Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-02-13
Form Type: DRS/A
Source: 0000950123-25-001965
Chunk: 240

Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-13
Form: DRS/A
Chunk 240
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% |     |        | 100% |     |         | 150% |

Additionally, for the 1H STIP, the non-financial business performance goals, each weighted equally, were as follows:

| • |     | Hit key milestones for public company readiness; |

| • |     | Launch in two new international markets; |

| • |     | Onboard with two new reserve banks; and |

| • |     | Lay groundwork in three new strategic markets. |

For the non-financial business performance goals, threshold payout of 50% is based on achievement of two of the goals, target payout of 100% is based on achievement of three of the goals, and maximum payout of 150% is based on achievement of all four of the goals. For 2H STIP, the STIP Adjusted EBITDA performance targets and potential payout opportunities were as follows:

|                                |     | Threshold |     |     | Target |      |     | Maximum |      |
| STIP Adjusted EBITDA Goal ($M) |     |           |  83 |     |        |  127 |     |         |  160 |
| Achievement %                  |     |           | 82% |     |        | 125% |     |         | 158% |
| Payout %                       |     |           | 50% |     |        | 100% |     |         | 150% |

Additionally, for the 2H STIP, the non-financial business performance goals, each weighted equally, were as follows:

| • |     | Close three enterprise-scale commercial partnerships; |

| • |     | Enable three new monetization streams; |

| • |     | Open accounts with three new reserve banks; |

| • |     | Lay groundwork in three new strategic markets; and |

| • |     | Launch three critical components of major blockchain infrastructure. |

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CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED BY CIRCLE INTERNET GROUP, INC. PURSUANT TO 17 C.F.R. § 200.83

For the non-financial business performance goals, threshold payout of 50% is based on
achievement of two of the goals, target payout is based on achievement of three of the goals, and maximum payout is based on achievement of all five of the goals.

For purposes of the STIP, STIP Adjusted EBITDA is defined as our Adjusted EBITDA, plus one-time sever