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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 26, 2026

Registration No. 333-292822

 

 
 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Amendment No. 1

to

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

Clear Street Group Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   6211   86-2376416
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
  (Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

150 Greenwich Street, 45th Floor

New York, NY 10007

Telephone: (646) 845-0036

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

Edward T. Tilly

Chief Executive Officer

Clear Street Group Inc.

150 Greenwich Street, 45th Floor

New York, NY 10007

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)

 

 

Copies to:

 

Richard D. Truesdell, Jr.
Hillary A. Coleman
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
(212) 450-4000
 

Kenneth Sicklick, Esq.
Chief Legal Officer
Clear Street Group Inc.
150 Greenwich Street, 45th Floor
New York, NY 10007

(646) 845-0036

 

Daniel I. Goldberg
Eric Blanchard
Richard Segal
Minkyu Park Cooley LLP

55 Hudson Yards
New York, NY 10001
(212) 479-6000

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box: 

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  __________

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  __________

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  __________

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer      Accelerated filer  
Non-accelerated filer      Smaller reporting company  
     Emerging growth company  

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. 

 

 

The registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until this Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 
 


EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-292822) is being filed solely for the purpose of filing certain exhibits. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 1 consists only of the facing page, this explanatory note, Item 16(i) of Part II of the Registration Statement, the signature page to the Registration Statement, and the filed exhibits. The remainder of the Registration Statement is unchanged and has therefore been omitted.


Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

(i) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

 1.1    Form of Underwriting Agreement
 3.1#    Seventh Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the registrant, as amended, as currently in effect
 3.2    Form of Eighth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the registrant, to be in effect upon the completion of this offering
 3.3#    Bylaws of the registrant, as currently in effect
 3.4    Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of the registrant, to be in effect upon the completion of this offering
 5.1*    Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
10.1+#    Amended and Restated 2021 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated effective as of December 18, 2025
10.2+#    Form of Restricted Stock Unit Issuance Agreement under the 2021 Plan
10.3+#    Form of Stock Option Agreement under the 2021 Plan
10.4+    Form of Clear Street Group Inc. 2026 Omnibus Incentive Plan
10.5+    Form of Option Award Agreement under the Omnibus Incentive Plan
10.6+    Form of Employee Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Omnibus Incentive Plan
10.7+    Form of Clear Street Group Inc. 2026 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
10.8+    Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy
10.9+    Support Services and Equity Award Agreement
10.10+    Restricted Stock Unit Issuance Agreement with Global Corp.
10.11+    Amended and Restated Employment Agreement by and between the registrant and Christopher Pento
10.12+    Employment Agreement by and between the registrant and Edward T. Tilly
10.13+    Amended and Restated Employment Agreement by and between the registrant and Edward T. Tilly
10.14+    Employment Agreement by and between the registrant and Jonathan Daplyn
10.15+    Employment Agreement by and between the registrant and John Levene
10.16+#    Separation Agreement and General Release by and between the registrant and Christopher Pento
10.17^#    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 20, 2021, by and among the registrant and the investors party thereto
10.18^#    Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement, dated as of December  18, 2025, by and among the registrant and the investors party thereto
10.19    Form of Director and Executive Officer Indemnification Agreement
10.20#    Loan Authorization Agreement, dated as of November 12, 2024, by and among Clear Street LLC and BMO Bank N.A.


Exhibit
Number

  

Description

10.21#    Credit Agreement, dated as of December  4, 2020, by and among Clear Street LLC, the lenders from time to time party thereto and BMO Bank N.A., as Administrative Agent, as amended on December 3, 2021, April 6, 2022, December 2, 2022, December 1, 2023, November  12, 2024, February 5, 2025 and November 7, 2025
10.22#    Credit Agreement, dated as of September  23, 2025, by and among Clear Street UK Limited, the lenders party thereto and BMO Bank N.A., as Administrative Agent
10.23^#    Revolving Note and Cash Subordination Agreement, dated as of October  24, 2025, by and among Clear Street LLC and the lenders from time to time party thereto
10.24^#    Form of Note Purchase Agreement for Clear Street Holdings LLC’s senior unsecured notes due 2026
10.25^#    Form of Note Purchase Agreement for Clear Street Holdings LLC’s senior unsecured notes due 2029
10.26^#    Form of Note Purchase Agreement for Clear Street Holdings LLC’s senior unsecured notes due 2030
10.27+    Form of Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Omnibus Incentive Plan
10.28+    Form of Clear Street Global Corp. Option Award Grant
16.1#    Letter Regarding Change in Accountants
21.1#    List of Subsidiaries of Clear Streep Group Inc.
23.1#    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2#    Consent of RSM US LLP
23.3*    Consent of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1#    Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
107#    Filing Fee Table
 
^

Certain of the exhibits and schedules to this Exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Regulation S-K Item 601(a)(5). The registrant agrees to furnish a copy of all omitted exhibits and schedules to the SEC upon its request.

+

Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan.

#

Previously filed.

*

To be filed by amendment.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, New York, on January 26, 2026.

 

BY:  

/s/ Edward T. Tilly

  Name: Edward T. Tilly
  Title:  Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

/s/ Edward T. Tilly

Edward T. Tilly

  Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)   January 26, 2026

/s/ Steven Bisgay

Steven Bisgay

 

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

  January 26, 2026

*

Uriel Cohen

  Executive Chairman   January 26, 2026

*

Elli Ausubel

  Executive Vice Chairman   January 26, 2026

*

Christopher Pento

  Director   January 26, 2026

*

Jay Park

  Director   January 26, 2026

*

Matthew Roberts

  Director   January 26, 2026

 

/s/ Kenneth Sicklick

Kenneth Sicklick

Attorney-in-fact