Company: CFG-PE
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000759944-25-000044
Chunk: 112

Company: CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP INC/RI
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 112
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 proxy statement and proxy card to certain shareholders by mail.

When you vote by using the Internet or (if you received your proxy card by mail) by signing and returning the proxy card, you appoint each of Bruce Van Saun and Robin S. Elkowitz or either of them (each with full power of substitution) as your representatives at the Annual Meeting. They will vote your shares at the Annual Meeting as you have instructed them or, if an issue that is not on the proxy card comes up for vote, in accordance with their best judgment. This way, your shares will be voted whether or not you attend the Annual Meeting. Even if you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, we encourage you to vote in advance by using the Internet or (if you received your proxy card by mail) by signing and returning your proxy card. If you vote by using the Internet, you do not need to return your proxy card.

Why did I receive a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials in the mail instead of a printed set of proxy materials?

Pursuant to rules adopted by the SEC, we are permitted to furnish our proxy materials over the Internet to our shareholders by delivering a Notice in the mail. If you received a Notice by mail, you will not receive a printed copy of the proxy materials in the mail. Instead, the Notice instructs you on how to access and review the proxy statement and annual report over the Internet. The Notice also instructs you on how to electronically access and review all of the important information contained in this proxy statement and the Annual Report and how you may submit your proxy over the Internet. If you received a Notice by mail and would like to receive a printed copy of our proxy materials, you should follow the instructions for requesting these materials contained in the Notice.

Shareholders who receive a printed set of proxy materials will not receive the Notice but may still access our proxy materials and submit their proxies over the Internet by following the instructions provided on their proxy card.

#### Who is entitled to vote?
Holders of our common stock at the close of business on February 28, 2025 (the record date) are entitled to vote. In accordance with Delaware law, a list of shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting will be available for ten days before the meeting at our principal place of business located at One Citizens Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

How many votes is each share of common stock entitled to?