Circle Internet Group: chief product & tech. officer Nikhil Chandhok sold 26,668 shares

What happened

• Nikhil Chandhok, chief product & tech. officer, exercised options and sold shares on Oct 08, 2026. The filing shows he exercised or converted derivatives for 23,334 shares at $25.81 for $602,251, sold 26,668 shares in an open-market sale at $79.59 for $2,122,506, and a derivative disposition of 23,334 shares at $0.00 (derivative).

Key details

• Transaction date(s) and price(s): Oct 08, 2026 — exercised 23,334 shares @ $25.81 (acquired) = $602,251; sold 26,668 shares @ $79.59 (disposed) = $2,122,506; derivative disposition 23,334 shares @ $0.00 (disposed) = $0.
• Shares owned after the transaction: 456,614 shares of Class A common stock held outright and 258,717 shares issuable upon vesting of restricted stock units (footnote F2).
• Footnotes: sale was made pursuant to a 10b5-1 trading plan (F1); holdings and issuable shares per F2; option vesting schedule described in F3 (1/4 vested after one year, remainder in 36 equal monthly installments, subject to continued service).
• Filing date and period: filed Oct 09, 2026 for transactions on Oct 08, 2026.

Why it may matter

• The filing reports that options were exercised for 23,334 shares and that 26,668 shares were sold on the same date; the filing does not indicate that the exercise was a cashless exercise.
• The sale was reported as made under a 10b5-1 trading plan.
• A filing does not show why the insider traded or why the company acted.