SEC Form 8-K filed by Churchill Capital Corp IX
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On July 30, 2025, Churchill Capital Corp IX (the “Company”) entered into a director agreement (“Director Agreement”) with each of William Sherman, Paul Lapping and Stephen Murphy, pursuant to which, in connection with each director’s continuing service as a director of the Company, the Company agreed to pay each director cash compensation of $75,000 per annum, beginning on the later of their date of appointment and April 1, 2025.
The foregoing summary of the Director Agreements does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Director Agreements, a form of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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| 10.1 | Form of Director Agreement. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| CHURCHILL CAPITAL CORP IX | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Jay Taragin | |||||
| Name: | Jay Taragin | |||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||
| Dated: August 4, 2025 | ||||||