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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Quarterly Period Ended
June 30, 2021
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Transition Period From
(Not Applicable)
Commission File Number 001-36636
CFG-20210630_G1.JPG
(Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 05-0412693
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
One Citizens Plaza, Providence, RI 02903
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(401) 456-7000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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
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CFG PrE New York Stock Exchange
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There were 426,083,147 shares of Registrant’s common stock ($0.01 par value) outstanding on July 23, 2021.



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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)
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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
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Item 4. Controls and Procedures
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Part II. Other Information
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Item 1. Legal Proceedings
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Item 1A. Risk Factors
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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
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Item 6. Exhibits
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GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS AND TERMS
    The following is a list of common acronyms and terms we regularly use in our financial reporting:
2020 Form 10-K
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020
AACL Adjusted Allowance for Credit Losses
ACL Allowance for Credit Losses: Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses plus Allowance for Unfunded Lending Commitments
AFS Available for Sale
ALLL Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses
ALM Asset and Liability Management
AOCI Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
ARRC Alternative Reference Rate Committee
ASU Accounting Standards Update
ATM Automated Teller Machine
Board or Board of Directors The Board of Directors of Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
bps Basis Points
Capital Plan Rule Federal Reserve’s Regulation Y Capital Plan Rule
CARES Act Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act
CBNA Citizens Bank, National Association
CCAR Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review
CCB Capital Conservation Buffer
CCMI Citizens Capital Markets, Inc.
CECL Current Expected Credit Losses (ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments)
CET1 Common Equity Tier 1
CET1 capital ratio Common Equity Tier 1 capital divided by total risk-weighted assets as defined under the U.S. Basel III Standardized approach
Citizens, CFG, the Company, we, us, or our Citizens Financial Group, Inc. and its Subsidiaries
CLO Collateralized Loan Obligation
CLTV Combined Loan-to-Value
COVID-19 pandemic Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
CRE Commercial Real Estate
Dodd-Frank Act The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010
Elevated cash Cash above targeted operating levels
EPS Earnings Per Share
EVE Economic Value of Equity
Exchange Act The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Fannie Mae (FNMA) Federal National Mortgage Association
FCA Financial Conduct Authority
FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FHA Federal Housing Administration
FHLB Federal Home Loan Bank
FICO Fair Isaac Corporation (credit rating)
FRB or Federal Reserve Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and, as applicable, Federal Reserve Bank(s)
Freddie Mac (FHLMC) Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
FTE Fully Taxable Equivalent
GAAP Accounting Principles Generally Accepted in the United States of America
GDP Gross Domestic Product
Ginnie Mae (GNMA) Government National Mortgage Association
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GSE Government Sponsored Entity
HSBC HSBC Bank U.S.A., N.A.
HTM Held To Maturity
ICE Intercontinental Exchange
Investors Investors Bancorp, Inc.
Last-of-Layer Last-of-layer is a fair value hedge of the interest rate risk of a portfolio of similar prepayable assets whereby the last dollar amount within the portfolio of assets is identified as the hedged item
LHFS Loans Held for Sale
LIBOR London Interbank Offered Rate
LIHTC Low Income Housing Tax Credit
LTV Loan to Value
MBS Mortgage-Backed Securities
MD&A Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Mid-Atlantic District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia
Midwest Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio
Modified CECL Transition The Day-1 CECL adoption entry booked to retained earnings plus 25% of subsequent CECL ACL reserve build
Modified AACL Transition The Day-1 CECL adoption entry booked to ACL plus 25% of subsequent CECL ACL reserve build
MSRs Mortgage Servicing Rights
NCOs Net charge-offs
New England Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont
NPLs Nonaccrual loans and leases
OCC Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
OCI Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Operating Leverage
Period-over-period percent change in total revenue, less the period-over-period percent change in noninterest expense
Parent Company Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (the Parent Company of Citizens Bank, National Association and other subsidiaries)
PPP Paycheck Protection Program
ROTCE Return on Average Tangible Common Equity
RPA Risk Participation Agreement
RWA Risk-Weighted Assets
SBA United States Small Business Administration
SCB Stress Capital Buffer
SEC United States Securities and Exchange Commission
SOFR Secured Overnight Financing Rate
SVaR Stressed Value at Risk
Tailoring Rules Rules establishing risk-based categories for determining prudential standards for large U.S. and foreign banking organizations, consistent with the Dodd-Frank Act, as amended by the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act
TBAs To-Be-Announced Mortgage Securities
TDR Troubled Debt Restructuring
Tier 1 capital ratio Tier 1 capital, which includes Common Equity Tier 1 capital plus non-cumulative perpetual preferred equity that qualifies as additional tier 1 capital, divided by total risk-weighted assets as defined under the U.S. Basel III Standardized approach
Tier 1 leverage ratio Tier 1 capital, which includes Common Equity Tier 1 capital plus non-cumulative perpetual preferred equity that qualifies as additional tier 1 capital, divided by quarterly adjusted average assets as defined under the U.S. Basel III Standardized approach
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Total capital ratio Total capital, which includes Common Equity Tier 1 capital, tier 1 capital and allowance for credit losses and qualifying subordinated debt that qualifies as tier 2 capital, divided by total risk-weighted assets as defined under the U.S. Basel III Standardized approach
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
VA United States Department of Veterans Affairs
VaR Value at Risk
VIE Variable Interest Entities
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements regarding potential future share repurchases and future dividends as well as the potential effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns on our business, operations, financial performance and prospects, are forward-looking statements. Also, any statement that does not describe historical or current facts is a forward-looking statement. These statements often include the words “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “intends,” “plans,” “goals,” “targets,” “initiatives,” “potentially,” “probably,” “projects,” “outlook,” “guidance” or similar expressions or future conditional verbs such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “would,” and “could.”

Forward-looking statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of management, and on information currently available to management. Our statements speak as of the date hereof, and we do not assume any obligation to update these statements or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those contained in such statements in light of new information or future events. We caution you, therefore, against relying on any of these forward-looking statements. They are neither statements of historical fact nor guarantees or assurances of future performance. While there is no assurance that any list of risks and uncertainties or risk factors is complete, important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include the following, without limitation:
Negative economic and political conditions that adversely affect the general economy, housing prices, the job market, consumer confidence and spending habits which may affect, among other things, the level of nonperforming assets, charge-offs and provision expense;
The rate of growth in the economy and employment levels, as well as general business and economic conditions, and changes in the competitive environment;
Our ability to implement our business strategy, including the cost savings and efficiency components, and achieve our financial performance goals, including through the integration of Investors and the HSBC branches;
The COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns and their effects on the economic and business environments in which we operate;
Our ability to meet heightened supervisory requirements and expectations;
Liabilities and business restrictions resulting from litigation and regulatory investigations;
Our capital and liquidity requirements under regulatory capital standards and our ability to generate capital internally or raise capital on favorable terms;
The effect of changes in interest rates on our net interest income, net interest margin and our mortgage originations, mortgage servicing rights and mortgages held for sale;
Changes in interest rates and market liquidity, as well as the magnitude of such changes, which may reduce interest margins, impact funding sources and affect the ability to originate and distribute financial products in the primary and secondary markets;
The effect of changes in the level of checking or savings account deposits on our funding costs and net interest margin;
Financial services reform and other current, pending or future legislation or regulation that could have a negative effect on our revenue and businesses;
A failure in or breach of our operational or security systems or infrastructure, or those of our third party vendors or other service providers, including as a result of cyber-attacks;
An inability to complete the acquisitions of Investors or the HSBC branches, or changes in the current anticipated timeframe, terms or manner of such acquisitions;
Greater than expected costs or other difficulties related to the integration of our business and that of Investors and the relevant HSBC branches;
The inability to retain existing Investors or HSBC clients and employees following the closings of the Investors and HSBC branch acquisitions;
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The occurrence of any event change or other circumstance that could give rise to the right of one or both parties to terminate (i) the agreement to acquire Investors or (ii) the agreement to acquire branches from HSBC; and
Management’s ability to identify and manage these and other risks.
In addition to the above factors, we also caution that the actual amounts and timing of any future common stock dividends or share repurchases will be subject to various factors, including our capital position, financial performance, risk-weighted assets, capital impacts of strategic initiatives, market conditions and regulatory and accounting considerations, as well as any other factors that our Board of Directors deems relevant in making such a determination. Therefore, there can be no assurance that we will repurchase shares from or pay any dividends to holders of our common stock, or as to the amount of any such repurchases or dividends. Further, statements about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns on our business, operations, financial performance and prospects may constitute forward-looking statements and are subject to the risk that the actual impacts may differ, possibly materially, from what is reflected in those forward-looking statements due to factors and future developments that are uncertain, unpredictable and in many cases beyond our control, including the scope and duration of the pandemic, actions taken by governmental authorities in response to the pandemic, and the direct and indirect impact of the pandemic on our customers, third parties and us. In addition, statements about our net charge-off guidance constitute forward-looking statements and are subject to the risk that the actual charge-offs may differ, possibly materially, from what is reflected in those statements due to, among other potential factors, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the effectiveness of stimulus and forbearance programs in response, changes in economic conditions, and idiosyncratic events affecting our commercial loans. Statements about Citizens’ agreement and plan of merger, dated July 28, 2021 (the “Investors acquisition agreement”) with Investors Bancorp, Inc. and CBNA’s agreement dated May 26, 2021 (“HSBC branch acquisition agreement”) with HSBC to acquire certain branches from HSBC also constitute forward-looking statements and are subject to the risk that actual results could be materially different from those expressed in those statements, including if either of both transactions are not consummated in a timely manner or at all, or if integration is more costly or difficult than expected.
More information about factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in the “Risk Factors” section in Part II, Item 1A of this report and Part I, Item 1A of our 2020 Form 10-K.
INTRODUCTION
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest and largest financial institutions with $185.1 billion in assets as of June 30, 2021. Our mission is to help customers, colleagues and communities each reach their potential by listening to them and understanding their needs in order to offer tailored advice, ideas and solutions. Headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, we offer a broad range of retail and commercial banking products and services to individuals, small businesses, middle-market companies, large corporations and institutions. In Consumer Banking, we provide an integrated experience that includes mobile and online banking, a 24/7 customer contact center as well as the convenience of approximately 3,000 ATMs and 1,000 branches in 11 states in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest regions. Consumer Banking products and services include a full range of banking, lending, savings, wealth management and small business offerings. In Commercial Banking, we offer corporate, institutional and not-for-profit clients a full range of wholesale banking products and services including lending and deposits, capital markets, treasury services, foreign exchange and interest rate products, and asset finance. More information is available at www.citizensbank.com.
On May 26, 2021, CBNA entered into an agreement to acquire 80 East Coast branches and the national online deposit business from HSBC. The acquisition provides an attractive entry into important metro markets and supports our national expansion strategy. Under the agreement, CBNA will acquire approximately $9.0 billion in deposits and approximately $2.2 billion in loans for a 2.0 percent premium paid on deposits at closing. The 80 branch purchase includes 66 locations in the New York City Metro area, 9 locations in the Mid-Atlantic/Washington D.C. area, and 5 locations in Southeast Florida. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2022, subject to customary closing terms and conditions and regulatory approvals.
On July 28, 2021 Citizens entered into a definitive agreement and a plan of merger under which Citizens will acquire Investors for a combination of stock and cash. The acquisition of Investors enhances Citizens’ banking franchise, adding an attractive middle market/small business and consumer customer base while building its physical presence in the northeast with the addition of 154 branches located in the greater New York City and Philadelphia metropolitan areas and across New Jersey. See Note 17 in Item 1 for further information.
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The following MD&A is intended to assist readers in their analysis of the accompanying unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements and supplemental financial information. It should be read in conjunction with the unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to the unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1, as well as other information contained in this document and our 2020 Form 10-K.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This document contains non-GAAP financial measures denoted as “Underlying”, “excluding elevated cash”, “excluding PPP loans”, as well as other results excluding the impact of certain items. Underlying results for any given reporting period exclude certain items that may occur in that period which management does not consider indicative of our on-going financial performance. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to investors because they are used by management to evaluate our operating performance and make day-to-day operating decisions. In addition, we believe our Underlying results or results excluding the impact of certain items in any given reporting period reflect our on-going financial performance and increase comparability of period-to-period results, and useful to consider in addition to our GAAP financial results.
Other companies may use similarly titled non-GAAP financial measures that are calculated differently from the way we calculate such measures. Accordingly, our non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similar measures used by such companies. We caution investors not to place undue reliance on such non-GAAP financial measures, but to consider them with the most directly comparable GAAP measures. Non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for our results reported under GAAP.
Non-GAAP measures are denoted throughout our MD&A by the use of the term Underlying or identified as excluding the impact of certain items and where there is a reference to these metrics in that paragraph, all measures that follow that reference are on the same basis when applicable. For more information on the computation of non-GAAP financial measures, see “—Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Reconciliations.”
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Quarterly Results - Key Highlights
    Second quarter 2021 net income of $648 million increased 156% from $253 million in the second quarter of 2020, with earnings per diluted common share of $1.44, up $0.91 from $0.53 per diluted common share in the second quarter of 2020. Second quarter 2021 ROTCE of 17.5% compared to 6.6% in the second quarter of 2020.
    Second quarter 2021 results reflected $8 million of expenses, net of tax benefit, or $0.02 per diluted common share, from notable items largely tied to TOP 6 transformational and revenue and efficiency initiatives as well as integration costs. Second quarter 2020 results reflected $10 million of expenses, net of tax benefit, or $0.02 per diluted common share, of notable items largely tied to TOP 6 transformational and revenue and efficiency initiatives as well as integration costs. On an Underlying basis, which excludes notable items, second quarter 2021 net income available to common stockholders of $624 million compared with $235 million in the second quarter of 2020. Underlying EPS of $1.46 compared to $0.55 in the second quarter of 2020. Underlying second quarter 2021 ROTCE of 17.7% compared with 6.9% in the second quarter of 2020. Second quarter 2021 tangible book value per common share of $33.95 increased 6% from the second quarter of 2020.
Table 1: Notable Items
Three Months Ended June 30,
2021 2020
(in millions) Noninterest expense Income tax expense Net Income Noninterest expense Income tax expense Net Income
Reported results (GAAP): $991  $183  $648  $979  $54  $253 
Less notable items:
Total integration costs (1) (1) (1) (1)
Other notable items(1)
(2) (7) 17  (8) (9)
Total notable items 11  (3) (8) 19  (9) (10)
Underlying results (non-GAAP) $980  $186  $656  $960  $63  $263 
(1) Other notable items for the second quarter of 2021 and 2020 include noninterest expense of $9 million and $17 million, respectively, related to our TOP 6
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transformational and revenue and efficiency initiatives.

Total revenue of $1.6 billion decreased $141 million, or 8%, from the second quarter of 2020, driven by declines of 18% and 3% in noninterest income and net interest income, respectively.
Net interest income of $1.1 billion decreased 3% compared to the second quarter of 2020 given lower net interest margin, partially offset by 2% growth in interest-earning assets.
Net interest margin of 2.71% decreased 16 basis points compared to 2.87% in the second quarter of 2020, primarily reflecting the impact of a lower rate environment, lower interest-earning asset yields and elevated cash balances given strong deposit flows, partially offset by improved funding mix and deposit pricing.
Net interest margin on a fully taxable-equivalent basis of 2.72% decreased 16 basis points compared to 2.88% in the second quarter of 2020.
Average loans and leases of $123.5 billion decreased $5.3 billion, or 4%, from $128.8 billion in the second quarter of 2020, driven by a $6.8 billion decrease in commercial reflecting line of credit repayments and net payoffs partially offset by a $1.2 billion increase in PPP loans. The overall decrease in commercial was partially offset by a $1.5 billion increase in retail driven by growth in education and residential mortgage, which reflects the exercise of the early buyout option of loans previously sold to GNMA, partially offset by decreases in home equity and other retail given run-off of personal unsecured installment loans.
Average deposits of $150.3 billion increased $8.8 billion, or 6%, from $141.6 billion in the second quarter of 2020, reflecting an increase in demand deposits, money market accounts, savings and checking with interest, partially offset by a decrease in term deposits.
Noninterest income of $485 million decreased $105 million, or 18%, from the second quarter of 2020, driven by a decline in mortgage banking fees, partially offset by higher capital markets fees, trust and investment services fees, services charges and fees, and card fees.
Noninterest expense of $991 million was stable compared to the second quarter of 2020.
On an Underlying basis, noninterest expense of $980 million increased $20 million, or 2%, from the second quarter of 2020, reflecting higher outside services, equipment and software expense and salaries and employee benefits, partially offset by a decrease in other operating expense.
The efficiency ratio of 61.6% compared to 55.9% in the second quarter of 2020.
On an Underlying basis, the efficiency ratio of 60.9% compared to 54.9% in the second quarter of 2020.
Credit provision benefit of $213 million compares with a $464 million credit provision expense in the second quarter of 2020, reflecting strong credit performance across the retail and commercial loan portfolios and improvement in the macroeconomic outlook.
Year to Date and Period End - Key Highlights
Net income of $1.3 billion increased $972 million from the first half of 2020, with earnings per diluted common share of $2.81, up $2.26 from $0.55 per diluted common share in the first half of 2020. ROTCE of 17.3% increased from 3.5% in the first half of 2020. Improved results primarily reflect the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns in the first half of 2020, resulting in a significant ACL reserve build in the first half of 2020.
In the first half of 2021, results reflected $23 million of expenses, net of tax benefit, or $0.06 per diluted common share, from notable items, largely tied to TOP 6 transformational and revenue and efficiency initiatives as well as integration costs. In the first half of 2020, there were $35 million of expenses, net of tax benefit, or $0.09 per diluted common share, from notable items, largely tied to TOP 6 transformational and revenue and efficiency initiatives as well as integration costs.
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Table 2: Notable Items
Six Months Ended June 30,
2021 2020
(in millions) Noninterest expense Income tax expense Net Income Noninterest expense Income tax expense Net Income
Reported results (GAAP) $2,009  $353  $1,259  $1,991  $65  $287 
Less notable items:
Total integration costs (1) (1) (2) (4)
Other notable items (1)
29  (7) (22) 46  (15) (31)
Total notable items 31  (8) (23) 52  (17) (35)
Underlying results (non-GAAP) $1,978  $361  $1,282  $1,939  $82  $322 
(1) For the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, Other notable items include noninterest expense of $29 million and $46 million, respectively, related to our TOP 6 transformational and revenue and efficiency initiatives. Other notable items for the six months ended June 30, 2020 also included a $4 million income tax benefit related to legacy tax matters.
Net income available to common stockholders of $1.2 billion increased $967 million, compared to $237 million in the first half of 2020.
On an Underlying basis, which excludes notable items, first half 2021 net income available to common stockholders of $1.2 billion compared with $272 million in the first half of 2020.
On an Underlying basis, EPS of $2.87 compared to $0.64 in the first half of 2020.
Total revenue of $3.3 billion decreased $139 million, or 4%, from the first half of 2020, driven by declines of 6% and 3% in noninterest income and net interest income, respectively.
Net interest income of $2.2 billion decreased 3% given lower net interest margin, partially offset by 6% growth in interest-earning assets.
Net interest margin of 2.73% decreased 25 basis points from 2.98% in the first half of 2020, primarily reflecting the impact of a lower rate environment, lower interest-earning asset yields and elevated cash balances given strong deposit flows, partially offset by improved funding mix and deposit pricing.
Net interest margin on a FTE basis of 2.74% decreased by 25 basis points, compared to 2.99% in the first half of 2020.
Average loans and leases of $123.2 billion decreased $1.7 billion, or 1%, from $124.9 billion in the first half of 2020, driven by a $2.7 billion decrease in commercial reflecting line of credit repayments and net payoffs, partially offset by a $960 million increase in retail driven by growth in education and residential mortgage, which reflects the exercise of the early buyout option of loans previously sold to GNMA, partially offset by decreases in home equity and other retail given run-off of personal unsecured installment loans.
Period-end loans declined $509 million from the fourth quarter of 2020, reflecting a 3% decline in commercial, partially offset by 2% growth in retail.
Average deposits of $148.5 billion increased $14.4 billion, or 11%, from $134.1 billion in the first half of 2020, reflecting an increase in demand deposits, money market accounts, savings and checking with interest, partially offset by a decrease in term deposits.
Period-end deposit growth of $3.5 billion, or 2%, from the fourth quarter of 2020, reflecting growth in demand deposits, savings and checking with interest, partially offset by a decline in term deposits and money market accounts.
Noninterest income of $1.0 billion decreased $60 million, or 6%, from the first half of 2020, driven by by a decline in mortgage banking fees, partially offset by higher capital markets fees, trust and investment services fees, card fees, and letter of credit and loan fees.
Noninterest expense of $2.0 billion was stable compared to the first half of 2020.
On an Underlying basis, noninterest expense increased 2% from the first half of 2020, reflecting higher outside services, equipment and software expense, and salaries and employee benefits, partially offset by a decrease in other operating expense.
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The efficiency ratio of 61.5% compared to 58.4% for the first half of 2020, and ROTCE of 17.3% compared to 3.5%.
On an Underlying basis, the efficiency ratio of 60.6% compared to 56.9% for the first half of 2020, and ROTCE of 17.7% compared to 4.0%.
Credit provision benefit of $353 million compares with a $1.1 billion credit provision expense for the first half of 2020, reflecting strong credit performance across the retail and commercial loan portfolios and improvement in the macroeconomic outlook.
Tangible book value per common share of $33.95 increased 6% from the first half of 2020. Fully diluted average common shares outstanding was stable over the same period.
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SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
The summary of the Consolidated Operating Data for the for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 and the summary Consolidated Balance Sheet data as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 are derived from our unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements, included in Part I, Item 1. Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for any future period.
Table 3: Summary of Consolidated Operating Data
Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
(dollars in millions, except per share amounts) 2021 2020 2021 2020
OPERATING DATA:
Net interest income $1,124  $1,160  $2,241  $2,320 
Noninterest income 485  590  1,027  1,087 
Total revenue 1,609  1,750  3,268  3,407 
Provision for credit losses (213) 464  (353) 1,064 
Noninterest expense 991  979  2,009  1,991 
Income before income tax expense 831  307  1,612  352 
Income tax expense 183  54  353  65 
Net income $648  $253  $1,259  $287 
Net income available to common stockholders $616  $225  $1,204  $237 
Net income per common share - basic $1.45  $0.53  $2.83  $0.56 
Net income per common share - diluted $1.44  $0.53  $2.81  $0.55 
OTHER OPERATING DATA:
Return on average common equity 11.85  % 4.44  % 11.71  % 2.35  %
Return on average tangible common equity 17.50  6.62  17.34  3.51 
Return on average total assets 1.41  0.57  1.38  0.33 
Return on average total tangible assets 1.46  0.59  1.44  0.35 
Efficiency ratio 61.63  55.91  61.49  58.43 
Operating leverage (9.42) 4.60  (5.02) 0.48 
Net interest margin, FTE(1)
2.72  2.88  2.74  2.99 
Effective income tax rate 21.96  17.69  21.86  18.51 
(1) Net interest margin is presented on a FTE basis using the federal statutory tax rate of 21%.
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Table 4: Summary of Consolidated Balance Sheet data
(dollars in millions) June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
Total assets $185,104  $183,349 
Loans held for sale, at fair value 3,616  3,564 
Other loans held for sale 82  439 
Loans and leases 122,581  123,090 
Allowance for loan and lease losses (1,947) (2,443)
Total securities 27,976  26,847 
Goodwill 7,050  7,050 
Total liabilities 161,905  160,676 
Total deposits 150,636  147,164 
Short-term borrowed funds 62  243 
Long-term borrowed funds 6,957  8,346 
Total stockholders’ equity 23,199  22,673 
OTHER BALANCE SHEET DATA:
Asset Quality Ratios:
Allowance for loan and lease losses to loans and leases 1.59  % 1.98  %
Allowance for credit losses to loans and leases 1.70  2.17 
Allowance for credit losses to loans and leases, excluding the impact of PPP loans(1)
1.75  2.24 
Allowance for loan and lease losses to nonaccruing loans and leases 250  240 
Allowance for credit losses to nonaccruing loans and leases 267  262 
Nonaccruing loans and leases to loans and leases 0.64  0.83 
Capital Ratios:
CET1 capital ratio 10.3  % 10.0  %
Tier 1 capital ratio 11.6  11.3 
Total capital ratio 13.5  13.4 
Tier 1 leverage ratio 9.7  9.4 
(1) For more information on the computation of non-GAAP financial measures, see “—Introduction — Non-GAAP Financial Measures” and “—Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Reconciliations.”


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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Net Interest Income
Net interest income is our largest source of revenue. It is the difference between the interest earned on interest-earning assets, generally loans, leases and investment securities, and the interest expense incurred in connection with interest-bearing liabilities, generally deposits and borrowed funds. The level of net interest income is primarily a function of the difference between the effective yield on our average interest-earning assets and the effective cost of our interest-bearing liabilities. These factors are influenced by the pricing and mix of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities which, in turn, are impacted by external factors such as local economic conditions, competition for loans and deposits, the monetary policy of the FRB and market interest rates. For further discussion, refer to “—Market Risk — Non-Trading Risk,” and “—Risk Governance” as described in our 2020 Form 10-K.
The following table presents a five quarter trend of our Net interest margin, FTE and Net interest income:
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Second quarter 2021 versus first quarter 2021: Net interest income of $1.1 billion was up 1% given interest-earning asset growth, higher day count and improved funding mix, partially offset by lower net interest margin. Net interest margin on a FTE basis of 2.72% was down 4 basis points, reflecting lower earning asset yields, partially offset by improved funding mix and deposit pricing. Interest-bearing deposit costs of 0.16% decreased 4 basis points.
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Table 5: Major Components of Net Interest Income, Quarter-to-Date
Three Months Ended June 30,
2021 2020
Change
(dollars in millions)
Average
Balances
Income/
Expense
Yields/
Rates
Average
Balances
Income/
Expense
Yields/
Rates
Average
Balances
Yields/
Rates (bps)
Assets
Interest-bearing cash and due from banks and deposits in banks $11,259  $3  0.12  % $5,231  $1  0.09  % $6,028  3 bps
Taxable investment securities 27,597  124  1.80  25,180  130  2.15  2,417  (35)
Non-taxable investment securities —  2.60  —  2.60  (1)
Total investment securities 27,600  124  1.80  25,184  130  2.15  2,416  (35)
Commercial and industrial 44,388  345  3.08  50,443  412  3.23  (6,055) (15)
Commercial real estate 14,473  95  2.58  14,540  106  2.87  (67) (29)
Leases 1,792  12  2.76  2,426  16  2.75  (634) 1
Total commercial loans and leases 60,653  452  2.96  67,409  534  3.14  (6,756) (18)
Residential mortgages 20,242  154  3.04  18,872  150  3.19  1,370  (15)
Home equity 11,825  92  3.13  12,736  111  3.50  (911) (37)
Automobile 12,526  125  4.00  11,998  129  4.33  528  (33)
Education 12,632  135  4.26  11,183  145  5.21  1,449  (95)
Other retail 5,612  100  7.13  6,557  123  7.52  (945) (39)
Total retail loans 62,837  606  3.86  61,346  658  4.31  1,491  (45)
Total loans and leases 123,490  1,058  3.42  128,755  1,192  3.69  (5,265) (27)
Loans held for sale, at fair value 3,751  24  2.55  2,710  20  2.85  1,041  (30)
Other loans held for sale 233  2.99  510  4.66  (277) (167)
Interest-earning assets 166,333  1,211  2.90  162,390  1,350  3.33  3,943  (43)
Noninterest-earning assets 18,123  17,403  720 
Total assets $184,456  $179,793  $4,663 
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Checking with interest $27,278  $5  0.08  % $26,312  $11  0.17  % $966  (9)
Money market accounts 49,394  21  0.17  45,187  39  0.35  4,207  (18)
Regular savings 20,077  0.10  15,883  15  0.39  4,194  (29)
Term deposits 6,970  11  0.61  16,470  59  1.44  (9,500) (83)
Total interest-bearing deposits 103,719  42  0.16  103,852  124  0.48  (133) (32)
Short-term borrowed funds 69  —  0.87  222  —  0.29  (153) 58
Long-term borrowed funds 7,434  45  2.41  11,755  66  2.22  (4,321) 19
Total borrowed funds 7,503  45  2.40  11,977  66  2.18  (4,474) 22
Total interest-bearing liabilities 111,222  87  0.31  115,829  190  0.66  (4,607) (35)
Demand deposits 46,630  37,745  8,885 
Other liabilities 3,741  4,086  (345)
Total liabilities 161,593  157,660  3,933 
Stockholders’ equity 22,863  22,133  730 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $184,456  $179,793  $4,663 
Interest rate spread 2.59  % 2.67  % (8)
Net interest income and net interest margin $1,124  2.71  % $1,160  2.87  % (16)
Net interest income and net interest margin, FTE(1)
$1,126  2.72  % $1,163  2.88  % (16)
Memo: Total deposits (interest-bearing and demand) $150,349  $42  0.11  % $141,597  $124  0.35  % $8,752  (24) bps
(1) Net interest income and net interest margin is presented on a FTE basis using the federal statutory tax rate of 21%. The FTE impact is predominantly attributable to commercial and industrial loans for the periods presented.
Second quarter 2021 vs second quarter 2020: Net interest income of $1.1 billion decreased 3% from the second quarter of 2020 given lower net interest margin, partially offset by 2% growth in interest-earning assets.
    Net interest margin on a FTE basis of 2.72% decreased 16 basis points compared to 2.88% in the second quarter of 2020, primarily reflecting the impact of a lower rate environment, lower interest-earning asset yields and elevated cash balances given strong deposit flows, partially offset by improved funding mix and deposit pricing. Interest-bearing deposit costs decreased 32 basis points. Average interest-earning asset yields of 2.90% decreased 43 basis points from 3.33% in the second quarter of 2020, while average interest-bearing liability costs of 0.31% decreased 35 basis points from 0.66% in the second quarter of 2020.
    Average interest-earning assets of $166.3 billion increased $3.9 billion, or 2%, from the second quarter of 2020, driven by a $6.0 billion increase in cash held in interest-bearing deposits, and a $2.4 billion increase in
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investments. Loans and loans held for sale decreased $4.5 billion, or 3%, with a $6.8 billion decrease in average commercial loans and leases reflecting line of credit repayments and net payoffs, partially offset by $4.6 billion of PPP loans. Retail loans increased $1.5 billion driven by growth in education, residential mortgage, and automobile, partially offset by decreases in home equity and other retail given planned run-off of personal unsecured installment loans. Loans held for sale increased $764 million reflecting mortgage originations.
    Average deposits of $150.3 billion increased $8.8 billion, or 6%, from the second quarter of 2020, reflecting an increase in demand deposits, money market accounts, savings, and checking with interest, partially offset by a decrease in term deposits. Average total borrowed funds of $7.5 billion decreased $4.5 billion from the second quarter of 2020, as strong customer deposit inflows allowed for significantly lower levels of FHLB advances and the pay down of senior debt and short-term borrowings. Total borrowed funds costs of $45 million decreased $21 million from the second quarter of 2020. The total borrowed funds cost of 2.40% increased 22 basis points from 2.18% in the second quarter of 2020.
Table 6: Major Components of Net Interest Income, Year-to-Date
Six Months Ended June 30,
2021 2020
Change
(dollars in millions)
Average
Balances
Income/
Expense
Yields/
Rates
Average
Balances
Income/
Expense
Yields/
Rates
Average
Balances
Yields/
Rates (bps)
Assets:
Interest-bearing cash and due from banks and deposits in banks $11,061  $6  0.11  % $3,545  $6  0.36  % $7,516  (25) bps
Taxable investment securities 27,316  252  1.84  25,259  277  2.24  2,057  (40)
Non-taxable investment securities —  2.60  —  2.60  (1)
Total investment securities 27,319  252  1.84  25,263  277  2.24  2,056  (40)
Commercial and industrial 44,338  692  3.10  46,797  829  3.50  (2,459) (40)
Commercial real estate 14,574  189  2.58  14,208  245  3.40  366  (82)
Leases 1,852  25  2.73  2,454  34  2.79  (602) (6)
Total commercial loans and leases 60,764  906  2.97  63,459  1,108  3.45  (2,695) (48)
Residential mortgages 19,817  302  3.05  18,869  314  3.33  948  (28)
Home equity 11,912  187  3.16  12,889  263  4.10  (977) (94)
Automobile 12,378  250  4.07  12,085  260  4.33  293  (26)
Education 12,534  269  4.32  10,897  294  5.42  1,637  (110)
Other retail 5,765  205  7.19  6,706  255  7.65  (941) (46)
Total retail loans 62,406  1,213  3.91  61,446  1,386  4.53  960  (62)
Total loans and leases 123,170  2,119  3.44  124,905  2,494  3.98  (1,735) (54)
Loans held for sale, at fair value 3,535  42  2.40  2,300  35  3.03  1,235  (63)
Other loans held for sale 348  4.48  655  16  4.45  (307) 3
Interest-earning assets 165,433  2,427  2.94  156,668  2,828  3.61  8,765  (67)
Noninterest-earning assets 18,085  16,817  1,268 
Total assets $183,518  $173,485  $10,033 
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity:
Checking with interest $26,700  $11  0.09  % $25,462  $48  0.38  % $1,238  (29)
Money market accounts 49,465  43  0.17  42,513  132  0.63  6,952  (46)
Regular savings 19,348  10  0.10  15,042  33  0.44  4,306  (34)
Term deposits 7,767  28  0.73  17,543  138  1.58  (9,776) (85)
Total interest-bearing deposits 103,280  92  0.18  100,560  351  0.70  2,720  (52)
Short-term borrowed funds 109  —  0.59  433  0.64  (324) (5)
Long-term borrowed funds 7,882  94  2.38  12,906  156  2.40  (5,024) (2)
Total borrowed funds 7,991  94  2.36  13,339  157  2.35  (5,348) 1
Total interest-bearing liabilities 111,271  186  0.34  113,899  508  0.90  (2,628) (56)
Demand deposits 45,230  33,553  11,677 
Other liabilities 4,297  4,070  227 
Total liabilities 160,798  151,522  9,276 
Stockholders’ equity 22,720  21,963  757 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $183,518  $173,485  $10,033 
Interest rate spread 2.60  % 2.71  % (11)
Net interest income and net interest margin $2,241  2.73  % $2,320  2.98  % (25)
Net interest income and net interest margin, FTE(1)
$2,246  2.74  % $2,327  2.99  % (25)
Memo: Total deposits (interest-bearing and demand) $148,510  $92  0.12  % $134,113  $351  0.53  % $14,397  (41) bps
(1) Net interest income and net interest margin is presented on a FTE basis using the federal statutory tax rate of 21%. The FTE impact is predominantly attributable to commercial and industrial loans for the periods presented.
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First half 2021 versus first half of 2020: Net interest income of $2.2 billion decreased 3% from the first half of 2020, with 6% growth in interest-earning assets, including the addition of PPP loans, which was more than offset by lower net interest margin.
Net interest margin on a FTE basis of 2.74% decreased 25 basis points compared to 2.99% in the first half of 2020, primarily reflecting the impact of a lower rate environment, lower interest-earning asset yields, and elevated cash balances given strong deposit flows, partially offset by improved funding mix and deposit pricing. Average interest-earning asset yields of 2.94% decreased 67 basis points from 3.61% in the first half of 2020, while average interest-bearing liability costs of 0.34% decreased 56 basis points from 0.90% in the first half of 2020.
Average interest-earning assets of $165.4 billion increased $8.8 billion, or 6%, from the first half of 2020, as increased liquidity allowed for a $5.3 billion, or 40%, decrease in borrowed funds, and drove a $7.5 billion increase in cash held in interest-bearing deposits, and a $2.1 billion, or 8%, increase in investments. Results also reflected a $807 million, or 1%, decrease in average loans and leases and LHFS with a $2.7 billion decrease in average commercial loans and leases reflecting line of credit and repayments and net payoffs, partially offset by $4.70 billion of PPP loans. Furthermore, average retail loans increased $960 million, driven by growth in education and residential mortgage, partially offset by decreases in home equity and other retail given run-off of personal unsecured installment loans. Loans held for sale increased $928 million, reflecting mortgage originations.
Average deposits of $148.5 billion increased $14.4 billion, or 11%, from the first half of 2020, reflecting growth in demand deposits, money market accounts, savings and checking with interest, partially offset by a decline in term deposits. Average total borrowed funds of $8.0 billion decreased $5.3 billion from the first half of 2020, as strong customer deposit inflows allowed for significantly lower levels of FHLB advances and the pay down of senior debt and short-term borrowings. Total borrowed funds costs of $94 million decreased $63 million from the first half of 2020. The total borrowed funds cost of 2.36% increased 1 basis point from 2.35% in the first half of 2020.
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Noninterest Income

The following table presents a five quarter trend of our noninterest income:
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Second quarter 2021 versus first quarter 2021: Noninterest income of $485 million was down 11%, reflecting lower mortgage banking fees given lower gain-on-sale margins as well as lower mortgage servicing rights hedging results. These decreases were partially offset by higher card fees, capital markets fees, and trust and investment services fees.
Table 7: Noninterest Income
Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions) 2021 2020 Change Percent 2021 2020 Change Percent
Mortgage banking fees $85  $276  ($191) (69  %) $250  $435  ($185) (43  %)
Service charges and fees 100  84  16  19  199  202  (3) (1)
Capital markets fees 91  61  30  49  172  104  68  65 
Card fees 64  48  16  33  119  104  15  14 
Trust and investment services fees 60  45  15  33  118  98  20  20 
Letter of credit and loan fees 38  31  23  76  65  11  17 
Foreign exchange and interest rate products 28  34  (6) (18) 56  58  (2) (3)
Securities gains, net —  —  100 
Other income (1)
16  100  31  18  13  72 
Noninterest income $485  $590  ($105) (18  %) $1,027  $1,087  ($60) (6  %)
(1) Includes bank-owned life insurance income and other miscellaneous income for all periods presented.

Second quarter 2021 versus second quarter 2020: Noninterest income decreased $105 million, or 18% from the second quarter of 2020. Results reflected lower mortgage banking fees and foreign exchange and interest rate products revenue partially offset by improved capital markets fees, service charges and fees, card fees, trust and investment services fees, and letter of credit and loan fees.
Lower mortgage banking fees were driven by lower gain-on-sale margins despite higher origination volumes.
Lower foreign exchange and interest rate products revenue reflects lower client interest rate hedging activity partly offset by strong client foreign exchange and commodities hedging results.
Improved capital markets fees reflects higher loan syndication and mergers and acquisition advisory fees.
Higher card fees reflect increased debit and credit card volumes given the economic recovery.
Higher trust and investment services fees reflect an increase in assets under management from higher equity market levels and strong inflows, as well as higher annuity sales.
First half 2021 versus first half 2020: Noninterest income decreased $60 million, or 6%, from the first half of 2020. Results reflected lower mortgage banking fees partially offset by improved capital markets fees, trust and investment fees, letter of credit and loan fees, and card fees.
Lower mortgage banking fees reflected lower gain-on-sale margins given increased industry capacity and
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heightened competition as well as lower mortgage servicing rights hedging results.
Higher loan syndication, underwriting, and mergers and acquisition advisory fees drove improvement in capital markets fees.
Higher trust and investment services fees reflected an increase in assets under management from higher equity market levels and strong inflows.
Increased letter of credit and loan fees reflected higher commitment fees.
Noninterest Expense
    The following table presents a five quarter trend of our noninterest expense:
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Second quarter 2021 versus first quarter 2021: Noninterest expense of $991 million decreased 3% and included the impact of notable items. On an Underlying basis, noninterest expense of $980 million was down 2%, reflecting seasonally lower salaries and employee benefits, along with strong expense discipline.
Table 8: Noninterest Expense
Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions) 2021 2020 Change Percent 2021 2020 Change Percent
Salaries and employee benefits $524  $513  $11  % $1,072  $1,062  $10  %
Equipment and software 155  142  13  307  275  32  12 
Outside services 137  131  276  266  10 
Occupancy 82  82  —  —  170  166 
Other operating expense 93  111  (18) (16) 184  222  (38) (17)
Noninterest expense $991  $979  $12  % $2,009  $1,991  $18  %
Second quarter 2021 versus second quarter 2020: Noninterest expense increased $12 million, or 1%, and underlying noninterest expense of $980 million increased 2% compared to the second quarter of 2020. Higher equipment and software, salaries and employee benefits, and outside services were partially offset by lower other operating expense.
Higher equipment and software expense reflected increased technology spend.
Salaries and employee benefits increased, reflecting higher revenue-based compensation.
Higher outside services were largely tied to growth initiatives.
First half 2021 versus first half 2020: Noninterest expense increased $18 million, or 1%, from the first half of 2020, largely reflecting higher equipment and software expense, salaries and employee benefits and outside services partially offset by lower other operating expense due to the reasons stated above. Underlying noninterest expense of $2.0 billion increased $39 million, or 2%, as a result of the items stated above.
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Provision for Credit Losses
The following table presents a five quarter trend of our provision for credit losses, net charge-offs and net charge-off ratio:
            
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The provision for credit losses is the result of a detailed analysis performed to estimate our ACL. The total provision for credit losses includes the provision for loan and lease losses and the provision for unfunded commitments. Refer to “—Analysis of Financial Condition — Allowance for Credit Losses and Nonaccruing Loans and Leases” for more information.
Second quarter 2021 versus first quarter 2021: In the second quarter of 2021, strong credit performance across the retail and commercial loan portfolios and improvement in the macroeconomic outlook resulted in a credit provision benefit of $213 million. This compared to a credit provision benefit of $140 million in the first quarter of 2021.
Second quarter 2021 versus second quarter 2020: The credit provision benefit was $213 million in the second quarter of 2021, compared with a $464 million credit provision expense in the second quarter of 2020. The credit provision expense in 2020 reflects the adverse impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns, while the credit provision benefit in 2021 reflects strong credit performance and improving macroeconomic outlook.
First half 2021 versus first half 2020: The credit provision benefit was $353 million in the first half of 2021. This compared to a credit provision expense of $1.1 billion in the first half of 2020, which reflected the adverse impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns.
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Income Tax Expense
The following table presents a five quarter trend of our income tax expense and effective income tax rate:
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Second quarter 2021 versus second quarter 2020: Income tax expense increased $129 million from the second quarter of 2020 due to increased taxable income. The effective income tax rate increased to 22.0% from 17.7% in the second quarter of 2020, driven by the decreased benefit of tax advantaged investments on higher pre-tax income.
First half 2021 versus first half 2020: Income tax expense for the first half of 2021 was $353 million compared to $65 million in the first half of 2020. Income tax expense increased $288 million from the first half of 2020 due to increased taxable income. The effective income tax rate increased to 21.9% from 18.5% in the first half of 2020 driven by the decreased benefit of tax advantaged investment on higher pre-tax income.
Business Operating Segments
We have two business operating segments: Consumer Banking and Commercial Banking. Segment results are derived by specifically attributing managed assets, liabilities, capital and related revenues, provision for credit losses, which, at the segment level, is equal to net charge-offs, and other expenses. Non-segment operations are classified as Other, which includes assets, liabilities, capital, revenues, provision for credit losses, expenses and income tax expense not attributed to our Consumer or Commercial Banking segments as well as treasury and community development. In addition, Other includes goodwill not directly allocated to a business operating segment and any associated goodwill impairment charges. For impairment testing purposes, we allocate all goodwill to our Consumer Banking and/or Commercial Banking reporting units. There have been no significant changes in our methodologies used to allocate items to our business operating segments as described in “—Results of Operations — Business Operating Segments” in our 2020 Form 10-K.
The following table presents certain financial data of our business operating segments. Total business operating segment financial results differ from total consolidated financial results. These differences are reflected in Other non-segment operations. See Note 16 in Item 1 for further information.
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Table 9: Selected Financial Data for Business Operating Segments, Quarter-to-Date
Consumer Banking Commercial Banking
Three Months Ended June 30, Three Months Ended June 30,
(dollars in millions) 2021 2020 2021 2020
Net interest income $897  $814  $419  $419 
Noninterest income 283  428  178  144 
Total revenue 1,180  1,242  597  563 
Noninterest expense 751  735  226  213 
Profit before credit losses 429  507  371  350 
Net charge-offs 45  80  34  70 
Income before income tax expense 384  427  337  280 
Income tax expense 98  107  72  59 
Net income $286  $320  $265  $221 
Average Balances:
Total assets $75,600  $71,634  $57,527  $65,280 
Total loans and leases(1)(2)
71,389  68,205  54,758  62,011 
Deposits 100,933  91,648  44,049  41,750 
Interest-earning assets 72,308  68,256  55,143  62,422 
(1) Includes LHFS.
(2) The majority of PPP loans are reflected in Consumer Banking in accordance with how they are managed.
Consumer Banking
Net interest income increased $83 million, or 10%, from the second quarter of 2020, driven by the benefit of a $3.2 billion increase in average loans led by education, residential mortgage, automobile, and the impact of the PPP loan program. In addition, a $9.3 billion increase in average deposits driven by government stimulus programs also contributed to higher net interest income. Noninterest income decreased $145 million, or 34%, from the second quarter of 2020, driven by lower mortgage banking fees as increased industry capacity and heightened competition resulted in lower gain-on-sale margins, partially offset by recovery in service charges and fees, card fees, and trust and investment services fees, reflecting an increase in assets under management from higher equity market levels as well as higher annuity sales. Noninterest expense increased $16 million, or 2%, from the second quarter of 2020, as higher revenue-based compensation drove increased salaries and employee benefits expense. Higher outside services and equipment and software expense was driven by growth initiatives and increased technology spend. Net charge-offs of $45 million decreased $35 million, or 44%, driven by the impact of government stimulus and forbearance programs, as well as strong collateral values in residential real estate and automobile.
    Commercial Banking
    Net interest income of $419 million was flat to the second quarter of 2020. Noninterest income of $178 million increased $34 million, or 24%, from $144 million in the second quarter of 2020, driven by an increase in capital markets fees from higher loan syndication fees and mergers and acquisition advisory fees, as well as an increase in letter of credit and loan fees from higher commitment fees. Noninterest expense of $226 million increased $13 million, or 6%, from $213 million in the second quarter of 2020, largely tied to increased technology spend as well as higher salaries and employee benefits. Net charge-offs of $34 million decreased $36 million from the second quarter of 2020, which was a result of stabilization from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns.
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Table 10: Selected Financial Data for Business Operating Segments, Year-to-Date
Consumer Banking Commercial Banking
Six Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
(dollars in millions) 2021 2020 2021 2020
Net interest income $1,760  $1,607  $840  $784 
Noninterest income 634  785  348  269 
Total revenue 2,394  2,392  1,188  1,053 
Noninterest expense 1,501  1,473  453  434 
Profit before credit losses 893  919  735  619 
Net charge-offs 104  177  135  113 
Income before income tax expense 789  742  600  506 
Income tax expense 201  186  124  106 
Net income $588  $556  $476  $400 
Average Balances:
Total assets $75,443  $70,024  $57,632  $62,142 
Total loans and leases(1)(2)
70,792  66,774  54,786  59,283 
Deposits 99,067  88,438  44,012  37,647 
Interest-earning assets 71,725  66,825  55,159  59,719 
(1) Includes LHFS.
(2) The majority of PPP loans are reflected in Consumer Banking in accordance with how they are managed.
Consumer Banking
Net interest income of $1.8 billion increased $153 million, or 10%, from the first half of 2020, driven by the benefit of loan and deposit growth. Average loans grew $4.0 billion led by education, residential mortgage, and the impact of the PPP loan program. Deposits grew $11 billion, or 12%, driven by government stimulus programs. Noninterest income decreased $151 million, or 19%, from the first half of 2020, driven by lower mortgage banking fees as increased industry capacity and heightened competition resulted in lower gain-on-sale margins. This decrease was partially offset by higher trust and investment services fees driven by higher assets under management from higher equity market levels. In addition to higher card fee driven by higher debit and credit card volumes driven by the economic recovery. Noninterest expense increased $28 million, or 2%, from the first half of 2020, reflecting higher salaries and employee benefits tied to higher revenue-based compensation, combined with higher equipment and software expense and outside services expense resulting from increased technology spend and growth initiatives. This increase was partially offset by lower other operating expense related to lower travel. Net charge-offs of $104 million decreased $73 million, or 41%, driven by the impact of government stimulus and forbearance programs, as well as strong collateral values in residential real estate and automobile.
Commercial Banking
Net interest income of $840 million increased $56 million, or 7%, from $784 million in the first half of 2020, driven by higher deposit volumes reflecting improved funding mix and deposit pricing. Noninterest income of $348 million increased $79 million, or 29%, from $269 million in the first half of 2020, driven by strength in capital markets fees due to higher loan syndication fees, mergers and acquisition advisory fees, and letter of credit and loan fees, reflecting higher commitment fees. Noninterest expense of $453 million increased $19 million, or 4%, from $434 million in the first half of 2020, largely tied to growth initiatives and increased technology spend. Net charge-offs of $135 million increased $22 million, or 19%, from the first half of 2020, primarily driven by COVID-19-related charge-offs in CRE.
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ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
Securities
Table 11: Amortized Cost and Fair Value of AFS and HTM Securities
June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
(in millions) Amortized
Cost
Fair Value Amortized
Cost
Fair Value
U.S. Treasury and other $11  $11  $11  $11 
State and political subdivisions
Mortgage-backed securities, at fair value:
Federal agencies and U.S. government sponsored entities 23,960  24,112  21,954  22,506 
Other/non-agency 267  280  396  422 
Total mortgage-backed securities, at fair value 24,227  24,392  22,350  22,928 
Collateralized loan obligations, at fair value 177  177  —  — 
   Total debt securities available for sale, at fair value $24,418  $24,583  $22,364  $22,942 
Mortgage-backed securities, at cost:
Federal agencies and U.S. government sponsored entities $1,887  $1,964  $2,342  $2,464 
Total mortgage-backed securities, at cost 1,887  1,964  2,342  2,464 
Asset-backed securities, at cost 824  826  893  893 
   Total debt securities held to maturity $2,711  $2,790  $3,235  $3,357 
   Total debt securities available for sale and held to maturity
$27,129  $27,373  $25,599  $26,299 
Equity securities, at cost $602  $602  $604  $604 
Equity securities, at fair value 80  80  66  66 
Our securities portfolio is managed to maintain prudent levels of liquidity, credit quality and market risk while achieving appropriate returns that align with our overall portfolio management strategy. The portfolio primarily includes high quality, highly liquid investments reflecting our ongoing commitment to maintain appropriate contingent liquidity levels and pledging capacity. U.S. government-guaranteed notes and GSE-issued mortgage-backed securities represent 95% of the fair value of our debt securities portfolio holdings. Holdings backed by mortgages dominate our portfolio and facilitate our ability to pledge those securities to the FHLB for collateral purposes. For further discussion of the liquidity coverage ratios, see “Regulation and Supervision — Liquidity Requirements” in our 2020 Form 10-K.
The fair value of the AFS debt securities portfolio of $24.6 billion at June 30, 2021 increased $1.6 billion from $22.9 billion at December 31, 2020, including $2.0 billion in new investments, offset by a $413 million reduction in unrealized gains driven by a steepening yield curve. The decline in the fair value of the HTM debt securities portfolio of $567 million was primarily attributable to portfolio run-off. For further information, see Note 2.
As of June 30, 2021, the portfolio’s average effective duration was 3.6 years compared with 2.7 years as of December 31, 2020, as higher long-term rates drove a decrease in both actual and projected securities prepayment speeds. We manage our securities portfolio duration and convexity risk through asset selection and securities structure, and maintain duration levels within our risk appetite in the context of the broader interest rate risk framework and limits.
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Loans and Leases    
Table 12: Composition of Loans and Leases, Excluding LHFS
(in millions) June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020 Change  Percent
Commercial and industrial (1)
$42,842  $44,173  ($1,331) (3) %
Commercial real estate 14,412  14,652  (240) (2)
Leases 1,829  1,968  (139) (7)
Total commercial 59,083  60,793  (1,710) (3)
Residential mortgages (2)
20,538  19,539  999 
Home equity 11,841  12,149  (308) (3)
Automobile 12,780  12,153  627 
Education 12,800  12,308  492 
Other retail 5,539  6,148  (609) (10)
Total retail 63,498  62,297  1,201 
Total loans and leases $122,581  $123,090  ($509) —  %
(1) Includes PPP loans fully guaranteed by the SBA of $3.5 billion at June 30, 2021 and $4.2 billion at December 31, 2020.
(2) Includes fully or partially guaranteed FHA, VA and USDA loans of $1.4 billion at June 30, 2021 and $249 million at December 31, 2020, including loans acquired through an exercise of the GNMA early buyout option.
Total loans and leases decreased $509 million from $123.1 billion as of December 31, 2020, reflecting a $1.7 billion decrease in commercial and a $1.2 billion increase in retail.
Allowance for Credit Losses and Nonaccruing Loans and Leases
The ACL is created through charges to the provision for credit losses in order to provide appropriate reserves to absorb estimated future credit losses in accordance with GAAP. For additional information regarding the ACL, see Note 4 of this report, and “Critical Accounting Estimates” and Note 5 in the Company’s 2020 Form 10-K.
The ACL of $2.1 billion as of June 30, 2021 compared with the ACL of $2.7 billion as of December 31, 2020, reflecting a reserve release of $589 million. For further information, see Note 4.
Table 13: ACL and Related Coverage Ratios by Portfolio
June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
(in millions) Loans and Leases Allowance Coverage Loans and Leases Allowance Coverage
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses
Commercial and industrial $42,842  $674  1.57  % $44,173  $821  1.86  %
Commercial real estate 14,412  218  1.51  14,652  360  2.46 
Leases 1,829  61  3.36  1,968  52  2.67 
Total commercial 59,083  953  1.61  60,793  1,233  2.03 
Residential mortgages 20,538  140  0.68  19,539  141  0.72 
Home equity 11,841  102  0.86  12,149  134  1.10 
Automobile 12,780  168  1.31  12,153  200  1.65 
Education 12,800  322  2.51  12,308  361  2.93 
Other retail 5,539  262  4.74  6,148  374  6.07 
Total retail 63,498  994  1.57  62,297  1,210  1.94 
Total loans and leases $122,581  $1,947  1.59  % $123,090  $2,443  1.98  %
Allowance for Unfunded Lending Commitments
Commercial(1)
$121  1.82  % $186  2.33  %
Retail(2)
13  1.59  41  2.01 
     Total allowance for unfunded lending commitments 134  227 
Allowance for credit losses(3)
$122,581  $2,081  1.70  % $123,090  $2,670  2.17  %
(1) Coverage ratio includes total commercial allowance for unfunded lending commitments and total commercial allowance for loan and lease losses in the numerator and total commercial loans and leases in the denominator.
(2) Coverage ratio includes total retail allowance for unfunded lending commitments and total retail allowance for loan losses in the numerator and total retail loans in the denominator.
(3) Excluding the impact of PPP loans, the ACL Coverage Ratio would have been 1.75% and 2.24% for June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. For more information on the computation of non-GAAP financial measures, see “—Introduction — Non-GAAP Financial Measures” and “—Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Reconciliations.”
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Table 14: Nonaccrual Loans and Leases
(dollars in millions) June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020 Change Percent
Commercial and industrial $163  $280  ($117) (42  %)
Commercial real estate 102  176  (74) (42)
Leases (1) (50)
Total commercial loans and leases 266  458  (192) (42)
Residential mortgages(1)
174  167 
Home equity 234  276  (42) (15)
Automobile 62  72  (10) (14)
Education 21  18  17 
Other retail 22  28  (6) (21)
Total retail loans 513  561  (48) (9)
Nonaccrual loans and leases $779  $1,019  ($240) (24  %)
Nonaccrual loans and leases to total loans and leases 0.64  % 0.83  % (19   bps)
Allowance for loan and lease losses to nonaccruing loans and leases 250  240  10  %
Allowance for credit losses to nonaccruing loans and leases 267  262  %
(1) Loans fully or partially guaranteed by the FHA, VA and USDA are classified as accruing.
NPLs of $779 million as of June 30, 2021 decreased $240 million, or 24%, from December 31, 2020, reflecting a $192 million decrease in commercial and a $48 million decrease in retail. Commercial NPLs decreased through loan sale activity, repayments and charge-offs.
Table 15: Net Charge-offs and Charge-Off Ratios, Quarter-to-Date
Three Months Ended June 30, Three Months Ended June 30,
(dollars in millions) 2021 2020 Change 2021 2020 Change
Commercial and industrial $28  $65  ($37) 0.25  % 0.52  % (27   bps)
Commercial real estate —  —  —  —  —  — 
Leases 13  2.97  1.03  194 
Total commercial 41  71  (30) 0.27  0.42  (15)
Residential mortgages (1) (2) (0.03) 0.02  (5)
Home equity (10) (2) (8) (0.33) (0.05) (28)
Automobile (2) 20  (22) (0.04) 0.68  (72)
Education 13  10  0.40  0.34 
Other retail 37  47  (10) 2.63  2.93  (30)
Total retail loans 37  76  (39) 0.24  0.50  (26)
Total net charge-offs $78  $147  ($69) 0.25  % 0.46  % (21   bps)
Second quarter 2021 NCOs of $78 million decreased $69 million, or 47%, from $147 million in the second quarter of 2020, driven by a decrease in total commercial of $30 million and a $39 million reduction in retail. Second quarter 2021 annualized net charge-offs of 0.25% of average loans and leases were down 21 basis points from the second quarter of 2020.
The decrease in commercial NCOs in the second quarter of 2021 as compared to the second quarter of 2020 were a result of stabilization from effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns. Retail NCOs were down in the second quarter of 2021 as compared to the second quarter of 2020 primarily due to U.S. Government stimulus programs and strong collateral values in automobile and residential real estate.
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Table 16: Net Charge-offs and Charge-Off Ratios, Year-to-Date
Six Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
(dollars in millions) 2021 2020 Change 2021 2020 Change
Commercial and industrial $105  $109  ($4) 0.48  % 0.47  %  bps
Commercial real estate 26  —  26  0.36  —  36 
Leases 14  1.58  0.55  103 
Total commercial 145  115  30  0.48  0.37  11 
Residential mortgages (2) (3) (0.02) 0.01  (3)
Home equity (17) (5) (12) (0.29) (0.08) (21)
Automobile 47  (38) 0.15  0.78  (63)
Education 20  24  (4) 0.32  0.44  (12)
Other retail 81  102  (21) 2.82  3.07  (25)
Total retail loans 91  169  (78) 0.29  0.56  (27)
Total net charge-offs $236  $284  ($48) 0.39  % 0.46  % (7   bps)
First half 2021 NCOs of $236 million decreased $48 million, or 17%, from $284 million in the first half of 2020, driven by a decrease in retail of $78 million, partially offset by an increase in commercial of $30 million. First half of 2021 annualized net charge-offs of 0.39% of average loans and leases were down 7 basis points from first half of 2020.
Retail NCOs were down in the first half of 2021 as compared to the first half of 2020 primarily due to U.S. Government stimulus programs, forbearance, as well as strong collateral values in automobile and residential real estate. The increase in commercial NCOs in the first half of 2021 as compared to the first half of 2020 were contributed to by COVID-19-related charge-offs in CRE. We continue to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns and have instituted a variety of measures to identify and monitor areas of potential risk, including direct outreach to commercial clients and close monitoring of retail credit metrics.
Commercial Loan Asset Quality
Our commercial loan and lease portfolio consists of traditional commercial and industrial loans, commercial leases and commercial real estate loans. The portfolio is predominantly focused on customers in our footprint and adjacent states in which we have a physical presence where our local delivery model provides for strong client connectivity. Additionally, we also do business in certain specialized industry sectors on a national basis. As discussed in our 2020 Form 10-K, for commercial loans and leases, we utilize regulatory classification ratings to monitor credit quality.
As of June 30, 2021, commercial NPLs of $266 million decreased $192 million from $458 million as of December 31, 2020, representing 0.5% and 0.8% of the commercial loan and lease portfolio as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
Table 17: Commercial Loans and Leases by Regulatory Classification
June 30, 2021
Criticized
(in millions) Pass Special Mention Substandard Doubtful Total
Commercial and industrial(1)
$39,945  $1,145  $1,631  $121  $42,842 
Commercial real estate 13,115  666  604  27  14,412 
Leases 1,776  29  23  1,829 
Total commercial $54,836  $1,840  $2,258  $149  $59,083 

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December 31, 2020
Criticized
(in millions) Pass Special Mention Substandard Doubtful Total
Commercial and industrial(1)
$40,878  $1,583  $1,464  $248  $44,173 
Commercial real estate 13,356  804  416  76  14,652 
Leases 1,922  33  12  1,968 
Total commercial $56,156  $2,420  $1,892  $325  $60,793 
(1) Includes $3.5 billion and $4.2 billion of PPP loans designated as pass that are fully guaranteed by the SBA as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
Total commercial criticized balances of $4.2 billion as of June 30, 2021 decreased $390 million compared with December 31, 2020. Commercial criticized as a percent of total commercial of 7.2% at June 30, 2021 decreased from 7.6% at December 31, 2020.
Commercial and industrial criticized balances of $2.9 billion, or 6.8% of the total commercial and industrial loan portfolio as of June 30, 2021, decreased from $3.3 billion, or 7.5%, as of December 31, 2020. The decrease was primarily driven by net repayments and charge-offs. Commercial and industrial criticized loans represented 68% of total criticized loans as of June 30, 2021 compared to 71% as of December 31, 2020.
Commercial real estate criticized balances of $1.3 billion, or 9.0% of the commercial real estate portfolio, was stable compared to December 31, 2020 at $1.3 billion, or 8.8%. Commercial real estate accounted for 31% of total criticized loans as of June 30, 2021 compared to 28% as of December 31, 2020.
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Table 18: Commercial Loans and Leases by Industry Sector
June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
(dollars in millions) Balance % of
Total Loans and Leases
Balance % of
Total Loans and Leases
Finance and insurance $6,693  % $6,473  %
Health, pharma, and social assistance 3,078  3,253 
Accommodation and food services 3,127  3,159 
Professional, scientific, and technical services 2,644  2,804 
Other manufacturing 3,705  3,686 
Technology 3,765  3,546 
Retail trade 2,224  2,312 
Energy and related 1,936  2,237 
Wholesale trade 2,226  1,976 
Arts, entertainment, and recreation 1,131  1,383 
Other services 1,758  1,360 
Administrative and waste management services 1,261  1,327 
Transportation and warehousing 1,196  1,169 
Consumer products manufacturing 1,075  1,078 
Automotive 1,066  1,057 
Educational services 693  —  844  — 
Chemicals 726  —  736  — 
Real estate and rental and leasing 949  734  — 
All other (2)
110  —  884 
Total commercial and industrial 39,363  32  40,018  32 
Real estate and rental and leasing 12,907  11  13,167  11 
Accommodation and food services 814  749 
Finance and insurance 498  —  498  — 
All other (2)
193  —  238  — 
Total commercial real estate 14,412  12  14,652  12 
Total leases 1,829  1,968 
Total commercial (1,3)
$55,604  45  % $56,638  46  %
(1) In the second quarter of 2021, our industry sectors were re-aligned to better reflect sector management and associated risks. Prior period has been adjusted to conform with the current period presentation.
(2) Deferred fees and costs are reported in All other.
(3) Excludes PPP loans of $3.5 billion and $4.2 billion as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
Retail Loan Asset Quality
For retail loans, we utilize credit scores provided by FICO, which generally refresh on a quarterly basis and a loan’s payment and delinquency status to monitor credit quality. Management believes FICO credit scores are the strongest indicator of credit losses over the contractual life of a loan as the scores are based on current and historical national industry-wide consumer level credit performance data, and assist management in predicting the borrower’s future payment performance. The largest portion of the retail portfolio is represented by borrowers located in the New England, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions, although we have continued to lend selectively in areas outside the footprint primarily in automobile, education and point-of-sale financing.
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Table 19: Aging of Retail Loans as a Percentage of Loan Class
June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
Days Past Due Days Past Due
Current-29 30-59 60-89  90+ Current-29 30-59 60-89  90+
Residential mortgages(1)
96.83  % 0.86  % 0.30  % 2.03  % 98.73  % 0.30  % 0.11  % 0.86  %
Home equity 98.03  0.27  0.14  1.56  97.53  0.50  0.23  1.74 
Automobile 98.69  0.89  0.34  0.08  97.93  1.40  0.53  0.14 
Education 99.58  0.23  0.10  0.09  99.56  0.27  0.11  0.06 
Other retail 98.47  0.67  0.36  0.51  98.36  0.62  0.47  0.55 
Total retail 98.12  % 0.61  % 0.24  % 1.02  % 98.47  % 0.58  % 0.25  % 0.70  %
(1) 90+ day past due includes $266 million and $44 million of loans fully or partially guaranteed by the FHA, VA, and USDA at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

For more information on the aging of accruing and nonaccruing retail loans, see Note 4.
Table 20: Retail Asset Quality Metrics
June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
Average refreshed FICO for total portfolio 769  771 
CLTV ratio for secured real estate(1)
58  % 60  %
Nonaccruing retail loans to total retail 0.81  0.90 
(1) The real estate secured portfolio CLTV is calculated as the mortgage and second lien loan balance divided by the most recently available value of the property.
Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
(dollars in millions) 2021 2020 Change Percent 2021 2020 Change Percent
Net charge-offs $37  $76  ($39) (51  %) $91  $169  ($78) (46  %)
Annualized net charge-off rate 0.24  % 0.50  % (26)  bps 0.29  % 0.56  % (27)  bps
Retail asset quality continues to reflect a stronger economic outlook. The retail annualized net charge-off rate decreased to 0.24% for second quarter 2021 from 0.50% in the second quarter of 2020. The net charge-off rate of 0.29% for the six months ended June 30, 2021 reflected a decrease of 27 basis points from the quarter ended June 30, 2020, driven by the forbearance and stimulus programs stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns, as well as strong collateral values in automobile and residential real estate.
Troubled Debt Restructurings
In the first quarter of 2020, we adopted the CARES Act and interagency guidance issued by the bank regulatory agencies which provide that COVID-19-related modifications to retail and commercial loans that met certain eligibility criteria are exempt from classification as a TDR. We generally do not consider payment deferrals and forbearance plans established due to the COVID-19 pandemic to be TDRs.
For additional information regarding TDRs, see Note 5 in our 2020 Form 10-K.
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Table 21: Accruing and Nonaccruing Troubled Debt Restructurings
June 30, 2021
As a % of Accruing TDRs
(dollars in millions) Accruing 30-89 Days
Past Due
90+ Days Past Due Nonaccruing Total
Commercial and industrial 150  0.3  % —  % 70  220 
Commercial real estate —  —  — 
Total commercial 150  0.3  —  79  229 
Residential mortgages(1)
343  3.9  9.5  34  377 
Home equity 211  0.5  —  81  292 
Automobile 0.1  —  39  42 
Education 113  0.4  0.2  11  124 
Other retail 22  0.2  —  25 
Total retail 692  5.1  9.6  168  860 
Total $842  5.4  % 9.6  % $247  $1,089 
December 31, 2020
As a % of Accruing TDRs
(dollars in millions) Accruing 30-89 Days
Past Due
90+ Days Past Due Nonaccruing Total
Commercial and industrial $134  0.1  % —  % $97  $231 
Commercial real estate $26  —  —  —  $26 
Total commercial $160  0.1  —  97  $257 
Residential mortgages(1)
172  2.1  2.0  43  215 
Home equity 221  1.0  —  83  304 
Automobile 13  0.4  —  33  46 
Education 116  0.5  0.3  10  126 
Other retail 25  0.2  —  27 
Total retail 547  4.2  2.3  171  718 
Total $707  4.3  % 2.3  % $268  $975 
(1) Includes $75 million and $14 million in 90+ days past due and accruing that are fully or partially guaranteed by the FHA, VA, and USDA at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
Deposits
Table 22: Composition of Deposits
(in millions) June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020 Change Percent
Demand $47,480  $43,831  $3,649  %
Checking with interest 28,074  27,204  870 
Regular savings 20,382  18,044  2,338  13 
Money market accounts 48,150  48,569  (419) (1)
Term deposits 6,550  9,516  (2,966) (31)
Total deposits $150,636  $147,164  $3,472  %
    
Total deposits as of June 30, 2021 increased $3.5 billion, or 2%, to $150.6 billion, from $147.2 billion as of December 31, 2020, reflecting strong deposit flows from consumer-oriented government stimulus. Citizens Access®, our national digital platform, ended the quarter with $4.9 billion of deposits, down from $5.9 billion as of December 31, 2020, primarily due to rate reduction strategies that resulted in a decrease in term deposits.
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Borrowed Funds
Total borrowed funds as of June 30, 2021 decreased $1.6 billion from December 31, 2020, driven by a $181 million and $1.4 billion decrease in short-term and long-term borrowed funds, respectively. Strong deposit growth enabled the paydown of senior debt.
    Long-term borrowed funds
Table 23: Summary of Long-Term Borrowed Funds
(in millions) June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
Parent Company:
2.375% fixed-rate senior unsecured debt, due July 2021 (1)
$—  $350 
4.150% fixed-rate subordinated debt, due September 2022 (2)
168  182 
3.750% fixed-rate subordinated debt, due July 2024 (2)
90  159 
4.023% fixed-rate subordinated debt, due October 2024 (2)
17  25 
4.350% fixed-rate subordinated debt, due August 2025 (2)
133  193 
4.300% fixed-rate subordinated debt, due December 2025 (2)
336  450 
2.850% fixed-rate senior unsecured notes, due July 2026
497  497 
2.500% fixed-rate senior unsecured notes, due February 2030
298  297 
3.250% fixed-rate senior unsecured notes, due April 2030
745  745 
3.750% fixed-rate reset subordinated debt, due February 2031 (2)
69  — 
4.300% fixed-rate reset subordinated debt, due February 2031 (2)
135  — 
4.350% fixed-rate reset subordinated debt, due February 2031 (2)
60  — 
2.638% fixed-rate subordinated debt, due September 2032
547  543 
CBNA’s Global Note Program:
2.550% senior unsecured notes, due May 2021
—  1,003 
3.250% senior unsecured notes, due February 2022
708  716 
0.874% floating-rate senior unsecured notes, due February 2022 (3)
300  299 
0.951% floating-rate senior unsecured notes, due May 2022 (3)
250  250 
2.650% senior unsecured notes, due May 2022
507  510 
3.700% senior unsecured notes, due March 2023
520  527 
1.096% floating-rate senior unsecured notes, due March 2023 (3)
250  249 
2.250% senior unsecured notes, due April 2025
746  746 
3.750% senior unsecured notes, due February 2026
536  551 
Additional Borrowings by CBNA and Other Subsidiaries:
Federal Home Loan Bank advances, 0.909% weighted average rate, due through 2038
18  19 
Other 27  35 
Total long-term borrowed funds $6,957  $8,346 
(1) Notes were redeemed on June 28, 2021.
(2) The June 30, 2021 balances reflect the results of the February 2021 subordinated debt private exchange offers. See “Capital and Regulatory Matters-Regulatory Capital Ratios and Capital Composition” for additional information.
(3) Rate disclosed reflects the floating rate as of June 30, 2021.    
The Parent Company’s long-term borrowed funds as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 included principal balances of $3.2 billion and $3.5 billion, respectively, and unamortized deferred issuance costs and/or discounts of $84 million and $90 million, respectively. CBNA and other subsidiaries’ long-term borrowed funds as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 included principal balances of $3.8 billion and $4.8 billion, respectively, with unamortized deferred issuance costs and/or discounts of $9 million and $11 million, respectively, and hedging basis adjustments of $76 million and $112 million, respectively. See Note 8 for further information about our hedging of certain long-term borrowed funds. For information regarding our liquidity and available borrowing capacity, see “—Liquidity” and Note 7.
CAPITAL AND REGULATORY MATTERS
As a bank holding company and a financial holding company, we are subject to regulation and supervision by the FRB. Our banking subsidiary, CBNA, is a national banking association whose primary federal regulator is the OCC. Our regulation and supervision continues to evolve as the legal and regulatory frameworks governing our operations continue to change. For more information, see “Regulation and Supervision” in our 2020 Form 10-K.
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Tailoring of Prudential Requirements
Under the FRB’s Tailoring Rules, Category IV firms, such as us, are subject to biennial supervisory stress testing and are exempt from company-run stress testing and related disclosure requirements. The FRB supervises Category IV firms on an ongoing basis, including evaluation of the capital adequacy and capital planning processes during off-cycle years. We are also required to develop, maintain and submit to the FRB an annual capital plan, which must be reviewed and approved by our board of directors or one of its committees. On April 2, 2021, we submitted our 2021 Capital Plan to the FRB under the FRB’s 2021 CCAR process. For more information, see the “Tailoring of Prudential Requirements” section in item 1 of our 2020 Form 10-K.
Under the stress capital buffer (“SCB”) framework, the FRB will not object to capital plans on quantitative grounds and each firm is required to maintain capital ratios above the sum of its minimum requirements and the SCB requirements to avoid restrictions on capital distributions and discretionary bonus payments. On October 1, 2020, our SCB of 3.4% became effective and applies to our capital actions through September 30, 2021.
On February 3, 2021, the FRB adopted a final rule effective April 5, 2021 to tailor the requirements of its Capital Plan Rule, specifically modifying capital planning, regulatory reporting and stress capital buffer requirements to be consistent with the Tailoring Rules framework. Under the final rule, for Category IV firms, like us, the SCB will be re-calibrated with each biennial supervisory stress test and updated annually to reflect our planned common stock dividends. In addition, Category IV firms have the ability to elect to participate in the supervisory stress test and receive an updated SCB requirement in a year in which they are not subject to the supervisory stress test. We did not elect to participate in the 2021 supervisory stress test and our SCB effective for the period October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 will remain unchanged at 3.4%. 

In light of the heightened uncertainty related to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns, the FRB took certain actions to preserve capital at banks. Among those actions, the FRB imposed certain limitations on firms for the third and fourth quarters of 2020, including mandatory suspension of share repurchases and limiting common stock dividends to existing rates and the average quarterly net income over the prior four quarters. The FRB modified its limitations on capital distributions for the first and second quarters of 2021 such that firms that participate in CCAR, like us, may resume share repurchases provided that the aggregate of share repurchases and common stock dividends for the applicable quarter did not exceed average quarterly net income for the trailing four quarters. In January 2021, our board of directors authorized us to repurchase up to $750 million of our common stock beginning in the first quarter of 2021. At June 30, 2021, we had $655 million of this share repurchase authorization remaining. In March 2021, the FRB announced that the temporary restrictions on capital distribution will end after June 30, 2021 for firms, like us, that are on a two-year cycle and not subject to supervisory stress testing this year. The timing and amount of future dividends and share repurchases will depend on various factors, including our capital position, financial performance, risk-weighted assets, capital impacts of strategic initiatives, market conditions and regulatory considerations. In addition, we suspended share repurchases, until the Investors shareholder vote, in connection with our entry into the agreement to acquire Investors. See Note 17 for more details regarding the Investors acquisition. All future capital distributions are subject to consideration and approval by our board of directors prior to execution.

Regulations relating to capital planning, regulatory reporting and SCB requirements applicable to firms like us are subject to ongoing rule-making and potential further guidance and interpretation by the applicable federal regulators. We will continue to evaluate the impact of these and any other prudential regulatory changes, including their potential resultant changes in our regulatory and compliance costs and expenses.

For more information, see “Regulation and Supervision” and “—Capital and Regulatory Matters” in our 2020 Form 10-K.
Capital Framework
Under the current U.S. Basel III capital framework, we and our banking subsidiary, CBNA, must meet the following specific minimum requirements: CET1 capital ratio of 4.5%, tier 1 capital ratio of 6.0%, total capital ratio of 8.0% and tier 1 leverage ratio of 4.0%. As a bank holding company, our SCB of 3.4% is imposed on top of the three minimum risk-based capital ratios listed above and a CCB of 2.5% is imposed on top of the three minimum risk-based capital ratios listed above for our banking subsidiary.
Under the U.S. Basel III rules, the CET1 deduction threshold for MSRs, certain deferred tax assets and significant investments in the capital of unconsolidated institutions is 25%. As of June 30, 2021, we did not meet the threshold for these additional capital deductions. MSRs or deferred tax assets not deducted from CET1 capital
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are assigned a 250% risk weight and significant investments in the capital of unconsolidated financial institutions not deducted from CET1 capital are assigned an exposure category risk weight.

In reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic, the FRB and the other federal banking regulators adopted a final rule relative to regulatory capital treatment of ACL under CECL. This rule allowed electing banking organizations to delay the estimated impact of CECL on regulatory capital for a two-year period ending January 1, 2022, followed by a three-year transition period ending January 1, 2025 to phase-in the aggregate amount of the capital benefit provided during the initial two-year delay. As of June 30, 2021, $420 million of the capital benefit has been accumulated for application to the three-year transition period.

For additional discussion of the U.S. Basel III capital framework and its related application, see “Regulation and Supervision” in our 2020 Form 10-K. The table below presents our actual regulatory capital ratios under the U.S. Basel III Standardized rules:
Table 24: Regulatory Capital Ratios Under the U.S. Basel III Standardized Rules
June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
Required Minimum plus Required CCB for Non-Leverage Ratios(1)
(in millions, except ratio data) Amount Ratio Amount Ratio
   CET1 capital $15,266  10.3  % $14,607  10.0  % 7.9  %
   Tier 1 capital 17,280  11.6  16,572  11.3  9.4 
   Total capital 20,111  13.5  19,602  13.4  11.4 
   Tier 1 leverage 17,280  9.7  16,572  9.4  4.0 
   Risk-weighted assets 148,563  146,781 
   Quarterly adjusted average assets 178,929  175,370 
(1) Required “Minimum Capital ratios” are: CET1 capital of 4.5%; Tier 1 capital of 6.0%; Total capital of 8.0%; and Tier 1 leverage of 4.0%. “Minimum Capital ratios” also include a SCB of 3.4%; N/A to Tier 1 leverage.
At June 30, 2021, our CET1 capital, tier 1 capital and total capital ratios were 10.3%, 11.6% and 13.5%, respectively, as compared with 10.0%, 11.3% and 13.4%, respectively, as of December 31, 2020. The CET1 capital ratio increased as net income for the six months ended June 30, 2021 was partially offset by dividends and common share repurchases as described in “—Capital Transactions” below, $1.8 billion of risk-weighted asset (“RWA”) growth and a decrease in the modified CECL transitional amount. The tier 1 capital ratio increased due to the changes in the CET1 capital ratio described above and the issuance of Series G Preferred Stock, partially offset by the announced redemption of Series A Preferred Stock as described in “—Capital Transactions” below. The total capital ratio increased as the changes in the CET1 and tier 1 capital ratios described above combined with the subordinated debt exchange offer in the first quarter of 2021, as described in the “Regulatory Capital Ratios and Capital Composition” section below, were partially offset by the reduction in the net AACL impact. At June 30, 2021, our CET1 capital, tier 1 capital and total capital ratios were approximately 240 basis points, 220 basis points and 210 basis points, respectively, above their regulatory minimums plus our SCB. All ratios remained well above the U.S. Basel III minimums.
Regulatory Capital Ratios and Capital Composition
CET1 capital under U.S. Basel III Standardized rules totaled $15.3 billion at June 30, 2021, an increase of $659 million from $14.6 billion at December 31, 2020, largely driven by net income for the six months ended June 30, 2021, partially offset by dividends, a decrease in the modified CECL transitional amount and common share repurchases. Tier 1 capital at June 30, 2021 totaled $17.3 billion, reflecting a $708 million increase from $16.6 billion at December 31, 2020, driven by the changes in CET1 capital and the issuance of Series G Preferred Stock, partially offset by the announced redemption of Series A Preferred Stock. Total capital of $20.1 billion at June 30, 2021 increased $509 million from December 31, 2020, driven by the changes in CET1 and tier 1 capital and a decrease in non-qualifying subordinated debt, partially offset by the reduction in the net AACL impact.
RWA totaled $148.6 billion at June 30, 2021, based on U.S. Basel III Standardized rules, up $1.8 billion from December 31, 2020. This increase in RWA was driven by higher commercial commitments, agency securities, automobile loans, MSRs, bank-owned life insurance and education loans. These RWA increases were partially offset by lower commercial loans, other retail loans and commercial real estate commitments.
As of June 30, 2021, the tier 1 leverage ratio was 9.7%, up from 9.4% at December 31, 2020, driven by higher tier 1 capital, partially offset by the $3.6 billion increase in quarterly adjusted average assets.
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Table 25: Capital Composition Under the U.S. Basel III Capital Framework
(in millions) June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
Total common shareholders' equity $21,185  $20,708 
Exclusions:
Modified CECL transitional amount 420  568 
Net unrealized (gains)/losses recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Debt and equity securities (78) (380)
Derivatives 38  11 
Unamortized net periodic benefit costs 421  429 
Deductions:
Goodwill (7,050) (7,050)
Deferred tax liability associated with goodwill 383  379 
Other intangible assets (53) (58)
Total common equity tier 1 15,266  14,607 
Qualifying preferred stock 2,014  1,965 
Total tier 1 capital 17,280  16,572 
Qualifying subordinated debt(1)
1,284  1,204 
Allowance for credit losses 2,081  2,670 
Exclusions from tier 2 capital:
Modified AACL transitional amount (534) (682)
Excess allowance for credit losses(2)
—  (162)
Adjusted allowance for credit losses 1,547  1,826 
Total capital $20,111  $19,602 
(1) As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the amount of non-qualifying subordinated debt excluded from regulatory capital was $271 million and $348 million, respectively.
(2) Excess allowance represents the amount excluded from tier 2 capital that is in excess of 1.25% of risk weighted assets, excluding market risk.
On February 11, 2021, we completed $265 million in private exchange offers for five series of outstanding subordinated notes. Exchange offer participants received newly-issued fixed-rate reset subordinated notes due 2031 which are redeemable by us five years prior to their maturity. These subordinated debt exchange offers will benefit our tier 2 and total capital going forward by increasing the amount of subordinated debt eligible for inclusion in tier 2 capital without increasing the aggregate principal amount of subordinated debt outstanding. See Note 7 for more details on our outstanding subordinated debt.
Capital Adequacy Process
Our assessment of capital adequacy begins with our board-approved risk appetite and risk management framework. This framework provides for the identification, measurement and management of material risks. There have been no significant changes to our capital adequacy risk appetite and risk management framework as described in “—Capital and Regulatory Matters” in our 2020 Form 10-K.
Capital Transactions
We completed the following capital actions during the six months ended June 30, 2021:
Issued 300,000 shares of CFG 4.000% fixed-rate reset non-cumulative perpetual Series G Preferred Stock at an aggregate offering price of $300 million;
Issued a notice to redeem all outstanding shares of CFG Series A Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock which settled on July 6, 2021;
Completed $265 million of subordinated debt private exchange offers in February 2021;
Declared and paid quarterly common stock dividends of $0.39 per share in the first and second quarters of 2021, aggregating to $335 million;
Declared a quarterly dividend of $10.49 per share in first quarter of 2021 and $10.50 per share in the second quarter of 2021 on the 5.500% fixed-to-floating rate non-cumulative perpetual Series A Preferred Stock, aggregating to $5 million;
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Declared a semi-annual dividend of $30.00 per share on the 6.000% fixed-to-floating rate non-cumulative perpetual Series B Preferred Stock, aggregating to $9 million;
Declared quarterly dividends of $15.94 per share on the 6.375% fixed-to-floating rate non-cumulative perpetual Series C Preferred Stock, aggregating to $10 million;
Declared quarterly dividends of $15.88 per share on the 6.350% fixed-to-floating rate non-cumulative perpetual Series D Preferred Stock, aggregating to $9 million;
Declared quarterly dividends of $12.50 per share on the 5.000% fixed-rate non-cumulative perpetual Series E Preferred Stock, aggregating to $11 million;
Declared quarterly dividends of $14.13 per share on the 5.650% fixed-rate non-cumulative perpetual Series F Preferred Stock, aggregating to $11 million; and
Repurchased $95 million of our outstanding common stock at a weighted-average price per share of $42.32.

Banking Subsidiary’s Capital
Table 26: CBNA's Capital Ratios Under the U.S. Basel III Standardized Rules
June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
(dollars in millions, except ratio data) Amount Ratio Amount Ratio
CET1 capital $16,545  11.2  % $16,032  10.9  %
Tier 1 capital 16,545  11.2  16,032  10.9 
Total capital 19,217  13.0  18,980  13.0 
Tier 1 leverage 16,545  9.3  16,032  9.2 
Risk-weighted assets 148,105  146,558 
Quarterly adjusted average assets 178,441  174,954 

CBNA’s CET1 and tier 1 capital totaled $16.5 billion at June 30, 2021, up $513 million from $16.0 billion at December 31, 2020. This increase was primarily driven by net income for the six months ended June 30, 2021, partially offset by dividends paid to the Parent Company and a decrease in the modified CECL transitional amount. Total capital was $19.2 billion at June 30, 2021, an increase of $237 million from $19.0 billion at December 31, 2020, driven by the change in CET1 capital partially offset by the reduction in the net AACL impact.

CBNA’s RWA totaled $148.1 billion at June 30, 2021, up $1.5 billion from December 31, 2020, driven by higher commercial commitments, agency securities, automobile loans, MSRs, bank-owned life insurance and education loans. These RWA increases were partially offset by lower commercial loans, other retail loans and commercial real estate commitments.
As of June 30, 2021, CBNA’s tier 1 leverage ratio of 9.3% increased as the increase in tier 1 capital was mostly offset by the $3.5 billion increase in quarterly adjusted average assets.
LIQUIDITY
Liquidity is defined as our ability to meet our cash-flow and collateral obligations in a timely manner, at a reasonable cost. An institution must maintain operating liquidity to meet its expected daily and forecasted cash-flow requirements, as well as contingent liquidity to meet unexpected (stress scenario) funding requirements. As noted earlier, reflecting the importance of meeting all unexpected and stress-scenario funding requirements, we identify and manage contingent liquidity, consisting of cash balances at the FRB, unencumbered high-quality and liquid securities, and unused FHLB borrowing capacity. Separately, we also identify and manage asset liquidity as a subset of contingent liquidity, consisting of cash balances at the FRB and unencumbered high-quality securities. We consider the effective and prudent management of liquidity fundamental to our health and strength. We manage liquidity at the consolidated enterprise level and at each material legal entity, including at the Parent Company and CBNA level.
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Parent Company Liquidity
Our Parent Company’s primary sources of cash are dividends and interest received from CBNA as a result of investing in bank equity and subordinated debt as well as externally issued preferred stock, senior and subordinated debt. Uses of cash include the routine cash flow requirements as a bank holding company, including periodic share repurchases and payments of dividends, interest and expenses; the needs of subsidiaries, including CBNA for additional equity and, as required, its need for debt financing; and the support for extraordinary funding requirements when necessary. To the extent the Parent Company has relied on wholesale borrowings, uses also include payments of related principal and interest.
During the six months ended June 30, 2021, the Parent Company completed the following transactions:
Issued 300,000 shares of 4.00% fixed-rate reset non-cumulative perpetual Series G Preferred Stock at an aggregate offering price of $300 million;
Issued a notice to redeem all outstanding shares of CFG Series A Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock which settled on July 6, 2021; and
Redeemed $350 million of 2.375% fixed-rate senior unsecured debt due July 2021.
During the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, the Parent Company declared dividends on common stock of $168 million, and declared dividends on preferred stock of $32 and $28 million, respectively.
During the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, the Parent Company declared dividends on common stock of $335 million and $336 million, respectively, and declared dividends on preferred stock of $55 and $50 million, respectively.
Our Parent Company’s cash and cash equivalents represent a source of liquidity that can be used to meet various needs and totaled $2.7 billion as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020. The Parent Company’s double-leverage ratio, the combined equity investment in Parent Company subsidiaries divided by Parent Company equity, is a measure of reliance on equity cash flows from subsidiaries to fund Parent Company obligations. At June 30, 2021, the Parent Company’s double-leverage ratio was 97.6%.
CBNA Liquidity
In the ordinary course of business, the liquidity of CBNA is managed by matching sources and uses of cash. The primary sources of bank liquidity include deposits from our consumer and commercial customers; payments of principal and interest on loans and debt securities; and wholesale borrowings, as needed, and as described under “—Liquidity Risk Management and Governance.” The primary uses of bank liquidity include withdrawals and maturities of deposits; payment of interest on deposits; funding of loans and related commitments; and funding of securities purchases. To the extent that CBNA has relied on wholesale borrowings, uses also include payments of related principal and interest. For further information on CBNA’s outstanding debt, see Note 7.
As CBNA’s primary business involves taking deposits and making loans, a key role of liquidity management is to ensure that customers have timely access to funds from deposits and for loans. Liquidity management also involves maintaining sufficient liquidity to repay wholesale borrowings, pay operating expenses and support extraordinary funding requirements when necessary.
Liquidity Risk
We define liquidity risk as the risk that an entity will be unable to meet its payment obligations in a timely manner, at a reasonable cost. Liquidity risk can arise due to contingent liquidity risk and/or funding liquidity risk.
Contingent liquidity risk is the risk that market conditions may reduce an entity’s ability to liquidate, pledge and/or finance certain assets and thereby substantially reduce the liquidity value of such assets. Drivers of contingent liquidity risk include general market disruptions as well as specific issues regarding the credit quality and/or valuation of a security or loan, issuer or borrower and/or asset class.
Funding liquidity risk is the risk that market conditions and/or entity-specific events may reduce an entity’s ability to raise funds from depositors and/or wholesale market counterparties. Drivers of funding liquidity risk may be idiosyncratic or systemic, reflecting impediments to operations and/or damaged market confidence.
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Factors Affecting Liquidity
Given the composition of assets and borrowing sources, contingent liquidity risk at CBNA would be materially affected by events such as deterioration of financing markets for high-quality securities (e.g., mortgage-backed securities and other instruments issued by the GNMA, FNMA and the FHLMC), by any inability of the FHLBs to provide collateralized advances and/or by a refusal of the FRB to act as a lender of last resort in systemic stress.
Similarly, given the structure of its balance sheet, the funding liquidity risk of CBNA would be materially affected by an adverse idiosyncratic event (e.g., a major loss, causing a perceived or actual deterioration in its financial condition), an adverse systemic event (e.g., default or bankruptcy of a significant capital markets participant), or a combination of both. Consequently, and despite ongoing exposure to a variety of idiosyncratic and systemic events, we view our contingent liquidity risk and our funding liquidity risk to be relatively modest.
An additional variable affecting our access to unsecured wholesale market funds and to large denomination (i.e., uninsured) customer deposits is the credit ratings assigned by such agencies as Moody’s, Standard and Poor’s, and Fitch.
Table 27: Credit Ratings
  June 30, 2021
 
Moody’s  
Standard and
Poor’s
Fitch  
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.:      
Long-term issuer NR BBB+ BBB+
Short-term issuer NR A-2 F1
Subordinated debt NR BBB BBB
Preferred Stock NR BB+ BB
Citizens Bank, National Association:
Long-term issuer Baa1 A- BBB+
Short-term issuer NR A-2 F1
Long-term deposits A1 NR A-
Short-term deposits P-1 NR F1
 NR = Not rated
Changes in our public credit ratings could affect both the cost and availability of our wholesale funding. As a result, and in order to maintain a conservative funding profile, CBNA continues to minimize reliance on unsecured wholesale funding. At June 30, 2021, our wholesale funding consisted primarily of term debt issued by the Parent Company and CBNA.
Existing and evolving regulatory liquidity requirements represent another key driver of systemic liquidity conditions and liquidity management practices. The FRB, the OCC, and the FDIC regularly evaluate our liquidity as part of the overall supervisory process. In addition, we are subject to existing and evolving regulatory liquidity requirements, some of which are subject to further rulemaking, guidance and interpretation by the applicable federal regulators. For further discussion, see “Regulation and Supervision — Tailoring of Prudential Requirements” and “—Liquidity Requirements” in our 2020 Form 10-K.
Liquidity Risk Management and Governance
Liquidity risk is measured and managed by the Funding and Liquidity unit within our Treasury unit in accordance with policy guidelines promulgated by our Board and the Asset Liability Committee. In managing liquidity risk, the Funding and Liquidity unit delivers regular and comprehensive reporting, including current levels versus threshold limits for a broad set of liquidity metrics and early warning indicators, explanatory commentary relating to emerging risk trends and, as appropriate, recommended remedial strategies.
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Our Funding and Liquidity unit’s primary goal is to deliver and maintain prudent levels of operating liquidity to support expected and projected funding requirements, as well as contingent liquidity to support unexpected funding requirements resulting from idiosyncratic, systemic, and combination stress events, and regulatory liquidity requirements in a timely manner from stable and cost-efficient funding sources. We seek to accomplish this goal by funding loans with stable deposits; by prudently controlling dependence on wholesale funding, particularly short-term unsecured funding; and by maintaining ample available liquidity, including a contingent liquidity buffer of unencumbered high-quality loans and securities. As of June 30, 2021:
Organically generated deposits continue to be our primary source of funding, resulting in a consolidated period end loan-to-deposits ratio, excluding LHFS, of 81.4%;
Our cash position, which is defined as cash balance held at the FRB, totaled $11.5 billion;
Our total available liquidity, comprised of contingent liquidity and available discount window capacity, was approximately $75.8 billion;
Contingent liquidity was $46.9 billion, consisting of unencumbered high-quality liquid securities of $21.0 billion, unused FHLB capacity of $14.4 billion, and our cash position of $11.5 billion. Asset liquidity, a component of contingent liquidity, was $32.5 billion, consisting of our cash position of $11.5 billion and unencumbered high-quality liquid securities of $21.0 billion;
Available discount window capacity, defined as available total borrowing capacity from the FRB based on identified collateral, is secured by non-mortgage commercial and retail loans and totaled $28.9 billion. Use of this borrowing capacity would be considered only during exigent circumstances; and
For a summary of our sources and uses of cash by type of activity for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, see the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.
The Funding and Liquidity unit monitors a variety of liquidity and funding metrics and early warning indicators and metrics, including specific risk thresholds limits. These monitoring tools are broadly classified as follows:
Current liquidity sources and capacities, include cash at the FRBs, free and liquid securities and secured FHLB borrowing capacity;
Liquidity stress sources, including idiosyncratic, systemic and combined stresses, in addition to evolving regulatory requirements; and
Current and prospective exposures, including secured and unsecured wholesale funding and spot and cumulative cash-flow gaps across a variety of horizons.
Further, certain of these metrics are monitored individually for CBNA and for our consolidated enterprise on a daily basis, including cash position, unencumbered securities, asset liquidity, and available FHLB borrowing capacity. In order to identify emerging trends and risks and inform funding decisions, specific metrics are also forecasted over a one-year horizon.
OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS
The following table presents our outstanding off-balance sheet arrangements. For further information, see Note 11.
Table 28: Outstanding Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
(in millions) June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020 Change Percent
Commitments to extend credit $76,761  $74,160  $2,601  %
Letters of credit 1,926  2,239  (313) (14)
Risk participation agreements 68  98  (30) (31)
Loans sold with recourse 64  54  10  19 
Marketing rights 26  29  (3) (10)
Total $78,845  $76,580  $2,265  %
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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES
Our unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements, included in this Report, are prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to establish accounting policies and make estimates that affect amounts reported in our audited Consolidated Financial Statements.
An accounting estimate requires assumptions and judgments about uncertain matters that could have a material effect on our unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements. Estimates are made using facts and circumstances known at a point in time. Changes in those facts and circumstances could produce results substantially different from those estimates. Our most significant accounting policies and estimates and their related application are discussed below. For additional information regarding fair value measurements, see “—Critical Accounting Estimates” in our 2020 Form 10-K.
Allowance for Credit Losses
The ACL decreased from $2.7 billion at December 31, 2020 to $2.1 billion at June 30, 2021, reflecting a reserve release of $589 million.
To determine the ACL as of June 30, 2021, we utilized an economic forecast that generally reflects real GDP growth of approximately 5.7% over 2021. The forecast also projects the unemployment rate to be in the range of 5.9% to 6.6% throughout 2021. This forecast reflects an overall improved macroeconomic outlook as compared to December 31, 2020. In addition to judgment applied to the commercial portfolio as a whole, we continued to apply management judgment to adjust the modeled reserves in the commercial industry sectors most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns, including CRE retail and hospitality and casual dining.
Our determination of the ACL is sensitive to changes in forecasted macroeconomic conditions during the reasonable and supportable period. To illustrate, we applied a more pessimistic scenario than that described above which assumes that challenges in acceptance of vaccines cause COVID-19-related infections to abet later than in our base case scenario, with concerns rising about resistant strains. Consumer spending is slower to rebound, with businesses reopening more slowly and vacation spending muted. This pessimistic scenario reflects real GDP growth of approximately 3.25% and unemployment in the range of 6.5% to 7.0% over 2021. Excluding consideration of qualitative adjustments, this scenario would result in a quantitative lifetime loss estimate of approximately 1.15x our modeled period-end ACL, or an increase of approximately $175 million. This analysis relates only to the modeled credit loss estimate and not to the overall period-end ACL, which includes qualitative adjustments.
Because several quantitative and qualitative factors are considered in determining the ACL, this sensitivity analysis does not necessarily reflect the nature and extent of future changes in the ACL or even what the ACL would be under these economic circumstances. The sensitivity is intended to provide insights into the impact of adverse changes in the macroeconomic environment and the corresponding impact to modeled loss estimates. The hypothetical determination does not incorporate the impact of management judgment or other qualitative factors that could be applied in the actual estimation of the ACL and does not imply any expectation of future deterioration in our loss rates.
To provide additional context regarding sensitivity to more pessimistic scenarios, our ACL balance of $2.1 billion represents 24% of the $8.6 billion of nine-quarter losses projected in the Federal Reserve run of the December 2020 Supervisory Severely Adverse scenario, which forecasted more protracted unemployment and GDP declines compared with our ACL calculation. Our ACL calculation also included the impacts of government stimulus.
Comparatively, our ACL represents 41% of the $5.1 billion of projected losses in the Company run results of the Supervisory Severely Adverse scenario. Losses projected under the Company Supervisory Severely Adverse scenario are lower than the Federal Reserve results due to methodology and modeling differences. As an example, the Federal Reserve’s models did not recognize contractual loss sharing arrangements in the merchant loan portfolio. Both the Company and Federal Reserve results include incremental losses associated with loan originations assumed post-June 30, 2020. In contrast, our June 30, 2021 ACL balance considers only existing loans and lines of credit as of the reporting date.
While the recovery path is clearer than it was at the end of the fourth quarter 2020, significant future uncertainty still exists, including progress in the rollout, acceptance, and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines. It remains difficult to estimate how changes in economic forecasts might affect our ACL because such forecasts
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consider a wide variety of variables and inputs, and changes in the variables and inputs may not occur at the same time or in the same direction, and such changes may have differing impacts by product types. The variables and inputs may be idiosyncratically affected by existing or future monetary and fiscal stimulus programs and forbearance and other customer accommodation efforts. Changes in one or multiple of the key variables may have a material impact to our estimation of expected credit losses.
We continue to monitor the impact of COVID-19, vaccination efforts, and related policy measures on the economy and the resulting potentially material effects on the ACL.
For additional information regarding the ACL, see Note 4 of this report, and “Critical Accounting Estimates” and Note 5 in the Company’s 2020 Form 10-K.
RISK GOVERNANCE
We are committed to maintaining a strong, integrated, and proactive approach to the management of all risks to which we are exposed in pursuit of our business objectives. A key aspect of our Board’s responsibility as the main decision making body is setting our risk appetite to ensure that the levels of risk that we are willing to accept in the attainment of our strategic business and financial objectives are clearly understood.
To enable our Board to carry out its objectives, it has delegated authority for risk management activities, as well as governance and oversight of those activities, to a number of Board and executive management level risk committees. The Executive Risk Committee (“ERC”), chaired by the Chief Risk Officer, is responsible for oversight of risk across the enterprise and actively considers our inherent material risks, analyzes our overall risk profile and seeks confirmation that the risks are being appropriately identified, assessed and mitigated. Reporting to the ERC are the following additional committees covering specific areas of risk: Compliance and Operational Risk Committee, Model Risk Committee, Credit Policy Committee, Asset Liability Committee, Business Initiatives Review Committee, and the Conduct and Ethics Committee.
There have been no significant changes in our risk governance practices, risk framework, risk appetite, or credit risk as described in “—Risk Governance” in our 2020 Form 10-K.
MARKET RISK
Market risk refers to potential losses arising from changes in interest rates, foreign exchange rates, equity prices, commodity prices and/or other relevant market rates or prices. Modest market risk arises from trading activities that serve customer needs, including hedging of interest rate and foreign exchange risk. As described below, more material market risk arises from our non-trading banking activities, such as loan origination and deposit-gathering. We have established enterprise-wide policies and methodologies to identify, measure, monitor and report market risk. We actively manage market risk for both non-trading and trading activities.
Non-Trading Risk
We are exposed to market risk as a result of non-trading banking activities. This market risk is substantially composed of interest rate risk, as we have no commodity risk and de minimis direct currency and equity risk. We also have market risk related to capital markets loan originations, as well as the valuation of our MSRs. There have been no significant changes in our sources of interest rate risk, interest rate risk practices, risk framework, metrics or assumptions as described in “—Market Risk — Non-Trading Risk” in our 2020 Form 10-K.
The table below reports net interest income exposures against a variety of interest rate scenarios. Our policies involve measuring exposures as a percentage change in net interest income over the next year due to either instantaneous or gradual parallel changes in rates relative to the market implied forward yield curve. As the following table illustrates, our balance sheet is asset sensitive; net interest income would benefit from an increase in interest rates, while exposure to a decline in interest rates is within limit. While an instantaneous and severe shift in interest rates is included in this analysis, we believe that any actual shift in interest rates would likely be more gradual and therefore have a more modest impact.
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The table below presents the sensitivity of net interest income to various parallel yield curve shifts from the market implied forward yield curve:
Table 29: Sensitivity of Net Interest Income
Estimated % Change in Net Interest Income over 12 Months
Basis points June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
Instantaneous Change in Interest Rates    
200 21.7  % 21.2  %
100 11.3  11.2 
-25 (2.2) (2.7)
Gradual Change in Interest Rates
200 10.7  10.8 
100 5.4  5.5 
-25 (1.2) (1.5)
We continue to manage asset sensitivity within the scope of our policy and changing market conditions. Asset sensitivity against a 200 basis point gradual increase in rates remained fairly steady at 10.7% as of June 30, 2021 as compared to 10.8% at December 31, 2020, resulting from the addition of $8.0 billion of receive-fixed/pay-variable interest rate swaps. Current levels of asset sensitivity are elevated relative to our core sensitivity profile due to meaningful increases in cash and deposit balances as a result of monetary and fiscal stimulus programs. Changes in interest rates can also affect the risk positions, which impacts the repricing sensitivity or beta of the deposit base as well as the cash flows on assets that allow for early payoff without a penalty. The risk position is managed within our risk limits, and long-term view of interest rates through occasional adjustments to securities investments, interest rate swaps and mix of funding.
We use a valuation measure of exposure to structural interest rate risk, Economic Value of Equity (“EVE”), as a supplement to net interest income simulations. EVE complements net interest income simulation analysis as it estimates risk exposure over a long-term horizon. EVE measures the extent to which the economic value of assets, liabilities and off-balance sheet instruments may change in response to fluctuations in interest rates. This analysis is highly dependent upon assumptions applied to assets and liabilities with non-contractual maturities. The change in value is expressed as a percentage of regulatory capital.
We use interest rate swap contracts to manage the interest rate exposure to variability in the interest cash flows on our floating-rate assets and floating-rate wholesale funding, and to hedge market risk on fixed-rate capital markets debt issuances.
Table 30: Interest Rate Swap Contracts Used to Manage Non-Trading Interest Rate Exposure
June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
Weighted Average Weighted Average
(dollars in millions) Notional Amount Maturity (Years) Receive Rate Pay Rate Notional Amount Maturity (Years) Receive Rate Pay Rate
Cash flow - receive-fixed/pay-variable - conventional ALM(1)
$18,100  2.5  1.1  % 0.1  % $12,350  1.0  1.5  % 0.2  %
Fair value - receive-fixed/pay-variable - conventional debt 2,200  1.8  2.5  0.2  3,200  1.7  2.1  0.2 
Cash flow - pay-fixed/receive-variable - conventional ALM(1)(2)
3,000  3.0  0.1  1.7  4,750  3.9  0.2  1.4 
Fair value - pay-fixed/receive-variable - conventional ALM(1)
2,000  3.2  0.1  1.5  2,000  3.7  0.2  1.5 
Total portfolio swaps $25,300  2.5  1.0  % 0.4  % $22,300  2.0  1.2  % 0.6  %
(1) Asset Liability Management (“ALM”) strategies used to manage interest rate exposures include interest rate swap contracts used to manage exposure to the variability in the interest cash flows on our floating-rate commercial loans and floating-rate wholesale funding, as well as the variability in the fair value of AFS securities.
(2) December 31, 2020 includes $1.8 billion of forward-starting, pay-fixed interest rate swaps that were terminated in the first quarter of 2021.
Using the interest rate curve at June 30, 2021, the estimated net contribution to net interest income related to our ALM hedge strategies is approximately $99 million for the full-year 2021 compared to $133 million for the full-year 2020. The estimated net contribution could differ from amounts actually recognized due to changes in interest rates, hedge de-designations, and the addition of other hedges subsequent to June 30, 2021.
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The following table presents the pre-tax net gains (losses) recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income relating to derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges:
Table 27: Pre-Tax Gains (Losses) Recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income(1)
Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions) 2021 2020 2021 2020
Amount of pre-tax net gains (losses) recognized in OCI $62  ($11) $34  $118 
Amount of pre-tax net gains (losses) reclassified from OCI into interest income 49  55  95  60 
Amount of pre-tax net gains (losses) reclassified from OCI into interest expense (12) (10) (24) (11)
(1) Using the interest rate curve at June 30, 2021, with respect to cash flow hedge strategies, we estimate that approximately $86 million will be reclassified from AOCI to net interest income over the next 12 months.
LIBOR Transition
As previously disclosed, many of our lending products, securities, derivatives, and other financial transactions utilize the LIBOR benchmark rate and will be impacted by its planned discontinuance. In late 2018, we formed a LIBOR Transition Program designed to guide the organization through the planned discontinuation of LIBOR. The Program, with direction and oversight from our Chief Financial Officer, is responsible for developing, maintaining and executing against a coordinated strategy to ensure a timely and orderly transition from LIBOR. The Program is structured to address various initiatives including program governance, transition management, communications, exposure management, new alternative reference rate product delivery, risk management, contract remediation, operations and technology readiness, accounting and reporting, as well as tax and regulation impacts. We have identified and are monitoring the risks associated with the LIBOR transition on a quarterly basis.

The ARRC recommended that banks be systemically and operationally capable of supporting transactions in alternative reference rates, such as SOFR, by the end of September 2020. Guided by this milestone, we are systemically and operationally prepared to support alternative reference rate transactions. On March 5, 2021, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) formally announced the future cessation or loss of representation of the LIBOR benchmark settings currently published by the Intercontinental Exchange (“ICE”) Benchmark Administration. Further, the FCA stated that the 1-week and 2-month U.S. Dollar LIBOR rates will cease as of December 31, 2021 and all other U.S. Dollar LIBOR tenors will cease as of June 30, 2023. With the FRB, OCC, and FDIC (collectively, the agencies) supporting this announcement, the LIBOR Transition Program adjusted LIBOR transition activities accordingly. The agencies are still urging market participants to stop entering into new U.S. Dollar LIBOR contracts as soon as practicable, but no later than the end of 2021. We are continuing all efforts to move new originations to alternative reference rates over the course of 2021. However, our plans for legacy contract remediation now extend through mid-2023. More broadly, program governance remains robust, and progress has been made in the above-outlined initiatives as management continues to closely monitor industry and regulatory developments pertaining to the transition.    
Capital Markets
A key component of our capital markets activities is the underwriting and distribution of corporate credit facilities to partially finance merger and acquisition transactions for our clients. We have a rigorous risk management process around these activities, including a limit structure capping our underwriting risk, our potential loss, and sub limits for specific asset classes. Further, the ability to approve underwriting exposure is delegated only to senior level individuals in the credit risk management and capital markets organizations with each transaction adjudicated in the Loan Underwriting Approval Committee.
Mortgage Servicing Rights    
We have market risk associated with the value of residential MSRs, which are impacted by various types of inherent risks, including duration, basis, convexity, volatility and yield curve.
As part of our overall risk management strategy relative to the fair market value of the MSRs, we enter into various free-standing derivatives, such as interest rate swaps, interest rate swaptions, interest rate futures, and forward contracts to purchase mortgage-backed securities to economically hedge the changes in fair value. As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the fair value of our MSRs was $902 million and $658 million, respectively, and the total notional amount of related derivative contracts was $13.9 billion and $11.4 billion,
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respectively. Gains and losses on MSRs and the related derivatives used for hedging are included in mortgage banking fees in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
As with our traded market risk-based activities, earnings at-risk excludes the impact of MSRs. MSRs are captured under our single price risk management framework that is used for calculating a management value at risk that is consistent with the definition used by banking regulators.
Trading Risk
We are exposed to market risk primarily through client facilitation activities including derivatives and foreign exchange products as well as underwriting and market making activities. Exposure is created as a result of changes in interest rates and related basis spreads and volatility, foreign exchange rates, and credit spreads on a select range of interest rates, foreign exchange, commodities, corporate bonds and secondary loan instruments. These trading activities are conducted through CBNA and CCMI. There have been no significant changes in our market risk governance, market risk measurement, or market risk practices including VaR, stressed VaR, sensitivity analysis, stress testing, or VaR model review and validation as described in “—Market Risk — Trading Risk” in our 2020 Form 10-K.
Market Risk Regulatory Capital
The U.S. banking regulators’ “Market Risk Rule” covers the calculation of market risk capital. For the purposes of the Market Risk Rule, all of our client facing trades and associated hedges maintain a net low risk and do qualify as “covered positions.” The internal management VaR measure is calculated based on the same population of trades that is utilized for regulatory VaR.
Table 32: Results of Modeled and Non-Modeled Measures for Regulatory Capital Calculations
(in millions) For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2021 For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2020
Market Risk Category 
Period End
Average 
High Low Period End Average High Low
Interest Rate $2  $2  $5  $—  $1  $2  $5  $1 
Foreign Exchange Currency Rate —  —  —  —  —  — 
Credit Spread 13  13  17  10  13  15 
Commodity —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — 
General VaR 14  12  16  12  11  13 
Specific Risk VaR —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — 
Total VaR $14  $12  $17  $9  $12  $11  $13  $9 
Stressed General VaR $16  $16  $19  $13  $14  $13  $15  $11 
Stressed Specific Risk VaR —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — 
Total Stressed VaR $16  $16  $19  $13  $14  $13  $15  $11 
Market Risk Regulatory Capital $89  $73 
Specific Risk Not Modeled Add-on 19  13 
Total Market Risk Regulatory Capital $108  $86 
Market Risk-Weighted Assets $1,350  $1,078 
VaR Backtesting
Backtesting is one form of validation of the VaR model and is run daily. The Market Risk Rule requires a comparison of our internal VaR measure to the actual net trading revenue (excluding fees, commissions, reserves, intra-day trading and net interest income) for each day over the preceding year (the most recent 250 business days). Any observed loss in excess of the VaR number is taken as an exception. The level of exceptions determines the multiplication factor used to derive the VaR and SVaR-based capital requirement for regulatory reporting purposes, when applicable. We perform sub-portfolio backtesting as required under the Market Risk Rule, using models approved by our banking regulators, for interest rate, credit spread, commodity, and foreign exchange positions.
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The following graph shows our daily net trading revenue and total internal, modeled VaR for the twelve months ended June 30, 2021.
Daily VaR Backtesting
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NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES AND RECONCILIATIONS
For more information on the computation of our non-GAAP financial measures, see “—Introduction — Non-GAAP Financial Measures,” included in this Report. The following tables present computations of non-GAAP financial measures representing our Underlying results used throughout the MD&A:

Table 33: Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Measures
    As of and for the Three Months Ended June 30, As of and for the Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions, except share, per share and ratio data) Ref. 2021 2020 2021 2020
Total revenue, Underlying:
Total revenue (GAAP) A $1,609  $1,750  $3,268  $3,407 
Less: Notable items —  —  —  — 
Total revenue, Underlying (non-GAAP) B $1,609  $1,750  $3,268  $3,407 
Noninterest expense, Underlying:
Noninterest expense (GAAP) C $991  $979  $2,009  $1,991 
Less: Notable items 11  19  31  52 
Noninterest expense, Underlying (non-GAAP) D $980  $960  $1,978  $1,939 
Pre-provision profit:
Total revenue (GAAP) A $1,609  $1,750  $3,268  $3,407 
Less: Noninterest expense (GAAP) C 991  979  2,009  1,991 
Pre-provision profit (GAAP) $618  $771  $1,259  $1,416 
Pre-provision profit, Underlying
Total revenue, Underlying (non-GAAP) B $1,609  $1,750  $3,268  $3,407 
Less: Noninterest expense, Underlying (non-GAAP) D 980  960  1,978  1,939 
Pre-provision profit, Underlying (non-GAAP) $629  $790  $1,290  $1,468 
Income before income tax expense, Underlying:
Income before income tax expense (GAAP) E $831  $307  $1,612  $352 
Less: Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit) related to notable items (11) (19) (31) (52)
Income before income tax expense, Underlying (non-GAAP) F $842  $326  $1,643  $404 
Income tax expense and effective income tax rate, Underlying:
Income tax expense (GAAP) G $183  $54  $353  $65 
Less: Income tax expense (benefit) related to notable items (3) (9) (8) (17)
Income tax expense, Underlying (non-GAAP) H $186  $54  $361  $82 
Effective income tax rate (GAAP) G/E 21.96  % 17.69  % 21.86  % 18.51  %
Effective income tax rate, Underlying (non-GAAP) H/F 22.01  19.36  21.93  20.36 
Net income, Underlying:
Net income (GAAP) I $648  $253  $1,259  $287 
Add: Notable items, net of income tax benefit 10  23  35 
Net income, Underlying (non-GAAP) J $656  $253  $1,282  $322 
Net income available to common stockholders, Underlying:
Net income available to common stockholders (GAAP) K 616  225  $1,204  $237 
Add: Notable items, net of income tax benefit 10  23  35 
Net income available to common stockholders, Underlying (non-GAAP) L $624  $235  $1,227  $272 
Return on average common equity and return on average common equity, Underlying:
Average common equity (GAAP) M $20,833  $20,446  $20,723  $20,335 
Return on average common equity K/M 11.85  % 4.44  % 11.71  % 2.35  %
Return on average common equity, Underlying (non-GAAP)
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    As of and for the Three Months Ended June 30, As of and for the Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions, except share, per share and ratio data) Ref. 2021 2020 2021 2020
Return on average tangible common equity and return on average tangible common equity, Underlying:  
Average common equity (GAAP) M $20,833  $20,446  $20,723  $20,335 
Less: Average goodwill (GAAP) 7,050  7,050  7,050  7,048 
Less: Average other intangibles (GAAP) 53  65  55  66 
Add: Average deferred tax liabilities related to goodwill (GAAP) 381  375  380  374 
Average tangible common equity N $14,111  $13,706  $13,998  $13,595 
Return on average tangible common equity K/N 17.50  % 6.62  % 17.34  % 3.51  %
Return on average tangible common equity, Underlying (non-GAAP) L/N 17.74  6.90  17.67  4.03 
Return on average total assets and return on average total assets, Underlying:
Average total assets (GAAP) O $184,456  $179,793  $183,518  $173,485 
Return on average total assets I/O 1.41  % 0.57  % 1.38  % 0.33  %
Return on average total assets, Underlying (non-GAAP) J/O 1.43  0.59  1.41  0.37 
Return on average total tangible assets and return on average total tangible assets, Underlying:  
Average total assets (GAAP) O $184,456  $179,793  $183,518  $173,485 
Less: Average goodwill (GAAP)   7,050  7,050  7,050  7,048 
Less: Average other intangibles (GAAP)   53  65  55  66 
Add: Average deferred tax liabilities related to goodwill (GAAP)   381  375  380  374 
Average tangible assets P $177,734  $173,053  $176,793  $166,745 
Return on average total tangible assets I/P 1.46  % 0.59  % 1.44  % 0.35  %
Return on average total tangible assets, Underlying (non-GAAP) J/P 1.48  0.61  1.46  0.39 
Efficiency ratio and efficiency ratio, Underlying:  
Efficiency ratio C/A 61.63  % 55.91  % 61.49  % 58.43  %
Efficiency ratio, Underlying (non-GAAP) D/B 60.92  54.85  60.55  56.91 
Operating leverage and operating leverage, Underlying:
(Decrease) increase in total revenue (8.00) % 7.49  % (4.08) % 5.94  %
Increase in noninterest expense 1.42  2.89  0.94  5.46 
Operating leverage (9.42) % 4.60  % (5.02  %) 0.48  %
(Decrease) increase in total revenue, Underlying (non-GAAP) (8.00) % 7.49  % (4.08) % 5.94  %
Increase in noninterest expense, Underlying (non-GAAP) 2.18  1.62  2.05  5.46 
Operating leverage, Underlying (non-GAAP) (10.18) % 5.87  % (6.13  %) 2.60  %
Tangible book value per common share:
Common shares - at period end (GAAP) Q 426,083,143  426,824,594  426,083,143  426,824,594 
Common stockholders' equity (GAAP) $21,185  $20,453  $21,185  $20,453 
Less: Goodwill (GAAP) 7,050  7,050  7,050  7,050 
Less: Other intangible assets (GAAP) 52  63  52  63 
Add: Deferred tax liabilities related to goodwill (GAAP) 383  376  383  376 
Tangible common equity R $14,466  $13,716  $14,466  $13,716 
Tangible book value per common share R/Q $33.95  $32.13  $33.95  $32.13 
Net income per average common share - basic and diluted and net income per average common share - basic and diluted, Underlying:
Average common shares outstanding - basic (GAAP) S 425,948,706  426,613,053  425,951,197  427,165,737 
Average common shares outstanding - diluted (GAAP) T 427,561,572  427,566,920  427,668,242  428,292,580 
Net income per average common share - basic (GAAP) K/S $1.45  $0.53  $2.83  $0.56 
Net income per average common share - diluted (GAAP) K/T 1.44  0.53  2.81  0.55 
Net income per average common share - basic, Underlying (non-GAAP) L/S 1.47  0.55  2.88  0.64 
Net income per average common share - diluted, Underlying (non-GAAP) L/T 1.46  0.55  2.87  0.64 
Dividend payout ratio and dividend payout ratio, Underlying:
Cash dividends declared and paid per common share U $0.39  $0.39  $0.78  $0.78 
Dividend payout ratio U/(K/S) 27  % 74  % 28  % 140  %
Dividend payout ratio, Underlying (non-GAAP) U/(L/S) 27  71  27  122 

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The following table presents computations of non-GAAP financial measures representing certain metrics excluding the impact of PPP loans used throughout the MD&A:

Table 34: Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Measures - Excluding PPP
(in millions, except share, per share and ratio data) Ref. June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
Allowance for credit losses to total loans and leases, excluding the impact of PPP loans:
Total loans and leases (GAAP) A $122,581  $123,090 
Less: PPP loans 3,479  4,155 
Total loans and leases, excluding the impact of PPP loans (non-GAAP) B $119,102  $118,935 
Allowance for credit losses (GAAP) C $2,081  $2,670 
Allowance for credit losses to total loans and leases (GAAP) C/A 1.70  % 2.17  %
Allowance for credit losses to total loans and leases, excluding the impact of PPP loans (non-GAAP) C/B 1.75  % 2.24  %

The following table presents computations of non-GAAP financial measures representing certain metrics
excluding the impact of elevated cash levels used in “—Net Interest Income”:

Table 35: Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Measures - Excluding Elevated Cash
As of and for the Three Months Ended June 30, As of and for the Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions, except ratio data) Ref. 2021 2020 2021 2020
Net interest income, FTE, excluding the impact of elevated cash:
Net interest income, FTE (GAAP) A $1,126  $1,163  $2,246  $2,327 
Less: Net interest income associated with elevated cash —  —  —  — 
Net interest income, FTE, excluding the impact of elevated cash (non-GAAP) B $1,126  $1,163  $2,246  $2,327 
Average interest-earning assets, excluding the impact of elevated cash:
Total interest-earning assets (GAAP) C $166,333  $162,390  $165,433  $156,668 
Less: Elevated cash 9,363  3,416  9,175  1,707 
Total average interest-earning assets, excluding the impact of elevated cash (non-GAAP) D $156,970  $158,974  $156,258  $154,961 
Day count E 91  91  181  182 
Day count (year) F 365  366  365  366 
Ratios:
Net interest margin, FTE (GAAP) A / C / E * F 2.72  % 2.88  % 2.74  % 2.99  %
Net interest margin, FTE, excluding the impact of elevated cash (non-GAAP) B / D / E * F 2.88  % 2.94  % 2.90  % 3.02  %
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)
(in millions, except share data) June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
ASSETS:
Cash and due from banks $1,035  $1,037 
Interest-bearing cash and due from banks 11,606  11,696 
Interest-bearing deposits in banks 401  306 
Debt securities available for sale, at fair value (including $568 and $549 pledged to creditors, respectively)(1)
24,583  22,942 
Debt securities held to maturity (fair value of $2,790 and $3,357 respectively, and including $124 and $144 pledged to creditors, respectively)(1)
2,711  3,235 
Loans held for sale, at fair value 3,616  3,564 
Other loans held for sale 82  439 
Loans and leases 122,581  123,090 
Less: Allowance for loan and lease losses (1,947) (2,443)
Net loans and leases 120,634  120,647 
Derivative assets 1,655  1,915 
Premises and equipment, net 735  759 
Bank-owned life insurance 2,268  1,756 
Goodwill 7,050  7,050 
Other assets 8,728  8,003 
TOTAL ASSETS $185,104  $183,349 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
LIABILITIES:
Deposits:
Noninterest-bearing $47,480  $43,831 
Interest-bearing 103,156  103,333 
          Total deposits 150,636  147,164 
Short-term borrowed funds 62  243 
Derivative liabilities 144  128 
Deferred taxes, net 720  629 
Long-term borrowed funds 6,957  8,346 
Other liabilities 3,386  4,166 
TOTAL LIABILITIES 161,905  160,676 
Contingencies (refer to Note 11)
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
Preferred stock:
$25.00 par value,100,000,000 shares authorized; 2,050,000 and 2,000,000 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively
2,014  1,965 
Common stock:
$0.01 par value, 1,000,000,000 shares authorized; 570,994,369 shares issued and 426,083,143 shares outstanding at June 30, 2021 and 569,876,133 shares issued and 427,209,831 shares outstanding at December 31, 2020
Additional paid-in capital 18,964  18,940 
Retained earnings 7,314  6,445 
Treasury stock, at cost, 144,911,226 and 142,666,302 shares at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively
(4,718) (4,623)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (381) (60)
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY $23,199  $22,673 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY $185,104  $183,349 
(1) Includes only collateral pledged by the Company where counterparties have the right to sell or pledge the collateral.

The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
 (in millions, except share and per share data) 2021 2020 2021 2020
INTEREST INCOME:
Interest and fees on loans and leases $1,058  $1,192  $2,119  $2,494 
Interest and fees on loans held for sale, at fair value 24  20  42  35 
Interest and fees on other loans held for sale 16 
Investment securities 124  130  252  277 
Interest-bearing deposits in banks
Total interest income 1,211  1,350  2,427  2,828 
INTEREST EXPENSE:
Deposits 42  124  92  351 
Short-term borrowed funds —  —  — 
Long-term borrowed funds 45  66  94  156 
Total interest expense 87  190  186  508 
Net interest income 1,124  1,160  2,241  2,320 
Provision for credit losses (213) 464  (353) 1,064 
Net interest income after provision for credit losses 1,337  696  2,594  1,256 
NONINTEREST INCOME:
Mortgage banking fees 85  276  250  435 
Service charges and fees 100  84  199  202 
Capital markets fees 91  61  172  104 
Card fees 64  48  119  104 
Trust and investment services fees 60  45  118  98 
Letter of credit and loan fees 38  31  76  65 
Foreign exchange and interest rate products 28  34  56  58 
Securities gains, net
Other income 16  31  18 
Total noninterest income 485  590  1,027  1,087 
NONINTEREST EXPENSE:
Salaries and employee benefits 524  513  1,072  1,062 
Equipment and software 155  142  307  275 
Outside services 137  131  276  266 
Occupancy 82  82  170  166 
Other operating expense 93  111  184  222 
Total noninterest expense 991  979  2,009  1,991 
Income before income tax expense 831  307  1,612  352 
Income tax expense 183  54  353  65 
NET INCOME $648  $253  $1,259  $287 
Net income available to common stockholders $616  $225  $1,204  $237 
Weighted-average common shares outstanding:
Basic 425,948,706  426,613,053  425,951,197  427,165,737 
Diluted 427,561,572  427,566,920  427,668,242  428,292,580 
Per common share information:
Basic earnings $1.45  $0.53  $2.83  $0.56 
Diluted earnings 1.44  0.53  2.81  0.55 

The accompanying Notes to unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (UNAUDITED)
Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions) 2021 2020 2021 2020
Net income $648  $253  $1,259  $287 
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Net unrealized derivative instruments gains (losses) arising during the periods, net of income taxes of $16, $(3), $9 and $30, respectively
46  (8) 25  88 
Reclassification of net derivative (gains) losses included in net income, net of income taxes of $(10), $(11), $(19) and $(12), respectively
(27) (34) (52) (37)
Net unrealized debt securities gains (losses) arising during the periods, net of income taxes of $3, $16, $(97) and $145, respectively
10  49  (297) 449 
Reclassification of net debt securities (gains) losses to net income, net of income taxes of $0, $(1), $(1) and $(1), respectively
(3) (2) (5) (2)
Amortization of actuarial loss, net of income taxes of $1, $0, $1 and $1, respectively
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of income taxes 30  (321) 505 
Total comprehensive income (loss) $678  $262  $938  $792 

The accompanying Notes to unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (UNAUDITED)
Preferred
 Stock
Common
 Stock
Additional Paid-in Capital Retained Earnings Treasury Stock, at Cost Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Total
(in millions) Shares Amount Shares Amount
Balance at April 1, 2020 $1,570  427  $6  $18,901  $6,011  ($4,623) $85  $21,950 
Dividends to common stockholders —  —  —  —  —  (168) —  —  (168)
Dividends to preferred stockholders —  —  —  —  —  (28) —  —  (28)
Preferred stock issued —  395  —  —  —  —  —  —  395 
Treasury stock purchased —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — 
Share-based compensation plans —  —  —  —  —  —  — 
Employee stock purchase plan purchased —  —  —  —  —  —  — 
Total comprehensive income (loss):
Net income —  —  —  —  —  253  —  —  253 
Other comprehensive income (loss) —  —  —  —  —  —  — 
Total comprehensive income (loss) —  —  —  —  —  253  —  262 
Balance at June 30, 2020 $1,965  427  $6  $18,908  $6,068  ($4,623) $94  $22,418 
Balance at April 1, 2021 $1,965  426  $6  $18,945  $6,866  ($4,718) ($411) $22,653 
Dividends to common stockholders —  —  —  —  —  (168) —  —  (168)
Dividends to preferred stockholders —  —  —  —  —  (32) —  —  (32)
Preferred stock issued —  296  —  —  —  —  —  —  296 
Preferred stock called —  (247) —  —  —  —  —  —  (247)
Share-based compensation plans —  —  —  —  13  —  —  —  13 
Employee stock purchase plan purchased —  —  —  —  —  —  — 
Total comprehensive income (loss):
Net income —  —  —  —  —  648  —  —  648 
Other comprehensive income (loss) —  —  —  —  —  —  —  30  30 
Total comprehensive income (loss) —  —  —  —  —  648  —  30  678 
Balance at Balance at June 30, 2021 $2,014  426  $6  $18,964  $7,314  ($4,718) ($381) $23,199 

The accompanying Notes to unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.



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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (UNAUDITED)
Preferred
 Stock
Common
 Stock
Additional Paid-in Capital Retained Earnings Treasury Stock, at Cost Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Total
(in millions) Shares Amount Shares Amount
Balance at January 1, 2020 1,570  433  18,891  6,498  (4,353) (411) 22,201 
Dividends to common stockholders —  —  —  —  —  (336) —  —  (336)
Dividends to preferred stockholders —  —  —  —  —  (50) —  —  (50)
Preferred stock issued —  395  —  —  —  —  —  —  395 
Treasury stock purchased —  —  (7) —  —  —  (270) —  (270)
Share-based compensation plans —  —  —  —  —  — 
Employee stock purchase plan purchased —  —  —  —  10  —  —  —  10 
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle —  —  —  —  —  (331) —  —  (331)
Total comprehensive income (loss):
Net income —  —  —  —  —  287  —  —  287 
Other comprehensive income (loss) —  —  —  —  —  —  —  505  505 
Total comprehensive income (loss) —  —  —  —  —  287  —  505  792 
Balance at June 30, 2020 1,965  427  18,908  6,068  (4,623) 94  22,418 
Balance at January 1, 2021 $1,965  427  $6  $18,940  $6,445  ($4,623) ($60) $22,673 
Dividends to common stockholders —  —  —  —  —  (335) —  —  (335)
Dividends to preferred stockholders —  —  —  —  —  (55) —  —  (55)
Preferred stock issued —  296  —  —  —  —  —  —  296 
Preferred stock called —  (247) —  —  —  —  —  —  (247)
Treasury stock purchased —  —  (2) —  —  —  (95) —  (95)
Share-based compensation plans —  —  —  13  —  —  —  13 
Employee stock purchase plan purchased —  —  —  —  11  —  —  —  11 
Total comprehensive income (loss):
Net income —  —  —  —  —  1,259  —  —  1,259 
Other comprehensive income (loss) —  —  —  —  —  —  —  (321) (321)
Total comprehensive income (loss) —  —  —  —  —  1,259  —  (321) 938 
Balance at June 30, 2021 $2,014  426  $6  $18,964  $7,314  ($4,718) ($381) $23,199 

The accompanying Notes to unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions) 2021 2020
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income $1,259  $287 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net change in cash due to operating activities:
Provision for credit losses (353) 1,064 
Net change in loans held for sale 322  (737)
Depreciation, amortization and accretion 317  316 
Deferred income taxes 199  (208)
Share-based compensation 35  23 
Net gain on sales of:
Debt securities (6) (3)
Premises and equipment (1) — 
Net (increase) decrease in other assets (2,129) (2,454)
Net increase (decrease) in other liabilities 247  299 
Net change due to operating activities (110) (1,413)
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Investment securities:
Purchases of debt securities available for sale (6,413) (3,308)
Proceeds from maturities and paydowns of debt securities available for sale 4,321  2,521 
Proceeds from sales of debt securities available for sale 104  — 
Proceeds from maturities and paydowns of debt securities held to maturity 530  349 
Net (increase) decrease in interest-bearing deposits in banks (95) (178)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired —  (3)
Net (increase) decrease in loans and leases 497  (7,014)
Capital expenditures, net (32) (53)
Purchase of bank-owned life insurance (500) — 
Other (115) 87 
Net change due to investing activities (1,703) (7,599)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Net increase (decrease) in deposits 3,472  18,305 
Net increase (decrease) in short-term borrowed funds (183) (18)
Proceeds from issuance of long-term borrowed funds —  8,309 
Repayments of long-term borrowed funds (1,357) (13,253)
Treasury stock purchased (95) (270)
Net proceeds from issuance of preferred stock 296  395 
Dividends paid to common stockholders (335) (336)
Dividends paid to preferred stockholders (55) (45)
Premium paid to exchange subordinated debt (1) — 
Payments of employee tax withholding for share-based compensation (21) (15)
Net change due to financing activities 1,721  13,072 
Net change in cash and cash equivalents (1)
(92) 4,060 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period (1)
12,733  3,386 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period (1)
$12,641  $7,446 
(1) Cash and cash equivalents includes cash and due from banks and interest-bearing cash and due from banks as reflected in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The accompanying Notes to unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
NOTE 1 - BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Basis of Presentation
The unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements, including the Notes presented in this document of Citizens Financial Group, Inc., have been prepared in accordance with GAAP interim reporting requirements, and therefore do not include all information and Notes included in the audited Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with GAAP. These unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes presented in this document should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying Notes included in the Company’s 2020 Form 10-K. The Company’s principal business activity is banking, conducted through its banking subsidiary, CBNA.
The unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company and subsidiaries in which the Company has a controlling financial interest. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. The Company has evaluated its unconsolidated entities and does not believe that any entity in which it has an interest, but does not currently consolidate, meets the requirements to be consolidated as a variable interest entity. The unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements include all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods. The results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Material estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant change in the near-term relate to the determination of the ACL.
Significant Accounting Policies
For further information regarding the Company’s significant accounting policies, see Note 1 in the Company’s 2020 Form 10-K.
NOTE 2 - SECURITIES
The following table presents the major components of securities at amortized cost and fair value:
June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
(in millions) Amortized Cost Gross Unrealized Gains Gross Unrealized Losses Fair Value Amortized Cost Gross Unrealized Gains Gross Unrealized Losses Fair Value
U.S. Treasury and other $11  $—  $—  $11  $11  $—  $—  $11 
State and political subdivisions —  —  —  — 
Mortgage-backed securities, at fair value:
Federal agencies and U.S. government sponsored entities 23,960  354  (202) 24,112  21,954  571  (19) 22,506 
Other/non-agency 267  13  —  280  396  26  —  422 
Total mortgage-backed securities, at fair value 24,227  367  (202) 24,392  22,350  597  (19) 22,928 
Collateralized loan obligations, at fair value 177  —  —  177  —  —  —  — 
Total debt securities available for sale, at fair value $24,418  $367  ($202) $24,583  $22,364  $597  ($19) $22,942 
Federal agencies and U.S. government sponsored entities $1,887  $77  $—  $1,964  $2,342  $122  $—  $2,464 
Total mortgage-backed securities, at cost 1,887  77  —  1,964  2,342  122  —  2,464 
Asset-backed securities, at cost 824  —  826  893  —  —  893 
Total debt securities held to maturity $2,711  $79  $—  $2,790  $3,235  $122  $—  $3,357 
Equity securities, at cost $602  $—  $—  $602  $604  $—  $—  $604 
Equity securities, at fair value 80  —  —  80  66  —  —  66 
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Accrued interest receivable on debt securities totaled $54 million and $55 million as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively, and is included in other assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
The following table presents the amortized cost and fair value of debt securities by contractual maturity as of June 30, 2021. Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because issuers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without incurring penalties.
June 30, 2021
Distribution of Maturities
(in millions) 1 Year or Less After 1 Year through 5 Years After 5 Years through 10 Years After 10 Years Total
Amortized cost:
U.S. Treasury and other $11  $—  $—  $—  $11 
State and political subdivisions —  —  — 
Mortgage-backed securities:
Federal agencies and U.S. government sponsored entities 42  1,861  22,051  23,960 
Other/non-agency —  —  —  267  267 
Collateralized loan obligations —  —  —  177  177 
Total debt securities available for sale 17  42  1,861  22,498  24,418 
Mortgage-backed securities:
Federal agencies and U.S. government sponsored entities —  —  —  1,887  1,887 
Asset-backed securities —  —  824  —  824 
Total debt securities held to maturity —  —  824  1,887  2,711 
Total amortized cost of debt securities $17  $42  $2,685  $24,385  $27,129 
Fair value:
U.S. Treasury and other $11  $—  $—  $—  $11 
State and political subdivisions —  —  — 
Mortgage-backed securities:
Federal agencies and U.S. government sponsored entities 44  1,916  22,146  24,112 
Other/non-agency —  —  —  280  280 
Collateralized loan obligations —  —  —  177  177 
Total debt securities available for sale 17  44  1,916  22,606  24,583 
Mortgage-backed securities:
Federal agencies and U.S. government sponsored entities —  —  —  1,964  1,964 
Asset-backed securities —  —  826  —  826 
Total debt securities held to maturity —  —  826  1,964  2,790 
Total fair value of debt securities $17  $44  $2,742  $24,570  $27,373 
        
Taxable interest income from investment securities as presented in the Consolidated Statements of Operations was $124 million and $130 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $252 million and $277 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

The following table presents realized gains and losses on securities:
Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions) 2021 2020 2021 2020
Gains on sale of debt securities $3  $3  $6  $3 
Losses on sale of debt securities —  —  —  — 
Debt securities gains, net $3  $3  $6  $3 
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The following table presents the amortized cost and fair value of debt securities pledged:
June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
(in millions) Amortized Cost Fair Value Amortized Cost Fair Value
Pledged against derivatives, to qualify for fiduciary powers, and to secure public and other deposits as required by law $4,996  $5,028  $3,818  $3,937 
Pledged against FHLB borrowed funds 266  280  394  423 
Pledged against repurchase agreements 49  52  224  231 

The Company regularly enters into security repurchase agreements with unrelated counterparties, which involve the transfer of a security from one party to another, and a subsequent transfer of substantially the same security back to the original party. These repurchase agreements are typically short-term in nature and are accounted for as secured borrowed funds in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company recognized no offsetting of short-term receivables or payables as of June 30, 2021 or December 31, 2020. The Company offsets certain derivative assets and derivative liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. For further information, see Note 8.
Securitizations of mortgage loans retained in the investment portfolio were $82 million and $163 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively. There were no securitizations of mortgage loans retained in the investment portfolio for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020. These securitizations include a substantive guarantee by a third party. In 2021, the guarantors were FNMA, FHLMC, and GNMA. The debt securities received from the guarantors are classified as AFS.
Impairment
As of June 30, 2021, the Company concluded that 70% of HTM securities met the zero expected credit loss criteria; therefore, no ACL was recognized. For the remaining 30%, the lifetime expected credit losses were determined to be insignificant based on the modeling of the Company’s credit loss position in the security. The Company monitors the credit exposure through the use of credit quality indicators. For these securities, the Company uses external credit ratings or an internally derived credit rating when an external rating is not available. All securities were determined to be investment grade at June 30, 2021.
The following tables present AFS mortgage-backed debt securities with fair values below their respective carrying values, separated by the duration the securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position:
June 30, 2021
Less than 12 Months 12 Months or Longer Total
(dollars in millions) Fair Value Gross Unrealized Losses Fair Value Gross Unrealized Losses Fair Value Gross Unrealized Losses
Federal agencies and U.S. government sponsored entities $10,916  ($200) $92  ($2) $11,008  ($202)

December 31, 2020
Less than 12 Months 12 Months or Longer Total
(dollars in millions) Fair Value Gross Unrealized Losses Fair Value Gross Unrealized Losses Fair Value Gross Unrealized Losses
Federal agencies and U.S. government sponsored entities $1,991  ($19) $—  $—  $1,991  ($19)
Citizens does not currently have the intent to sell these debt securities, and it is not more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell these debt securities prior to recovery of their amortized cost bases. Citizens has determined that credit losses are not expected to be incurred on the agency and non-agency MBS identified with unrealized losses as of June 30, 2021. The unrealized losses on these debt securities reflect non-credit-related factors driven by changes in interest rates. Therefore, the Company has determined that these debt securities are not impaired.
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NOTE 3 - LOANS AND LEASES
Loans held for investment are reported at the amount of their outstanding principal, net of charge-offs, unearned income, deferred loan origination fees and costs, and unamortized premiums or discounts on purchased loans.
The following table presents loans and leases, excluding LHFS.
(in millions) June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
Commercial and industrial (1)
$42,842  $44,173 
Commercial real estate 14,412  14,652 
Leases 1,829  1,968 
Total commercial 59,083  60,793 
Residential mortgages (2)
20,538  19,539 
Home equity 11,841  12,149 
Automobile 12,780  12,153 
Education 12,800  12,308 
Other retail 5,539  6,148 
Total retail 63,498  62,297 
Total loans and leases $122,581  $123,090 
(1) Includes $3.5 billion and $4.2 billion of PPP loans fully guaranteed by the SBA as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
(2) Includes fully or partially guaranteed FHA, VA and USDA loans of $1.4 billion at June 30, 2021 and $249 million at December 31, 2020, including loans acquired through an exercise of the GNMA early buyout option.
 
Included in other assets is accrued interest receivable on loans and leases held for investment totaling $467 million and $449 million as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
During the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company purchased $351 million and $691 million of education loans, and $176 million and $255 million of other retail loans. During the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company purchased $652 million and $909 million of education loans, and $353 million and $527 million of other retail loans, respectively.
During the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company sold $237 million and $71 million of commercial loans, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company sold $563 million and $262 million of commercial loans, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2020, the company sold $1.5 billion of residential mortgage loans as compared to none in the same period of 2021.
Loans pledged as collateral for FHLB borrowed funds, primarily residential mortgages and home equity products, totaled $24.7 billion and $25.5 billion at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. Loans pledged as collateral to support the contingent ability to borrow at the FRB discount window, if necessary, were primarily comprised of education, automobile, commercial and industrial, and commercial real estate loans, and totaled $39.7 billion and $40.0 billion at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
Interest income on direct financing and sales-type leases was $12 million and $19 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and is reported within interest and fees on loans and leases in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, this interest income was $25 million and $37 million, respectively.
    The following table presents the composition of LHFS.
June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
(in millions)
Residential Mortgages(1)
Commercial(2)
Total
Residential Mortgages(1)
Commercial(2)
Total
Loans held for sale at fair value $3,499  $117  $3,616  $3,416  $148  $3,564 
Other loans held for sale —  82  82  —  439  439 
(1) Residential mortgage LHFS are originated for sale.
(2) Commercial LHFS at fair value consist of loans managed by the Company’s commercial secondary loan desk. Other commercial LHFS generally consist of loans associated with the Company’s syndication business.
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NOTE 4 - ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES, NONACCRUING LOANS AND LEASES, AND CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT RISK
Allowance for Credit Losses    
Recorded in the ACL is management’s estimate of expected credit losses in the Company’s loan and lease portfolios. See Note 5 in the Company’s 2020 Form 10-K for a detailed discussion of the ACL reserve methodology and estimation techniques as of December 31, 2020. There were no significant changes to the ACL reserve methodology in the six months ended June 30, 2021.
The following table presents a summary of changes in the ALLL and the allowance for unfunded lending commitments for the three months ended and six months ended June 30, 2021:
Three Months Ended June 30, 2021 Six Months Ended June 30, 2021
(in millions) Commercial Retail Total Commercial Retail Total
Allowance for loan and lease losses, beginning of period $1,146  $1,048  $2,194  $1,233  $1,210  $2,443 
Charge-offs (45) (80) (125) (179) (173) (352)
Recoveries 43  47  34  82  116 
Net charge-offs (41) (37) (78) (145) (91) (236)
Provision charged to income (152) (17) (169) (135) (125) (260)
Allowance for loan and lease losses, end of period $953  $994  $1,947  $953  $994  $1,947 
Allowance for unfunded lending commitments, beginning of period $165  $13  $178  $186  $41  $227 
Provision for unfunded lending commitments (44) —  (44) (65) (28) (93)
Allowance for unfunded lending commitments, end of period $121  $13  $134  $121  $13  $134 
Overall, an ending ACL balance of $2.1 billion at June 30, 2021 compared to $2.7 billion at December 31, 2020. The difference in ACL as of June 30, 2021 as compared to December 31, 2020 was due to net charge-offs of $236 million, as detailed below, coupled with a credit provision benefit of $353 million. This reflected strong credit performance across the retail and commercial loan portfolios, and improvement in the macroeconomic outlook.     
The increase in commercial net charge-offs of $30 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020 was driven by COVID-19-related charge-offs in CRE. Retail net charge-offs were down $78 million in the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020 as a result of government stimulus and forbearance programs as well as strong collateral values in automobile and residential real estate.
To determine the ACL as of June 30, 2021, Citizens utilized an economic forecast that generally reflects real GDP growth of approximately 5.7% over 2021. The forecast also projects the unemployment rate to be in the range of 5.9% to 6.6% throughout 2021. This forecast reflects an overall improved macroeconomic outlook as compared to December 31, 2020. In addition to judgment applied to the commercial portfolio as a whole, Citizens continued to apply management judgment to adjust the modeled reserves in the commercial industry sectors most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns, including CRE retail and hospitality and casual dining.

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The following table presents a summary of changes in the ALLL and the allowance for unfunded lending commitments for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2020:
Three Months Ended June 30, 2020 Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
(in millions) Commercial Retail Total Commercial Retail Total
Allowance for loan and lease losses, beginning of period $752  $1,419  $2,171  $674  $578  $1,252 
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle —  —  —  (176) 629  453 
Allowance for loan and lease losses, beginning of period, adjusted 752  1,419  2,171  498  1,207  1,705 
Charge-offs (74) (106) (180) (121) (233) (354)
Recoveries 30  33  64  70 
Net charge-offs (71) (76) (147) (115) (169) (284)
Provision charged to income 554  (130) 424  852  175  1,027 
Allowance for loan and lease losses, end of period $1,235  $1,213  $2,448  $1,235  $1,213  $2,448 
Allowance for unfunded lending commitments, beginning of period $38  $1  $39  $44  $—  $44 
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle —  —  —  (3) (2)
Allowance for unfunded lending commitments, beginning of period, adjusted 38  39  41  42 
Provision for unfunded lending commitments 31  40  28  37 
Allowance for unfunded lending commitments, end of period $69  $10  $79  $69  $10  $79 
Credit Quality Indicators
The Company presents loan and lease portfolio segments and classes by credit quality indicator and vintage year. Citizens defines the vintage date for the purpose of this disclosure as the date of the most recent credit decision. In general, renewals are categorized as new credit decisions and reflect the renewal date as the vintage date. Loans modified in a TDR are considered a continuation of the original loan and vintage date corresponds with the most recent credit decision.
For commercial loans and leases, Citizens utilizes regulatory classification ratings to monitor credit quality. The assignment of regulatory classification ratings occurs at loan origination and are periodically re-evaluated by Citizens utilizing a risk-based approach, including any time management becomes aware of information affecting the borrowers' ability to fulfill their obligations. The review process considers both quantitative and qualitative factors. Loans with a “pass” rating are those that the Company believes will fully repay in accordance with the contractual loan terms. Commercial loans and leases identified as “criticized” have some weakness or potential weakness that indicate an increased probability of future loss. Citizens groups “criticized” loans into three categories, “special mention,” “substandard,” and “doubtful.” Special mention loans have potential weaknesses that, if left uncorrected, may result in deterioration of the Company’s credit position at some future date. Substandard loans are inadequately protected loans; these loans have well-defined weaknesses that could hinder normal repayment or collection of the debt. Doubtful loans have the same weaknesses as substandard, with the added characteristic that the possibility of loss is high and collection of the full amount of the loan is improbable.
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The following table presents the amortized cost basis of commercial loans and leases, by vintage date and regulatory classification rating, as of June 30, 2021:
Term Loans by Origination Year Revolving Loans
(in millions) 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 Prior to 2017 Within the Revolving Period Converted to Term Total
Commercial and industrial
Pass(1)
$5,146  $5,140  $5,260  $3,623  $1,975  $2,797  $15,853  $151  $39,945 
Special Mention 41  196  196  74  181  454  —  1,145 
Substandard 32  125  263  267  114  226  583  21  1,631 
Doubtful 27  16  16  22  12  18  121 
Total commercial and industrial 5,208  5,322  5,735  4,108  2,175  3,222  16,897  175  42,842 
Commercial real estate
Pass 462  2,572  3,726  3,013  1,026  1,507  809  —  13,115 
Special Mention 73  193  102  155  122  14  —  666 
Substandard 39  210  135  146  73  —  —  604 
Doubtful —  16  —  —  —  —  27 
Total commercial real estate 536  2,627  4,145  3,250  1,327  1,704  823  —  14,412 
Leases
Pass 269  368  216  203  98  622  —  —  1,776 
Special Mention 18  —  —  29 
Substandard —  16  —  —  —  23 
Doubtful —  —  —  —  —  —  — 
Total leases 270  386  222  206  103  642  —  —  1,829 
Total commercial
Pass(1)
5,877  8,080  9,202  6,839  3,099  4,926  16,662  151  54,836 
Special Mention 77  50  390  300  234  321  468  —  1,840 
Substandard 33  180  478  403  260  300  583  21  2,258 
Doubtful 27  25  32  22  12  21  149 
Total commercial $6,014  $8,335  $10,102  $7,564  $3,605  $5,568  $17,720  $175  $59,083 
(1) Includes $3.5 billion of PPP loans designated as pass that are fully guaranteed by the SBA originating in 2021 and 2020.
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The following table presents the amortized cost basis of commercial loans and leases, by vintage date and regulatory classification rating, as of December 31, 2020:
Term Loans by Origination Year Revolving Loans
(in millions) 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Prior to 2016 Within the Revolving Period Converted to Term Total
Commercial and industrial
Pass(1)
$8,036  $5,730  $4,180  $2,174  $1,157  $1,980  $17,281  $340  $40,878 
Special Mention 34  264  163  84  60  173  771  34  1,583 
Substandard 91  195  248  100  81  127  600  22  1,464 
Doubtful 65  10  34  38  31  63  248 
Total commercial and industrial 8,226  6,199  4,625  2,396  1,301  2,311  18,715  400  44,173 
Commercial real estate
Pass 1,848  2,836  2,810  1,106  566  919  3,271  —  13,356 
Special Mention 19  130  121  92  94  48  300  —  804 
Substandard 116  65  53  26  149  —  416 
Doubtful 16  26  —  —  24  —  76 
Total commercial real estate 1,999  2,994  3,004  1,203  713  995  3,744  —  14,652 
Leases
Pass 455  246  229  139  180  673  —  —  1,922 
Special Mention 18  —  —  33 
Substandard —  —  —  —  12 
Doubtful —  —  —  —  —  —  — 
Total leases 458  252  233  147  186  692  —  —  1,968 
Total commercial
Pass(1)
10,339  8,812  7,219  3,419  1,903  3,572  20,552  340  56,156 
Special Mention 56  398  286  180  156  239  1,071  34  2,420 
Substandard 207  199  315  109  138  153  749  22  1,892 
Doubtful 81  36  42  38  34  87  325 
Total commercial $10,683  $9,445  $7,862  $3,746  $2,200  $3,998  $22,459  $400  $60,793 
(1) Includes $4.2 billion PPP loans designated as pass that are fully guaranteed by the SBA originating in 2020.
For retail loans, Citizens utilizes FICO credit scores and the loan’s payment and delinquency status to monitor credit quality. Management believes FICO scores are the strongest indicator of credit losses over the contractual life of the loan and assist management in predicting the borrower’s future payment performance. Scores are based on current and historical national industry-wide consumer level credit performance data.
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The following table presents the amortized cost basis of retail loans, by vintage date and FICO scores, as of June 30, 2021:
Term Loans by Origination Year Revolving Loans
(in millions) 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 Prior to 2017 Within the Revolving Period Converted to Term Total
Residential mortgages
800+ $851  $3,079  $1,574  $454  $897  $2,697  $—  $—  $9,552 
740-799 1,619  2,261  890  311  448  1,335  —  —  6,864 
680-739 377  653  360  178  169  660  —  —  2,397 
620-679 42  112  180  103  117  328  —  —  882 
<620 49  153  162  167  293  —  —  826 
No FICO available(1)
—  —  11  —  —  17 
Total residential mortgages 2,893  6,157  3,158  1,208  1,798  5,324  —  —  20,538 
Home equity
800+ 170  4,292  318  4,800 
740-799 —  146  3,333  306  3,803 
680-739 —  13  18  162  1,608  274  2,084 
620-679 —  13  24  20  133  336  182  711 
<620 —  20  25  23  106  79  187  443 
No FICO available(1)
—  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — 
Total home equity 10  52  74  72  717  9,648  1,267  11,841 
Automobile
800+ 756  951  681  333  223  122  —  —  3,066 
740-799 1,096  1,320  813  401  242  122  —  —  3,994 
680-739 969  1,109  690  335  190  98  —  —  3,391 
620-679 458  506  345  184  108  63  —  —  1,664 
<620 59  138  180  133  90  61  —  —  661 
No FICO available(1)
—  —  —  —  —  — 
Total automobile 3,341  4,024  2,709  1,386  853  467  —  —  12,780 
Education
800+ 564  1,843  1,103  662  590  1,066  —  —  5,828 
740-799 759  1,831  892  480  338  614  —  —  4,914 
680-739 204  536  289  172  123  300  —  —  1,624 
620-679 14  54  45  37  29  110  —  —  289 
<620 10  12  10  49  —  —  88 
No FICO available(1)
—  —  —  —  55  —  —  57 
Total education 1,544  4,270  2,339  1,363  1,090  2,194  —  —  12,800 
Other retail
800+ 107  343  209  100  48  42  357  —  1,206 
740-799 169  479  285  128  58  36  662  1,819 
680-739 150  372  190  85  37  18  593  1,450 
620-679 94  181  65  28  10  208  598 
<620 11  39  23  13  66  165 
No FICO available(1)
—  —  —  —  285  301 
Total other retail 537  1,422  772  354  157  104  2,171  22  5,539 
Total retail
800+ 2,279  6,218  3,573  1,555  1,763  4,097  4,649  318  24,452 
740-799 3,643  5,892  2,885  1,326  1,092  2,253  3,995  308  21,394 
680-739 1,700  2,671  1,537  783  537  1,238  2,201  279  10,946 
620-679 608  856  648  376  284  640  544  188  4,144 
<620 73  235  386  345  294  511  145  194  2,183 
No FICO available(1)
13  11  —  —  67  285  379 
Total retail $8,316  $15,883  $9,030  $4,385  $3,970  $8,806  $11,819  $1,289  $63,498 
(1) Represents loans for which an updated FICO score was unavailable (e.g., due to recent profile changes).
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The following table presents the amortized cost basis of retail loans, by vintage date and FICO scores, as of December 31, 2020:
Term Loans by Origination Year Revolving Loans
(in millions) 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Prior to 2016 Within the Revolving Period Converted to Term Total
Residential mortgages
800+ $2,687  $1,885  $638  $1,129  $1,615  $1,755  $—  $—  $9,709 
740-799 2,931  1,133  398  527  743  904  —  —  6,636 
680-739 784  351  162  172  295  458  —  —  2,222 
620-679 97  94  44  56  66  223  —  —  580 
<620 12  28  35  58  50  185  —  —  368 
No FICO available(1)
14  —  —  24 
Total residential mortgages 6,512  3,493  1,278  1,947  2,770  3,539  —  —  19,539 
Home equity
800+ 10  216  4,319  344  4,911 
740-799 180  3,234  331  3,771 
680-739 10  15  179  1,632  284  2,135 
620-679 —  10  18  21  14  136  402  195  796 
<620 17  30  29  18  122  105  214  536 
Total home equity 47  75  78  50  833  9,692  1,368  12,149 
Automobile
800+ 1,056  812  424  312  169  62  —  —  2,835 
740-799 1,514  1,022  531  344  172  59  —  —  3,642 
680-739 1,347  889  461  282  138  47  —  —  3,164 
620-679 669  484  259  157  84  32  —  —  1,685 
<620 140  242  189  137  79  34  —  —  821 
No FICO available(1)
—  —  —  —  —  — 
Total automobile 4,728  3,449  1,864  1,232  642  238  —  —  12,153 
Education
800+ 1,817  1,363  849  781  578  777  —  —  6,165 
740-799 1,797  1,009  541  387  251  423  —  —  4,408 
680-739 450  294  173  127  90  221  —  —  1,355 
620-679 26  35  33  28  25  95  —  —  242 
<620 10  10  41  —  —  76 
No FICO available(1)
—  —  —  —  60  —  —  62 
Total education 4,094  2,706  1,606  1,333  952  1,617  —  —  12,308 
Other retail
800+ 461  380  163  77  15  44  341  —  1,481 
740-799 620  460  184  81  19  31  638  2,035 
680-739 495  302  111  48  10  13  561  1,545 
620-679 248  104  37  14  174  592 
<620 24  30  17  77  166 
No FICO available(1)
54  —  —  —  —  272  329 
Total other retail 1,902  1,277  512  226  48  96  2,063  24  6,148 
Total retail
800+ 6,023  4,448  2,084  2,306  2,382  2,854  4,660  344  25,101 
740-799 6,864  3,630  1,661  1,345  1,190  1,597  3,872  333  20,492 
680-739 3,077  1,842  917  644  541  918  2,193  289  10,421 
620-679 1,040  727  391  276  192  491  576  202  3,895 
<620 179  322  281  240  156  385  182  222  1,967 
No FICO available(1)
59  78  272  421 
Total retail $17,242  $10,972  $5,335  $4,816  $4,462  $6,323  $11,755  $1,392  $62,297 
(1) Represents loans for which an updated FICO score was unavailable (e.g., due to recent profile changes).
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Nonaccrual and Past Due Assets
The following table presents nonaccrual loans and leases and loans accruing and 90 days or more past due:
As of June 30, 2021 As of December 31, 2020
(in millions) Nonaccrual loans and leases 90+ days past due and accruing Nonaccrual with no related ACL Nonaccrual loans and leases 90+ days past due and accruing Nonaccrual with no related ACL
Commercial and industrial $163  $—  $40  $280  $20  $56 
Commercial real estate 102  —  37  176  — 
Leases —  — 
Total commercial 266  77  458  21  58 
Residential mortgages(1)
174  270  138  167  30  96 
Home equity 234  —  189  276  —  207 
Automobile 62  —  34  72  —  17 
Education 21  18 
Other retail 22  28  — 
Total retail 513  279  365  561  41  322 
Total loans and leases $779  $280  $442  $1,019  $62  $380 
(1) 90+ days past due and accruing includes $266 million and $21 million of loans fully or partially guaranteed by the FHA, VA and USDA for June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

Interest income is generally not recognized for loans and leases that are on nonaccrual status. The Company reverses accrued interest receivable with a charge to interest income upon classifying the loan or lease as nonaccrual.
    The following table presents an analysis of the age of both accruing and nonaccruing loan and lease past due amounts:
June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
Days Past Due Days Past Due
(in millions) Current-29 30-59 60-89  90+  Total Current-29 30-59 60-89  90+  Total
Commercial and industrial $42,769  $24  $7  $42  $42,842  $43,817  $223  $16  $117  $44,173 
Commercial real estate 14,310  —  101  14,412  14,531  85  35  14,652 
Leases 1,827  —  —  1,829  1,956  —  1,968 
Total commercial 58,906  25  145  59,083  60,304  233  101  155  60,793 
Residential mortgages(1)
19,885  176  61  416  20,538  19,291  59  21  168  19,539 
Home equity 11,607  32  17  185  11,841  11,848  61  28  212  12,149 
Automobile 12,613  114  43  10  12,780  11,901  170  65  17  12,153 
Education 12,747  29  13  11  12,800  12,255  33  13  12,308 
Other retail 5,454  37  20  28  5,539  6,047  38  29  34  6,148 
Total retail 62,306  388  154  650  63,498  61,342  361  156  438  62,297 
Total $121,212  $413  $161  $795  $122,581  $121,646  $594  $257  $593  $123,090 
(1) 90+ days past due includes $266 million and $44 million of loans fully or partially guaranteed by the FHA, VA, and USDA at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
At June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had collateral-dependent residential mortgage and home equity loans totaling $554 million and $552 million, respectively. At June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had collateral-dependent commercial loans totaling $66 million and $206 million, respectively.
The amortized cost basis of mortgage loans collateralized by residential real estate for which formal foreclosure proceedings were in process was $152 million and $119 million as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
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Troubled Debt Restructurings
The following tables summarize loans modified during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and June 30, 2020. The balances represent the post-modification outstanding amortized cost basis and may include loans that became TDRs during the period and were subsequently paid off in full, charged off, or sold prior to period end. Pre-modification balances for modified loans approximate the post-modification balances shown.
Three Months Ended June 30, 2021
Amortized Cost Basis
(dollars in millions) Number of Contracts
Interest Rate Reduction(1)
Maturity Extension(2)
Other(3)
Total
Commercial and industrial 15  $—  $3  $54  $57 
Commercial real estate —  —  —  —  — 
Total commercial 15  —  54  57 
Residential mortgages 671  120  44  172 
Home equity 102 
Automobile 379  — 
Education 265  —  — 
Other retail 585  —  — 
Total retail 2,002  11  123  61  195 
Total 2,017  $11  $126  $115  $252 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2020
Amortized Cost Basis
(dollars in millions) Number of Contracts
Interest Rate Reduction(1)
Maturity Extension(2)
Other(3)
Total
Commercial and industrial 19  $—  $3  $53  $56 
Commercial real estate —  —  —  —  — 
Total commercial 19  —  53  56 
Residential mortgages 145  11  14  28 
Home equity 266  11  17 
Automobile 947  —  —  15  15 
Education 142  —  — 
Other retail 710  — 
Total retail 2,210  16  18  34  68 
Total 2,229  $16  $21  $87  $124 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2021
Amortized Cost Basis
(dollars in millions) Number of Contracts
Interest Rate Reduction(1)
Maturity Extension(2)
Other(3)
Total
Commercial and industrial 22  $—  $6  $54  $60 
Commercial real estate —  —  —  —  — 
Total commercial 22  —  54  60 
Residential mortgages 713  12  126  47  185 
Home equity 249  18 
Automobile 1,048  —  13  14 
Education 412  —  —  13  13 
Other retail 1,215  — 
Total retail 3,637  20  134  81  235 
Total 3,659  $20  $140  $135  $295 
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Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
Amortized Cost Basis
(dollars in millions) Number of Contracts
Interest Rate Reduction(1)
Maturity Extension(2)
Other(3)
Total
Commercial and industrial 38  $—  $3  $94  $97 
Commercial real estate —  —  —  —  — 
Total commercial 38  —  94  97 
Residential mortgages 241  17  21  45 
Home equity 389  15  25 
Automobile 1,177  —  17  18 
Education 233  —  — 
Other retail 1,683  — 
Total retail 3,723  31  25  47  103 
Total 3,761  $31  $28  $141  $200 
(1) Includes modifications that consist of multiple concessions, one of which is an interest rate reduction.
(2) Includes modifications that consist of multiple concessions, one of which is a maturity extension (unless one of the other concessions was an interest rate reduction).
(3) Includes modifications other than interest rate reductions or maturity extensions, such as lowering scheduled payments for a specified period of time, principal forgiveness, and capitalizing arrearages. Also included are the following: deferrals, trial modifications, certain bankruptcies, loans in forbearance and prepayment plans. Modifications can include the deferral of accrued interest resulting in post-modification balances being higher than pre-modification.
Modified TDRs resulted in charge-offs of $2 million and $4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Citizens recorded $4 million and $6 million of charge-offs related to TDRs for each of the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
Unfunded commitments related to TDRs were $45 million and $49 million at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
A payment default refers to a loan that becomes 90 days or more past due under the modified terms. Loan data includes loans meeting the criteria that were paid off in full, charged off, or sold prior to June 30, 2021 and 2020. For commercial loans, recorded investment in TDRs that defaulted within 12 months of their modification date for the three months ended June 30, 2021 were $1 million and there were $26 million for the three months ended June 30, 2020. The amortized cost basis of commercial TDRs that defaulted within 12 months of their modification date was $23 million and $39 million in the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. For retail loans, there were $14 million and $14 million of loans which defaulted within their restructuring date for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. There were $29 million and $25 million of loans which defaulted within 12 months of their restructuring date for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
Concentrations of Credit Risk
Most of the Company’s lending activity is with customers located in the New England, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions. Generally, loans are collateralized by assets including real estate, inventory, accounts receivable, other personal property and investment securities. As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, Citizens had a significant amount of loans collateralized by residential and commercial real estate. There were no significant concentration risks within the commercial loan or retail loan portfolios. Exposure to credit losses arising from lending transactions may fluctuate with fair values of collateral supporting loans, which may not perform according to contractual agreements. The Company’s policy is to collateralize loans to the extent necessary; however, unsecured loans are also granted based on the financial strength of the applicant and the facts surrounding the transaction.
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Certain loan products, including residential mortgages, home equity loans and lines of credit, and credit cards, have contractual features that may increase credit exposure to the Company in the event of an increase in interest rates or a decline in housing values. These products include loans that exceed 90% of the value of the underlying collateral (high LTV loans), interest-only residential mortgages, and loans with low introductory rates. The following tables present balances of loans with these characteristics:
June 30, 2021
(in millions) Residential Mortgages Home Equity Other Retail Education Total
High loan-to-value $235  $27  $—  $—  $262 
Interest-only 3,143  —  —  3,144 
Low introductory rate —  —  135  —  135 
Total $3,378  $27  $135  $1  $3,541 
December 31, 2020
(in millions) Residential Mortgages Home Equity Other Retail Education Total
High loan-to-value $289  $64  $—  $—  $353 
Interest-only 2,801  —  —  —  2,801 
Low introductory rate —  —  170  —  170 
Total $3,090  $64  $170  $1  $3,324 
NOTE 5 - MORTGAGE BANKING AND OTHER
The Company sells residential mortgages to GSEs and other parties, who may issue securities backed by pools of such loans. The Company retains no beneficial interests in these sales, but may retain the servicing rights for the loans sold. The Company is obligated to subsequently repurchase a loan if the purchaser discovers a representation or warranty violation such as noncompliance with eligibility or servicing requirements, or customer fraud that should have been identified in a loan file review.
The following table summarizes activity related to residential mortgage loans sold with servicing rights retained:
Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions) 2021 2020 2021 2020
Cash proceeds from residential mortgage loans sold with servicing retained $10,540  $8,797  $19,577  $14,164 
Gain on sales (1)
85  283  225  426 
Contractually specified servicing, late and other ancillary fees (1)
60  55  118  113 
(1) Reported in mortgage banking fees in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
The unpaid principal balance of the related residential mortgage loans was $84.6 billion and $81.2 billion at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. The Company manages an active hedging strategy to manage the risk associated with changes in the value of the MSR portfolio, which includes the purchase of freestanding derivatives.
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The following table summarizes changes in MSRs recorded using the fair value method:
As of and for the Three Months Ended June 30, As of and for the Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions) 2021 2020 2021 2020
Fair value as of beginning of the period $893  $577  $658  $642 
Transfers upon election of fair value method (1)
—  —  —  190 
Fair value as of beginning of the period, adjusted 893  577  658  832 
Amounts capitalized 122  86  209  153 
Changes in unpaid principal balance during the period (2)
(47) (46) (105) (86)
Changes in fair value during the period (3)
(66) (49) 140  (331)
Fair value at end of the period $902  $568  $902  $568 
(1) Effective January 1, 2020, the Company elected to account for all MSRs previously accounted for under the amortization method under the fair value method.
(2) Represents changes in value of the MSRs due to i) passage of time including the impact from both regularly scheduled loan principal payments and partial
paydowns, and ii) loans that paid off during the period.
(3) Represents changes in value primarily driven by market conditions. These changes are recorded in mortgage banking fees in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The fair value of MSRs is estimated by using the present value of estimated future net servicing cash flows, taking into consideration actual and expected mortgage loan prepayment rates, discount rates, contractual servicing fee income, servicing costs, default rates, ancillary income, and other economic factors, which are determined based on current market interest rates. The valuation does not attempt to forecast or predict the future direction of interest rates.
The sensitivity analysis below presents the impact to current fair value of an immediate 50 basis point and 100 basis point adverse change in key economic assumptions and the decline in fair value if the respective adverse change was realized. These sensitivities are hypothetical, with the effect of a variation in a particular assumption on the fair value of the MSRs calculated independently without changing any other assumption. In reality, changes in one factor may result in changes in another (e.g., changes in interest rates, which drive changes in prepayment rates, could result in changes in the discount rates), which may amplify or counteract the sensitivities. The primary risk inherent in the Company’s MSRs is an increase in prepayments of the underlying mortgage loans serviced, which is largely dependent upon movements in market interest rates.
June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
Actual Decline in fair value due to Actual Decline in fair value due to
(dollars in millions)
Fair value $902
50 bps adverse change
100 bps adverse change
$658
50 bps adverse change
100 bps adverse change
Weighted average life (in years) 5.7 4.2
Weighted average constant prepayment rate (1)
11.9% $129 $273 17.3% $122 $202
Weighted average option adjusted spread 581 bps 18 36 595 bps 12 24
(1) Estimated adverse change for the weighted average constant prepayment rate based on an adverse change in market interest rates.
Other Serviced Loans
From time to time, Citizens engages in other servicing relationships. The following table presents the unpaid principal balance of other serviced loans:
(in millions) June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
Education $867  $974 
Commercial (1)
61  51 
(1) Represents the government guaranteed portion of SBA loans sold to outside investors.
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NOTE 6 - VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES
    Citizens is involved in various entities that are considered VIEs, including investments in limited partnerships that sponsor affordable housing projects, limited liability companies that sponsor renewable energy projects or asset-backed securities, and lending to special purpose entities. Citizens’ maximum exposure to loss as a result of its involvement with these entities is limited to the balance sheet carrying amount of its investment in equity and asset-backed securities, unfunded commitments, and outstanding principal balance of loans to special purpose entities. The Company does not consolidate any of its investments in these entities. These investments are included in other assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. For more details see Note 10 in the 2020 Form 10-K.
A summary of these investments is presented below:
(in millions) June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
Lending to special purpose entities included in loans and leases $1,520  $1,295 
LIHTC investment included in other assets 1,926  1,687 
LIHTC unfunded commitments included in other liabilities 974  875 
Investment in asset-backed securities included in HTM securities 826  893 
Renewable energy investments included in other assets 448  403 
Lending to Special Purpose Entities
Citizens provides lending facilities to third-party sponsored special purpose entities. As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the lending facilities had aggregate unpaid principal balances of $1.5 billion and $1.3 billion, respectively, and undrawn commitments to extend credit of $1.7 billion and $1.5 billion, respectively.
Low Income Housing Tax Credit Partnerships
The purpose of the Company’s equity investments is to assist in achieving the goals of the Community Reinvestment Act and to earn an adequate return of capital.
The following table presents other information related to the Company’s affordable housing tax credit investments:
Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions) 2021 2020 2021 2020
Tax credits included in income tax expense $51  $39  $102  $80 
Other tax benefits included in income tax expense 13  10  25  20 
Total tax benefits included in income tax expense 64  49  127  100 
Less: Amortization included in income tax expense 53  42  106  85 
Net benefits from affordable housing tax credit investments included in income tax expense $11  $7  $21  $15 
No LIHTC investment impairment losses were recognized three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

NOTE 7 - BORROWED FUNDS
Short-term borrowed funds
Short-term borrowed funds were $62 million and $243 million as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
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Long-term borrowed funds
The following table presents a summary of the Company’s long-term borrowed funds:
(in millions) June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
Parent Company:
2.375% fixed-rate senior unsecured debt, due July 2021 (1)
$—  $350 
4.150% fixed-rate subordinated debt, due September 2022 (2)
168  182 
3.750% fixed-rate subordinated debt, due July 2024 (2)
90  159 
4.023% fixed-rate subordinated debt, due October 2024 (2)
17  25 
4.350% fixed-rate subordinated debt, due August 2025 (2)
133  193 
4.300% fixed-rate subordinated debt, due December 2025 (2)
336  450 
2.850% fixed-rate senior unsecured notes, due July 2026
497  497 
2.500% fixed-rate senior unsecured notes, due February 2030
298  297 
3.250% fixed-rate senior unsecured notes, due April 2030
745  745 
3.750% fixed-rate reset subordinated debt, due February 2031 (2)
69  — 
4.300% fixed-rate reset subordinated debt, due February 2031 (2)
135  — 
4.350% fixed-rate reset subordinated debt, due February 2031 (2)
60  — 
2.638% fixed-rate subordinated debt, due September 2032
547  543 
CBNA’s Global Note Program:
2.550% senior unsecured notes, due May 2021
—  1,003 
3.250% senior unsecured notes, due February 2022
708  716 
0.874% floating-rate senior unsecured notes, due February 2022 (3)
300  299 
0.951% floating-rate senior unsecured notes, due May 2022 (3)
250  250 
2.650% senior unsecured notes, due May 2022
507  510 
3.700% senior unsecured notes, due March 2023
520  527 
1.096% floating-rate senior unsecured notes, due March 2023 (3)
250  249 
2.250% senior unsecured notes, due April 2025
746  746 
3.750% senior unsecured notes, due February 2026
536  551 
Additional Borrowings by CBNA and Other Subsidiaries:
Federal Home Loan Bank advances, 0.909% weighted average rate, due through 2038
18  19 
Other 27  35 
Total long-term borrowed funds $6,957  $8,346 
(1) Notes were redeemed on June 28, 2021.
(2) June 30, 2021 balances reflect the February 2021 completion of $265 million in private exchange offers for five series of outstanding subordinated notes whereby participants received newly issued 3.750%, 4.300%, and 4.350% fixed-rate reset subordinated notes due 2031 which are redeemable by the Company five years prior to their maturity.
(3) Rate disclosed reflects the floating rate as of June 30, 2021.
The Parent Company’s long-term borrowed funds as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 included principal balances of $3.2 billion and $3.5 billion, respectively, and unamortized deferred issuance costs and/or discounts of $84 million and $90 million, respectively. CBNA and other subsidiaries’ long-term borrowed funds as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 included principal balances of $3.8 billion and $4.8 billion, respectively, with unamortized deferred issuance costs and/or discounts of $9 million and $11 million, respectively, and hedging basis adjustments of $76 million and $112 million, respectively. See Note 8 for further information about the Company’s hedging of certain long-term borrowed funds.
Advances, lines of credit, and letters of credit from the FHLB are collateralized primarily by residential mortgages and home equity products at least sufficient to satisfy the collateral maintenance level established by the FHLB. The utilized borrowing capacity for FHLB advances and letters of credit was $2.5 billion and $3.2 billion at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. The Company’s available FHLB borrowing capacity was $14.4 billion and $13.9 billion at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. Citizens can also borrow from the FRB discount window to meet short-term liquidity requirements. Collateral, including certain loans, is pledged to support this borrowing capacity. At June 30, 2021, the Company’s unused secured borrowing capacity was approximately $64.3 billion, which includes unencumbered securities, FHLB borrowing capacity, and FRB discount window capacity.
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The following table presents a summary of maturities for the Company’s long-term borrowed funds at June 30, 2021:
(in millions) Parent Company CBNA and Other Subsidiaries Consolidated
Year
2021 $—  $4  $4 
2022 168  1,771  1,939 
2023 —  771  771 
2024 107  —  107 
2025 469  760  1,229 
2026 and thereafter 2,351  556  2,907 
Total $3,095  $3,862  $6,957 
NOTE 8 - DERIVATIVES
In the normal course of business, Citizens enters into a variety of derivative transactions to meet the financing needs of its customers and to reduce its own exposure to fluctuations in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates. These transactions include interest rate swap contracts, interest rate options, foreign exchange contracts, residential loan commitment rate locks, interest rate future contracts, swaptions, certain commodities, forward commitments to sell TBAs, forward sale contracts and purchase options. The Company does not use derivatives for speculative purposes. Information regarding the valuation methodology and inputs used to estimate the fair value of the Company’s derivative instruments is described in Note 19 in the Company’s 2020 Form 10-K.
The following table presents derivative instruments included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets:
June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
(in millions)
Notional Amount(1)
Derivative Assets Derivative Liabilities
Notional Amount(1)
Derivative Assets Derivative Liabilities
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:
Interest rate contracts $25,300  $16  $7  $22,300  $1  $3 
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
Interest rate contracts 144,982  1,118  190  149,021  1,565  214 
Foreign exchange contracts 20,289  273  209  16,789  320  291 
Commodities contracts 431  424  427  246  62  61 
TBA contracts 10,924  28  11,149  65 
Other contracts 6,717  89  —  8,051  197  — 
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments 1,909  854  2,152  631 
Gross derivative fair values 1,925  861  2,153  634 
Less: Gross amounts offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets (2)
(207) (207) (182) (182)
Less: Cash collateral applied (2)
(63) (510) (56) (324)
Total net derivative fair values presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheets $1,655  $144  $1,915  $128 
(1) The notional or contractual amount of interest rate derivatives and foreign exchange contracts is the amount upon which interest and other payments under the contract are based. For interest rate contracts, the notional amount is typically not exchanged. Therefore, notional amounts should not be taken as the measure of credit or market risk, as they do not measure the true economic risk of these contracts.
(2) Amounts represent the impact of enforceable master netting agreements that allow the Company to net settle positive and negative positions as well as collateral paid and received.

The Company’s derivative transactions are internally divided into three sub-groups: institutional, customer and residential loan. Certain derivative transactions within these sub-groups are designated as fair value or cash flow hedges, as described below:
Derivatives Designated As Hedging Instruments
The Company’s institutional derivatives qualify for hedge accounting treatment. The net interest accruals on interest rate swaps designated in a fair value or cash flow hedge relationship are treated as an adjustment to interest income or interest expense of the item being hedged. The Company formally documents at inception all hedging relationships, as well as risk management objectives and strategies for undertaking various accounting
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hedges. Additionally, the Company monitors the effectiveness of its hedge relationships during the duration of the hedge period. The methods utilized to assess hedge effectiveness vary based on hedge relationship and the Company monitors each relationship to ensure that management’s initial intent continues to be satisfied. The Company discontinues hedge accounting treatment when it is determined that a derivative is not expected to be, or has ceased to be, effective as a hedge and subsequently reflects changes in the fair value of the derivative in earnings after termination of the hedge relationship.
Fair Value Hedges
Citizens has outstanding interest rate swap agreements utilized to manage the interest rate exposure on its long-term borrowings and AFS debt securities. Certain fair value hedges have been designated as a last-of-layer hedge, which affords the Company the ability to execute a fair value hedge of the interest rate risk associated with a portfolio of similar prepayable assets whereby the last dollar amount estimated to remain in the portfolio of assets is identified as the hedged item.
The following table presents the change in fair value of interest rate contracts designated as fair value hedges, as well as the change in fair value of the related hedged items attributable to the risk being hedged, included in the Consolidated Statements of Operations:
Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions) 2021 2020 2021 2020 Affected Line Item in the Consolidated Statements of Operations
Interest rate swaps hedging borrowed funds ($10) $5  ($38) $98  Interest expense - long-term borrowed funds
Hedged long-term debt attributable to the risk being hedged (3) 37  (95) Interest expense - long-term borrowed funds
Interest rate swaps hedging fixed rate loans —  —  —  17  Interest and fees on loans and leases
Hedged fixed rate loans attributable to the risk being hedged —  —  —  (17) Interest and fees on loans and leases
Interest rate swaps hedging debt securities available for sale (14) 32  (121) Interest income - investment securities
Hedged debt securities available for sale attributable to risk being hedged (4) 14  (32) 121  Interest income - investment securities

The following table reflects amounts recorded in the Consolidated Balance Sheets related to cumulative basis adjustments for fair value hedges:    
June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
(in millions)
Debt securities available for sale(1)
Long-term borrowed funds
Debt securities available for sale(1)
Long-term borrowed funds
Carrying amount of hedged assets $8,287  $—  $10,869  $— 
Carrying amount of hedged liabilities —  2,272  —  3,307 
Cumulative amount of fair value hedging adjustments included in the carrying amount of the hedged items 64  76  96  112 
(1) The Company designated $2.0 billion as the hedged amount (from a closed portfolio of prepayable financial assets with an amortized cost basis of $8.3 billion and $10.9 billion as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively) in a last-of-layer hedging relationship, which commenced in the third quarter of 2019.
Cash Flow Hedges
Citizens has outstanding interest rate swap agreements designed to hedge a portion of the Company’s floating-rate assets, and liabilities. All of these swaps have been deemed highly effective cash flow hedges. During the next 12 months, there are $86 million in pre-tax net gains on derivative instruments included in OCI expected to be reclassified to net interest income in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. This amount could differ from amounts actually recognized due to changes in interest rates, hedge de-designations, and the addition of other hedges subsequent to June 30, 2021.
The following table presents the pre-tax net gains (losses) recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income relating to derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges:
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Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions) 2021 2020 2021 2020
Amount of pre-tax net gains (losses) recognized in OCI $62  ($11) $34  $118 
Amount of pre-tax net gains (losses) reclassified from OCI into interest income 49  55  95  60 
Amount of pre-tax net gains (losses) reclassified from OCI into interest expense (12) (10) (24) (11)

Derivatives Not Designated As Hedging Instruments
Economic Hedges
The Company’s economic hedges include those related to offsetting customer derivatives, residential mortgage loan derivatives (including interest rate lock commitments and forward sales commitments) and derivatives to hedge its residential MSR portfolio. Customer derivatives include interest rate, foreign exchange and commodity derivative contracts designed to meet the hedging and financing needs of the Company’s customers, and are economically hedged by the Company to offset its market exposure. Interest rate lock commitments on residential mortgage loans that will be held for sale are considered derivative instruments, and are economically hedged by entering into forward sale commitments to manage changes in fair value due to interest rate risk. Residential MSR portfolio derivatives are entered to hedge the risk of changes in the fair value of the Company’s MSRs.
The following table presents the effect of economic hedges on noninterest income:
Amounts Recognized in
Noninterest Income for the
Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30, Affected Line Item in the Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in millions) 2021 2020 2021 2020
Economic hedge type:
Customer interest rate contracts $133  $180  ($215) $1,269  Foreign exchange and interest rate products
Derivatives hedging interest rate risk (129) (161) 227  (1,246) Foreign exchange and interest rate products
Customer foreign exchange contracts 19  23  (97) (7) Foreign exchange and interest rate products
Derivatives hedging foreign exchange risk (11) (50) 139  49  Foreign exchange and interest rate products
Customer commodity contracts 319  413  (56) Foreign exchange and interest rate products
Derivatives hedging commodity price risk (317) (7) (409) 57  Foreign exchange and interest rate products
Residential loan commitments 67  14  (171) 154  Mortgage banking fees
Derivatives hedging residential loan commitments and mortgage loans held for sale, at fair value (141) 110  134  (19) Mortgage banking fees
Derivative contracts used to hedge residential MSRs 53  62  (129) 333  Mortgage banking fees
Total ($7) $178  ($108) $534 
    
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NOTE 9 - ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
The following table presents the changes in the balances, net of income taxes, of each component of AOCI:
As of and for the Three Months Ended June 30,
(in millions) Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Derivatives Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Debt Securities Employee Benefit Plans Total AOCI
Balance at April 1, 2020 $96  $401  ($412) $85 
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications (8) 49  —  41 
Amounts reclassified to the Consolidated Statements of Operations (34) (2) (32)
Net other comprehensive income (loss) (42) 47 
Balance at June 30, 2020 $54  $448  ($408) $94 
Balance at April 1, 2021 ($57) $71  ($425) ($411)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications 46  10  —  56 
Amounts reclassified to the Consolidated Statements of Operations (27) (3) (26)
Net other comprehensive income (loss) 19  30 
Balance at June 30, 2021 ($38) $78  ($421) ($381)
Primary location of amounts reclassified to the Consolidated Statements of Operations Net interest income Securities gains, net Other operating expense
As of and for the Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions) Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Derivatives Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Debt Securities Employee Benefit Plans Total AOCI
Balance at January 1, 2020 $3  $1  ($415) ($411)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications 88  449  —  537 
Amounts reclassified to the Consolidated Statements of Operations (37) (2) (32)
Net other comprehensive income (loss) 51  447  505 
Balance at June 30, 2020 $54  $448  ($408) $94 
Balance at January 1, 2021 ($11) $380  ($429) ($60)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications 25  (297) —  (272)
Amounts reclassified to the Consolidated Statements of Operations (52) (5) (49)
Net other comprehensive income (loss) (27) (302) (321)
Balance at June 30, 2021 ($38) $78  ($421) ($381)
Primary location of amounts reclassified to the Consolidated Statements of Operations Net interest income Securities gains, net Other operating expense

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NOTE 10 - STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Preferred Stock
The following table summarizes the Company’s preferred stock:
June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
(in millions, except per share and share data) Liquidation value per share Preferred Shares Carrying Amount Preferred Shares Carrying Amount
Authorized ($25 par value per share)
100,000,000  100,000,000 
Issued and outstanding:
Series A $1,000  —  $— 250,000  $247
Series B 1,000  300,000  296  300,000  296 
Series C 1,000  300,000  297  300,000  297 
Series D 1,000 
(1)
300,000 
(2)
293  300,000  293 
Series E 1,000 
(1)
450,000 
(3)
437  450,000  437 
Series F 1,000  400,000  395  400,000  395 
Series G 1,000  300,000  296  — 
Total 2,050,000  $2,014 2,000,000  $1,965
(1) Equivalent to $25 per depositary share.
(2) Represented by 12,000,000 depositary shares each representing a 1/40th interest in the Series D Preferred Stock.
(3) Represented by 18,000,000 depositary shares each representing a 1/40th interest in the Series E Preferred Stock.
In June 2021, the Company provided notice of its intent to redeem all outstanding shares of the 5.500% fixed-to-floating non-cumulative perpetual Series A Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) on July 6, 2021. Prior to the settlement, the Company reclassified the Series A Preferred Stock from shareholders’ equity to other liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. On July 6, 2021, the Company redeemed all outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock.

On June 11, 2021, the Company issued $300 million, or 300,000 shares, of 4.000% fixed-rate reset non-cumulative perpetual Series G Preferred Stock, par value of $25.00 per share with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share (the “Series G Preferred Stock”). As a result of this issuance, the Company received net proceeds of $296 million after the underwriting discount and other expenses. The Series G Preferred Stock has no stated maturity and will not be subject to any sinking fund or other obligation of the Company. Dividends, if declared, will accrue and be payable quarterly, in arrears, at a rate equal to 4.000% from the date of issuance to, but excluding, October 6, 2026, and from and including October 6, 2026, for each dividend reset period, at a rate equal to the five-year U.S. treasury rate as of the most recent reset dividend determination date, plus 3.215% per annum. The Series G Preferred Stock is redeemable at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, on any dividend payment date on or after October 6, 2026 or, in whole but not in part, at any time within the 90 days following a regulatory capital treatment event at a redemption price equal to $1,000 per share, plus any declared and unpaid dividends. The Company may not redeem shares of the Series G Preferred Stock without obtaining the prior approval of the FRB if then required under applicable capital guidelines. Except in certain limited circumstances, the Series G Preferred Stock does not have any voting rights.

For further detail regarding the terms and conditions of the Company’s preferred stock, see Note 16 to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements in the 2020 Form 10-K.
Dividends
Three Months Ended June 30, 2021 Three Months Ended June 30, 2020
(in millions, except per share data) Dividends Declared per Share Dividends Declared Dividends Paid Dividends Declared per Share Dividends Declared Dividends Paid
Common stock $0.39  $168  $168  $0.39  $168  $168 
Preferred stock
Series A $10.50  $2  $2  $13.48  $3  $7 
Series B 30.00  —  30.00  — 
Series C 15.94  15.94 
Series D 15.88  15.88 
Series E 12.50  12.50 
Series F 14.13  —  —  — 
Total preferred stock $32  $23  $28  $22 
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Six Months Ended June 30, 2021 Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
(in millions, except per share data) Dividends Declared per Share Dividends Declared Dividends Paid Dividends Declared per Share Dividends Declared Dividends Paid
Common stock $0.78  $335  $335  $0.78  $336  $336 
Preferred stock
Series A $20.99  $5  $5  $40.98  $10  $7 
Series B 30.00  30.00 
Series C 31.88  10  10  31.88  10  10 
Series D 31.75  31.75  10  10 
Series E 25.00  11  11  25.00  11 
Series F 28.25  11  11  —  —  — 
Total preferred stock $55  $55  $50  $45 
Treasury Stock
During the six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company repurchased $95 million, or 2,244,924 shares, of its outstanding common stock, which are held in treasury stock.
NOTE 11 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
A summary of outstanding off-balance sheet arrangements is presented below. For more information on these arrangements, see Note 18 in the Company’s 2020 Form 10-K.
(in millions) June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
Commitments to extend credit $76,761  $74,160 
Letters of credit 1,926  2,239 
Risk participation agreements 68  98 
Loans sold with recourse 64  54 
Marketing rights 26  29 
Total $78,845  $76,580 
Commitments to Extend Credit
Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to customers in accordance with conditions contractually agreed upon in advance. Generally, the commitments have fixed expiration dates or termination clauses and may require payment of a fee. Since many of these commitments are expected to expire without being drawn upon, the contract amounts are not necessarily indicative of future cash requirements.
Letters of Credit
Letters of credit in the table above reflect commercial, standby financial and standby performance letters of credit. Financial and performance standby letters of credit are issued by the Company for the benefit of its customers. They are used as conditional guarantees of payment to a third party in the event the customer either fails to make specific payments (financial) or fails to complete a specific project (performance). The Company’s exposure to credit loss in the event of counterparty nonperformance in connection with the above instruments is represented by the contractual amount of those instruments. Generally, letters of credit are collateralized by cash, accounts receivable, inventory or investment securities. Credit risk associated with letters of credit is considered in determining the appropriate amounts of allowances for unfunded commitments. Standby letters of credit and commercial letters of credit are issued for terms of up to ten years and one year, respectively.
Other Commitments
Citizens has additional off-balance sheet arrangements that are summarized below:
Marketing Rights - During 2003, Citizens entered into a 25-year agreement to acquire the naming and marketing rights of a baseball stadium in Pennsylvania.
Loans sold with recourse - Citizens is an originator and servicer of residential mortgages and routinely sells such mortgage loans in the secondary market and to GSEs. In the context of such sales, the Company makes certain representations and warranties regarding the characteristics of the underlying loans and, as a result, may be contractually required to repurchase such loans or indemnify certain parties against
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losses for certain breaches of those representations and warranties. The Company also sells the government guaranteed portion of certain SBA loans to outside investors, for which it retains the servicing rights.
Risk Participation Agreements - RPAs are guarantees issued by the Company to other parties for a fee, whereby the Company agrees to participate in the credit risk of a derivative customer of the other party. The current amount of credit exposure is spread out over multiple counterparties. At June 30, 2021, the remaining terms on these RPAs ranged from less than one year to eight years.
Contingencies
The Company operates in a legal and regulatory environment that exposes it to potentially significant risks. A certain amount of litigation ordinarily results from the nature of the Company’s banking and other businesses. The Company is a party to legal proceedings, including class actions. The Company is also the subject of investigations, reviews, subpoenas, and regulatory matters arising out of its normal business operations, which, in some instances, relate to concerns about fair lending, unfair and/or deceptive practices, mortgage-related issues, and mis-selling of certain products. In addition, the Company engages in discussions with relevant governmental and regulatory authorities on a regular and ongoing basis regarding various issues, and any issues discussed or identified may result in investigatory or other action being taken. Litigation and regulatory matters may result in settlements, damages, fines, penalties, public or private censure, increased costs, required remediation, restrictions on business activities, or other impacts on the Company.
In these disputes and proceedings, the Company contests liability and the amount of damages as appropriate. Given their complex nature, and based on the Company's experience, it may be years before some of these matters are finally resolved. Moreover, before liability can be reasonably estimated for a claim, numerous legal and factual issues may need to be examined, including through potentially lengthy discovery and determination of important factual matters, and by addressing novel or unsettled legal issues relevant to the proceedings in question. The Company cannot predict with certainty if, how, or when such claims will be resolved or what the eventual settlement, fine, penalty or other relief, if any, may be, particularly for claims that are at an early stage in their development or where claimants seek substantial or indeterminate damages. The Company recognizes a provision for a claim when, in the opinion of management after seeking legal advice, it is probable that a liability exists and the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated. In many proceedings, however, it is not possible to determine whether any loss is probable or to estimate the amount of any loss.
Based on information currently available, the advice of legal counsel and other advisers, and established reserves, management believes that the aggregate liabilities, if any, potentially arising from these proceedings will not have a materially adverse effect on the Company’s unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements.
NOTE 12 - FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
Citizens measures or monitors many of its assets and liabilities on a fair value basis. Fair value is used on a recurring basis for assets and liabilities for which fair value is the required or elected measurement basis of accounting. Additionally, fair value is used on a nonrecurring basis to evaluate assets for impairment or for disclosure purposes. Nonrecurring fair value adjustments typically involve the application of lower of cost or market accounting or write-downs of individual assets. Citizens also applies the fair value measurement guidance to determine amounts reported for certain disclosures in this Note for assets and liabilities that are not required to be reported at fair value in the financial statements.
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Fair Value Option
Citizens elected to account for residential mortgage LHFS and certain commercial and industrial, and commercial real estate LHFS at fair value. The following table presents the difference between the aggregate fair value and the aggregate unpaid principal balance of LHFS measured at fair value:
June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
(in millions) Aggregate Fair Value Aggregate Unpaid Principal Aggregate Fair Value Greater (Less) Aggregate Unpaid Principal Aggregate Fair Value Aggregate Unpaid Principal Aggregate Fair Value Greater (Less) Aggregate Unpaid Principal
Residential mortgage loans held for sale, at fair value $3,499  $3,388  $111  $3,416  $3,260  $156 
Commercial and industrial, and commercial real estate loans held for sale, at fair value 117  119  (2) 148  153  (5)
For more information on the election of the fair value option for these assets see Note 19 in the Company’s 2020 Form 10-K.

Recurring Fair Value Measurements
Citizens utilizes a variety of valuation techniques to measure its assets and liabilities at fair value on a recurring basis. For more information on the valuation techniques utilized to measure recurring fair value see Note 19 in the Company’s 2020 Form 10-K.
Collateralized Loan Obligations
The fair value of CLOs is estimated using observable inputs, including prices of similar securities that trade in the market. The Company classifies these securities in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy using these observable inputs.
Derivatives - Commodities Contracts
The fair value of commodity derivatives uses the mid-point of market observable quoted prices as an input into the fair value model. The model uses the observed market prices combined with other market observed inputs to derive the fair value of the instrument, which generally classifies it as Level 2 instrument. This type of derivative is exposed to counterparty risk; therefore, the Company adjusts the fair value of the contract by the credit valuation adjustment.
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The following table presents assets and liabilities measured at fair value, including gross derivative assets and liabilities, on a recurring basis at June 30, 2021:
(in millions) Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Debt securities available for sale:
Mortgage-backed securities $24,392  $—  $24,392  $— 
Collateralized loan obligations 177  —  177  — 
State and political subdivisions —  — 
U.S. Treasury and other 11  11  —  — 
Total debt securities available for sale 24,583  11  24,572  — 
Loans held for sale, at fair value:
Residential loans held for sale 3,499  —  3,499  — 
Commercial loans held for sale 117  —  117  — 
Total loans held for sale, at fair value 3,616  —  3,616  — 
Mortgage servicing rights 902  —  —  902 
Derivative assets:
Interest rate contracts 1,134  —  1,134  — 
Foreign exchange contracts 273  —  273  — 
Commodities contracts 424  —  424  — 
TBA contracts —  — 
Other contracts 89  —  —  89 
Total derivative assets 1,925  —  1,836  89 
Equity securities, at fair value 80  80  —  — 
Total assets $31,106  $91  $30,024  $991 
Derivative liabilities:
Interest rate contracts $197  $—  $197  $— 
Foreign exchange contracts 209  —  209  — 
Commodities contracts 427  —  427  — 
TBA contracts 28  —  28  — 
Total derivative liabilities 861  —  861  — 
Total liabilities $861  $—  $861  $— 
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The following table presents assets and liabilities measured at fair value, including gross derivative assets and liabilities, on a recurring basis at December 31, 2020:
(in millions) Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Debt securities available for sale:
Mortgage-backed securities $22,928  $—  $22,928  $— 
State and political subdivisions —  — 
U.S. Treasury and other 11  11  —  — 
Total debt securities available for sale 22,942  11  22,931  — 
Loans held for sale, at fair value:
Residential loans held for sale 3,416  —  3,416  — 
Commercial loans held for sale 148  —  148  — 
Total loans held for sale, at fair value 3,564  —  3,564  — 
Mortgage servicing rights 658  —  —  658 
Derivative assets:
Interest rate contracts 1,566  —  1,566  — 
Foreign exchange contracts 320  —  320  — 
Commodities contracts 62  —  62  — 
TBA contracts —  — 
Other contracts 197  —  —  197 
Total derivative assets 2,153  —  1,956  197 
Equity securities, at fair value 66  66  —  — 
Total assets $29,383  $77  $28,451  $855 
Derivative liabilities:
Interest rate contracts $217  $—  $217  $— 
Foreign exchange contracts 291  —  291  — 
Commodities contracts 61  —  61  — 
TBA contracts 65  —  65  — 
Total derivative liabilities 634  —  634  — 
Total liabilities $634  $—  $634  $— 
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The following tables present a roll forward of the balance sheet amounts for assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis and classified as Level 3:
Three Months Ended June 30, 2021 Six Months Ended June 30, 2021
(in millions) Mortgage Servicing Rights Other Derivative Contracts Mortgage Servicing Rights Other Derivative Contracts
Beginning balance $893  $38  $658  $197 
Issuances 122  81  209  243 
Settlements (2)
(47) (97) (105) (180)
Changes in fair value during the period recognized in earnings (3)
(66) 67  140  (171)
Ending balance $902  $89  $902  $89 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2020 Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
(in millions) Mortgage Servicing Rights Other Derivative Contracts Mortgage Servicing Rights Other Derivative Contracts
Beginning balance $577  $143  $642  $19 
Transfers upon election of fair value method (1)
—  —  190  — 
Beginning balance, adjusted 577  143  832  19 
Issuances 86  234  153  405 
Settlements (2)
(46) (344) (86) (420)
Changes in fair value during the period recognized in earnings (3)
(49) 140  (331) 169 
Ending balance $568  $173  $568  $173 
(1) Effective January 1, 2020, the Company elected to account for all MSRs previously accounted for under the amortization method under the fair value method.
(2) Represents changes in value of the MSRs due to i) passage of time including the impact from both regularly scheduled loan principal payments and partial
paydowns, and ii) loans that paid off during the period.
(3) Represents changes in value primarily driven by market conditions. These changes are recorded in mortgage banking fees in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
The following table presents quantitative information about the Company’s Level 3 assets, including the range and weighted-average of the significant unobservable inputs used to fair value these assets, as well as valuation techniques used.
As of June 30, 2021
Valuation Technique Unobservable Input Range (Weighted Average)
Mortgage servicing rights Discounted Cash Flow Constant prepayment rate
10.56-29.54% CPR (11.9% CPR)
Option adjusted spread
(1490)-1,060 bps (581 bps)
Other derivative contracts Internal Model Pull through rate
10.38-99.90% (81.66%)
MSR value
(0.21)-154.76 bps (99.01 bps)
Nonrecurring Fair Value Measurements
Fair value is also used on a nonrecurring basis to evaluate certain assets for impairment or for disclosure purposes. For more information on the valuation techniques utilized to measure nonrecurring fair value see Note 19 in the Company’s 2020 Form 10-K.
The following table presents losses on assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis and recorded in earnings:
Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions) 2021 2020 2021 2020
Collateral-dependent loans $—  ($22) ($19) ($44)

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The following table presents assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis:
June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
(in millions) Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Collateral-dependent loans $620  $—  $620  $—  $758  $—  $758  $— 
The following tables present the estimated fair value for financial instruments not recorded at fair value in the unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements. The carrying amounts are recorded in the Consolidated Balance Sheets under the indicated captions:
June 30, 2021
Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
(in millions) Carrying Value Estimated Fair Value Carrying Value Estimated Fair Value Carrying Value Estimated Fair Value Carrying Value Estimated Fair Value
Financial assets:
Debt securities held to maturity $2,711  $2,790  $—  $—  $1,887  $1,964  $824  $826 
Other loans held for sale 82  82  —  —  —  —  82  82 
Loans and leases 122,581  123,022  —  —  620  620  121,961  122,402 
Other assets 602  602  —  —  594  594 
Financial liabilities:
Deposits 150,636  150,658  —  —  150,636  150,658  —  — 
Short-term borrowed funds 62  62  —  —  62  62  —  — 
Long-term borrowed funds 6,957  7,307  —  —  6,957  7,307  —  — 
December 31, 2020
Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
(in millions) Carrying Value Estimated Fair Value Carrying Value Estimated Fair Value Carrying Value Estimated Fair Value Carrying Value Estimated Fair Value
Financial assets:
Debt securities held to maturity $3,235  $3,357  $—  $—  $2,342  $2,464  $893  $893 
Other loans held for sale 439  439  —  —  —  —  439  439 
Loans and leases 123,090  123,678  —  —  758  758  122,332  122,920 
Other assets 604  604  —  —  596  596 
Financial liabilities:
Deposits 147,164  147,223  —  —  147,164  147,223  —  — 
Short-term borrowed funds 243  243  —  —  243  243  —  — 
Long-term borrowed funds 8,346  8,850  —  —  8,346  8,850  —  — 
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NOTE 13 - NONINTEREST INCOME
Revenues from Contracts with Customers
The following table presents the components of revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by revenue stream and business operating segment:
Three Months Ended June 30, 2021 Three Months Ended June 30, 2020
(in millions) Consumer Banking Commercial Banking Other Consolidated Consumer Banking Commercial Banking Other
Consolidated
Service charges and fees $74  $26  $—  $100  $59  $25  $—  $84 
Card fees 56  —  64  42  —  49 
Capital markets fees —  84  —  84  —  48  —  48 
Trust and investment services fees 60  —  —  60  45  —  —  45 
Other banking fees —  —  —  — 
Total revenue from contracts with customers $190  $120  $—  $310  $146  $81  $—  $227 
Total revenue from other sources(1)
93  58  24  175  282  63  18  363 
Total noninterest income $283  $178  $24  $485  $428  $144  $18  $590 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2021 Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
(in millions) Consumer Banking Commercial Banking Other Consolidated Consumer Banking Commercial Banking Other Consolidated
Service charges and fees $148  $51  $—  $199  $151  $51  $—  $202 
Card fees 103  15  —  118  87  17  —  104 
Capital markets fees —  156  —  156  —  113  —  113 
Trust and investment services fees 118  —  —  118  98  —  —  98 
Other banking fees —  —  —  — 
Total revenue from contracts with customers $369  $226  $—  $595  $336  $185  $—  $521 
Total revenue from other sources(1)
265  122  45  432  449  84  33  566 
Total noninterest income $634  $348  $45  $1,027  $785  $269  $33  $1,087 
(1) Revenue from other sources includes bank-owned life insurance income of $16 million and $14 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $30 million and $28 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Bank-owned life insurance income is included in other income in the consolidated statements of operations.
The Company recognized trailing commissions of $4 million and $3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $8 million and $7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, related to ongoing commissions from previous investment sales.

NOTE 14 - OTHER OPERATING EXPENSE
The following table presents the details of other operating expense:
Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions) 2021 2020 2021 2020
Marketing $31  $27  $50  $51 
Other 62  84  134  171 
Other operating expense $93  $111  $184  $222 
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NOTE 15 - EARNINGS PER SHARE
Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions, except share and per share data) 2021 2020 2021 2020
Numerator (basic and diluted):
Net income $648  $253  $1,259  $287 
Less: Preferred stock dividends 32  28  55  50 
Net income available to common stockholders $616  $225  $1,204  $237 
Denominator:
Weighted-average common shares outstanding - basic 425,948,706  426,613,053  425,951,197  427,165,737 
Dilutive common shares: share-based awards 1,612,866  953,867  1,717,045  1,126,843 
Weighted-average common shares outstanding - diluted 427,561,572  427,566,920  427,668,242  428,292,580 
Earnings per common share:
Basic $1.45  $0.53  $2.83  $0.56 
Diluted (1)
1.44  0.53  2.81  0.55 
(1) Potential dilutive common shares are excluded from the computation of diluted EPS in the periods where the effect would be antidilutive. Excluded from the computation of diluted EPS were weighted average antidilutive shares totaling 76,984 and 1,579,361 for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and 43,877 and 1,211,751 for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
NOTE 16 - BUSINESS OPERATING SEGMENTS
Citizens is managed by its Chief Executive Officer on a segment basis. The Company’s two business operating segments are Consumer Banking and Commercial Banking. The business segments are determined based on the products and services provided, or the type of customer served. Each segment has a segment head who reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer has final authority over resource allocation decisions and performance assessment. The business segments reflect this management structure and the manner in which financial information is currently evaluated by the Chief Executive Officer. For more information on the Company’s business operating segments, as well as Other non-segment operations, see Note 25 in the Company’s 2020 Form 10-K.
As of and for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2021
(in millions) Consumer Banking Commercial Banking Other Consolidated
Net interest income $897  $419  ($192) $1,124 
Noninterest income 283  178  24  485 
Total revenue 1,180  597  (168) 1,609 
Noninterest expense 751  226  14  991 
Profit (loss) before provision for credit losses 429  371  (182) 618 
Provision for credit losses 45  34  (292) (213)
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit) 384  337  110  831 
Income tax expense (benefit) 98  72  13  183 
Net income (loss) $286  $265  $97  $648 
Total average assets $75,600  $57,527  $51,329  $184,456 
As of and for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2020
(in millions) Consumer Banking Commercial Banking Other Consolidated
Net interest income $814  $419  ($73) $1,160 
Noninterest income 428  144  18  590 
Total revenue 1,242  563  (55) 1,750 
Noninterest expense 735  213  31  979 
Profit (loss) before provision for credit losses 507  350  (86) 771 
Provision for credit losses 80  70  314  464 
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit) 427  280  (400) 307 
Income tax expense (benefit) 107  59  (112) 54 
Net income (loss) $320  $221  ($288) $253 
Total average assets $71,634  $65,280  $42,879  $179,793 
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As of and for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2021
(in millions) Consumer Banking Commercial Banking Other Consolidated
Net interest income $1,760  $840  ($359) $2,241 
Noninterest income 634  348  45  1,027 
Total revenue 2,394  1,188  (314) 3,268 
Noninterest expense 1,501  453  55  2,009 
Profit (loss) before provision for credit losses 893  735  (369) 1,259 
Provision for credit losses 104  135  (592) (353)
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit) 789  600  223  1,612 
Income tax expense (benefit) 201  124  28  353 
Net income (loss) $588  $476  $195  $1,259 
Total average assets $75,443  $57,632  $50,443  $183,518 
As of and for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
(in millions) Consumer Banking Commercial Banking Other Consolidated
Net interest income $1,607  $784  ($71) $2,320 
Noninterest income 785  269  33  1,087 
Total revenue 2,392  1,053  (38) 3,407 
Noninterest expense 1,473  434  84  1,991 
Profit (loss) before provision for credit losses 919  619  (122) 1,416 
Provision for credit losses 177  113  774  1,064 
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit) 742  506  (896) 352 
Income tax expense (benefit) 186  106  (227) 65 
Net income (loss) $556  $400  ($669) $287 
Total average assets $70,024  $62,142  $41,319  $173,485 
There have been no significant changes in the management accounting practices utilized by the Company regarding the basis of presentation for segment results as discussed in Note 25 in the Company’s 2020 Form 10-K.
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CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

NOTE 17 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On July 28, 2021 Citizens entered into the Investors acquisition agreement under which Citizens will acquire Investors for approximately $3.5 billion, with the transaction value based on Citizen’s closing price of $44.32 per common share as of July 27, 2021. Upon closing of the transaction, Investors’ stockholders will receive a combination of stock and cash, specifically 0.297 of a share of the Company’s common stock and $1.46 in cash for each share of Investors common stock they own. The Investors acquisition agreement provides that at the closing Investors will merge with and into Citizens, with Citizens surviving, and its subsidiary bank, Investors Bank, will merge with and into CBNA, with CBNA surviving. Following completion of the transaction, Investors’ stockholders are expected to own approximately 14% of the combined company’s outstanding shares.

In a press release dated July 28, 2021, Investors preliminarily reported total assets of $26.8 billion, including $21.1 billion of loans receivable, net, and $19.4 billion of deposits as of June 30, 2021. The Investors acquisition agreement has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of each company and is expected to close in the first or second quarter of 2022, subject to approval by the shareholders of Investors, regulatory approvals, and other customary closing conditions.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
The information presented in the “Market Risk” section of Part I, Item 2 is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
The Company maintains a set of disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms. The design of any disclosure controls and procedures is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In accordance with Rule 13a-15(b) of the Exchange Act, as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report, an evaluation was carried out under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures. Based on that evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report, were effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms and is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

The information required by this item is presented in Note 11, which is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

In addition to the risks below and other information set forth in this Report, you should consider the risks described under the caption “Risk Factors” in the Company’s 2020 Form 10-K.

The risk factors set forth in our 2020 Form 10-K are updated by the following risks:

Risks Related to our Pending Acquisitions

Failure to complete our proposed acquisition of Investors or proposed acquisition of HSBC branches could negatively impact our business, financial results, and stock price.

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If for any reason the acquisition of Investors or the proposed acquisition of HSBC branches are not completed, our ongoing business may be adversely impacted and we will be subject to a number of risks, including: the financial markets may react negatively, resulting in negative impacts on our stock price and other adverse impacts; we may experience negative reactions from our customers, vendors, and employees; we will have incurred substantial expenses and will be required to pay certain costs relating to the acquisitions, whether or not the acquisitions are completed, such as legal, accounting, investment banking, and other professional and administrative fees; and matters relating to the acquisitions may require substantial commitments of time and resources by our management, which could otherwise have been devoted to other opportunities that may have benefited us.

Our ability to complete the proposed acquisition of Investors and/or the acquisition of HSBC branches is subject to the receipt of approval from various regulatory agencies.

Prior to the transactions contemplated in the Investors acquisition agreement being consummated, the Company and Investors must obtain certain regulatory approvals, including approvals of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Similarly, prior to the consummation of the HSBC transaction, the Company and HSBC must obtain certain regulatory approvals. The terms and conditions of the approvals that are granted may impose conditions, limitations, obligations or costs, or place restrictions on the conduct of the Company or its business following the acquisitions, or require changes to the terms of the transactions completed by the Investors acquisition agreement and HSBC branch acquisition agreement. There can be no assurance that the regulations will not impose any such conditions, obligations or restrictions, and that such conditions, limitations, obligations or restrictions will not have the effect of delaying or preventing completion of any of the transactions contemplated by the Investors acquisition agreement or HSBC branch acquisition agreement, as applicable, imposing additional material costs on or materially limiting the revenues of the Company following the acquisitions or otherwise reduce the anticipated benefits of the acquisitions if the acquisitions were consummated successfully within the expected timeframe, any of which might have an adverse effect on the Company following the acquisitions.

We face risks and uncertainties related to our proposed acquisitions of Investors and HSBC branches.

Uncertainty about the effect of the proposed acquisitions on personnel and customers may have an adverse effect on us. These uncertainties may impair our ability to attract, retain, and motivate key personnel until the acquisitions are consummated and for a period of time thereafter, and could cause customers and others that deal with us to seek to change their existing business relationships with us. Employee retention may be particularly challenging during the pendency of the acquisitions, as employees may experience uncertainty about their roles with the Company following the acquisitions. The Investors and HSBC branches to be acquired by the Company have respectively operated and, until the completion of the acquisitions, will continue to operate independently. The ultimate success of the acquisitions, including anticipated benefits and cost savings, among other things, will depend, in part, on our ability to successfully combine and integrate our and Investors’ businesses and the HSBC’s branches in a manner that facilitates growth opportunities and realizes anticipated cost savings. It is possible that the integration process could result in the loss of key employees, the loss of customers, the disruption of the companies' ongoing business, unexpected integration issues, higher than expected integration costs, and an integration process that takes longer than originally anticipated. Also, if the Company experiences difficulties or delays with the integration process, the anticipated benefits of the acquisitions may not be realized fully, or at all.

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The definitive agreements between the Company and Investors and HSBC, respectively, may be terminated in accordance with its terms.

The Investors acquisition agreement with Investors and the HSBC branch acquisition agreement with HSBC are each subject to a number of conditions which need to be fulfilled in order to consummate the proposed acquisitions. With respect to the Investors acquisition agreement, these conditions include, among other things, the approval of Investors’ stockholders, the receipt of all required regulatory approvals, the absence of any order, injunction, or other legal restraint, subject to certain exceptions, the accuracy of representations and warranties under the Investors acquisition agreement, our and Investors’ performance of our and their respective obligations under the Investors acquisition agreement in all material aspects, and each of our and Investors’ receipt of a tax opinion to the effect that the acquisition will be treated as a "reorganization" within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The HSBC branch acquisition agreement is also subject to customary closing terms and conditions, including the receipt of all required regulatory approvals.

The conditions to the closing of the acquisitions may not be fulfilled in a timely manner or at all, and accordingly, the acquisitions may be delayed or may not be completed. With respect to the Investors acquisition agreement, we and Investors may opt to terminate the Investors acquisition agreement under certain circumstances. Among other situations, if the acquisition is not completed by July 28, 2022, either we or Investors may choose not to proceed with the acquisition (provided that such date may be extended to October 28, 2022 by us or Investors if all other condition precedents other than receipt of all requisite regulatory approvals have been satisfied or waived). We and Investors can also mutually decide to terminate the Investors acquisition agreement at any time. The HSBC branch acquisition agreement may also be terminated by the parties thereto under certain circumstances.

Shareholder litigation could prevent or delay the closing of the proposed acquisition of Investors or otherwise negatively impact our business and operations.

Lawsuits may be filed against us, Investors, or the directors and officers of either company relating to the proposed acquisition Litigation filed against us, our Board of Directors, or Investors and its Board of Directors could prevent or delay the completion of the acquisition, cause us to incur additional costs, or result in the payment of damages following completion of the acquisition. The defense or settlement of any lawsuit or claim that remains unresolved at the effective time of the acquisition may adversely affect the combined company's business, financial condition, results of operation, cash flows, and market price.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

None.

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

3.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant as in effect on the date hereof, as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and effective July 8, 2021*

3.2 Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (as amended and restated on April 23, 2020) (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Current Report on Form 8-K, filed April 24, 2020)

10.1    Citizens Financial Group Inc. Non-Employee Directors Compensation Policy, amended and effective April 22, 2021†*

10.2    Addendum to Amended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of June 25,2021 between the Registrant and Bruce Van Saun†*

31.1 Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*

31.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*

32.1 Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*

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32.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*

101    The following materials from the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2021, formatted in inline XBRL: (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity, (v) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (vi) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements*

104    Cover page interactive data file in inline XBRL format, included in Exhibit 101 to this report*

† Indicates management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
* Filed herewith.
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SIGNATURE

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, thereunto duly authorized on August 3, 2021.

CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
(Registrant)
By: /s/ C. Jack Read
Name: C. Jack Read
Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer and Authorized Officer)

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Exhibit 3.1

RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
Pursuant to the provisions of §245 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
FIRST: The present name of the corporation is Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (the “Corporation”). The date of filing of the original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware was November 21, 1984 under the name Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
SECOND: This Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted by the Corporation’s Board of Directors in accordance with Section 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and only restates and integrates and does not further amend the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as heretofore amended or supplemented. There is no discrepancy between the provisions of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation as heretofore amended or supplemented.
The text of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as heretofore amended or supplemented, is hereby restated and integrated without further amendments or changes to read in its entirety as follows:
Article 1.
Name

Section 1.01.Name. The name of the corporation is Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (the “Corporation”).
Article 2.
Registered Office and Agent

Section 2.01.Address and Name. The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is 251 Little Falls Drive, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19808. The name of its registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.
Article 3.
Purpose and Powers

Section 3.01.Purpose and Powers. The purpose for which the Corporation is organized is to act as a bank holding company, to act as a savings and loan holding

    


company, and to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (“Delaware Law”).
Article 4.
Capital Stock

Section 4.01.Authorized Shares.
(a)Classes of Stock. The total number of shares of stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 1,100,000,000, consisting of 1,000,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), and 100,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $25.00 per share (the “Preferred Stock”).
(b)Preferred Stock. The Board of Directors is hereby empowered, without any action or vote by the Corporation’s stockholders (except as may otherwise be provided by the terms of any class or series of Preferred Stock then outstanding), to authorize by resolution or resolutions from time to time the issuance of one or more classes or series of Preferred Stock and to fix the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions thereof, including dividend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, voting rights, terms of redemptions, redemption prices and liquidation preferences with respect to each such class or series of Preferred Stock and the number of shares constituting each such class or series, and to increase or decrease the number of shares of any such class or series to the extent permitted by Delaware Law.
Section 4.02.Voting Rights. Each holder of Common Stock, as such, shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock held of record by such holder on all matters on which stockholders generally are entitled to vote; provided, however, that, except as otherwise required by law, holders of Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designations relating to any class or series of Preferred Stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding classes or series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected class or series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such classes or series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designations relating to any class or series of Preferred Stock) or pursuant to Delaware Law.
Except as otherwise required by law, holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock, as such, shall be entitled only to such voting rights, if any, as shall expressly be granted thereto by this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designations relating to such series of Preferred Stock).
Section 4.03.Dividends and Distributions. Subject to applicable law and the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding class or series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of stock having a preference over or the right to participate with the Common Stock with respect to the payment of dividends and other distributions in cash,
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property of the Corporation or shares of stock of the Corporation, such dividends and other distributions may be declared and paid on the Common Stock out of the assets of the Corporation that are by law available therefor at such times and in such amounts as the Board of Directors in its discretion shall determine.
Section 4.04.Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Corporation and of the preferential and other amounts, if any, to which the holders of Preferred Stock shall be entitled, the holders of all outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution ratably in proportion to the number of shares held by each such stockholder.
Section 4.05.    Preferred Stock Designations. Preferred Stock designations approved by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 4.01(b) hereto as of the date of this Certificate of Incorporation are attached hereto as “6.000% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B” (attached as Exhibit A), “6.375% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C” (attached as Exhibit B), “6.350% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series D” (attached as Exhibit C), “5.000% Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E” (attached as Exhibit D), “5.650% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series F” (attached as Exhibit E), and “4.000% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series G” (attached as Exhibit F).

Article 5.
Bylaws

Section 5.01.Bylaws. The Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation (the “Bylaws”).
Article 6.
Board of Directors

Section 6.01.Power of the Board of Directors. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board of Directors.
Section 6.02.Number of Directors. The number of directors that shall constitute the Board of Directors shall, as of the Effective Time, consist of not less than five nor more than twenty-five persons. The exact number of directors that shall constitute the Board of Directors shall be fixed exclusively by one or more resolutions adopted from time to time solely by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors.
Section 6.03.Election of Directors. There shall be no cumulative voting in the election of directors. Election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws so provide.
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Section 6.04.Vacancies. Vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, removal or otherwise and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors shall, except as otherwise required by law, be filled solely by a majority of the directors then in office (although less than a quorum) or by the sole remaining director, and each director so elected shall hold office until the next election of directors.
Section 6.05.Removal. Any director may be removed, with or without cause, by an affirmative vote of the holders of not less than a majority of the total voting power of all outstanding securities of the Corporation generally entitled to vote in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.
Section 6.06.Preferred Stock Directors. Notwithstanding anything else contained herein, whenever the holders of one or more classes or series of Preferred Stock shall have the right, voting separately as a class or series, to elect directors, the election, term of office, filling of vacancies, removal and other features of such directorships shall be governed by the terms of such class or series of Preferred Stock adopted by resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 4.01 hereto, and such directors so elected shall not be subject to the provisions of this Article 6 unless otherwise provided therein.
Article 7.
Meetings of Stockholders

Section 7.01.    Annual Meetings. An annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held at such place, on such date, and at such time as the Board of Directors shall determine.
Section 7.02.    Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders may be called by or at the direction of the chairman of the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer of the Corporation or the Board of Directors acting pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Board of Directors, or by the Secretary upon written request by record stockholders owning at least twenty five (25) percent of the voting power of all outstanding shares of common stock of the Corporation as determined pursuant to the Bylaws and who otherwise comply with such other requirements and procedures set forth in the Bylaws, as now or hereinafter in effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever holders of one or more classes or series of Preferred Stock shall have the right, voting separately as a class or series, to elect directors, such holders may call, pursuant to the terms of such class or series of Preferred Stock adopted by resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 4.01 hereto, special meetings of holders of such Preferred Stock.



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Section 7.03.    Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders may be effected only upon the vote of stockholders at an annual or special meeting duly noticed and called in accordance with Delaware Law, as amended from time to time, and this Article 7 and may not be taken by written consent of stockholders without a meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, holders of one or more classes or series of Preferred Stock may, to the extent permitted by and pursuant to the terms of such class or series of Preferred Stock adopted by resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 4.01 hereto, take action by written consent.
Article 8.
Indemnification

Section 8.01.Limited Liability. A director or officer of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware Law. Neither the amendment nor the repeal of this Article 8 shall eliminate or reduce the effect thereof in respect of any state of facts existing or act or omission occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this Article 8, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment or repeal.
Section 8.02.Right to Indemnification.
(a)Each person (and the heirs, executors or administrators of such person) who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware Law. The right to indemnification conferred in this Article 8 shall also include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in connection with any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition to the fullest extent authorized by Delaware Law.
(b)The Corporation may, by action of its Board of Directors, provide indemnification to such of the employees and agents of the Corporation to such extent and to such effect as the Board of Directors shall determine to be appropriate and authorized by Delaware Law.
Section 8.03.Insurance. The Corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss incurred by such person in any such capacity or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the
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Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under Delaware Law.
Section 8.04.Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights and authority conferred in this Article 8 shall not be exclusive of any other right that any person may otherwise have or hereafter acquire.
Section 8.05.Preservation of Rights. Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Article 8, nor the adoption of any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws, nor, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware Law, any modification of law, shall adversely affect any right or protection of any person granted pursuant hereto existing at, or arising out of or related to any event, act or omission that occurred prior to, the time of such amendment, repeal, adoption or modification (regardless of when any proceeding (or part thereof) relating to such event, act or omission arises or is first threatened, commenced or completed).
Article 9.
Severability

Section 9.01. Severability. If any provision or provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Certificate of Incorporation containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Article 10.
Forum

Section 10.01. Forum. Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law or regulation, including the rules of any exchange on which the Company’s securities are listed, be the sole and exclusive forum for  any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation,  any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, or other employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders,  any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware Law, this Certificate of Incorporation (as it may be amended or restated) or the Bylaws or  any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article 10.

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Article 11.
Amendments

Section 11.01. Amendments. The Corporation reserves the right to amend this Certificate of Incorporation in any manner permitted by the Delaware Law and all rights and powers conferred upon stockholders, directors and officers herein are granted subject to this reservation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions set forth in Section 4.02 and Articles 6, 7, 8, and this Article 11 may not be repealed or amended in any respect, and no other provision may be adopted, amended or repealed which would have the effect of modifying or permitting the circumvention of the provisions set forth in any of Section 4.02 and Articles 6, 7, 8, and this Article 11, unless such action is approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 75% of the total voting power of all outstanding securities of the Corporation generally entitled to vote in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate this 8th day of July, 2021.

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



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Exhibits to this Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

EXHIBIT A:    Preferred Stock Series B - Certificate of Designations
EXHIBIT B:    Preferred Stock Series C - Certificate of Designations
EXHIBIT C:    Preferred Stock Series D - Certificate of Designations
EXHIBIT D:    Preferred Stock Series E - Certificate of Designations
EXHIBIT E:    Preferred Stock Series F - Certificate of Designations
EXHIBIT F:    Preferred Stock Series G - Certificate of Designations

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EXHIBIT A

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS
OF
6.000% FIXED-TO-FLOATING RATE NON-CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES B
OF
CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
Pursuant to Section 151 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law

Citizens Financial Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies that:
In accordance with the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”), adopted at a meeting duly called and held on April 26, 2018 the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation and applicable law, a Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors, at a meeting duly called and held on May 21, 2018, adopted the following resolution creating a series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation designated as “6.000% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B”:
RESOLVED, that pursuant to the resolutions of the Board of Directors adopted at a meeting duly called and held on April 26, 2018, the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation, the Pricing Committee hereby establishes a series of Preferred Stock, par value $25.00 per share, of the Corporation and fixes and determines the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions thereof, including dividend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, voting rights, terms of redemption, redemption prices and liquidation preference thereof as follows:
Section 1.    Designation. The distinctive serial designation of such series is “6.000% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B” (“Series B”). Each share of Series B shall be identical in all respects to every other share of Series B, except that shares of Series B issued after May 24, 2018 (the “Original Issue Date”) may only be issued on a Dividend Payment Date and only if they are fungible with the shares of Series B issued on the Original Issue Date for tax purposes, and shall accrue dividends from the date they are issued.
Section 2.    Number of Authorized Shares. The number of authorized shares of Series B shall initially be 300,000. Such number may from time to time be increased
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(but not in excess of the total number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock, less all shares of any other series of Preferred Stock authorized at the time of such increase) or decreased (but not below the number of shares of Series B then outstanding) by the Board of Directors. Shares of Series B that are redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation shall be cancelled and shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock undesignated as to series. The Corporation shall have the authority to issue fractional shares of Series B.
Section 3.    Definitions. As used herein with respect to Series B:
(a)    “Adjustments” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Three-Month LIBOR.”
(b)    “Alternative Rate” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Three-Month LIBOR.”
(c)    “Appropriate Federal Banking Agency” means the “appropriate federal banking agency” with respect to the Corporation as defined in Section 3(q) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. § 1813(q)), or any successor provision.
(d)    “Bloomberg BBAM1” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Three-Month LIBOR.”
(e)    “Board of Directors” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
(f)    “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close in The City of New York.
(g)    “Calculation Agent” means, at any time, the person or entity (which may be the Corporation or an affiliate of the Corporation) appointed by the Corporation and serving as calculation agent with respect to the Series B at such time (including any successor to such person or entity). The Bank of New York Mellon will be the calculation agent for the Series B as of the Original Issue Date.
(h)    “Certificate of Designations” means this Certificate of Designations relating to the Series B, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
(i)    “Certificate of Incorporation” means the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as it may be amended from time to time, and shall include this Certificate of Designations..
(j)    “Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation.
(k)    “Corporation” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
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(l)    “Dividend Determination Date” means, with respect to a Dividend Period during the Floating Rate Period, the second London Banking Day prior to the beginning of such Dividend Period.
(m)    “Dividend Parity Stock” means any class or series of stock of the Corporation that ranks on a parity with Series B in the payment of current dividends, including the Series A.
(n)    “Dividend Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
(o)    “Dividend Period” means each period from and including a Dividend Payment Date (except that the initial Dividend Period shall commence on and include the Original Issue Date of the Series B) and continuing to but not including the next succeeding Dividend Payment Date.
(p)    “Fixed Rate Period” means the period commencing on and including the Original Issue Date and continuing to, but excluding, the Dividend Payment Date on July 6, 2023.
(q)    “Floating Rate Period” means the period commencing on and including the Dividend Payment Date on July 6, 2023 and continuing to, but excluding, the first date, if any, as of which all shares of Series B have been redeemed.
(r)    “Junior Stock” means any class or series of stock of the Corporation (including the Common Stock) that ranks junior to the Series B in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
(s)    “Junior Stock Sinking Fund Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(e).
(t)    “Liquidation Preference” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.
(u)    “Liquidation Preference Parity Stock” means any class or series of stock of the Corporation that ranks on a parity with Series B in the distribution of assets on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, including the Series A.
(v)    “London Banking Day” means a day that is a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday and is a day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.
(w)    “Nonpayment” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).
(x)    “Original Issue Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.
(y)    “Preferred Stock Directors” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).
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(z)    “Regulatory Capital Treatment Event” means the good faith determination by the Corporation that, as a result of (i) any amendment to, or change in, the laws, rules or regulations of the United States (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any agency or instrumentality of the United States, including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and other federal bank regulatory agencies) or any political subdivision of or in the United States that is enacted or becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of Series B, (ii) any proposed change in those laws, rules or regulations that is announced or becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of Series B, or (iii) any official administrative decision or judicial decision or administrative action or other official pronouncement interpreting or applying those laws, rules or regulations or policies with respect thereto that is announced after the initial issuance of any share of Series B, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Corporation will not be entitled to treat the full Stated Amount of $1,000 per share of Series B then outstanding as “Tier 1 capital” (or its equivalent) for purposes of the capital adequacy rules of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or, as and if applicable, the capital adequacy rules or regulations of any successor Appropriate Federal Banking Agency) as then in effect and applicable, for so long as any share of Series B is outstanding.
(aa)    “Series A” means the Corporation’s 5.500% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A.
(bb)    “Series B” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.
(cc)    “Stated Amount” means, in respect of Series B, $1,000 per share, and, in respect of any other series of capital stock, the stated amount per share specified in the Certificate of Incorporation or applicable certificate of designations (including, in the case of any series that does not use the words “stated amount,” the specified amount of any preference upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, without regard to any unpaid dividends that may also be included in the liquidation preference with respect to such shares).
(dd)    “Three-Month LIBOR” means, for each Dividend Determination Date related to the Floating Rate Period, the rate determined by the Calculation Agent as follows:
(i)    The rate for deposits in U.S. dollars having an index maturity of three months as such rate is displayed on Bloomberg on page BBAM1 (or any other page as may replace such page on such service or any successor service for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of major banks for U.S. dollars) (“Bloomberg BBAM1”) as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on such Dividend Determination Date. If no such rate so appears, three-month LIBOR on such Dividend Determination Date will be determined in accordance with provision described in clause (ii) or (iii) below.
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(ii)    With respect to a Dividend Determination Date on which no rate is displayed on Bloomberg BBAM1 as specified in clause (i) above, the Calculation Agent shall request the principal London offices of each of four major reference banks (which may include affiliates of the underwriters for the offering of the Series B) in the London interbank market, as selected by the Corporation, and identified to the Calculation Agent, to provide the Calculation Agent with its offered quotation for deposits in U.S. dollars having an index maturity of three months, commencing on the first day of the related Dividend Period, to prime banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such Dividend Determination Date and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in U.S. dollars in such market at such time. If at least two such quotations are so provided, then Three-Month LIBOR on such Dividend Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean calculated by the Calculation Agent of such quotations. If fewer than two such quotations are so provided, then Three-Month LIBOR on such Dividend Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean calculated by the Calculation Agent of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 a.m., in New York City, on such Dividend Determination Date by three major banks (which may include affiliates of the underwriters for the offering of the Series B) in New York City selected by the Corporation, and identified to the Calculation Agent, for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks, having an index maturity of three months and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in U.S. dollars in such market at such time; provided, however, that if the banks so selected by the Corporation are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, but Three-Month LIBOR has not been determined to have been permanently discontinued as provided in clause (iii) below, Three-Month LIBOR determined as of a Dividend Determination Date shall be three-month LIBOR in effect on such Dividend Determination Date or, in the case of the first Dividend Period in the Floating Rate Period, the most recent Three-Month LIBOR that can be determined.
(iii)    Notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii) above, if the Corporation or the Calculation Agent, in consultation with the Corporation, determines that Three-Month LIBOR has been permanently discontinued, the Calculation Agent will be directed to use, as a substitute for Three-Month LIBOR and for each future Dividend Determination Date, the alternative reference rate selected by the central bank, reserve bank, monetary authority or any similar institution (including any committee or working group thereof) that is consistent with accepted market practice (the “Alternative Rate”). As part of such substitution, the Calculation Agent will, after consultation with and direction from the Corporation, make such adjustments (“Adjustments”) to the alternative rate or the spread thereon, as well as the business day convention, Dividend Determination Dates and related provisions and definitions, in each case that are consistent with accepted market practice for the use of such alternative rate for dividend rates on preferred stock such as the Series B. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Calculation Agent determines, following consultation with and direction from the Corporation, that
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there is no clear market consensus as to whether any rate has replaced Three-Month LIBOR in customary market usage, the Corporation will appoint, in its sole discretion, a new Calculation Agent, who may be the Corporation or its affiliate, to replace the then-current Calculation Agent, solely in its role as Calculation Agent in respect of the Series B, to determine the Alternative Rate and make any Adjustments thereon, and whose determinations will be binding on the Corporation, the Transfer Agent, the registrar and the holders. If, however, such new Calculation Agent determines that Three-Month LIBOR has been discontinued, but for any reason an Alternative Rate cannot be determined, Three-Month LIBOR will be equal to such rate on the Dividend Determination Date when Three-Month LIBOR was last available on the Bloomberg BBAM1 page, as determined by such new Calculation Agent.
The establishment of Three-Month LIBOR for each Dividend Period by the Calculation Agent shall (in the absence of manifest error) be final and binding.
(ee)    “Transfer Agent” means the transfer agent with respect to the Series B, which shall be Computershare Trust Company, N.A. as of the Original Issue Date, and its successor, including any successor transfer agent appointed by the Corporation.
(ff)    “Voting Preferred Stock” means any other class or series of preferred stock of the Corporation ranking equally with the Series B as to dividends (whether cumulative or non-cumulative) and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation and upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable, including the Series A. Whether a plurality, majority or other portion of the shares of Series B and any other Voting Preferred Stock have been voted in favor of any matter shall be determined by reference to the Stated Amounts of the shares voted.
Section 4.    Dividends.
(a)    Rate. Holders of Series B shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors), but only out of funds legally available therefor, non-cumulative cash dividends as follows:
(i)    for each Dividend Period during the Fixed Rate Period, at an annual rate of 6.000% of the Stated Amount per share, payable semi-annually in arrears on January 6 and July 6 each year, beginning on January 6, 2019 and ending on July 6, 2023; and
(ii)    for each Dividend Period during the Floating Rate Period, at an annual rate equal to Three-Month LIBOR for such Dividend Period plus a spread of 3.003% applied to the Stated Amount per share, payable quarterly in arrears on January 6, April 6, July 6 and October 6 of each year, beginning on October 6, 2023.
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Each date on which dividends are payable pursuant to the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), subject to adjustment as provided below, is a “Dividend Payment Date”, and dividends for each Dividend Payment Date are payable with respect to the Dividend Period (or portion thereof) ending on the day preceding such respective Dividend Payment Date, in each case to holders of record on the 15th calendar day before such Dividend Payment Date or such other record date not more than 30 nor less than 10 days preceding such Dividend Payment Date fixed for that purpose by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) in advance of payment of each particular dividend. The Corporation shall not pay interest or any sum of money instead of interest on any dividend payment that may be in arrears on the Series B.
(b)    Business Day Convention. If a day on or before the July 6, 2023 that would otherwise be a Dividend Payment Date is not a Business Day, then such date will nevertheless be a Dividend Payment Date but dividends on the shares of Series B, when, as and if declared, will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day (without adjustment in the amount of the dividend per share of Series B). If a day after July 6, 2023 that would otherwise be a Dividend Payment Date is not a Business Day, then the next succeeding Business Day will be the applicable Dividend Payment Date and dividends on the shares of Series B, when, as and if declared, will be paid on such next succeeding Business Day, unless such day falls in the next calendar month, in which case the Dividend Payment Date will be brought forward to the immediately preceding day that is a Business Day.
(c)    Dividend Computation. The amount of the dividend per share of Series B for each Dividend Period (or portion thereof) in the Fixed Rate Period will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The amount of the dividend per share of Series B for each Dividend Period (or portion thereof) in the Floating Rate Period will be calculated based on the actual number of days in the Dividend Period and a 360-day year.
(d)    Dividends Non-cumulative. Dividends on shares of Series B shall not be cumulative. Holders of Series B shall not be entitled to receive any dividends not declared by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) and no interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend not so declared. Holders of the Series B shall not be entitled to any dividends, whether payable in cash, securities or other property, other than dividends (if any) declared and payable on the Series B as specified in this Section 4 (subject to the other provisions of this Certificate of Designations).
(e)    Priority of Dividends and Redemption and Repurchase of Junior Stock. So long as any share of Series B remains outstanding, unless dividends on all outstanding shares of Series B for the most recently completed Dividend Period have been paid in full or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for payment, (i) no dividend may be declared or paid or set aside for payment, and no distribution may be made, on any Junior Stock, (ii) no monies may be paid or made
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available for a sinking fund for the redemption or retirement of Junior Stock (a “Junior Stock Sinking Fund Payment”), and (iii) no shares of Junior Stock shall be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, other than:
(i)    any Junior Stock Sinking Fund Payment, or any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of shares of Junior Stock as a result of (x) a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock, (y) the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or another share of Junior Stock or (z) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock under the conversion or exchange provisions of Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged;
(ii)    any Junior Stock Sinking Fund Payment, or any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of shares of Junior Stock, through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock;
(iii)    repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Junior Stock in connection with (x) any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of any one or more employees, officers, directors or consultants or (y) a dividend reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan;
(iv)    any declaration of a dividend in connection with any stockholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or other property under any stockholders’ rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to the plan; or
(v)    any dividend paid on Junior Stock in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equal or junior to that stock or is other junior stock.
This subsection (e) shall not restrict the ability of the Corporation or any affiliate of the Corporation to engage in any market-making transactions or purchases in connection with the distribution of securities in the ordinary course of business.
If the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) elects to declare only partial instead of full dividends for a dividend payment date and related dividend period (which terms include, in the case of Series B, the Dividend Payment Dates and Dividend Periods provided for herein) on the shares of Series B or any Dividend Parity Stock, then, to the extent permitted by the terms of the Series B and each outstanding series of Dividend Parity Stock, such partial dividends shall be declared on shares of Series B and Dividend Parity Stock, and dividends so declared shall be paid, as to any such dividend payment date and related dividend period,
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in amounts such that the ratio of the partial dividends declared and paid on each such series to full dividends on each such series is the same. As used in this paragraph, “full dividends” means, as to any Dividend Parity Stock that bears dividends on a cumulative basis, the amount of dividends that would need to be declared and paid to bring such Dividend Parity Stock current in dividends, including undeclared dividends for past dividend periods. To the extent a dividend period with respect to the Series B or any series of Dividend Parity Stock (in either case, the “first series”) coincides with more than one dividend period with respect to another series as applicable (in either case, a “second series”), then, for purposes of the immediately preceding sentence the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) may, to the extent permitted by the terms of each affected series, treat such dividend period for the first series as two or more consecutive dividend periods, none of which coincides with more than one dividend period with respect to the second series, or may treat such dividend period(s) with respect to any Dividend Parity Stock and Dividend Period(s) with respect to the Series B for purposes of the immediately preceding sentence in any other manner that it deems to be fair and equitable in order to achieve ratable payments of dividends on such Dividend Parity Stock and the Series B.
Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, stock or otherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) may be declared and paid on any Common Stock or other Junior Stock from time to time out of any funds legally available therefor, and the shares of Series B shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividend.
Section 5.    Liquidation Rights.
(a)    Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, before any distribution or payment out of the assets of the Corporation may be made to or set aside for the holders of any Junior Stock, holders of Series B will be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Corporation legally available for distribution to its stockholders an amount equal to the Stated Amount per share, together with an amount equal to all dividends (if any) that have been declared but not paid prior to the date of payment (but without regard to any undeclared dividends) (the “Liquidation Preference”).
(b)    Partial Payment. If the assets of the Corporation are not sufficient to pay the Liquidation Preference in full to all holders of Series B and all holders of any Liquidation Preference Parity Stock, the amounts paid to the holders of Series B and to the holders of all Liquidation Preference Parity Stock shall be pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate Liquidation Preferences of Series B and all such Liquidation Preference Parity Stock. In any such distribution, the “Liquidation Preference” of any holder of stock of the Corporation other than the Series B means the amount otherwise payable to such holder in such distribution (assuming no limitation on the assets of the Corporation available for such distribution), including an amount equal to any declared but unpaid dividends in the case of any holder or stock on which
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dividends accrue on a non-cumulative basis and, in the case of any holder of stock on which dividends accrue on a cumulative basis, an amount equal to any unpaid, accrued, cumulative dividends, whether or not earned or declared, as applicable.
(c)    Residual Distributions. If the Liquidation Preference has been paid in full to all holders of Series B and all holders of any Liquidation Preference Parity Stock, the holders of Junior Stock will be entitled to receive all remaining assets of the Corporation according to their respective rights and preferences.
(d)    Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Not Liquidation. For purposes of this Section 5, the merger, consolidation or other business combination of the Corporation with or into any other corporation, including a transaction in which the holders of Series B receive cash or property for their shares, or the sale, conveyance, lease, exchange or transfer (for cash, shares of stock, securities or other consideration) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, shall not constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
Section 6.    Redemption.
(a)    Optional Redemption. The Series B is perpetual and has no maturity date. The Corporation may, at its option, redeem the shares of Series B (i) in whole or in part, from time to time, on any Dividend Payment Date on or after the Dividend Payment Date on July 6, 2023 or (ii) in whole but not in part at any time within 90 days following a Regulatory Capital Treatment Event, in each case, at a cash redemption price equal to the Stated Amount, together with any declared and unpaid dividends, without regard to any undeclared dividends, to but excluding the redemption date. The redemption price for any shares of Series B shall be payable on the redemption date to the holder of such shares against surrender of the certificate(s) evidencing such shares to the Corporation or its agent, if the shares of Series B are issued in certificated form. Any declared but unpaid dividends payable on a redemption date that occurs subsequent to the record date for a Dividend Period shall not be paid to the holder entitled to receive the redemption price on the redemption date, but rather shall be paid to the holder of record of the redeemed shares on such record date relating to the Dividend Payment Date as provided in Section 4 above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation may not redeem shares of Series B without having received the prior approval of the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency if then required under capital rules applicable to the Corporation.
(b)    No Sinking Fund. The Series B will not be subject to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions. Holders of Series B will have no right to require redemption of any shares of Series B.
(c)    Notice of Redemption. Notice of every redemption of shares of Series B shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the holders of record of the shares to be redeemed at their respective last addresses appearing on the books of the Corporation. Such mailing shall be at least 10 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption. Any notice mailed as provided in this Subsection shall be
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conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice, but failure duly to give such notice by mail, or any defect in such notice or in the mailing thereof, to any holder of shares of Series B designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Series B. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the shares of Series B are issued in book-entry form through The Depository Trust Company or any other similar facility, notice of redemption may be given to the holders of Series B at such time and in any manner permitted by such facility. Each such notice given to a holder shall state: (1) the redemption date; (2) the number of shares of Series B to be redeemed and, if less than all the shares held by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be redeemed from such holder; (3) the redemption price; (4) the place or places where certificates for such shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and (5) that dividends on such shares will cease to accrue on the redemption date.
(d)    Partial Redemption. In case of any redemption of only part of the shares of Series B at the time outstanding, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected either pro rata from the holders of record of Series B in proportion to the number of shares of Series B held by such holders or by lot or in such other manner as the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) may determine to be fair and equitable. Subject to the provisions hereof, the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) shall have full power and authority to prescribe the terms and conditions on which shares of Series B shall be redeemed from time to time. If the Corporation shall have issued certificates for the Series B and fewer than all shares represented by any certificates are redeemed, new certificates shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares without charge to the holders thereof.
(e)    Effectiveness of Redemption. If notice of redemption has been duly given, and if on or before the redemption date specified in the notice all funds necessary for the redemption have been set aside by the Corporation, separate and apart from its other funds, in trust for the pro rata benefit of the holders of the shares called for redemption, so as to be and continue to be available therefor, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation in the case that the shares of Series B are issued in certificated form, on and after the redemption date dividends shall cease to accrue on all shares so called for redemption, all shares so called for redemption shall no longer be deemed outstanding and all rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on such redemption date cease and terminate, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive the amount payable on such redemption, without interest. Any funds unclaimed at the end of two years from the redemption date, to the extent permitted by law, shall be released from the trust so established and may be commingled with the Corporation’s other funds, and thereafter the holders of the shares so called for redemption shall look only to the Corporation for payment of the redemption price of such shares.
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Section 7.    Voting Rights.
(a)    General. The holders of Series B will have no voting rights except as set forth below or as otherwise from to time required by law.
(b)    Right to Elect Two Directors on Nonpayment of Dividends. Whenever dividends on any shares of the Series B, or any other Voting Preferred Stock (as defined below), shall have not been declared and paid for the equivalent of three semi-annual or six full quarterly Dividend Payments, whether or not for consecutive Dividend Periods (a “Nonpayment”), the holders of such shares, voting together as a class with holders of any and all other series of Voting Preferred Stock then outstanding, will be entitled to vote for the election of a total of two additional members of the Board of Directors (the “Preferred Stock Directors”), provided that the election of any such directors shall not cause the Corporation to violate the corporate governance requirement of the New York Stock Exchange (or any other exchange on which the Corporation’s securities may be listed) that listed companies must have a majority of independent directors and provided further that the Board Of Directors shall at no time include more than two Preferred Stock Directors. In that event, the number of directors on the Board of Directors shall automatically increase by two, and the new directors shall be elected at a special meeting called at the request of the holders of record of at least 20% of the Series B or of any other series of Voting Preferred Stock (unless such request is received less than 90 days before the date fixed for the next annual or special meeting of the stockholders, in which event such election shall be held at such next annual or special meeting of stockholders), and at each subsequent annual meeting. Such request to call a special meeting for the initial election of the Preferred Stock Directors after a Nonpayment shall be made by written notice, signed by the requisite holders of Series B or other Voting Preferred Stock, and delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation in such manner as provided for in Section 9 below, or as may otherwise be required by law. These voting rights will continue until dividends on the shares of the Series B and any such series of Voting Preferred Stock for at least two consecutive semi-annual or four consecutive quarterly Dividend Periods following the Nonpayment shall have been fully paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment of such dividends shall have been set aside for payment).
If and when dividends for at least two consecutive semi-annual or four consecutive quarterly Dividend Periods following a Nonpayment have been paid in full (or declared and a sum sufficient for such payment shall have been set aside) on the Series B and any other class or series of Voting Preferred Stock, the holders of the Series B and all other holders of Voting Preferred Stock shall be divested of the foregoing voting rights (subject to revesting in the event of each subsequent Nonpayment), the term of office of each Preferred Stock Director so elected shall terminate and the number of directors on the Board of Directors shall automatically decrease by two. In determining whether dividends have been paid for at least two consecutive semi-annual or four consecutive quarterly Dividend Periods following a Nonpayment, the Corporation may take account of any dividend it elects to pay for any Dividend Period after the regular Dividend Payment Date for that period has passed. Any Preferred Stock Director may be
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removed at any time without cause by the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Series B together with all series of Voting Preferred Stock then outstanding (voting together as a single class) to the extent such holders have the voting rights described above. So long as a Nonpayment shall continue, any vacancy in the office of a Preferred Stock Director (other than prior to the initial election after a Nonpayment) may be filled by the written consent of the Preferred Stock Director remaining in office, or if none remains in office, by a vote of the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series B and all Voting Preferred Stock when they have the voting rights described above (voting together as a single class); provided that the filling of any such vacancy shall not cause the Corporation to violate the corporate governance requirement of the New York Stock Exchange (or any other exchange on which the Corporation’s securities may be listed) that listed companies must have a majority of independent directors. Any such vote to remove, or to fill a vacancy in the office of, a Preferred Stock Director may be taken only at a special meeting called at the request of the holders of record of at least 20% of the Series B or of any other series of Voting Preferred Stock (unless such request is received less than 90 days before the date fixed for the next annual or special meeting of the stockholders, in which event such election shall be held at such next annual or special meeting of stockholders). The Preferred Stock Directors shall each be entitled to one vote per director on any matter.
(c)    Other Voting Rights. So long as any shares of Series B are outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of stockholders required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, the vote or consent of the holders of at least two thirds of the shares of Series B at the time outstanding, voting together as a single class with any other series of Preferred Stock entitled to vote thereon, to the exclusion of all other series of Preferred Stock, given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or by vote at any meeting called for the purpose, will be necessary for effecting or validating:
(i)    Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, Amended and Restated Bylaws or Certificate of Designations. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Amended and Restated Bylaws, or this Certificate of Designations that would alter or change the voting powers, preferences or special rights of the Series B so as to affect them adversely; provided, however, that the amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation so as to authorize or create, or to increase the authorized amount of, any class or series of stock that does not rank senior to the Series B in either the payment of dividends (whether such dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative) or in the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation shall not be deemed to affect adversely the voting powers, preferences or special rights of the Series B;
(ii)    Authorization of Senior Stock. Any amendment or alteration of the Certificate of Incorporation to authorize or create, or increase the authorized amount of, any shares of any class or series or any securities convertible into shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation ranking prior to
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Series B in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation; or
(iii)    Share Exchanges, Reclassifications, Mergers and Consolidations and Other Transactions. Any consummation of (x) a binding share exchange or reclassification involving the Series B or (y) a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with another entity (whether or not a corporation), unless in each case (A) the shares of Series B remain outstanding or, in the case of any such merger or consolidation with respect to which the Corporation is not the surviving or resulting entity, the shares of Series B are converted into or exchanged for preference securities of the surviving or resulting entity or its ultimate parent, and (B) such shares remaining outstanding or such preference securities, as the case may be, have such rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and limitations and restrictions thereof, taken as a whole, as are not materially less favorable to the holders thereof than the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and restrictions and limitations thereof, of the Series B immediately prior to such consummation, taken as a whole.
If an amendment, alteration, repeal, share exchange, reclassification, merger or consolidation described in (i) through (iii) above would adversely affect one or more but not all series of Voting Preferred Stock (including the Series B for this purpose), then only the series affected and entitled to vote shall vote to the exclusion of all other series of preferred stock. If all series of preferred stock are not equally affected by the proposed amendment, alteration, repeal, share exchange, reclassification, merger or consolidation described above, there shall be required a two-thirds approval of each series that will have a diminished status.
(d)    Changes Permitted without Consent. Without the consent of the holders of the Series B, so long as such action does not adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers of the Series B, the Corporation may amend, alter, supplement or repeal any terms of the Series B:
(i)    to cure any ambiguity, or to cure, correct or supplement any provision contained in this Certificate of Designations for the Series B that may be defective or inconsistent; or
(ii)    to make any provision with respect to matters or questions arising with respect to the Series B that is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Certificate of Designations.
(e)    Changes after Provision for Redemption. No vote or consent of the holders of Series B will be required pursuant to Section 7(b) or (c) above if, at or prior to the time when any such vote or consent would otherwise be required pursuant to such Sections, all outstanding shares of Series B shall have been redeemed, or shall have been called for redemption on proper notice and sufficient funds shall have been set aside for the benefit of the holders of the Series B to effect such redemption, in each case pursuant
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to Section 6 above, unless in the case of a vote or consent required pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 7(b) above if all outstanding shares of Series B are being redeemed with the proceeds from the sale of the stock to be authorized.
(f)     Procedures for Voting and Consents. The rules and procedures for calling and conducting any meeting of the holders of Series B (including, without limitation, the fixing of a record date in connection therewith), the solicitation and use of proxies at such a meeting, the obtaining of written consents and any other aspect or matter with regard to such a meeting or such consents shall be governed by any rules the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors), in its discretion, may adopt from time to time, which rules and procedures shall conform to the requirements of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Amended and Restated Bylaws, applicable law and any national securities exchange or other trading facility on which the Series B may be listed or traded at the time.
Section 8.    Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation and the Transfer Agent may deem and treat the record holder of any share of Series B as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes, and neither the Corporation nor the Transfer Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 9.    Notices. All notices or communications in respect of the Series B will be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in this Certificate of Designations, in the Certificate of Incorporation or Amended and Restated Bylaws or by applicable law.
Section 10.    Other Rights. The shares of Series B will not have any voting powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation. The holders of Series B shall not have any preemptive rights or conversion rights.
Section 11.    Certificates. The Corporation may at its option issue shares of Series B without certificates.
Section 12.    Restatement of Certificate. On any restatement of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, Section 1 through Section 11 of this Certificate of Designations shall be included in the Certificate of Incorporation under the heading “6.000% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B” and this Section 12 may be omitted. If the Board of Directors so determines, the numbering of Section 1 through Section 11 may be changed for convenience of reference or for any other proper purpose.”

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In witness whereof, the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be signed by Robin S. Elkowitz, its Executive Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Secretary, this 22nd day of May, 2018.
CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

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


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EXHIBIT B

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS
OF
6.375% FIXED-TO-FLOATING RATE NON-CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES C
OF
CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
Pursuant to Section 151 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law

Citizens Financial Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies that:
The Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”), at a meeting duly called and held on October 18, 2018 in accordance with the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation and applicable law, adopted the following resolution creating a series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation designated as “6.375% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C”:
RESOLVED, that pursuant to the resolutions of the Board of Directors adopted at a meeting duly called and held on October 18, 2018, the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation, the Board of Directors hereby establishes a series of Preferred Stock, par value $25.00 per share, of the Corporation and fixes and determines the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions thereof, including dividend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, voting rights, terms of redemption, redemption prices and liquidation preference thereof as follows:
Section 1.    Designation. The distinctive serial designation of such series is “6.375% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C” (“Series C”). Each share of Series C shall be identical in all respects to every other share of Series C, except that shares of Series C issued after October 25, 2018 (the “Original Issue Date”) may only be issued on a Dividend Payment Date and only if they are fungible with the shares of Series C issued on the Original Issue Date for tax purposes, and shall accrue dividends from the date they are issued.
Section 2.    Number of Authorized Shares. The number of authorized shares of Series C shall initially be 300,000. Such number may from time to time be increased (but not in excess of the total number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock, less all shares of any other series of Preferred Stock authorized at the time of such increase) or
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decreased (but not below the number of shares of Series C then outstanding) by the Board of Directors. Shares of Series C that are redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation shall be cancelled and shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock undesignated as to series. The Corporation shall have the authority to issue fractional shares of Series C.
Section 3.    Definitions. As used herein with respect to Series C:
(a)    “Adjustments” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Three-Month LIBOR.”
(b)    “Alternative Rate” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Three-Month LIBOR.”
(c)    “Appropriate Federal Banking Agency” means the “appropriate federal banking agency” with respect to the Corporation as defined in Section 3(q) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. § 1813(q)), or any successor provision.
(d)    “Bloomberg BBAM1” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Three-Month LIBOR.”
(e)    “Board of Directors” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
(f)    “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close in The City of New York.
(g)    “Calculation Agent” means, at any time, the person or entity (which may be the Corporation or an affiliate of the Corporation) appointed by the Corporation and serving as calculation agent with respect to the Series C at such time (including any successor to such person or entity). The Bank of New York Mellon will be the calculation agent for the Series C as of the Original Issue Date.
(h)    “Certificate of Designations” means this Certificate of Designations relating to the Series C, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
(i)    “Certificate of Incorporation” means the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as it may be amended from time to time, and shall include this Certificate of Designations.
(j)    “Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation.
(k)    “Corporation” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
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(l)    “Dividend Determination Date” means, with respect to a Dividend Period during the Floating Rate Period, the second London Banking Day prior to the beginning of such Dividend Period.
(m)    “Dividend Parity Stock” means any class or series of stock of the Corporation that ranks on a parity with Series C in the payment of current dividends, including the Series A and the Series B.
(n)    “Dividend Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
(o)    “Dividend Period” means each period from and including a Dividend Payment Date (except that the initial Dividend Period shall commence on and include the Original Issue Date of the Series C) and continuing to but not including the next succeeding Dividend Payment Date.
(p)    “DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.
(q)    “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(r)    “Fixed Rate Period” means the period commencing on and including the Original Issue Date and continuing to, but excluding, the Dividend Payment Date on April 6, 2024.
(s)    “Floating Rate Period” means the period commencing on and including the Dividend Payment Date on April 6, 2024 and continuing to, but excluding, the first date, if any, as of which all shares of Series C have been redeemed.
(t)    “IFA” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Three-Month LIBOR.”
(u)    “Junior Stock” means any class or series of stock of the Corporation (including the Common Stock) that ranks junior to the Series C in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
(v)    “Junior Stock Sinking Fund Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(e).
(w)    “LIBOR Event” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Three-Month LIBOR.”
(x)    “Liquidation Preference” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.
(y)    “Liquidation Preference Parity Stock” means any class or series of stock of the Corporation that ranks on a parity with Series C in the distribution of assets on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, including the Series A and the Series B.
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(z)    “London Banking Day” means a day that is a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday and is a day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.
(aa)    “Nonpayment” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).
(bb)    “Original Issue Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.
(cc)    “Preferred Stock Directors” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).
(dd)    “Regulatory Capital Treatment Event” means the good faith determination by the Corporation that, as a result of (i) any amendment to, or change in, the laws, rules or regulations of the United States (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any agency or instrumentality of the United States, including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and other federal bank regulatory agencies) or any political subdivision of or in the United States that is enacted or becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of Series C, (ii) any proposed change in those laws, rules or regulations that is announced or becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of Series C, or (iii) any official administrative decision or judicial decision or administrative action or other official pronouncement interpreting or applying those laws, rules or regulations or policies with respect thereto that is announced after the initial issuance of any share of Series C, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Corporation will not be entitled to treat the full Stated Amount of $1,000 per share of Series C then outstanding as “Tier 1 capital” (or its equivalent) for purposes of the capital adequacy rules of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or, as and if applicable, the capital adequacy rules or regulations of any successor Appropriate Federal Banking Agency) as then in effect and applicable, for so long as any share of Series C is outstanding.
(ee)    “Series A” means the Corporation’s 5.500% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A.
(ff)    “Series B” means the Corporation’s 6.000% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B.
(gg)    “Series C” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.
(hh)    “Stated Amount” means, in respect of Series C, $1,000 per share, and, in respect of any other series of capital stock, the stated amount per share specified in the Certificate of Incorporation or applicable certificate of designations (including, in the case of any series that does not use the words “stated amount,” the specified amount of any preference upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, without regard to any unpaid dividends that may also be included in the liquidation preference with respect to such shares).
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(ii)    “Three-Month LIBOR” means, for each Dividend Determination Date related to the Floating Rate Period, the rate determined by the Calculation Agent as follows:
(i)    The rate for deposits in U.S. dollars having an index maturity of three months as such rate is displayed on Bloomberg on page BBAM1 (or any other page as may replace such page on such service or any successor service for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of major banks for U.S. dollars) (“Bloomberg BBAM1”) as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on such Dividend Determination Date. If no such rate so appears, three-month LIBOR on such Dividend Determination Date will be determined in accordance with provision described in clause (ii) or (iii) below.
(ii)    With respect to a Dividend Determination Date on which no rate is displayed on Bloomberg BBAM1 as specified in clause (i) above, the Calculation Agent shall request the principal London offices of each of four major reference banks (which may include affiliates of the underwriters for the offering of the Series C) in the London interbank market, as selected by the Corporation, and identified to the Calculation Agent, to provide the Calculation Agent with its offered quotation for deposits in U.S. dollars having an index maturity of three months, commencing on the first day of the related Dividend Period, to prime banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such Dividend Determination Date and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in U.S. dollars in such market at such time. If at least two such quotations are so provided, then Three-Month LIBOR on such Dividend Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean calculated by the Calculation Agent of such quotations. If fewer than two such quotations are so provided, then Three-Month LIBOR on such Dividend Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean calculated by the Calculation Agent of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 a.m., in New York City, on such Dividend Determination Date by three major banks (which may include affiliates of the underwriters for the offering of the Series C) in New York City selected by the Corporation, and identified to the Calculation Agent, for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks, having an index maturity of three months and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in U.S. dollars in such market at such time; provided, however, that if the banks so selected by the Corporation are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, but a LIBOR Event (as defined below) has not occurred, Three-Month LIBOR determined as of a Dividend Determination Date shall be three-month LIBOR in effect on such Dividend Determination Date or, in the case of the first Dividend Period in the Floating Rate Period, the most recent Three-Month LIBOR that can be determined.
(iii)    Notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii) above, if the Corporation, in its sole discretion, determines that Three-Month LIBOR has been permanently discontinued or is no longer viewed as an acceptable benchmark for securities like
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the Series C, and the Corporation has notified the Calculation Agent of such determination (a “LIBOR Event), the Calculation Agent will use, as directed by the Corporation, a substitute for Three-Month LIBOR (the “Alternative Rate”) for each future Dividend Determination Date, the alternative reference rate selected by the central bank, reserve bank, monetary authority or any similar institution (including any committee or working group thereof) that is consistent with market practice regarding a substitute for Three-Month LIBOR. As part of such substitution, the Calculation Agent will, as directed by the Corporation, make such adjustments to the Alternative Rate or the spread thereon, as well as the business day convention, Dividend Determination Dates and related provisions and definitions (“Adjustments”), in each case that are consistent with market practice for the use of such Alternative Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation determines that there is no alternative reference rate selected by the central bank, reserve bank, monetary authority or any similar institution (including any committee or working group thereof) that is consistent with market practice regarding a substitute for Three-Month LIBOR, the Corporation may, in its sole discretion, appoint an independent financial advisor (“IFA”) to determine an appropriate Alternative Rate and any Adjustments, and the decision of the IFA will be binding on the Corporation, the Calculation Agent and the holders of Series C. If a LIBOR Event has occurred, but for any reason an Alternative Rate has not been determined or there is no such market practice for the use of such Alternative Rate (and, in each case, an IFA has not determined an appropriate Alternative Rate and Adjustments or an IFA has not been appointed), Three-Month LIBOR determined as of a Dividend Determination Date shall be Three-Month LIBOR in effect on such Dividend Determination Date; provided, however, that if this sentence is applicable with respect to the first Dividend Determination Date related to the Floating Rate Period, the dividend rate, Business Day convention and manner of calculating dividends applicable during the Fixed Rate Period will remain in effect during the Floating Rate Period.
The establishment of Three-Month LIBOR for each Dividend Period by the Calculation Agent (including, for the avoidance of doubt, at the direction of the Corporation in the case of clause (iii)) or IFA, as applicable, shall (in the absence of manifest error) be final and binding. For the avoidance of doubt, any adjustments made pursuant to clause (iii) of the definition of “Three-Month LIBOR” shall not be subject to the vote or consent of the holders of the Series C.
(jj)    “Transfer Agent” means the transfer agent with respect to the Series C, which shall be Computershare Trust Company, N.A. as of the Original Issue Date, and its successor, including any successor transfer agent appointed by the Corporation.
(kk)    “Voting Preferred Stock” means any other class or series of preferred stock of the Corporation ranking equally with the Series C as to dividends (whether cumulative or non-cumulative) and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation and upon which like voting rights have been conferred
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and are exercisable, including the Series A and the Series B. Whether a plurality, majority or other portion of the shares of Series C and any other Voting Preferred Stock have been voted in favor of any matter shall be determined by reference to the Stated Amounts of the shares voted.
Section 4.    Dividends.
(a)    Rate. Holders of Series C shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors), but only out of funds legally available therefor, non-cumulative cash dividends as follows:
(i)    for each Dividend Period during the Fixed Rate Period, at an annual rate of 6.375% of the Stated Amount per share, payable quarterly in arrears on January 6, April 6, July 6 and October 6 of each year, beginning on January 6, 2019 and ending on April 6, 2024; and
(ii)    for each Dividend Period during the Floating Rate Period, at an annual rate equal to Three-Month LIBOR for such Dividend Period plus a spread of 3.157% applied to the Stated Amount per share, payable quarterly in arrears on January 6, April 6, July 6 and October 6 of each year, beginning on July 6, 2024.
Each date on which dividends are payable pursuant to the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), subject to adjustment as provided below, is a “Dividend Payment Date”, and dividends for each Dividend Payment Date are payable with respect to the Dividend Period (or portion thereof) ending on the day preceding such respective Dividend Payment Date, in each case to holders of record on the 15th calendar day before such Dividend Payment Date or such other record date not more than 30 nor less than 10 days preceding such Dividend Payment Date fixed for that purpose by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) in advance of payment of each particular dividend. The Corporation shall not pay interest or any sum of money instead of interest on any dividend payment that may be in arrears on the Series C.
(b)    Business Day Convention. If a day on or before April 6, 2024 that would otherwise be a Dividend Payment Date is not a Business Day, then such date will nevertheless be a Dividend Payment Date but dividends on the shares of Series C, when, as and if declared, will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day (without adjustment in the amount of the dividend per share of Series C). If a day after April 6, 2024 that would otherwise be a Dividend Payment Date is not a Business Day, then the next succeeding Business Day will be the applicable Dividend Payment Date and dividends on the shares of Series C, when, as and if declared, will be paid on such next succeeding Business Day, unless such day falls in the next calendar month, in which case the Dividend Payment Date will be brought forward to the immediately preceding day that is a Business Day.
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(c)    Dividend Computation. The amount of the dividend per share of Series C for each Dividend Period (or portion thereof) in the Fixed Rate Period will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The amount of the dividend per share of Series C for each Dividend Period (or portion thereof) in the Floating Rate Period will be calculated based on the actual number of days in the Dividend Period and a 360-day year.
(d)    Dividends Non-cumulative. Dividends on shares of Series C shall not be cumulative. Holders of Series C shall not be entitled to receive any dividends not declared by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) and no interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend not so declared. Holders of the Series C shall not be entitled to any dividends, whether payable in cash, securities or other property, other than dividends (if any) declared and payable on the Series C as specified in this Section 4 (subject to the other provisions of this Certificate of Designations).
(e)    Priority of Dividends and Redemption and Repurchase of Junior Stock. So long as any share of Series C remains outstanding, unless dividends on all outstanding shares of Series C for the most recently completed Dividend Period have been paid in full or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for payment, (i) no dividend may be declared or paid or set aside for payment, and no distribution may be made, on any Junior Stock, (ii) no monies may be paid or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption or retirement of Junior Stock (a “Junior Stock Sinking Fund Payment”), and (iii) no shares of Junior Stock shall be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, other than:
(i)    any Junior Stock Sinking Fund Payment, or any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of shares of Junior Stock as a result of (x) a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock, (y) the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or another share of Junior Stock or (z) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock under the conversion or exchange provisions of Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged;
(ii)    any Junior Stock Sinking Fund Payment, or any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of shares of Junior Stock, through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock;
(iii)    repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Junior Stock in connection with (x) any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of any one or more employees, officers, directors or consultants or (y) a dividend reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan;
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(iv)    any declaration of a dividend in connection with any stockholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or other property under any stockholders’ rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to the plan; or
(v)    any dividend paid on Junior Stock in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equal or junior to that stock or is other junior stock.
This subsection (e) shall not restrict the ability of the Corporation or any affiliate of the Corporation to engage in any market-making transactions or purchases in connection with the distribution of securities in the ordinary course of business.
If the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) elects to declare only partial instead of full dividends for a dividend payment date and related dividend period (which terms include, in the case of Series C, the Dividend Payment Dates and Dividend Periods provided for herein) on the shares of Series C or any Dividend Parity Stock, then, to the extent permitted by the terms of the Series C and each outstanding series of Dividend Parity Stock, such partial dividends shall be declared on shares of Series C and Dividend Parity Stock, and dividends so declared shall be paid, as to any such dividend payment date and related dividend period, in amounts such that the ratio of the partial dividends declared and paid on each such series to full dividends on each such series is the same. As used in this paragraph, “full dividends” means, as to any Dividend Parity Stock that bears dividends on a cumulative basis, the amount of dividends that would need to be declared and paid to bring such Dividend Parity Stock current in dividends, including undeclared dividends for past dividend periods. To the extent a dividend period with respect to the Series C or any series of Dividend Parity Stock (in either case, the “first series”) coincides with more than one dividend period with respect to another series as applicable (in either case, a “second series”), then, for purposes of this paragraph the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) may, to the extent permitted by the terms of each affected series, treat such dividend period for the first series as two or more consecutive dividend periods, none of which coincides with more than one dividend period with respect to the second series, or may treat such dividend period(s) with respect to any Dividend Parity Stock and Dividend Period(s) with respect to the Series C for purposes of this paragraph in any other manner that it deems to be fair and equitable in order to achieve ratable payments of dividends on such Dividend Parity Stock and the Series C.
Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, stock or otherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) may be declared and paid on any Common Stock or
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other Junior Stock from time to time out of any funds legally available therefor, and the shares of Series C shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividend.
Section 5.    Liquidation Rights.
(a)    Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, before any distribution or payment out of the assets of the Corporation may be made to or set aside for the holders of any Junior Stock, holders of Series C will be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Corporation legally available for distribution to its stockholders an amount equal to the Stated Amount per share, together with an amount equal to all dividends (if any) that have been declared but not paid prior to the date of payment (but without regard to any undeclared dividends) (the “Liquidation Preference”).
(b)    Partial Payment. If the assets of the Corporation are not sufficient to pay the Liquidation Preference in full to all holders of Series C and all holders of any Liquidation Preference Parity Stock, the amounts paid to the holders of Series C and to the holders of all Liquidation Preference Parity Stock shall be pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate Liquidation Preferences of Series C and all such Liquidation Preference Parity Stock. In any such distribution, the “Liquidation Preference” of any holder of stock of the Corporation other than the Series C means the amount otherwise payable to such holder in such distribution (assuming no limitation on the assets of the Corporation available for such distribution), including an amount equal to any declared but unpaid dividends in the case of any holder or stock on which dividends accrue on a non-cumulative basis and, in the case of any holder of stock on which dividends accrue on a cumulative basis, an amount equal to any unpaid, accrued, cumulative dividends, whether or not earned or declared, as applicable.
(c)    Residual Distributions. If the Liquidation Preference has been paid in full to all holders of Series C and all holders of any Liquidation Preference Parity Stock, the holders of Junior Stock will be entitled to receive all remaining assets of the Corporation according to their respective rights and preferences.
(d)    Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Not Liquidation. For purposes of this Section 5, the merger, consolidation or other business combination of the Corporation with or into any other corporation, including a transaction in which the holders of Series C receive cash or property for their shares, or the sale, conveyance, lease, exchange or transfer (for cash, shares of stock, securities or other consideration) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, shall not constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
Section 6.    Redemption.
(a)    Optional Redemption. The Series C is perpetual and has no maturity date. The Corporation may, at its option, redeem the shares of Series C (i) in whole or in part, from time to time, on any Dividend Payment Date on or after the Dividend Payment
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Date on April 6, 2024 or (ii) in whole but not in part at any time within 90 days following a Regulatory Capital Treatment Event, in each case, at a cash redemption price equal to the Stated Amount, together with any declared and unpaid dividends, without regard to any undeclared dividends, to but excluding the redemption date. The redemption price for any shares of Series C shall be payable on the redemption date to the holder of such shares against surrender of the certificate(s) evidencing such shares to the Corporation or its agent, if the shares of Series C are issued in certificated form. Any declared but unpaid dividends payable on a redemption date that occurs subsequent to the record date for a Dividend Period shall not be paid to the holder entitled to receive the redemption price on the redemption date, but rather shall be paid to the holder of record of the redeemed shares on such record date relating to the Dividend Payment Date as provided in Section 4 above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation may not redeem shares of Series C without having received the prior approval of the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency if then required under capital rules applicable to the Corporation.
(b)    No Sinking Fund. The Series C will not be subject to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions. Holders of Series C will have no right to require redemption of any shares of Series C.
(c)    Notice of Redemption. Notice of every redemption of shares of Series C shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the holders of record of the shares to be redeemed at their respective last addresses appearing on the books of the Corporation. Such mailing shall be at least 10 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption. Any notice mailed as provided in this Subsection shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice, but failure duly to give such notice by mail, or any defect in such notice or in the mailing thereof, to any holder of shares of Series C designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Series C. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the shares of Series C are issued in book-entry form through DTC or any other similar facility, notice of redemption may be given to the holders of Series C at such time and in any manner permitted by such facility. Each such notice given to a holder shall state: (1) the redemption date; (2) the number of shares of Series C to be redeemed and, if less than all the shares held by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be redeemed from such holder; (3) the redemption price; (4) the place or places where certificates for such shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and (5) that dividends on such shares will cease to accrue on the redemption date.
(d)    Partial Redemption. In case of any redemption of only part of the shares of Series C at the time outstanding, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected either pro rata from the holders of record of Series C in proportion to the number of shares of Series C held by such holders or by lot or in such other manner as the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) may determine to be fair and equitable. Subject to the provisions hereof, the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) shall have full power and authority to prescribe the
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terms and conditions on which shares of Series C shall be redeemed from time to time. If the Corporation shall have issued certificates for the Series C and fewer than all shares represented by any certificates are redeemed, new certificates shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares without charge to the holders thereof.
(e)    Effectiveness of Redemption. If notice of redemption has been duly given, and if on or before the redemption date specified in the notice all funds necessary for the redemption have been set aside by the Corporation, separate and apart from its other funds, in trust for the pro rata benefit of the holders of the shares called for redemption, so as to be and continue to be available therefor, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation in the case that the shares of Series C are issued in certificated form, on and after the redemption date dividends shall cease to accrue on all shares so called for redemption, all shares so called for redemption shall no longer be deemed outstanding and all rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on such redemption date cease and terminate, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive the amount payable on such redemption, without interest. Any funds unclaimed at the end of two years from the redemption date, to the extent permitted by law, shall be released from the trust so established and may be commingled with the Corporation’s other funds, and thereafter the holders of the shares so called for redemption shall look only to the Corporation for payment of the redemption price of such shares.
Section 7.    Voting Rights.
(a)    General. The holders of Series C will have no voting rights except as set forth below or as otherwise from to time required by law.
(b)    Right to Elect Two Directors on Nonpayment of Dividends. Whenever dividends on any shares of the Series C, or any other Voting Preferred Stock (as defined below), shall have not been declared and paid for the equivalent of three semi-annual or six full quarterly Dividend Payments, whether or not for consecutive Dividend Periods (a “Nonpayment”), the holders of such shares, voting together as a class with holders of any and all other series of Voting Preferred Stock then outstanding, will be entitled to vote for the election of a total of two additional members of the Board of Directors (the “Preferred Stock Directors”), provided that the election of any such directors shall not cause the Corporation to violate the corporate governance requirement of the New York Stock Exchange (or any other exchange on which the Corporation’s securities may be listed) that listed companies must have a majority of independent directors and provided further that the Board Of Directors shall at no time include more than two Preferred Stock Directors. In that event, the number of directors on the Board of Directors shall automatically increase by two, and the new directors shall be elected at a special meeting called at the request of the holders of record of at least 20% of the Series C or of any other series of Voting Preferred Stock (unless such request is received less than 90 days before the date fixed for the next annual or special meeting of the stockholders, in which event such election shall be held at such next annual or special meeting of stockholders),
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and at each subsequent annual meeting. Such request to call a special meeting for the initial election of the Preferred Stock Directors after a Nonpayment shall be made by written notice, signed by the requisite holders of Series C or other Voting Preferred Stock, and delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation in such manner as provided for in Section 9 below, or as may otherwise be required by law. These voting rights will continue until dividends on the shares of the Series C and any such series of Voting Preferred Stock for at least two consecutive semi-annual or four consecutive quarterly Dividend Periods, as applicable, following the Nonpayment shall have been fully paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment of such dividends shall have been set aside for payment).
If and when dividends for at least two consecutive semi-annual or four consecutive quarterly Dividend Periods, as applicable, following a Nonpayment have been paid in full (or declared and a sum sufficient for such payment shall have been set aside) on the Series C and any other class or series of Voting Preferred Stock, the holders of the Series C and all other holders of Voting Preferred Stock shall be divested of the foregoing voting rights (subject to revesting in the event of each subsequent Nonpayment), the term of office of each Preferred Stock Director so elected shall terminate and the number of directors on the Board of Directors shall automatically decrease by two. In determining whether dividends have been paid for at least two consecutive semi-annual or four consecutive quarterly Dividend Periods, as applicable, following a Nonpayment, the Corporation may take account of any dividend it elects to pay for any Dividend Period after the regular Dividend Payment Date for that period has passed. Any Preferred Stock Director may be removed at any time without cause by the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Series C together with all series of Voting Preferred Stock then outstanding (voting together as a single class) to the extent such holders have the voting rights described above. So long as a Nonpayment shall continue, any vacancy in the office of a Preferred Stock Director (other than prior to the initial election after a Nonpayment) may be filled by the written consent of the Preferred Stock Director remaining in office, or if none remains in office, by a vote of the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series C and all Voting Preferred Stock when they have the voting rights described above (voting together as a single class); provided that the filling of any such vacancy shall not cause the Corporation to violate the corporate governance requirement of the New York Stock Exchange (or any other exchange on which the Corporation’s securities may be listed) that listed companies must have a majority of independent directors. Any such vote to remove, or to fill a vacancy in the office of, a Preferred Stock Director may be taken only at a special meeting called at the request of the holders of record of at least 20% of the Series C or of any other series of Voting Preferred Stock (unless such request is received less than 90 days before the date fixed for the next annual or special meeting of the stockholders, in which event such election shall be held at such next annual or special meeting of stockholders). The Preferred Stock Directors shall each be entitled to one vote per director on any matter.
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(c)    Other Voting Rights. So long as any shares of Series C are outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of stockholders required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, the vote or consent of the holders of at least two thirds of the shares of Series C at the time outstanding, voting together as a single class with any other series of Preferred Stock entitled to vote thereon, to the exclusion of all other series of Preferred Stock, given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or by vote at any meeting called for the purpose, will be necessary for effecting or validating:
(i)    Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, Amended and Restated Bylaws or Certificate of Designations. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Amended and Restated Bylaws, or this Certificate of Designations that would alter or change the voting powers, preferences or special rights of the Series C so as to affect them adversely; provided, however, that the amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation so as to authorize or create, or to increase the authorized amount of, any class or series of stock that does not rank senior to the Series C in either the payment of dividends (whether such dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative) or in the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation shall not be deemed to affect adversely the voting powers, preferences or special rights of the Series C;
(ii)    Authorization of Senior Stock. Any amendment or alteration of the Certificate of Incorporation to authorize or create, or increase the authorized amount of, any shares of any class or series or any securities convertible into shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation ranking prior to Series C in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation; or
(iii)    Share Exchanges, Reclassifications, Mergers and Consolidations and Other Transactions. Any consummation of (x) a binding share exchange or reclassification involving the Series C or (y) a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with another entity (whether or not a corporation), unless in each case (A) the shares of Series C remain outstanding or, in the case of any such merger or consolidation with respect to which the Corporation is not the surviving or resulting entity, the shares of Series C are converted into or exchanged for preference securities of the surviving or resulting entity or its ultimate parent, and (B) such shares remaining outstanding or such preference securities, as the case may be, have such rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and limitations and restrictions thereof, taken as a whole, as are not materially less favorable to the holders thereof than the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and restrictions and limitations thereof, of the Series C immediately prior to such consummation, taken as a whole.
If an amendment, alteration, repeal, share exchange, reclassification, merger or consolidation described in (i) through (iii) above would adversely affect one or
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more but not all series of Voting Preferred Stock (including the Series C for this purpose), then only the series affected and entitled to vote shall vote to the exclusion of all other series of preferred stock. If all series of preferred stock are not equally affected by the proposed amendment, alteration, repeal, share exchange, reclassification, merger or consolidation described above, there shall be required a two-thirds approval of each series that will have a diminished status.
(d)    Changes Permitted without Consent. Without the consent of the holders of the Series C, so long as such action does not adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers of the Series C, the Corporation may amend, alter, supplement or repeal any terms of the Series C:
(i)    to cure any ambiguity, or to cure, correct or supplement any provision contained in this Certificate of Designations for the Series C that may be defective or inconsistent; or
(ii)    to make any provision with respect to matters or questions arising with respect to the Series C that is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Certificate of Designations, including, without limitation, to implement the terms of clause (iii) of the definition of “Three-Month LIBOR” following the occurrence of a LIBOR Event.
(e)    Changes after Provision for Redemption. No vote or consent of the holders of Series C will be required pursuant to Section 7(b) or (c) above if, at or prior to the time when any such vote or consent would otherwise be required pursuant to such Sections, all outstanding shares of Series C shall have been redeemed, or shall have been called for redemption on proper notice and sufficient funds shall have been set aside for the benefit of the holders of the Series C to effect such redemption, in each case pursuant to Section 6 above, unless in the case of a vote or consent required pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 7(css) above if all outstanding shares of Series C are being redeemed with the proceeds from the sale of the stock to be authorized.
(f)     Procedures for Voting and Consents. The rules and procedures for calling and conducting any meeting of the holders of Series C (including, without limitation, the fixing of a record date in connection therewith), the solicitation and use of proxies at such a meeting, the obtaining of written consents and any other aspect or matter with regard to such a meeting or such consents shall be governed by any rules the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors), in its discretion, may adopt from time to time, which rules and procedures shall conform to the requirements of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Amended and Restated Bylaws, applicable law and any national securities exchange or other trading facility on which the Series C may be listed or traded at the time.
Section 8.    Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation and the Transfer Agent may deem and treat the record holder of any
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share of Series C as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes, and neither the Corporation nor the Transfer Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 9.    Notices. All notices or communications in respect of the Series C will be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in this Certificate of Designations, in the Certificate of Incorporation or Amended and Restated Bylaws or by applicable law.
Section 10.    Other Rights. The shares of Series C will not have any voting powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation. The holders of Series C shall not have any preemptive rights or conversion rights.
Section 11.    Certificates. The Corporation may at its option issue shares of Series C without certificates. As long as DTC or its nominee is the registered owner of the Series C, DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, shall be considered the sole owner and holder of all shares of Series C for all purposes under the instruments governing the rights and obligations of holders of shares of Series C. If DTC discontinues providing its services as securities depositary with respect to the shares of Series C, or if DTC ceases to be registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act, in the event that a successor securities depositary is not obtained within 90 days, the Corporation shall either print and deliver certificates for the shares of Series C or provide for the direct registration of the Series C with the Transfer Agent. If the Corporation decides to discontinue the use of the system of book-entry-only transfers through DTC (or a successor securities depositary), the Corporation shall print certificates for the shares of Series C and deliver such certificates to DTC or shall provide for the direct registration of the Series C with the Transfer Agent. Except in the limited circumstances referred to above, owners of beneficial interests in the Series C:
a)    shall not be entitled to have such Series C registered in their names;
b)    shall not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of securities certificates in exchange for beneficial interests in the Series C; and
c)    shall not be considered to be owners or holders of the shares of Series C for any purpose under the instruments governing the rights and obligations of holders of shares of Series C.
Section 12.    Restatement of Certificate. On any restatement of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, Section 1 through Section 11 of this Certificate of Designations shall be included in the Certificate of Incorporation under the heading “6.375% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C” and this Section 12 may be omitted. If the Board of Directors so determines, the
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numbering of Section 1 through Section 11 may be changed for convenience of reference or for any other proper purpose.”

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In witness whereof, the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be signed by Robin S. Elkowitz, its Executive Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Secretary, this 24th day of October, 2018.
CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

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


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EXHIBIT C
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS
OF
6.350% FIXED-TO-FLOATING RATE NON-CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES D
OF
CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
Pursuant to Section 151 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law

Citizens Financial Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies that:
In accordance with the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”), adopted by unanimous written consent dated as of November 19, 2018, the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation and applicable law, a Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors, at a meeting duly called and held on January 22, 2019, adopted the following resolution creating a series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation designated as “6.350% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series D”:
RESOLVED, that pursuant to the resolutions of the Board of Directors adopted by unanimous written consent dated as of November 19, 2018, the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation, the Pricing Committee hereby establishes a series of Preferred Stock, par value $25.00 per share, of the Corporation and fixes and determines the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions thereof, including dividend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, voting rights, terms of redemption, redemption prices and liquidation preference thereof as follows:
Section 1.    Designation. The distinctive serial designation of such series is 6.350% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series D” (“Series D”). Each share of Series D shall be identical in all respects to every other share of Series D, except that, shares of Series D issued after January 29, 2019 (the “Original Issue Date”) may only be issued on a Dividend Payment Date and only if they are fungible with the shares of Series D issued on the Original Issue Date for tax purposes, and shall accrue dividends from the date they are issued.
Section 2.    Number of Authorized Shares. The number of authorized shares of Series D shall initially be 300,000. Such number may from time to time be increased (but not in excess of the total number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock, less all
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shares of any other series of Preferred Stock authorized at the time of such increase) or decreased (but not below the number of shares of Series D then outstanding) by the Board of Directors. Shares of Series D that are redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation shall be cancelled and shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock undesignated as to series. The Corporation shall have the authority to issue fractional shares of Series D.
Section 3.    Definitions. As used herein with respect to Series D:
(a)    “Adjustments” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Three-Month LIBOR.”
(b)    “Alternative Rate” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Three-Month LIBOR.”
(c)    “Appropriate Federal Banking Agency” means the “appropriate federal banking agency” with respect to the Corporation as defined in Section 3(q) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. § 1813(q)), or any successor provision.
(d)    “Bloomberg BBAM1” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Three-Month LIBOR.”
(e)    “Board of Directors” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
(f)    “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close in The City of New York.
(g)    “Calculation Agent” means, at any time, the person or entity (which may be the Corporation or an affiliate of the Corporation) appointed by the Corporation and serving as calculation agent with respect to the Series D at such time (including any successor to such person or entity). The Bank of New York Mellon will be the calculation agent for the Series D as of the Original Issue Date.
(h)    “Certificate of Designations” means this Certificate of Designations relating to the Series D, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
(i)    “Certificate of Incorporation” means the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as it may be amended from time to time, and shall include this Certificate of Designations.
(j)    “Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation.
(k)    “Corporation” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
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(l)    “Dividend Determination Date” means, with respect to a Dividend Period during the Floating Rate Period, the second London Banking Day prior to the beginning of such Dividend Period.
(m)    “Dividend Parity Stock” means any class or series of stock of the Corporation that ranks on a parity with Series D in the payment of current dividends, including the Series A, the Series B and the Series C.
(n)    “Dividend Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
(o)    “Dividend Period” means each period from and including a Dividend Payment Date (except that the initial Dividend Period shall commence on and include the Original Issue Date of the Series D) and continuing to but not including the next succeeding Dividend Payment Date.
(p)    “DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.
(q)    “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(r)    “Fixed Rate Period” means the period commencing on and including the Original Issue Date and continuing to, but excluding, the Dividend Payment Date on April 6, 2024.
(s)    “Floating Rate Period” means the period commencing on and including the Dividend Payment Date on April 6, 2024 and continuing to, but excluding, the first date, if any, as of which all shares of Series D have been redeemed.
(t)    “IFA” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Three-Month LIBOR.”
(u)    “Junior Stock” means any class or series of stock of the Corporation (including the Common Stock) that ranks junior to the Series D in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
(v)    “Junior Stock Sinking Fund Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(e).
(w)    “LIBOR Event” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Three-Month LIBOR.”
(x)    “Liquidation Preference” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.
(y)    “Liquidation Preference Parity Stock” means any class or series of stock of the Corporation that ranks on a parity with Series D in the distribution of assets on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, including the Series A, the Series B and the Series C.
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(z)    “London Banking Day” means a day that is a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday and is a day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.
(aa)    “Nonpayment” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(b)
(bb)    “Original Issue Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.
(cc)    “Preferred Stock Directors” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).
(dd)    “Regulatory Capital Treatment Event” means the good faith determination by the Corporation that, as a result of (i) any amendment to, or change in, the laws, rules or regulations of the United States (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any agency or instrumentality of the United States, including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and other federal bank regulatory agencies) or any political subdivision of or in the United States that is enacted or becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of Series D, (ii) any proposed change in those laws, rules or regulations that is announced or becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of Series D, or (iii) any official administrative decision or judicial decision or administrative action or other official pronouncement interpreting or applying those laws, rules or regulations or policies with respect thereto that is announced after the initial issuance of any share of Series D, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Corporation will not be entitled to treat the full Stated Amount of $1,000 per share of Series D then outstanding as “Tier 1 capital” (or its equivalent) for purposes of the capital adequacy rules of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or, as and if applicable, the capital adequacy rules or regulations of any successor Appropriate Federal Banking Agency) as then in effect and applicable, for so long as any share of Series D is outstanding.
(ee)    “Series A” means the Corporation’s 5.500% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A.
(ff)    “Series B” means the Corporation’s 6.000% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B.
(gg)    “Series C” means the Corporation’s 6.375% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C.
(hh)    “Series D” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.
(ii)    “Stated Amount” means, in respect of Series D, $1,000 per share, and, in respect of any other series of capital stock, the stated amount per share specified in the Certificate of Incorporation or applicable certificate of designations (including, in the case of any series that does not use the words “stated amount,” the specified amount of any preference upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, without regard to any unpaid
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dividends that may also be included in the liquidation preference with respect to such shares).
(jj)    “Three-Month LIBOR” means, for each Dividend Determination Date related to the Floating Rate Period, the rate determined by the Calculation Agent as follows:
(i)    The rate for deposits in U.S. dollars having an index maturity of three months as such rate is displayed on Bloomberg on page BBAM1 (or any other page as may replace such page on such service or any successor service for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of major banks for U.S. dollars) (“Bloomberg BBAM1”) as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on such Dividend Determination Date. If no such rate so appears, three-month LIBOR on such Dividend Determination Date will be determined in accordance with provision described in clause (ii) or (iii) below.
(ii)    With respect to a Dividend Determination Date on which no rate is displayed on Bloomberg BBAM1 as specified in clause (i) above, the Calculation Agent shall request the principal London offices of each of four major reference banks (which may include affiliates of the underwriters for the offering of the Series D) in the London interbank market, as selected by the Corporation, and identified to the Calculation Agent, to provide the Calculation Agent with its offered quotation for deposits in U.S. dollars having an index maturity of three months, commencing on the first day of the related Dividend Period, to prime banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such Dividend Determination Date and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in U.S. dollars in such market at such time. If at least two such quotations are so provided, then Three-Month LIBOR on such Dividend Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean calculated by the Calculation Agent of such quotations. If fewer than two such quotations are so provided, then Three-Month LIBOR on such Dividend Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean calculated by the Calculation Agent of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 a.m., in New York City, on such Dividend Determination Date by three major banks (which may include affiliates of the underwriters for the offering of the Series D) in New York City selected by the Corporation, and identified to the Calculation Agent, for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks, having an index maturity of three months and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in U.S. dollars in such market at such time; provided, however, that if the banks so selected by the Corporation are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, but a LIBOR Event (as defined below) has not occurred, Three-Month LIBOR determined as of a Dividend Determination Date shall be three-month LIBOR in effect on such Dividend Determination Date or, in the case of the first Dividend Period in the Floating Rate Period, the most recent Three-Month LIBOR that can be determined.
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(iii)    Notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii) above, if the Corporation, in its sole discretion, determines that Three-Month LIBOR has been permanently discontinued or is no longer viewed as an acceptable benchmark for securities like the Series D, and the Corporation has notified the Calculation Agent of such determination (a “LIBOR Event), the Calculation Agent will use, as directed by the Corporation, a substitute for Three-Month LIBOR (the “Alternative Rate”) for each future Dividend Determination Date, the alternative reference rate selected by the central bank, reserve bank, monetary authority or any similar institution (including any committee or working group thereof) that is consistent with market practice regarding a substitute for Three-Month LIBOR. As part of such substitution, the Calculation Agent will, as directed by the Corporation, make such adjustments to the Alternative Rate or the spread thereon, as well as the business day convention, Dividend Determination Dates and related provisions and definitions (“Adjustments”), in each case that are consistent with market practice for the use of such Alternative Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation determines that there is no alternative reference rate selected by the central bank, reserve bank, monetary authority or any similar institution (including any committee or working group thereof) that is consistent with market practice regarding a substitute for Three-Month LIBOR, the Corporation may, in its sole discretion, appoint an independent financial advisor (“IFA”) to determine an appropriate Alternative Rate and any Adjustments, and the decision of the IFA will be binding on the Corporation, the Calculation Agent and the holders of Series D. If a LIBOR Event has occurred, but for any reason an Alternative Rate has not been determined or there is no such market practice for the use of such Alternative Rate (and, in each case, an IFA has not determined an appropriate Alternative Rate and Adjustments or an IFA has not been appointed), Three-Month LIBOR determined as of a Dividend Determination Date shall be Three-Month LIBOR in effect on such Dividend Determination Date; provided, however, that if this sentence is applicable with respect to the first Dividend Determination Date related to the Floating Rate Period, the dividend rate, Business Day convention and manner of calculating dividends applicable during the Fixed Rate Period will remain in effect during the Floating Rate Period.
The establishment of Three-Month LIBOR for each Dividend Period by the Calculation Agent (including, for the avoidance of doubt, at the direction of the Corporation in the case of clause (iii)) or IFA, as applicable, shall (in the absence of manifest error) be final and binding. For the avoidance of doubt, any adjustments made pursuant to clause (iii) of the definition of “Three-Month LIBOR” shall not be subject to the vote or consent of the holders of the Series D.
(kk)    “Transfer Agent” means the transfer agent with respect to the Series D, which shall be Computershare Trust Company, N.A. as of the Original Issue Date, and its successor, including any successor transfer agent appointed by the Corporation.
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(ll)    “Voting Preferred Stock” means any other class or series of preferred stock of the Corporation ranking equally with the Series D as to dividends (whether cumulative or non-cumulative) and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation and upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable, including the Series A, the Series B and the Series C. Whether a plurality, majority or other portion of the shares of Series D and any other Voting Preferred Stock have been voted in favor of any matter shall be determined by reference to the Stated Amounts of the shares voted.
Section 4.    Dividends.
(a)    Rate. Holders of Series D shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors), but only out of funds legally available therefor, non-cumulative cash dividends as follows:
(i)    for each Dividend Period during the Fixed Rate Period, at an annual rate of 6.350% of the Stated Amount per share, payable quarterly in arrears on January 6, April 6, July 6 and October 6 of each year, beginning on April 6, 2019 and ending on April 6, 2024; and
(ii)    for each Dividend Period during the Floating Rate Period, at an annual rate equal to Three-Month LIBOR for such Dividend Period plus a spread of 3.642% applied to the Stated Amount per share, payable quarterly in arrears on January 6, April 6, July 6 and October 6 of each year, beginning on July 6, 2024.
Each date on which dividends are payable pursuant to the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), subject to adjustment as provided below, is a “Dividend Payment Date”, and dividends for each Dividend Payment Date are payable with respect to the Dividend Period (or portion thereof) ending on the day preceding such respective Dividend Payment Date, in each case to holders of record on the 15th calendar day before such Dividend Payment Date or such other record date not more than 30 nor less than 10 days preceding such Dividend Payment Date fixed for that purpose by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) in advance of payment of each particular dividend. The Corporation shall not pay interest or any sum of money instead of interest on any dividend payment that may be in arrears on the Series D.
(b)    Business Day Convention. If a day on or before April 6, 2024 that would otherwise be a Dividend Payment Date is not a Business Day, then such date will nevertheless be a Dividend Payment Date but dividends on the shares of Series D, when, as and if declared, will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day (without adjustment in the amount of the dividend per share of Series D). If a day after April 6, 2024 that would otherwise be a Dividend Payment Date is not a Business Day, then the next succeeding Business Day will be the applicable Dividend Payment Date and dividends on the shares of Series D, when, as and if declared, will be paid on such next succeeding Business Day, unless such day falls in the next calendar month, in which case the
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Dividend Payment Date will be brought forward to the immediately preceding day that is a Business Day.
(c)    Dividend Computation. The amount of the dividend per share of Series D for each Dividend Period (or portion thereof) in the Fixed Rate Period will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The amount of the dividend per share of Series D for each Dividend Period (or portion thereof) in the Floating Rate Period will be calculated based on the actual number of days in the Dividend Period and a 360-day year.
(d)    Dividends Non-cumulative. Dividends on shares of Series D shall not be cumulative. Holders of Series D shall not be entitled to receive any dividends not declared by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) and no interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend not so declared. Holders of the Series D shall not be entitled to any dividends, whether payable in cash, securities or other property, other than dividends (if any) declared and payable on the Series D as specified in this Section 4 (subject to the other provisions of this Certificate of Designations).
(e)    Priority of Dividends and Redemption and Repurchase of Junior Stock. So long as any share of Series D remains outstanding, unless dividends on all outstanding shares of Series D for the most recently completed Dividend Period have been paid in full or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for payment, (i) no dividend may be declared or paid or set aside for payment, and no distribution may be made, on any Junior Stock, (ii) no monies may be paid or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption or retirement of Junior Stock (a “Junior Stock Sinking Fund Payment”), and (iii) no shares of Junior Stock shall be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, other than:
(i)    any Junior Stock Sinking Fund Payment, or any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of shares of Junior Stock as a result of (x) a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock, (y) the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or another share of Junior Stock or (z) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock under the conversion or exchange provisions of Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged;
(ii)    any Junior Stock Sinking Fund Payment, or any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of shares of Junior Stock, through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock;
(iii)    repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Junior Stock in connection with (x) any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of any one or more employees,
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officers, directors or consultants or (y) a dividend reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan;
(iv)    any declaration of a dividend in connection with any stockholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or other property under any stockholders’ rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to the plan; or
(v)    any dividend paid on Junior Stock in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equal or junior to that stock or is other junior stock.
This subsection (e) shall not restrict the ability of the Corporation or any affiliate of the Corporation to engage in any market-making transactions or purchases in connection with the distribution of securities in the ordinary course of business.
If the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) elects to declare only partial instead of full dividends for a dividend payment date and related dividend period (which terms include, in the case of Series D, the Dividend Payment Dates and Dividend Periods provided for herein) on the shares of Series D or any Dividend Parity Stock, then, to the extent permitted by the terms of the Series D and each outstanding series of Dividend Parity Stock, such partial dividends shall be declared on shares of Series D and Dividend Parity Stock, and dividends so declared shall be paid, as to any such dividend payment date and related dividend period, in amounts such that the ratio of the partial dividends declared and paid on each such series to full dividends on each such series is the same. As used in this paragraph, “full dividends” means, as to any Dividend Parity Stock that bears dividends on a cumulative basis, the amount of dividends that would need to be declared and paid to bring such Dividend Parity Stock current in dividends, including undeclared dividends for past dividend periods. To the extent a dividend period with respect to the Series D or any series of Dividend Parity Stock (in either case, the “first series”) coincides with more than one dividend period with respect to another series as applicable (in either case, a “second series”), then, for purposes of this paragraph the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) may, to the extent permitted by the terms of each affected series, treat such dividend period for the first series as two or more consecutive dividend periods, none of which coincides with more than one dividend period with respect to the second series, or may treat such dividend period(s) with respect to any Dividend Parity Stock and Dividend Period(s) with respect to the Series D for purposes of this paragraph in any other manner that it deems to be fair and equitable in order to achieve ratable payments of dividends on such Dividend Parity Stock and the Series D.
Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, stock or otherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized
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committee of the Board of Directors) may be declared and paid on any Common Stock or other Junior Stock from time to time out of any funds legally available therefor, and the shares of Series D shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividend.
Section 5.    Liquidation Rights.
(a)    Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, before any distribution or payment out of the assets of the Corporation may be made to or set aside for the holders of any Junior Stock, holders of Series D will be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Corporation legally available for distribution to its stockholders an amount equal to the Stated Amount per share, together with an amount equal to all dividends (if any) that have been declared but not paid prior to the date of payment (but without regard to any undeclared dividends) (the “Liquidation Preference”).
(b)    Partial Payment. If the assets of the Corporation are not sufficient to pay the Liquidation Preference in full to all holders of Series D and all holders of any Liquidation Preference Parity Stock, the amounts paid to the holders of Series D and to the holders of all Liquidation Preference Parity Stock shall be pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate Liquidation Preferences of Series D and all such Liquidation Preference Parity Stock. In any such distribution, the “Liquidation Preference” of any holder of stock of the Corporation other than the Series D means the amount otherwise payable to such holder in such distribution (assuming no limitation on the assets of the Corporation available for such distribution), including an amount equal to any declared but unpaid dividends in the case of any holder or stock on which dividends accrue on a non-cumulative basis and, in the case of any holder of stock on which dividends accrue on a cumulative basis, an amount equal to any unpaid, accrued, cumulative dividends, whether or not earned or declared, as applicable.
(c)    Residual Distributions. If the Liquidation Preference has been paid in full to all holders of Series D and all holders of any Liquidation Preference Parity Stock, the holders of Junior Stock will be entitled to receive all remaining assets of the Corporation according to their respective rights and preferences.
(d)    Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Not Liquidation. For purposes of this Section 5, the merger, consolidation or other business combination of the Corporation with or into any other corporation, including a transaction in which the holders of Series D receive cash or property for their shares, or the sale, conveyance, lease, exchange or transfer (for cash, shares of stock, securities or other consideration) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, shall not constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
Section 6.    Redemption.
(a)    Optional Redemption. The Series D is perpetual and has no maturity date. The Corporation may, at its option, redeem the shares of Series D (i) in whole or in
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part, from time to time, on any Dividend Payment Date on or after the Dividend Payment Date on April 6, 2024 or (ii) in whole but not in part at any time within 90 days following a Regulatory Capital Treatment Event, in each case, at a cash redemption price equal to the Stated Amount, together with any declared and unpaid dividends, without regard to any undeclared dividends, to but excluding the redemption date. The redemption price for any shares of Series D shall be payable on the redemption date to the holder of such shares against surrender of the certificate(s) evidencing such shares to the Corporation or its agent, if the shares of Series D are issued in certificated form. Any declared but unpaid dividends payable on a redemption date that occurs subsequent to the record date for a Dividend Period shall not be paid to the holder entitled to receive the redemption price on the redemption date, but rather shall be paid to the holder of record of the redeemed shares on such record date relating to the Dividend Payment Date as provided in Section 4 above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation may not redeem shares of Series D without having received the prior approval of the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency if then required under capital rules applicable to the Corporation.
(b)    No Sinking Fund. The Series D will not be subject to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions. Holders of Series D will have no right to require redemption of any shares of Series D.
(c)    Notice of Redemption. Notice of every redemption of shares of Series D shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the holders of record of the shares to be redeemed at their respective last addresses appearing on the books of the Corporation. Such mailing shall be at least 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption. Any notice mailed as provided in this Subsection shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice, but failure duly to give such notice by mail, or any defect in such notice or in the mailing thereof, to any holder of shares of Series D designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Series D. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the shares of Series D or any depositary shares representing interests in the Series D are issued in book-entry form through DTC or any other similar facility, notice of redemption may be given to the holders of Series D at such time and in any manner permitted by such facility. Each such notice given to a holder shall state: (1) the redemption date; (2) the number of shares of Series D to be redeemed and, if less than all the shares held by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be redeemed from such holder; (3) the redemption price; (4) the place or places where certificates for such shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and (5) that dividends on such shares will cease to accrue on the redemption date.
(d)    Partial Redemption. In case of any redemption of only part of the shares of Series D at the time outstanding, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected either pro rata from the holders of record of Series D in proportion to the number of shares of Series D held by such holders or by lot. Subject to the provisions hereof, the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) shall have full
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power and authority to prescribe the terms and conditions on which shares of Series D shall be redeemed from time to time. If the Corporation shall have issued certificates for the Series D and fewer than all shares represented by any certificates are redeemed, new certificates shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares without charge to the holders thereof.
(e)    Effectiveness of Redemption. If notice of redemption has been duly given, and if on or before the redemption date specified in the notice all funds necessary for the redemption have been set aside by the Corporation, separate and apart from its other funds, in trust for the pro rata benefit of the holders of the shares called for redemption, so as to be and continue to be available therefor, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation in the case that the shares of Series D are issued in certificated form, on and after the redemption date dividends shall cease to accrue on all shares so called for redemption, all shares so called for redemption shall no longer be deemed outstanding and all rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on such redemption date cease and terminate, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive the amount payable on such redemption, without interest. Any funds unclaimed at the end of two years from the redemption date, to the extent permitted by law, shall be released from the trust so established and may be commingled with the Corporation’s other funds, and thereafter the holders of the shares so called for redemption shall look only to the Corporation for payment of the redemption price of such shares.
Section 7.    Voting Rights.
(a)    General. The holders of Series D will have no voting rights except as set forth below or as otherwise from to time required by law.
(b)    Right to Elect Two Directors on Nonpayment of Dividends. Whenever dividends on any shares of the Series D, or any other Voting Preferred Stock (as defined below), shall have not been declared and paid for the equivalent of three semi-annual or six full quarterly Dividend Payments, whether or not for consecutive Dividend Periods (a “Nonpayment”), the holders of such shares, voting together as a class with holders of any and all other series of Voting Preferred Stock then outstanding, will be entitled to vote for the election of a total of two additional members of the Board of Directors (the “Preferred Stock Directors”), provided that the election of any such directors shall not cause the Corporation to violate the corporate governance requirement of the New York Stock Exchange (or any other exchange on which the Corporation’s securities may be listed) that listed companies must have a majority of independent directors and provided further that the Board Of Directors shall at no time include more than two Preferred Stock Directors. In that event, the number of directors on the Board of Directors shall automatically increase by two, and the new directors shall be elected at a special meeting called at the request of the holders of record of at least 20% of the Series D or of any other series of Voting Preferred Stock (unless such request is received less than 90 days before the date fixed for the next annual or special meeting of the stockholders, in which
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event such election shall be held at such next annual or special meeting of stockholders), and at each subsequent annual meeting. Such request to call a special meeting for the initial election of the Preferred Stock Directors after a Nonpayment shall be made by written notice, signed by the requisite holders of Series D or other Voting Preferred Stock, and delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation in such manner as provided for in Section 9 below, or as may otherwise be required by law. These voting rights will continue until dividends on the shares of the Series D and any such series of Voting Preferred Stock for at least two consecutive semi-annual or four consecutive quarterly Dividend Periods, as applicable, following the Nonpayment shall have been fully paid.
If and when dividends for at least two consecutive semi-annual or four consecutive quarterly Dividend Periods, as applicable, following a Nonpayment have been paid in full on the Series D and any other class or series of Voting Preferred Stock, the holders of the Series D and all other holders of Voting Preferred Stock shall be divested of the foregoing voting rights (subject to revesting in the event of each subsequent Nonpayment), the term of office of each Preferred Stock Director so elected shall terminate and the number of directors on the Board of Directors shall automatically decrease by two. In determining whether dividends have been paid for at least two consecutive semi-annual or four consecutive quarterly Dividend Periods, as applicable, following a Nonpayment, the Corporation may take account of any dividend it elects to pay for any Dividend Period after the regular Dividend Payment Date for that period has passed. Any Preferred Stock Director may be removed at any time without cause by the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Series D together with all series of Voting Preferred Stock then outstanding (voting together as a single class) to the extent such holders have the voting rights described above. So long as a Nonpayment shall continue, any vacancy in the office of a Preferred Stock Director (other than prior to the initial election after a Nonpayment) may be filled by the written consent of the Preferred Stock Director remaining in office, or if none remains in office, by a vote of the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series D and all Voting Preferred Stock when they have the voting rights described above (voting together as a single class); provided that the filling of any such vacancy shall not cause the Corporation to violate the corporate governance requirement of the New York Stock Exchange (or any other exchange on which the Corporation’s securities may be listed) that listed companies must have a majority of independent directors. Any such vote to remove, or to fill a vacancy in the office of, a Preferred Stock Director may be taken only at a special meeting called at the request of the holders of record of at least 20% of the Series D or of any other series of Voting Preferred Stock (unless such request is received less than 90 days before the date fixed for the next annual or special meeting of the stockholders, in which event such election shall be held at such next annual or special meeting of stockholders). The Preferred Stock Directors shall each be entitled to one vote per director on any matter.
(c)    Other Voting Rights. So long as any shares of Series D are outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of stockholders required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, the vote or consent of the holders of at least two thirds of the
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shares of Series D at the time outstanding, voting together as a single class with any other series of Preferred Stock entitled to vote thereon, to the exclusion of all other series of Preferred Stock, given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or by vote at any meeting called for the purpose, will be necessary for effecting or validating:
(i)    Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, Amended and Restated Bylaws or Certificate of Designations. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Amended and Restated Bylaws, or this Certificate of Designations that would alter or change the voting powers, preferences or special rights of the Series D so as to affect them adversely; provided, however, that the amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation so as to authorize or create, or to increase the authorized amount of, any class or series of stock that does not rank senior to the Series D in either the payment of dividends (whether such dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative) or in the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation shall not be deemed to affect adversely the voting powers, preferences or special rights of the Series D;
(ii)    Authorization of Senior Stock. Any amendment or alteration of the Certificate of Incorporation to authorize or create, or increase the authorized amount of, any shares of any class or series or any securities convertible into shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation ranking prior to Series D in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation; or
(iii)    Share Exchanges, Reclassifications, Mergers and Consolidations and Other Transactions. Any consummation of (x) a binding share exchange or reclassification involving the Series D or (y) a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with another entity (whether or not a corporation), unless in each case (A) the shares of Series D remain outstanding or, in the case of any such merger or consolidation with respect to which the Corporation is not the surviving or resulting entity, the shares of Series D are converted into or exchanged for preference securities of the surviving or resulting entity or its ultimate parent, and (B) such shares remaining outstanding or such preference securities, as the case may be, have such rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and limitations and restrictions thereof, taken as a whole, as are not materially less favorable to the holders thereof than the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and restrictions and limitations thereof, of the Series D immediately prior to such consummation, taken as a whole.
If an amendment, alteration, repeal, share exchange, reclassification, merger or consolidation described in (i) through (iii) above would adversely affect one or more but not all series of Voting Preferred Stock (including the Series D for this purpose), then only the series affected and entitled to vote shall vote to the exclusion of all other series of preferred stock. If all series of preferred stock are not equally affected
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by the proposed amendment, alteration, repeal, share exchange, reclassification, merger or consolidation described above, there shall be required a two-thirds approval of each series that will have a diminished status.
(d)    Changes Permitted without Consent. Without the consent of the holders of the Series D, so long as such action does not adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers of the Series D, the Corporation may amend, alter, supplement or repeal any terms of the Series D:
(i)    to cure any ambiguity, or to cure, correct or supplement any provision contained in this Certificate of Designations for the Series D that may be defective or inconsistent; or
(ii)    to make any provision with respect to matters or questions arising with respect to the Series D that is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Certificate of Designations, including, without limitation, to implement the terms of clause (iii) of the definition of “Three-Month LIBOR” following the occurrence of a LIBOR Event.
(e)    Changes after Provision for Redemption. No vote or consent of the holders of Series D will be required pursuant to Section 7(b) or (c) above if, at or prior to the time when any such vote or consent would otherwise be required pursuant to such Sections, all outstanding shares of Series D shall have been redeemed, or shall have been called for redemption on proper notice and sufficient funds shall have been set aside for the benefit of the holders of the Series D to effect such redemption, in each case pursuant to Section 6 above, unless in the case of a vote or consent required pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 7(c) above if all outstanding shares of Series D are being redeemed with the proceeds from the sale of the stock to be authorized.
(f)     Procedures for Voting and Consents. The rules and procedures for calling and conducting any meeting of the holders of Series D (including, without limitation, the fixing of a record date in connection therewith), the solicitation and use of proxies at such a meeting, the obtaining of written consents and any other aspect or matter with regard to such a meeting or such consents shall be governed by any rules the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors), in its discretion, may adopt from time to time, which rules and procedures shall conform to the requirements of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Amended and Restated Bylaws, applicable law and any national securities exchange or other trading facility on which the Series D may be listed or traded at the time.
Section 8.    Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation and the Transfer Agent may deem and treat the record holder of any share of Series D as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes, and neither the Corporation nor the Transfer Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
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Section 9.    Notices. All notices or communications in respect of the Series D will be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in this Certificate of Designations, in the Certificate of Incorporation or Amended and Restated Bylaws or by applicable law.
Section 10.    Other Rights. The shares of Series D will not have any voting powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation. The holders of Series D shall not have any preemptive rights or conversion rights.
Section 11.    Certificates. The Corporation may at its option issue shares of Series D without certificates. If DTC or its nominee is the registered owner of the Series D, the following provisions of this Section 11 shall apply. If and as long as DTC or its nominee is the registered owner of the Series D, DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, shall be considered the sole owner and holder of all shares of Series D for all purposes under the instruments governing the rights and obligations of holders of shares of Series D. If DTC discontinues providing its services as securities depositary with respect to the shares of Series D, or if DTC ceases to be registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act, in the event that a successor securities depositary is not obtained within 90 days, the Corporation shall either print and deliver certificates for the shares of Series D or provide for the direct registration of the Series D with the Transfer Agent. If the Corporation decides to discontinue the use of the system of book-entry-only transfers through DTC (or a successor securities depositary), the Corporation shall print certificates for the shares of Series D and deliver such certificates to DTC or shall provide for the direct registration of the Series D with the Transfer Agent. Except in the limited circumstances referred to above, owners of beneficial interests in the Series D:
a)    shall not be entitled to have such Series D registered in their names;
b)    shall not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of securities certificates in exchange for beneficial interests in the Series D; and
c)    shall not be considered to be owners or holders of the shares of Series D for any purpose under the instruments governing the rights and obligations of holders of shares of Series D.
Section 12.    Restatement of Certificate. On any restatement of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, Section 1 through Section 11 of this Certificate of Designations shall be included in the Certificate of Incorporation under the heading “6.350% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series D” and this Section 12 may be omitted. If the Board of Directors so determines, the numbering of Section 1 through Section 11 may be changed for convenience of reference or for any other proper purpose.”
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In witness whereof, the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be signed by Robin S. Elkowitz, its Executive Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Secretary, this 23rd day of January, 2019.
CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

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


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EXHIBIT D
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS
OF
5.000% FIXED-RATE NON-CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES E
OF
CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
Pursuant to Section 151 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law

Citizens Financial Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies that:
In accordance with the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) adopted on October 17, 2019, the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation and applicable law, a Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors, at a meeting duly called and held on October 21, 2019, adopted the following resolution creating a series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation designated as “5.000% Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E”:
RESOLVED, that pursuant to the resolutions of the Board of Directors on October 17, 2019, the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation, the Pricing Committee hereby establishes a series of Preferred Stock, par value $25.00 per share, of the Corporation and fixes and determines the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions thereof, including dividend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, voting rights, terms of redemption, redemption prices and liquidation preference thereof as follows:
Section 1.    Designation. The distinctive serial designation of such series is “5.000% Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E” (“Series E”). Each share of Series E shall be identical in all respects to every other share of Series E, except that shares of Series E issued after October 28, 2019 (the “Original Issue Date”) may only be issued on a Dividend Payment Date and only if they are fungible with the shares of Series E issued on the Original Issue Date for tax purposes, and shall accrue dividends from the date they are issued.
Section 2.    Number of Authorized Shares. The number of authorized shares of Series E shall initially be 450,000. Such number may from time to time be increased (but not in excess of the total number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock, less all shares of any other series of Preferred Stock authorized at the time of such increase) or
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decreased (but not below the number of shares of Series E then outstanding) by the Board of Directors. Shares of Series E that are redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation shall be cancelled and shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock undesignated as to series. The Corporation shall have the authority to issue fractional shares of Series E.
Section 3.    Definitions. As used herein with respect to Series E:
(a)    “Appropriate Federal Banking Agency” means the “appropriate federal banking agency” with respect to the Corporation as defined in Section 3(q) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. § 1813(q)), or any successor provision.
(b)    “Board of Directors” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
(c)    “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close in The City of New York.
(d)    “Certificate of Designations” means this Certificate of Designations relating to the Series E, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
(e)    “Certificate of Incorporation” means the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as it may be amended from time to time, and shall include this Certificate of Designations.
(f)    “Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation.
(g)    “Corporation” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
(h)    “Dividend Parity Stock” means any class or series of stock of the Corporation that ranks on a parity with the Series E in the payment of current dividends, including the Series A, the Series B, the Series C and the Series D.
(i)    “Dividend Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
(j)    “Dividend Period” means each period from and including a Dividend Payment Date (except that the initial Dividend Period shall commence on and include the Original Issue Date of the Series E) and continuing to but not including the next succeeding Dividend Payment Date.
(k)    “DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.
(l)    “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(m)    “Junior Stock” means any class or series of stock of the Corporation (including the Common Stock) that ranks junior to the Series E in the payment of
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dividends or in the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
(n)    “Junior Stock Sinking Fund Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(e).
(o)    “Liquidation Preference” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.
(p)    “Liquidation Preference Parity Stock” means any class or series of stock of the Corporation that ranks on a parity with the Series E in the distribution of assets on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, including the Series A, the Series B, the Series C and the Series D.
(q)    “Nonpayment” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).
(r)    “Original Issue Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.
(s)    “Preferred Stock Directors” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).
(t)    “Regulatory Capital Treatment Event” means the good faith determination by the Corporation that, as a result of (i) any amendment to, or change in, the laws, rules or regulations of the United States (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any agency or instrumentality of the United States, including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and other federal bank regulatory agencies) or any political subdivision of or in the United States that is enacted or becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of Series E, (ii) any proposed change in those laws, rules or regulations that is announced or becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of Series E, or (iii) any official administrative decision or judicial decision or administrative action or other official pronouncement interpreting or applying those laws, rules or regulations or policies with respect thereto that is announced after the initial issuance of any share of Series E, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Corporation will not be entitled to treat the full Stated Amount of $1,000 per share of Series E then outstanding as “Tier 1 capital” (or its equivalent) for purposes of the capital adequacy rules of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or, as and if applicable, the capital adequacy rules or regulations of any successor Appropriate Federal Banking Agency) as then in effect and applicable, for so long as any share of Series E is outstanding.
(u)    “Series A” means the Corporation’s 5.500% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A.
(v)    “Series B” means the Corporation’s 6.000% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B.
(w)    “Series C” means the Corporation’s 6.375% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C.
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(x)    “Series D” means the Corporation’s 6.350% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series D.
(y)    “Series E” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.
(z)    “Stated Amount” means, in respect of Series E, $1,000 per share, and, in respect of any other series of capital stock, the stated amount per share specified in the Certificate of Incorporation or applicable certificate of designations (including, in the case of any series that does not use the words “stated amount,” the specified amount of any preference upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, without regard to any unpaid dividends that may also be included in the liquidation preference with respect to such shares).
(aa)    “Transfer Agent” means the transfer agent with respect to the Series E, which shall be Computershare Trust Company, N.A. as of the Original Issue Date, and its successor, including any successor transfer agent appointed by the Corporation.
(bb)    “Voting Preferred Stock” means any other class or series of preferred stock of the Corporation ranking equally with the Series E as to dividends (whether cumulative or non-cumulative) and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation and upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable, including the Series A, the Series B, the Series C and the Series D. Whether a plurality, majority or other portion of the shares of Series E and any other Voting Preferred Stock have been voted in favor of any matter shall be determined by reference to the Stated Amounts of the shares voted.
Section 4.    Dividends.
(a)    Rate. Holders of Series E shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors), but only out of funds legally available therefor, non-cumulative cash dividends at an annual rate of 5.000% of the Stated Amount per share, payable quarterly in arrears, on January 6, April 6, July 6 and October 6 of each year, beginning on January 6, 2020.
Each date on which dividends are payable pursuant to the foregoing is a “Dividend Payment Date”, and dividends for each Dividend Payment Date are payable with respect to the Dividend Period (or portion thereof) ending on the day preceding such respective Dividend Payment Date, in each case to holders of record on the 15th calendar day before such Dividend Payment Date or such other record date not more than 30 nor less than 10 days preceding such Dividend Payment Date fixed for that purpose by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) in advance of payment of each particular dividend. The Corporation shall not pay interest or any sum of money instead of interest on any dividend payment that may be in arrears on the Series E.
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(b)    Business Day Convention. If a day that would otherwise be a Dividend Payment Date is not a Business Day, then such date will nevertheless be a Dividend Payment Date but dividends on the shares of Series E, when, as and if declared, will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day (without adjustment in the amount of the dividend per share of Series E).
(c)    Dividend Computation. The amount of the dividend per share of Series E for each Dividend Period (or portion thereof) will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
(d)    Dividends Non-cumulative. Dividends on shares of Series E shall not be cumulative. Holders of Series E shall not be entitled to receive any dividends not declared by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) and no interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend not so declared. Holders of the Series E shall not be entitled to any dividends, whether payable in cash, securities or other property, other than dividends (if any) declared and payable on the Series E as specified in this Section 4 (subject to the other provisions of this Certificate of Designations).
(e)    Priority of Dividends and Redemption and Repurchase of Junior Stock. So long as any share of Series E remains outstanding, unless dividends on all outstanding shares of Series E for the most recently completed Dividend Period have been paid in full or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for payment, (i) no dividend may be declared or paid or set aside for payment, and no distribution may be made, on any Junior Stock, (ii) no monies may be paid or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption or retirement of Junior Stock (a “Junior Stock Sinking Fund Payment”), and (iii) no shares of Junior Stock shall be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, other than:
(i)    any Junior Stock Sinking Fund Payment, or any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of shares of Junior Stock as a result of (x) a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock, (y) the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or another share of Junior Stock or (z) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock under the conversion or exchange provisions of Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged;
(ii)    any Junior Stock Sinking Fund Payment, or any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of shares of Junior Stock, through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock;
(iii)    repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Junior Stock in connection with (x) any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of any one or more employees,
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officers, directors or consultants or (y) a dividend reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan;
(iv)    any declaration of a dividend in connection with any stockholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or other property under any stockholders’ rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to the plan; or
(v)    any dividend paid on Junior Stock in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equal or junior to that stock or is other junior stock.
This subsection (e) shall not restrict the ability of the Corporation or any affiliate of the Corporation to engage in any market-making transactions or purchases in connection with the distribution of securities in the ordinary course of business.
If the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) elects to declare only partial instead of full dividends for a dividend payment date and related dividend period (which terms include, in the case of Series E, the Dividend Payment Dates and Dividend Periods provided for herein) on the shares of Series E or any Dividend Parity Stock, then, to the extent permitted by the terms of the Series E and each outstanding series of Dividend Parity Stock, such partial dividends shall be declared on shares of Series E and Dividend Parity Stock, and dividends so declared shall be paid, as to any such dividend payment date and related dividend period, in amounts such that the ratio of the partial dividends declared and paid on each such series to full dividends on each such series is the same. As used in this paragraph, “full dividends” means, as to any Dividend Parity Stock that bears dividends on a cumulative basis, the amount of dividends that would need to be declared and paid to bring such Dividend Parity Stock current in dividends, including undeclared dividends for past dividend periods. To the extent a dividend period with respect to the Series E or any series of Dividend Parity Stock (in either case, the “first series”) coincides with more than one dividend period with respect to another series as applicable (in either case, a “second series”), then, for purposes of this paragraph the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) may, to the extent permitted by the terms of each affected series, treat such dividend period for the first series as two or more consecutive dividend periods, none of which coincides with more than one dividend period with respect to the second series, or may treat such dividend period(s) with respect to any Dividend Parity Stock and Dividend Period(s) with respect to the Series E for purposes of this paragraph in any other manner that it deems to be fair and equitable in order to achieve ratable payments of dividends on such Dividend Parity Stock and the Series E.
Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, stock or otherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized
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committee of the Board of Directors) may be declared and paid on any Common Stock or other Junior Stock from time to time out of any funds legally available therefor, and the shares of Series E shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividend.
Section 5.    Liquidation Rights.
(a)    Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, before any distribution or payment out of the assets of the Corporation may be made to or set aside for the holders of any Junior Stock, holders of Series E will be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Corporation legally available for distribution to its stockholders an amount equal to the Stated Amount per share, together with an amount equal to all dividends (if any) that have been declared but not paid prior to the date of payment (but without regard to any undeclared dividends) (the “Liquidation Preference”).
(b)    Partial Payment. If the assets of the Corporation are not sufficient to pay the Liquidation Preference in full to all holders of Series E and all holders of any Liquidation Preference Parity Stock, the amounts paid to the holders of Series E and to the holders of all Liquidation Preference Parity Stock shall be pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate Liquidation Preferences of Series E and all such Liquidation Preference Parity Stock. In any such distribution, the “Liquidation Preference” of any holder of stock of the Corporation other than the Series E means the amount otherwise payable to such holder in such distribution (assuming no limitation on the assets of the Corporation available for such distribution), including an amount equal to any declared but unpaid dividends in the case of any holder or stock on which dividends accrue on a non-cumulative basis and, in the case of any holder of stock on which dividends accrue on a cumulative basis, an amount equal to any unpaid, accrued, cumulative dividends, whether or not earned or declared, as applicable.
(c)    Residual Distributions. If the Liquidation Preference has been paid in full to all holders of Series E and all holders of any Liquidation Preference Parity Stock, the holders of Junior Stock will be entitled to receive all remaining assets of the Corporation according to their respective rights and preferences.
(d)    Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Not Liquidation. For purposes of this Section 5, the merger, consolidation or other business combination of the Corporation with or into any other corporation, including a transaction in which the holders of Series E receive cash or property for their shares, or the sale, conveyance, lease, exchange or transfer (for cash, shares of stock, securities or other consideration) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, shall not constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
Section 6.    Redemption.
(a)    Optional Redemption. The Series E is perpetual and has no maturity date. The Corporation may, at its option, redeem the shares of Series E (i) in whole or in
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part, from time to time, on any Dividend Payment Date on or after the Dividend Payment Date on January 6, 2025 or (ii) in whole but not in part at any time within 90 days following a Regulatory Capital Treatment Event, in each case, at a cash redemption price equal to the Stated Amount, together with any declared and unpaid dividends, without regard to any undeclared dividends, to but excluding the redemption date. The redemption price for any shares of Series E shall be payable on the redemption date to the holder of such shares against surrender of the certificate(s) evidencing such shares to the Corporation or its agent, if the shares of Series E are issued in certificated form. Any declared but unpaid dividends payable on a redemption date that occurs subsequent to the record date for a Dividend Period shall not be paid to the holder entitled to receive the redemption price on the redemption date, but rather shall be paid to the holder of record of the redeemed shares on such record date relating to the Dividend Payment Date as provided in Section 4 above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation may not redeem shares of Series E without having received the prior approval of the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency if then required under capital rules applicable to the Corporation.
(b)    No Sinking Fund. The Series E will not be subject to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions. Holders of Series E will have no right to require redemption of any shares of Series E.
(c)    Notice of Redemption. Notice of every redemption of shares of Series E shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the holders of record of the shares to be redeemed at their respective last addresses appearing on the books of the Corporation. Such mailing shall be at least 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption. Any notice mailed as provided in this Subsection shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice, but failure duly to give such notice by mail, or any defect in such notice or in the mailing thereof, to any holder of shares of Series E designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Series E. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the shares of Series E or any depositary shares representing interests in the Series E are issued in book-entry form through DTC or any other similar facility, notice of redemption may be given to the holders of Series E at such time and in any manner permitted by such facility. Each such notice given to a holder shall state: (1) the redemption date; (2) the number of shares of Series E to be redeemed and, if less than all the shares held by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be redeemed from such holder; (3) the redemption price; (4) the place or places where certificates for such shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and (5) that dividends on such shares will cease to accrue on the redemption date.
(d)    Partial Redemption. In case of any redemption of only part of the shares of Series E at the time outstanding, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected either pro rata from the holders of record of Series E in proportion to the number of shares of Series E held by such holders or by lot. Subject to the provisions hereof, the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) shall have full power and
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authority to prescribe the terms and conditions on which shares of Series E shall be redeemed from time to time. If the Corporation shall have issued certificates for the Series E and fewer than all shares represented by any certificates are redeemed, new certificates shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares without charge to the holders thereof.
(e)    Effectiveness of Redemption. If notice of redemption has been duly given, and if on or before the redemption date specified in the notice all funds necessary for the redemption have been set aside by the Corporation, separate and apart from its other funds, in trust for the pro rata benefit of the holders of the shares called for redemption, so as to be and continue to be available therefor, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation in the case that the shares of Series E are issued in certificated form, on and after the redemption date dividends shall cease to accrue on all shares so called for redemption, all shares so called for redemption shall no longer be deemed outstanding and all rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on such redemption date cease and terminate, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive the amount payable on such redemption, without interest. Any funds unclaimed at the end of two years from the redemption date, to the extent permitted by law, shall be released from the trust so established and may be commingled with the Corporation’s other funds, and thereafter the holders of the shares so called for redemption shall look only to the Corporation for payment of the redemption price of such shares.
Section 7.    Voting Rights.
(a)    General. The holders of Series E will have no voting rights except as set forth below or as otherwise from to time required by law.
(b)    Right to Elect Two Directors on Nonpayment of Dividends. Whenever dividends on any shares of the Series E, or any other Voting Preferred Stock (as defined below), shall have not been declared and paid for the equivalent of three semi-annual or six full quarterly Dividend Payments, whether or not for consecutive Dividend Periods (a “Nonpayment”), the holders of such shares, voting together as a class with holders of any and all other series of Voting Preferred Stock then outstanding, will be entitled to vote for the election of a total of two additional members of the Board of Directors (the “Preferred Stock Directors”), provided that the election of any such directors shall not cause the Corporation to violate the corporate governance requirement of the New York Stock Exchange (or any other exchange on which the Corporation’s securities may be listed) that listed companies must have a majority of independent directors and provided further that the Board Of Directors shall at no time include more than two Preferred Stock Directors. In that event, the number of directors on the Board of Directors shall automatically increase by two, and the new directors shall be elected at a special meeting called at the request of the holders of record of at least 20% of the Series E or of any other series of Voting Preferred Stock (unless such request is received less than 90 days before the date fixed for the next annual or special meeting of the stockholders, in which
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event such election shall be held at such next annual or special meeting of stockholders), and at each subsequent annual meeting. Such request to call a special meeting for the initial election of the Preferred Stock Directors after a Nonpayment shall be made by written notice, signed by the requisite holders of Series E or other Voting Preferred Stock, and delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation in such manner as provided for in Section 9 below, or as may otherwise be required by law. These voting rights will continue until dividends on the shares of the Series E and any such series of Voting Preferred Stock for at least two consecutive semi-annual or four consecutive quarterly Dividend Periods, as applicable, following the Nonpayment shall have been fully paid.
If and when dividends for at least two consecutive semi-annual or four consecutive quarterly Dividend Periods, as applicable, following a Nonpayment have been paid in full on the Series E and any other class or series of Voting Preferred Stock, the holders of the Series E and all other holders of Voting Preferred Stock shall be divested of the foregoing voting rights (subject to revesting in the event of each subsequent Nonpayment), the term of office of each Preferred Stock Director so elected shall terminate and the number of directors on the Board of Directors shall automatically decrease by two. In determining whether dividends have been paid for at least two consecutive semi-annual or four consecutive quarterly Dividend Periods, as applicable, following a Nonpayment, the Corporation may take account of any dividend it elects to pay for any Dividend Period after the regular Dividend Payment Date for that period has passed. Any Preferred Stock Director may be removed at any time without cause by the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Series E together with all series of Voting Preferred Stock then outstanding (voting together as a single class) to the extent such holders have the voting rights described above. So long as a Nonpayment shall continue, any vacancy in the office of a Preferred Stock Director (other than prior to the initial election after a Nonpayment) may be filled by the written consent of the Preferred Stock Director remaining in office, or if none remains in office, by a vote of the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series E and all Voting Preferred Stock when they have the voting rights described above (voting together as a single class); provided that the filling of any such vacancy shall not cause the Corporation to violate the corporate governance requirement of the New York Stock Exchange (or any other exchange on which the Corporation’s securities may be listed) that listed companies must have a majority of independent directors. Any such vote to remove, or to fill a vacancy in the office of, a Preferred Stock Director may be taken only at a special meeting called at the request of the holders of record of at least 20% of the Series E or of any other series of Voting Preferred Stock (unless such request is received less than 90 days before the date fixed for the next annual or special meeting of the stockholders, in which event such election shall be held at such next annual or special meeting of stockholders). The Preferred Stock Directors shall each be entitled to one vote per director on any matter.
(c)    Other Voting Rights. So long as any shares of Series E are outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of stockholders required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, the vote or consent of the holders of at least two thirds of the
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shares of Series E at the time outstanding, voting together as a single class with any other series of Preferred Stock entitled to vote thereon, to the exclusion of all other series of Preferred Stock, given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or by vote at any meeting called for the purpose, will be necessary for effecting or validating:
(i)    Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, Amended and Restated Bylaws or Certificate of Designations. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Amended and Restated Bylaws, or this Certificate of Designations that would alter or change the voting powers, preferences or special rights of the Series E so as to affect them adversely; provided, however, that the amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation so as to authorize or create, or to increase the authorized amount of, any class or series of stock that does not rank senior to the Series E in either the payment of dividends (whether such dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative) or in the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation shall not be deemed to affect adversely the voting powers, preferences or special rights of the Series E;
(ii)    Authorization of Senior Stock. Any amendment or alteration of the Certificate of Incorporation to authorize or create, or increase the authorized amount of, any shares of any class or series or any securities convertible into shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation ranking prior to Series E in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation; or
(iii)    Share Exchanges, Reclassifications, Mergers and Consolidations and Other Transactions. Any consummation of (x) a binding share exchange or reclassification involving the Series E or (y) a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with another entity (whether or not a corporation), unless in each case (A) the shares of Series E remain outstanding or, in the case of any such merger or consolidation with respect to which the Corporation is not the surviving or resulting entity, the shares of Series E are converted into or exchanged for preference securities of the surviving or resulting entity or its ultimate parent, and (B) such shares remaining outstanding or such preference securities, as the case may be, have such rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and limitations and restrictions thereof, taken as a whole, as are not materially less favorable to the holders thereof than the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and restrictions and limitations thereof, of the Series E immediately prior to such consummation, taken as a whole.
If an amendment, alteration, repeal, share exchange, reclassification, merger or consolidation described in (i) through (iii) above would adversely affect one or more but not all series of Voting Preferred Stock (including the Series E for this purpose), then only the series affected and entitled to vote shall vote to the exclusion of all other series of preferred stock. If all series of preferred stock are not equally affected by the
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proposed amendment, alteration, repeal, share exchange, reclassification, merger or consolidation described above, there shall be required a two-thirds approval of each series that will have a diminished status.
(d)    Changes Permitted without Consent. Without the consent of the holders of the Series E, so long as such action does not adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers of the Series E, the Corporation may amend, alter, supplement or repeal any terms of the Series E:
(i)    to cure any ambiguity, or to cure, correct or supplement any provision contained in this Certificate of Designations for the Series E that may be defective or inconsistent; or
(ii)    to make any provision with respect to matters or questions arising with respect to the Series E that is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Certificate of Designations.
(e)    Changes after Provision for Redemption. No vote or consent of the holders of Series E will be required pursuant to Section 7(b) or (c) above if, at or prior to the time when any such vote or consent would otherwise be required pursuant to such Sections, all outstanding shares of Series E shall have been redeemed, or shall have been called for redemption on proper notice and sufficient funds shall have been set aside for the benefit of the holders of the Series E to effect such redemption, in each case pursuant to Section 6 above, unless in the case of a vote or consent required pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 7(c) above if all outstanding shares of Series E are being redeemed with the proceeds from the sale of the stock to be authorized.
(f)     Procedures for Voting and Consents. The rules and procedures for calling and conducting any meeting of the holders of Series E (including, without limitation, the fixing of a record date in connection therewith), the solicitation and use of proxies at such a meeting, the obtaining of written consents and any other aspect or matter with regard to such a meeting or such consents shall be governed by any rules the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors), in its discretion, may adopt from time to time, which rules and procedures shall conform to the requirements of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Amended and Restated Bylaws, applicable law and any national securities exchange or other trading facility on which the Series E may be listed or traded at the time.
Section 8.    Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation and the Transfer Agent may deem and treat the record holder of any share of Series E as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes, and neither the Corporation nor the Transfer Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 9.    Notices. All notices or communications in respect of the Series E will be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in this Certificate
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of Designations, in the Certificate of Incorporation or Amended and Restated Bylaws or by applicable law.
Section 10.    Other Rights. The shares of Series E will not have any voting powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation. The holders of Series E shall not have any preemptive rights or conversion rights.
Section 11.    Certificates. The Corporation may at its option issue shares of Series E without certificates. If DTC or its nominee is the registered owner of the Series E, the following provisions of this Section 11 shall apply. If and as long as DTC or its nominee is the registered owner of the Series E, DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, shall be considered the sole owner and holder of all shares of Series E for all purposes under the instruments governing the rights and obligations of holders of shares of Series E. If DTC discontinues providing its services as securities depositary with respect to the shares of Series E, or if DTC ceases to be registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act, in the event that a successor securities depositary is not obtained within 90 days, the Corporation shall either print and deliver certificates for the shares of Series E or provide for the direct registration of the Series E with the Transfer Agent. If the Corporation decides to discontinue the use of the system of book-entry-only transfers through DTC (or a successor securities depositary), the Corporation shall print certificates for the shares of Series E and deliver such certificates to DTC or shall provide for the direct registration of the Series E with the Transfer Agent. Except in the limited circumstances referred to above, owners of beneficial interests in the Series E:
a)    shall not be entitled to have such Series E registered in their names;
b)    shall not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of securities certificates in exchange for beneficial interests in the Series E; and
c)    shall not be considered to be owners or holders of the shares of Series E for any purpose under the instruments governing the rights and obligations of holders of shares of Series E.
Section 12.    Restatement of Certificate. On any restatement of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, Section 1 through Section 11 of this Certificate of Designations shall be included in the Certificate of Incorporation under the heading “5.000% Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E” and this Section 12 may be omitted. If the Board of Directors so determines, the numbering of Section 1 through Section 11 may be changed for convenience of reference or for any other proper purpose.”

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In witness whereof, the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be signed by Robin S. Elkowitz, its Executive Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary, this 22nd day of October, 2019.

CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

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



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EXHIBIT E
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS
OF
5.650% FIXED-RATE RESET NON-CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES F
OF
CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
Pursuant to Section 151 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law

Citizens Financial Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies that:
In accordance with the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) adopted by unanimous written consent dated May 25, 2020, the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation and applicable law, a Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors, at a meeting duly called and held on May 28, 2020, adopted the following resolution creating a series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation designated as “5.650% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series F”:
RESOLVED, that pursuant to the resolutions of the Board of Directors on May 25, 2020, the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation, the Pricing Committee hereby establishes a series of Preferred Stock, par value $25.00 per share, of the Corporation and fixes and determines the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions thereof, including dividend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, voting rights, terms of redemption, redemption prices and liquidation preference thereof as follows:
Section 1.    Designation. The distinctive serial designation of such series is “5.650% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series F” (“Series F”). Each share of Series F shall be identical in all respects to every other share of Series F, except that shares of Series F issued after June 4, 2020 (the “Original Issue Date”) may only be issued on a Dividend Payment Date, and shall accrue dividends from the date they are issued.
Section 2.    Number of Authorized Shares. The number of authorized shares of Series F shall initially be 400,000. Such number may from time to time be increased (but not in excess of the total number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock, less all shares of any other series of Preferred Stock authorized at the time of such increase) or
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decreased (but not below the number of shares of Series F then outstanding) by the Board of Directors. Shares of Series F that are redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation shall be cancelled and shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock undesignated as to series. The Corporation shall have the authority to issue fractional shares of Series F.
Section 3.    Definitions. As used herein with respect to Series F:
(a)    “Adjustments” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate.
(b)    “Appropriate Federal Banking Agency” means the “appropriate federal banking agency” with respect to the Corporation as defined in Section 3(q) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. § 1813(q)), or any successor provision.
(c)    “Benchmark Substitution Event” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate.
(d)    “Board of Directors” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
(e)    “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close in The City of New York.
(f)    “Calculation Agent” means such bank or other entity as may be appointed by the Corporation to act as calculation agent for Series F during the Dividend Reset Period.
(g)    “Certificate of Designations” means this Certificate of Designations relating to the Series F, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
(h)    “Certificate of Incorporation” means the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as it may be amended from time to time, and shall include this Certificate of Designations.
(i)    “Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation.
(j)    “Corporation” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
(k)    “Designee” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate.
(l)    “Dividend Parity Stock” means any class or series of stock of the Corporation that ranks on a parity with the Series F in the payment of current dividends, including the Series A, the Series B, the Series C, the Series D and the Series E.
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(m)    “Dividend Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
(n)    “Dividend Period” means each period from and including a Dividend Payment Date (except that the initial Dividend Period shall commence on and include the Original Issue Date of the Series F) and continuing to but not including the next succeeding Dividend Payment Date.
(o)    “Dividend Reset Date” means the First Dividend Reset Date and each date falling on the fifth anniversary of the preceding Dividend Reset Date. Dividend Reset Dates, including the First Dividend Reset Date, will not be adjusted for Business Days.
(p)    “Dividend Reset Period” means the period from and including the First Dividend Reset Date to, but excluding, the next following Dividend Reset Date and thereafter each period from and including each Dividend Reset Date to, but excluding, the next following Dividend Reset Date.
(q)    “DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.
(r)    “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(s)    “First Dividend Reset Date” means October 6, 2025.
(t)    “Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate” means, as of any Reset Dividend Determination Date, as applicable, (i) the average of the yields on actively traded U.S. treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity, for five-year maturities, for the five Business Days appearing (or, if fewer than five Business Days appear, such number of Business Days appearing) under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities” in the most recently published H.15 as of 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) (the “Initial Base Rate”) or (ii) if there are no such published yields on actively traded U.S. treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity, for five-year maturities, then the rate will be determined by interpolation between the average of the yields on actively traded U.S. treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity for two series of actively traded U.S. treasury securities, (A) one maturing as close as possible to, but earlier than, the dividend reset date following the next succeeding Reset Dividend Determination Date, and (B) the other maturing as close as possible to, but later than, the dividend reset date following the next succeeding Reset Dividend Determination Date, in each case for the five Business Days appearing (or, if fewer than five Business Days appear, such number of Business Days appearing) in the H.15 as of 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation, in its sole discretion, determines on or prior to the relevant Reset Dividend Determination Date that the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate cannot be determined in the manner then applicable for such rate (which, as of the date of original issuance of the Series F, is pursuant to the methods described in clauses (i) or (ii) above) (a “
Benchmark Substitution Event”), the Corporation may, in its sole discretion, designate an unaffiliated agent or advisor, which may include an unaffiliated
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underwriter for the offering of the Series F, or any depositary shares representing interests in the Series F, or any affiliate of any such underwriter (the “Designee”), to determine whether there is an industry-accepted successor rate to the then-applicable base rate (which, as of the date of original issuance of the Series F, is the Initial Base Rate). If the Designee determines that there is such an industry-accepted successor rate, then the “Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate” shall be such successor rate and, in that case, the Designee may then determine and adjust the Business Day convention, the definition of Business Day and the Reset Dividend Determination Date to be used and any other relevant methodology for determining or otherwise calculating such successor rate, including any adjustment factor needed to make such successor rate comparable to the then-applicable base rate (which, as of the date of original issuance of the Series F, is the Initial Base Rate) in each case, in a manner that is consistent with industry-accepted practices for the use of such successor rate (the “Adjustments”). If the Corporation, in its sole discretion, does not designate a Designee or if the Designee determines that there is no industry-accepted successor rate to then-applicable base rate, then the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate will be the same interest rate determined for the prior Reset Dividend Determination Date or, if this sentence is applicable with respect to the first Reset Dividend Determination Date, 0.337%.
The Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate will be determined by the Calculation Agent on the Reset Dividend Determination Date.
(u)    “H.15” means the daily statistical release designated as such, or any successor publication, published by the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System.
(v)    “Initial Base Rate” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate.
(w)    “Junior Stock” means any class or series of stock of the Corporation (including the Common Stock) that ranks junior to the Series F in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
(x)    “Junior Stock Sinking Fund Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(e).
(y)    “Liquidation Preference” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.
(z)    “Liquidation Preference Parity Stock” means any class or series of stock of the Corporation that ranks on a parity with the Series F in the distribution of assets on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, including the Series A, the Series B, the Series C, the Series D and the Series E.
(aa)    “Nonpayment” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).
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(bb)    “Original Issue Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.
(cc)    “Preferred Stock Directors” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).
(dd)    “Regulatory Capital Treatment Event” means the good faith determination by the Corporation that, as a result of (i) any amendment to, or change in, the laws, rules or regulations of the United States (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any agency or instrumentality of the United States, including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and other federal bank regulatory agencies) or any political subdivision of or in the United States that is enacted or becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of Series F, (ii) any proposed change in those laws, rules or regulations that is announced or becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of Series F, or (iii) any official administrative decision or judicial decision or administrative action or other official pronouncement interpreting or applying those laws, rules or regulations or policies with respect thereto that is announced after the initial issuance of any share of Series F, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Corporation will not be entitled to treat the full Stated Amount of $1,000 per share of Series F then outstanding as “Tier 1 capital” (or its equivalent) for purposes of the capital adequacy rules of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or, as and if applicable, the capital adequacy rules or regulations of any successor Appropriate Federal Banking Agency) as then in effect and applicable, for so long as any share of Series F is outstanding.
(ee)    “Reset Dividend Determination Date” means, in respect of any Dividend Period during the Dividend Reset Period, the day falling two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Dividend Period.
(ff)    “Series A” means the Corporation’s 5.500% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A.
(gg)    “Series B” means the Corporation’s 6.000% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B.
(hh)    “Series C” means the Corporation’s 6.375% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C.
(ii)    “Series D” means the Corporation’s 6.350% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series D.
(jj)    “Series E” means the Corporation’s 5.000% Fixed Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E.
(kk)    “Series F” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.
(ll)    “Stated Amount” means, in respect of Series F, $1,000 per share, and, in respect of any other series of capital stock, the stated amount per share specified in the
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Certificate of Incorporation or applicable certificate of designations (including, in the case of any series that does not use the words “stated amount,” the specified amount of any preference upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, without regard to any unpaid dividends that may also be included in the liquidation preference with respect to such shares).
(mm)    “Transfer Agent” means the transfer agent with respect to the Series F, which shall be Computershare Trust Company, N.A. as of the Original Issue Date, and its successor, including any successor transfer agent appointed by the Corporation.
(nn)    “Voting Preferred Stock” means any other class or series of preferred stock of the Corporation ranking equally with the Series F as to dividends (whether cumulative or non-cumulative) and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation and upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable, including the Series A, the Series B, the Series C, the Series D and the Series E. Whether a plurality, majority or other portion of the shares of Series F and any other Voting Preferred Stock have been voted in favor of any matter shall be determined by reference to the Stated Amounts of the shares voted.
Section 4.    Dividends.
(a)    Rate. Holders of Series F shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors), but only out of funds legally available therefor, quarterly, in arrears, on January 6, April 6, July 6 and October 6 of each year, beginning on October 6, 2020, non-cumulative cash dividends as follows:
(i)    from the date of original issue to, but excluding, the First Dividend Reset Date, at an annual rate of 5.650% of the Stated Amount per share; and
(ii)    from and including the First Dividend Reset Date, for each Dividend Reset Period, at an annual rate equal to the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate as of the most recent Reset Dividend Determination Date, plus 5.313%, of the Stated Amount per share.
Each date on which dividends are payable pursuant to the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) is a “Dividend Payment Date”, and dividends for each Dividend Payment Date are payable with respect to the Dividend Period (or portion thereof) ending on the day preceding such respective Dividend Payment Date, in each case to holders of record on the 15th calendar day before such Dividend Payment Date or such other record date not more than 30 nor less than 10 days preceding such Dividend Payment Date fixed for that purpose by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) in advance of payment of each particular dividend. The Corporation shall not pay interest or any sum of money instead of interest on any dividend payment that may be in arrears on the Series F.
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(b)    Business Day Convention. If a day that would otherwise be a Dividend Payment Date is not a Business Day, then such date will nevertheless be a Dividend Payment Date but dividends on the shares of Series F, when, as and if declared, will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day (without adjustment in the amount of the dividend per share of Series F).
(c)    Dividend Computation. The amount of the dividend per share of Series F for each Dividend Period (or portion thereof) will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
(d)    Dividends Non-cumulative. Dividends on shares of Series F shall not be cumulative. Holders of Series F shall not be entitled to receive any dividends not declared by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) and no interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend not so declared. Holders of the Series F shall not be entitled to any dividends, whether payable in cash, securities or other property, other than dividends (if any) declared and payable on the Series F as specified in this Section 4 (subject to the other provisions of this Certificate of Designations).
(e)    Records and Facts Ascertainable. The applicable dividend rate for each Dividend Reset Period will be determined by the Calculation Agent, as of the applicable Reset Dividend Determination Date. The Calculation Agent’s determination of any dividend rate and its calculation of the amount of dividends for any Dividend Reset Period, and a record maintained by the Corporation of any Benchmark Substitution Event and any Adjustments, will be maintained on file at the Corporation’s principal offices and will be available to any stockholder upon request and will be final and binding in the absence of manifest error.
(f)    Priority of Dividends and Redemption and Repurchase of Junior Stock. So long as any share of Series F remains outstanding, unless dividends on all outstanding shares of Series F for the most recently completed Dividend Period have been paid in full or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for payment, (i) no dividend may be declared or paid or set aside for payment, and no distribution may be made, on any Junior Stock, (ii) no monies may be paid or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption or retirement of Junior Stock (a “Junior Stock Sinking Fund Payment”), and (iii) no shares of Junior Stock shall be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, other than:
(i)    any Junior Stock Sinking Fund Payment, or any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of shares of Junior Stock as a result of (x) a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock, (y) the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or another share of Junior Stock or (z) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock under the conversion or exchange provisions of Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged;
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(ii)    any Junior Stock Sinking Fund Payment, or any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of shares of Junior Stock, through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock;
(iii)    repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Junior Stock in connection with (x) any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of any one or more employees, officers, directors or consultants or (y) a dividend reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan;
(iv)    any declaration of a dividend in connection with any stockholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or other property under any stockholders’ rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to the plan; or
(v)    any dividend paid on Junior Stock in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equal or junior to that stock or is other junior stock.
This subsection (f) shall not restrict the ability of the Corporation or any affiliate of the Corporation to engage in any market-making transactions or purchases in connection with the distribution of securities in the ordinary course of business.
If the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) elects to declare only partial instead of full dividends for a dividend payment date and related dividend period (which terms include, in the case of Series F, the Dividend Payment Dates and Dividend Periods provided for herein) on the shares of Series F or any Dividend Parity Stock, then, to the extent permitted by the terms of the Series F and each outstanding series of Dividend Parity Stock, such partial dividends shall be declared on shares of Series F and Dividend Parity Stock, and dividends so declared shall be paid, as to any such dividend payment date and related dividend period, in amounts such that the ratio of the partial dividends declared and paid on each such series to full dividends on each such series is the same. As used in this paragraph, “full dividends” means, as to any Dividend Parity Stock that bears dividends on a cumulative basis, the amount of dividends that would need to be declared and paid to bring such Dividend Parity Stock current in dividends, including undeclared dividends for past dividend periods. To the extent a dividend period with respect to the Series F or any series of Dividend Parity Stock (in either case, the “first series”) coincides with more than one dividend period with respect to another series as applicable (in either case, a “second series”), then, for purposes of this paragraph the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) may, to the extent permitted by the terms of each affected series, treat such dividend period for the first series as two or more consecutive dividend periods, none of which coincides with more than one dividend period with respect to the second series, or may treat such dividend period(s) with respect
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to any Dividend Parity Stock and Dividend Period(s) with respect to the Series F for purposes of this paragraph in any other manner that it deems to be fair and equitable in order to achieve ratable payments of dividends on such Dividend Parity Stock and the Series F.
Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, stock or otherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) may be declared and paid on any Common Stock or other Junior Stock from time to time out of any funds legally available therefor, and the shares of Series F shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividend.
Section 5.    Liquidation Rights.
(a)    Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, before any distribution or payment out of the assets of the Corporation may be made to or set aside for the holders of any Junior Stock, holders of Series F will be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Corporation legally available for distribution to its stockholders an amount equal to the Stated Amount per share, together with an amount equal to all dividends (if any) that have been declared but not paid prior to the date of payment (but without regard to any undeclared dividends) (the “Liquidation Preference”).
(b)    Partial Payment. If the assets of the Corporation are not sufficient to pay the Liquidation Preference in full to all holders of Series F and all holders of any Liquidation Preference Parity Stock, the amounts paid to the holders of Series F and to the holders of all Liquidation Preference Parity Stock shall be pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate Liquidation Preferences of Series F and all such Liquidation Preference Parity Stock. In any such distribution, the “Liquidation Preference” of any holder of stock of the Corporation other than the Series F means the amount otherwise payable to such holder in such distribution (assuming no limitation on the assets of the Corporation available for such distribution), including an amount equal to any declared but unpaid dividends in the case of any holder or stock on which dividends accrue on a non-cumulative basis and, in the case of any holder of stock on which dividends accrue on a cumulative basis, an amount equal to any unpaid, accrued, cumulative dividends, whether or not earned or declared, as applicable.
(c)    Residual Distributions. If the Liquidation Preference has been paid in full to all holders of Series F and all holders of any Liquidation Preference Parity Stock, the holders of Junior Stock will be entitled to receive all remaining assets of the Corporation according to their respective rights and preferences.
(d)    Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Not Liquidation. For purposes of this Section 5, the merger, consolidation or other business combination of the Corporation with or into any other corporation, including a transaction in which the holders of Series F receive cash or property for their shares, or the sale, conveyance, lease, exchange or transfer (for cash, shares of stock, securities or other consideration) of
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all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, shall not constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
Section 6.    Redemption.
(a)    Optional Redemption. The Series F is perpetual and has no maturity date. The Corporation may, at its option, redeem the shares of Series F (i) in whole or in part, from time to time, on any Dividend Payment Date on or after the Dividend Payment Date on October 6, 2025 or (ii) in whole but not in part at any time within 90 days following a Regulatory Capital Treatment Event, in each case, at a cash redemption price equal to the Stated Amount, together with any declared and unpaid dividends, without regard to any undeclared dividends, to but excluding the redemption date. The redemption price for any shares of Series F shall be payable on the redemption date to the holder of such shares against surrender of the certificate(s) evidencing such shares to the Corporation or its agent, if the shares of Series F are issued in certificated form. Any declared but unpaid dividends payable on a redemption date that occurs subsequent to the record date for a Dividend Period shall not be paid to the holder entitled to receive the redemption price on the redemption date, but rather shall be paid to the holder of record of the redeemed shares on such record date relating to the Dividend Payment Date as provided in Section 4 above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation may not redeem shares of Series F without having received the prior approval of the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency if then required under capital rules applicable to the Corporation.
(b)    No Sinking Fund. The Series F will not be subject to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions. Holders of Series F will have no right to require redemption of any shares of Series F.
(c)    Notice of Redemption. Notice of every redemption of shares of Series F shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the holders of record of the shares to be redeemed at their respective last addresses appearing on the books of the Corporation. Such mailing shall be at least 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption. Any notice mailed as provided in this Subsection shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice, but failure duly to give such notice by mail, or any defect in such notice or in the mailing thereof, to any holder of shares of Series F designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Series F. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the shares of Series F or any depositary shares representing interests in the Series F are issued in book-entry form through DTC or any other similar facility, notice of redemption may be given to the holders of Series F at such time and in any manner permitted by such facility. Each such notice given to a holder shall state: (1) the redemption date; (2) the number of shares of Series F to be redeemed and, if less than all the shares held by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be redeemed from such holder; (3) the redemption price; (4) the place or places
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where certificates for such shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and (5) that dividends on such shares will cease to accrue on the redemption date.
(d)    Partial Redemption. In case of any redemption of only part of the shares of Series F at the time outstanding, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected either pro rata from the holders of record of Series F in proportion to the number of shares of Series F held by such holders, by lot or in such other manner as the Corporation may determine to be fair and equitable. Subject to the provisions hereof, the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) shall have full power and authority to prescribe the terms and conditions on which shares of Series F shall be redeemed from time to time. If the Corporation shall have issued certificates for the Series F and fewer than all shares represented by any certificates are redeemed, new certificates shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares without charge to the holders thereof.
(e)    Effectiveness of Redemption. If notice of redemption has been duly given, and if on or before the redemption date specified in the notice all funds necessary for the redemption have been set aside by the Corporation, separate and apart from its other funds, in trust for the pro rata benefit of the holders of the shares called for redemption, so as to be and continue to be available therefor, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation in the case that the shares of Series F are issued in certificated form, on and after the redemption date dividends shall cease to accrue on all shares so called for redemption, all shares so called for redemption shall no longer be deemed outstanding and all rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on such redemption date cease and terminate, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive the amount payable on such redemption, without interest. Any funds unclaimed at the end of two years from the redemption date, to the extent permitted by law, shall be released from the trust so established and may be commingled with the Corporation’s other funds, and thereafter the holders of the shares so called for redemption shall look only to the Corporation for payment of the redemption price of such shares.
Section 7.    Voting Rights.
(a)    General. The holders of Series F will have no voting rights except as set forth below or as otherwise from to time required by law.
(b)    Right to Elect Two Directors on Nonpayment of Dividends. Whenever dividends on any shares of the Series F, or any other Voting Preferred Stock (as defined below), shall have not been declared and paid for the equivalent of three semi-annual or six full quarterly Dividend Payments, whether or not for consecutive Dividend Periods (a “Nonpayment”), the holders of such shares, voting together as a class with holders of any and all other series of Voting Preferred Stock then outstanding, will be entitled to vote for the election of a total of two additional members of the Board of Directors (the “Preferred Stock Directors”), provided that the election of any such directors shall not cause the Corporation to violate the corporate governance requirement of the New York Stock Exchange (or any other exchange on which the Corporation’s securities may be
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listed) that listed companies must have a majority of independent directors and provided further that the Board Of Directors shall at no time include more than two Preferred Stock Directors. In that event, the number of directors on the Board of Directors shall automatically increase by two, and the new directors shall be elected at a special meeting called at the request of the holders of record of at least 20% of the Series F or of any other series of Voting Preferred Stock (unless such request is received less than 90 days before the date fixed for the next annual or special meeting of the stockholders, in which event such election shall be held at such next annual or special meeting of stockholders), and at each subsequent annual meeting. Such request to call a special meeting for the initial election of the Preferred Stock Directors after a Nonpayment shall be made by written notice, signed by the requisite holders of Series F or other Voting Preferred Stock, and delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation in such manner as provided for in Section 9 below, or as may otherwise be required by law. These voting rights will continue until dividends on the shares of the Series F and any such series of Voting Preferred Stock for at least two consecutive semi-annual or four consecutive quarterly Dividend Periods, as applicable, following the Nonpayment shall have been fully paid.
If and when dividends for at least two consecutive semi-annual or four consecutive quarterly Dividend Periods, as applicable, following a Nonpayment have been paid in full on the Series F and any other class or series of Voting Preferred Stock, the holders of the Series F and all other holders of Voting Preferred Stock shall be divested of the foregoing voting rights (subject to revesting in the event of each subsequent Nonpayment), the term of office of each Preferred Stock Director so elected shall terminate and the number of directors on the Board of Directors shall automatically decrease by two. In determining whether dividends have been paid for at least two consecutive semi-annual or four consecutive quarterly Dividend Periods, as applicable, following a Nonpayment, the Corporation may take account of any dividend it elects to pay for any Dividend Period after the regular Dividend Payment Date for that period has passed. Any Preferred Stock Director may be removed at any time without cause by the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Series F together with all series of Voting Preferred Stock then outstanding (voting together as a single class) to the extent such holders have the voting rights described above. So long as a Nonpayment shall continue, any vacancy in the office of a Preferred Stock Director (other than prior to the initial election after a Nonpayment) may be filled by the written consent of the Preferred Stock Director remaining in office, or if none remains in office, by a vote of the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series F and all Voting Preferred Stock when they have the voting rights described above (voting together as a single class); provided that the filling of any such vacancy shall not cause the Corporation to violate the corporate governance requirement of the New York Stock Exchange (or any other exchange on which the Corporation’s securities may be listed) that listed companies must have a majority of independent directors. Any such vote to remove, or to fill a vacancy in the office of, a Preferred Stock Director may be taken only at a special meeting called at the request of the holders of record of at least 20% of the Series F or of any other series of Voting Preferred Stock (unless such request is received less than 90 days before the date fixed for the next annual or special meeting of the stockholders, in
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which event such election shall be held at such next annual or special meeting of stockholders). The Preferred Stock Directors shall each be entitled to one vote per director on any matter.
(c)    Other Voting Rights. So long as any shares of Series F are outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of stockholders required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, the vote or consent of the holders of at least two thirds of the shares of Series F at the time outstanding, voting together as a single class with any other series of Preferred Stock entitled to vote thereon, to the exclusion of all other series of Preferred Stock, given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or by vote at any meeting called for the purpose, will be necessary for effecting or validating:
(i)    Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, Amended and Restated Bylaws or Certificate of Designations. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Amended and Restated Bylaws, or this Certificate of Designations that would alter or change the voting powers, preferences or special rights of the Series F so as to affect them adversely; provided, however, that the amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation so as to authorize or create, or to increase the authorized amount of, any class or series of stock that does not rank senior to the Series F in either the payment of dividends (whether such dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative) or in the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation shall not be deemed to affect adversely the voting powers, preferences or special rights of the Series F;
(ii)    Authorization of Senior Stock. Any amendment or alteration of the Certificate of Incorporation to authorize or create, or increase the authorized amount of, any shares of any class or series or any securities convertible into shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation ranking prior to Series F in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation; or
(iii)    Share Exchanges, Reclassifications, Mergers and Consolidations and Other Transactions. Any consummation of (x) a binding share exchange or reclassification involving the Series F or (y) a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with another entity (whether or not a corporation), unless in each case (A) the shares of Series F remain outstanding or, in the case of any such merger or consolidation with respect to which the Corporation is not the surviving or resulting entity, the shares of Series F are converted into or exchanged for preference securities of the surviving or resulting entity or its ultimate parent, and (B) such shares remaining outstanding or such preference securities, as the case may be, have such rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and limitations and restrictions thereof, taken as a whole, as are not materially less favorable to the holders thereof than the rights, preferences,
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privileges and voting powers, and restrictions and limitations thereof, of the Series F immediately prior to such consummation, taken as a whole.
If an amendment, alteration, repeal, share exchange, reclassification, merger or consolidation described in (i) through (iii) above would adversely affect one or more but not all series of Voting Preferred Stock (including the Series F for this purpose), then only the series affected and entitled to vote shall vote to the exclusion of all other series of preferred stock. If all series of preferred stock are not equally affected by the proposed amendment, alteration, repeal, share exchange, reclassification, merger or consolidation described above, there shall be required a two-thirds approval of each series that will have a diminished status.
(d)    Changes Permitted without Consent. Without the consent of the holders of the Series F, so long as such action does not adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers of the Series F, the Corporation may amend, alter, supplement or repeal any terms of the Series F:
(i)    to cure any ambiguity, or to cure, correct or supplement any provision contained in this Certificate of Designations for the Series F that may be defective or inconsistent; or
(ii)    to make any provision with respect to matters or questions arising with respect to the Series F that is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Certificate of Designations, including, without limitation, to reflect any Adjustments following a Benchmark Substitution Event.
(e)    Changes after Provision for Redemption. No vote or consent of the holders of Series F will be required pursuant to Section 7(b) or (c) above if, at or prior to the time when any such vote or consent would otherwise be required pursuant to such Sections, all outstanding shares of Series F shall have been redeemed, or shall have been called for redemption on proper notice and sufficient funds shall have been set aside for the benefit of the holders of the Series F to effect such redemption, in each case pursuant to Section 6 above, unless in the case of a vote or consent required pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 7(c) above if all outstanding shares of Series F are being redeemed with the proceeds from the sale of the stock to be authorized.
(f)     Procedures for Voting and Consents. The rules and procedures for calling and conducting any meeting of the holders of Series F (including, without limitation, the fixing of a record date in connection therewith), the solicitation and use of proxies at such a meeting, the obtaining of written consents and any other aspect or matter with regard to such a meeting or such consents shall be governed by any rules the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors), in its discretion, may adopt from time to time, which rules and procedures shall conform to the requirements of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Amended and Restated Bylaws, applicable law and any national securities exchange or other trading facility on which the Series F may be listed or traded at the time.
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Section 8.    Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation and the Transfer Agent may deem and treat the record holder of any share of Series F as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes, and neither the Corporation nor the Transfer Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 9.    Notices. All notices or communications in respect of the Series F will be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if the shares of Series F or any depositary shares representing interests in the Series F are issued in book-entry form through DTC or any other similar facility if given to the holders of Series F at such time in any manner permitted by such facility, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in this Certificate of Designations, in the Certificate of Incorporation or Amended and Restated Bylaws or by applicable law.
Section 10.    Other Rights. The shares of Series F will not have any voting powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation. The holders of Series F shall not have any preemptive rights or conversion rights.
Section 11.    Certificates. The Corporation may at its option issue shares of Series F without certificates. If DTC or its nominee is the registered owner of the Series F, the following provisions of this Section 11 shall apply. If and as long as DTC or its nominee is the registered owner of the Series F, DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, shall be considered the sole owner and holder of all shares of Series F for all purposes under the instruments governing the rights and obligations of holders of shares of Series F. If DTC discontinues providing its services as securities depositary with respect to the shares of Series F, or if DTC ceases to be registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act, in the event that a successor securities depositary is not obtained within 90 days, the Corporation shall either print and deliver certificates for the shares of Series F or provide for the direct registration of the Series F with the Transfer Agent. If the Corporation decides to discontinue the use of the system of book-entry-only transfers through DTC (or a successor securities depositary), the Corporation shall print certificates for the shares of Series F and deliver such certificates to DTC or shall provide for the direct registration of the Series F with the Transfer Agent. Except in the limited circumstances referred to above, owners of beneficial interests in the Series F:
a)    shall not be entitled to have such Series F registered in their names;
b)    shall not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of securities certificates in exchange for beneficial interests in the Series F; and
c)    shall not be considered to be owners or holders of the shares of Series F for any purpose under the instruments governing the rights and obligations of holders of shares of Series F.
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Section 12.    Restatement of Certificate. On any restatement of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, Section 1 through Section 11 of this Certificate of Designations shall be included in the Certificate of Incorporation under the heading “5.650% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series F” and this Section 12 may be omitted. If the Board of Directors so determines, the numbering of Section 1 through Section 11 may be changed for convenience of reference or for any other proper purpose.”

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In witness whereof, the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be signed by Robin S. Elkowitz, its Executive Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary, this 1st day of June, 2020.

CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

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



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EXHIBIT F
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS
OF
4.000% FIXED-RATE RESET NON-CUMULATIVE
PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK,
SERIES G
OF
CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
Pursuant to Section 151 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law

Citizens Financial Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies that:
In accordance with the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) adopted on April 3, 2020, the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation and applicable law, a Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors, by unanimous written consent dated June 3, 2021, adopted the following resolution creating a series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation designated as “4.000% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series G”:
RESOLVED, that pursuant to the resolutions of the Board of Directors on April 3, 2020, the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation, the Pricing Committee hereby establishes a series of Preferred Stock, par value $25.00 per share, of the Corporation and fixes and determines the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions thereof, including dividend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, voting rights, terms of redemption, redemption prices and liquidation preference thereof as follows:
Section 1.    Designation. The distinctive serial designation of such series is “4.000% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series G” (“Series G”). Each share of Series G shall be identical in all respects to every other share of Series G, except that shares of Series G issued after the first date on which any share of Series G is issued and outstanding (the “Original Issue Date”) may only be issued on a Dividend Payment Date, and shall accrue dividends from the date they are issued.
Section 2.    Number of Authorized Shares. The number of authorized shares of Series G shall initially be 300,000. Such number may from time to time be increased (but not in excess of the total number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock, less all
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shares of any other series of Preferred Stock authorized at the time of such increase) or decreased (but not below the number of shares of Series G then outstanding) by the Board of Directors. Shares of Series G that are redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation shall be cancelled and shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock undesignated as to series. The Corporation shall have the authority to issue fractional shares of Series G.
Section 3.    Definitions. As used herein with respect to Series G:
(a)    “Adjustments” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate.
(b)    “Appropriate Federal Banking Agency” means the “appropriate federal banking agency” with respect to the Corporation as defined in Section 3(q) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. § 1813(q)), or any successor provision.
(c)    “Benchmark Substitution Event” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate.
(d)    “Board of Directors” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
(e)    “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close in The City of New York.
(f)    “Calculation Agent” means such bank or other entity as may be appointed by the Corporation to act as calculation agent for the Series G from time to time. The Calculation Agent may be the Corporation or any entity affiliated with the Corporation.
(g)    “Certificate of Designations” means this Certificate of Designations relating to the Series G, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
(h)    “Certificate of Incorporation” means the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as it may be amended from time to time, and shall include this Certificate of Designations.
(i)    “Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation.
(j)    “Corporation” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
(k)    “Designee” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate.
(l)    “Dividend Parity Stock” means any class or series of stock of the Corporation that ranks on a parity with the Series G in the payment of current dividends,
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including the Series A, the Series B, the Series C, the Series D, the Series E and the Series F.
(m)    “Dividend Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
(n)    “Dividend Period” means each period from and including a Dividend Payment Date (except that the initial Dividend Period shall commence on and include the Original Issue Date of the Series G) and continuing to but not including the next succeeding Dividend Payment Date.
(o)    “Dividend Reset Date” means the First Dividend Reset Date and each date falling on the fifth anniversary of the preceding Dividend Reset Date. Dividend Reset Dates, including the First Dividend Reset Date, will not be adjusted for Business Days.
(p)    “Dividend Reset Period” means the period from and including the First Dividend Reset Date to, but excluding, the next following Dividend Reset Date and thereafter each period from and including each Dividend Reset Date to, but excluding, the next following Dividend Reset Date.
(q)    “DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.
(r)    “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(s)    “First Dividend Reset Date” means October 6, 2026.
(t)    “Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate” means, as of any Reset Dividend Determination Date, as applicable, (i) the average of the yields on actively traded U.S. treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity, for five-year maturities, for the five Business Days appearing (or, if fewer than five Business Days appear, such number of Business Days appearing) under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities” in the most recently published H.15 as of 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) (the “Initial Base Rate”) or (ii) if there are no such published yields on actively traded U.S. treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity, for five-year maturities, then the rate will be determined by interpolation between the average of the yields on actively traded U.S. treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity for two series of actively traded U.S. treasury securities, (A) one maturing as close as possible to, but earlier than, the Dividend Reset Date following the next succeeding Reset Dividend Determination Date, and (B) the other maturing as close as possible to, but later than, the Dividend Reset Date following the next succeeding Reset Dividend Determination Date, in each case for the five Business Days appearing (or, if fewer than five Business Days appear, such number of Business Days appearing) in the H.15 as of 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation, in its sole discretion, determines on or prior to the relevant Reset Dividend Determination Date that the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate cannot be determined in the manner then applicable for such rate (which, as of the
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date of original issuance of the Series G, is pursuant to the methods described in clauses (i) or (ii) above) (a “Benchmark Substitution Event”), the Corporation may, in its sole discretion, designate an unaffiliated agent or advisor, which may include an unaffiliated underwriter for the offering of the Series G, or any depositary shares representing interests in the Series G, or any affiliate of any such underwriter (the “Designee”), to determine whether there is an industry-accepted successor rate to the then-applicable base rate (which, as of the date of original issuance of the Series G, is the Initial Base Rate). If the Designee determines that there is such an industry-accepted successor rate, then the “Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate” shall be such successor rate and, in that case, the Designee may then determine and adjust the Business Day convention, the definition of Business Day and the Reset Dividend Determination Date to be used and any other relevant methodology for determining or otherwise calculating such successor rate, including any adjustment factor needed to make such successor rate comparable to the then-applicable base rate (which, as of the date of original issuance of the Series G, is the Initial Base Rate) in each case, in a manner that is consistent with industry-accepted practices for the use of such successor rate (the “Adjustments”). If the Corporation, in its sole discretion, does not designate a Designee or if the Designee determines that there is no industry-accepted successor rate to then-applicable base rate, then the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate will be the same rate determined for the prior Reset Dividend Determination Date or, if this sentence is applicable with respect to the first Reset Dividend Determination Date, 0.785%.
The Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate will be determined by the Calculation Agent on the Reset Dividend Determination Date.
(u)    “H.15” means the daily statistical release designated as such, or any successor publication, published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any successor.
(v)    “Initial Base Rate” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate.
(w)    “Junior Stock” means any class or series of stock of the Corporation (including the Common Stock) that ranks junior to the Series G in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
(x)    “Junior Stock Sinking Fund Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(e).
(y)    “Liquidation Preference” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.
(z)    “Liquidation Preference Parity Stock” means any class or series of stock of the Corporation that ranks on a parity with the Series G in the distribution of assets on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, including the Series A, the Series B, the Series C, the Series D, the Series E and the Series F.
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(aa)    “Nonpayment” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).
(bb)    “Original Issue Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.
(cc)    “Preferred Stock Directors” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).
(dd)    “Regulatory Capital Treatment Event” means the good faith determination by the Corporation that, as a result of (i) any amendment to, or change in, the laws, rules or regulations of the United States (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any agency or instrumentality of the United States, including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and other federal bank regulatory agencies) or any political subdivision of or in the United States that is enacted or becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of Series G, (ii) any proposed change in those laws, rules or regulations that is announced or becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of Series G, or (iii) any official administrative decision or judicial decision or administrative action or other official pronouncement interpreting or applying those laws, rules or regulations or policies with respect thereto that is announced after the initial issuance of any share of Series G, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Corporation will not be entitled to treat the full Stated Amount of $1,000 per share of Series G then outstanding as “Tier 1 capital” (or its equivalent) for purposes of the capital adequacy rules of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or, as and if applicable, the capital adequacy rules or regulations of any successor Appropriate Federal Banking Agency) as then in effect and applicable, for so long as any share of Series G is outstanding.
(ee)    “Reset Dividend Determination Date” means, in respect of any Dividend Reset Period, the day falling two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Dividend Reset Period.
(ff)    “Series A” means the Corporation’s 5.500% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A.
(gg)    “Series B” means the Corporation’s 6.000% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B.
(hh)    “Series C” means the Corporation’s 6.375% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C.
(ii)    “Series D” means the Corporation’s 6.350% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series D.
(jj)    “Series E” means the Corporation’s 5.000% Fixed Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E.
(kk)    “Series F” means the Corporation’s 5.650% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series F.
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(ll)    “Series G” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.
(mm)    “Stated Amount” means, in respect of Series G, $1,000 per share, and, in respect of any other series of capital stock, the stated amount per share specified in the Certificate of Incorporation or applicable certificate of designations (including, in the case of any series that does not use the words “stated amount,” the specified amount of any preference upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, without regard to any unpaid dividends that may also be included in the liquidation preference with respect to such shares).
(nn)    “Transfer Agent” means the transfer agent with respect to the Series G, which shall be Computershare Trust Company, N.A. as of the Original Issue Date, and its successor, including any successor transfer agent appointed by the Corporation.
(oo)    “Voting Preferred Stock” means any other class or series of preferred stock of the Corporation ranking equally with the Series G as to dividends (whether cumulative or non-cumulative) and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation and upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable, including the Series A, the Series B, the Series C, the Series D, the Series E and Series F. Whether a plurality, majority or other portion of the shares of Series G and any other Voting Preferred Stock have been voted in favor of any matter shall be determined by reference to the Stated Amounts of the shares voted.
Section 4.    Dividends.
(a)    Rate. Holders of Series G shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors), but only out of funds legally available therefor, quarterly, in arrears, on January 6, April 6, July 6 and October 6 of each year, beginning on October 6, 2021, non-cumulative cash dividends as follows:
(i)    from the date of original issue to, but excluding, the First Dividend Reset Date, at an annual rate of 4.000% of the Stated Amount per share; and
(ii)    from and including the First Dividend Reset Date, for each Dividend Reset Period, at an annual rate equal to the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate as of the most recent Reset Dividend Determination Date, plus 3.215%, of the Stated Amount per share.
Each date on which dividends are payable pursuant to the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) is a “Dividend Payment Date”, and dividends for each Dividend Payment Date are payable with respect to the Dividend Period (or portion thereof) ending on the day preceding such respective Dividend Payment Date, in each case to holders of record on the 15th calendar day before such Dividend Payment Date or such other record date not more than 30 nor less than 10 days preceding such Dividend Payment Date fixed for that purpose by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) in advance
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of payment of each particular dividend. The Corporation shall not pay interest or any sum of money instead of interest on any dividend payment that may be in arrears on the Series G.
(b)    Business Day Convention. If a day that would otherwise be a Dividend Payment Date is not a Business Day, then such date will nevertheless be a Dividend Payment Date but dividends on the shares of Series G, when, as and if declared, will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day (without adjustment in the amount of the dividend per share of Series G).
(c)    Dividend Computation. The amount of the dividend per share of Series G for each Dividend Period (or portion thereof) will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
(d)    Dividends Non-cumulative. Dividends on shares of Series G shall not be cumulative. Holders of Series G shall not be entitled to receive any dividends not declared by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) and no interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend not so declared. Holders of the Series G shall not be entitled to any dividends, whether payable in cash, securities or other property, other than dividends (if any) declared and payable on the Series G as specified in this Section 4 (subject to the other provisions of this Certificate of Designations).
(e)    Records and Facts Ascertainable. The applicable dividend rate for each Dividend Reset Period will be determined by the Calculation Agent, as of the applicable Reset Dividend Determination Date. The Calculation Agent’s determination of any dividend rate and its calculation of the amount of dividends for any Dividend Period during a Dividend Reset Period, and a record maintained by the Corporation of any Benchmark Substitution Event and any Adjustments, will be maintained on file at the Corporation’s principal offices and will be available to any stockholder upon request and will be final and binding in the absence of manifest error. For the avoidance of doubt, any determination by the Corporation or a Designee pursuant to the second paragraph of the definition of Five-year Treasury Rate (including, without limitation, with respect to any Benchmark Substitution Event or any Adjustments) shall not be subject to the vote or consent of the holders of the Series G.
(f)    Priority of Dividends and Redemption and Repurchase of Junior Stock. So long as any share of Series G remains outstanding, unless dividends on all outstanding shares of Series G for the most recently completed Dividend Period have been paid in full or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for payment, (i) no dividend may be declared or paid or set aside for payment, and no distribution may be made, on any Junior Stock, (ii) no monies may be paid or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption or retirement of Junior Stock (a “Junior Stock Sinking Fund Payment”), and (iii) no shares of Junior Stock shall be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, other than:
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(i)    any Junior Stock Sinking Fund Payment, or any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of shares of Junior Stock as a result of (x) a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock, (y) the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or another share of Junior Stock or (z) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock under the conversion or exchange provisions of Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged;
(ii)    any Junior Stock Sinking Fund Payment, or any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of shares of Junior Stock, through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock;
(iii)    repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Junior Stock in connection with (x) any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of any one or more employees, officers, directors or consultants or (y) a dividend reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan;
(iv)    any declaration of a dividend in connection with any stockholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or other property under any stockholders’ rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to the plan; or
(v)    any dividend paid on Junior Stock in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equal or junior to that stock or is other junior stock.
This subsection (f) shall not restrict the ability of the Corporation or any affiliate of the Corporation to engage in any market-making transactions or purchases in connection with the distribution of securities in the ordinary course of business.
If the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) elects to declare only partial instead of full dividends for a dividend payment date and related dividend period (which terms include, in the case of Series G, the Dividend Payment Dates and Dividend Periods provided for herein) on the shares of Series G or any Dividend Parity Stock, then, to the extent permitted by the terms of the Series G and each outstanding series of Dividend Parity Stock, such partial dividends shall be declared on shares of Series G and Dividend Parity Stock, and dividends so declared shall be paid, as to any such dividend payment date and related dividend period, in amounts such that the ratio of the partial dividends declared and paid on each such series to full dividends on each such series is the same. As used in this paragraph, “full dividends” means, as to any Dividend Parity Stock that bears dividends on a cumulative basis, the amount of dividends that would need to be declared and paid to bring such Dividend Parity Stock current in dividends, including undeclared dividends for past
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dividend periods. To the extent a dividend period with respect to the Series G or any series of Dividend Parity Stock (in either case, the “first series”) coincides with more than one dividend period with respect to another series as applicable (in either case, a “second series”), then, for purposes of this paragraph the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) may, to the extent permitted by the terms of each affected series, treat such dividend period for the first series as two or more consecutive dividend periods, none of which coincides with more than one dividend period with respect to the second series, or may treat such dividend period(s) with respect to any Dividend Parity Stock and Dividend Period(s) with respect to the Series G for purposes of this paragraph in any other manner that it deems to be fair and equitable in order to achieve ratable payments of dividends on such Dividend Parity Stock and the Series G.
Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, stock or otherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) may be declared and paid on any Common Stock or other Junior Stock from time to time out of any funds legally available therefor, and the shares of Series G shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividend.
Section 5.    Liquidation Rights.
(a)    Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, before any distribution or payment out of the assets of the Corporation may be made to or set aside for the holders of any Junior Stock, holders of Series G will be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Corporation legally available for distribution to its stockholders an amount equal to the Stated Amount per share, together with an amount equal to all dividends (if any) that have been declared but not paid prior to the date of payment (but without regard to any undeclared dividends) (the “Liquidation Preference”).
(b)    Partial Payment. If the assets of the Corporation are not sufficient to pay the Liquidation Preference in full to all holders of Series G and all holders of any Liquidation Preference Parity Stock, the amounts paid to the holders of Series G and to the holders of all Liquidation Preference Parity Stock shall be pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate Liquidation Preferences of Series G and all such Liquidation Preference Parity Stock. In any such distribution, the “Liquidation Preference” of any holder of stock of the Corporation other than the Series G means the amount otherwise payable to such holder in such distribution (assuming no limitation on the assets of the Corporation available for such distribution), including an amount equal to any declared but unpaid dividends in the case of any holder or stock on which dividends accrue on a non-cumulative basis and, in the case of any holder of stock on which dividends accrue on a cumulative basis, an amount equal to any unpaid, accrued, cumulative dividends, whether or not earned or declared, as applicable.
(c)    Residual Distributions. If the Liquidation Preference has been paid in full to all holders of Series G and all holders of any Liquidation Preference Parity Stock,
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the holders of Junior Stock will be entitled to receive all remaining assets of the Corporation according to their respective rights and preferences.
(d)    Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Not Liquidation. For purposes of this Section 5, the merger, consolidation or other business combination of the Corporation with or into any other corporation, including a transaction in which the holders of Series G receive cash or property for their shares, or the sale, conveyance, lease, exchange or transfer (for cash, shares of stock, securities or other consideration) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, shall not constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
Section 6.    Redemption.
(a)    Optional Redemption. The Series G is perpetual and has no maturity date. The Corporation may, at its option, redeem the shares of Series G (i) in whole or in part, from time to time, on any Dividend Payment Date on or after the Dividend Payment Date on October 6, 2026 or (ii) in whole but not in part at any time within 90 days following a Regulatory Capital Treatment Event, in each case, at a cash redemption price equal to the Stated Amount, together with any declared and unpaid dividends, without regard to any undeclared dividends, to but excluding the redemption date. The redemption price for any shares of Series G shall be payable on the redemption date to the holder of such shares against surrender of the certificate(s) evidencing such shares to the Corporation or its agent, if the shares of Series G are issued in certificated form. Any declared but unpaid dividends payable on a redemption date that occurs subsequent to the record date for a Dividend Period shall not be paid to the holder entitled to receive the redemption price on the redemption date, but rather shall be paid to the holder of record of the redeemed shares on such record date relating to the Dividend Payment Date as provided in Section 4 above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation may not redeem shares of Series G without having received the prior approval of the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency if then required under capital rules applicable to the Corporation.
(b)    No Sinking Fund. The Series G will not be subject to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions. Holders of Series G will have no right to require redemption of any shares of Series G.
(c)    Notice of Redemption. Notice of every redemption of shares of Series G shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the holders of record of the shares to be redeemed at their respective last addresses appearing on the books of the Corporation. Such mailing shall be at least 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption. Any notice mailed as provided in this Subsection shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice, but failure duly to give such notice by mail, or any defect in such notice or in the mailing thereof, to any holder of shares of Series G designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Series G. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the shares of Series G or any depositary shares
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representing interests in the Series G are issued in book-entry form through DTC or any other similar facility, notice of redemption may be given to the holders of Series G at such time and in any manner permitted by such facility. Each such notice given to a holder shall state: (1) the redemption date; (2) the number of shares of Series G to be redeemed and, if less than all the shares held by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be redeemed from such holder; (3) the redemption price; (4) the place or places where certificates for such shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and (5) that dividends on such shares will cease to accrue on the redemption date.
(d)    Partial Redemption. In case of any redemption of only part of the shares of Series G at the time outstanding, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected either pro rata from the holders of record of Series G in proportion to the number of shares of Series G held by such holders, by lot or in such other manner as the Corporation may determine to be fair and equitable. Subject to the provisions hereof, the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) shall have full power and authority to prescribe the terms and conditions on which shares of Series G shall be redeemed from time to time. If the Corporation shall have issued certificates for the Series G and fewer than all shares represented by any certificates are redeemed, new certificates shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares without charge to the holders thereof.
(e)    Effectiveness of Redemption. If notice of redemption has been duly given, and if on or before the redemption date specified in the notice all funds necessary for the redemption have been set aside by the Corporation, separate and apart from its other funds, in trust for the pro rata benefit of the holders of the shares called for redemption, so as to be and continue to be available therefor, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation in the case that the shares of Series G are issued in certificated form, on and after the redemption date dividends shall cease to accrue on all shares so called for redemption, all shares so called for redemption shall no longer be deemed outstanding and all rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on such redemption date cease and terminate, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive the amount payable on such redemption, without interest. Any funds unclaimed at the end of two years from the redemption date, to the extent permitted by law, shall be released from the trust so established and may be commingled with the Corporation’s other funds, and thereafter the holders of the shares so called for redemption shall look only to the Corporation for payment of the redemption price of such shares.
Section 7.    Voting Rights.
(a)    General. The holders of Series G will have no voting rights except as set forth below or as otherwise from to time required by law.
(b)    Right to Elect Two Directors on Nonpayment of Dividends. Whenever dividends on any shares of the Series G, or any other Voting Preferred Stock, shall have
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not been declared and paid for the equivalent of three semi-annual or six full quarterly Dividend Payments, whether or not for consecutive Dividend Periods (a “Nonpayment”), the holders of such shares, voting together as a class with holders of any and all other series of Voting Preferred Stock then outstanding, will be entitled to vote for the election of a total of two additional members of the Board of Directors (the “Preferred Stock Directors”), provided that the election of any such directors shall not cause the Corporation to violate the corporate governance requirement of the New York Stock Exchange (or any other exchange on which the Corporation’s securities may be listed) that listed companies must have a majority of independent directors and provided further that the Board Of Directors shall at no time include more than two Preferred Stock Directors. In that event, the number of directors on the Board of Directors shall automatically increase by two, and the new directors shall be elected at a special meeting called at the request of the holders of record of at least 20% of the Series G or of any other series of Voting Preferred Stock (unless such request is received less than 90 days before the date fixed for the next annual or special meeting of the stockholders, in which event such election shall be held at such next annual or special meeting of stockholders), and at each subsequent annual meeting. Such request to call a special meeting for the initial election of the Preferred Stock Directors after a Nonpayment shall be made by written notice, signed by the requisite holders of Series G or other Voting Preferred Stock, and delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation in such manner as provided for in Section 9 below, or as may otherwise be required by law. These voting rights will continue until dividends on the shares of the Series G and any such series of Voting Preferred Stock for at least two consecutive semi-annual or four consecutive quarterly Dividend Periods, as applicable, following the Nonpayment shall have been fully paid.
If and when dividends for at least two consecutive semi-annual or four consecutive quarterly Dividend Periods, as applicable, following a Nonpayment have been paid in full on the Series G and any other class or series of Voting Preferred Stock, the holders of the Series G and all other holders of Voting Preferred Stock shall be divested of the foregoing voting rights (subject to revesting in the event of each subsequent Nonpayment), the term of office of each Preferred Stock Director so elected shall terminate and the number of directors on the Board of Directors shall automatically decrease by two. In determining whether dividends have been paid for at least two consecutive semi-annual or four consecutive quarterly Dividend Periods, as applicable, following a Nonpayment, the Corporation may take account of any dividend it elects to pay for any Dividend Period after the regular Dividend Payment Date for that period has passed. Any Preferred Stock Director may be removed at any time without cause by the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Series G together with all series of Voting Preferred Stock then outstanding (voting together as a single class) to the extent such holders have the voting rights described above. So long as a Nonpayment shall continue, any vacancy in the office of a Preferred Stock Director (other than prior to the initial election after a Nonpayment) may be filled by the written consent of the Preferred Stock Director remaining in office, or if none remains in office, by a vote of the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series G and all Voting Preferred Stock when they have the voting rights described above (voting together as a
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single class); provided that the filling of any such vacancy shall not cause the Corporation to violate the corporate governance requirement of the New York Stock Exchange (or any other exchange on which the Corporation’s securities may be listed) that listed companies must have a majority of independent directors. Any such vote to remove, or to fill a vacancy in the office of, a Preferred Stock Director may be taken only at a special meeting called at the request of the holders of record of at least 20% of the Series G or of any other series of Voting Preferred Stock (unless such request is received less than 90 days before the date fixed for the next annual or special meeting of the stockholders, in which event such election shall be held at such next annual or special meeting of stockholders). The Preferred Stock Directors shall each be entitled to one vote per director on any matter.
(c)    Other Voting Rights. So long as any shares of Series G are outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of stockholders required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, the vote or consent of the holders of at least two thirds of the shares of Series G at the time outstanding, voting together as a single class with any other series of Preferred Stock entitled to vote thereon, to the exclusion of all other series of Preferred Stock, given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or by vote at any meeting called for the purpose, will be necessary for effecting or validating:
(i)    Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, Amended and Restated Bylaws or Certificate of Designations. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Amended and Restated Bylaws, or this Certificate of Designations that would alter or change the voting powers, preferences or special rights of the Series G so as to affect them adversely; provided, however, that the amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation so as to authorize or create, or to increase the authorized amount of, any class or series of stock that does not rank senior to the Series G in either the payment of dividends (whether such dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative) or in the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation shall not be deemed to affect adversely the voting powers, preferences or special rights of the Series G;
(ii)    Authorization of Senior Stock. Any amendment or alteration of the Certificate of Incorporation to authorize or create, or increase the authorized amount of, any shares of any class or series or any securities convertible into shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation ranking prior to Series G in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation; or
(iii)    Share Exchanges, Reclassifications, Mergers and Consolidations and Other Transactions. Any consummation of (x) a binding share exchange or reclassification involving the Series G or (y) a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with another entity (whether or not a corporation), unless in each case (A) the shares of Series G remain outstanding or,
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in the case of any such merger or consolidation with respect to which the Corporation is not the surviving or resulting entity, the shares of Series G are converted into or exchanged for preference securities of the surviving or resulting entity or its ultimate parent, and (B) such shares remaining outstanding or such preference securities, as the case may be, have such rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and limitations and restrictions thereof, taken as a whole, as are not materially less favorable to the holders thereof than the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and restrictions and limitations thereof, of the Series G immediately prior to such consummation, taken as a whole.
If an amendment, alteration, repeal, share exchange, reclassification, merger or consolidation described in (i) through (iii) above would adversely affect one or more but not all series of Voting Preferred Stock (including the Series G for this purpose), then only the series affected and entitled to vote shall vote to the exclusion of all other series of preferred stock. If all series of preferred stock are not equally affected by the proposed amendment, alteration, repeal, share exchange, reclassification, merger or consolidation described above, there shall be required a two-thirds approval of each series that will have a diminished status.
(d)    Changes Permitted without Consent. Without the consent of the holders of the Series G, so long as such action does not adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers of the Series G, the Corporation may amend, alter, supplement or repeal any terms of the Series G:
(i)    to cure any ambiguity, or to cure, correct or supplement any provision contained in this Certificate of Designations for the Series G that may be defective or inconsistent; or
(ii)    to make any provision with respect to matters or questions arising with respect to the Series G that is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Certificate of Designations, including, without limitation, to reflect any Adjustments following a Benchmark Substitution Event.
(e)    Changes after Provision for Redemption. No vote or consent of the holders of Series G will be required pursuant to Section 7(b) or (c) above if, at or prior to the time when any such vote or consent would otherwise be required pursuant to such Sections, all outstanding shares of Series G shall have been redeemed, or shall have been called for redemption on proper notice and sufficient funds shall have been set aside for the benefit of the holders of the Series G to effect such redemption, in each case pursuant to Section 6 above, unless in the case of a vote or consent required pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 7(c) above if all outstanding shares of Series G are being redeemed with the proceeds from the sale of the stock to be authorized.
(f)     Procedures for Voting and Consents. The rules and procedures for calling and conducting any meeting of the holders of Series G (including, without limitation, the fixing of a record date in connection therewith), the solicitation and use of
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proxies at such a meeting, the obtaining of written consents and any other aspect or matter with regard to such a meeting or such consents shall be governed by any rules the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors), in its discretion, may adopt from time to time, which rules and procedures shall conform to the requirements of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Amended and Restated Bylaws, applicable law and any national securities exchange or other trading facility on which the Series G may be listed or traded at the time.
Section 8.    Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation and the Transfer Agent may deem and treat the record holder of any share of Series G as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes, and neither the Corporation nor the Transfer Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 9.    Notices. All notices or communications in respect of the Series G will be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if the shares of Series G or any depositary shares representing interests in the Series G are issued in book-entry form through DTC or any other similar facility if given to the holders of Series G at such time in any manner permitted by such facility, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in this Certificate of Designations, in the Certificate of Incorporation or Amended and Restated Bylaws or by applicable law.
Section 10.    Other Rights. The shares of Series G will not have any voting powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation. The holders of Series G shall not have any preemptive rights or conversion rights.
Section 11.    Certificates. The Corporation may at its option issue shares of Series G without certificates. If DTC or its nominee is the registered owner of the Series G, the following provisions of this Section 11 shall apply. If and as long as DTC or its nominee is the registered owner of the Series G, DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, shall be considered the sole owner and holder of all shares of Series G for all purposes under the instruments governing the rights and obligations of holders of shares of Series G. If DTC discontinues providing its services as securities depositary with respect to the shares of Series G, or if DTC ceases to be registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act, in the event that a successor securities depositary is not obtained within 90 days, the Corporation shall either print and deliver certificates for the shares of Series G or provide for the direct registration of the Series G with the Transfer Agent. If the Corporation decides to discontinue the use of the system of book-entry-only transfers through DTC (or a successor securities depositary), the Corporation shall print certificates for the shares of Series G and deliver such certificates to DTC or shall provide for the direct registration of the Series G with the Transfer Agent. Except in the limited circumstances referred to above, owners of beneficial interests in the Series G:
a)    shall not be entitled to have such Series G registered in their names;
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b)    shall not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of securities certificates in exchange for beneficial interests in the Series G; and
c)    shall not be considered to be owners or holders of the shares of Series G for any purpose under the instruments governing the rights and obligations of holders of shares of Series G.
Section 12.    Restatement of Certificate. On any restatement of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, Section 1 through Section 11 of this Certificate of Designations shall be included in the Certificate of Incorporation under the heading “4.000% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series G” and this Section 12 may be omitted. If the Board of Directors so determines, the numbering of Section 1 through Section 11 may be changed for convenience of reference or for any other proper purpose.”

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In witness whereof, the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be signed by Robin S. Elkowitz, its Executive Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary, this 8th day of June, 2021.

CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

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



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Exhibit 10.1

CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS COMPENSATION POLICY

Amended and Effective as of April 22, 2021
    
    The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”) has approved this director compensation policy (this “Policy”), which establishes compensation to be paid to each Non-Employee Director (as defined in the Citizens Financial Group, Inc. 2014 Non-Employee Directors Compensation Plan (the “Plan”)), as an inducement to obtain and retain the services of persons qualified to serve as members of the Board. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Policy will have the meanings set forth in the Plan.

    This Policy is subject to annual review by the Compensation and Human Resources Committee of the Board (the “Committee”) to confirm continued alignment between the compensation of the Company’s Non-Employee Directors, the Company’s business and its shareholders’ interests, and to ensure that the Company’s director compensation program is competitive with those of its peers. During the course of its review, the Committee may consider the annual retainer, lead director and committee chair retainers, meeting fees and other benefits offered to Non-Employee Directors and payable under this Policy. The Committee may amend, revise, suspend, discontinue or terminate this Policy at any time.

    The elements of compensation for the Company’s Non-Employee Directors below are expressed as annual amounts.
Cash Retainers
Board Retainer …………………………………………………………………..
$100,000
Lead Director Retainer ……………………………………………………….....
$40,000
Audit Committee Chair Retainer ……………………………………………....
$35,000
Risk Committee Chair Retainer…………………….…………………….……..
$30,000
Compensation and Human Resources Chair Retainer ……………….……..
$25,000
Nominating and Governance Chair Retainer……………….……..…………..
$20,000
Audit Committee Member Retainer (including Chair)..…………………….....
$10,000
    The cash retainers are payable quarterly in advance, with the first quarterly payment to occur as soon as practicable following the annual general meeting of stockholders (each such date, a “Payment Date”).
Equity Retainer
    On the date of each annual general meeting of stockholders of the Company, each Non-Employee Director who at such meeting is elected to serve on the Board or whose term is scheduled to continue at least through the date of the next such meeting of stockholders will receive an annual award of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) pursuant to and subject to the Plan (and any applicable award agreement thereunder). The number of shares of Company common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”) covered by the annual RSU award will be determined by dividing $130,000 by the closing price of a share of Common Stock on the grant date. Each annual award will vest 100% on the earlier to occur of the first anniversary of the grant date or the Company’s next scheduled annual general meeting of stockholders, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and applicable award agreement thereunder.
    Any Non-Employee Director who commences service on the Board on a date other than the date of the Company’s annual general meeting of stockholders will receive on such start date a pro-rated annual award, with the number of shares of Common Stock covered by such award determined by dividing (i) the product of $130,000 and a fraction, the numerator of which is 365 minus the number of days that have elapsed between the date of such meeting and such start date, and the denominator of which is 365, by (ii) the closing price of a share of Common Stock on such start date.


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Other Director Benefits
Charitable Matching Gift Program. The Company will match each Non-Employee Director’s contributions to qualifying charities up to an aggregate limit of $5,000 per year.
Expenses Relating to Board Service. The Company will reimburse each Non-Employee Director for reasonable expenses incurred by such Non-Employee Director in connection with his or her Board service, including travel, lodging and meals, subject to the Company’s requirements for reporting and documentation of such expenses.
Deferred Compensation Plan
    Non-Employee Directors are eligible to participate in the Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors of Citizens Financial Group, Inc., with such terms and conditions as are in effect from time to time.
Stock Ownership Guidelines
    Non-Employee Directors are subject to stock ownership guidelines requiring ownership of a number of shares with a value equal to five times their annual cash retainer.
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Exhibit 10.2


ADDENDUM TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This ADDENDUM TO the AMENDED AND RESTATED EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Addendum”) is made as of June 25, 2021 by and between Citizens Financial Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries and any and all successor entities (the “Company”) and Bruce Van Saun (“Executive”).

This Addendum shall modify the herein specified provisions of Executive’s Amended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement dated May 5, 2016 (the “Current Agreement”), which in turn modified the Executive Employment Agreement, dated October 1, 2013 and letter from Elaine Arden to Executive dated November 6, 2013 (collectively, the “Original Agreement”).

The primary purpose of this Addendum is to formalize the intent of the Company and the Executive to continue the existing employment relationship beyond the May 5, 2023 expiry date (the “Current Expiry Date”) found in the Current Agreement and, unless otherwise specified herein, allow for all terms and conditions of the Current Agreement to automatically extend beyond the Current Expiry Date in an evergreen fashion. Additionally, in order to ensure a smooth and orderly transition at such time following the Current Expiry Date as Executive or the Company may deem a change sensible, Executive and the Company wish to put in place a reciprocal 6-month notice obligation.

As such, it is hereby agreed by and between the undersigned that effective as of the Current Expiry Date:

1.The language found in Section 1(a) of the Current Agreement pertaining to the Initial Term, any renewal thereof, and/or any other language found in Section 1(a) or elsewhere in the Current Agreement relating to a date-certain expiration will automatically become null and void and the Current Agreement shall be evergreen subject to the provisions of Sections 1(b) through 1(h) of the Current Agreement.

2.The language found in Section 1(d) of the Current Agreement shall be amended to provide Executive with a right to 6 months’ notice in the event that the Company chooses to terminate Executive’s employment without Cause at some point following the Current Expiry Date.

3.The language found in Section 1(e) of the Current Agreement pertaining to Executive’s obligation to provide 6-months’ notice in the event Executive chooses to terminate the employment relationship without Good Reason shall remain in effect.

Executive and the Company understand and acknowledge that no statement, whether written or verbal, by the Company or any of its officers, employees or representatives may in any way modify, alter or change the strictly “at-will” nature of Executive’s employment relationship with the Company, and both Executive and the Company retain the right to terminate Executive’s employment at any time, for any reason or no reason, subject to the provisions of Sections 1(b) through (h) of the Current Agreement.
    
AGREED BY AND BETWEEN:

/s/ Bruce Van Saun /s/ Susan LaMonica
BRUCE VAN SAUN CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
By: Susan LaMonica, Chief Human Resources Officer
                        

EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
_________________________________________________________________________________________
I, Bruce Van Saun, certify that:

1.    I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Citizens Financial Group, Inc.;

2.     Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.     Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.     The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a.     Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b.     Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c.     Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d.     Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.     The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a.     All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b.     Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.

Date: August 3, 2021                        
/s/ Bruce Van Saun
Bruce Van Saun
Chief Executive Officer


EXHIBIT 31.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
_________________________________________________________________________________________
I, John F. Woods, certify that:

1.    I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Citizens Financial Group, Inc.;

2.     Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.     Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.     The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a.     Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b.    Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c.     Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d.     Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.     The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a.     All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b.     Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.

Date: August 3, 2021                            
/s/ John F. Woods
John F. Woods
Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
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Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the undersigned Chief Executive Officer of Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (the "Company"), does hereby certify that:

1.    The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarter ended June 30, 2021 (the “Form 10-Q”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
    
2.    The information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.


Date: August 3, 2021


/s/ Bruce Van Saun
Bruce Van Saun
Chief Executive Officer


A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff on request.

EXHIBIT 32.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
_________________________________________________________________________________________
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the undersigned Chief Financial Officer of Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (the "Company"), does hereby certify that:

1.    The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarter ended June 30, 2021 (the “Form 10-Q”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
    
2.    The information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.


Date: August 3, 2021



/s/ John F. Woods
John F. Woods
Chief Financial Officer



A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff on request.