider trading policy prohibits directors, officers and employees, and their designees, from purchasing any financial instruments (including prepaid variable forward contracts, equity swaps, collars and exchange funds) or otherwise engaging in transactions that are designed to or have the effect of hedging or offsetting any decrease in the market value of the Company’s equity securities whether they are (1) granted to such individual by the Company as part of his or her compensation; or (2) otherwise held, directly or indirectly, by such individual. The insider trading policy also prohibits directors, officers and employees and their related parties from purchasing Company securities on margin or pledge, or otherwise granting a security interest in, securities of the Company in margin accounts. A copy of our insider trading policy was filed as Exhibit 19.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.

The Board of Directors met ten (10) times in 2024. Each director attended at least 75% of the aggregate of (i) all meetings of the Board of Directors and (ii) all meetings of the committees on which the director served during the period in which he or she served as a director.

Under our Corporate Governance Guidelines, which are available on our website at https://ir.dwavesys.com, directors are expected to attend the annual meeting of stockholders, Board of Directors meetings and meetings of committees on which they serve. Accordingly, a director is expected to spend the time needed and meet as frequently as necessary to properly discharge their responsibilities. Directors are expected to review meeting materials prior to Board of Directors and committee meetings and, when possible, should communicate in advance of meetings any questions or concerns that they wish to discuss so that management will be prepared to address the same. Each director’s attendance at, and preparation for, Board of Directors meetings and meetings of committees on which they serve shall be considered by the Nominating and Governance Committee when recommending director nominations.

Our Board of Directors has established three standing committees—the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee—each of which operates under a written charter that has been approved by our Board of Directors. Also, the Board of Directors has recently established a Cybersecurity Committee that will advise on cybersecurity matters and provide strategic guidance and direction for our cybersecurity program. The Cybersecurity Committee will convene as necessary to address critical or emerging cybersecurity concerns and to ensure alignment on approach.

The current members of each of the Board of Directors committees and committee Chairs are set forth in the following chart.

The primary purpose of the Audit Committee is to discharge the responsibilities of the Board of Directors with respect to the corporate accounting and financial reporting processes, systems of internal control and financial statement audits, and to oversee the independent registered public accounting firm. Specific responsibilities of the Audit Committee include but are not limited to:

The Audit Committee charter is available on our website at https://ir.dwavesys.com. Our Audit Committee consists of Roger Biscay, Sharon Holt, and Steven M. West. Our Board of Directors has determined that all members are independent under NYSE listing standards and Rule 10A-3(b)(1) of the Exchange Act. The Chair of the Audit

Committee is Roger Biscay. Our Board of Directors has determined that Roger Biscay is an “audit committee financial expert” within the meaning of SEC regulations and NYSE listing standards. Our Board of Directors has also determined that each member of the Audit Committee can read and understand fundamental financial statements, in accordance with applicable requirements, and all members of the Audit Committee are “financially literate” in accordance with NYSE’s listing standards.

The Audit Committee met eight (8) times in 2024.

The primary purpose of the Compensation Committee is to discharge the responsibilities of the Board of Directors in overseeing the compensation policies, plans and programs and to review and determine the compensation to be paid to executive officers and other senior management, as appropriate. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Compensation Committee may also delegate administrative authority under any incentive compensation, equity-based and retirement and/or pension plans to one or more executive officers consistent with any limitation set forth in the applicable plan. Specific responsibilities of the compensation committee include but are not limited to:

Pursuant to the Compensation Committee’s charter, which is available on our website at https://ir.dwavesys.com, the Compensation Committee has the authority, in its sole discretion, to retain or terminate compensation consultants, independent legal counsel and other advisors to assist in carrying out its responsibilities and is directly responsible for overseeing the work of such advisors.

During 2024, management engaged Compensia, Inc. (“Compensia”) as its independent compensation consultant. As requested by management, Compensia’s services included executive compensation advice.

The Compensation Committee may form and delegate authority under its charter to subcommittees from time to time as it sees fit, provided that the subcommittees are composed entirely of directors who satisfy the applicable independence requirements of the NYSE.

Our Compensation Committee consists of John DiLullo, Rohit Ghai and Kirstjen Nielsen. The Chair of our Compensation Committee is John DiLullo. Our Board of Directors has determined that each member of the Compensation Committee is independent under the NYSE listing standards and a “non-employee director” as defined in Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

The Compensation Committee met five (5) times in 2024.

No member of our Compensation Committee currently is one of our officers or employees. None of our executive officers currently serves, or has served during the last year, as a member of the board of directors or compensation committee of any entity that has one or more executive officers serving as a member of our Board of Directors or Compensation Committee.

The specific responsibilities of our Nominating and Governance Committee include but are not limited to:

The Nominating and Governance Committee charter is available on our website at https://ir.dwavesys.com. Our Nominating and Governance Committee consists of Rohit Ghai, Kirstjen Nielsen, and Steven M. West. The Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee is Steven M. West. Our Board of Directors has determined that each member of the Nominating and Governance Committee is independent under NYSE listing standards. The Nominating and Governance Committee has the authority, at its sole discretion, to retain and terminate search firms to identify director candidates, consultants and any other advisors to assist it in carrying out its duties.

The Nominating and Governance Committee met five (5) times in 2024.

For the purposes of this “Executive and Director Compensation” section “D-Wave Systems” refers to D-Wave Systems Inc., “D-Wave Quantum” and the “Company” refer to D-Wave Quantum Inc., and “D-Wave,” “us”, “we” and “our”, as the context requires, refers to either D-Wave Quantum Inc. or D-Wave Systems Inc.

This section discusses the material components of the executive compensation program for our executive officers who are named in the “Summary Compensation Table” below. In 2024, our “named executive officers” (“NEOs”) and their positions were as follows:

The following table presents information regarding the compensation of our NEOs for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023:

The following table presents information regarding outstanding equity awards held by our NEOs as of December 31, 2024. All awards were granted pursuant to the 2020 Plan or the 2022 Plan. See the section titled “—Equity Compensation Plan Information – 2020 Plan and 2022 Plan” below for additional information.

Alan E. Baratz. In January 2020, D-Wave Commercial Inc. (“D-Wave Commercial”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of D-Wave, entered into an amended and restated employment agreement with Dr. Baratz which governs the current terms of his employment as D-Wave’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Baratz is eligible to participate in our management bonus plan, with a target bonus percentage of 50% of his base salary, based on achievement of corporate objectives under our corporate bonus plan and personal objectives set by our Board of Directors. For 2021, D-Wave Systems’ bonus plan achievement was based on objectives directed at providing stockholder value, with elements including product and technology development, financial metrics and customer sales, and taking into account both individual and company-wide performance. Dr. Baratz is also eligible to participate in D-Wave’s standard employee benefit plans and programs for D-Wave’s US-based employees, and is entitled to reimbursement of up to $7,500 per year for reasonable tax accounting expenses. Dr. Baratz’s employment agreement also provided for a grant of options, which are no longer outstanding as a result of the D-Wave Systems 2020 recapitalization.

Pursuant to his employment agreement, if Dr. Baratz’s employment is terminated by D-Wave Commercial without cause, he is entitled to receive 12 months’ base salary as a severance payment. In addition, pursuant to Dr. Baratz’s option award agreements, (i) in the event of a change in control (as defined in the 2020 Plan), the portion of the option that is scheduled to vest in the immediately succeeding 24 months shall immediately vest, and the vesting date for the remaining unvested tranches of each outstanding option shall accelerate by 24 months, and (ii) in the event of his termination by D-Wave Commercial without cause within the 12 month period following a change in control, the remaining unvested portion of his outstanding options shall fully vest. The completion of the Merger constituted a change in control for purposes of the 2020 Plan. The restrictive covenants in Dr. Baratz’s employment agreement include confidentiality, invention assignment and a one-year non-solicitation of employees.

On October 27, 2022, D-Wave Commercial and Dr. Baratz entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the amended and restated employment agreement discussed above, to reflect updates to Dr. Baratz’s compensation arrangements as approved by the Board of Directors upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. Pursuant to the Amendment, D-Wave increased Dr. Baratz’s annual base salary to $575,000 per annum, effective as of September 1, 2022, and granted Dr. Baratz’s eligibility to participate in the D-Wave 2022 Bonus Plan and any future performance-based bonus plans that apply to D-Wave’s Chief Executive Officer. Effective as of September 1, 2022, Dr. Baratz’s on-target bonus under the D-Wave 2022 Bonus Plan is 100% of Dr. Baratz’s base salary, based on achievement of the corporate objectives under the plan, and personal objectives set by the Board of Directors. Certain changes were also made to the termination provisions of the amended and restated employment agreement to provide that, upon a termination without cause, D-Wave will provide twelve months’ base salary as a lump sum payment, twelve months base salary continuance, or a combination of the two, plus a lump sum target bonus payment, which will be equal to 100% of base salary, subject to certain conditions. In addition, subsequent to the close of the Merger, on October 27, 2022, Dr. Baratz was awarded a Long-Term Retention Award of 1,500,000 restricted stock units (“RSUs”), of which 50% vested on the first anniversary of the grant date, with the remainder vesting in two, equal annual tranches over the remaining two years of the three-year vesting period. On October 27, 2022, Dr. Baratz was also awarded a Special Recognition Award of 1,000,000 RSUs, of which 50% vested on the first anniversary of the grant date and 50% vested on the second anniversary of the grant date. As part of the Company’s 2023 annual equity refresh program, Dr. Baratz was issued a grant of 300,000 RSUs, effective March 27, 2023, of which 25% of these RSUs vested on the first anniversary of the grant date on March 27, 2024, with the remaining RSUs vesting in twelve, equal quarterly installments through March 27, 2027. Pursuant to these RSU award agreements, in the event of Dr. Baratz’s termination without cause, the portion of the award that would have vested in the next 12 months will vest immediately. On October 23, 2023, Dr. Baratz acknowledged and accepted the Company’s Clawback Policy (as defined below under “Clawback Policy”). In consideration of this acknowledgement, the Company offered, and Dr. Baratz accepted, to have all stock option award agreements previously entered into between Dr. Baratz and the Company, as well as all future stock option award agreements, amended to amend the exercise period applicable after the termination of his employment with D-Wave Commercial from a 90-day period to a one-year period after the termination date. On January 10, 2024, as payment of Dr. Baratz’s bonus under the D-Wave 2022 Bonus Plan for the year ended December 31, 2023, Dr. Baratz was awarded 213,232 stock options at an exercise price of $0.846 and 170,469 RSUs. Both grants were issued as fully vested as of the date of the grants. As part of the Company’s 2024 annual equity refresh program, Dr. Baratz was issued a grant of 300,000 RSUs, effective March 27, 2024, of which 25% of these RSUs vest on the first anniversary of the grant date on March 27, 2025, with the remaining RSUs vesting in twelve, equal quarterly installments through March 27, 2028. On February 14, 2025, as payment of Dr. Baratz’s bonus under the D-Wave 2022 Bonus Plan for the year ended December 31, 2024, Dr. Baratz received $517,500.

John M. Markovich. In August 2021, D-Wave Commercial entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Markovich which governs the current terms of his employment as D-Wave’s Chief Financial Officer, as amended in September 2022 and April 1, 2024. Mr. Markovich’s annual base salary for 2024 was $400,000, and was increased to $440,000, effective April 1, 2024. Mr. Markovich is eligible to participate in any bonus plan that may be established for executive officers, with a target bonus percentage of 70% (effective September 1, 2022) of base salary, based on achievement of corporate objectives under our corporate bonus plan and personal objectives set by our Chief Executive Officer. For 2022, D-Wave’s bonus plan achievement was based on objectives directed at providing stockholder value, with elements including product and technology development, financial metrics and customer sales, and taking into account both individual and company-wide performance. Mr. Markovich’s employment agreement provides for a grant of 1,687,602 options (pursuant to the 2020 Plan), with vesting terms as described above in the Outstanding Equity Awards Table. In addition, subsequent to the close of the Merger, on

October 27, 2022, Mr. Markovich was awarded an equity award of 875,000 RSUs, of which 50% vested on the first anniversary of the grant date, with the remainder vesting in two, equal annual tranches over the remaining two years of the three-year vesting period. As part of the Company’s annual equity refresh program, Mr. Markovich was issued a grant of 200,000 RSUs, effective March 27, 2023, of which 25% of these RSUs vested on the first anniversary of the grant date on March 27, 2024, and the remaining RSUs vesting in twelve, equal quarterly installments through March 27, 2027. Mr. Markovich is eligible to participate in D-Wave’s standard employee benefit plans and programs for D-Wave’s U.S.-based employees. Pursuant to his employment agreement, if Mr. Markovich’s employment is terminated by D-Wave without cause (as defined in his employment agreement), he is entitled to receive 12 months’ base salary as a severance payment. In addition, pursuant to Mr. Markovich’s equity award agreements, in the event of his termination by D-Wave without cause within the 12-month period following a change in control, the portion of his outstanding equity that would have vested in the next 24 months shall fully vest. On October 23, 2023, Mr. Markovich acknowledged and accepted the Company’s Clawback Policy. In consideration of this acknowledgement, the Company offered, and Mr. Markovich accepted, to have all stock option award agreements previously entered into between Mr. Markovich and the Company, as well as all future stock option award agreements, amended to amend the exercise period applicable after the termination of his employment with D-Wave Commercial from a 90-day period to a one-year period after the termination date. On January 10, 2024, as payment of Mr. Markovich’s bonus under the D-Wave 2022 Bonus Plan for the year ended December 31, 2023, Mr. Markovich was awarded 120,826 stock options at an exercise price of $0.846 and 96,661 RSUs. Both grants were issued as fully vested as of the date of the grants. The restrictive covenants in Mr. Markovich’s employment agreement include confidentiality, invention assignment and a one-year non-solicitation of employees. As part of the Company’s 2024 annual equity refresh program, Mr. Markovich was issued a grant of 150,000 RSUs, effective March 27, 2024, of which 25% of these RSUs vest on the first anniversary of the grant date on March 27, 2025, with the remaining RSUs vesting in twelve, equal quarterly installments through March 27, 2028. On February 14, 2025, as payment of Mr. Markovich’s bonus under the D-Wave 2022 Bonus Plan for the year ended December 31, 2024, Mr. Markovich received $283,360. As part of the Company’s 2025 annual equity refresh program, Mr. Markovich was issued a grant of 430,360 RSUs, effective March 6, 2025, vesting in sixteen, equal quarterly installments through March 6, 2029.

Diane Nguyen. In June 2018, D-Wave Systems entered into an employment agreement with Ms. Nguyen which was subsequently terminated in March 2022 when Ms. Nguyen was transferred to D-Wave Systems’ affiliate, D-Wave Commercial, with which she entered into a subsequent employment agreement. This employment agreement was subsequently amended on September 20, 2022 and on July 10, 2023 in connection with her promotion to General Counsel. On April 17, 2024, Ms. Nguyen entered into an additional amendment to her employment agreement. Ms. Nguyen’s annual base salary for 2024 was $270,000 and was increased to $330,000, effective April 1, 2024. Ms. Nguyen was eligible to participate in any bonus plan established for executive officers, with a target bonus percentage of 30% of base salary, based on the achievement of corporate objectives under our corporate bonus plan and personal objectives set by our Chief Executive Officer, until April 30, 2023. On May 1, 2023, Ms. Nguyen became eligible to participate in the new D-Wave Annual Incentive Plan (the “AIP”) and any performance-based incentive plan in a future year that applies to permanent full-time employees of the Company who are at the level of SVP. Ms. Nguyen’s on-target bonus under the AIP is 50% of her base salary pro-rated, based on achievement of the corporate objectives under the AIP and personal objectives as set by the CEO in relation to the AIP. For 2023, D-Wave’s bonus achievement was based on individual and company-wide performance. Ms. Nguyen’s employment agreement provided for a grant of options, which are no longer outstanding as a result of the D-Wave Systems 2020 recapitalization. In addition, subsequent to the close of the Merger, on October 13, 2022, Ms. Nguyen was awarded an equity award of 186,624 RSUs, of which 50% vested on the first anniversary of the grant date, 25% vested on the second anniversary date of the grant date, and the remaining 25% will vest on the third anniversary of the grant date. As part of the Company’s annual equity refresh program, Ms. Nguyen was issued a grant of 85,360 RSUs, effective March 27, 2023, with 25% of these RSUs vesting on the first anniversary of the grant date on March 27, 2024, and the remaining RSUs vesting in twelve, equal quarterly installments through March 27, 2027. Ms. Nguyen is eligible to participate in D-Wave’s standard employee benefit plans and programs for D-Wave’s US-based employees. Pursuant to her employment agreement, if Ms. Nguyen’s employment is terminated by D-Wave without cause (as defined in her employment agreement), she is entitled to receive 6 months’ base salary as a severance payment. In addition, pursuant to Ms. Nguyen’s equity award agreements, in the event of her termination by D-Wave without cause within the 12-month period following a change in control, the portion of her outstanding equity that would have vested in the next 12 months shall fully vest. On October 23, 2023, Ms. Nguyen acknowledged and accepted the Company’s Clawback Policy. In consideration of this acknowledgement, the Company offered, and Ms. Nguyen accepted, to have all stock option award agreements previously entered into between Ms. Nguyen and the Company,

as well as all future stock option award agreements, amended to amend the exercise period applicable after the termination of her employment with D-Wave Commercial from a 90-day period to a one-year period after the termination date. On January 10, 2024, as payment of Ms. Nguyen’s bonus under the D-Wave 2022 Bonus Plan for the year ended December 31, 2023, Ms. Nguyen was awarded 58,255 stock options at an exercise price of $0.846 and 46,604 RSUs. Both grants were issued as fully vested as of the date of the grants. The restrictive covenants in Ms. Nguyen’s employment agreement include confidentiality, invention assignment and a one-year non-solicitation of employees. As part of the Company’s 2024 annual equity refresh program, Ms. Nguyen was issued a grant of 80,000 RSUs, effective March 27, 2024, of which 25% vest of these RSUs on the first anniversary of the grant date on March 27, 2025, with the remaining RSUs vesting in twelve, equal quarterly installments through March 27, 2028. Also on March 27, 2024, Ms. Nguyen was issued a special award consisting of 100,000 RSUs and 100,000 options. The RSU award vested 25% on May 1, 2024, with the remaining RSUs vesting in twelve equal quarterly installments through May 1, 2027. The option award vested 25% on May 1, 2024, with the remaining options vesting in thirty-six equal monthly installments through May 1, 2027. On February 14, 2025, as payment of Ms. Nguyen’s bonus under the D-Wave 2022 Bonus Plan for the year ended December 31, 2024, Mr. Nguyen received $151,800. As part of the Company’s 2025 annual equity refresh program, Ms. Nguyen was issued a grant of 101,721 RSUs, effective March 6, 2025, vesting in sixteen, equal quarterly installments through March 6, 2029.

Each of the executive officers is eligible to participate in D-Wave’s employee benefit plans offered in their respective country of employment, including medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance plans, in each case on the same basis as all of D-Wave’s other full-time employees. D-Wave generally does not provide perquisites or personal benefits to its NEOs, except in limited circumstances, and except for annual tax preparation assistance provided to Dr. Baratz (described above), it did not provide any perquisites or personal benefits to its NEOs in 2024.

Eligible US-based employees, including D-Wave’s U.S.-based executive officers, are eligible to participate in a defined contribution retirement plan that provides such employees with an opportunity to save for retirement on a tax advantaged basis. Eligible US-based employees may defer eligible compensation on a pre-tax or after-tax (Roth) basis, up to the statutorily prescribed annual limits on contributions under the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). Contributions are allocated to each participant’s individual account and are then invested in selected investment alternatives according to the participants’ directions. D-Wave currently does not make any matching contributions into the 401(k) plan on behalf of participants. Participants are always vested in their contributions to the plan. The 401(k) plan is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code with the 401(k) plan’s related trust intended to be tax exempt under Section 501(a) of the Code. As a tax-qualified retirement plan, contributions to the 401(k) plan (except for Roth contributions) and earnings on those contributions are not taxable to the employees until distributed from the 401(k) plan. D-Wave currently does not offer a retirement savings plan structure to any of its Canada-based employees.

Equity-based compensation has been and will continue to be an important foundation in executive compensation packages as D-Wave believes it is important to maintain a strong link between executive incentives and the creation of stockholder value. D-Wave believes that performance and equity-based compensation can be an important component of the total executive compensation package for maximizing stockholder value while, at the same time, attracting, motivating and retaining high-quality executives. Following the Merger, the 2022 Plan, which is described below, became an important element of our compensation arrangements for our executives and directors. Our executives (including our NEOs) are also eligible to participate in the ESPP described below. Prior to the Merger, D-Wave Systems granted equity-based compensation pursuant to its 2020 Plan, described below.

The following summary describes the material terms of the 2022 Plan, which was adopted by the Company in connection with the Merger.

Administration. The Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors (or subcommittee thereof) administers the 2022 Plan. The Compensation Committee has the authority to determine the terms and conditions of any agreements evidencing any awards granted under the 2022 Plan and to adopt, alter and repeal rules, guidelines and practices relating to the 2022 Plan. The Compensation Committee has full discretion to administer and interpret the 2022 Plan

and to adopt such rules, regulations and procedures as it deems necessary or advisable and to determine, among other things, the time or times at which the awards may be exercised and whether and under what circumstances an award may be exercised.

Eligibility. Any current or prospective employees, directors, officers, consultants or advisors of the Company who are selected by the compensation committee are eligible for awards under the 2022 Plan. The Compensation Committee has the sole and complete authority to determine who will be granted an award under the 2022 Plan.

Number of Shares Authorized. Pursuant to the 2022 Plan, we have reserved 16,965,849 Common Shares for issuance of awards to be granted thereunder, subject to an annual increase on January 1st of each year for a period of ten years commencing on January 1, 2023 and ending on (and including) January 1, 2032, in an amount equal to the lesser of (a) 5% of the fully-diluted number of Common Shares outstanding on December 31st of the immediately preceding calendar year (inclusive of the share reserve under the ESPP and the 2022 Plan (or any successor to either of the foregoing)) and (b) such smaller number of shares as is determined by our Board of Directors (the “Share Pool”). The number of shares that may be issued with respect to incentive stock options under the 2022 Plan is equal to three times the number of shares initially reserved in the Share Pool. The maximum grant date fair value of cash and equity awards that may be awarded to a non-employee director under the 2022 Plan during any one fiscal year, taken together with any cash fees paid to such non-employee director during such fiscal year, in respect of service as a member of the Board of Directors during such year will be $750,000 (or, $1,000,000 in the event such non-employee director is first appointed or elected to the Board of Directors during such fiscal year); provided that the foregoing limitation shall not apply to compensation approved by the other non-employee members of the Board of Directors to be provided to a non-employee member of the Board of Directors in respect of their service as an employee or consultant (including as an interim officer). Shares may be issued in connection with a merger or acquisition as permitted by, as applicable, the NYSE and its applicable rules and guidance, and such issuance will not reduce the number of shares available for issuance under the 2022 Plan. The following actions do not reduce the number of shares available for issuance under the 2022 Plan: (1) the expiration or termination of any portion of an award without the shares covered by such portion of the award having been issued, (2) the settlement of any portion of an award in cash, (3) the withholding of shares that would otherwise be issued by the Company to satisfy the exercise, strike or purchase price of an award; or (4) the withholding of shares that would otherwise be issued by the Company to satisfy a tax withholding obligation in connection with an award. The following shares will be added back and again become available for issuance under the 2022 Plan: (1) any shares that are forfeited back to or repurchased by the Company because of a failure to meet a contingency or condition required for the vesting of such shares; (2) any shares that are reacquired by the Company to satisfy the exercise, strike or purchase price of an award; and (3) any shares that are reacquired by the Company to satisfy a tax withholding obligation in connection with an award.

Change in Capitalization. If there is a change in our capitalization in the event of a stock or extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, split-off, spin-off, combination, repurchase or exchange of Common Shares or other relevant change in capitalization (including a change in control, as defined in 2022 Plan) or applicable law or circumstances, such that the Compensation Committee determines that an adjustment to the terms of the 2022 Plan (or awards thereunder) is necessary or appropriate, then the Compensation Committee shall make adjustments in a manner that it deems equitable, including by: (i) adjusting the number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2022 Plan, the number of shares covered by awards then outstanding under the 2022 Plan, the limitations on awards under the 2022 Plan, the exercise price of outstanding options, the strike price of outstanding stock appreciation rights or any applicable performance measures or criteria; (ii) providing for a substitution or assumption of awards under the 2022 Plan; (iii) accelerating the delivery, vesting and/or exercisability of, lapse of restrictions and/or other conditions on, or termination of, awards under the 2022 Plan; (iv) providing for a period of time not exceeding ten (10) days for the exercise of awards under the 2022 Plan prior to the occurrence of such event; (v) cancelling any awards under the 2022 Plan in exchange for consideration equal to value of the underlying award; or (vi) such other equitable substitution or adjustments as the compensation committee may determine appropriate.

Awards Available for Grant. The Compensation Committee may grant awards of nonqualified stock options, incentive (qualified) stock options, stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), restricted stock awards, RSUs, other stock-based awards, other cash-based awards, deferred awards or any combination of the foregoing. Awards may be granted under the 2022 Plan in assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by an entity acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines, which are referred to herein as “Substitute Awards.”

Stock Options. The Compensation Committee is authorized to grant options to purchase Common Shares that are either “qualified,” meaning they are intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 422 of the Code for incentive stock options, or “nonqualified,” meaning they are not intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 422 of the Code. All options granted under the 2022 Plan shall be nonqualified unless the applicable award agreement expressly states that the option is intended to be an incentive stock option. Options granted under the 2022 Plan will be subject to the terms and conditions established by the Compensation Committee. Under the terms of the 2022 Plan, the exercise price of the options will not be less than the fair market value (or 110% of the fair market value in the case of a qualified option granted to a 10% shareholder) of our Common Shares at the time of grant (except with respect to Substitute Awards). Options granted under the 2022 Plan will be subject to such terms, including the exercise price and the conditions and timing of exercise, as may be determined by the Compensation Committee and specified in the applicable award agreement. The maximum term of an option granted under the 2022 Plan will be 10 years from the date of grant (or five years in the case of a qualified option granted to a 10% shareholder), provided that if the term of a nonqualified option would expire at a time when trading in Common Shares is prohibited by the Company’s insider trading policy, the option’s term may be extended automatically until the 30th day following the expiration of such prohibition (as long as such extension shall not violate Section 409A of the Code). Payment in respect of the exercise of an option may be made in cash, by check, by cash equivalent, or by such other method as the compensation committee may permit in its sole discretion, including: (i) by delivery of other property (including previously owned shares that are not subject to any pledge or other security interest) having a fair market value equal to the exercise price and all applicable required withholding taxes; (ii) if there is a public market for Common Shares at such time, by means of a broker-assisted cashless exercise mechanism; or (iii) by means of a “net exercise” procedure effected by withholding the minimum number of shares otherwise deliverable in respect of an option that are needed to pay the exercise price and all applicable required withholding taxes, based upon the fair market value of the withheld shares on the date of exercise. In all events of cashless or net exercise, any fractional Common Shares will be settled in cash.

Stock Appreciation Rights. The Compensation Committee is authorized to award SARs under the 2022 Plan. SARs will be subject to the terms and conditions established by the Compensation Committee. A SAR is a contractual right that allows a participant to receive, in the form of either cash, shares or any combination of cash and shares, the appreciation, if any, in the value of a share over a certain period of time. An option granted under the 2022 Plan may include SARs, and SARs may also be awarded to a participant independent of the grant of an option. SARs granted in connection with an option shall be subject to terms similar to the option corresponding to such SARs, including with respect to vesting and expiration. Except as otherwise provided by the Compensation Committee (in the case of Substitute Awards or SARs granted in tandem with previously granted options), the strike price per Common Share underlying each SAR shall not be less than 100% of the fair market value of such share, determined as of the date of grant and the maximum term of a SAR granted under the 2022 Plan will be 10 years from the date of grant; provided that if the term of a SAR would expire at a time when trading in Common Shares is prohibited by the Company’s insider trading policy, the SAR’s term may be extended automatically until the 30th day following the expiration of such prohibition (as long as such extension shall not violate Section 409A of the Code).

Restricted Stock. The Compensation Committee is authorized to grant restricted stock under the 2022 Plan, which will be subject to the terms and conditions established by the Compensation Committee. Restricted stock is Common Shares that are generally non-transferable and are subject to other restrictions determined by the Compensation Committee for a specified period. Any accumulated dividends will be payable at the same time that the underlying restricted stock vests.

Restricted Stock Unit Awards. The Compensation Committee is authorized to grant RSU awards, which will be subject to the terms and conditions established by the Compensation Committee. An RSU award, once vested, may be settled in a number of our Common Shares equal to the number of units earned, in cash equal to the fair market value of the number of Common Shares earned in respect of such RSU award or in a combination of the foregoing, at the election of the Compensation Committee. RSUs may be settled at the expiration of the period over which the units are to be earned or at a later date selected by the Compensation Committee. To the extent provided in an award agreement, the holder of outstanding RSUs shall be entitled to be credited with dividend equivalent payments upon the payment by us of dividends on Common Shares, which accumulated dividend equivalents shall be payable at the same time that the underlying RSUs are settled.

Other Stock-Based Awards and Other Cash-Based Awards. The Compensation Committee is authorized to grant awards of unrestricted shares of Common Shares, rights to receive grants of awards at a future date, other awards denominated in Common Shares, or awards that provide for cash payments based in whole or in part on the value of Common Shares under such terms and conditions as the Compensation Committee may determine and as set forth in the applicable award agreement.

Deferred Awards. The Compensation Committee is authorized, subject to limitations under applicable law, to grant to participants deferred awards, which may be a right to receive shares or cash under the 2022 Plan (either independently or as an element of or supplement to any other award under the 2022 Plan), including, as may be required by any applicable law or regulations or determined by the Compensation Committee, in lieu of any annual bonus, commission or retainer that may be payable to a participant under any applicable, bonus, commission or retainer plan or arrangement, under such terms and conditions as the Compensation Committee may determine and as set forth in the applicable award agreement.

Effect of a Change in Control. The following provisions shall apply only in the case an award agreement specifically provided that they will apply. Unless otherwise provided in an award agreement, or any applicable employment, consulting, change in control, severance or other agreement between us and a participant, in the event of a change in control (as defined in the 2022 Plan): (i) if the acquirer or successor company in such change in control has agreed to provide for the substitution, assumption, exchange or other continuation of awards, then, if the participant’s employment with or service to the Company is terminated by the Company without cause (and other than due to death or disability) on or within 12 months following a change in control, then unless otherwise provided by the Compensation Committee, all options and SARs held by such participant shall become immediately exercisable with respect to 100% of the shares subject to such options and SARs, and the restricted period (and any other conditions) shall expire immediately with respect to 100% of the shares of restricted stock and RSUs and any other awards (other than another cash-based award) held by such participant (including a waiver of any applicable performance conditions); provided that if the vesting or exercisability of any award would otherwise be subject to the achievement of performance conditions, the portion of such award that shall become fully vested and immediately exercisable shall be based on the assumed achievement of actual or target performance as determined by the Compensation Committee; (ii) if the acquirer or successor company in such change in control has not agreed to provide for the substitution, assumption, exchange or other continuation of awards, then unless otherwise provided by the Compensation Committee, all options and SARs held by such participant shall become immediately exercisable with respect to 100% of the shares subject to such options and SARs, and the restricted period (and any other conditions) shall expire immediately with respect to 100% of the shares of restricted stock and RSUs and any other awards (other than another cash-based award) held by such participant (including a waiver of any applicable performance conditions); provided that if the vesting or exercisability of any award would otherwise be subject to the achievement of performance conditions, the portion of such award that shall become fully vested and immediately exercisable shall be based on the assumed achievement of actual or target performance as determined by the Compensation Committee; and (iii) in addition, the Compensation Committee may upon at least ten (10) days’ advance notice to the affected participants, cancel any outstanding award and pay to the holders thereof, in cash, securities or other property (including of the acquiring or successor company), or any combination thereof, the value of such awards based upon the price per share received or to be received by other stockholders of the Company in the event (it being understood that any option or SAR having a per-share exercise or hurdle price equal to, or in excess of, the fair market value (as of the date specified by the compensation committee) of a share subject thereto may be canceled and terminated without any payment or consideration therefor).

Non-transferability. Each award may be exercised during the participant’s lifetime by the participant or, if permissible under applicable law, by the participant’s guardian or legal representative. No award may be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by a participant other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution unless the Compensation Committee permits the award to be transferred to a permitted transferee (as defined in the 2022 Plan).

Amendment. The 2022 Plan will have a term of 10 years. The Board of Directors may amend, suspend or terminate the 2022 Plan at any time, subject to shareholder approval if necessary to comply with any tax, exchange rules, or other applicable regulatory requirement. No amendment, suspension or termination will materially and adversely affect the rights of any participant or recipient of any award without the consent of the participant or recipient. The Compensation Committee may, to the extent consistent with the terms of any applicable award agreement, waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel or terminate, any award

theretofore granted or the associated award agreement, prospectively or retroactively; provided that any such waiver, amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancellation or termination that would materially and adversely affect the rights of any participant with respect to any award theretofore granted will not to that extent be effective without the consent of the affected participant. Unless otherwise required by applicable law, no shareholder approval will be required for any of the following amendments: (i) reducing the exercise price of any option or the strike price of any SAR; (ii) cancelling any outstanding option and replacing it with a new option (with a lower exercise price) or cancelling any SAR and replacing with a new SAR (with a lower strike price) or, in each case, with another award or cash in a manner that would be treated as a repricing (for compensation disclosure or accounting purposes); (iii) taking any other action considered a repricing for purposes of the shareholder approval rules of the applicable securities exchange on which our Common Shares are listed; and (iv) cancelling any outstanding option or SAR that has a per-share exercise price or strike price (as applicable) at or above the fair market value of a Common Share on the date of cancellation and paying any consideration to the holder thereof.

Clawback/Forfeiture. Awards may be subject to clawback or forfeiture to the extent (i) the participant engaged in or engages in activity that is in conflict with or adverse to the interests of the Company, including fraud or conduct contributing to any financial restatements or irregularities; (ii) the participant violates a non-competition, non-solicitation, non-disparagement or non-disclosure covenant or agreement with the Company; (iii) the participant is terminated for Cause (as defined in the 2022 Plan); (iv) required by applicable law (including, without limitation, Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) and/or the rules and regulations of NYSE or other applicable securities exchange; or (v) if so required pursuant to a written policy adopted by the Company or the provisions of an award agreement. In addition, the Compensation Committee will have full authority to implement any policies and procedures necessary to comply with Section 10D of the Exchange Act and any rules promulgated thereunder and any other regulatory regimes.

The following summary describes the material terms of the ESPP, which was adopted by the Company in connection with the Merger.

Administration. The Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors (or any person or institution selected by the Compensation Committee) will administer the ESPP. The ESPP is implemented through a series of offerings under which eligible employees are granted purchase rights to purchase Common Shares on specified dates during such offerings. Under the ESPP, the plan administrator has full discretion to administer and interpret the ESPP and to adopt such rules, regulations and procedures as it deems necessary or advisable and to determine, among other things, the duration, frequency, start date and end dates of offering periods. The ESPP includes two components: a 423 Component and a Non-423 Component. The Company intends that the 423 Component will qualify as options issued under an “employee stock purchase plan” as that term is defined in Section 423(b) of the Code. Except as otherwise provided in the ESPP or determined by our Board of Directors, the Non-423 Component will operate and be administered in the same manner as the 423 Component.

Eligibility. Generally, all regular employees, including executive officers, employed by the Company or one of the Company’s designated subsidiaries, will be eligible to participate in the ESPP and may contribute, normally through payroll deductions, an aggregate amount equal to their contribution for the purchase Common Shares under the ESPP. Unless otherwise determined by the plan administrator, Common Shares will be purchased for the accounts of employees participating in the ESPP at a price per share equal to not less than the lesser of (i) 85% of the fair market value of a Common Share on the first trading date of an offering or (ii) 85% of the fair market value of a Common Share on the date of purchase. The administrator may impose different eligibility requirements with respect to the Non-423 Component.

Number of Shares Authorized. Pursuant to the ESPP, we have reserved 8,036,455 Common Shares, subject to an annual increase on January 1st of each year for a period of ten years commencing on January 1, 2023 and ending on (and including) January 1, 2032, in an amount equal to the lesser of (a) 1% of the fully-diluted number of Common Shares outstanding on December 31st of the immediately preceding calendar year (inclusive of the share reserve under the ESPP and the 2022 Plan (or any successor to either of the foregoing)), (b) 1,607,291 shares and (c) such smaller number of shares as is determined by our board of directors. For the avoidance of doubt, up to the maximum number of shares reserve under the ESPP may be used to satisfy purchases of shares under the 423 Component of the ESPP and any remaining portion may be used to satisfy purchases of shares under the Non-423 Component.

Limitations. Employees may have to satisfy one or more of the following service requirements before participating in the 423 Component of the ESPP, as determined by the plan administrator, including: (i) being customarily employed for more than 20 hours per week; (ii) being customarily employed for more than five months per calendar year; or (iii) classified as an employee for tax purposes. No employee will be eligible for the grant of any purchase rights under the 423 Component of the ESPP if immediately after such rights are granted, such employee has voting power over 5% or more of our capital stock measured by vote or value pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code.

Changes to Capital Structure. In the event that there occurs a change in the Company’s capital structure through such actions as a stock split, merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, reincorporation, stock dividend, dividend in property other than cash, large nonrecurring cash dividend, liquidating dividend, combination of shares, exchange of shares, change in corporate structure or other similar equity restructuring transactions, the plan administrator will make appropriate adjustments to (i) the class(es) and maximum number of shares reserved under the ESPP, (ii) the class(es) and maximum number of shares by which the share reserve may increase automatically each year, (iii) the class(es) and maximum number of shares and purchase price applicable to all outstanding offerings and purchase rights and (iv) the class(es) and number of shares that are subject to purchase limits under ongoing offerings.

Corporate Transactions. In the event of a corporate transaction, as defined in the ESPP, any then-outstanding rights to purchase shares under the ESPP may be assumed, continued or substituted by any surviving or acquiring entity (or its parent company). If the surviving or acquiring entity (or its parent company) elects not to assume, continue or substitute such purchase rights, then each offering period in progress will be shortened and a new purchase date will be set by the Compensation Committee, and such purchase rights will terminate immediately.

ESPP Amendment or Termination. Our Board of Directors has the authority to amend or terminate the ESPP, provided that, except in certain circumstances, such amendment or termination may not materially and adversely affect any outstanding purchase rights without the holder’s consent. The Company must obtain shareholder approval of any amendment to the ESPP to the extent required by applicable law or listing rules.

The following summary describes the material terms of the 2020 Plan, which was adopted by the D-Wave Systems board of directors in 2020.

Purpose. The purpose of the 2020 Plan was to provide eligible participants an opportunity from time to time to acquire a proprietary interest in D-Wave Systems and to develop the interest of eligible participants in the growth and development of D-Wave Systems, providing an incentive to eligible participants to further the success of D-Wave Systems, attracting and retaining eligible participants, and rewarding eligible participants with the benefits associated with having a proprietary interest in D-Wave Systems. Employees, officers, directors and consultants of D-Wave Systems or its affiliates were eligible to participate in the 2020 Plan to the extent approved by the Compensation Committee of D-Wave or the Board of Directors of D-Wave.

Administration. The 2020 Plan is administered by the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee. The Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee may issue rules and regulations for administration of the 2020 Plan. The Board of Directors or Compensation Committee, as applicable, has the authority to implement and carry out the 2020 Plan, including without limitation, the authority to determine the participants to whom awards will be granted; determine the type or types of awards to be granted under the 2020 Plan; determine the number of shares to be issuable pursuant to (or with respect to which payments, rights or other matters are to be calculated in connection with) awards; determine the terms and conditions of any award, determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances awards may be settled or exercised in cash, shares, other awards, other property, net settlement, cashless exercise, broker-assisted cashless exercise or any combination thereof, or cancelled, forfeited or suspended, and the method or methods by which awards may be settled, exercised, cancelled, forfeited or suspended; determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances cash, shares, other awards, other property and other amounts payable with respect to an award under the 2020 Plan shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the holder thereof or of the Compensation Committee; interpret and administer the 2020 Plan; establish, amend, suspend or waive such rules and regulations and appoint such agents as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the 2020 Plan; grant waivers, amend or modify an award, and correct any defect or reconcile any inconsistency with the 2020 Plan or an award; and make any other determination and take any other action that the Compensation Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the 2020 Plan.

Grants of Awards. The Board of Directors may, at any time, subject to the terms of the 2020 Plan, grant to a participant an award or awards in respect of the number of shares the Board of Directors determines and the Board may specify the grant date, exercise price, vesting timing and conditions, expiration date and such other terms and conditions of the award. The exercise price per share purchasable under an award is determined by the Board of Directors at the time of grant, provided, that, except in the case of substitute awards, such exercise price shall not be less than the fair market value of a share on the date of grant of such award.

Share Reserve. Subject to adjustments for changes in capitalization, the maximum number of shares available for grant under the 2020 Plan and all other plans of a similar nature will not exceed 15% of the aggregate D-Wave Systems shares, on a fully diluted basis. If an award expires, terminates, is surrendered, is cancelled or otherwise becomes unexercisable without having been exercised in full (a “Surrendering Event”), such shares will be available for future grant, the maximum number of shares that may be issued upon the exercise of awards as well as the maximum number of shares that may be issued upon the exercise of incentive stock options will not exceed 15% of the aggregate D-Wave Systems shares, on a fully diluted basis on the date of adoption of the plan, plus, to the extent allowable under Section 422 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, any shares that become available for issuance under the 2020 Plan as a result of a Surrendering Event. Any shares delivered pursuant to an award may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued shares or shares acquired by D-Wave Systems.

Options. The term of an option may be determined by the Board of Directors, but in any event, subject to accelerated termination of an option and other early termination as provided for in the 2020 Plan or an award agreement, each option will expire on the earlier of the expiration date; and the tenth anniversary of the date that the shares become publicly listed for trading on a securities exchange, provided that the Board of Directors may (but shall not be required to) provide in an award agreement for an extension of the expiration date of the award in the event the exercise of the option would be prohibited by law at the time of expiration pursuant to the terms of the award agreement or the 2020 Plan.

Vesting and Exercise. Each option will vest in accordance with the vesting schedule as determined by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors has the discretion to accelerate the date upon which any portion of any option may vest. The consideration to be paid for the shares to be issued upon exercise of an option, including the method of payment, shall be determined by the Compensation Committee. Such consideration may be paid by: (i) cash or certified check or combination thereof; (ii) net settlement or broker-assisted cashless exercise; or (iii) to the extent expressly permitted by the Compensation Committee, (A) except for an award holder that is resident in Canada, other shares which have a fair market value on the date of surrender equal to the aggregate exercise price of the shares as to which said option shall be exercised; or (B) such other consideration and method of payment for the issuance of shares to the extent permitted by applicable laws. Following the Merger, each option previously granted under the 2020 plan became exercisable for 0.8896570 Common Shares.

Share Appreciation Rights (“SARs”). The exercise price or hurdle price per share under a SAR shall be determined by the Compensation Committee; provided, however, that, except in the case of substitute awards, such exercise price or hurdle price shall not be less than the fair market value of a share on the date of grant of such SAR. The term of each SAR shall be fixed by the Compensation Committee but shall not exceed 10 years from the date of grant of such SAR. The Compensation Committee shall determine the time or times at which a SAR may vest and/or be exercised or settled in whole or in part. The Compensation Committee may specify in an award agreement that an “in- the-money” SAR shall be automatically exercised on its expiration date.

Restricted Shares. D-Wave may grant restricted shares in such number and at such times as the Compensation Committee may, in its sole discretion, determine, as a bonus or similar payment in respect of services rendered by the participant for a fiscal year of D-Wave or otherwise as compensation, including as an incentive for future performance by the participant. The award agreement for awards of restricted shares shall specify the vesting schedule; the exercise price, which, to the extent required by applicable law, will not be less than the par value of a share; the consideration permissible for the payment of the purchase price of the restricted shares, which shall be satisfied in one of the following ways: (i) in cash at the time of purchase; (ii) by services rendered or to be rendered to D-Wave; or (iii) in any other form of legal consideration that may be acceptable to the Board of Directors; and transferability. Restricted shares shall be subject to such restrictions as the Compensation Committee may impose (including any limitation on the right to vote a share of restricted shares or the right to receive any dividend, dividend equivalent or other right), which restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such time or times, in such installments or otherwise, as the Compensation Committee may deem appropriate.

Restricted Share Units. The Compensation Committee may grant RSUs in such number and at such times as the Compensation Committee may, in its sole discretion, determine, as a bonus or similar payment in respect of services rendered by a participant for a fiscal year of D-Wave or otherwise as compensation, including as an incentive for future performance by a participant. The award agreement shall specify the vesting schedule and the delivery schedule (which may include deferred delivery later than the vesting date). RSUs shall be subject to such restrictions as the Compensation Committee may impose, which restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such time or times, in such installments or otherwise, as the Compensation Committee may deem appropriate. Dividend equivalents may be credited in respect of RSUs, as the Compensation Committee deems appropriate. Such dividend equivalents may be converted into additional RSUs by dividing (1) the aggregate amount or value of the dividends paid with respect to that number of shares equal to the number of RSUs then credited by (2) the fair market value per share on the payment date for such dividend. The additional RSUs credited by reason of such dividend equivalents will be subject to all the terms and conditions of the underlying RSUs to which they relate. A director that is not an employee and is subject to Canadian taxation shall not be entitled to receive RSUs.

Performance Awards. The Compensation Committee is authorized to grant performance awards in such number and at such times as the Compensation Committee may, in its sole discretion, determine, as a bonus or similar payment in respect of services rendered by the participant for a fiscal year of D-Wave or otherwise as compensation, including as an incentive for future performance by the participant. Performance awards may be denominated as a cash amount, number of shares or a combination thereof and are awards which may be earned upon achievement or satisfaction of performance conditions specified by the Compensation Committee. In addition, the Compensation Committee may specify that any other award shall constitute a performance award by conditioning the right of an award holder to exercise the award or have it settled or vest, and the timing thereof, upon achievement or satisfaction of such performance conditions as may be specified by the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee may use such business criteria and other measures of performance as it may deem appropriate in establishing any performance conditions. Subject to the terms of the 2020 Plan, the performance goals to be achieved during any performance period, the length of any performance period, the termination provisions, the amount of any performance award granted and the amount of any payment or transfer to be made pursuant to any performance award shall be determined by the Compensation Committee. Performance awards will be settled only after the end of the relevant performance period. The Compensation Committee shall specify the circumstances in which, and the extent to which, performance awards shall be paid or forfeited in the event of an award holder’s termination.

Other Share-Based Awards. The Compensation Committee is authorized, subject to limitations under applicable law, to grant to participants such other awards that may be denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, or related to, shares or factors that may influence the value of shares, including convertible or exchangeable debt securities, other rights convertible or exchangeable into shares, purchase rights for shares, awards with value and payment contingent upon performance of D-Wave or business units thereof or any other factors designated by the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of such awards. shares delivered pursuant to an award in the nature of a purchase right granted shall be purchased for such consideration, paid for at such times, by such methods and in such forms, including cash, shares, other awards, other property, or any combination thereof, as the Compensation Committee shall determine. Cash awards, as an element of or supplement to any other award under the 2020 Plan, may also be granted.

Treatment on Termination. If an award holder’s employment or service as a director or a consultant terminates for any reason, voluntarily or involuntarily, any part of an award that has not vested will immediately cease vesting on the termination date and the award holder will not be entitled to any compensation in respect of any part of an award that has not vested. In the case of employees: upon termination of their employment for cause, the award will expire immediately; upon termination of their employment generally for any other reason other than death, any vested but unexercised part of the award may be exercised until the earlier of ninety (90) days following the termination date and the date its term expires, as applicable; upon termination of employment due to death, any vested but unexercised part of an award may be exercised until the earlier of one hundred eighty (180) days following the termination date and the date its term expires. In the case of directors: if the director ceases to hold office due to removal in accordance with section 129 of the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) (“BCBCA”) or due to becoming otherwise disqualified to hold office as a director, the award will expire immediately upon the termination date; otherwise if the director ceases to hold office as a director for any other, all non-vested awards will expire upon the termination date and any vested but unexercised part of the award may be exercised until the earlier of 90 days (180 days in the case of death or disability) following the date the award holder ceases to be a director and the date its term expires,

as applicable. If a participant’s services as a consultant are terminated for any reason, all non-vested awards will expire upon the termination date and any vested but unexercised part of the award may be exercised until the earlier of 90 days following the termination date and the date its term expires.

Transferability. In general, awards are not transferable or assignable, and may not be made subject to any other alienation, sale, pledge, hypothecation, disposal, encumbrance, execution, attachment or similar process, otherwise than by will or by the operation of laws. During the lifetime of the award holder, an award is exercisable only by the award holder, and any elections with respect to an award, may be made only by the award holder.

Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization, Amalgamation, Dissolution, etc. The number of shares subject to an outstanding award, and the number of shares which have been authorized and reserved for issuance under the 2020 Plan but as to which no awards have yet been granted or which have been returned to the 2020 Plan upon cancellation or expiration of an award, as well as the exercise price for each such outstanding award, will be proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of issued shares resulting from a share split, reverse share split, share dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, subdivision, consolidation, combination or reclassification of the shares, or any other increase or decrease in the number of issued shares effected without receipt of consideration by D-Wave, and if the adjustment would result in fractional number of shares, the number of shares will be rounded down to the nearest whole number. In the event of an amalgamation or merger of D-Wave Systems with or into any other company or companies (other than an amalgamation or merger with a wholly-owned subsidiary or a transaction in which there is no substantial change in shareholders of D-Wave Systems) or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of D-Wave Systems (and the right to do so is hereby expressly reserved), whether by way of statutory amalgamation, plan of arrangement, sale of assets and undertaking, or otherwise howsoever, then the successor corporation may assume, convert, replace or substitute any or all outstanding awards, which assumption, conversion, replacement or substitution will be binding on the holder of the award, with (i) equivalent awards or (ii) substantially similar consideration to the holder of the award as was provided to shareholders of D-Wave Systems (after taking into account the existing provisions, restrictions and terms of the award). In the event that the successor corporation refuses to assume, convert, replace or substitute an award, the award will fully vest and D-Wave Systems will notify the holder of the award in writing in advance of the amalgamation, merger or sale that the award will be fully exercisable for a period of fifteen (15) days from the date of such notice, and the award will terminate upon the expiration of such period. To the extent it has not been previously exercised, an award will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of the dissolution or liquidation of D-Wave Systems. In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of D-Wave Systems, D-Wave Systems will notify each award holder as soon as practicable prior to the effective date of such proposed transaction. The D-Wave Systems board of directors, in its sole discretion, may provide for an award holder to have the right to exercise his or her award until fifteen (15) days prior to such transaction as to all of the shares covered by the award, including shares as to which the award would not otherwise be exercisable.

Amendment and Termination. The Board of Directors shall have the power to, at any time and from time to time, either prospectively or retrospectively, and without shareholder approval, amend, suspend or terminate the 2020 Plan or any award granted under the 2020 Plan; provided however that: (i) such amendment, suspension or termination is in accordance with applicable laws and the rules of any securities exchange on which the shares are listed; (ii) no such amendment, suspension or termination shall be made at any time to the extent such action would adversely affect the existing rights of an award holder with respect to any then outstanding award held by such award holder, as determined by the Board of Directors acting in good faith, without the award holder’s consent; and (iii) the Board of Directors shall obtain shareholder approval of the following: (x) such approval as may be required pursuant to D-Wave Systems’ organizational documents and applicable law, including securities laws and the rules and policies of a securities exchange upon which the shares of D-Wave are listed; and (y) any amendment that would reduce the exercise price or hurdle price of an outstanding award (other than as provided above). If the 2020 Plan is terminated, the provisions of the 2020 Plan and any administrative guidelines and other rules and regulations adopted by the Board of Directors and in force on the date of termination will continue in effect as long as any award or any rights pursuant thereto remain outstanding and, notwithstanding the termination of the 2020 Plan, the Board of Directors shall remain able to make such amendments to the 2020 Plan or the award as they would have been entitled to make if the 2020 Plan were still in effect. The 2020 Plan is scheduled to terminate on April 14, 2030. The termination of the 2020 Plan will have no effect on outstanding awards, which will continue in effect in accordance with their terms and conditions and the terms and conditions of the 2020 Plan and award agreements.

The annual director compensation is determined by the Board of Directors of the Company at its first meeting following each annual meeting of stockholders and covers the period starting from such annual meeting and ending

at the next annual meeting. Unless a director is restricted from receiving any director compensation, our director compensation policy provides that each of our non-employee directors receives an annual cash retainer of $35,000, with our Chair of the Board of Directors, and the chairs of our Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, Nominating & Governance Committee and Cybersecurity Committee each also receiving an additional annual cash retainer of $30,000, $20,000, $15,000 and $15,000, respectively. In addition, each member of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, Nominating & Governance Committee and Cybersecurity Committee, other than the chair of each such committee, receives an additional annual cash retainer of $8,000. We do not pay any meeting attendance fees. The annual cash retainer is being paid to each eligible director in four equal, quarterly installments. Each of our eligible non-employee directors also receives an annual equity-based grant of RSUs valued at $140,000 (computed based on a trailing average share price), which generally vests annually. The value of grants to new directors are prorated according to the number of days served during their initial annual term. New eligible non-employee directors also receive an initial grant of 7,500 RSUs, which will vest on May 31, 2025. During 2024, D-Wave granted equity to its eligible non-employee directors as described below, such grants vesting on May 31, 2025. New eligible non-employee directors also receive an initial grant of 7,500 RSUs, which will vest on May 31, 2025. Vesting is subject to continued service on the Board of Directors through the relevant vesting date. Commencing with compensation earned in respect of service following our Annual Meeting, our eligible non-employee directors will be permitted to elect to receive RSUs in lieu of cash compensation.

The following table sets forth information concerning the compensation of D-Wave’s non-employee directors for the year ended December 31, 2024, with respect to the company’s compensation plans, under which equity securities are authorized for issuance.

The table below shows for each non-employee director who was serving, and held outstanding equity awards, as of December 31, 2024, the aggregate number of equity awards held by each such non-employee director as of such date.

The Board of Directors and Nominating and Governance Committee expect to review director compensation periodically to ensure that director compensation remains competitive such that D-Wave is able to recruit and retain qualified directors.

The following sets forth the beneficial ownership of the Company’s Common Shares as of April 9, 2025 by:

Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the SEC, which generally provide that a person has beneficial ownership of a security if he, she or it possesses sole or shared voting or investment power over that security, including options and warrants that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of April 9, 2025.

The beneficial ownership of the Company is based on 291,351,403 Common Shares issued and outstanding as of April 9, 2025. In computing the number of Common Shares beneficially owned by a person and the percentage ownership of such person, all Common Shares issuable pursuant to (i) Warrants, (ii) D-Wave Options and (iii) D-Wave Warrants, in each case that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of April 9, 2025, are included. However, such shares are not deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. Other than Warrants, D-Wave Options and D-Wave Warrants exercisable within 60 days of April 9, 2025 by a particular holder, which are reflected as described above, the beneficial ownership information below assumes no exercises of such securities.

Unless otherwise indicated, we believe that all persons named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to all Common Shares beneficially owned by them. To our knowledge, no Common Shares beneficially owned by any executive officer or director have been pledged as security.

The beneficial ownership information below excludes Common Shares reserved for issuance under the 2022 Plan or the ESPP, any Common Shares that may be sold under the Purchase Agreement subsequent to April 9, 2025, and assumes that all Exchangeable Shares in the capital of D-Wave Quantum Technologies have been exchanged for Common Shares.

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC require our directors, executive officers and persons who own more than 10% of our Common Shares to file reports of their ownership and changes in ownership of our Common Shares with the SEC. As a practical matter, we assist our directors and executive officers by monitoring transactions and completing and filing Section 16 reports on their behalf. Based solely on our review of the reports filed during 2024 and related written representations, we determined that no director, executive officer, or beneficial owner of more than 10% of our Common Shares failed to file a report on a timely basis during 2024, except for one late Form 4 filing filed by the Company on behalf of Sharon Holt to report one transaction, one late Form 4 filing filed by the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (“PSP”), a former 10% holder of the Company, filed by PSP to report one transaction, and two late Form 4 filings filed by the Company on behalf of each of Alan Baratz, John Markovich and Diane Nguyen, reporting a total of 3 transactions each.

Our Board of Directors maintains a written related person transactions policy that sets forth the Company’s policies and procedures regarding the identification, review, consideration and oversight of “related person transactions.” For purposes of the Company’s policy only, a “related person transaction” is a transaction, arrangement or relationship (or any series of similar transactions, arrangements or relationships) in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries was, is or will be a participant involving an amount that exceeds $120,000, in which any “related person” has or will have a direct or indirect interest.

Under the policy, prior to entering into any related person transaction, (i) the related person, (ii) the director, executive officer, nominee or beneficial owner who is an immediate family member of the related person or (iii) the business unit or function/department head responsible for the potential related person transaction shall provide notice to the Company’s legal department of the facts and circumstances of the proposed related person transaction. The legal department will assess whether the proposed transaction is a related person transaction for purposes of the policy. If the legal department determines that the proposed transaction is a related person transaction for purposes of the policy, the proposed related person transaction shall be submitted to the Audit Committee for consideration at the next Audit Committee meeting. Any potential related person transaction involving the Company’s General Counsel (or, in the absence of a General Counsel, the senior most member of the legal department) shall be submitted directly to the Audit Committee for its review. In considering related person transactions, the Audit Committee, or where submitted to the Chair of the Audit Committee, the Chair, will take into account the relevant available facts and circumstances, which may include, but are not limited to:

The Audit Committee (or the Chair of the Audit Committee) will approve only those transactions that are in, or are not inconsistent with, the best interests of the Company, as the Audit Committee (or the Chair of the Audit Committee) determines in good faith. All of the transactions described below were entered into prior to the adoption of such policy.

As of immediately prior to the Merger, there were 7,500,000 Founder Shares issued and outstanding, 7,252,500 of which were held by the Sponsor and the remaining 247,500 Founder Shares were held by other Initial Stockholders. Immediately prior to Closing, the Sponsor forfeited 4,484,425 of its 7,252,500 Founder Shares, as a result of which, upon Closing and as a result of the Merger, the remaining 3,015,575 Founder Shares were converted into 3,015,575 Common Shares on a one for one basis. The Initial Stockholders, subject to limited exceptions, agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Common Shares received in exchange for their Founder Shares until August 5, 2023, the date that is one year after the completion of the Merger.

On August 22, 2023, the Sponsor distributed the Private Warrants to its members on a pro rata basis.

At the Closing, the Registration Rights Holders, pursuant to the Plan of Arrangement, became parties to the Registration Rights and Lock-Up Agreement, pursuant to which, among other things, the Company is obligated to file a registration statement to register the resale of certain equity securities of the Company held by the Registration Rights Holders. The Registration Rights and Lock-Up Agreement also provides the Registration Rights Holders with demand registration rights and “piggy-back” registration rights, in each case, subject to certain requirements and customary conditions. Subject to certain exceptions, the Registration Rights and Lock-Up Agreement further provides for the securities of the Company held by the Registration Rights Holders to be locked-up for a period of time.

Below is a description of transactions since January 1, 2023 to which the Company was a party, in which:

On February 28, 2022, an affiliate of DPCM entered into an unsecured promissory note of up to $1.0 million with the Sponsor (the “Affiliate Note”). The purpose of the Affiliate Note was to provide DPCM with additional working capital. All amounts drawn on the Affiliate Note were provided directly to DPCM. The Affiliate Note was not convertible and bore no interest. The principal balance of the Affiliate Note was originally due and payable upon the earlier of the date on which DPCM consummates its initial business combination, or the date that the winding up of DPCM is effective.

In connection with the Merger, the Affiliate Note was assumed by the Company. Pursuant to the Affiliate Note’s most recent amendment, effective as of February 24, 2023, the principal balance was payable in four equal installments on April 30, 2023, June 30, 2023, August 31, 2023, and October 31, 2023. As of December 31, 2023, the Affiliate Note had been repaid in full.

On April 13, 2022, DPCM entered into an unsecured promissory note of up to $1.0 million with the Sponsor (the “DPCM Note”). The purpose of the DPCM Note was to provide DPCM with additional working capital. All amounts drawn on the DPCM Note were provided directly to DPCM. In connection with the Merger, the DPCM Note was assumed by the Company. The DPCM Note was not convertible and bore no interest. Pursuant to the DPCM Note’s most recent amendment, effective as of February 22, 2023, the principal balance was payable in four equal installments of $55,000 each on April 30, 2023, June 30, 2023, August 31, 2023, and October 31, 2023. As of December 31, 2023, the DPCM Note had been repaid in full.

The execution of the amended and restated Affiliate Note and the amended and restated DPCM Note were related party transactions as these notes were payable to affiliates of the Company.

On April 13, 2023 (the “Loan Closing Date”), the Company, as borrower, and certain Company’s subsidiaries as Guarantors (as defined in the Loan Agreement) (collectively, the “Loan Parties”), entered into a $50 million Loan and Security Agreement with PSPIB, as lender and collateral agent (the “Term Loan”). The first two tranches of the Term Loan, each amounting to $15.0 million in principal, were advanced to D-Wave on April 14, 2023 and July 13, 2023, respectively. The third tranche, amounting to $20.0 million in principal, had not yet been advanced and remained subject to certain terms and conditions.

The Term Loan was secured by a first-priority security interest in substantially all of the Loan Parties’ assets, contains certain operational and financial covenants, and was set to mature on March 31, 2027.

Each advance under the Term Loan was subject to a 2.0% drawdown fee and bore interest on a monthly basis, at the discretion of the Company, at either (i) 10% payable in cash, or (ii) 11% payable in kind.

Upon the repayment or prepayment of all or a portion of the Term Loan, there was a premium payment due that was equal to 3% of the amount of the Term Loan repaid/prepaid prior to the first anniversary of the Loan Closing Date, 2% of the amount of the Term Loan repaid/prepaid after the first anniversary of the Loan Closing Date and on or prior to the second anniversary of the Loan Closing Date, 1% of the amount of the Term Loan repaid/prepaid after the second anniversary of the Loan Closing Date but on or prior to the third anniversary of the Loan Closing Date, with no premium payment due after the third anniversary of the Loan Closing Date.

As of October 22, 2024, the Company had repaid the entire the Term Loan, including $30.0 million in principal, $4.5 million in interest and $0.7 million in prepayment fees.

As of December 31, 2024, the entirety of the initial and second advances totaling $30.0 million has been paid.

Please see the section titled “Executive and Director Compensation” for information regarding the compensation of our directors and executive officers.

The Company has entered into agreements with our executive officers that, among other things, provide for certain compensatory and change of control benefits, as well as severance benefits. For a description of these agreements with our NEOs, see the section titled “Executive and Director Compensation—Employment Arrangements with Named Executive Officers.”

The Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation contains provisions limiting the liability of executive officers and directors and the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws provides that the Company will indemnify each of its executive officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law. The Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and its Amended and Restated Bylaws also provide the Board of Directors with discretion to indemnify certain key employees when determined appropriate by the Company’s Board of Directors.

The Company entered into indemnification agreements with each of its officers and directors to indemnify such individuals, to the fullest extent permitted by law and subject to certain limitations, against all liabilities, costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred by such individuals in an action or proceeding to which any such individual was made a party by reason of being an officer or director of the Company or an organization of which the Company is a shareholder or creditor if such individual serves such organization at the Company’s request.

Stockholders who intend to have a proposal considered for inclusion in our proxy materials for presentation at our 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act must submit the proposal to our Secretary at our offices at 2650 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, California 94303 in writing not later than December 26, 2025.

Stockholders intending to present a proposal at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, but not to include the proposal in our proxy statement, or to nominate a person for election as a director, must comply with the requirements set forth in our Amended and Restated Bylaws. Our Amended and Restated Bylaws require, among other things, that our Secretary receive written notice from the stockholder of record of their intent to present such proposal or nomination not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day and not later than the close of business on the 90th day prior to the anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting. Therefore, we must receive notice of such a proposal or nomination for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders no earlier than the close of business on February 5, 2026 and no later than the close of business on March 9, 2026. The notice must contain the information required by the Amended and Restated Bylaws, a copy of which is available upon request to our Secretary. In the event that the date of the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders is advanced by more than 30 days prior to or delayed by more than 30 days after June 5, 2026, then our Secretary must receive such written notice not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to and not later than the close of business on the 90th day prior to the 2026 Annual Meeting, or, if later than the 90th day prior to the 2025 Annual Meeting, the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the 2026 Annual Meeting is first made.

In addition to satisfying the foregoing requirements under the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, to comply with the universal proxy rules, stockholders who intend to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than the Company’s nominees must provide notice that sets forth the information required by Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act no later than April 6, 2026.

We reserve the right to reject, rule out of order, or take other appropriate action with respect to any proposal that does not comply with these or other applicable requirements.

Our Board of Directors is not aware of any matter to be presented for action at the Annual Meeting other than the matters referred to above and does not intend to bring any other matters before the Annual Meeting. However, if other matters should come before the Annual Meeting, it is intended that holders of the proxies named on the Company’s proxy card will vote thereon in their discretion.

The accompanying proxy is solicited by and on behalf of our Board of Directors, whose Notice of Annual Meeting is attached to this proxy statement, and the entire cost of our solicitation will be borne by us. In addition to the use of mail, proxies may be solicited by personal interview, telephone, e-mail and facsimile by our directors, officers and other employees who will not be specially compensated for these services. We will also request that brokers, nominees, custodians and other fiduciaries forward soliciting materials to the beneficial owners of shares held by the brokers, nominees, custodians and other fiduciaries. We will reimburse these persons for their reasonable expenses in connection with these activities.

Certain information contained in this proxy statement relating to the occupations and security holdings of our directors and officers is based upon information received from the individual directors and officers.

We intend to file a proxy statement and white proxy card with the SEC in connection with the solicitation of proxies for our 2025 Annual Meeting. Stockholders may obtain our proxy statement (and any amendments and supplements thereto) and other documents as and when filed by us with the SEC without charge from the SEC’s website at: www.sec.gov.

A copy of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, including financial statements and schedules thereto but not including exhibits, as filed with the SEC, will be sent to any stockholder of record on April 9, 2025 without charge upon written request addressed to:

D-Wave Quantum Inc.

Attention: Corporate Secretary

2650 East Bayshore Road

Palo Alto, California 94303

A reasonable fee will be charged for copies of exhibits. You also may access our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 at https://ir.dwavesys.com/.

WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, WE URGE YOU TO VOTE YOUR SHARES VIA THE TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER OR OVER THE INTERNET, AS DESCRIBED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT. IF YOU RECEIVED A COPY OF THE PROXY CARD BY MAIL, YOU MAY SIGN, DATE AND MAIL THE PROXY CARD IN THE ENCLOSED RETURN ENVELOPE. PROMPTLY VOTING YOUR SHARES WILL ENSURE THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM AT THE ANNUAL MEETING AND WILL SAVE US THE EXPENSE OF FURTHER SOLICITATION.

By Order of the Board of Directors

Alan Baratz

President and Chief Executive Officer

Palo Alto, California

April 22, 2025