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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-05-18

Circle Internet Group (CRCL)

Fiscal year 2025 executive and director compensation, incentive-plan design, equity activity, and governance — every figure in this brief is traceable to its exact location in the company’s SEC filing — the document, the section, the page, and the table, linked directly.

$20,796,220
Kash Razzaghi total, FY2025
Chief Commercial Officerhighest-paid officer; CEO Jeremy Allaire: $16,260,836
CEO (Jeremy Allaire) pay percentile vs peers
CEO-to-median pay ratio
99.13%
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against CRCL
No companies currently name CRCL as a compensation peer in their most recent disclosure.

This is the complete answer, not a partial one — the list is never padded.

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Summary Compensation Table — fiscal year 2025

Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Kash Razzaghi$483,333$1,356,250$10,207,876$7,999,991$700,000$0$48,770$20,796,220
Chief Commercial Officer
Jeremy Allaire900,000500,0008,999,97401,764,00004,096,86216,260,836
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Heath Tarbert500,000500,0007,499,9940770,000091,3729,361,366
President
Nikhil Chandhok500,000500,0005,999,9830770,0000108,4147,878,397
Chief Product and Technology Officer
Jeremy Fox-Geen500,000500,0005,999,9830770,000007,769,983
Chief Financial Officer

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Named executive officerFY2025 totalFY2024 totalFY2023 totalΔ FY20242025
Kash Razzaghi$20,796,220
Jeremy Allaire16,260,836
Heath Tarbert9,361,366
Nikhil Chandhok7,878,397
Jeremy Fox-Geen7,769,983

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

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Equity transactions since the proxy statement was filed

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

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Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Kash RazzaghiRSU52,000$4,123,600
Jeremy AllaireRSU583,3330
Jeremy AllaireOption65,33332.95
Kash RazzaghiOption96,137131.98
Jeremy AllaireRSU288,83122,904,298
Jeremy Fox-GeenRSU192,55415,269,532
Heath TarbertRSU192,55415,269,532
Nikhil ChandhokRSU192,55415,269,532
Heath TarbertRSU180,19714,289,622
Jeremy AllaireRSU168,55413,366,332
Kash RazzaghiRSU92,6667,348,414
Jeremy Fox-GeenRSU74,9135,940,601
Heath TarbertRSU74,9135,940,601
Nikhil ChandhokRSU74,9135,940,601
Heath TarbertRSU48,1393,817,423
Nikhil ChandhokRSU41,8443,318,229
Jeremy AllaireRSU31,6452,509,449
Kash RazzaghiRSU28,5602,264,808
Jeremy Fox-GeenRSU14,3841,140,651
Kash RazzaghiRSU6,164488,805
Nikhil ChandhokRSU6,164488,805
Jeremy AllaireRSU1,634129,576
Jeremy Fox-GeenRSU32225,535
Jeremy AllaireRSU552,9380
Jeremy AllaireOption3,03148.45
Jeremy Fox-GeenOption59848.45
Jeremy Fox-GeenOption29,70032.95
Kash RazzaghiOption12,72932.95
Heath TarbertOption372,07125.09
Nikhil ChandhokOption52,90325.81
Nikhil ChandhokOption12,72932.95
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Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

CEO STI target (% of salary)
CEO LTI target (% of salary)
Independent consultantSemler Brossy
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedging
Anti-pledging
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Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-05-14144,019,3841,267,823401,71599.13%Passed

Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year's compensation.

Say-on-pay — history, company's computation

Meeting yearMeeting dateApproval — company's computation
20262026-05-1499.13%a

a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

Approval percentages are the company's own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.

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Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$80,000
Annual equity retainer$220,000
Per board meeting fee
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)35,000 / 20,000 / 15,000
Stock ownership guideline$240,000
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Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2025

The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.

M. Michele Burns
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Chief executive pay against the peer group

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company's own proxy statement.

RankCompanyFYChief executiveSalaryStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveTotal
1Circle Internet Group2025Jeremy Allaire$900,000$8,999,974$0$1,764,000$16,260,836

Each peer's compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer's figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

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Source register

Each figure's location is given both for the eye (section · page · table · row · column) and for a script (table/row/column index and exact character span in the filed document). Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

#SupportsDocumentFiledAccessionLocation in document
1Section 01, Kash RazzaghiDEF 14A2026-04-010001876042-26-000112Section “Executive Compensation Tables” · page 66. As printed: 20,796,220. Filing ↗machine: span 2412296–2412306
2Section 01, Jeremy AllaireDEF 14A2026-04-010001876042-26-000112Section “Executive Compensation Tables” · page 66. As printed: 16,260,836. Filing ↗machine: span 2373878–2373888
3Section 01, Heath TarbertDEF 14A2026-04-010001876042-26-000112Section “Executive Compensation Tables” · page 66. As printed: 9,361,366. Filing ↗machine: span 2420717–2420726
4Section 01, Nikhil ChandhokDEF 14A2026-04-010001876042-26-000112Section “Executive Compensation Tables” · page 66. As printed: 7,878,397. Filing ↗machine: span 2441365–2441374
5Section 01, Jeremy Fox-GeenDEF 14A2026-04-010001876042-26-000112Section “Executive Compensation Tables” · page 66. As printed: 7,769,983. Filing ↗machine: span 2393135–2393144
6Section 06, 2026 voteForm 8-K2026-05-180001876042-26-000159Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.13% (votes for as printed: 144,019,384). Filing ↗
7Circle Internet Group (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-010001876042-26-000112CEO total compensation as printed in Circle Internet Group's own proxy. As printed: 16,260,836. Filing ↗machine: span 2373878–2373888