Company: CFG-PE
Filing Date: 2025-07-30
Form Type: 8-A12B
Source: 0001193125-25-169192
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Company: CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP INC/RI
Filing Date: 2025-07-30
Form: 8-A12B
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-A FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

| Delaware                                 |     |                       05-0412693 |
| (State of incorporation or organization) |     | -IRS Employer Identification No. |
| One Citizens Plaza Providence, RI        |     |                            02903 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) |     |                        -Zip Code |

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

| Title of each class                                                                                                                            
 to be so registered                                                                                                                            |     | Name of each exchange on which 
 each class is to be registered |
| Depositary Shares Each Representing a 1/40th Interest in a Share of 6.500% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series I |     | The New York Stock Exchange    |

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box. ☒ If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box. ☐ If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. ☐ Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates: 333-282511 Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Not applicable.

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered. The description of the general terms and provisions of the 6.500% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-CumulativePerpetual Preferred Stock, Series I, with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share (the “Series I Preferred Stock”), of Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (the “Registrant”) as well as the description of the Registrant’s depositary shares (the “Depositary Shares”), each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of the