Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-06-02
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001193125-25-132755
Chunk: 319

Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-06-02
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 319
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 parties do not apply, subject in certain cases to various conditions, to certain transactions, including (a) transfers of lock-up
securities: (i) as bona fide gifts, or for bona fide estate planning purposes, (ii) by will or intestacy or any other testamentary document, (iii) to any immediate family member of the lock-up party, any trust for the direct or
indirect benefit of the lock-up party or any immediate family member, (iv) to a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, investment fund, or other entity (A) of which the lock-up party and its immediate family members are the legal and beneficial owner of all of the

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outstanding equity securities or similar interests, or (B) controlled by, or under common control with, the lock-up party or its immediate family members, (v) to a nominee or custodian of a
person or entity to whom a disposition or transfer would be permissible under clauses (i) through (iv), (vi) in the case of a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business entity, (A) to another corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, trust, or other business entity that is an affiliate of the lock-up party, or to any investment fund or other entity controlling, controlled by, managing or managed by
or under common control with the lock-up party or its affiliates or (B) as part of a distribution to partners, members, stockholders, or other equityholders of the
lock-up party, (vii) by operation of law, (viii) to us from an employee upon the death, disability, or termination of employment of such employee, (ix) as part of a sale of lock-up securities that are acquired in this offering (other than issuer-directed common stock purchased in this offering by a director or officer) or that are acquired in open market transactions after the
completion of this offering, (x) to us in connection with the vesting, settlement, or exercise of restricted stock units, options, warrants, or other rights to purchase shares of our common stock (including “net” or
“cashless” exercise), including for the payment of exercise price and tax and remittance payments, (xi) pursuant to a bona fide third-party tender offer, merger, consolidation, or other similar transaction approved by our board of
directors and made to all shareholders involving a change in control, provided that if such transaction is not completed,