Company: FCNCB
Filing Date: 2025-03-18
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-056659
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Company: FIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES INC /DE/
Filing Date: 2025-03-18
Form: DEF 14A
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-term focused approach supports our strategic objectives and reinforces a culture that prioritizes shared values and behaviors. These unwavering commitments position us to support our clients, colleagues, and communities in pursuing their greatest ambitions. Our client-centric approach has always been the bedrock of who we are, building deep and lasting relationships that prioritize the client experience. Our long-term focus allows us to make strategic decisions and investments designed to build long-term value and stability for all stakeholders, while skillfully managing risk along the way.   Our human resources team works to identify and deploy the critical talent needed to support these strategic objectives and our unified culture. We make talent attraction and retention a priority by offering learning and development opportunities, internal career mobility, a comprehensive total rewards package, and a welcoming values-based culture.   We value diversity – in people, in the markets we serve, and in the products |

and services we offer. We seek individuals with varied backgrounds because we understand that our differences contribute to a diversity of thought that enhances associate and customer relationships and propels innovation in our products and services.

| 2025 Annual Proxy Statement |     | 3 |

Proxy Summary 2025 Director Nominees The 11 nominees for election as directors at the Annual Meeting are listed below. Further information regarding the nominees and their experience and qualifications is contained in this proxy statement under the heading “PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.” Nominees’ ages listed in the table are as of the date of this proxy statement.

| Name and Age              |     | Principal Occupation                                                                         |     | Independent    Director?            |     | Committee  Membership  (C=Chair)                |     | Board      
 Tenure     |     | 2024           
 Board and      
 Committee      
 Meeting        
 Attendance (1) |
| Ellen R. Alemany  69      |     | Retired; our former Vice Chairwoman and former Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of CIT |     | —                                   |     | Risk                                            |     | 3 Years    |     | 94%            |
| Victor E. Bell III  68    |     | Chairman and President, Marjan, Ltd.                                                         |     | ✔                                   |     | CNG (2)  Risk                                   |     | 23 Years   |     | 100%           |
| Peter M. Bristow  59      |     | Our and FCB’s President                                                                      |     | —                                   |     |