---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-072623"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RGTI"
cik: "0001838359"
company_name: "Rigetti Computing, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-11T11:30:37+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T11:35:09.696116+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rigetti stockholders elect Kulkarni as Class I director, ratify BDO as auditor

## Summary
- Subodh Kulkarni elected Class I director with 84.4M votes for, 9.9M withheld, 93.7M broker non-votes.
- BDO USA ratified as independent auditor for FY2026 with 185.1M for, 1.5M against, 1.5M abstentions.
- Both proposals passed at June 9, 2026 annual meeting as recommended by the board.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-072623
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RGTI
- cik: 0001838359
- company_name: Rigetti Computing, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-11T11:30:37+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000110465926072623/0001104659-26-072623-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000110465926072623/tm2617136d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-072623.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Rigetti Computing, Inc. shareholders approved Election of a Class I Director at the 2026-06-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-09
  source text: The Company’s stockholders elected the person listed below as a Class I Director to serve until the Company’s 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successor is duly elected and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal. The final voting results are as follows: Name Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Subodh Kulkarni 84,378,493 9,946,548 93,703,628
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000110465926072623/0001104659-26-072623-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Rigetti Computing, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2026-06-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-09
  source text: The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of BDO USA, P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. The final voting results are as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 185,103,270 1,473,228 1,452,171 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000110465926072623/0001104659-26-072623-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.