Company: CSLMF
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-155514
Chunk: 742

Company: CSLM ACQUISITION CORP.
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 742
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 under any Plan, and
neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will: (a) result in or trigger any payment (including severance, unemployment
compensation, bonus or otherwise) becoming due to any director, officer or employee of Parent; or (b) result in the acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any such employee benefits. Neither the execution and delivery of this
Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall, either alone or in connection with any other event(s) give rise to any amount that would not be deductible by Parent by reason of Section 280G of the Code with
respect to any amount paid or payable under a Plan or any other arrangement entered into by Parent or its Affiliates prior to the Closing Date.

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ARTICLE VI

COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES PENDING CLOSING

6.1 . Each of the Company and Parent covenants and agrees that:

(a) Except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements or as set forth on , from the
date hereof until the earlier of the Closing Date and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms (the “”), each party shall conduct its business only in the ordinary course (including the payment of
accounts payable and the collection of accounts receivable), consistent with past practices and use its commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact its business and assets. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and except as
expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements, or as required by applicable Law, from the date hereof until the earlier of the Closing Date and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, without the other
party’s prior written consent (which shall not be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed), neither the Company, Parent, nor any of its Subsidiaries, shall permit to:

(i) amend, modify or supplement its certificate of incorporation or bylaws or other organizational or governing documents
except as contemplated hereby, or engage in any reorganization, reclassification, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction;

(ii) amend, waive any provision of, terminate prior to its scheduled expiration date, or otherwise compromise in any way
or relinquish any material right under, any (A) in the case of the Company, any Material Contract or (B) in the case of Parent, material contract,