Company: CCIXW
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-309933
Chunk: 92

Company: Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 92
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 the Transactions shall be consummated; provided that if the Closing occurs, CCIX will bear and pay at or promptly after the Closing:

(1) all CCIX transaction expenses that are not Specified SPAC Transaction Expenses (as defined below) in an amount not to exceed $25,000,000 (the “ SPAC Transaction Expenses Amount ”) and (2) all CCIX transaction expenses that consist of (a) fees, costs and expenses related to the “tail” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy and (b) any incentive fees payable to CCIX’s capital market advisor (and any fees payable to any co-advisor) as mutually agreed by PlusAI and CCIX (collectively, the “ Specified SPAC Transaction Expenses ”); and

all PlusAI transaction expenses in an amount not to exceed $12,000,000 (the “ Company Transaction Expenses Amount ”);

provided thatall costs of investigation and all defense and attorneys’ and other professional fees and settlement payments related to stockholder actions initiated by or on behalf of any stockholders of PlusAI, whether borne by CCIX or PlusAI, shall be fully payable by the Post-Closing Company if the closing of the Transactions occurs and not subject to any limitation or cap. All fees and expenses in connection with filing to obtain clearance pursuant to the HSR Act shall be paid by CCIX.

Sponsor Agreement Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, CCIX entered into the Sponsor Agreement with the Sponsor and the Insiders, which amended and restated that certain letter agreement, dated May 1, 2024, from each of the persons undersigned thereto (the “ Insiders ”). The following summary of material provisions of the Sponsor Agreement is qualified by reference to the complete text of the Sponsor Agreement, a copy of which is attached as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this proxy statement/prospectus is a part. All shareholders are encouraged to read the Sponsor Agreement in its entirety for a more complete description of the terms and conditions of the Sponsor Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the Sponsor Agreement, the Sponsor and each of the Insiders (each, a “ Sponsor Signatory ”) agreed (1) to vote any of such Sponsor Signatory’s shares of CCIX shares in favor of the Transactions and other SPAC Stockholder Matters, (2) not to redeem any of such Sponsor Signatory’s shares of CCIX shares, in connection with the CCIX shareholder redemption, (3) to vote in favor