Company: CCIXW
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-309933
Chunk: 418

Company: Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 418
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 and 7,187,500 CCIX Founder Shares. Because of this control relationship, the securities beneficially owned by CCIX may also be deemed to be beneficially owned by Mr. Klein for purposes of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act. For more information about Sponsor and its controlling persons, see the section entitled “Beneficial Ownership of Securities.” MKA, together with Garden State Capital Partners II, LLC, of which Mr. Klein is the managing member, are members of the Sponsor and hold in the aggregate 52% of the Sponsor membership

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interests reflecting indirect interests in the CCIX Founder Shares and 4% of the Sponsor membership interests reflecting indirect interests in the CCIX private placement units.

Material Interests of Third Party Investors in Sponsor. In connection with the CCIX IPO, certain funds advised by Magnetar Financial LLC invested $5,000,000 in, and were admitted as members of, the Sponsor in exchange for interests in the Sponsor corresponding to 500,000 CCIX private placement units and 2,500,000 CCIX Founder Shares, representing indirect interests of approximately 35% of the CCIX Founder Shares and 69% of the CCIX private placement units. In addition to the Magnetar funds, 4 other third party accredited investors with prior business relationships with MKA are members of the Sponsor and hold in the aggregate 13% of the Sponsor membership interests reflecting indirect interests in the CCIX Founder Shares and 27% of the Sponsor membership interests reflecting indirect interests in the CCIX private placement units. Such investors have no right to control the Sponsor or participate in any decision regarding the disposal of any security held by the Sponsor.

Other than Mr. Klein, none of the other members of Sponsor participate in CCIX’s activities. For more information about Sponsor and its controlling persons, see the section entitled “Beneficial Ownership of Securities.”

Experience with Other SPACs

Affiliates of Sponsor have previously sponsored the following other special purpose acquisition companies:

Churchill Capital Corp, completed a $690 million initial public offering in September 2018 and merged in May 2019 with Clarivate Analytics. At closing of the business combination in May 2019, Churchill Capital Corp delivered approximately $705 million of gross transaction proceeds to Clarivate. There were redemptions of less than 0.01% by the public shareholders in connection with the business combination. Churchill Capital Corp arranged PIPE financing for $15 million in connection with the business combination.