---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-089242"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CCIX"
cik: "0002006291"
company_name: "Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman"
filed_at: "2025-04-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T09:39:22.244978+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Churchill Capital Corp IX appoints Paul D. Lapping to board and committees

## Summary
- Paul D. Lapping appointed as director and member of audit and compensation committees, effective April 18, 2025.
- Mr. Lapping is manager of Jakal Investments, LLC and former COO of SuRo Capital Corp (NASDAQ: SSSS).
- He signed joinder to letter agreement waiving redemption rights and agreeing to vote shares in favor of a business combination.
- No family relationships or material transactions with the company; standard director indemnity agreement entered.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-089242
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CCIX
- cik: 0002006291
- company_name: Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman
- filed_at: 2025-04-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2006291/000119312525089242/0001193125-25-089242-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2006291/000119312525089242/d830099d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-089242
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-089242.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-089242.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Paul D. Lapping was appointed as Director at Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 18, 2025, the board of directors (the “ Board ”) of Churchill Capital Corp IX (the “ Company ”) appointed Paul D. Lapping as a director and as a member of the audit committee and the compensation committee of the Board, effective as of April 18, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2006291/000119312525089242/0001193125-25-089242-index.htm

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