Company: FCNCB
Filing Date: 2025-03-18
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-056659
Chunk: 9

Company: FIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES INC /DE/
Filing Date: 2025-03-18
Form: DEF 14A
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Proxy Summary

| Culture and Ethics  (continued) |     | ●  Inclusion. We prioritize creating connections, achieving our clients’ goals, fostering a culture of belonging, and promoting educational and engagement opportunities to deepen relationships across the company. Given our relationship-based culture, we believe it is important that associates feel included and valued and that we provide access to resources and opportunities that support long-term business success for FCB and our associates.   ●  Onboarding. How we welcome new associates into FCB lays the foundation for their future. We want everyone who joins us to feel welcomed, engaged, and connected to the organization and their team. We recognize that managers play a critical role in building relationships with our new associates and cultivating our client-centric culture, so we support them in these efforts.   ●  Associate Satisfaction. We recognize that listening to our associates and their input is integral to providing long-term value for our clients, communities, and stakeholders. We build a strong culture by focusing on aligning business strategy with our values and fostering a work environment where our associates feel valued, respected, and empowered to be their best.   ●  Charitable Giving. In our line of work, people come first. That’s why we are proud to lend our support to causes that help people in need. As a company, we work with organizations in the communities we serve to help make our communities stronger. Our charitable giving is an important component of our business development efforts and positions us as a responsible corporate citizen, enabling our associates to engage with nonprofit partners.   ●  Volunteerism. Associate volunteering is foundational to our commitment to engaging and supporting the communities where we live and work. We encourage our associates to invest their time and expertise through company-sponsored volunteer activities as well as on their own time. Our volunteer paid time off program offers associates the opportunity to support and contribute to organizations and causes important to them. |

Proxy Statement Definitions In this proxy statement, except where the context indicates otherwise:

| ● |     | “you,” “your,” and similar terms refer to the stockholder receiving this proxy statement; |

| ● |     | “we,” “us,” “our,” and similar terms refer to First Citizens BancShares, Inc., and, as the context may require, collectively to us and our subsidiaries, including First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, our bank subsidiary; |

| ● |     | “FCB” refers