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| 2026-03-27 | Company Response | IonQ, Inc. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2026-03-24 | SEC Comment Letter | IonQ, Inc. | DE | 333-294511 | Read Filing View |
| 2023-11-29 | Company Response | IonQ, Inc. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2023-11-15 | SEC Comment Letter | IonQ, Inc. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2021-10-20 | Company Response | IonQ, Inc. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2021-10-13 | SEC Comment Letter | IonQ, Inc. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2021-08-10 | Company Response | IonQ, Inc. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2021-08-04 | Company Response | IonQ, Inc. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2021-08-02 | SEC Comment Letter | IonQ, Inc. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2021-07-16 | Company Response | IonQ, Inc. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2021-07-02 | SEC Comment Letter | IonQ, Inc. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2021-06-17 | Company Response | IonQ, Inc. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2021-04-27 | SEC Comment Letter | IonQ, Inc. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
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| 2026-03-24 | SEC Comment Letter | IonQ, Inc. | DE | 333-294511 | Read Filing View |
| 2023-11-15 | SEC Comment Letter | IonQ, Inc. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2021-10-13 | SEC Comment Letter | IonQ, Inc. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2021-08-02 | SEC Comment Letter | IonQ, Inc. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2021-07-02 | SEC Comment Letter | IonQ, Inc. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2021-04-27 | SEC Comment Letter | IonQ, Inc. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
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| 2026-03-27 | Company Response | IonQ, Inc. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2023-11-29 | Company Response | IonQ, Inc. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2021-10-20 | Company Response | IonQ, Inc. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2021-08-10 | Company Response | IonQ, Inc. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2021-08-04 | Company Response | IonQ, Inc. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2021-07-16 | Company Response | IonQ, Inc. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2021-06-17 | Company Response | IonQ, Inc. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
2026-03-27 - CORRESP - IonQ, Inc.
CORRESP 1 filename1.htm CORRESP IonQ, Inc. 4505 Campus Drive, College Park, Maryland 20740 March 27, 2026 VIA EDGAR U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance Office of Technology 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549 Attn: Mitchell Austin Jan Woo RE: IonQ, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-4 File No. 333-294511 Request for Effectiveness Ladies and Gentlemen: Pursuant to Rule 461 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, we hereby request that the effective date of the above-captioned Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”) filed by IonQ, Inc. (the “Company”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on March 20, 2026, as amended on March 27, 2026, be accelerated to March 31, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time or as soon thereafter as may be practicable. We understand that the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Commission will consider this request as confirmation by the Company of its awareness of its responsibilities under the federal securities laws as they relate to the issuance of the securities covered by the Registration Statement. If you have any questions regarding the foregoing, please contact Chelsea Darnell of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP at (212) 373-3104. ***** Very truly yours, IONQ, INC. By: /s/ Paul T. Dacier Name: Paul T. Dacier Title: Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
2026-03-24 - UPLOAD - IonQ, Inc. File: 333-294511
<DOCUMENT> <TYPE>TEXT-EXTRACT <SEQUENCE>2 <FILENAME>filename2.txt <TEXT> March 24, 2026 Niccolo M. de Masi Chief Executive Officer IonQ, Inc. 4505 Campus Drive College Park, MD 20740 Re: IonQ, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-4 Filed March 20, 2026 File No. 333-294511 Dear Niccolo M. de Masi: This is to advise you that we have not reviewed and will not review your registration statement. Please refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff. Please contact Mitchell Austin at 202-551-3574 or Jan Woo at 202-551-3453 with any questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Technology cc: Chelsea N. Darnell </TEXT> </DOCUMENT>
2023-11-29 - CORRESP - IonQ, Inc.
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November 29, 2023
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance,
Office of Technology
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-3720
Attn:
Aliya Ishmukhamedova
Re:
IonQ, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-3
Filed November 9, 2023
File No. 333-275444
Acceleration Request
Requested Date: December 1, 2023
Requested Time: 4:05 p.m. Eastern Time,
or as soon thereafter as practicable
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, IonQ, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby requests that the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File
No. 333-275444) (the “Registration Statement”) be declared effective at the “Requested Date” and “Requested Time” set forth above or at such later time as the Company
or its counsel may orally request via telephone call to the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Once the Registration Statement has been declared effective, please orally confirm that event with our counsel, Wilson Sonsini
Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., by calling Mark Bass at (202) 973-8826.
Sincerely,
IonQ, Inc.
/s/ Thomas Kramer
Thomas Kramer
Chief Financial Officer
cc:
Katherine A. Martin
Mark R. Fitzgerald
Mark Bass
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
2023-11-15 - UPLOAD - IonQ, Inc.
United States securities and exchange commission logo
November 15, 2023
Thomas Kramer
Chief Financial Officer
IonQ, Inc.
4505 Campus Drive
College Park, MD 20740
Re:IonQ, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-3
Filed November 9, 2023
File No. 333-275444
Dear Thomas Kramer:
This is to advise you that we have not reviewed and will not review your registration
statement.
Please refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. We remind you
that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of their
disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff.
Please contact Aliya Ishmukhamedova at 202-551-7519 with any questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Technology
cc: Katharine A. Martin
2021-10-20 - CORRESP - IonQ, Inc.
CORRESP 1 filename1.htm CORRESP IONQ, INC. 4505 Campus Drive College Park, MD 20740 October 20, 2021 VIA EDGAR United States Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549 Attn: RE: IonQ, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-1 File No. 333-260008 Acceleration Request Requested Date: October 22, 2021 Requested Time: 4:00 P.M. Eastern Time Ladies and Gentlemen: In accordance with Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned registrant (the “Registrant”) hereby requests that the Securities and Exchange Commission take appropriate action to cause the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the “Registration Statement”) to become effective on October 22, 2021, at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, or as soon thereafter as is practicable. Once the Registration Statement has been declared effective, please orally confirm that event with Jaime Chase, counsel to the Registrant, at (202) 728-7096. Very truly yours, IONQ, INC. /S/ THOMAS KRAMER Thomas Kramer Chief Financial Officer cc: Jaime Chase, Cooley LLP John T. McKenna, Cooley LLP
2021-10-13 - UPLOAD - IonQ, Inc.
United States securities and exchange commission logo
October 13, 2021
Thomas Kramer
Chief Financial Officer
IonQ, Inc.
4505 Campus Drive
College Park, MD 20740
Re:IonQ, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed October 4, 2021
File No. 333-260008
Dear Mr. Kramer:
This is to advise you that we have not reviewed and will not review your registration
statement.
Please refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. We remind you
that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of their
disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff.
Please contact Matthew Crispino, Staff Attorney, at (202) 551-3456 or Jan Woo, Legal
Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3453 with any questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Technology
cc: Jaime Chase
2021-08-10 - CORRESP - IonQ, Inc.
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dMY Technology Group, Inc. III
1180 North Town Center Drive, Suite 100
Las Vegas, Nevada 89144
August 10,
2021
BY EDGAR
Mr. Matthew Derby
Ms. Jan Woo
Mr. Ryan Rohn
Mr. Craig Wilson
Division of Corporation Finance
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re:
dMY Technology Group, Inc. III
Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended
File No. 333-254840
Dear Mr. Derby, Ms. Woo, Mr. Rohn and Mr. Wilson:
Pursuant to Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, dMY Technology Group, Inc.
III (the “Company”), hereby requests that the effective date of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-254840) (the “Registration
Statement”) be accelerated by the Securities and Exchange Commission so that the Registration Statement will become effective at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on August 12, 2021, or as soon as practicable thereafter. The Company
hereby authorizes Adam J. Brenneman of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, counsel to the Company, to modify or withdraw this request for acceleration orally.
The Company requests that we be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Mr. Brenneman at +1 (212) 225-2704 and that
such effectiveness also be confirmed in writing.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Niccolo de Masi
Niccolo de Masi
Chief Executive Officer and Director
cc:
Harry L. You
dMY
Technology Group, Inc. III
Kyle E. Harris
James E. Langston
Adam J. Brenneman
Cleary
Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Peter Chapman
Salle E. Yoo
Thomas Kramer
IonQ,
Inc.
John T. McKenna
Jaime L. Chase
David I. Silverman
Cooley
LLP
2021-08-04 - CORRESP - IonQ, Inc.
CORRESP 1 filename1.htm CORRESP dMY Technology Group, Inc. III 1180 North Town Center Drive, Suite 100 Las Vegas, Nevada 89144 August 4, 2021 BY EDGAR Mr. Matthew Derby Ms. Jan Woo Mr. Ryan Rohn Mr. Craig Wilson Division of Corporation Finance U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549 Re: dMY Technology Group, Inc. III Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 Filed July 16, 2021 File No. 333-254840 Dear Mr. Derby, Ms. Woo, Mr. Rohn and Mr. Wilson: We set forth below the response of dMY Technology Group, Inc. III (“dMY” or the “Company”) to the comments of the staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in its letter dated August 2, 2021 with respect to the Company’s amendment no.2 to the registration statement on Form S-4, File No. 333-254840, filed with the Commission on July 16, 2021 (the “Registration Statement”). dMY has filed today Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement (“Amendment No. 3”) together with this letter via EDGAR correspondence. We have reproduced below in bold the Staff’s comments and have provided the Company’s response following each comment. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this letter shall have the meanings set forth in Amendment No. 3. Note 7. Share Based Compensation, page F-40 1. We note your discussion of your revised reassessment of the 2021 awards in response to prior comment 11. Please disclose the impact of the reassessment on current and future periods in the quarter ended June 30. Response: The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and confirms that the Company will disclose the impact of its reassessment on current and future periods in the financial statements for the period ended June 30, 2021 and in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation for the same period, which it expects to include on a Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed in connection with the closing of the Business Combination. The Company further advises the Staff that it is simultaneously filing Amendment No. 3 to reflect additional unrelated updates and exhibits. **************************** We hope that the Company’s responses above adequately addresses the Staff’s comments. If the Staff has any questions or requires any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact Adam J. Brenneman at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP at (212) 225-2000. Very truly yours, /s/ Niccolo de Masi Niccolo de Masi Chief Executive Officer and Director cc: Harry L. You dMY Technology Group, Inc. III Kyle E. Harris James E. Langston Adam J. Brenneman Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Peter Chapman Salle E. Yoo Thomas Kramer IonQ, Inc. John T. McKenna Jaime L. Chase David I. Silverman Cooley LLP 2
2021-08-02 - UPLOAD - IonQ, Inc.
United States securities and exchange commission logo
August 2, 2021
Harry You
Chairman of the Board
dMY Technology Group, Inc. III
1180 North Town Center Drive, Suite 100
Las Vegas, NV 89144
Re:dMY Technology Group, Inc. III
Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-4
Filed July 16, 2021
File No. 333-254840
Dear Mr. You:
We have reviewed your amended registration statement and have the following
comment. In the comment, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better
understand your disclosure.
Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing the
requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and
circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your
response.
After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the information you
provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments. Unless we note
otherwise, our references to prior comments are to comments in our July 2, 2021 letter.
Registration Statement on Form S-4
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements
Note 7. Share Based Compensation, page F-40
1.We note your discussion of your revised reassessment of the 2021 awards in response to
prior comment 11. Please disclose the impact of the reassessment on current and future
periods in the quarter ended June 30.
You may contact Ryan Rohn, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3739 or Stephen Krikorian,
Accounting Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3488 if you have questions regarding comments on the
financial statements and related matters. Please contact Matthew Derby, Staff Attorney, at (202)
551-3334 or Jan Woo, Legal Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3453 with any other questions.
FirstName LastNameHarry You
Comapany NamedMY Technology Group, Inc. III
August 2, 2021 Page 2
FirstName LastName
Harry You
dMY Technology Group, Inc. III
August 2, 2021
Page 2
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Technology
cc: Adam J. Brenneman
2021-07-16 - CORRESP - IonQ, Inc.
CORRESP 1 filename1.htm CORRESP dMY Technology Group, Inc. III 1180 North Town Center Drive, Suite 100 Las Vegas, Nevada 89144 July 16, 2021 BY EDGAR Mr. Matthew Derby Ms. Jan Woo Mr. Ryan Rohn Mr. Craig Wilson Division of Corporation Finance U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549 Re: dMY Technology Group, Inc. III Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 Filed June 17, 2021 File No. 333-254840 Dear Mr. Derby, Ms. Woo, Mr. Rohn and Mr. Wilson: We set forth below the response of dMY Technology Group, Inc. III (“dMY” or the “Company”) to the comments of the staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in its letter dated July 2, 2021 with respect to the Company’s amendment no.1 to the registration statement on Form S-4, File No. 333-254840, filed with the Commission on June 17, 2021 (the “Registration Statement”). dMY has filed today Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement (“Amendment No. 2”) together with this letter via EDGAR correspondence. We have reproduced below in bold the Staff’s comments and have provided the Company’s response following each comment. Unless otherwise indicated, all page references in the responses set forth below are to the pages of Amendment No. 2. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this letter shall have the meanings set forth in Amendment No. 2. “What equity stake will the current stockholders of dMY and the IonQ Equityholders hold in the Combined Company...”, page 5 1. Please disclose the sponsor and its affiliates’ total potential ownership interest in the combined company, assuming exercise and conversion of all securities. Response: In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on pages 5 and 6 of Amendment No. 2. “Will dMY obtain new financing in connection with the Business Combination?”, page 5 2. Please highlight material differences in the terms and price of securities issued at the time of the IPO as compared to private placements contemplated at the time of the business combination. Disclose if the SPAC’s sponsors, directors, officers or their affiliates will participate in the private placement. Response: In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on page 6 of Amendment No. 2. “What interests does the Sponsor and dMY’s officers and directors have in the Business Combination?”, page 8 3. Please clarify if the sponsor and its affiliates can earn a positive rate of return on their investment, even if other SPAC shareholders experience a negative rate of return in the post-business combination company. Response: In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on pages 9, 32, 66, 93 and 112 of Amendment No. 2. 4. Please quantify the aggregate dollar amount and describe the nature of what the sponsor and its affiliates have at risk that depends on completion of a business combination. Include the current value of securities held, loans extended, fees due, and out-of-pocket expenses for which the sponsor and its affiliates are awaiting reimbursement. Provide similar disclosure for the company’s officers and directors, if material. Response: In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on pages 8, 30, 64, 91, 110 of Amendment No. 2. “Can our Initial Stockholders redeem their Founder Shares in connection with consummation of the Business Combination?”, page 10 5. We note that certain shareholders agreed to waive their redemption rights. Please describe any consideration provided in exchange for this agreement. Response: In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on page 11 of Amendment No. 2. Summary, page 17 6. In an appropriate location in this section, please revise your disclosure to show the potential impact of redemptions on the per share value of the shares owned by nonredeeming shareholders by including a sensitivity analysis showing a range of redemption scenarios, including minimum, maximum and interim redemption levels. Response: In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on pages 5 and 6 of Amendment No. 2. 7. Please revise to disclose all possible sources and extent of dilution that shareholders who elect not to redeem their shares may experience in connection with the business combination. Provide disclosure of the impact of each significant source of dilution, including the amount of equity held by founders, convertible securities, including warrants retained by redeeming shareholders, at each of the redemption levels detailed in your sensitivity analysis, including any needed assumptions. Response: In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on pages 5 and 6 of Amendment No. 2. 8. It appears that underwriting fees remain constant and are not adjusted based on redemptions. Revise your disclosure to disclose the effective underwriting fee on a percentage basis for shares at each redemption level presented in your sensitivity analysis related to dilution. Response: In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on page 26 of Amendment No. 2. 2 Material Tax Considerations, page 114 9. We note the merger agreement indicates that the merger will qualify as a reorganization under Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. Please discuss the tax consequences of the merger in the filing and whether you intend for the merger to qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. To the extent you believe that the merger qualifies as a reorganization within Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, you must obtain a legal opinion supporting such a conclusion. Otherwise, disclose that it is uncertain whether the domestication will qualify as a tax-free reorganization and describe the potential consequences to shareholders, including a summary of the tax consequences if the merger fails to qualify as a 368(a) reorganization. Response: In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on pages 13 and 115-120 of Amendment No. 2. Conflict of Interest, page 161 10. Your charter waived the corporate opportunities doctrine. Please address this potential conflict of interest and whether it impacted your search for an acquisition target. Response: In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on pages 164 and 165 of Amendment No. 2. Note 10. Stock-Based Compensation, page F-22 11. We have reviewed your response to prior comment 12. Please address the following items; • Your response indicates that on March 7, 2021, you signed the definitive merger agreement with dMY with a pre-money equity value of $1.275 billion and the fair value of IonQ’s common stock was determined to be $31.71 per share. Further, your response states that on March 8, 2021, you announced the proposed business combination with a pre-money equity value for IonQ of $1.275 billion, which resulted in an implied fair value of the shares of IonQ common stock to be $41.30 per share. Please explain what occurred to result in the change in the fair value of the shares during this one day. • Given the final implied fair value of $41.30 on March 8, 2021, please explain in greater detail how you concluded your deemed fair value of shares on recent grant dates, for example, $30.61 on March 4, 2021 remains appropriate. We note your disclosure under the title, Reassessment of 2021 Awards, that “IonQ did not identify any significant events that occurred during the period between valuation dates that would have caused a material change in fair value.” Response: On March 7, 2021, IonQ and the Company signed a definitive merger agreement, which assigned a pre-money equity value of $1.275 billion to IonQ, and resulted in an implied per share fair value of $41.30, as determined by the estimated exchange ratio as of that date. The actual exchange ratio will vary based on the amount of net cash of IonQ, transaction costs and IonQ’s fully-diluted capitalization as of the effective date of the business combination. The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and respectfully advises the Staff that when assessing the deemed fair value of the shares on recent grant dates, including on March 4, 2021, the signing of the definitive merger agreement was one input that was considered by IonQ’s board of directors and its third-party valuation specialist. In accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately-Held-Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation (the “Practice Guide”), IonQ determined the fair value of its common stock using a Probability-Weighted Expected Return Method (“PWERM”). The PWERM considers various market approach calculations depending upon the likelihood of various discrete future liquidity scenarios. In its March 8, 2021 valuation, IonQ considered two scenarios: • the consummation of the business combination with the Company (referred to as the “Transaction Scenario”) in 2021; and 3 • IonQ remaining a private company (referred to as a “Stay Private Scenario”) for another approximately 4.0 years. The Transaction Scenario was based on IonQ’s pre-money equity value of $1.275 billion as contemplated by the business combination, and was weighted at 85% reflecting IonQ management’s best estimate of the likelihood of consummating the proposed business combination considering progress through the valuation date, as well as the risks that the business combination may not be completed. The Company and IonQ respectfully submit that it would be inconsistent with the fair value methodologies prescribed by the Practice Guide to weight the Transaction Scenario at 100% due to the inherent uncertainty in completing a business combination. The Company and IonQ respectfully further submit that the assignment of a 85% probability was reasonable under existing market conditions and the several conditions that must be met prior to the closing of the business combination, such as: • the receipt of the requisite vote at the special meeting of dMY stockholders; • market risks, including the market appetite for special purpose acquisition company transactions; and • the receipt of regulatory approvals. IonQ further applied a discount for lack of marketability (“DLOM”) of 9%. This DLOM incorporated IonQ’s best estimate the timing of the potential business combination to occur later in 2021. Under the Stay Private Scenario, IonQ utilized the market approach using an adjusted back-solve method to determine IonQ’s enterprise value which consisted of using the October 2019 back-solve method valuation and adjusting for the increase in enterprise value based on the advancement of IonQ’s quantum computing technology between the intervening dates. After determining enterprise value, IonQ utilized the option pricing method to allocate its enterprise value to IonQ’s various classes of capital stock, including its common stock and applied a DLOM of 35%, given the significant time to liquidity of approximately 4.0 years. Applying the PWERM to the two scenarios, IonQ arrived at a fair value of $31.71 per share. Initial Reassessment of 2021 Awards As noted in the Company’s prior response, as a result of the March 8, 2021 valuation discussed above, IonQ retrospectively assessed the fair value of IonQ’s common stock in connection with its 2021 awards using a linear interpolation and deemed fair values per share for financial accounting purposes ranging between $16.56 per share for the January 12, 2021 grants and $30.61 per share for the March 4, 2021 grants. IonQ has not issued any additional option grants since the March 4, 2021 grants. Significant changes between the December 2020 valuation and the March 8, 2021 valuation resulted from the increase in probability of the Transaction Scenario from 25% to 85%. IonQ believes that the linear interpolation provides the most reasonable basis for the valuation of its common stock because IonQ did not identify any significant events that occurred during the period between valuation dates that would have caused a material change in fair value. Rather, the increase in probability of the Transaction Scenario resulted from the incremental progress that culminated in the approval of the definitive merger agreement by the Company’s board of directors. Revised Reassessment of 2021 Awards IonQ believes that the process the IonQ board of directors used to determine the fair value of its common stock as of March 8, 2021 was appropriate and represented a reasonable estimate of the fair value of its common stock on such date. However, with the benefit of hindsight, IonQ has reconsidered 4 certain inputs in such valuation. Specifically, the probability weighting assigned to the Transaction Scenario was increased from 85% to 95%, while the Stay Private Scenario was reduced from 15% to 5%. Further, the DLOM for the Transaction Scenario was reduced from 9% to 6%. IonQ believes both the initial and revised inputs are within a range of reasonableness, considering the inherent uncertainty in valuing equity securities of privately-held companies; however, the revised inputs are a better reflection of its expectations regarding the timing and likelihood of the proposed business combination. These changes resulted in a revised fair value of $36.32 per share as of March 8, 2021. IonQ has evaluated the impact to its financial statements of utilizing a fair value of $36.32 per share for the March 8, 2021 valuation. As a result of performing linear interpolation using the revised fair value of $36.32 per share, the grant date fair values used for financial accounting purposes now range between $18.00 per share for the January 12, 2021 grants and $34.99 per share for the March 4, 2021 grants. The impact to IonQ’s first quarter 2021 stock-based compensation expense is an increase of $117,000, and an increase in aggregate unrecognized stock-based compensation of $4.5 million as of March 31, 2021. The increase in stock-based compensation would increase total operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2021 by less than 2%, and is immaterial on both a quantitative and qualitative basis. The impact of the incremental increase in stock-based compensation expense (giving effect to the reassessed grant date fair values) will be recorded in the three-month period ended June 30, 2021. Comparison to the Business Combination Implied Fair Value As disclosed in IonQ’s investor presentation filed by the Company on a Current Report on Form 8-K on March 8, 2021, the IonQ equity value applies a range of 10.0x to 15.0x revenue multiple to IonQ’s 2026 estimated revenue to arrive at an implied future enterprise value range. This range was then discounted five years at a 20% discount rate to arrive at an implied discounted enterprise value range and an implied per share price of $41.30. The revised fair value of $36.32 per share as calculated in accordance with the Practice Guide reflects a modest 12% discount from the implied fair value of $41.30 per share, which IonQ and the Company respectfully submit is a reasonable discount to account for the risk of and timing of completion of the business combination. Therefore, the Company and IonQ respectfully submit that the reassessed value per share as calculated in accordance with the Practice Guide is reasonable and appropriate under U.S. GAAP. **************************** 5 We hope that the Company’s responses above adequately addresses the Staff’s comments. If the Staff has any questions or requires any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact Adam J. Brenneman at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP at (212) 225-2000
2021-07-02 - UPLOAD - IonQ, Inc.
United States securities and exchange commission logo
July 2, 2021
Harry You
Chairman of the Board
dMY Technology Group, Inc. III
1180 North Town Center Drive, Suite 100
Las Vegas, NV 89144
Re:dMY Technology Group, Inc. III
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4
Filed June 17, 2021
File No. 333-254840
Dear Mr. You:
We have reviewed your amended registration statement and have the following
comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we
may better understand your disclosure.
Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing the
requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and
circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your
response.
After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the information you
provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments. Unless we note
otherwise, our references to prior comments are to comments in our April 27, 2021 letter.
Amendment No. 1 to Form S-4
"What equity stake will the current stockholders of dMY and the IonQ Equityholders hold in the
Combined Company...", page 5
1.Please disclose the sponsor and its affiliates’ total potential ownership interest in the
combined company, assuming exercise and conversion of all securities.
"Will dMY obtain new financing in connection with the Business Combination?", page 5
2.Please highlight material differences in the terms and price of securities issued at the time
of the IPO as compared to private placements contemplated at the time of the business
combination. Disclose if the SPAC’s sponsors, directors, officers or their affiliates will
participate in the private placement.
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Comapany NamedMY Technology Group, Inc. III
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dMY Technology Group, Inc. III
July 2, 2021
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"What interests does the Sponsor and dMY's officers and directors have in the Business
Combination?", page 8
3.Please clarify if the sponsor and its affiliates can earn a positive rate of return on their
investment, even if other SPAC shareholders experience a negative rate of return in the
post-business combination company.
4.Please quantify the aggregate dollar amount and describe the nature of what the sponsor
and its affiliates have at risk that depends on completion of a business combination.
Include the current value of securities held, loans extended, fees due, and out-of-pocket
expenses for which the sponsor and its affiliates are awaiting reimbursement. Provide
similar disclosure for the company’s officers and directors, if material.
"Can our Initial Stockholders redeem their Founder Shares in connection with consummation of
the Business Combination?", page 10
5.We note that certain shareholders agreed to waive their redemption rights. Please describe
any consideration provided in exchange for this agreement.
Summary, page 17
6.In an appropriate location in this section, please revise your disclosure to show the
potential impact of redemptions on the per share value of the shares owned by non-
redeeming shareholders by including a sensitivity analysis showing a range of redemption
scenarios, including minimum, maximum and interim redemption levels.
7.Please revise to disclose all possible sources and extent of dilution that shareholders who
elect not to redeem their shares may experience in connection with the business
combination. Provide disclosure of the impact of each significant source of dilution,
including the amount of equity held by founders, convertible securities, including warrants
retained by redeeming shareholders, at each of the redemption levels detailed in your
sensitivity analysis, including any needed assumptions.
8.It appears that underwriting fees remain constant and are not adjusted based on
redemptions. Revise your disclosure to disclose the effective underwriting fee on a
percentage basis for shares at each redemption level presented in your sensitivity analysis
related to dilution.
Material Tax Considerations, page 114
9.We note the merger agreement indicates that the merger will qualify as a reorganization
under Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. Please discuss the tax consequences
of the merger in the filing and whether you intend for the merger to qualify as a
reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. To the
extent you believe that the merger qualifies as a reorganization within Section 368(a) of
the Internal Revenue Code, you must obtain a legal opinion supporting such a
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Comapany NamedMY Technology Group, Inc. III
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July 2, 2021
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conclusion. Otherwise, disclose that it is uncertain whether the domestication will qualify
as a tax-free reorganization and describe the potential consequences to shareholders,
including a summary of the tax consequences if the merger fails to qualify as a 368(a)
reorganization.
Conflict of Interest, page 161
10.Your charter waived the corporate opportunities doctrine. Please address this potential
conflict of interest and whether it impacted your search for an acquisition target.
Note 10. Stock-Based Compensation, page F-22
11.We have reviewed your response to prior comment 12. Please address the following
items;
•Your response indicates that on March 7, 2021, you signed the definitive merger
agreement with dMY with a pre-money equity value of $1.275 billion and the fair
value of IonQ's common stock was determined to be $31.71 per share. Further, your
response states that on March 8, 2021, you announced the proposed business
combination with a pre-money equity value for IonQ of $1.275 billion, which
resulted in an implied fair value of the shares of IonQ common stock to be $41.30 per
share. Please explain what occurred to result in the change in the fair value of the
shares during this one day.
•Given the final implied fair value of $41.30 on March 8, 2021, please explain in
greater detail how you concluded your deemed fair value of shares on recent grant
dates, for example, $30.61 on March 4, 2021 remains appropriate. We note your
disclosure under the title, Reassessment of 2021 Awards, that "IonQ did not identify
any significant events that occurred during the period between valuation dates that
would have caused a material change in fair value."
You may contact Ryan Rohn, Senior Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3739 or Craig
Wilson, Senior Advisor, at (202) 551-3226 if you have questions regarding comments on the
financial statements and related matters. Please contact Matthew Derby, Staff Attorney, at (202)
551-3334 or Jan Woo, Legal Branch Chief, (202) 551-3453 with any other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Technology
cc: Adam J. Brenneman
2021-06-17 - CORRESP - IonQ, Inc.
CORRESP 1 filename1.htm CORRESP dMY Technology Group, Inc. III 1180 North Town Center Drive, Suite 100 Las Vegas, Nevada 89144 June 17, 2021 BY EDGAR Mr. Matthew Derby Ms. Jan Woo Mr. Ryan Rohn Mr. Craig Wilson Division of Corporation Finance U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549 Re: dMY Technology Group, Inc. III Registration Statement on Form S-4 Filed March 30, 2021 File No. 333-254840 Dear Mr. Derby, Ms. Woo, Mr. Rohn and Mr. Wilson: We set forth below the response of dMY Technology Group, Inc. III (“dMY” or the “Company”) to the comments of the staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in its letter dated April 27, 2021 with respect to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-4, File No. 333-254840, filed with the Commission on March 30, 2021 (the “Registration Statement”). dMY has filed today Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (“Amendment No. 1”) together with this letter via EDGAR correspondence. We have reproduced below in bold the Staff’s comments and have provided the Company’s response following each comment. Unless otherwise indicated, all page references in the responses set forth below are to the pages of Amendment No. 1. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this letter shall have the meanings set forth in Amendment No. 1. What vote is required to approve the proposals presented at the Special Meeting?, page 6 1. In light of the vote requirement for approval of the proposals, please revise here or elsewhere to discuss how the voting requirement and the voting and support agreements make it more likely the business combination will be approved. For example, discuss the percentage of shares not subject to the voting and support agreements that would be required to approve the business combination proposal if only a quorum of dMY Technology Group, Inc. III shareholders are present. Response: In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on page 7 of Amendment No. 1. Summary, page 17 2. We note the redemption feature of the warrants whereby the company may redeem the public warrants for Class A ordinary shares based upon the “fair market value” of the Class A ordinary shares. In the summary section, disclose this redemption feature. Revise the risk factor on page 75 to focus on this redemption feature triggered by a trading price of $10.00 (rather than the $18.00 feature) and highlight that (1) the trading price is less than the exercise price of the warrants ($11.50) and (2) may result in investors having to exercise the warrants at a time when they are out-of-the-money or receive nominal consideration from the company for them. Response: In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on pages 37 and 76 of Amendment No. 1. IonQ Stockholder Support Agreement, page 20 3. We note your disclosure that you entered into a stockholder support agreement with certain IonQ stockholders. Please revise to clarify the aggregate voting power those stockholders hold. Response: In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosures on pages 20, 133 and 237 of Amendment No. 1 to include the aggregate voting power of the IonQ stockholders that entered into the stockholder support agreement. Risk Factors IonQ systems depend on the use of a particular isotope of an atomic element..., page 52 4. You state that IonQ is currently reliant on a single supplier of isotopically enriched materials and that there are limited suppliers for such resources. Please identify the supplier and provide a description of any agreements with this supplier including termination provisions. Response: In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on page 53 of Amendment No. 1 to indicate that IonQ currently purchases its isotopically enriched materials through the National Isotope Development Center managed by the U.S. Department of Energy Isotope Program, and that IonQ does not have any supplier agreements to acquire such materials. IonQ may rely heavily on future collaborative partners, page 52 5. You state that IonQ has entered into strategic partnerships to develop and commercialize IonQ’s current and future research and development programs with other companies. To the extent material, please disclose the terms of those agreements for strategic partnerships including obligations of the parties and financial arrangements. Response: The Company respectfully advises the Staff that IonQ does not view any of the strategic partnerships to develop and commercialize its current and future research and development programs as material to IonQ’s business. The Business Combination Terms of the Merger, page 98 6. We note that you determined the equity valuation of IonQ to be $1.275 billion. Given the limited revenues and operating history of IonQ, please provide a more detailed discussion regarding the underlying assumptions and information used in determining this enterprise value. Response: In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on page 104 of Amendment No. 1. Certain Projected Financial Information, page 105 7. We note that the disclosed prospective financial information for IonQ, Inc. is a summary of projections provided by IonQ to dMY. Tell us whether any other information was provided to dMY to support the projections. If so, disclose the material estimates and hypothetical assumptions upon which they are based. 2 Regarding the customer warrant disclosed in Note 9. “Warrant Transaction Agreement” on page F-21, please advise as to the materiality of the revenue offset if such revenues are reflected in your projections. Response: In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosures on pages 107 and 108 of Amendment No. 1 to reflect the additional estimates and assumptions made by IonQ with respect to industry performance and competition, general business, economic, market and financial conditions and matters specific to its business. The Company respectfully advises the Staff that the revenue offset from the warrant disclosed in Note 9. “Warrant Transaction Agreement” on page F-21 was not reflected in the IonQ projections. Comparative Historical and Unaudited Pro Forma Per Share Data, page 145 8. We note you currently provide the actual closing market prices per share and no pro forma per share data. Please clarify if you intend to provide pro forma information giving effect to the Business Combination, assuming different redemption scenarios. Response: In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on page 151 of Amendment No. 1 to reference the pro forma information giving effect to the Business Combination, assuming different redemption scenarios included on page 148 of Amendment No. 1 under the title “Comparative Share Information.” Agreements with the University of Maryland and Duke University Exclusive License Agreement, page 178 9. We note your disclosure that the terms of the exclusive license agreement with Duke and the University of Maryland include that the company must make commercially reasonable efforts to meet “such other milestones that IonQ may specify in a development plan provided by IonQ to the universities...” Please revise to provide a discussion of the additional milestones the Company has specified in its development plan provided to the universities. Response: The Company respectfully advises the Staff that IonQ has not included any additional milestones in any development plan provided to the universities, and further, that IonQ no longer has any obligation to submit development plans to the universities. The Company has revised the disclosure on page 185 of Amendment No. 1 to disclose this information. Information About IonQ Competition, page 180 10. Please revise to provide additional disclosure regarding competition in the trapped ion quantum competing space, specifically addressing how “IonQ’s processor architecture, system design and implementation and its strategies to scale” are superior to your competition. Response: In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on page 187 of Amendment No. 1 to address how IonQ’s processor architecture, system design and implementation and strategies to scale are superior to its competition. Proposal No. 3—The Charter Proposal Reason for the Amendment, page 233 11. Please balance your discussion of the reasons for adopting a classified board structure, removing the ability to act by written consent, exclusive forum provision and requiring the approval of two-thirds of the voting power to make certain amendments to your charter and bylaws with a discussion of the disadvantages to stockholders of these proposals. 3 Response: The Company respectfully advises the Staff that the Company’s existing certificate of incorporation (the “Current Charter”) and bylaws reflect both a classified board structure and an exclusive forum provision. Accordingly, the Charter Proposal does not reflect these as amendments to the Current Charter. The Company has revised the disclosure on page 244 of Amendment No. 1 to reflect this information. The Company has also revised the disclosures on pages 244 and 245 of Amendment No. 1 to reflect the disadvantages to stockholders of removing the ability to act by written consent and requiring the approval of two-thirds of the voting power to make certain amendments to the Proposed Charter and amended and restated bylaws. Note 10. Stock-Based Compensation, page F-22 12. Please provide us with a breakdown of all equity awards granted to date in fiscal 2020 and leading up to the filing of the Form S-4, including the fair value of the underlying common stock used to value such awards as determined by your board of directors. To the extent there were any significant fluctuations in the fair values from period-to-period, please describe for us the factors that contributed to these fluctuations, including any intervening events within the Company or changes in your valuation assumptions or methodology. Compare the most recent valuations for options granted to the fair value of the shares of commons stock as determined by the conversion ratio described in the Business Combination Agreement. In addition, please include Equity-Based Compensation and Common Stock Valuations within your Critical Accounting Policies. Response: Stock Option Grants Set forth in the table below are the stock options granted by IonQ during 2020 and through the filing of the Form S-4, including the fair value of the underlying shares of common stock used to value such awards at the grant date. Grant Date Number of Shares of Common Stock Underlying Stock Options Granted (#) Exercise Price Per Share of Common Stock ($) Deemed Fair Value Per Share of Common Stock for Financial Accounting Purposes ($) Applicable 409A Valuation Report January 8, 2020 340,578 1.88 2.00 October 2019 February 11, 2020 113,509 1.88 2.05 October 2019 April 16, 2020 240,808 1.88 2.13 October 2019 August 5, 2020 170,117 1.88 2.28 October 2019 September 10, 2020 29,295 1.88 2.44 October 2019 November 3, 2020 1,429,969 2.79 5.19 October 2020 November 17, 2020 115,000 2.79 6.59 October 2020 January 12, 2021 258,815 9.68 16.56 December 2020 January 20, 2021 200,000 9.68 18.77 December 2020 February 9, 2021 25,000 9.68 24.27 December 2020 February 19, 2021 667,377 9.68 27.03 December 2020 March 4, 2021 452,517 9.68 30.61 December 2020 4 Common Stock Valuation Methodologies As there has been no public market for IonQ’s common stock to date, the estimated fair value of its common stock has been determined by IonQ’s board of directors (the “IonQ Board”), as of the date of each option grant, with input from IonQ’s management, considering the most recent third-party valuation of its common stock, as well as the IonQ Board’s assessment of additional objective and subjective factors that the IonQ Board believed were relevant and which may have changed from the date of the most recent valuation date through the grant date. The IonQ Board considered various objective and subjective factors to determine the fair value of the common stock as of each grant date, as set forth on pages 201 and 202 of Amendment No. 1, including: • contemporaneous valuations performed at periodic intervals by independent third-party specialists; • IonQ’s actual operating results and financial performance; • IonQ’s current business conditions and projections; • IonQ’s progress on research and development efforts; • stage of development; • the prices, preferences and privileges of shares of IonQ’s convertible preferred stock relative to shares of IonQ’s common stock; • likelihood of achieving a liquidity event for the underlying equity instruments, such as a business combination, given prevailing market conditions; • lack of marketability of IonQ’s common stock; and • macroeconomic conditions. The third-party valuations of IonQ’s common stock that the IonQ Board considered in making its determinations were prepared in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately-Held-Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation (the “Practice Guide”), which prescribes several valuation approaches for determining the value of an enterprise, such as the cost, market and income approaches, and various methodologies for allocating the value of an enterprise to its capital structure and specifically the common stock. For each valuation report listed in the table above and for the March 2021 Valuation Report described below, IonQ made a determination of enterprise value using the market approach. The asset and income approaches were both considered, however, neither approach was deemed appropriate. In deriving enterprise value using the market approach, IonQ used the Back-Solve Method and the transaction price of secondary transactions in IonQ’s capital stock. The Back-Solve Method infers market value implied by a financing transaction on an arms-length basis. Additionally, for those valuations that were not performed in close proximity to a secondary transaction, IonQ determined the enterprise value by adjusting the transaction price of secondary transactions for the value of IonQ’s research and development efforts in the intervening period based on a return on cost method. Finally, the market approach began to incorporate the potential business combination as this exit strategy became more probable. In accordance with the Practice Guide, IonQ considered the following methods for allocating the enterprise value across its classes of capital stock to determine the fair value of its common stock at each valuation date. • Option Pricing Method (“OPM”). The OPM estimates the value of the common equity of IonQ using the various inputs in the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The OPM treats the rights of the holders of common stock as equivalent to that of call options on any value of the enterprise above certain break points of value based upon the liquidation preferences of the holders of IonQ’s preferred stock, as well as their rights to participation, and the stock prices of the outstanding options. Thus, the value of the common stock can be determined by estimating the value of its portion of each of these call option rights. Under this method, the 5 common stock has value only if the funds available for distribution to stockholders exceed the value of the liquidation preference at the time of a liquidity event, such as a merger or sale. Given the common stock represents a non-marketable equity interest in a private enterp
2021-04-27 - UPLOAD - IonQ, Inc.
United States securities and exchange commission logo
April 27, 2021
Harry You
Chairman of the Board
dMY Technology Group, Inc. III
1180 North Town Center Drive, Suite 100
Las Vegas, NV 89144
Re:dMY Technology Group, Inc. III
Registration Statement on Form S-4
Filed March 30, 2021
File No. 333-254840
Dear Mr. You:
We have reviewed your registration statement and have the following comments. In
some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better
understand your disclosure.
Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing the
requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and
circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your
response.
After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the information you
provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments.
Form S-4
What vote is required to approve the proposals presented at the Special Meeting?, page 6
1.In light of the vote requirement for approval of the proposals, please revise here or
elsewhere to discuss how the voting requirement and the voting and support agreements
make it more likely the business combination will be approved. For example, discuss the
percentage of shares not subject to the voting and support agreements that would be
required to approve the business combination proposal if only a quorum of dMY
Technology Group, Inc. III shareholders are present.
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Summary, page 17
2.We note the redemption feature of the warrants whereby the company may redeem the
public warrants for Class A ordinary shares based upon the “fair market value” of the
Class A ordinary shares. In the summary section, disclose this redemption feature. Revise
the risk factor on page 75 to focus on this redemption feature triggered by a trading price
of $10.00 (rather than the $18.00 feature) and highlight that (1) the trading price is less
than the exercise price of the warrants ($11.50) and (2) may result in investors having to
exercise the warrants at a time when they are out-of-the-money or receive nominal
consideration from the company for them.
IonQ Stockholder Support Agreement, page 20
3.We note your disclosure that you entered into a stockholder support agreement with
certain IonQ stockholders. Please revise to clarify the aggregate voting power those
stockholders hold.
Risk Factors
IonQ systems depend on the use of a particular isotope of an atomic element..., page 52
4.You state that IonQ is currently reliant on a single supplier of isotopically enriched
materials and that there are limited suppliers for such resources. Please identify the
supplier and provide a description of any agreements with this supplier including
termination provisions.
IonQ may rely heavily on future collaborative partners, page 52
5.You state that IonQ has entered into strategic partnerships to develop and commercialize
IonQ's current and future research and development programs with other companies. To
the extent material, please disclose the terms of those agreements for strategic partnerships
including obligations of the parties and financial arrangements.
The Business Combination
Terms of the Merger, page 98
6.We note that you determined the equity valuation of IonQ to be $1.275 billion. Given the
limited revenues and operating history of IonQ, please provide a more detailed discussion
regarding the underlying assumptions and information used in determining this enterprise
value.
Certain Projected Financial Information, page 105
7.We note that the disclosed prospective financial information for IonQ, Inc. is a summary
of projections provided by IonQ to dMY. Tell us whether any other information was
provided to dMY to support the projections. If so, disclose the material estimates and
hypothetical assumptions upon which they are based.
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April 27, 2021
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Regarding the customer warrant disclosed in Note 9. "Warrant Transaction Agreement"
on page F-21, please advise as to the materiality of the revenue offset if such revenues are
reflected in your projections.
Comparative Historical and Unaudited Pro Forma Per Share Data, page 145
8.We note you currently provide the actual closing market prices per share and no pro forma
per share data. Please clarify if you intend to provide pro forma information giving effect
to the Business Combination, assuming different redemption scenarios.
Agreements with the University of Maryland and Duke University
Exclusive License Agreement, page 178
9.We note your disclosure that the terms of the exclusive license agreement with Duke and
the University of Maryland include that the company must make commercially reasonable
efforts to meet "such other milestones that IonQ may specify in a development plan
provided by IonQ to the universities..." Please revise to provide a discussion of the
additional milestones the Company has specified in its development plan provided to the
universities.
Information About IonQ
Competition, page 180
10.Please revise to provide additional disclosure regarding competition in the trapped ion
quantum competing space, specifically addressing how "IonQ’s processor architecture,
system design and implementation and its strategies to scale" are superior to your
competition.
Proposal No. 3 - The Charter Proposal
Reason for the Amendment, page 233
11.Please balance your discussion of the reasons for adopting a classified board structure,
removing the ability to act by written consent, exclusive forum provision and requiring the
approval of two-thirds of the voting power to make certain amendments to your charter
and bylaws with a discussion of the disadvantages to stockholders of these proposals
Note 10. Stock-Based Compensation, page F-22
12.Please provide us with a breakdown of all equity awards granted to date in fiscal 2020 and
leading up to the filing of the Form S-4, including the fair value of the underlying
common stock used to value such awards as determined by your board of directors. To the
extent there were any significant fluctuations in the fair values from period-to-period,
please describe for us the factors that contributed to these fluctuations, including any
intervening events within the Company or changes in your valuation assumptions or
methodology. Compare the most recent valuations for options granted to the fair value of
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the shares of commons stock as determined by the conversion ratio described in the
Business Combination Agreement. In addition, please include Equity-Based
Compensation and Common Stock Valuations within your Critical Accounting Policies.
Note 6. Stockholders' Equity, page F-44
13.For your public and private placement warrants, please explain how the warrant terms
and accounting literature support your balance sheet classification over the reported
periods. Please refer to the guidance in ASC 815-40 and the Staff Statement on
Accounting and Reporting Considerations for Warrants Issued by Special Purpose
Acquisition Companies on April 12, 2021.
We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of
action by the staff.
Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. Please allow adequate
time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of the registration
statement.
You may contact Ryan Rohn, Senior Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3739 or Craig
Wilson, Senior Advisor, at (202) 551-3226 if you have questions regarding comments on the
financial statements and related matters. Please contact Matthew Derby, Staff Attorney, at (202)
551-3334 or Jan Woo, Legal Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3453 with any other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Technology
cc: Adam J. Brenneman