Company: FCNCB
Filing Date: 2025-03-18
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-056659
Chunk: 129

Company: FIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES INC /DE/
Filing Date: 2025-03-18
Form: DEF 14A
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 request the beneficial holders’ voting instructions, and we will reimburse them for their expenses in doing so.

| Q: | What authority will the Proxies have, and how will they vote at the Annual Meeting? |

| A: |     | ● |     | If you sign a proxy card and return it so that we receive it before the Annual Meeting, or you appoint the Proxies by telephone or Internet, you will be appointing the Proxies to vote your shares for you, and they will vote, or abstain from voting, according to the instructions you give them. |

| ● |     | If you sign and return a proxy card or appoint the Proxies by telephone or Internet, but you do not give voting instructions on a matter to be voted on, then the Proxies will be authorized to vote your shares “FOR” the election of each of the nominees for director named in Proposal 1, and “FOR” each of Proposals 2 and 3. |

| ● |     | If before the Annual Meeting any nominee named in Proposal 1 becomes unable or unwilling to serve as a director for any reason, including without limitation death, resignation, withdrawal of his or her nomination, or removal, your proxy card or telephone or Internet voting instructions will give the Proxies discretion to vote your shares for a substitute nominee named by our Board. If no substitute nominee is named by our Board, then the number of directors to be elected at the Annual Meeting will be reduced accordingly. |

| ● |     | We are not aware of any other business that will be brought before the Annual Meeting other than the election of directors and the proposals described in this proxy statement. However, if any other matter is properly presented for action by our stockholders, your proxy card or telephone or Internet voting instructions will authorize the Proxies to vote your shares according to their best judgment. The Proxies also will be authorized to vote your shares according to their best judgment on matters incident to the conduct of the meeting, including motions to adjourn the meeting. |

| ● |     | If you are the record holder of your shares and you do not return a proxy card or appoint the Proxies by telephone or Internet, the Proxies will not have authority to vote for you and your shares will not be represented or voted at the Annual Meeting unless you |

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Frequently Asked Questions About the Virtual Annual Meeting

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