---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-306977"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CCIX"
cik: "0002006291"
company_name: "Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman"
filed_at: "2025-12-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T15:29:50.995684+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Churchill Capital Corp IX issues up to $1.5M promissory note to sponsor for working capital

## Summary
- Unsecured, non-interest bearing note of up to $1,500,000 issued to Churchill Sponsor IX LLC on Dec 2, 2025.
- Matures upon earlier of initial business combination or liquidation; proceeds for working capital.
- Sponsor may convert outstanding principal into units at $10.00/unit (each unit = 1 Class A share + 1/4 warrant).
- Conversion units are identical to private placement units issued at IPO and carry registration rights.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-306977
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CCIX
- cik: 0002006291
- company_name: Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman
- filed_at: 2025-12-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2006291/000119312525306977/0001193125-25-306977-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2006291/000119312525306977/d18352d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-306977.txt

## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman incurred loan of aggregate principal amount of up to $1,500,000 with Churchill Sponsor IX LLC at does not bear interest maturing matures upon the earlier of the closing of an initial business combination by the Company and the Company’s liquidation.
  - Instrument: loan
  - Principal: aggregate principal amount of up to $1,500,000
  - Counterparty: Churchill Sponsor IX LLC
  - Rate: does not bear interest
  - Maturity: matures upon the earlier of the closing of an initial business combination by the Company and the Company’s liquidation
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: On December 2, 2025, Churchill Capital Corp IX (the “ Company ”) issued an unsecured promissory note (the “ Note ”) in the aggregate principal amount of up to $1,500,000 to Churchill Sponsor IX LLC (the “ Sponsor ”), the Company’s sponsor, for the Company’s working capital needs.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2006291/000119312525306977/0001193125-25-306977-index.htm

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