Company: CCIXW
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-309933
Chunk: 962

Company: Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 962
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 in, facilitate, assist, encourage or participate in, and agrees to take all actions necessary to opt out of any class in any class action with respect to any claim, derivative or otherwise, against the Company, SPAC or any of their respective Affiliates relating to the negotiation, execution or delivery of this Agreement or the Merger Agreement or the consummation of the Merger, including any claim (A) challenging the validity of, or seeking to enjoin the operation of, any provision of this Agreement or (B) alleging a breach of any fiduciary duty of the Company Board in connection with this Agreement, the Merger Agreement or the Merger, in each case other than a claim by the Company under the Merger Agreement.

Other than as permitted under Section 1(g) , the Stockholder agrees that during the Voting Period it shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates not to, without SPAC’s and the Company’s prior written consent, (i) make or attempt to make any transfer or pledge, or grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, file (or participate in the filing of) a registration statement with the SEC (other than the Proxy

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Statement or the Registration Statement) or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, with respect to any of the Subject Shares, (ii) grant any proxies or powers of attorney with respect to any or all of the Subject Shares, (iii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any of the Subject Shares, (iv) publicly announce any intention to effect any transaction specified in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii), (v) permit to exist any Lien with respect to any or all of the Subject Shares other than those created by this Agreement and the Company Stockholder Agreements, or (vi) take any action with the intent to prevent or materially impede, interfere with or adversely affect the Stockholder’s ability to perform its obligations under this Section 1 . The Company hereby agrees to reasonably cooperate with SPAC in enforcing the transfer restrictions set forth in this Section 1 . During the Voting Period, the Company will not register or otherwise recognize the transfer (book-entry or otherwise) of any of the Subject Shares or any certificate or uncert