Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. II (Nasdaq: BBCQ) ("Bleichroeder") will hold a shareholder vote on August 25, 2026 to consider the proposed business combination with Pasqal Holding SAS ("Pasqal"), a global leader in neutral-atom quantum computing. The companies continue to advance toward completion of the previously announced transaction following the SEC's declaration of effectiveness of the parties' joint registration statement on Form F-4. Bleichroeder shareholders will be asked to approve the proposed business combination and related matters during Bleichroeder’s extraordinary general meeting on August 25, 2026.

Pasqal, a global leader in neutral-atom quantum computing, today announced the appointment of Stéphane Rougeot as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Rougeot — a finance leader who has served as CFO of multiple publicly-listed European technology companies — will oversee Pasqal’s global finance organization as it scales the commercial deployment of its quantum systems and prepares to enter the public markets through its previously-announced business combination with Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. II (Nasdaq: BBCQ).