---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-188849"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CCIX"
cik: "0002006291"
company_name: "Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman"
filed_at: "2024-07-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T15:27:58.507126+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Churchill Capital Corp IX appoints William Sherman to board and committees

## Summary
- Appointment effective July 30, 2024; Sherman joins audit and compensation committees.
- Sherman was EVP/COO of Nat Sherman from 1991 to 2017; led its sale to Altria in 2017.
- Signed joinder to letter agreement waiving certain redemption rights and voting for a business combination.
- Entered standard director indemnity agreement with the company.
- No family relationships or material transactions exist involving Sherman.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-188849
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CCIX
- cik: 0002006291
- company_name: Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman
- filed_at: 2024-07-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2006291/000119312524188849/0001193125-24-188849-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2006291/000119312524188849/d874134d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-188849
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-188849.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-188849.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  William Sherman was appointed as director at Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On July 27, 2024, the board of directors (the “ Board ”) of Churchill Capital Corp IX (the “ Company ”) appointed William Sherman as a director and as a member of the audit committee and the compensation committee of the Board, effective as of July 30, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2006291/000119312524188849/0001193125-24-188849-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.