Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001193125-25-084832
Chunk: 286

Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 286
---
 shares to be underwritten for reasons related to the marketing of the shares. We are not obligated to effect more than two such demand registrations. Piggyback registration. In the event that we propose to register any of our securities under the Securities Act, either for our account or for the account of our other security holders, holders will be entitled to certain piggyback registration rights allowing each to include its shares in the registration, subject to certain marketing and other limitations. As a result, whenever we propose to file a registration statement under the Securities Act, other than with respect to a demand registration or a registration statement on Form S-4, F-4,or S-8,these holders will be entitled to notice of the registration and will have the right to include their registrable securities in the registration, subject to certain limitations. Shelf registration. These holders may request that we file and keep effective a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act with respect to all or any portion of their shares subject to registration rights, subject to certain limitations. We are not obligated to effect more than one such shelf registration in any 12-monthperiod. Expenses; indemnification. We must pay all registration expenses (including certain expenses of counsel for selling holders) in connection with effecting any demand registration, piggyback registration, or shelf registration. The Investors’ Rights Agreement contains customary indemnification and contribution provisions. Term. The registration rights will remain in effect until the earlier of (i) five years after this offering, (ii) with respect to a holder, during such time during which all registrable shares held by such holder may immediately be sold under Rule 144 during any three-month period and (iii) the closing of a liquidation event. 205

Listing

We have applied to
list our Class A common stock on the NYSE under the symbol “CRCL”.

Transfer agent and registrar

The transfer agent and registrar for our Class A common stock is Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

206

Material U.S. federal tax considerations for non-U.S.holders of Class A common stock The following are the material U.S. federal income and estate tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of our Class A common stock acquired in this offering by a “Non-U.S.Holder” that does not own, and has not owned, actually or constructively, more than 5% of our common stock. You are a Non-U.S.Holder if for U.S. federal income tax purposes you are a beneficial owner of