Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (Citizens) today announced the closing of
the initial public offering of 161,000,000 shares, or 28.8%, of its
common stock, which includes the full exercise of the underwriters’
option to purchase an additional 21,000,000 shares. Citizens’ common
stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on September 24,
2014, under the ticker symbol “CFG.”
The offering was made through joint global coordinators Morgan Stanley
and Goldman, Sachs & Co. and joint book-running manager J.P. Morgan.
Additionally, Barclays, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Securities, RBS and
Wells Fargo Securities also acted as joint book-running managers.
The prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from: Morgan
Stanley & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street,
Second Floor, New York, New York 10014; Goldman, Sachs & Co., Attention:
Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, via
telephone: 1-866-471-2526 or via email: prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com;
and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 1155
Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, via telephone: 866-803-9204.
A registration statement relating to these securities was filed with and
has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these
securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such state or
jurisdiction.
About Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
Citizens Financial Group Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest and largest
financial institutions, with $130.3 billion in assets as of June 30,
2014. Headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, the company offers a
broad range of retail and commercial banking products and services to
individuals, small businesses, middle-market companies, large
corporations and institutions. Consumer Banking helps its retail
customers “bank better” with mobile and online banking, a 24/7 customer
contact center and the convenience of approximately 3,200 ATMs and
approximately 1,200 Citizens Bank and Charter One branches in 11 states
in the New England, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions. Citizens also
provides mortgage lending, auto lending, student lending and commercial
banking services in selective markets nationwide. In Commercial Banking,
Citizens offers 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 hedging, leasing and asset finance, specialty finance and trade
finance. Citizens operates via subsidiaries Citizens Bank, N.A., and
Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania.
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