Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001193125-25-084832
Chunk: 265

Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 265
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Director compensation policy

Our Compensation Committee has approved
the adoption of a non-employee director compensation policy, effective as of January 1, 2025. The policy is designed to align compensation with Circle’s business objectives and the creation of stockholder
value, while enabling Circle to attract and retain directors who contribute to the long-term success of Circle.

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Under the policy, our non-employeedirectors are eligible to receive cash retainers, which are pro-ratedfor partial years of service, and equity awards as set forth below:

| Annual Retainer for Board Service                                                               |     |   |        |
|:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:----|:--|-------:|
| Annual service on the board of directors                                                        |     | $ | 80,000 |
| Additional retainer for annual service as a lead independent director of the board of directors |     | $ | 50,000 |
| Additional Annual Retainer for Committee Membership                                             |     |   |        |
| Annual service as audit committee chairperson                                                   |     | $ | 35,000 |
| Annual service as member of the audit committee (other than chair)                              |     | $ | 15,000 |
| Annual service as compensation committee chairperson                                            |     | $ | 20,000 |
| Annual service as member of the compensation committee (other than chair)                       |     | $ |  9,000 |
| Annual service as risk committee chairperson                                                    |     | $ | 27,500 |
| Annual service as member of the risk committee (other than chair)                               |     | $ | 12,000 |
| Annual service as nominating and governance committee chairperson                               |     | $ | 15,000 |
| Annual service as member of the nominating and governance committee (other than chair)          |     | $ |  6,000 |
| Annual service as strategy committee chairperson                                                |     | $ | 27,500 |
| Annual service as member of the strategy committee (other than chair)                           |     | $ | 12,000 |

In addition, each non-employee director is eligible to receive an annual RSU grant with a grant date value of $220,000 on the trading day following each annual meeting of stockholders, which will vest on the earlier to occur of (i) the first anniversary of the grant date and (ii) the next annual meeting of stockholders to occur after the grant date, in each case, subject to the non