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  0001962731
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0001594805
  SHOPIFY INC
  001-37400
  151 O?Connor Street
  Ottawa
  A6
  K2P 2L8
  6132412828
  JESSICA HERTZ
  Officer
  Common
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services
  1 New York Plaza
  38th Fl.
  New York
  NY
  10004
  2711
  175618.58
  1203499789
  09/08/2023
  NYSE
  Common
  08/24/2023
  Vesting of RSUs
  Issuer
  N
  203
  08/24/2023
  Vesting of RSUs
  Common
  06/30/2023
  Vesting of RSUs
  Issuer
  N
  2508
  06/30/2023
  Vesting of RSUs
  N
  JESSICA HERTZ
  151 O?Connor Street
  Ottawa
  A6
  K2P 2L8
  Class A Subordinate Voting Shares
  08/24/2023
  2435
  137606.96
  JESSICA HERTZ
  151 O?Connor Street
  Ottawa
  A6
  K2P 2L8
  Class A Subordinate Voting Shares
  06/30/2023
  190
  12277.21
  Aggregate market value calculated using 9/7/2023 closing price of $63.52 per share. Number of shares outstanding as of 9/8/2023. Certain sales to be made pursuant to a plan intended to comply with Rule10b5-1(c), entered into on 6/9/2023, at which time Jessica Hertz was not aware of material non-public information.
  09/08/2023
  06/09/2023
  /s/ Jessica Hertz