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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-23-029832"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "QBTS"
cik: "0001907982"
company_name: "D-Wave Quantum Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T01:37:58.298640+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# D-Wave Quantum annual meeting elects Baratz and Ehrenfeld as Class I directors, ratifies PwC Canada as auditor

## Summary
- Alan Baratz re-elected with 71,685,960 votes for, 1,372,016 withheld; Ziv Ehrenfeld with 72,553,472 for, 504,504 withheld.
- Broker non-votes: 18,295,402 for each director election.
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Canada) as independent auditor: 91,018,642 for, 286,614 against, 48,122 abstain.
- No other matters voted on at the June 8, 2023 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-23-029832
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: QBTS
- cik: 0001907982
- company_name: D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1907982/000114036123029832/0001140361-23-029832-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1907982/000114036123029832/brhc20054435_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  D-Wave Quantum Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Canada) as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-06-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-08
  source text: The voting results with respect to the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Canada) as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 were as follows: For Against Abstain 91,018,642 286,614 48,122
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1907982/000114036123029832/0001140361-23-029832-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  D-Wave Quantum Inc. shareholders approved Election of Alan Baratz and Ziv Ehrenfeld as Class I directors to serve until the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders at the 2023-06-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-08
  source text: The voting results with respect to the election of directors were as follows: For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Alan Baratz 71,685,960 1,372,016 18,295,402 Ziv Ehrenfeld 72,553,472 504,504 18,295,402
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1907982/000114036123029832/0001140361-23-029832-index.htm

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