IonQ (IONQ) CAO Paul T. Dacier Sells 4,457 Shares

What Happened
Paul T. Dacier, Chief Administrative Officer, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of IonQ, sold 4,457 shares of IonQ common stock on September 11, 2026. The shares were disposed to satisfy tax withholding related to the vesting of restricted stock units (RSUs). The reported weighted-average sale price was $37.09 per share, for total proceeds of approximately $165,324. This transaction is a tax-withholding sale (transaction code F), typically a routine administrative event rather than a market-timing trade.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-09-11; Filing date: 2026-09-15.
• Shares sold: 4,457; weighted average price: $37.09; total value ≈ $165,324.
• Price range: individual sales occurred between $36.35 and $37.62 (per footnote). The filer can provide exact breakdown on request.
• Reason: Sold to satisfy tax liability from RSU vesting (Footnote F1). Transaction code F = tax withholding.
• Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the provided Form 4 excerpt.
• No 10b5-1 plan or other trading plan was disclosed in these notes.

Context
Sales to cover tax withholding on RSU vesting are common for executives and do not necessarily signal a view on the company's outlook. This was effectively a cashless/tax-withholding disposition of newly vested equity rather than an open-market sell-for-portfolio reasons. Investors should consider this as routine insider administrative activity unless additional, non-routine sales by the same insider are reported.