Company: CSLMF
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-155514
Chunk: 933

Company: CSLM ACQUISITION CORP.
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 933
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 as applicable; or

(e) A change in ownership of the Company (or an Affiliate) or a substantial portion of the assets of the Company (or an
Affiliate) within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v) or (vii) or a change in effective control of the Company (or an Affiliate) within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(vi) (a “Change in Control”).

16.5 .
Notwithstanding anything herein or in any Award Agreement or Election to the contrary, to the extent that distribution of a 409A Award is triggered by a Grantee’s Separation from Service, if the Grantee is then a “specified employee”
(as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(i)), no distribution may be made before the date which is six (6) months after such Grantee’s Separation from Service, or, if earlier, the date of the Grantee’s death.

16.6 . Unless the Award Agreement otherwise provides, if a Grantee dies or becomes Disabled before complete
distribution of amounts payable upon settlement of a 409A Award, such undistributed amounts, to the extent vested, shall be distributed as provided in the Grantees Election. If the Grantee has made no Election with respect to distributions upon
death or Disability, all such distributions shall be paid in a lump sum within 90 days following the date of the Grantee’s death or Disability.

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16.7 . This Plan does not permit the
acceleration of the time or schedule of any distribution under a 409A Award, except as provided by Code Section 409A and/or applicable regulations or rulings issued thereunder.

Article 17.

Withholding

17.1 .

(a) The Committee in its sole discretion may provide that when taxes are to be withheld in connection with the exercise
of an Option or SAR, or upon the lapse of restrictions on Restricted Shares, or upon the transfer of Shares, or upon payment of any other benefit or right under this Plan (the date on which such exercise occurs or such restrictions lapse or such
payment of any other benefit or right occurs hereinafter referred to as the “Tax Date”), the Grantee may elect to make payment for the withholding of federal, state and local taxes, including Social Security and Medicare (“FICA”)
taxes by one or a combination of the following methods:

(i) payment of an amount