Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001193125-25-084832
Chunk: 249

Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 249
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 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. 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 connection with a change in control of Circle. As a condition to receiving any severance pay or benefits under the Executive Severance Guidelines, the NEO must execute a release of claims in favor of Circle. Generally, the following definitions would apply under the Executive Severance Guidelines: “Cause” generally means (i) the employee’s dishonest statements or acts with respect to Circle, or any current or prospective customers, suppliers, vendors, or other third parties with which Circle does business; (ii) the employee’s commission of (a) a felony or (b) any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, deceit,