Company: CFG-PE
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form Type: 424B2
Source: 0001193125-25-032848
Chunk: 84

Company: CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP INC/RI
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form: 424B2
Chunk 84
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 issue preferred stock, make coercive takeover practices and inadequate takeover bids more difficult to execute. These provisions also encourage persons seeking to acquire control of us to first negotiate with our Board. Election and Removal of Directors. The number of directors that will constitute the Board will be fixed from time to time by resolution of our Board, excluding any directors elected by holders of preferred stock pursuant to provisions applicable in the case of certain events involving the non-paymentof dividends. Our Board currently has 13 members. Our restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide that directors may be removed, with or without cause, by an affirmative vote of holders of shares representing a majority of the outstanding shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors. Any vacancy occurring on our Board and any newly created directorship may be filled only by a vote of a majority of the remaining directors in office or by the sole director remaining in office. Limits on Written Consents. Our restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide that stockholder action, other than actions by the holders of one or more classes of Preferred Stock, can be taken only at an annual or special meeting of stockholders and cannot be taken by written consent in lieu of a meeting. Stockholder Meetings. Our restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws also provide that, except as otherwise required by law, special meetings of the stockholders can only be called by the chairman of our Board, our chief executive officer or the Board, pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of our Board, or Citizens’ corporate secretary, upon written request by record stockholders owning at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the voting power of all outstanding shares of Citizens common stock. Amendments to Bylaws and to Charter. The Delaware General Corporation Law generally provides that the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the total voting power of the shares entitled to vote on any matter is required to amend a corporation’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws, unless either a corporation’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws require a greater percentage. Our restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide that we reserve the right to amend our restated certificate of incorporation in any manner permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law and all rights and powers conferred upon stockholders, directors and officers are granted subject to such reservation. Other Limitations on Stockholder Actions. Our amended and restated bylaws also impose some procedural requirements on stockholders who wish to:

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