---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-301815"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IONQ"
cik: "0001824920"
company_name: "IonQ, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-12-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T06:57:16.245617+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IonQ board changes: Blake Byers resigns; Wendy Thomas appointed as Class I director

## Summary
- Blake Byers, Class I director, resigned effective Dec 7, 2022; no disagreement cited.
- Wendy Thomas, CEO of SecureWorks, appointed Class I director effective Dec 8, 2022.
- Thomas will serve on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
- Thomas receives $30,000 annual retainer and $400,000 initial equity award vesting over 3 years.
- Byers' unvested stock options and RSUs were accelerated upon resignation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-301815
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IONQ
- cik: 0001824920
- company_name: IonQ, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-12-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824920/000119312522301815/0001193125-22-301815-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824920/000119312522301815/d422055d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-301815.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Wendy Thomas was appointed as Class I director at IonQ, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class I director
  source text: the Board appointed Wendy Thomas to serve as a Class I director of the Company to fill the vacancy created by Dr. Byers’ resignation, and as a member of the Board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, each effective as of December 8, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824920/000119312522301815/0001193125-22-301815-index.htm
- Executive change
  Blake Byers resigned as Class I director at IonQ, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Class I director
  source text: Blake Byers, a Class I director of IonQ, Inc. (the “ Company ”), informed the Company of his decision to resign from his role on the Company’s board of directors (the “ Board ”) effective December 7, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824920/000119312522301815/0001193125-22-301815-index.htm

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