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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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 14A 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     |
| ☐ |     | 14a-6(e)(2))                    |
| ☒ |     | Definitive Proxy Statement      |
| ☐ |     | Definitive Additional Materials |
| ☐ |     | 240.14a-12                      |

FIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES, 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 the appropriate box):

| ☒ |     | No fee required.                                |
| ☐ |     | Fee paid previously with preliminary materials. |
| ☐ |     | 0-11.                                           |

NOTICE OF 2025 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS The 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (the “Annual Meeting”) will be held in a virtual format at the time and in the manner described below. Date and Time: Tuesday, April 29, 2025 9:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time Place: The Annual Meeting will be a virtual stockholder meeting at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/FCNCA2025. To attend the Annual Meeting, go to the website above at the meeting time and enter your unique 16-digit“Control Number.” Your Control Number appears on the portion of your proxy card or voting instruction form that you retain. Help and technical support for accessing and participating in the virtual Annual Meeting will be available on the day of the meeting by calling 844-986-0822(U.S.) or 303-562-9302(International). You may begin to log into the meeting website at 8:45 a.m. EDT on the meeting date. Matters to be Voted On: Proposals Submitted by Board of Directors

| 1. | Election of 11 directors for one-year terms. |

| 2. | Non-binding advisory resolution to approve compensation paid or provided to our named executive officers as disclosed in our Annual Meeting proxy statement (a “say