Company: FCNCB
Filing Date: 2025-03-18
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-056659
Chunk: 2

Company: FIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES INC /DE/
Filing Date: 2025-03-18
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 2
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 in the form of the enclosed proxy card for use at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) and at any adjournments of the meeting. PROXY SUMMARY This summary highlights information about our company and information contained elsewhere in this proxy statement, but it does not contain all the information you should consider before you vote. You should carefully read this entire proxy statement and the detailed financial information contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-Kfor the year ended December 31, 2024 (the “2024 Annual Report”), which accompanies this proxy statement. Website references throughout this proxy statement are provided for convenience only, and the content on the referenced websites is not incorporated by reference into this document. 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

If for any reason we are not able to convene the Annual Meeting, or if after being convened the meeting is interrupted and cannot be continued, including due to loss of internet connectivity or communications capabilities, power failure, or other technical difficulties, the meeting will be adjourned. If a verbal or written announcement of a later date and time for reconvening the meeting is made during the meeting or posted on the meeting website during the scheduled time for the meeting, the meeting will be reconvened on that date and at that time in a virtual meeting format at the same web address listed above, and no further notice of the date and time of the reconvened meeting will be required unless the adjournment is for more than 30 days or the Record Date is changed. The instructions described in this proxy statement for accessing, participating in, and voting at the original meeting will apply to any such reconvened meeting. More detailed information about the Annual Meeting and instructions on how you can participate in and vote at the meeting are contained under the heading “FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING.” Voting Securities Our voting securities are the outstanding shares of our Class A Common Stock (“Class A Common”) and Class B Common Stock (“Class B Common”). On the Record Date, there were 12,527,433 and 1,005,185 outstanding shares of Class A Common and Class B Common, respectively. You may cast one vote for each share of Class A Common, and 16 votes for each share of Class B Common, that you held of record on the Record Date on each director to be elected and on each other matter voted on by stockholders at the Annual Meeting. Votes may not be cumulated in