Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001193125-25-084832
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Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: S-1/A
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 or indirectly, any shares of Class A common stock or any
securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Class A common stock (including, without limitation, Class A common stock or such other securities which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by such lock-up parties in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC and securities which may be issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant (collectively with the Class A common stock, the “lock-up securities”)), (2) enter into any hedging, swap, or other agreement or transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the lock-up securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of lock-up securities, in cash or otherwise,
(3) make any demand for, or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any lock-up securities, or (4) publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing, in each case, without
the prior written consent of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC may waive the requirements of these lock-up agreements at any time in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
the stockholder is an employee of ours and is not a selling stockholder in this offering, then on the date that is the second trading day after we publicly announce our earnings for the quarter ending June 30, 2025, 15% of the lock-up securities
held by such employee will be released from the foregoing restrictions (approximately million shares of Class A common stock will be released pursuant to this provision). See “Underwriting.”

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Registration rights

Upon
completion of this offering, the holders of approximately shares of Class A common stock (or approximately shares of Class A common stock if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase
additional shares in full) will be 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 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 and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. are acting as joint book-runningmanagers of the offering and as representatives of the underwriters. We and