Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001193125-25-084832
Chunk: 266

Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 266
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-employee director’s continuous service on the board of directors. Furthermore, upon appointment to the board of directors, each non-employee director is eligible to receive a one-time initial RSU grant with a grant date value of $400,000, which will vest in three substantially equal annual installments on the first three anniversaries of the grant date, subject to the non-employee director’s continuous service on the board of directors. In the event of a change in control, RSUs held by non-employee directors will become fully vested. The aggregate amount of compensation, including both equity compensation and cash compensation, paid to any non-employeedirector of Circle for service as a non-employeedirector in a calendar year period will not exceed $1,000,000. We will reimburse all reasonable out-of-pocketexpenses incurred by directors for their attendance at meetings of the board of directors or any committee thereof. Employee directors will receive no additional compensation for their service as a director. Once we become a public company, our non-employee directors will be 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-employeedirectors were eligible to receive cash retainers, as follows (pro-ratedfor 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. 191

In addition, each non-employeedirector received an annual RSU grant with a grant date value of $220,000, and any newly appointed