Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-08-04
Form Type: DRS
Source: 0000950123-25-006942
Chunk: 304

Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-04
Form: DRS
Chunk 304
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 certificate of incorporation
and our bylaws provide that special meetings of our stockholders may be called only by our board of directors, the chairperson of our board of directors, or by our chief executive officer. Our certificate of incorporation and our bylaws specifically
deny any power of any other person to call a special meeting.

Forum selection

Our bylaws provide that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Court of Chancery
of the State of Delaware (or, if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware does not have jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware) is the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding
brought on our behalf, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any current or former director, officer, other employee or stockholder to us or our stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising
pursuant to any provision of Delaware General Corporation Law, our certificate of incorporation or our bylaws or as to which Delaware General Corporation Law confers jurisdiction on the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or (iv) any
action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine of the law of the State of Delaware; providedthat the foregoing provision does not apply to claims brought to enforce a duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act or any claim for which the U.S. federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction. In addition, our bylaws provide that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the federal
district court for the District of Delaware is the sole and exclusive forum for any action asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act. Any person or entity holding, purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest
in shares of our capital stock are deemed to have notice of and to have consented to these forum selection provisions.

These forum selection provisions
may impose additional litigation costs on stockholders in pursuing any such claims, particularly if the stockholders do not reside in or near the state of Delaware and limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it
finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or other employees, which may discourage lawsuits against us and our directors, officers, and other employees, although our stockholders will not be deemed to have