Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-05-27
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001193125-25-126208
Chunk: 119

Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-27
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 119
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 provisions of Delaware law and our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may deter third parties from acquiring us. Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide for, among other things:

| • |     | three series of common stock with disparate voting power; |

| • |     | a staggered board and restrictions on the ability of our stockholders to fill a vacancy on the board of directors; |

| • |     | the authorization of undesignated preferred stock, the terms of which may be established and shares of which may be issued 
 without stockholder approval;                                                                                              |

| • |     | a prohibition on stockholder action by written consent, thereby requiring all actions to be taken at a duly called meeting 
 of the stockholders;                                                                                                       |

| • |     | supermajority approval to amend our bylaws and certain provisions of our certificate of incorporation; and |

| • |     | advance notice requirements for stockholder proposals. |

Moreover, because we are incorporated in Delaware, we are governed by Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which prohibits a person who owns in excess of 15% of our outstanding voting stock from merging or combining with us for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person acquired in excess of 15% of our outstanding voting stock, unless the merger or combination is approved in a prescribed manner. These anti-takeover defenses could discourage, delay, or prevent a transaction involving a change in control of our company and may discourage bids for our Class A common stock at a premium over its market price. These 78

provisions could also discourage proxy contests and make it more difficult for you and other stockholders to elect directors of your choosing and cause us to take other corporate actions than you
desire.

Our bylaws will provide that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and the federal district court for the District of Delaware are the exclusive forums for substantially all disputes between us and our stockholders.

Our bylaws will provide that, unless we consent in writing to the selection
of an alternative forum, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware does not have jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of
Delaware) is the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed