Company: CCIXW
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-309933
Chunk: 7

Company: Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 7
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); see the section entitled “ Proposal No. 1 — The Business Combination Proposal — General — Structure of the Transactions .”

This proxy statement/prospectus covers up to an aggregate of shares of Post-Closing Company Class A common stock, representing the estimated maximum number of shares to be issued to the existing securityholders of PlusAI at the Closing or, following the Closing, upon the exercise of Post-Closing Company assumed warrants, the conversion of shares of Post-Closing Company Class B common stock and/or the issuance of any Earnout Shares upon an Earnout Triggering Event.

Interests of Sponsor and its Affiliates

On December 18, 2023, Churchill Sponsor IX, LLC (the “Sponsor”) acquired an aggregate of 7,187,500 CCIX Founder Shares (as defined herein), for approximately $0.003 per share. The CCIX Founder Shares (including the Class A ordinary shares of CCIX, par value $0.0001 per share (the “CCIX Class A Ordinary Shares”) issuable upon exercise thereof) may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the holder. See the section entitled “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions — CCIX Related Person Transactions.”

The Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 725,000 CCIX private placement units (as defined herein), at a price of $10.00 per unit, for an aggregate purchase price of $7,250,000, in the private placement in connection with the CCIX IPO (as defined herein). Each private placement warrant contained in the CCIX private placement units is exercisable to purchase one whole CCIX Class A Ordinary Share at a price of $11.50 per share. The CCIX private placement warrants will become exercisable 30 days after the completion of the initial business combination. The CCIX private placement warrants (including the CCIX Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise thereof) may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the holder until 30 days after the completion of the initial business combination; however, if the business combination is consummated, each Sponsor Signatory (as defined below) holding the CCIX private placement warrants has agreed to the Sponsor Lockup (as defined herein). See the section entitled “Proposal No. 1 — The Business Combination Proposal — Certain Agreements Related to the Business Combination — Sponsor Agreement.” The CCIX private placement warrants are non-redeemable and exercisable for cash or on a “cashless