Date Rajeev V 4

What Happened Rajeev V, a director of Circle Internet Group (CRCL), exercised 3,819 stock options on 2026-05-06 at $0.08 per share (cost ~$306) and immediately sold the 3,819 shares in an open-market transaction at $115.00 per share, generating proceeds of approximately $439,185. The transactions were reported on a Form 4 filed 2026-05-08.

Key Details

• Transaction date(s): 2026-05-06.
• Exercise: 3,819 shares exercised at $0.08 each (total cash paid ~$306).
• Sale: 3,819 shares sold at $115.00 each (gross proceeds ~$439,185).
• Post-transaction ownership: Not specified in the filing.
• Footnotes: Sale was made pursuant to a 10b5-1 trading plan (prearranged); the stock options were fully vested.
• Filing timeliness: Report filed 2026-05-08 for 2026-05-06 transactions — appears to be filed within the usual 2-business-day window.

Context This was an option exercise followed by an immediate sale (a routine cashless-like transaction) — the options were converted into shares and those shares were sold the same day under a pre-established 10b5-1 plan. Such prearranged sales are common and do not necessarily indicate a change in the director’s view of the company.