Company: CSLMF
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-155514
Chunk: 368

Company: CSLM ACQUISITION CORP.
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 368
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 as a condition to any agreement with respect to our initial business combination. |

The conflicts described above may not be resolved in our favor. Accordingly, as a result of multiple business affiliations, our directors, officers and director nominees have similar legal obligations relating to presenting business opportunities meeting the above-listed criteria to multiple entities. Below is a table summarizing the entities to which our directors, officers and director nominees currently have fiduciary duties or contractual obligations: Below is a table summarizing the entities to which the executive officers and directors of CSLM currently have fiduciary duties or contractual obligations:

| Individual      |     | Entity                                  |     | Entity’s Business                                    |     | Affiliation           |
| Charles Cassel  |     | Consilium Investment Management, LLC(1) |     | Investment management company                        |     | Co-Founder            |
| Jonathan Binder |     | Consilium Investment Management, LLC(1) |     | Investment management company                        |     | Co-Founder            |
| Irakli Gilauri  |     | Georgia Capital PLC(1)                  |     | Holding company                                      |     | Chairman and CEO      |
| Peter Tropper   |     | Peter Tropper LLC                       |     | Private Equity Fund Formation and Governance Advisor |     | Managing Member       |
| Salman Alam     |     | Western Digital Corporation             |     | Data storage                                         |     | Vice President, Legal |

| (1) | Our Sponsor is owned 70% by Consilium Extended Opportunities Fund, L.P. (“CEO Fund”) and 30% by                                                                                                                                                  
 Consilium Investment Capital, Inc., the manager of the Sponsor (“CIM” the “Sponsor Manager”). The Sponsor Manager is equally managed and controlled by Charles Cassel, our Chief Executive Officer, and Jonathan Binder,                         
 Chairman of the CSLM Board, each holding a 50% interest. The CEO Fund is 100% owned by Consilium GP, LLC, which is 100% owned by Consilium Investment Management, LLC, which is 100% owned by the Sponsor Manager, all managed by Mr. Cassel and 
 Mr. Binder.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS OF CSLM

References to “our,” “us” or “we” refer to CSLM Acquisition Corp. The following discussion and analysis of CSLM’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the