Company: CCIXW
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-309933
Chunk: 198

Company: Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 198
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 the same exemptions from disclosure requirements, including reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements. Moreover, smaller reporting companies may choose to present only the two most recent fiscal years of audited financial statements in their Annual Reports on Form 10-K. For so long as we are a smaller reporting company and not classified as an “accelerated filer” or “large accelerated filer” pursuant to SEC rules, we will be exempt from the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

We cannot predict whether investors will find our securities less attractive because we rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our securities less attractive as a result of our reliance on these exemptions, the trading prices of our securities may be lower than they otherwise would be, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the trading prices of our securities may be more volatile.

Reports published by analysts, including projections in those reports that differ from our actual results, could adversely affect the price and trading volume of the Post-Closing Company common stock.

Securities research analysts may establish and publish their own periodic projections for us or our industry. These projections may vary widely and may not accurately predict the results we actually achieve. Our share price may decline if our actual results do not match the projections of these securities research analysts. Similarly, if one or more of the analysts who write reports on us downgrades our stock or publishes inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, our share price could decline. If one or more of these analysts ceases coverage of us or fails to publish reports on us regularly, our share price or trading volume could decline. Moreover, if no analysts commence coverage

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of us, or if analysts provide more favorable relative recommendations or reports about our competitors, the market price and volume for our common shares could be adversely affected.

Market values of growth-oriented companies like ours, particularly companies that entered into business combination agreements with SPACs, have been affected by adverse economic and market forces which may induce downward pressure on the price and trading volume of the Post-Closing Company common stock.

In recent years, there have been fluctuations in the valuation of growth-oriented companies, particularly those that entered into business combination agreements with SPACs. Inflationary pressures, increases in interest rates and other adverse economic and market forces have contributed to these drops in market value. As a result, our securities are subject to potential downward pressures, which may result in high redem