Company: CFG-PE
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000759944-25-000044
Chunk: 46

Company: CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP INC/RI
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 46
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. Woods serves on the board of Prove Identity Inc. (since December 2021) and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Commerce from the University of Virginia. |

#### 462025 Proxy Statement

#### Compensation Matters
| PROPOSAL 
 2        |     |                                                                                                                                                 |     | Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation                                        |
|          |     | Advisory, non-binding vote for the 2024 compensation of our CEO and other named executive officers listed in the2024 Summary Compensation Table |     |                                                                                |
|          |     |                                                                                                                                                 |     | The Board recommends a voteFORapproval of the Company’s executive compensation |

The Company provides this vote under Section 14A of the Exchange Act and in recognition of our shareholders’ vote in 2021 recommending that we hold a non-binding, advisory vote on executive compensation each year. Following that vote, the Board affirmed shareholders’ recommendation and continued holding say-on-pay advisory votes on an annual basis. With this item, shareholders may submit an advisory vote on the compensation of our CEO and other named executive officers listed in the 2024 Summary Compensation Table . We encourage shareholders to review the complete description of our executive compensation program provided in this proxy statement, including the "Compensation Discussion and Analysis", compensation tables, and accompanying narrative.

Our Board believes our executive compensation closely aligns the interests of our named executive officers with those of our shareholders and demonstrates a strong link between executive pay and Company performance. During 2024 we made several changes to our program and related disclosure in this proxy statement in response to shareholder feedback and a disappointing level of support for our say-on-pay proposal last year, all of which are described in detail in "Compensation Discussion and Analysis —Executive Compensation Overview—Responsiveness to Shareholders and Say-on-Pay Outcome".

We ask our shareholders to vote on the following resolution at the Annual Meeting.

RESOLVED, that the Company’s shareholders approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers in the 2024 Summary Compensation Table , as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K (which disclosure includes the "Compensation Discussion and Analysis" , compensation tables, and accompanying narrative).

Although the vote on this proposal is advisory and therefore non-binding, the Compensation and HR Committee carefully considers the results of this vote when making future decisions regarding executive compensation and related disclosure.

| Voting Standard                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 In order to pass, the proposal must receive the affirmative vote of a majority of votes cast at the Annual Meeting