Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-04-01
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0001193125-25-070481
Chunk: 277

Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-01
Form: S-1
Chunk 277
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 the Class C common stock, then by the affirmative

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vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the then-outstanding shares of Class C common stock entitled to vote thereon, each voting separately as a class; provided, however, that
(x) if the dividend is paid in the form of shares of Class A common stock, Class B common stock, or Class C common stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or that evidence the right to purchase or acquire, shares of Class A common
stock, Class B common stock, or Class C common stock), then the holders of Class A common stock will receive shares of Class A common stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or that evidence the right to purchase or acquire,
shares of Class A common stock), holders of Class B common stock will receive shares of Class B common stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or that evidence the right to purchase or acquire, shares of Class B common stock), and
holders of Class C common stock will receive shares of Class C common stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or that evidence the right to purchase or acquire, shares of Class C common stock), with each share of common stock
receiving an identical number of shares of common stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or that evidence the right to purchase or acquire, shares of common stock), (y) if the dividend is paid in our securities other than those
in clause (x), then the holders of Class A common stock, Class B common stock, and Class C common stock will receive identical securities on an equal per share basis, except that, if the securities received by the holders of Class C common stock
would be deemed a Class of Voting Shares, such securities will by their terms have no voting rights, and (z) if the dividend is paid in securities other than our securities, then the holders of Class A common stock, Class B common stock, and Class C
common stock will either receive identical securities on an equal per share basis or receive different classes or series of securities on an equal per share basis, or, in the case of holders of Class C common stock, a holder of Class C common stock
may elect to instead receive the cash equivalent of such securities (as determined by us), provided that such different classes or series of securities do not differ in any respect other than their relative voting rights, with holders of Class B
common stock receiving the class or series of