Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-08-12
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0001193125-25-178989
Chunk: 280

Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-12
Form: S-1
Chunk 280
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 sole discretion, amend, suspend or terminate the ESPP at any time and for any reason. The Compensation Committee may elect, upon termination of the ESPP, to terminate any outstanding offering period either immediately or once shares have been purchased on the next purchase date or permit the offering period to expire in accordance with its terms.

Term. The ESPP became effective on June 4, 2025, which was the the date on which the registration statement covering our initial public offering was declared effective by the SEC and, unless terminated earlier by the Compensation Committee (as described above), will have a term of 10 years.

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Director compensation 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. Under the policy, our non-employee directors are eligible to receive cash retainers, which are pro-rated for 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 |