Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-05-16
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001193125-25-121234
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Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-16
Form: S-1/A
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 the stock market or exchange on which the shares are principally quoted or trade, or (ii)
subject to limitations, the consent of the affected participant of the Omnibus Incentive Plan if such action would materially adversely affect the rights of such participant under any outstanding Award.

Term. The Omnibus Incentive Plan will become effective on the date on which the registration statement covering this offering is declared effective by the
SEC. No Award may be granted under the Omnibus Incentive Plan after the earliest of (i) the tenth anniversary of the effective date, (ii) the maximum number of shares of our Class A common stock available for issuance under the Omnibus Incentive
Plan have been issued, or (iii) the board of directors terminates the Omnibus Incentive Plan. Previously granted Awards are permitted to extend beyond the termination date of the Omnibus Incentive Plan.

2025 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The board of directors and our
stockholders have approved the adoption of the Circle Internet Group, Inc. 2025 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”), which will be effective as of the date of this prospectus. The following summary describes the material terms of the
ESPP.

The ESPP will provide our employees and employees of participating subsidiaries with an opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in our company through
the purchase of shares of our Class A common stock. The ESPP has two components – one which is intended to qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” under Section 423 of the Code and one which is not intended to so qualify.

Administration. Our ESPP will be administered by the Compensation Committee, which will have the authority to take any actions necessary or desirable
for the administration of the ESPP, including adopting sub-plans applicable to particular participating subsidiaries or locations, which sub-plans may be designed to be outside the scope of Section 423 of the Code, or special
rules applicable to participants in particular participating subsidiaries or particular locations. The Compensation Committee may change the minimum amounts of compensation (as defined in the ESPP) for payroll deductions, the frequency with which a
participant may elect to change his or her rate of payroll deductions, the dates by which a participant is required to submit an enrollment form and the effective date of a participant’s withdrawal from the ESPP due to a termination or transfer
of employment or change in employment status.

Shares Reserved. Subject to adjustment as described below, the total number of shares of our Class A
common stock authorized for issuance under the