Company: CCIXW
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-309933
Chunk: 874

Company: Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 874
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 and (b) the past, present and future directors, officers, employees, incorporators, members, partners, stockholders, Affiliates, agents, attorneys, advisors and representatives of the Parties, and any Affiliate of any of the foregoing (and their successors, heirs and representatives), are intended third-party beneficiaries of, and may enforce,‎Section 12.14 and‎Section 12.15.

Section 12.05.Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein, each Party shall bear its own expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions whether or not the Transactions shall be consummated, including all fees of its legal counsel, financial advisers and accountants;providedthat if the Closing occurs, SPAC shall bear and pay at or promptly after Closing, (a) (i) all SPAC Transaction Expenses that are not Specified SPAC Transaction Expenses in an amount not to exceed $25,000,000 (the “SPAC Transaction Expenses Amount”) and (ii) all SPAC Transaction Expenses that consist of (1) fees, costs and expenses related to the D&O Tail and (2) any incentive fees payable to SPAC’s capital market advisor (and any fees payable to any co-advisor) as mutually agreed by the Company and SPAC (collectively, the “Specified SPAC Transaction Expenses”), in each case in the manner described and as further detailed on Schedule 12.05 of the SPAC Disclosure Letter, and (b) all Company Transaction Expenses in an amount not to exceed $12,000,000 (the “Company Transaction Expenses Amount”);providedthat all Stockholder Action Expenses, whether borne by SPAC or the Company, shall be fully

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payable by SPAC if the Closing occurs and not subject to any limitation or cap. SPAC shall cooperate with the Company and use its commercially reasonable efforts to minimize the amount of SPAC Transaction Expenses incurred prior to the Closing.

Section 12.06.Governing Law. This Agreement, and all claims or causes of Action based upon, arising out of, or related to this Agreement or the Transactions, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to principles or rules of conflict of laws to the extent such principles or rules would require or permit the application of Laws of another jurisdiction (except that the Cayman Company Act shall apply to the Domestication and any claims related to internal affairs of SPAC