# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000798941
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-039499
**Filing Date:** 2026-2
**Character Count:** 6098
**Document Hash:** c6670b6119ef70abb44e7f95caf71d12
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-039499.hdr.sgml**: 20260205

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-039499

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-A12B

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260205

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260205

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** FIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES INC /DE/
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000798941
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 561528994
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-A12B
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-16715
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26603445

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 4300 SIX FORKS ROAD
- **CITY:** RALEIGH
- **STATE:** NC
- **ZIP:** 27609
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 919 716 7000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 4300 SIX FORKS ROAD
- **CITY:** RALEIGH
- **STATE:** NC
- **ZIP:** 27609

**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** 

**First Citizens BancShares, Inc.** 

**(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)** 

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| **Delaware** | **56-1528994** |
| **(State or other jurisdiction**<br> **of incorporation or organization)** | **(I.R.S. Employer**<br> **Identification No.)** |

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| **4300 Six Forks Road** | **Raleigh** | **North Carolina** | **27609** |
| **(Address of principal executive offices)** | **(Address of principal executive offices)** | **(Address of principal executive offices)** | **(Zip Code)** |

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

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| **Title of each class**<br> **to be so registered** | **Name of each exchange**<br> **on which each class is to be registered** |
| **Depositary Shares each representing a 1/40th ownership interest in a share of 6.625% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E** | **The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC** |

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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: 333-281553** 

**Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None** 

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**INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT** 

**Item 1. Description of Securities to be Registered.** 

The securities to be registered hereby are the depositary shares (the "Depositary Shares"), each representing a 1/40th ownership interest in a share of 6.625% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E, par value $0.01 per share (the "Series E Preferred Stock"), of First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (the "Company"), with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share of Series E Preferred Stock (equivalent to $25 per Depositary Share). For a description of the Series E Preferred Stock and the Depositary Shares, reference is made to the information set forth under the headings "Description of the Series E Preferred Stock" and "Description of the Depositary Shares" in the Company's prospectus supplement, dated January 29, 2026, to the prospectus, dated August 14, 2024, which constitutes a part of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-281553), filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which information is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

**Item 2. Exhibits.** 

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| **Number** | **Description** |
| 3.1 | [Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, dated April 26, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.01 to the Company's Form 8-K dated May 1, 2023)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798941/000079894123000023/exhibit301.htm). |
| 3.2 | [Certificate of Designation of 6.625% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E, of the Company, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and effective February 5, 2026 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Form 8-K dated February 5, 2026).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798941/000119312526039401/d865801dex41.htm) |
| 3.3 | [Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, dated January 24, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Form 8-K dated January 24, 2023)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798941/000079894123000010/amendedandrestatedbylaws.htm). |
| 4.1 | [Deposit Agreement, dated as of February 5, 2026, among the Company, Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, LLC, as depositary, and the holders from time to time of the depositary receipts described therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Form 8-K dated February 5, 2026).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798941/000119312526039401/d865801dex41.htm) |
| 4.2 | [Form of Depositary Receipt (included as Exhibit A in Exhibit 4.1).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798941/000119312526039401/d865801dex41.htm) |

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**SIGNATURE** 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

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| Date: February 5, 2026 | First Citizens BancShares, Inc. | First Citizens BancShares, Inc. |
|  | By: | /s/ Craig L. Nix |
|  | Name: | Craig L. Nix |
|  | Title: | Chief Financial Officer |

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