Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-04-01
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0001193125-25-070481
Chunk: 115

Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-01
Form: S-1
Chunk 115
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 of securities laws or lock-upagreements described in the “Underwriting” section of this prospectus but will become eligible to be sold at the expiration of the lock-up period following the completion of this offering. Moreover, 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 their shares under the Securities Act. Registration of these shares would result in these shares becoming freely tradable without restriction under the Securities Act immediately upon the effectiveness of the registration, except for shares purchased by affiliates. We also intend to register all shares of Class A common stock that we may issue under our equity compensation plans. Once we register these shares, they can be freely sold in the public market upon issuance, subject to volume limitations applicable to affiliates and the lock-upagreements described in the “Underwriting” section of this prospectus. If a substantial number of shares become available for sale and are sold in a short period of time, the market price of our Class A common stock could decline. Some 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