Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-08-12
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0001193125-25-178989
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Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-12
Form: S-1
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 agreed that we will not waive the market standoff provision in any stockholder agreement without the prior written consent of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC.

On or prior to the date of this prospectus, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC has agreed to release 11,499,125 shares of Class A common stock from the foregoing restrictions, including an aggregate of 8,000,000 shares of Class A common stock released to the selling stockholders in connection with this offering, an aggregate of up to 1,900,000 shares of Class A common stock to our employees who are not officers of the Company, effective immediately prior to the commencement of market trading on the NYSE on August 13, 2025, and 33,608 shares of Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of options held by one of our executive officers from the foregoing restrictions, effective as of August 15, 2025 (each as further described in the “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest)” section). As a result, substantially all of the remaining approximately 198,103,856 shares of Class A common stock outstanding, unless otherwise released, will become eligible to be sold on the earlier of (i) 180 days following the date of the IPO prospectus and (ii) the date that is the second trading day after we publicly

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announce our earnings for the quarter ending September 30, 2025. In addition, up to 10 million shares may become eligible for release 30 days after the date of this prospectus subject to the satisfaction of certain early release conditions. See “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest).”

#### Registration rights
Upon completion of this offering, the holders of approximately 133.1 million shares of Class A common stock are entitled to various rights with respect to the registration of these shares under the Securities Act. Registration of these shares under the Securities Act would enable the holders to sell these shares without restriction under the Securities Act upon the effectiveness of the registration statement, except for shares held by affiliates.

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#### UNDERWRITING (Conflicts of Interest)We and the selling stockholders are offering the shares of Class A common stock described in this prospectus through a number of underwriters. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC are acting as joint book-running managers of the offering and as representatives of the underwriters. We and the selling stockholders have entered