---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-165149"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CCIX"
cik: "0002006291"
company_name: "Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman"
filed_at: "2026-04-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T05:11:00.583599+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Churchill Capital Corp IX terminates merger with PlusAI due to market conditions

## Summary
- Termination of Merger Agreement with Plus Automation (PlusAI) effective April 20, 2026 by mutual consent.
- Reason cited: market conditions; no termination fee or penalty mentioned.
- Extraordinary general meeting of shareholders scheduled for April 24, 2026 cancelled along with redemption deadline.
- Merger Agreement originally entered June 5, 2025 and previously amended.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-165149
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CCIX
- cik: 0002006291
- company_name: Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman
- filed_at: 2026-04-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2006291/000119312526165149/0001193125-26-165149-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2006291/000119312526165149/d148615d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-165149.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 8ec83b2527ec49194f736aca66a50927f0f77a1d
  claim: Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman terminated Merger Agreement with Plus Automation, Inc. (PlusAI) (effective 2026-04-20).
  evidence_excerpt: On April 20, 2026, Churchill and PlusAI entered into a Termination Agreement pursuant to which the Merger Agreement was terminated by the mutual consent of Churchill and PlusAI, effective as of April 20, 2026, due to market conditions.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2006291/000119312526165149/0001193125-26-165149-index.htm

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