Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-02-13
Form Type: DRS/A
Source: 0000950123-25-001965
Chunk: 268

Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-13
Form: DRS/A
Chunk 268
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 unfriendly or unsolicited proposal to acquire or restructure us, and that the benefits of this increased protection outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging those proposals, because negotiation of those proposals could result in an improvement of their terms. Registration rights Pursuant to the Investors’ Rights Agreement, and from time to time, in connection with business arrangements with our partners, certain of our stockholders and their permitted transferees are entitled to the following rights with respect to the registration of such shares for public resale under the Securities Act. If exercised, these registration rights would enable holders to transfer these shares under the registration statement without restriction under the Securities Act. Demand registration. Commencing 180 days following this offering, these holders may request in writing that we effect a resale registration under the Securities Act with respect to all or any portion of their shares subject to registration rights, subject to certain exceptions. If the holders requesting registration intend to distribute their shares by means of an underwriting, the managing underwriter of such offering will have the right to limit the numbers of shares to be underwritten for reasons related to the marketing of the shares. We are not obligated to effect more than two such demand registrations. Piggyback registration. In the event that we propose to register any of our securities under the Securities Act, either for our account or for the account of our other security holders, holders will be entitled to certain piggyback registration rights allowing each to include its shares in the registration, subject to certain marketing and other limitations. As a result, whenever we propose to file a registration statement under the Securities Act, other than with respect to a demand registration or a registration statement on Form S-4, F-4,or S-8,these holders will be entitled to notice of the registration and will have the right to include their registrable securities in the registration, subject to certain limitations. Shelf registration. These holders may request that we file and keep effective a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act with respect to all or any portion of their shares subject to registration rights. We are not obligated to effect more than one such shelf registration in any 12-monthperiod. Expenses; indemnification. We must pay all registration expenses in connection with effecting any demand registration, piggyback registration, or shelf registration. The Investors’ Rights Agreement contains customary indemnification and contribution provisions. 191

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