Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001193125-25-084832
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Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 296
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 that transfers all or a portion of the economic consequences associated with the ownership of any shares of Class A common stock or any such other securities (regardless of whether any of these transactions are to be settled by the delivery of shares of Class A common stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise), in each case without the prior written consent of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, for a period ending on the earlier of (i) the date that is the second trading day after we publicly announce our earnings for the quarter ending September 30, 2025 and (ii) the date that is 180 days after the date of this prospectus, other than the shares of our Class A common stock to be sold in this offering. The restrictions on our actions, as described above, do not apply to certain transactions, including (i) the issuance of shares of Class A common stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of our Class A common stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities or the exercise of warrants or options (including net exercise) or the settlement of RSUs (including net settlement), in each case outstanding on the date of the underwriting agreement and described in this prospectus; (ii) grants of stock options, stock awards, restricted stock, RSUs, or other equity awards and the issuance of shares of our Class A common stock or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of our Class A common stock (whether upon the exercise of stock options or otherwise) to our employees, officers, directors, advisors, or consultants pursuant to the terms of an equity compensation plan in effect as of the closing of this offering and described in this prospectus; (iii) the entry into any agreement providing for the issuance of shares of our common stock or any security convertible into or exercisable for shares of our common stock in connection with any bona fide licensing, commercialization, joint venture, technology transfer, acquisition, development collaboration, or other strategic transaction (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any such pledge or issuance to the Circle Foundation), providedthat the issuance of any such securities pursuant to this clause will not exceed 10% of the total number of shares of our common stock outstanding immediately following the closing of this offering, including any shares issued pursuant to the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares, providedthat each recipient shall execute a lock-up agreement for the remainder of the lock-up period; (iv) our filing of any registration statement on Form S-8relating to