---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-172597"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CCIX"
cik: "0002006291"
company_name: "Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman"
filed_at: "2025-08-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T21:37:39.544927+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Churchill Capital Corp IX sets director compensation at $75k/year for three independent directors

## Summary
- Cash compensation of $75,000 per annum for each of William Sherman, Paul Lapping, and Stephen Murphy.
- Compensation effective from the later of each director's appointment date and April 1, 2025.
- Directors serve on audit and compensation committees; agreements include trust account waivers and independence requirements.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-172597
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CCIX
- cik: 0002006291
- company_name: Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman
- filed_at: 2025-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2006291/000119312525172597/0001193125-25-172597-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2006291/000119312525172597/d21351d8k.htm

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