Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-05-27
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001193125-25-126208
Chunk: 293

Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-27
Form: S-1/A
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 be deemed, under the 1940 Act, to form a controlling group with respect to FMR LLC. The business address of FMR LLC is 245 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210.                                                             |

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| (16) |     | Consists of (i) 2,028,934 shares of Class A common stock held by Ms. Carpenter; (ii) 105,584 shares of Class A common stock issuable upon the vesting of RSUs held by Ms. Carpenter that will vest within 60 days of March                               
 31, 2025; and (ii) 3,213,380 share of Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options held by Ms. Carpenter that are exercisable within 60 days of March 31, 2025. After March 31, 2025, Ms. Carpenter transferred (i) 1,681,207 shares 
 of Class A common stock and options to purchase 196,228 shares of Class A common stock to the Maria Elisabeth Bentel Carpenter 2025 Qualified Annuity Trust; and (ii) 347,727 shares of Class A common stock to the Maria Elisabeth Bentel Carpenter     
 Spousal Access Trust. Ms. Carpenter is our Chief Strategic Engagement Officer.                                                                                                                                                                           |

| (17) |     | Consists of employees not otherwise listed in this table who, within the groups indicated, collectively own less than 1% of our Class A common stock. |

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Description of capital stock

The following descriptions are summaries of the material terms of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws that will be effective immediately prior to the completion of this offering. Reference is made to the more detailed provisions of, and the descriptions are qualified in their entirety by reference to, these documents, copies of which are filed with the SEC as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, and applicable law.

General

Our authorized capital stock consists of (i) 3,500,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, which is divided into several series, consisting of
2,500,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, 500,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 500,000,000 shares of Class C common stock, par value $0.000