Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-08-04
Form Type: DRS
Source: 0000950123-25-006942
Chunk: 229

Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-04
Form: DRS
Chunk 229
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) after deducting amounts payable to other approved participants in the USDC ecosystem, Coinbase receives 50% of the remaining payment base (the “ecosystem economics”). In our consolidated financial statements, the payments
made to Coinbase under the Collaboration Agreement are recorded as distribution costs with respect to the applicable stablecoin. In addition, the Collaboration Agreement permits either party (and in Coinbase’s case, subject to our right of
first refusal) to launch new stablecoins using the Licensed Marks that do not already correspond to an existing stablecoin. Any new stablecoins would be subject to the same economic arrangements as USDC.

If we (i) determine in good faith that payments to Coinbase for a given stablecoin under the Collaboration Agreement would violate an applicable law or
order issued by a government agency or court, or (ii) an order from a court of competent jurisdiction prohibits us from continuing to satisfy our payment obligations to Coinbase under the Collaboration Agreement with respect to a given
stablecoin, in either case, the parties will first try to amend the Collaboration Agreement or restructure their operations within a certain period of time (the “restructuring period”) to avoid such violation. If the amendment or
restructuring proves ineffective or we do not resume payment to Coinbase with respect to such stablecoin under the Collaboration Agreement following the restructuring period, upon Coinbase’s written request, the Licensed Marks with respect to
the relevant stablecoin would “flip,” in which case we would assign such Licensed Marks to Coinbase, the License Agreement would terminate with respect to such Licensed Marks, and the parties would enter into a new license agreement for
such Licensed Marks. Coinbase would in turn grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and largely non-sublicensable right to use these flipped trademarks in connection with the advertising, promotion, marketing, commercialization,
issuance, sale, distribution, development, provision, and receipt of such stablecoin. In addition, if such a flipped trademark situation were to occur with respect to USDC, under certain circumstances, we would be prohibited from issuing other U.S.
dollar-denominated stablecoins. See “Risk factors—Risks related to intellectual property—Our Collaboration Agreement with Coinbase could cause us to lose ownership or use of our trademarks upon the occurrence of certain events.”

While each of Circle and Coinbase may enter into distribution and incentive arrangements directly with third parties at their own discretion that do not
impact the payment base, from time to time, Circle and Coinbase together may enter into arrangements with third parties approved by both