Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-06-02
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001193125-25-132755
Chunk: 282

Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-06-02
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 282
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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 an annual RSU grant with a grant date value of $220,000 on the trading day following each annual meeting of stockholders, which will vest on the earlier to occur of (i) the first anniversary of the grant date and (ii) the next annual meeting of stockholders to occur after the grant date, in each case, subject to the non-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. 197

2024 director compensation table During fiscal year 2024, our non-employeed