Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-05-16
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001193125-25-121234
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Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-16
Form: S-1/A
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hok) will receive a cash bonus of $1,000,000, to be paid in quarterly installments over two years
beginning in March 2025.

Other compensation and benefits

Company 401(k) plan

Our executives, including our NEOs, may
participate in our tax-qualified 401(k) retirement plan, which provides eligible U.S. employees with an opportunity to save for retirement on a tax-advantaged basis.
Plan participants are able to defer eligible compensation subject to the applicable annual limits set forth in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). In fiscal year 2024, we matched 100% of the first 3% of
contributions by plan participants, and 50% of the next 2% of contributions by plan participants, subject to annual contribution limits set forth in the Code. The 401(k) plan is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and its
related trust is intended to be tax exempt under Section 501(a) of the Code. As a tax-qualified retirement plan, contributions to the 401(k) plan and earnings on those contributions are not taxable to the
employees until distributed from the 401(k) plan.

Health andwelfare benefits

Our executives, including our NEOs, are eligible to receive the same health and welfare benefits that are generally available to all of our full-time employees, subject
to the satisfaction of certain eligibility requirements. These benefits include our medical, dental, and vision insurance, and life and disability insurance plans. In structuring these benefit plans, we seek to provide an aggregate level of benefits
that are comparable to those provided by similar companies.

Perquisites and personal benefits

We do not view perquisites or other personal benefits as a significant component of our executive compensation program. Accordingly, we do not provide significant
perquisites or other personal benefits to our

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executives, including our NEOs, except as generally made available to our employees, or in situations where we believe it is appropriate to assist an individual in the performance of his or her
duties, to reward long-standing service to us, to make our executives more efficient and effective, or for recruitment and retention purposes.

In fiscal year 2024,
we provided payment for the expenses for personal security during personal travel and at his residence to Mr. Allaire to address safety concerns arising as a result of his position with the Company. We required these security and privacy