D-Wave Quantum Inc DEFA14A, filed Apr 24, 2023
D-Wave Quantum Inc. (QBTS)
DEFA14A
2023-04-24
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. )
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Filed by a party other than the Registrant ☐
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☐ Preliminary Proxy Statement
☐ Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))
☐ Definitive Proxy Statement
☒ Definitive Additional Materials
☐ Soliciting Material under Sec.240.14a-12
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D-Wave Quantum Inc.
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(Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)
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Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):
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No fee required.
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Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.
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Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.
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NOTICE TO HOLDERS OF EXCHANGEABLE SHARES
Annual Meeting of Stockholders of D-Wave Quantum Inc. to be held on June 8, 2023
Our records show that you hold Exchangeable Shares of D-Wave Quantum Technologies Inc., a Canadian company and an indirect subsidiary of D-Wave Quantum
Inc. The Exchangeable Shares provide you with economic and voting rights that are, as nearly as practicable, equivalent to those of holders of shares of common stock of D-Wave Quantum Inc., including the right to attend and vote at meetings of the
common stockholders of D-Wave Quantum Inc. D-Wave Quantum Inc. will be holding an annual meeting (the “Annual Meeting”) of its common
stockholders on June 8, 2023:
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To elect two Class I directors to serve until the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified;
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To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Canada) as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023; and
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To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any continuation, adjournment or postponement thereof.
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At the Annual Meeting you will have voting rights, based on the number of Exchangeable Shares you hold. You are permitted to instruct Computershare Trust
Company of Canada, the Trustee under a Voting and Exchange Trust Agreement dated August 5, 2022 as to how the Trustee is to vote your Exchangeable Shares at the Annual Meeting. If you do not give voting instructions, the Trustee will not be
entitled to exercise the voting rights attached to your Exchangeable Shares. Alternatively, you may instruct the Trustee to give you or a person designated by you a proxy to exercise personally the voting rights attached to your Exchangeable
Shares. To instruct the Trustee as to how you wish to exercise your voting rights, you must complete, sign, date and return the enclosed Voting Instruction Card to the Trustee by 11:59 p.m., Pacific time, on June 6, 2023. The Trustee will not be
obligated to act on any instructions received after that time.
You have the right to revoke any instructions to the Trustee by giving written notice of revocation to the Trustee or by executing and delivering to the
Trustee a later-dated Voting Instruction Card. No notice of revocation or later-dated Voting Instruction Card, however, will be effective unless received by the Trustee prior to 11:59 p.m., Pacific time, on June 6, 2023.
Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, please sign, date and return the Voting Instruction Card in the envelope provided in order to
ensure that your Exchangeable Shares will be represented at the Annual Meeting.
Only registered holders of Exchangeable Shares are permitted to instruct the Trustee as to how to vote their Exchangeable Shares at the Annual Meeting or
to attend and vote at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy as described above. You may be a beneficial owner of Exchangeable Shares (a “Non-Registered
Holder”) if your Exchangeable Shares are registered either:
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in the name of an intermediary (an “Intermediary”) with whom
you deal in respect of the Exchangeable Shares, such as, among others, banks, trust companies, securities dealers or brokers and trustees or administrators of trusts; or
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in the name of a clearing agency of which the Intermediary is a participant.
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D-Wave Quantum Inc. has distributed copies of the Notice of Meeting, the Proxy Statement and this Notice to Exchangeable Shareholders (collectively, the
“meeting materials”) to Intermediaries who are required to forward these meeting materials to Non-Registered Holders unless a Non-Registered
Holder has waived the right to receive them. If you are a Non-Registered Holder who has not waived the right to receive meeting materials you will be given either:
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a voting instruction form, which has already been signed by the Intermediary (typically by a facsimile, stamped signature) which specifies the number of Exchangeable
Shares beneficially owned by you but which is otherwise uncompleted. This voting instruction form need not be signed by you. In this case, if you wish to direct the voting of the Exchangeable Shares held by you or attend and vote at the
Annual Meeting (or have another person attend and vote on your behalf) you should properly complete the voting instruction form and deposit it with the Trustee prior to 11:59 p.m., Pacific time, on June 6, 2023; or
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a voting instruction form, which must be completed and signed by you in accordance with the directions on the voting instruction form.
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The purpose of these procedures is to permit you, as a Non-Registered Holder, to direct the voting of the Exchangeable Shares you beneficially own or to
attend and vote at the Annual Meeting, in person or by proxy. A Non-Registered Holder generally may revoke a voting instruction form given to an Intermediary by providing written notice to the Intermediary in a reasonable time period prior to the
Annual Meeting. Non-Registered Holders should carefully follow the instructions of their Intermediaries and their service companies and contact their Intermediaries promptly if they need assistance.