Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-05-27
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001193125-25-126208
Chunk: 274

Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-27
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 274
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ibus Incentive
Plan. A restricted stock award is an award of shares that is subject to restrictions on transfer and a substantial risk of forfeiture. An RSU is an award that is granted with respect to one share or has a value equal to the fair market value of one
such share. RSUs may be paid in cash, shares, other Awards, other property or any combination thereof), as determined in the sole discretion of the Compensation Committee.

Performance Awards. The Omnibus Incentive Plan permits the grant of performance-based stock and/or cash Awards. The Compensation Committee may structure
Awards so that shares, cash, and/or other property will be issued or paid only following the achievement of certain pre-established performance goals during a designated performance period determined by the Compensation Committee.

Other Cash-Based and Other Share-Based Awards. The Compensation Committee is permitted to grant other equity or equity-based Awards and cash-based Awards on
such terms and conditions as the Compensation Committee will determine. For Awards in the nature of a purchase right, the purchase price therefore shall not be less than the fair market value of such shares on the date of grant of such right.

Changes in Capitalization. If, as a result of a change affecting the Company or its securities, an adjustment is necessary in order to prevent dilution or
enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Omnibus Incentive Plan, the Compensation Committee will equitably adjust any or all of (i) the number and type of shares (or other securities) which thereafter
may be made the subject of Awards under the Omnibus Incentive Plan (including the share limit and the ISO limit) and (ii) the terms of any outstanding Award, including the exercise price, the number or type of shares or other securities of the
Company or other property subject to outstanding Awards and/or other terms and conditions of outstanding Awards, including the performance criteria of any performance awards.

Effect of Termination of Service or a Change in Control. The Compensation Committee may provide, by rule or regulation or in any applicable Award agreement,
or may determine in any individual case, an Award may be exercised, settled, vested, paid, repurchased or forfeited in the event of a participant’s termination of service prior to the vesting, exercise or settlement of such Award.

Upon a Change in Control (as defined in the Omnibus Incentive Plan), the Compensation Committee may take any one or more of the following actions with respect to any
outstanding Award (which need