Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-08-04
Form Type: DRS
Source: 0000950123-25-006942
Chunk: 290

Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-04
Form: DRS
Chunk 290
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 director in a calendar year period may not exceed $1,000,000. We reimburse all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by directors for their attendance at meetings of the board of directors or any committee thereof. Employee directors receive no additional compensation for their service as a director. 180

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED BY CIRCLE INTERNET GROUP, INC. PURSUANT TO 17 C.F.R. § 200.83 Our non-employee directors are also subject to stock ownership guidelines, as described under “Compensation Discussion & Analysis—Other Compensation Governance Practices—Stock Ownership Guidelines” above. 2024 director compensation table During fiscal year 2024, our non-employee directors were eligible to receive cash retainers, as follows (pro-rated for partial years of service): (i) for annual service on the board of directors, $80,000; (ii) for annual service as a lead independent director of the board of directors, an additional $30,000; (iii) for annual service on the audit committee, $35,000 for service as chairperson and $15,000 for service as a member; (iv) for annual service on the risk committee, $27,500 for service as chairperson and $12,000 for service as a member; (v) for annual service on the compensation committee, $20,000 for service as chairperson and $9,000 for service as a member; (vi) for annual service on the nominating and governance committee, $15,000 for service as chairperson and $6,000 for service as a member; and (vii) for annual service on the strategy committee, $27,500 for service as chairperson and $12,000 for service as a member. In addition, each non-employee director received an annual RSU grant with a grant date value of $220,000, and any newly appointed non-employee director received an initial RSU grant with a grant date value of $400,000, the vesting conditions of which are set forth in the notes to table below. The following table sets forth information concerning the compensation earned by each of our non-employee directors during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, under our non-employee director compensation policy in effect during fiscal year 2024. Mr. Allaire, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, did not receive any additional compensation from Circle for his services on the board of directors. The compensation received by Mr. All