Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-04-01
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0001193125-25-070481
Chunk: 275

Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-01
Form: S-1
Chunk 275
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. Johnson                              
 is a Director, the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer of FMR LLC. Members of the Johnson family, including Abigail P. Johnson, are the predominant owners, directly or through trusts, of Series B voting common shares of FMR LLC, representing 
 49% of the voting power of FMR LLC. The Johnson family group and all other Series B shareholders have entered into a shareholders’ voting agreement under which all Series B voting common shares will be voted in accordance with the majority vote   
 of Series B voting common shares. Accordingly, through their ownership of voting common shares and the execution of the shareholders’ voting agreement, members of the Johnson family may 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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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 $0.0001 per share, and (ii) 500,000,000
shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

Common stock

Except as otherwise expressly provided by our certificate of incorporation or required by applicable law, shares of Class A common stock, Class B common stock, and Class
C common stock have the same rights, powers, and privileges and rank equally, share ratably, and be identical in all respects as to all matters.

Voting rights.Except as otherwise expressly provided by our certificate of incorporation or required by applicable law, holders of Class A common stock, Class B common stock