Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-05-16
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001193125-25-121234
Chunk: 269

Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-16
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 269
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ive Plan.

Types of Awards. Awards under the
Omnibus Incentive Plan include stock options (including options intended to qualify as incentive stock options under Section 422 of the Code (“ISOs”) and nonqualified stock options (“NSOs”)), share appreciation rights
(“SARs”), restricted stock, RSUs, performance awards, other cash-based awards and other share-based awards (together, the “Awards”).

Plan Administration. The Omnibus Incentive Plan will be administered by the Compensation Committee, unless another committee is designated by the board of directors. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the

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Compensation Committee may delegate some or all of its authority under the Omnibus Incentive Plan, including the authority to grant Awards (other than to participants covered by Section 16 of the
Exchange Act), to a subcommittee or subcommittees or to other persons or groups of persons as it deems necessary, appropriate or advisable.

Eligibility. Employees, prospective employees who have accepted an offer of employment, non-employee directors, consultants and any person who has accepted
an offer of service or consultancy of the Company or any of its subsidiaries are eligible to be selected to participate in the Omnibus Incentive Plan.

Authorized Shares. Subject to adjustment as described below, the total number of shares of our Class A common stock authorized for issuance under the Omnibus Incentive Plan will not exceed 28,265,461 shares (the “Omnibus Plan Share Pool”).
The maximum number of shares that may be issued upon the exercise of ISOs under the Omnibus Incentive Plan will be equal to the Omnibus Plan Share Pool. The number of shares reserved for issuance under the Omnibus Incentive Plan will be increased
automatically on the first day of each fiscal year of our Company following the effective date of the plan by a number equal to the lesser of (i) 5% of the aggregate number of shares of all classes of our common stock outstanding on the last day of
the immediately preceding fiscal year; and (ii) the number of shares determined by the Compensation Committee in its discretion.

In general, to the extent that any
Awards or awards issued under the 2013 Scheme or the 2024 Plan are forfeited, cancelled, expire or otherwise lapses or are settled, in whole or in part, without the issuance of shares, those shares will again become available for issuance under the
Omnibus Incentive Plan