Company: CCIXW
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-309933
Chunk: 881

Company: Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 881
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 12.16. Notwithstanding anything herein to the

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contrary, nothing in this‎Section 12.16(b) shall preclude any Party from seeking any remedy for actual and intentional fraud by a Party solely and exclusively with respect to the making of any representation or warranty by it in‎Article 5 or‎Article 6 (as applicable). Each Party shall have the right to enforce this‎Section 12.16 on behalf of any Person that would be benefitted or protected by this‎Section 12.16 if they were a party hereto. The foregoing agreements, acknowledgements, disclaimers and waivers are irrevocable. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this‎Section 12.16 shall limit, modify, restrict or operate as a waiver with respect to, any rights any Party may have under any written agreement entered into in connection with the transactions that are contemplated by this Agreement, including any other Transaction Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have hereunto caused this Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization to be duly executed as of the date hereof.

| CHURCHILL CAPITAL CORP IX |                                |
| By:                       | /s/Jay Taragin                 |
|                           | Name:	Jay Taragin              |
|                           | Title:	Chief Financial Officer |

| AL MERGER SUB I, INC. |                                |
| By:                   | /s/Jay Taragin                 |
|                       | Name:	Jay Taragin              |
|                       | Title:	Secretary and Treasurer |

| AL MERGER SUB II, LLC |                                |
| By:                   | /s/Jay Taragin                 |
|                       | Name:	Jay Taragin              |
|                       | Title:	Secretary and Treasurer |

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have hereunto caused this Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization to be duly executed as of the date hereof.

| PLUS AUTOMATION, INC. |                                |
| By:                   | /s/David Liu                   |
|                       | Name:	David Liu                |
|                       | Title: Chief Executive Officer |

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EXHIBIT A

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF

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