Company: CCIXW
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-309933
Chunk: 573

Company: Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 573
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 Business Combination — Sponsor Agreement.” The holders of CCIX Founder Shares are entitled to customary registration rights under the existing registration rights agreement and, if the business combination is consummated, the Registration Rights Agreement.

Pursuant to the terms of the Sponsor Agreement, the Sponsor and the Insiders have each agreed to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any CCIX Founder Shares held by them if CCIX fails to complete an initial business combination within the completion window.

CCIX Private Placement Shares

CCIX private placement shares were acquired by the Sponsor in a private placement that closed simultaneously with the closing of the CCIX IPO. CCIX private placement shares are identical to the CCIX Class A Ordinary Shares, other than as described below. Pursuant to the terms of the Sponsor Agreement, the Sponsor and the Insiders have each agreed to waive any redemption rights with respect to any CCIX Class A Ordinary Shares they own, including CCIX private placement shares, in connection with the consummation of the business combination. See the section entitled “Extraordinary General Meeting of CCIX shareholders — Redemption Rights.”

The approval of the business combination proposal requires an ordinary resolution, being the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes cast by holders of outstanding CCIX Ordinary Shares represented at the extraordinary general meeting by attendance via the virtual meeting website or by proxy and entitled to vote at the extraordinary general meeting, voting together as a single class. Pursuant to the terms of the Sponsor Agreement, the Sponsor and the Insiders have agreed to vote their CCIX Ordinary Shares, including any CCIX public shares or CCIX private placement shares held by them as of the CCIX record date, in favor of the business combination proposals and the other proposals described in this proxy statement/prospectus.

Pursuant to the terms of the Sponsor Agreement, if the business combination is not consummated, the CCIX private placement shares are subject to certain transfer restrictions described therein. If the business combination is consummated, each Sponsor Signatory has agreed to the Sponsor Lockup. See the section entitled “Proposal No. 1 — The Business Combination Proposal — Certain Agreements Related to the Business Combination — Sponsor Agreement.” The holders of CCIX private placement shares are entitled to customary registration rights under the existing registration rights agreement and, if the business combination is consummated, the Registration Rights Agreement.

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Pursuant to the terms of the Sponsor Agreement, the Sponsor and the Insiders have each agreed to waive