Company: CCIXW
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-309933
Chunk: 1091

Company: Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 1091
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 restriction or limitation regarding any Award or the Shares relating thereto (including but not limited to temporarily suspending the exercisability of an Award if the Administrator deems such suspension necessary or appropriate for administrative purposes or to comply with Applicable Laws, provided that, except where the exercise of the Award would result in noncompliance with Applicable Laws, such suspension must be lifted prior to the expiration of the maximum term and post-termination exercisability period of an Award), based in each case on such factors as the Administrator may determine;

to institute and determine the terms and conditions of an Exchange Program, including, subject to Section 20.3, to unilaterally implement an Exchange Program without the consent of the applicable Award holder;

to construe and interpret the terms of this Plan and Awards granted pursuant to this Plan;

to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to this Plan, including rules and regulations relating to sub-plans established for the purpose of facilitating compliance with applicable non‑U.S. laws, easing the administration of this Plan and/or for qualifying for favorable tax treatment under applicable non‑U.S. laws, in each case as the Administrator may deem necessary or advisable;

to modify or amend each Award (subject to Section 20.3), including but not limited to the discretionary authority to extend the post-termination exercisability period of Awards and to extend the maximum term of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right (subject to Sections 6.4 and 7.5);

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to allow Participants to satisfy withholding tax obligations in a manner prescribed in Section 16;

to authorize any person to execute on behalf of the Company any instrument required to effect the grant of an Award previously granted by the Administrator;

to allow a Participant to defer the receipt of the payment of cash or the delivery of Shares that otherwise would be due to such Participant under an Award;

to determine whether Awards will be settled in Shares, cash or in any combination thereof; and

to make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for administering the Plan.

For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrator will not be obligated to treat all Awards, all Awards held by a Participant, all Awards of the same type, or all portions of Awards, similarly including but not limited to with respect to the number of Shares covered by such Award, the price applicable to such Award, or the vesting, forfeiture or other terms and conditions applicable to such award.

Effect of Administrator’s Decisions . The Administrator’s decisions