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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001907982-24-000163"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "QBTS"
cik: "0001907982"
company_name: "D-Wave Quantum Inc."
filed_at: "2024-11-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T19:11:17.547360+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# D-Wave Quantum appoints Sharon Holt to board of directors

## Summary
- Appointed Class I director effective Nov 22, 2024; term expires at 2026 annual meeting.
- Holt is co-founder of Fraser Stuart Ventures; former SVP/GM at Rambus, exec at Agilent and HP.
- Will serve on Audit Committee; compensated same as other non-employee directors.
- CEO Alan Baratz says appointment supports go-to-market efforts amid quantum adoption growth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001907982-24-000163
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: QBTS
- cik: 0001907982
- company_name: D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-11-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1907982/000190798224000163/0001907982-24-000163-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1907982/000190798224000163/qbts-20241122.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001907982-24-000163
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001907982-24-000163.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001907982-24-000163.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sharon Holt was appointed as Class I director at D-Wave Quantum Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class I director
  source text: On and effective November 22, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of D-Wave Quantum Inc. (the “ Company ”) appointed Sharon Holt as a Class I director to hold office until her successor is duly elected or until the expiry of Class I directors’ term at the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of the stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1907982/000190798224000163/0001907982-24-000163-index.htm

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