Company: CFG-PE
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form Type: 424B2
Source: 0001193125-25-032848
Chunk: 87

Company: CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP INC/RI
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form: 424B2
Chunk 87
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 bank holding company) will be required to obtain the non-objectionof the Federal Reserve Board under the Change in Bank Control Act of 1978, as amended, to acquire or maintain 10% or more of that series. Dissenters’ Rights of Appraisal and Payment Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, with certain exceptions, our stockholders will have appraisal rights in connection with a merger or consolidation of our company. Pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law, stockholders who properly request and perfect appraisal rights in connection with such merger or consolidation will have the right to receive payment of the fair value of their shares as determined by the Delaware Court of Chancery. Stockholders’ Derivative Actions Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, any of our stockholders may bring an action in our name to procure a judgment in our favor, also known as a derivative action, provided that the stockholder bringing the action is a holder of our shares at the time of the transaction to which the action relates or such stockholder’s stock thereafter devolved by operation of law. Forum Selection Pursuant to our restated certificate of incorporation, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware is the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of ours to us or our stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of our capital stock shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the foregoing forum selection provisions. Limitation of Liability of Directors and Officers Our restated certificate of incorporation provides that no director will be personally liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except as required by applicable law, as in effect from time to time. Currently, Delaware law requires that liability be imposed for the following:

| • |     | any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to our company or our stockholders; |

| • |     | any act or omission not in good faith or which involved intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; |

| • |     | unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions as provided in Section 174 of 
 the Delaware General Corporation Law; and