Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-08-04
Form Type: DRS
Source: 0000950123-25-006942
Chunk: 297

Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-04
Form: DRS
Chunk 297
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with respect to shares of Class C common stock held of record by such holder on any matter on which stockholders generally are entitled to vote (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the election and removal of directors) other than to the extent
set forth in our certificate of incorporation or otherwise required by applicable law.

Dividend rights.Whenever a dividend is paid to the holders
of Class A common stock, Class B common stock, or Class C common stock then outstanding, we will also pay to the holders of each other series of common stock then outstanding an equal dividend per share on an equal priority, pari passu
basis, unless different treatment of the shares of each such series is or has been approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the then-outstanding shares of Class A common stock entitled to vote
thereon, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the then-outstanding shares of Class B common stock entitled to vote thereon and, if and only if such different treatment would significantly and adversely affect
the rights or preferences of the holders of the Class C common stock, then by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the then-outstanding shares of Class C common stock entitled to vote thereon, each voting
separately as a class; provided, however, that (x) if the dividend is paid in the form of shares of Class A common stock, Class B common stock, or Class C common stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or that evidence
the right to purchase or acquire, shares of Class A common stock, Class B common stock, or Class C common stock), then the holders of Class A common stock will receive shares of

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CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED BY CIRCLE INTERNET GROUP, INC. PURSUANT TO 17 C.F.R. § 200.83

Class A common stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or that evidence the right to purchase or acquire, shares of Class A common stock), holders of Class B common
stock will receive shares of Class B common stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or that evidence the right to purchase or acquire, shares of Class B common stock), and holders of Class C common stock will receive shares of
Class C common stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or that evidence the right to purchase or acquire, shares of Class C common stock