Company: CCIXW
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-309933
Chunk: 75

Company: Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 75
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 business combination or the Domestication under the Companies Act or under the DGCL. Please see the section entitled “ Appraisal Rights — Appraisal Rights of CCIX Shareholders. ”

How are the funds in the trust account currently being held?

All funds in the trust account are held and will be held in cash (which may include demand deposit accounts) until the earlier of consummation of our initial business combination or liquidation. Please see “ Risk Factors — If we are deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, we may be required to institute burdensome compliance requirements and our activities may be restricted, which may make it difficult for us to complete our initial business combination .” If we are deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “ Investment Company Act ”), we may be required to institute burdensome compliance requirements and our activities may be restricted, which may make it difficult for us to complete our initial business combination .

What happens to the funds deposited in the trust account after consummation of the business combination?

A total of $287,500,000 was placed in the trust account immediately following the CCIX IPO. After consummation of the business combination, the funds in the trust account will be used to pay holders of the CCIX public shares that exercise redemption rights, and to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the

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business combination. Please see the section entitled “ Proposal No. 1 — The Business Combination Proposal — Sources and Uses of Funds for the Transactions .”

What happens if a substantial number of CCIX public shareholders vote in favor of the business combination proposal and exercise their redemption rights?

CCIX public shareholders may vote in favor of the business combination and still exercise their redemption rights. Accordingly, the business combination may be consummated even though the funds available from the trust account and the number of CCIX public shareholders are substantially reduced as a result of redemptions by CCIX public shareholders.

What happens if the business combination is not consummated?

If CCIX does not complete the business combination for whatever reason, following the termination of the Merger Agreement CCIX would search for another target business with which to complete an initial business combination. If CCIX does not complete an initial business combination with PlusAI or another target business by the end of the completion window, CCIX must redeem 100% of the outstanding CCIX public shares, at a per share price, payable in cash, equal to