D-Wave Quantum Inc.

01/10/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/10/2025 16:28

Material Agreement Form 8 K

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On January 10, 2025, D-Wave Quantum Inc. (the "Company") entered into a sales agreement (the "Sales Agreement") with Needham & Company, LLC, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, B. Riley Securities, Inc., Roth Capital Partners, LLC, The Benchmark Company, LLC and Craig-Hallum Capital Group, LLC (collectively, the "Agents"), pursuant to which the Company may sell from time to time, at its option, shares of the Company's common stock through or to the Agents, as sales agent or principal. The issuance and sale, if any, of shares of the Company's common stock under the Sales Agreement will be pursuant to the Company's registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-284020), which became effective on December 27, 2024, as such registration statement was expanded to cover additional securities pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3MEF dated January 10, 2025, and the related prospectus supplement dated January 10, 2025 (the "Prospectus Supplement"), in each case filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). In accordance with the terms of the Sales Agreement, under the Prospectus Supplement, the Company may offer and sell shares of its common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $150.0 million from time to time through or to the Agents, as sales agent or principal.
The sale, if any, of shares of the Company's common stock under the Sales Agreement will be made by any method permitted that is deemed to be an "at-the-market" equity offering as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), including sales made directly on the New York Stock Exchange or any other trading market for the Company's common stock. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Sales Agreement, the Agents will use commercially reasonable efforts to sell the shares of the Company's common stock from time to time, based upon the Company's instructions.
The compensation payable to the Agents as sales agent shall be up to 3.0% of the gross sales price of the shares sold through or to the Agents pursuant to the Sales Agreement. In addition, the Company will reimburse the Agents for certain expenses incurred in connection with the Sales Agreement, and the Company has agreed in the Sales Agreement to provide indemnification and contribution to the Agents against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
The Company is not obligated to make any sales of shares of common stock under the Sales Agreement. The offering of common stock pursuant to the Sales Agreement will terminate upon (a) the election of the Agents upon the occurrence of certain adverse events, (b) five business days' advance notice from the Company to the Agents or five days' advance notice from any of the Agents to the Company or (c) otherwise by mutual agreement of the parties pursuant to the terms of the Sales Agreement.
The Sales Agreement is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 1.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the material terms of the Sales Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the exhibit attached hereto.
The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Sales Agreement were made solely for the benefit of the parties to the Sales Agreement, and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties. Accordingly, the Sales Agreement is incorporated herein by reference only to provide investors with information regarding the terms of the Sales Agreement and not to provide investors with any other factual information regarding the Company or its business, and should be read in conjunction with the disclosures in the Company's periodic reports and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The legal opinion of Akerman LLP relating to the shares of common stock being offered pursuant to the Sales Agreement is filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the common stock discussed herein, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation, or sale of the common stock in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.