Company: CCIXW
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-309933
Chunk: 923

Company: Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 923
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vii) to a nominee or custodian of a person or entity to whom a disposition or transfer would be permissible under subsections (i) through (vi) of this Section 6.8(b); (viii) as a pledge or other grant of a security interest in Lockup Shares to one or more financial or lending institutions as collateral or security in connection with any bona fide loans, advances or extensions of credit or debt transaction (or enforcement thereunder) entered into by the Lockup Holder or any of its affiliates, or any refinancings thereof, and any transfers of such Lockup Shares upon foreclosure thereof, so long as the applicable transferee agrees in writing to be bound by the restrictions set forth herein; (ix) pursuant to a bona fide third-party tender offer, merger, stock sale, recapitalization, consolidation or other transaction involving a change in control of the Company; provided , however , that if such tender offer, merger, stock sale, recapitalization, consolidation or other such transaction is not completed, the Lockup Shares shall remain subject to the Lockup; (x) the establishment of a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b51 promulgated under the 1934 Act; provided , however , that such plan does not provide for the Transfer of Lockup Shares during the Lockup Period or Reduced Lockup Period, as applicable; (xi) to the Company in connection with the repurchase of such Lockup Holder’s shares in connection with the termination of the Lockup Holder’s employment with the Company or any subsidiary of the Company pursuant to contractual agreements with the Company; (xii) to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the exercise of options to purchase shares of any series of Common Stock of the Company or the vesting or settlement of Company stock-based awards; (xiii) in payment on a “net exercise” or “cashless” basis of the exercise or purchase price with respect to the exercise of options to purchase shares of any series of Common Stock of the Company; (xiv) other than Lockup Earnout Shares and Plus Founder Shares, upon the earlier of (A) the expiration of the Reduced Lockup Period or (B) the occurrence of Triggering Event I (such earlier occurrence of (A) or (B), the “ First Release Date ”), provided that the aggregate number of Lockup Shares that a Lockup Holder may Transfer pursuant to clause (xiv) shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of such Lockup Holder’s Lockup Eligible