Concord Acquisition, Circle mutually agree to terminate business combination

Circle Internet Financial and Concord Acquisition Corp announced the mutual termination of their proposed business combination initially announced in July 2021 and amended in February 2022. Under the terms of Concord’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, Concord has until December 10, 2022 to consummate a business combination. The transaction agreement also states that Concord can seek a shareholder vote to extend that date to January 31, 2023 if the SEC has declared the S-4 registration statement for the business combination effective. To date, the S-4 registration statement has not been declared effective. Termination of the proposed business combination has been approved by the Board of Directors of both Concord and Circle.