---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-188287"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RGTI"
cik: "0001838359"
company_name: "Rigetti Computing, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-07-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T21:02:25.357991+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rigetti Computing: Chairman resigns, new Chair appointed; $5M warrant exercise with Ampere

## Summary
- Chairman Peter Pace resigns effective July 15, 2022; Cathy McCarthy appointed new Chair.
- Director H. Gail Sandford appointed to Audit and Nominating Committees.
- Company issued warrant to Ampere for 500,000 shares upon receipt of $5M (Tranche 1); immediately exercised.
- Ampere to pay additional $4,999,950 by second anniversary for second tranche of 500,000 shares.
- No disagreement cited for Pace's resignation; unvested equity accelerated.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-188287
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RGTI
- cik: 0001838359
- company_name: Rigetti Computing, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-07-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312522188287/0001193125-22-188287-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312522188287/d359677d8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-188287
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-188287.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-188287.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Peter Pace resigned as Chairman of the Board of Directors at Rigetti Computing, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chairman of the Board of Directors
  source text: General Peter Pace, the Chairman of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Rigetti Computing, Inc. (the “Company”), informed the Company of his decision to resign as a director of the Company, effective at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on July 15, 2022, in order to spend more time with his family.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312522188287/0001193125-22-188287-index.htm
- Executive change
  Cathy McCarthy was appointed as Chair of the Board at Rigetti Computing, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chair of the Board
  source text: On July 5, 2022, the Board, upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, appointed Ms. Cathy McCarthy, a current director on the Board, as Chair of the Board, effective at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on July 15, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312522188287/0001193125-22-188287-index.htm

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