Company: CFG-PE
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000759944-25-000044
Chunk: 37

Company: CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP INC/RI
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 37
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 Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee receives regular reporting on political contributions and other expenditures related to government advocacy, including lobbying activities and support for trade associations and other organizations.

#### 382025 Proxy Statement

#### Corporate Governance Matters

#### Board Engagement

#### Meeting Attendance
Our Board held 11 meetings during 2024.

|                                   |     | 2024 Meetings |     |    |     |                                            |
| Board                             |     |               |     | 11 |     | 42                                         
 Total Board and Committee Meetings in 2024 |
| Audit                             |     |               |     | 12 |     |                                            |
| Compensation & HR                 |     |               |     |  9 |     |                                            |
| Nominating & Corporate Governance |     |               |     |  4 |     |                                            |
| Risk                              |     |               |     |  6 |     |                                            |

Every member attended at least 75% of the Board and committee meetings on which the member sits. All directors are expected to attend our annual meetings, and all of the directors who served during 2024 attended the annual meeting held on April 25, 2024.

#### Shareholder Engagement
It is important to us to maintain an open dialogue with our shareholders and listen to their perspectives. Throughout the year, we interact and communicate with our shareholders and proxy advisory firms in a number of forums, including quarterly earnings presentations, investor conferences, press releases and SEC filings, shareholder dialogue, sustainability reporting, our proxy statement and the annual meeting of shareholders. We also have a structured shareholder outreach program.

| Shareholder Engagement Program |     | Twice a year, we proactively reach out to our largest shareholders to solicit feedback on board governance, executive compensation, sustainability practices and human capital management, and get insight into any other topics that are top of mind for them. We also hold discussions with additional shareholders at their request. The feedback we receive is shared with the Board, and together with ongoing reviews of market and peer practice, is used to continue to implement enhancements to our governance and compensation practices and related disclosure.                                                                                                                               |
| Shareholder Engagement Team    |     | Shareholder engagements typically include representatives from the following areas:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 •Office of the Corporate Secretary                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 •Investor Relations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 •Executive Compensation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
 •Sustainability                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
 Our Lead Independent Director, other independent directors and members of executive management also