Company: CCIXW
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-309933
Chunk: 922

Company: Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 922
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 “ Merger Agreement ”), (ii) issued upon the exercise of warrants to purchase capital stock of Plus Automation, Inc. assumed by the Company pursuant to the Merger Agreement, (iii) issued upon the settlement or exercise of stock options, restricted stock units, or other equity awards assumed by the Company pursuant to the Merger Agreement or (iv) otherwise held by Churchill Sponsor IX LLC (“ Sponsor ”), the officers and directors of Sponsor or the Company, or its and their respective affiliates as of the date hereof (such shares referred to in this Section 6.8(a)(i)-(iv), the “ Lockup Shares ” and, any Lockup Shares that are Earnout Shares (as defined in the Merger Agreement), being “ Lockup Earnout Shares ”)), may not Transfer any Lockup Shares, during the Lockup Period (the “ Lockup ”).

Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in Section 6.8(a), the Lockup Holders or their respective Permitted Transferees may Transfer the Lockup Shares during the Lockup Period (i) as a bona fide gift or charitable contribution; (ii) to a trust, or other entity formed for estate planning purposes for the primary benefit of the spouse, domestic partner, parent, sibling, child or grandchild of such Lockup Holder or any other natural person with whom such Lockup Holder has a relationship by blood, marriage or adoption not more remote than first cousin; (iii) by will or intestate succession upon the death of the Lockup Holder; (iv) pursuant to a qualified domestic order, court order or in connection with a divorce settlement, or any legal, regulatory or other order; (v) if such Lockup Holder is a corporation, partnership (whether general, limited or otherwise), limited liability company, trust or other business

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entity, (A) to another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control or management with the Lockup Holder, or (B) to partners, limited liability company members or stockholders of the Lockup Holder, including, for the avoidance of doubt, where the Lockup Holder is a partnership, to its general partner or a successor partnership or fund, or any other funds managed by such partnership; (vi) if such Lockup Holder is a trust, to a trustor or beneficiary of the trust or to the estate of a beneficiary of such trust; (