Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-05-27
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001193125-25-126208
Chunk: 276

Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-27
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 276
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 may authorize acceleration of
vesting of such awards in the event of a participant’s death or disability or upon the occurrence of a “change in control” as provided above.

Amendment. Except to the extent prohibited by applicable law and unless otherwise expressly provided in an Award agreement or in the Omnibus Incentive Plan,
the board of directors may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue or terminate the Omnibus Incentive Plan or any portion thereof at any time; provided that no such amendment, alternation, suspension, discontinuation or termination shall be made
without (i) stockholder approval if such approval is required by applicable law or the rules of 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