Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001193125-25-084832
Chunk: 264

Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 264
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 (to the extent such a limit is imposed
by the Compensation Committee), the shares will be allocated pro rata in a uniform manner as practicable and as the Compensation Committee deems equitable.

Changes in Capitalization. In the event of any dividend or other distribution, recapitalization, stock split, reorganization, merger,
consolidation, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or exchange of shares or other securities of our company or other change in our company’s structure affecting our Class A common stock, then in order to prevent dilution or enlargement
of the benefits intended to be made available under the ESPP, the Compensation Committee will make equitable adjustments to the number and class of shares that may be issued under the ESPP, the purchase price per share, the number of shares covered
by each outstanding option and applicable numerical plan limits. In the event of a corporate transaction (as defined in the ESPP), each outstanding option will be assumed (or an equivalent option substituted) by the successor corporation or a parent
or subsidiary of such successor corporation. If the successor corporation refuses to assume or substitute such option, the offering period will be shortened by setting a new purchase date on which the offering period will end. The new purchase date
for the offering period will occur before the date of the corporate transaction and participants’ options will be exercised automatically on such date (subject to earlier withdrawal).

Dissolution or Liquidation. Unless otherwise determined by the Compensation Committee, in the event of a proposed dissolution or liquidation of our company,
any offering period in progress will be shortened by setting a new purchase date and the offering period will end immediately prior to the proposed dissolution or liquidation. Participants will be provided with written notice of the new purchase
date and that the participant’s option will be exercised automatically on such date, unless before such time, the participant has withdrawn from the offering.

Amendment and Termination. The Compensation Committee may, in its sole discretion, amend, suspend or terminate the ESPP at any time and for any reason. The
Compensation Committee may elect, upon termination of the ESPP, to terminate any outstanding offering period either immediately or once shares have been purchased on the next purchase date or permit the offering period to expire in accordance with
its terms.

Term. The ESPP will become effective on the date on which the registration statement covering this offering is declared effective by the SEC
and, unless terminated earlier by the Compensation Committee (as described above), will have a term of 10 years.

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