Company: CFG-PE
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0000759944-25-000047
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Company: CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP INC/RI
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DEFA14A
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 14A (Rule 14a-101) INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Filed by the Registrant ☒ Filed by a Party other than the Registrant ☐ Check the appropriate box: ☐ Preliminary Proxy Statement ☐ Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)) ☐ Definitive Proxy Statement ☒ Definitive Additional Materials ☐ Soliciting Material under §240.14a-12 CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant) Payment of Filing Fee (Check all boxes that apply): ☒ No fee required ☐ Fee paid previously with preliminary materials ☐ Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11

April 11, 2025 Re: Citizens Financial Group, Inc. 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (April 24, 2025) Dear Citizens Financial Group, Inc. Shareholder: On behalf of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) and the Compensation and Human Resources Committee (the “Compensation and HR Committee”) of Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”), we are writing to request your support by voting according to the Board’s recommendations on all proposals included in the Company’s proxy statement filed on March 10, 2025 (the “2025 Proxy Statement”). In particular, we are requesting that you vote "FOR" Proposal #2: Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation (the “2025 Say-on-Pay Proposal”) in the 2025 Proxy Statement. Shareholder Engagement The outcome of our 2024 say-on-pay vote was seriously considered by the full Board, Compensation and HR Committee, and senior management. Maintaining an open dialogue with shareholders is important to us. Following last year’s annual meeting of shareholders, we continued our long-standing shareholder outreach program and focused on understanding any specific concerns about our compensation program in light of lower say-on-pay support in 2024. During these shareholder meetings we also discussed the Leadership Succession Awards (“LSAs”) granted to select executives