Exhibit 10.2
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AND LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AND LOCK-UP AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of August 5, 2022, is made and entered into by and among D-Wave Quantum Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), each former holder of shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of DPCM Capital, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“DPCM”), who received NewCo Common Shares (“Founder Shares”) pursuant to the Transaction Agreement (each such party, a “Founder”), and each former shareholder of D-Wave Systems Inc., a British Columbia corporation (“D-Wave”), who received NewCo Common Shares (“D-Wave Shares”) or Exchangeable Shares pursuant to the Transaction Agreement (each such party, a “D-Wave Holder”). The Founders, the D-Wave Holders and any person or entity who hereafter becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 4.2, are each referred to herein as a “Holder.”
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company has entered into that certain Transaction Agreement (the “Transaction Agreement”), dated as of February 7, 2022, by and among the Company, D-Wave, DPCM, DWSI Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, DWSI Canada Holdings ULC, a British Columbia unlimited liability company and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and D-Wave Quantum Technologies Inc., a British Columbia corporation and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of CallCo;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement, the D-Wave Holders received D-Wave Shares and/or Exchangeable Shares and the Founders received Founder Shares upon the closing of such transactions (the “Closing”);
WHEREAS, DPCM and CDPM Sponsor Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), are party to that certain Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated October 20, 2020, pursuant to which the Sponsor purchased 8,000,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) in private placement transactions occurring simultaneously with the closing of DPCM’s initial public offering;
WHEREAS, in connection with the Transaction, the Company and DPCM have entered into separate Subscription Agreements (the “Subscription Agreements”) in respect of the PIPE Financing;
WHEREAS, DPCM and the Founders are party to that certain Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement dated October 20, 2020 (the “Existing Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other matters, such Founders were granted certain registration rights with respect to DPCM securities then held by the Founders; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Plan of Arrangement, the Company, the Founders and the D-Wave Holders were deemed to be parties to this Agreement for the provision of certain registration rights and transfer restrictions with respect to certain securities of the Company as if they had executed this Agreement.