Company: CSLMF
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-155514
Chunk: 275

Company: CSLM ACQUISITION CORP.
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 275
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1,500,000 shares of Pubco’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, will be authorized for issuance 
 pursuant to awards granted under the Plan.                                                             |

| • |     | The Equity Incentive Plan will be administered by the Pubco Board or, if designated by the Pubco Board, a 
 committee of the Pubco Board (the “Administrator”).                                                       |

Description of Pubco’s Equity Incentive Plan The following paragraphs provide a summary of the principal features of the Plan and its operation. However, this summary is not a complete description of all of the provisions of the Plan and is qualified in its entirety by the specific language of the Plan. Purposes of the Plan The purposes of the Equity Incentive Plan are to advance the interests of Pubco’s stockholders by enhancing its ability to attract, retain and motivate persons who make (or are expected to make) important contributions to the company by providing such persons with equity ownership opportunities and thereby better aligning the interests of such persons with those of its stockholders. Eligibility The Equity Incentive Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options, within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), to employees of Pubco or any of its parent 160

corporations or subsidiary corporations, and for the grant of nonstatutory stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, and other stock-based awards to employees, directors and
consultants of Pubco or any corporation or other entity, including but not limited to partnerships, limited liability companies and joint ventures, with respect to which Pubco, directly or indirectly, owns as applicable (a) stock possessing
more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock entitled to vote, or more than fifty percent (50%) of the total value of all shares of all classes of stock of such corporation, or (b) an aggregate of
more than fifty percent (50%) of the profits interest or capital interest of a non-corporate entity.

Authorized Shares

The maximum number of
1,500,000 shares of Pubco’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, will be authorized for issuance pursuant to awards granted under the Plan. As of the date hereof, no shares have been issued or are issuable pursuant to awards that have
been previously granted under the Plan.

Generally, if any award expires or lapses or is