Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-06-02
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001193125-25-132755
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Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-06-02
Form: S-1/A
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 technologist in the digital asset industry makes him a valuable member of our
board of directors.

David Orfaohas served as a member of our board of directors since October 2013. Mr. Orfao has served as
Managing Director of General Catalyst Partners since January 2000. Mr. Orfao formerly served on the board of directors of EVOLV. Mr. Orfao holds a B.S. in business and accounting from Norwich University. We believe that Mr. Orfao’s
perspective as both an investor and board member at leading FinTech companies makes him a valuable member of our board of directors.

Danita Ostling has served as a member of our board of directors since October 2021. From August 1999 to June 2021, Ms. Ostling practiced at Ernst & Young, serving as a partner, servicing a broad spectrum of publicly traded and
privately held clients on complex issues in accounting, auditing, risk, regulatory, and securities registrations, and serving in senior leadership positions such as the Professional Practice Director for Ernst & Young’s U.S. East
Region and as Deputy Director Global Assurance Professional Practice – Accounting. In addition to our board of directors, Ms. Ostling serves on the boards of directors of nVent Electric plc and Dover Corporation.
Ms. Ostling holds a B.S. in accounting from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. We believe that Ms. Ostling’s experience working with large global organizations on complex issues makes her a valuable member of our board of
directors.

Relationships

There are no familial relationships between
any of our executive officers and directors.

Director independence

Upon
completion of the offering, our board of directors will consist of eight members. Our board has determined that each of Craig Broderick, M. Michele Burns, Rajeev Date, Bradley Horowitz, P. Sean Neville, David Orfao, and Danita Ostling—being all
directors other than Jeremy Allaire, our chief executive officer—is independent under NYSE listing standards. As Jeremy Allaire, our chief executive officer, serves as the chairman of our board of directors, the board of directors has appointed
Rajeev Date as the lead independent director. The lead independent director, among other responsibilities, presides over executive sessions of non-employee directors and independent directors, liaises and facilitates communications between the
independent directors and the chairman and chief executive officer and management, and leads the independent directors to assess the performance of the