Company: CFG-PE
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000759944-25-000044
Chunk: 114

Company: CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP INC/RI
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 114
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 see which voting options are available to you.

• You may vote by using the Internet. The address of the website for Internet voting can be found on your proxy card or Notice. Internet voting is available 24 hours a day and will be accessible until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on April 23, 2025. Easy-to-follow instructions allow you to vote your shares and confirm that your instructions have been properly recorded. If you plan to vote your shares at the meeting, please see below for further instructions.

• You may vote by telephone. Dial the number listed on your proxy card, Notice or other information forwarded by your bank or broker. You will need the control number included on your proxy card, Notice or other information forwarded by your bank or broker.

• You may vote by mail. If you received a proxy card by mail and choose to vote by mail, simply mark your proxy card, date and sign it, and return it in the postage-paid envelope provided.

• You may vote at the meeting. Shareholders may also attend the meeting and vote.

#### What if I change my mind after I return my proxy?
You may revoke your proxy and change your vote at any time before the polls close at the Annual Meeting. You may do this by:

• submitting a subsequent proxy by using the Internet, telephone or by mail with a later date;

• sending written notice of revocation to our Corporate Secretary, Citizens Financial Group, Inc., 600 Washington Boulevard, Stamford, Connecticut 06901; or

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#### voting at the Annual Meeting.
If you hold shares through a bank, broker or other intermediary, please refer to your proxy card, Notice or other information forwarded by your bank, broker or other intermediary to see how you can revoke your proxy and change your vote.

Attendance at the meeting will not by itself revoke a proxy.

How many votes do you need to hold the Annual Meeting?

The presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the total voting power of all outstanding securities entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will constitute a quorum. If a quorum is present, we can hold the Annual Meeting and conduct business.

#### On what items am I voting?
You are being asked to vote on three items:

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Questions and Answers about the Proxy Materials and the Annual Meeting

1. the election of each of the thirteen director nominees nominated by the Board and named in the proxy statement to serve until the 2026 annual meeting or until their successors