Company: CCIXW
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-309933
Chunk: 795

Company: Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 795
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 and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, the Company Stock Plans have each been duly authorized, approved and adopted by the Board of Directors and the Company’s stockholders and are in full force and effect. Each Company Equity Award granted by the Company or its Subsidiaries (i) was duly authorized no later than the date on which the grant was by its terms effective (the “Grant Date”) by all necessary corporate action, and the award agreement governing such grant was duly executed and delivered by each party thereto within a reasonable time following the Grant Date, (ii) was granted in compliance with all applicable Laws (including all applicable federal, state and local Securities Laws) and all the terms and conditions of the applicable Company Stock Plan, (iii) with respect to Company Options, has a per-share exercise price equal to or greater than the fair market value of a share of Company Common Stock on the Grant Date and no modifications within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code have been made to any Company Options following the Grant Date, and (iv) does not trigger any obligation or liability for the holder thereof under Section 409A of the Code.

(f) No Company Benefit Plan is, and none of the Company or its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate has at any time since August 1, 2023 sponsored, established, maintained, contributed to or been required to contribute to, or in any way has any liability (whether on account of an ERISA Affiliate or otherwise), directly or indirectly, with respect to any plan that is, (i) subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412, 430 or 4971 of the Code or a “defined benefit” plan within the meaning of Section 414(j) of the Code or Section 3(35) of ERISA (whether or not subject thereto), (ii) a Multiemployer Plan, (iii) a plan that has two or more contributing sponsors at least two of whom are not under common control, within the meaning of Section 4063 of ERISA, (iv) a “multiple employer welfare arrangement” (as defined in Section 3(40) of ERISA), or (v) a plan maintained in connection with any trust described in Section 501(c)(9) of the Code. None of the Company or its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate has withdrawn at any time since August 1, 2023 from any Multiemployer Plan, or incurred