Company: CCIXW
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-309933
Chunk: 451

Company: Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 451
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 entered into any off-balance sheet financing arrangements, established any special purpose entities, guaranteed any debt or commitments of other entities, or purchased any non-financial assets.

Contractual Obligations

We do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities, other than an agreement to pay an aggregate of $30,000 per month to the Sponsor or an affiliate thereof

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for office space, utilities, and secretarial and administrative support. We began incurring these fees on May 2, 2024 and will continue to incur these fees monthly until the earlier of the completion of the Business Combination and our liquidation.

On July 30, 2025, CCIX entered into a director agreement with each of the three independent directors of CCIX, pursuant to which, in connection with each director’s continuing service as a director of CCIX, CCIX agreed to pay each director a cash compensation of $75,000 per annum, beginning on the later of their date of appointment and April 1, 2025. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, CCIX incurred $56,250 and $108,750 in fees related to the director agreements, respectively, and $56,250 is included in accrued expenses within the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Upon the completion of our initial business combination, the underwriters are entitled to a deferred underwriting commission of 3.5% on the units sold, or up to $10,062,500 in the aggregate of the gross proceeds of the CCIX IPO held in the trust account, subject to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement. As of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, Citi, as representative of the several underwriters in the CCIX IPO, has waived any claim to the deferred underwriting fees payable to it pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, representing approximately $8.1 million, in connection with its underwriting services performed in connection with the CCIX IPO, subject to its receipt of the $7.0 million Capital Markets Advisory Fee payable upon the closing of the Transactions. CCIX and Citi have entered into an engagement letter under which Citi will provide capital markets advisory services to CCIX in connection with the Transactions, and the Capital Markets Advisory Fee will be payable upon the closing of the Transactions and Citi shall be eligible for an additional incentive fee of up to $3.0 million payable solely at the discretion of CC