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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&#8195;&#8195;&#8195; </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Rigetti Computing, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">83-0950636</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>775 Heinz Avenue </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Berkeley, CA 94710 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Rigetti Computing, Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full titles of the plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Rick Danis </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>General
Counsel </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Rigetti Computing, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>775 Heinz Avenue </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Berkeley, CA 94710 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(510)
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">210-5550</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>John-Paul Motley </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Sarah
Sellers </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Logan Tiari </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Cooley LLP </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>55 Hudson
Yards </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New York, NY 10001 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(212)&nbsp;479-6000</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT> filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting
company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended
transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&#8194;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> Rigetti Computing, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) is
filing this Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) to register 9,119,816 additional shares of its common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), under the
Registrant&#146;s 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;), pursuant to the provisions of the Plan providing for an automatic increase in the number of shares of Common Stock reserved and available for issuance under the Plan on
January&nbsp;1, 2024. In accordance with the instructional note to Part I of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> as promulgated by the Commission, the information specified by Part I of the Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> has been omitted from this Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant previously registered
shares of its Common Stock for issuance under the Plan on Registration Statements on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;10, 2022, as amended on June&nbsp;15, 2022, and August&nbsp;19, 2022 (File <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-265516)</FONT> and on April&nbsp;5, 2023 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-271140)</FONT> (collectively, the &#147;Prior Registration Statements&#148;). Pursuant to General Instruction E to
Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> this Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Prior Registration Statements except as set forth below. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>ITEM&#8201;3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> (File
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-40140)</FONT> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;
31, 2023, filed with the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312524068618/d775321d8k.htm">March<U></U>&nbsp;14, 2024</A>; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) the Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> (File
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-40140),</FONT> filed with the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312524024075/d766575d8k.htm">February<U></U>&nbsp;5,
2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312524037531/d793844d8k.htm">February<U></U>&nbsp;
15, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312524044522/d785976d8k.htm">February<U></U>&nbsp;
23, 2024</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312524068618/d775321d8k.htm">March<U></U>&nbsp;15, 2024</A>; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) the description of the Registrant&#146;s securities contained in a Registration Statement on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT> filed on March&nbsp;1, 2022, as updated by <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312523080486/d426335dex44.htm">Exhibit 4.4</A> to our Annual Report on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;
31, 2022, filed with the SEC on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312523080486/d426335d10k.htm">March<U></U>&nbsp;27, 2023</A>, together with any amendment or report filed with the SEC
for the purpose of updating such description. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All other reports and documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than Current Reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items) on or after the
date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document that also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies
or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>ITEM&#8201;8. EXHIBITS </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312522067932/d506107dex31.htm">Certificate of Incorporation of Rigetti Computing, Inc.</A></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">March&nbsp;7,&nbsp;2022</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312522284708/d418381dex31.htm">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Rigetti Computing, Inc.</A></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312521069319/d107027dex41.htm">Warrant Agreement between American Stock Transfer<U></U>&nbsp;
&amp; Trust Company, LLC and Supernova Partners Acquisition Company II, Ltd., dated March<U></U>&nbsp;1, 2021.</A></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d34458dex51.htm">Opinion of Cooley LLP. </A></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312522067932/d506107dex1016.htm">Rigetti Computing, Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan.</A></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312522067932/d506107dex1017.htm">Form of Stock Option Grant Package under Rigetti Computing, Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan.</A></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312522171558/d344859dex993.htm">Form of RSU Grant Package under Rigetti Computing, Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan</A></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312522067932/d506107dex1019.htm">Form of Stock Award Grant Package under Rigetti Computing, Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan.</A></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Berkeley,
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>RIGETTI COMPUTING, INC.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Dr.&nbsp;Subodh Kulkarni</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Dr.&nbsp;Subodh Kulkarni</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="sig"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS</B>, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Dr.&nbsp;Subodh Kulkarni,
Jeffrey Bertelsen and Rick Danis, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, each with the full power of substitution, for him or her
and in their name, place or stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Dr.&nbsp;Subodh Kulkarni</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><I>(Principal Executive Officer)</I></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Jeffrey Bertelsen</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Chief Financial Officer</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">April&nbsp;2, 2024</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Jeffrey Bertelsen</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><I>(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</I></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Thomas J. Iannoti</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Chair of the Board of Directors</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">April&nbsp;2, 2024</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Thomas J. Iannoti</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Michael Clifton</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">April&nbsp;2, 2024</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Michael Clifton</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ David Cowan</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">April&nbsp;2, 2024</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">David Cowan</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Alissa Fitzgerald</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">April&nbsp;2, 2024</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Alissa Fitzgerald</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Ray Johnson</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">April&nbsp;2, 2024</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Ray Johnson</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Cathy McCarthy</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">April&nbsp;2, 2024</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Cathy McCarthy</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ H. Gail Sandford</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">April&nbsp;2, 2024</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">H. Gail Sandford</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2, 2024
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Rigetti Computing, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
83-0950636
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
775 Heinz Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94710
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Rigetti Computing, Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full titles of the plan)
Rick Danis
General
Counsel
Rigetti Computing, Inc.
775 Heinz Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94710
(510)
210-5550
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
John-Paul Motley
Sarah
Sellers
Logan Tiari
Cooley LLP
55 Hudson
Yards
New York, NY 10001
(212) 479-6000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated
filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting
company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule
12b-2
of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
☐
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☒
Smaller reporting company
☒
Emerging growth company
☒
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended
transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES
PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form
S-8,
Rigetti Computing, Inc. (the "Registrant") is
filing this Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") to register 9,119,816 additional shares of its common stock, $0.0001 par value per share ("Common Stock"), under the
Registrant's 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), pursuant to the provisions of the Plan providing for an automatic increase in the number of shares of Common Stock reserved and available for issuance under the Plan on
January 1, 2024. In accordance with the instructional note to Part I of Form
S-8
as promulgated by the Commission, the information specified by Part I of the Form
S-8
has been omitted from this Registration Statement.
The Registrant previously registered
shares of its Common Stock for issuance under the Plan on Registration Statements on Form
S-8
filed with the Commission on June 10, 2022, as amended on June 15, 2022, and August 19, 2022 (File
No. 333-265516)
and on April 5, 2023 (File
No. 333-271140)
(collectively, the "Prior Registration Statements"). Pursuant to General Instruction E to
Form
S-8,
this Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Prior Registration Statements except as set forth below.
PART II
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a) the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
10-K
(File
No. 001-40140)
for the fiscal year ended December 
31, 2023, filed with the Commission on
March
14, 2024
;
(b) the Registrant's Current Reports on Form
8-K
(File
No. 001-40140),
filed with the Commission on
February
5,
2024
,
February
15, 2024
,
February
23, 2024
and
March
15, 2024
; and
(c) the description of the Registrant's securities contained in a Registration Statement on Form
8-A
filed on March 1, 2022, as updated by
Exhibit 4.4
to our Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the year ended December 
31, 2022, filed with the SEC on
March
27, 2023
, together with any amendment or report filed with the SEC
for the purpose of updating such description.
All other reports and documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than Current Reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form
8-K
and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items) on or after the
date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document that also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies
or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit
Number
Description
Schedule
Form
File
Number
Exhibit
Filing Date
4.1
Certificate of Incorporation of Rigetti Computing, Inc.
8-K
001-40140
3.1
March 7, 2022
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Rigetti Computing, Inc.
8-K
001-40140
3.1
November 14, 2022
4.3
Specimen Common Stock Certificate.
8-K
001-40140
4.1
March 7, 2022
4.4
Specimen Warrant Certificate.
8-K
001-40140
4.2
March 7, 2022
4.5
Warrant Agreement between American Stock Transfer
& Trust Company, LLC and Supernova Partners Acquisition Company II, Ltd., dated March
1, 2021.
8-K
001-40140
4.1
March 4, 2021
5.1*
Opinion of Cooley LLP.
23.1*
Consent of Cooley LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
II-1
Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit
Number
Description
Schedule
Form
File
Number
Exhibit
Filing Date
23.2*
Consent of BDO USA LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
99.1
Rigetti Computing, Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan.
8-K
001-40140
10.16
March 7, 2022
99.2
Form of Stock Option Grant Package under Rigetti Computing, Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan.
8-K
001-40140
10.17
March 7, 2022
99.3
Form of RSU Grant Package under Rigetti Computing, Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan
S-8
333-265516
99.3
June 10, 2022
99.4
Form of Stock Award Grant Package under Rigetti Computing, Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan.
8-K
001-40140
10.19
March 7, 2022
107*
Filing Fee Table.
*
Filed herewith
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Berkeley,
State of California, on April 2, 2024.
RIGETTI COMPUTING, INC.
By:
/s/ Dr. Subodh Kulkarni
Dr. Subodh Kulkarni
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS
, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Dr. Subodh Kulkarni,
Jeffrey Bertelsen and Rick Danis, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact
and agents, each with the full power of substitution, for him or her
and in their name, place or stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact
and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Dr. Subodh Kulkarni
Chief Executive Officer and Director
April 2, 2024
Dr. Subodh Kulkarni
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Jeffrey Bertelsen
Chief Financial Officer
April 2, 2024
Jeffrey Bertelsen
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Thomas J. Iannoti
Chair of the Board of Directors
April 2, 2024
Thomas J. Iannoti
/s/ Michael Clifton
Director
April 2, 2024
Michael Clifton
/s/ David Cowan
Director
April 2, 2024
David Cowan
/s/ Alissa Fitzgerald
Director
April 2, 2024
Alissa Fitzgerald
/s/ Ray Johnson
Director
April 2, 2024
Ray Johnson
/s/ Cathy McCarthy
Director
April 2, 2024
Cathy McCarthy
/s/ H. Gail Sandford
Director
April 2, 2024
H. Gail Sandford
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