Company: CCIXW
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-309933
Chunk: 1088

Company: Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 1088
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 a Director nor payment of a director’s fee by the Company will be sufficient to constitute “employment” by the Company.

“ Section 424 Parent ” means a “parent corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Code Section 424(e).

“ Section 424 Subsidiary ” means a “subsidiary corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Code Section 424(f).

“ Securities Act ” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“ Service Provider ” means an Employee, Director or Consultant.

“ Share ” means a share of the Common Stock, as adjusted in accordance with Section 15.

“ Stock Appreciation Right ” means an Award, granted alone or in connection with an Option, that pursuant to Section 7 is designated as a Stock Appreciation Right.

“ Subsidiary ” means a Section 424 Subsidiary or any “subsidiary,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Rule 405 of Regulation C of the Securities Act.

“ Trading Day ” means a day that the primary stock exchange, national market system or other trading platform, as applicable, upon which the Common Stock is listed (or otherwise trades regularly, as determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion) is open for trading.

“ U.S. Treasury Regulations ” means the Treasury Regulations of the Code. Reference to a specific Treasury Regulation or Section of the Code will include such Treasury Regulation or Section, any valid regulation promulgated under such Section, and any comparable provision of any future legislation or regulation amending, supplementing or superseding such Section or regulation.

Stock Subject to the Plan .

Stock Subject to the Plan . Subject to adjustment upon changes in capitalization of the Company as provided in Section 15 and the automatic increase set forth in Section 3.2, the maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be subject to Awards and sold under the Plan will be equal to (a) Shares, plus

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(b) any Shares subject to Exchanged Options and Exchanged RSUs (as such terms are defined in the Merger Agreement) and that, on or after the Effective Time, are cancelled or forfeited, expire or otherwise terminate without having been exercised in full, are tendered to or withheld by the Company for payment of an exercise price or for tax withholding obligations, or are forfeited to or repurchased by the Company due to