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MIAMI, BURNABY, B.C., PALO ALTO, Calf., March 16, 2022 — DPCM Capital, Inc. (NYSE: XPOA), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company (“DPCM Capital”), has announced the filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by D-Wave Quantum Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of DPCM Capital (“D-Wave Quantum”), of a registration statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”) in connection with the previously announced business combination (the “Transaction”) between DPCM Capital and D-Wave Systems Inc. (“D-Wave”), a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services—and the only quantum company building both annealing and gate-model quantum computers.
The Registration Statement contains a preliminary proxy statement and prospectus in connection with the Transaction. While the Registration Statement has not yet become effective and the information contained therein is subject to change, it provides important information about D-Wave and the Transaction, including with respect to D-Wave’s unique value to customers and investors as the only quantum computing company that has:
Completion of the Transaction, which is expected to occur in the second quarter of 2022, is subject to the Registration Statement being declared effective by the SEC; the approval of the Transaction by DPCM Capital’s stockholders and D-Wave’s shareholders, respectively; and other customary closing conditions. DPCM Capital’s shares of Class A common stock and warrants to purchase shares of Class A common stock currently are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbols “XPOA” and “XPOA.WT”, respectively. Upon completion of the Transaction, shares of D-Wave Quantum common stock, a newly formed parent company of D-Wave and DPCM Capital, and warrants to purchase D-Wave Quantum common stock are expected to be traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbols “QBTS” and “QBTS.WS”, respectively.
“We remain excited about the pending business combination with D-Wave and look forward to working with its talented team to accelerate quantum use cases into customer segments, including manufacturing, logistics, pharmaceuticals, finance, and government,” said Emil Michael, CEO of DPCM Capital. “D-Wave is uniquely positioned as the only quantum computing company with full access to an expected $150 billion total market opportunity and is already delivering the significant benefits of quantum computing to major companies across the globe. As the only quantum computing company in the world that is building both annealing and gate-model quantum computers, we are confident that D-Wave will continue to deliver long-term value to stockholders.”
“[Monday’s] announcement invites investors to learn more about D-Wave’s commercial approach, our track record of product delivery, our blue-chip customer base, our professional services enabled QCaaS business and our deep patent portfolio,” said D-Wave CEO Alan Baratz. “We are on-track with the transaction process, and we believe becoming a publicly-traded company will help us create value for our customers and for our investors through market growth, further hybrid quantum application development, and expansion of our product portfolio.”
D-Wave is a leader in the development and delivery of quantum computing systems, software and services, and is the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers—and the only company developing both annealing quantum computers and gate-model quantum computers. Our mission is to unlock the power of quantum computing today to benefit business and society. We do this by delivering customer value with practical quantum applications for problems as diverse as logistics, artificial intelligence, materials sciences, drug discovery, scheduling, cybersecurity, fault detection, and financial modeling. D-Wave’s systems are being used by some of the world’s most advanced organizations, including NEC Corporation, Volkswagen, DENSO, Lockheed Martin, Forschungszentrum Jülich, University of Southern California, and Los Alamos National Laboratory. With headquarters and the Quantum Engineering Center of Excellence based near Vancouver, Canada, D-Wave’s U.S. operations are based in Palo Alto, Calif. D-Wave has a blue-chip investor base that includes PSP Investments, Goldman Sachs, BDC Capital, NEC Corp., Aegis Group Partners, and In-Q-Tel.
DPCM Capital, Inc. is a special purpose acquisition company led by Chairman and CEO Emil Michael, formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business in combination with one or more businesses. UBS Securities LLC acted as sole book-running manager for DPCM Capital’s initial public offering. Its common stock, units, and warrants began trading on the NYSE on Oct. 23, 2020, under the ticker symbols XPOA, XPOA.U and XPOA WS, respectively. Affiliated with the SPAC at the board, management and advisory level, is a team made up of entrepreneurs and operators, including Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google; Betsy Atkins, a world-class governance expert and enterprise entrepreneur; and Denmark West, one of the early members of the team at Microsoft’s Xbox.
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