Company: CSLMF
Filing Date: 2025-05-22
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-125124
Chunk: 9

Company: CSLM ACQUISITION CORP.
Filing Date: 2025-05-22
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 9
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 of then Public Shares in issue, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), and (c) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining shareholders and the Company’s board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, in the case of paragraph (b) and (c), subject to the Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of applicable law and in all cases, subject to the other requirements of applicable law; (ii) a proposal to amend the Company’s investment management trust agreement, dated as of January 12, 2022, as amended (the “ Trust Agreement”), by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “ Trustee”), allowing the Company to extend the Combination Period on a month-to-monthbasis until October 18, 2025 (as amended, the “ Trust Amendment”), and (z) a proposal by an ordinary resolution to adjourn the General Meeting if necessary.

| Q. | Why is the Company proposing the Extension Proposal? |

A. The Company is a blank check company incorporated in the Cayman Islands as an exempted company. We were incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, which we refer to as our initial business combination. On January 22, 2024, the Company entered into a Merger Agreement, by and among CSLM, CSLM Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of CSLM (“Merger Sub”), and Fusemachines Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Fusemachines” or the “ Target”) (as it may be amended and/or restated from time to time, the “ Merger Agreement”). Our Existing Charter provides for the return of the IPO proceeds held in the Trust Account to the holders of Public Shares if there is no qualifying business combination(s) consummated on or before the Current Termination Date, assuming that the time to complete a business combination is not extended as provided in the Existing Charter. The Company’s Existing Charter provides that the Sponsor Company has the right to cause the Company to extend the period of time to consummate a business combination (the “Combination Period”) on a month-to-monthbasis until July 18, 2025 by depositing $30,000 into the