Company: CSLMF
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-155514
Chunk: 927

Company: CSLM ACQUISITION CORP.
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 927
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8.

Restricted Shares

8.1 . Subject to and consistent with the provisions of the Plan, the Committee, at any
time and from time to time, may grant Restricted Shares to any Eligible Person in such amounts as the Committee shall determine.

8.2 . Each grant of Restricted Shares shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the Period(s) of
Restriction, the number of Restricted Shares granted, and such other provisions as the Committee shall determine. The Committee may impose such conditions and/or restrictions on any Restricted Shares granted pursuant to the Plan as it may deem
advisable, including time-based restrictions, restrictions based upon the achievement of specific performance goals, time-based restrictions following the attainment of the performance goals, and/or restrictions under applicable securities laws;
provided that such conditions and/or restrictions may lapse, if so determined by the Committee, in the event of the Grantee’s Termination of Affiliation due to death, Disability, or involuntary termination by the Company or an Affiliate without
Cause.

8.3 . The Committee shall determine the amount, if any, that a Grantee shall pay
for Restricted Shares.

8.4 . If Restricted Shares are forfeited, and if the Grantee was required to pay
for such shares or acquired such Restricted Shares upon the exercise of an Option, the Grantee shall be deemed to have resold such Restricted Shares to the Company at a price equal to the lesser of (x) the amount paid by the Grantee for such
Restricted Shares, or (y) the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of such forfeiture. The Company shall pay to the Grantee the deemed sale price as soon as is administratively practical. Such Restricted Shares shall cease to be outstanding
and shall no longer confer on the Grantee thereof any rights as a stockholder of the Company, from and after the date of the event causing the forfeiture, whether or not the Grantee accepts the Company’s tender of payment for such Restricted
Shares.

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8.5 . The Committee may provide that the certificates for any
Restricted Shares (x) shall be held (together with a stock power executed in blank by the Grantee) in escrow by the Secretary of the Company until such Restricted Shares become nonforfeitable or are forfeited and/or (y) shall bear an
appropriate legend restricting the transfer of such Restricted Shares under the Plan. If any Restricted Shares become nonforfeitable, the Company shall cause certificates for such shares to be delivered without