8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 25, 2024

LOGO

Financial Group, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-36636

05-0412693

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation )

(Commission

File No.)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

One Citizens Plaza

Providence, RI

02903

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 900-6715

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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


Title of each class	Trading symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, $0.01 par value per share	CFG	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of 6.350% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non- Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series D	CFG PrD	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/40^th interest in a share of 5.000% Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E	CFG PrE	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 8.01

Other Events.

On April 25, 2024, Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”) completed the issuance and sale (the “Offering”) of $750 million aggregate principal amount of 6.645% Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2035 (the “Notes”). The Offering was completed pursuant to the Prospectus, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File Number: 333-260150) (the “Registration Statement”), dated October 8, 2021, as supplemented by a Prospectus Supplement dated April 18, 2024 (the “Prospectus Supplement”) and a free writing prospectus filed on April 18, 2024. In connection with the Offering, the Company entered into an Underwriting Agreement, dated April 18, 2024 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Citizens JMP Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters listed on Schedule I thereto.

The Notes were issued under the Indenture, dated as of October 28, 2015 (the “Base Indenture”), as amended by the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 25, 2024 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee. The Notes will bear interest (i) from and including April 25, 2024 to but excluding April 25, 2034 at a fixed rate of 6.645% per annum and (ii) from and including April 25, 2034 to but excluding April 25, 2035 in accordance with the formula for SOFR described in the Prospectus Supplement plus 2.325%.

The foregoing summary of the terms of the Underwriting Agreement and the Notes does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of (i) the Underwriting Agreement, (ii) the Indenture, and (iii) the form of Notes, which are exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering for general corporate purposes, which may include securities repurchase programs, dividend payments, capital expenditures, working capital, repayment or reduction of long-term and short-term debt, redemption of outstanding long-term debt, short-term debt and preferred equity securities, investing in, or extending credit to, our subsidiaries, and the financing of acquisitions. The Company has not identified the amounts it will spend on any specific purpose.

This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed, in part, for the purpose of filing the documents attached as exhibits hereto as exhibits to the Registration Statement in connection with the issuance of the Notes in the Offering, and such exhibits are hereby incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits


Exhibit Number		Description

1.1		Underwriting Agreement, dated as of April 18, 2024, between the Company, and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Citizens JMP Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters listed on Schedule I thereto

4.1		Base Indenture, dated as of October 28, 2015, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed October 29, 2015)

4.2		Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 25, 2024, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon

4.3		Form of 6.645% Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Note due April 25, 2035 (included in Exhibit 4.2)

5.1		Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

23.1		Consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

By:		/s/ Robin S. Elkowitz
Name:		Robin S. Elkowitz
Title:		Executive Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary

Date: April 25, 2024

SEC Form 8-K filed by Citizens Financial Group Inc.