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CSLM Acquisition Corp.

Dated: August 12, 2024

/s/ Charles Cassel

Charles Cassel

Chief Executive Officer

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 12, 2024

CSLM Acquisition Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Cayman Islands

001-41219

98-1602789

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

2400 E. Commercial Boulevard, Suite 900

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

33308

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(954) 315-9381

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:


Title for each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share, one right and one-half of one redeemable warrant	CSLMU	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share	CSLM	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50	CSLMW	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Rights to acquire one-tenth of one Class A ordinary share	CSLMR	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 7.01.

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On August 12, 2024, CSLM released an announcement in connection with its upcoming annual meeting scheduled for August 18, 2024 (the “Annual Meeting”), to seek shareholder approval to, among other proposals, extend the period of time the Company will have to consummate its initial business combination on a monthly basis, until July 18, 2025 (the “Extension”).

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Participants in the Solicitation

The Company and its directors and executive officers and other persons may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the Company’s shareholders in respect of the Extension. Information regarding the Company’s directors and executive officers is available in its annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Additional information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests are contained in the Proxy Statement (defined below).

No Offer or Solicitation

This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which the offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Additional Information

The Company has filed with the SEC definitive proxy statement and certain supplements thereto for the Annual Meeting (the definitive proxy statement referred to as “Proxy Statement”) to consider and vote upon the Extension and other matters and, beginning on August 8, 2024, mailed the Proxy Statement and other relevant documents to its shareholders as of the August 6, 2024 record date for the Annual Meeting. The Company’s shareholders and other interested persons are advised to read the Proxy Statement and any other relevant documents that have been or will be filed with the SEC in connection with the Company’s solicitation of proxies for the Annual Meeting because these documents will contain important information about the Company, the Extension and related matters. Shareholders may also obtain a free copy of the Proxy Statement, as well as other relevant documents that have been or will be filed with the SEC, without charge, at the SEC’s website located at www.sec.gov or by directing a request to Advantage Proxy at 877-870-8565 (toll free) or by email at KSmith@advantageproxy.com.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit Number		Description

99.1		Press release dated August 12, 2024

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Exhibit 99.1

August 12, 2024

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, August 12, 2024 — (PR.com) — CSLM Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ: CSLM) (“CSLM”) makes the following announcement regarding the upcoming Annual General Meeting:

Earlier this year, CSLM announced that it had entered into a merger agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) with Fusemachines, Inc. (“Fusemachines”), a New York-based enterprise AI transformation business with a unique 10-year track record of increasing ROI for US enterprise companies to consummate a business combination (“Business Combination”).

CSLM continues to believe that Fusemachines is at the leading edge of true AI companies and is well-positioned to continue to capitalize on the growing interest by businesses in mining the benefits associated with artificial intelligence and machine learning in gaining efficiencies and maximizing revenues and margins from predictive algorithms. Since CSLM first announced the proposed Business Combination in January 2024, Fusemachines has made great progress on completing the audit of their financial statements, and believes that the first confidential filing of SEC Form S-4 Registration Statement will be coming in the next weeks. Sameer Maskey, Founder and CEO of Fusemachines, said “We are very excited at the prospect of soon reaching a major milestone event on our journey of becoming a public company and are looking forward to completing the business combination with CSLM later this year.”

Because of the expected time needed to close the Business Combination, CSLM filed SEC Form 14A on August 8, 2024 providing notice of its annual general meeting to be held on August 18, 2024 where several proposals will be considered, including a proposal to extend the time to close the Business Combination on a month-to-month basis, until July 18, 2025. If approved, Consilium Acquisition Sponsor I, LLC (the “Sponsor”) has agreed to contribute $30,000.00 as a loan to CSLM for each one-month extension, which amount will be deposited in CSLM’s trust account held by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, by the 18th of each month beginning August 18, 2024.

CSLM’s board of directors recommends that all shareholders should vote “For” all the proposals, including the proposal to extend the time to complete the Business Combination. Each shareholder’s vote is important and instructions contained in the proxy should be followed to make sure a vote is submitted on time and is counted.

Additional Information and Where to Find It

No offering of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an exemption therefrom. Before making any voting decision, investors and security holders of cslm are urged to read schedule 14a, the proxy statement and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the sec in connection with the annual general meeting as they become available.

CSLM has filed with the SEC a definitive proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) in connection with the annual general meeting of its stockholders (the “Meeting”) to consider and vote upon certain amendments to CSLM’s charter, including an amendment to extend the date by which it must consummate its initial business combination (the “Extension”) and, beginning on August 8, 2024, mailed the Extension Proxy Statement and other relevant documents to its stockholders of record as of August 6, 2024, the record date for the Meeting. CSLM’s stockholders and other interested persons are advised to read the Proxy Statement and any other relevant documents that have been or will be filed with the SEC in connection with CSLM’s Meeting because these documents will contain important information about CSLM, the Extension and other matters.

Investors and security holders can obtain free copies of the Proxy Statement through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. The documents may be obtained free of charge upon written request to 2400 East Commercial Boulevard, Suite 900, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33308.

Participants in the Solicitations

CSLM and its directors and executive officers may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies from CSLM’s stockholders with respect to the proposed Extension. A list of the names of those directors and executive officers and a description of their interests in CSLM is contained in CSLM’s final prospectus related to its initial public offering dated January 12, 2022, the Proxy Statement which was filed with the SEC on August 8, 2024, and is available free of charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Additional information regarding the interests of such participants will be contained in the Registration Statement for the proposed Business Combination when available.

No Offer or Solicitation

The above is for informational purposes only and shall not constitute a solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the proposed business combination and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an exemption therefrom.

Contact

Consilium Investment Management

Charles Cassel

+1 (954) 315-9381

https://www.cimspac.com/