Company: CCIXW
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-309933
Chunk: 970

Company: Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 970
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 and assigns;providedthat, except in connection with a transfer of the Subject Shares by the Stockholder as described inSection 1(g)herein, no Party may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Party, and any attempted assignment in violation of thisSection 12shall be null and voidab initio, except that the Company, SPAC or any of their respective Subsidiaries may transfer or assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement, in whole or in part, to one or more of its Affiliates at any time (providedthat such Party remains fully responsible for the performance of its obligations hereunder);providedthat no such transfer or assignment shall relieve such party of its obligations hereunder or enlarge, alter or change any obligation of any other Party;provided,further, each Non-Recourse Party shall be a third party beneficiary with respect to the provisions ofSection 19and entitled to enforce the terms thereof.

Section 13.Trusts.If applicable, for purposes of this Agreement, the Stockholder with respect to any of the Subject Shares held in trust shall be deemed to be the relevant trust and/or the trustees thereof acting in their capacities as such trustees, in each case as the context may require, including for purposes of such trustees’ representations and warranties as to the proper organization of the trust, their power and authority as trustees and the non-contravention of the trust’s governing instruments.

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Section 14. Amendment s. This Agreement may only be amended or modified by an instrument in writing signed by each of the Stockholder, SPAC and the Company. Section 15. Notice s. All notices and other communications among the Parties shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (i) when delivered in person, (ii) when delivered after posting in the United States mail having been sent registered or certified mail return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii) when delivered by FedEx or other nationally recognized overnight delivery service or (iv) when e-mailed during normal business hours (and otherwise as of the immediately following Business Day), and, notwithstanding the foregoing, notices delivered by any other means shall be effective only upon actual receipt, addressed as follows:

| (i)    If to SPAC, to:                                                                 |                   |
| Churchill Capital Corp IX                                                              |                   |
| 640 Fifth Avenue, 14th Floor                                                           |                   |
| New York