Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-04-01
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0001193125-25-070481
Chunk: 257

Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-01
Form: S-1
Chunk 257
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 Incentive Plan (described under “—2025 Omnibus Incentive Plan” below), no further equity awards will be granted under the 2024 Plan. Awards that are outstanding under the 2024 Plan as of the effectiveness of the
Omnibus Incentive Plan will remain outstanding under, and subject to the terms and conditions of, the 2024 Plan.

The maximum number of Plan Shares which may be the
subject of awards under the 2024 Plan may not exceed (i) 73,313,680 less (ii) the number of Scheme Shares which were subject to awards outstanding under the 2013 Scheme as of immediately prior to the adoption of the 2024 Plan (which, as of such
time, was 42,333,762). The board of directors may delegate some or all of its authority under the 2024 Plan, including the authority to grant awards (except that such authority will not apply to any award held by a person covered by Section 16 of
the Exchange Act) as permitted under applicable law, including Section 157(c) of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

As of December 31, 2024, options to
purchase 22,750,536 shares of Class A common stock at a weighted average exercise price of $8.48 per share plus 19,943,474 RSUs were outstanding under the 2024 Plan and 9,649,513 shares remained available for future issuance under the 2024 Plan.

2025 Omnibus Incentive Plan

The board of directors and our
stockholders have approved the adoption of the Circle Internet Group, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan, which will be effective as of the date of this prospectus. The following summary describes the material terms of the Omnibus Incentive Plan.

Types of Awards. Awards under the Omnibus Incentive Plan include stock options (including options intended to qualify as incentive stock options under
Section 422 of the Code (“ISOs”) and nonqualified stock options (“NSOs”)), share appreciation rights (“SARs”), restricted stock, RSUs, performance awards, other cash-based awards and other share-based awards (together,
the “Awards”).

Plan Administration. The Omnibus Incentive Plan will be administered by the Compensation Committee, unless another committee
is designated by the board of directors. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the

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Compensation Committee may delegate some or all of its authority under