Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-06-02
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001193125-25-132755
Chunk: 265

Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-06-02
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 265
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 awards is scheduled over four years, with 1/4 of the shares subject to these RSU awards vesting upon the first anniversary of the vesting commencement date and the remaining portion vesting in 36 successive equal monthly installments 
 thereafter, in each case, subject to the NEO’s continued service relationship with Circle through each applicable vesting date. The awards are also subject to certain acceleration of vesting provisions as described under “Potential                 
 Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control” below.                                                                                                                                                                                                  |

Option exercises and stock vested The following table sets forth information concerning stock options exercised and stock awards vested for our named executive officers during our fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.

| Name                
 Jeremy Allaire      |     | Option Awards            
 Number of Shares         
 Acquired on Exercise (#) |      — |     | Value Realized on 
 Exercise ($)      |       — |     | Stock Awards            
 Number of Shares        
 Acquired on Vesting (#) | — |     | Value Realized on 
 Vesting ($)       | — |
|:--------------------|:----|:-------------------------|-------:|:----|:------------------|--------:|:----|:------------------------|--:|:----|:------------------|--:|
| Jeremy Fox-Geen     |     |                          | 10,118 |     | $                 | 147,723 |     |                         | 0 |     | $                 | 0 |
| Elisabeth Carpenter |     |                          |      — |     |                   |       — |     |                         | — |     |                   | — |
| Heath Tarbert       |     |                          |      — |     |                   |       — |     |                         | — |     |                   | — |
| Nikhil Chandhok     |     |                          |      — |     |                   |       — |     |                         | — |     |                   | — |

Pension benefits None of our NEOs are entitled to any payments or other benefits following or in connection with retirement. 186

Nonqualified deferred compensation

None of our NEOs participate in any plan that provides for the deferral of compensation on a basis that is not tax-qualified.

Potential payments upon termination or change in control

Executive Severance Guidelines

We maintain Executive Severance
Guidelines, most recently updated as of January 1, 2025, which provide for certain payments and benefits in the event of a termination of employment, including an involuntary termination of employment in