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DPCM Capital Inc.
(NYSE: XPOA)

DPCM Capital Inc. (NYSE: XPOA), a special purpose acquisition company, on February 9, 2022, announced its entry into a definitive transaction agreement with D-Wave Systems Inc., a company with approximately 20 years of experience in pioneering superconducting annealing quantum computers. Upon closing of the transaction, shares of D-Wave Quantum Inc. – a newly formed company that will be the parent company of D-Wave Systems and DPCM Capital – are expected to trade on the NYSE under ticker symbol ‘QBTS’.

The transaction, which is subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, is expected to enhance D-Wave’s leadership in commercial quantum computing and accelerate quantum use cases into significant customer segments.

D-Wave is a leader in quantum computing systems, software and services focused on delivering customer value via practical quantum applications for problems such as logistics, artificial intelligence, materials sciences, drug discovery, scheduling, cybersecurity, fault detection and financial modeling. As the only provider building both annealing and gate-model quantum computers, the company is unlocking commercial use cases in optimization today, while building the technologies that will enable new solutions tomorrow.

D-Wave is a pioneer in quantum computing, with a history of delivering the world’s first commercial quantum computer; the first real-time quantum cloud service; countless hardware and software product and research milestones; and the planned first cross-platform quantum solution which will deliver both annealing and gate-model quantum computers to customers via an integrated platform. Its current commercial product offerings include: Advantage™ (fifth generation quantum computer), Leap™ (quantum cloud service), Launch™ (quantum computing onboarding service) and Ocean™ (full suite of open-source programming tools).

D-Wave’s relentless pursuit of practical quantum computing has resulted in the technology being used today by some of the world’s most advanced enterprises – more than 25 of the Forbes Global 2000 use D-Wave.

D-Wave’s commercial customers include blue-chip industry leaders like Volkswagen, Accenture, BBVA, NEC Corporation, Save-On-Foods, DENSO and Lockheed Martin. The company boasts an extensive IP portfolio featuring more than 200 issued U.S. patents and over 100 peer-reviewed papers published in leading scientific journals.

Founded in 1999, D-Wave is the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers. With headquarters and the Quantum Engineering Center of Excellence based near Vancouver, Canada, D-Wave’s U.S. operations are based in Palo Alto, California.

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D-Wave Systems Inc. and DPCM Capital, Inc. Announce Effectiveness of Registration Statement

July 14, 2022 8:45 AM

D-Wave Systems Inc., a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services (“D-Wave”), and DPCM Capital, Inc. (NYSE: XPOA, “DPCM Capital”), today announced that the registration statement on Form S-4 filed by D-Wave Quantum Inc., a newly formed company that will be the parent company of D-Wave and DPCM Capital, (the “Registration Statement”) related to the previously announced proposed business combination between D-Wave and DPCM Capital (the “Business Combination”) has been declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

The declaration of effectiveness of the Registration Statement by the SEC, and the related filing and mailing of the definitive proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) by DPCM Capital, is an important step in D-Wave becoming a publicly-traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) under the new ticker symbols “QBTS” and “QBTS.WS” shortly after the closing of the Business Combination.

DPCM Capital will hold a special meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) at 10:00 a.m. EDT on August 2, 2022, to approve, among other things, the Business Combination with D-Wave. DPCM Capital stockholders of record at the close of business on June 10, 2022, will be entitled to receive notice of, and to vote at, the Special Meeting. Closing is anticipated for shortly after the Special Meeting, subject to the satisfaction or waiver, as applicable, of all other closing conditions.