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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On December 19, 2025, Churchill Capital Corp IX (the “Company”) held its annual general meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”). Holders of an aggregate of 28,371,371 ordinary shares of the Company, comprised of 21,183,871 Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, and 7,187,500 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, held as of record as of November 18, 2025, the record date for the Meeting, were present in person or by proxy, representing approximately 77.38% of the shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Meeting, which represented a quorum. At the Meeting, the following proposal was considered and acted upon by the shareholders of the Company:
| • | a proposal to ratify, by way of ordinary resolution, the selection by the audit committee of the Board of Directors of the Company of WithumSmith+Brown, PC (“Withum”) to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025 (the “Auditor Ratification Proposal”). |
The number of votes cast for or against, as well as the number of abstentions as to the proposal, are set forth below.
Auditor Ratification Proposal
| For |
Against |
Abstain | ||
| 28,245,577 | 794 | 125,000 |
Accordingly, the Auditor Ratification Proposal was approved.
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: December 19, 2025 | ||||||