Company: CFG-PE
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000759944-25-000044
Chunk: 73

Company: CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP INC/RI
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 73
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 the Company's position relative to companies in our peer group with regard to asset size as of December 31, 2024 and total revenue during the 2024 fiscal year.

#### Compensation Consultant
The Compensation and HR Committee retained CAP to provide guidance and advice on compensation-related matters during 2024, including the design of LSAs granted in June 2024 and the modifications to our executive compensation program to incorporate additional structure on the decision-making process. CAP has been directly selected and retained by the Compensation and HR Committee to provide a broad set of services pertaining to the compensation of our executives and our directors. The Compensation and HR Committee does not engage CAP for any additional services outside of executive and director compensation consulting and it is not separately engaged by management for any services. The Compensation and HR Committee conducts an annual assessment of potential conflicts of interest, considering various factors including the six factors mandated by the NYSE rules, and it has not identified any conflicts or risk with respect to independence relating to CAP's services. In addition, management retains AON McLagan to provide market compensation data. Input from CAP and market data provided by AON McLagan are each considered by the Compensation and HR Committee when making executive compensation decisions.

#### 702025 Proxy Statement

#### Compensation Matters

### Insider Trading Policies and Procedures
We maintain an insider trading policy designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules, regulations and applicable listing standards. The policy prohibits directors, officers, employees and consultants, as well as certain family members, others living in the covered person’s household, entities whose transactions in shares of our common stock are subject to his or her influence or control, and the Company itself, from trading in our common stock or other securities (or securities of any other company with which the Company does business) while in possession of material nonpublic information, other than in connection with a Rule 10b5-1 plan adopted in compliance with our insider trading policy. In addition, before any of our directors or executive officers engages in certain transactions involving shares of our common stock, the director or executive officer must obtain pre-clearance from the Control Room and approval of the transaction from the General Counsel, or their nominated delegate.

#### Process for Approval of Equity Grants
In response to Item 402(x)(1) of Regulation S-K, we do not grant awards of stock options, stock appreciation rights, similar option-like instruments or other equity awards in anticipation of the release of material, non-public information, nor do we timethe release of material, non-public information based on