Company: CCIXW
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-309933
Chunk: 1032

Company: Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 1032
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 of this Section 4:

“ Affiliate ” shall mean, with respect to any holder of shares of Class B Common Stock, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such holder. For purposes of this definition, the term “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that Person whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

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“ Converting Transfer ” shall mean a Transfer of a share or shares of Class B Common Stock, other than a Non-Converting Transfer, that is (i) either (A) effected in an open market transaction or (B) otherwise approved in advance by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof and (ii) to a Person that does not constitute a Foreign Person.

“ DPA ” shall mean Section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, including all implanting regulations thereof.

“ DPA Triggering Rights ” shall mean (i) “control” (as defined in the DPA); (ii) access to any “material non-public technical information” (as defined in the DPA) in the possession of the Company; (iii) membership or observer rights on the Board of Directors or equivalent governing body of the Company or the right to nominate an individual to a position on the Board of Directors or equivalent governing body of the Company; or (iv) any involvement, other than through the voting of shares, in substantive decision-making of the Company regarding (x) the use, development, acquisition or release of any Company “critical technology” (as defined in the DPA), (y) the use, development, acquisition, safekeeping, or release of “sensitive personal data” (as defined in the DPA) of U.S. citizens maintained or collected by the Company, or (z) the management, operation, manufacture, or supply of “covered investment critical infrastructure” (as defined in the DPA).

“ Exempt Conversion ” shall mean a conversion of a share or shares of Class B Common Stock into a share or shares of Class A Common Stock that has been approved in advance by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof as an Exempt Conversion.

“ Foreign