Circle Internet Group, Inc. 4

Chief Product & Technology Officer Nikhil Chandhok exercised 23,333 stock options and sold 26,666 shares of Circle Internet Group, Inc. Class A common stock on July 8, 2026 under a 10b5-1 plan.

On July 8, 2026, Circle Internet Group, Inc. Chief Product & Technology Officer Nikhil Chandhok exercised stock options for 23,333 shares of Class A common stock at $25.81 per share and, on the same date, sold 26,666 shares of Class A common stock at $63.90 per share pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The option exercise (coded “M”) represents a conversion of derivative securities (stock options) into shares, increasing his direct Class A common stock holdings to 751,734 shares immediately after the acquisition and leaving 393,011 options (rights to buy) outstanding. Following the subsequent sale (coded “S”) of 26,666 shares, his direct ownership stood at 725,068 Class A shares, which, at the current market price of approximately $66.40, is worth about $48.1 million, plus the remaining option position valued at roughly $26.1 million based on the intrinsic value using the same price. The filing also notes that his aggregate direct equity exposure includes both shares held outright and restricted stock units, and that the option grant vests over a standard four-year schedule, indicating this is a mix of routine compensation-related activity and planned liquidity rather than a purely discretionary open-market sale.

Filing Facts

CIK

1876042

Ticker

CRCL

Form

4

Source Type

sec

Accession

0001876042-26-000225

Alert Tier

6