Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-02-13
Form Type: DRS/A
Source: 0000950123-25-001965
Chunk: 256

Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-13
Form: DRS/A
Chunk 256
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 while enabling Circle to attract and retain directors who contribute to the long-term success of Circle. Under the policy (as most recently updated in January 2025), our non-employeedirectors will be eligible to receive cash retainers, which will be 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 a RSU grant with a grant date value of $220,000, the vesting conditions of which are set forth in the notes to the table below. Furthermore, upon appointment to the board of directors, each non-employee director is eligible to receive a one-time RSU grant with a grant date value of $400,000, the vesting conditions of which are set forth in the notes to the table below. The aggregate amount of compensation, including both equity compensation and cash compensation, paid to any non-employeedirector of Circle for service as a non-