Company: CFG-PE
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000759944-25-000044
Chunk: 101

Company: CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP INC/RI
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 101
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-approved, the Audit Committee must approve that specific service before the independent auditors may perform it. In addition, separate approval is required if the amount of fees for any pre-approved category of service exceeds the fee thresholds established by the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee may delegate to the Chair or any independent member of the Audit Committee pre-approval authority with respect to permitted services, provided that the member must report any pre-approval decisions to the Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting. All fees described below were pre-approved by the Audit Committee.

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees

The following table presents fees paid by the Company for services performed by its independent registered public accounting firm, Deloitte, and its affiliates for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.

|                       |     |   |           | 2024 |     |   |           | 2023 |
|:----------------------|:----|:--|----------:|:-----|:----|:--|----------:|:-----|
| Audit fees            |     | $ | 6,897,000 |      |     | $ | 6,977,000 |      |
| Audit-related fees(1) |     |   | 1,129,745 |      |     |   | 1,118,279 |      |
| Tax fees(2)           |     |   |   502,479 |      |     |   |   562,023 |      |
| All other fees        |     |   |         — |      |     |   |         — |      |
| Total                 |     | $ | 8,529,224 |      |     | $ | 8,657,302 |      |

(1) Includes required compliance services associated with several of the Company’s lending programs (e.g., Ginnie Mae, Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Uniform Single Attestation Program (USAP) and the Family Education Loan Program) and Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) No. 18 reports for the Company’s cash management and investment management clients, and services provided in conjunction with the Company’s 401k and Pension audits.

(2) Includes aggregate fees billed for tax services, including tax compliance, planning and consulting.

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Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

The following tables indicate information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock by:

• each person