Company: CSLMF
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-155514
Chunk: 671

Company: CSLM ACQUISITION CORP.
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 671
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” within the meaning of
Section 368 of the Code and Treasury Regulations Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a) for purposes of Sections 354, 361 and 368 of the Code (a “”) with respect to the Domestication;

L. Each of the parties hereto intends that, for United States federal and applicable
state income tax purposes, the Merger will qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, to which each of Parent and the Company are to be parties
under Section 368(b) of the Code (the “”), and this Agreement is intended to constitute a “Plan of Reorganization” with respect to the Merger; and

M. The Boards of Directors of each of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub have unanimously (i) approved and declared advisable this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which they are or will be party, including the Merger, and the performance of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder, on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein or therein, (ii) determined that this Agreement and such transactions are fair to, and in the best interests of, them and their respective shareholders, (iii) resolved to recommend that their respective
shareholders approve the Merger and such other transactions contemplated hereby and adopt this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which they are or will be a party and the performance of such party of their obligations hereunder and
thereunder and (iv) resolved, in the case of Parent, to recommend that its shareholders approve each of the Parent Proposals.

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In consideration of the mutual covenants and promises set forth in this Agreement, and other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

1.1 .

“” means any legal action, litigation, suit, claim, hearing, proceeding or investigation by or before any Authority.

“” has the meaning set forth in .

“” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly Controlling, Controlled by or under
common Control with such Person.

“” means the sum, without
duplication, of (a) all shares of Company Common Stock that are issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time; plus (