Cover	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Type	DEF 14A
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Information [Line Items]
Entity Registrant Name	FIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES, INC.
Entity Central Index Key	0000798941

PAY VERSUS PERFORMANCE

As required by Section 953(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and Item 402(v) of the SEC’s Regulation

S-K,

we are providing the following information about the relationship between our NEOs’ compensation and certain measures of our financial performance. Further information about our

pay-for-performance

philosophy and how we align executive compensation with our performance is contained in the discussion under the heading “COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS.”

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Year	Summary Compensation Table Total for PEO (1)		Compensation Actually Paid to PEO (2)		Average Summary Compensation Table Total for Non-PEO Named Executive Officers (3)		Average Compensation Actually Paid to Non-PEO Named Executive Officers (4)		Value of Initial Fixed $100 Investment Based On:				Net Income (7) ( in millions )
Year	Summary Compensation Table Total for PEO (1)		Compensation Actually Paid to PEO (2)						Total Shareholder Return (5)		Peer Group Total Shareholder Return (6)		Net Income (7) ( in millions )
2023	$	9,961,303	$	9,565,064	$	5,201,280	$	5,033,984	$	268	$	97	$	11,466
2022		8,031,975		8,086,666		6,460,948		5,993,031		144		98		1,098
2021		5,629,478		5,623,548		2,868,125		2,889,582		157		124		547
2020		4,436,450		3,904,039		2,397,694		2,110,228		109		90		492

(1)	For each year, reflects the total compensation amount reported for our Chief Executive Officer (our “PEO”), Frank B. Holding, Jr., in the “Total” column of our Summary Compensation Table that appears under the heading “EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION” in our proxy statement for that year.

(2)

For each year, reflects the amount of “Compensation Actually Paid” to our Chief Executive Officer, Frank B. Holding, Jr., as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation

S-K.

“Compensation Actually Paid” is calculated solely for purposes of required disclosures under Item 402(v) and does not reflect the actual amount of compensation earned by or paid to Mr. Holding for each year. In accordance with Item 402(v), the following adjustments were made to Mr. Holding’s total compensation as presented in the Summary Compensation Table for each year to calculate “Compensation Actually Paid.” No equity awards have been granted to Mr. Holding and, as a result, the table below reflects no equity award adjustments.


Year	Reported Summary Compensation Table Total for PEO		Reported Change in Actuarial Present Value of Pension Benefits (a)			Pension Benefit Adjustments (b)		Compensation Actually Paid to PEO
2023	$	9,961,303	$	(429,578	)	$	33,339	$	9,565,064
2022		8,031,975		-0-			54,691		8,086,666
2021		5,629,478		(60,063	)		54,133		5,623,548
2020		4,436,450		(581,100	)		48,690		3,904,039

(a)

Reflects subtraction of the net aggregate change in the actuarial present value of Mr. Holding’s accumulated benefits under all defined benefit and actuarial pension plans as reported for him in the “Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings” column of the Summary Compensation Table for each year. For 2022, the amount of the net change was a negative amount and, in accordance with the SEC’s disclosure rules, is shown as

$-0-.

(b)

Reflects addition of annual “service cost,” which is the actuarially determined present value of Mr. Holding’s benefit under FCB’s defined benefit pension plan attributable to services he rendered during each year. There were no amendments to defined benefit or actuarial plans during 2023, 2022, 2021, or 2020 that resulted in service costs for prior years.

(3)

For each year, reflects the average of the total compensation amounts reported for our other NEOs as a group (excluding Mr. Holding) in the “Total” column of the Summary Compensation Table in our proxy statement for that year. Our other NEOs included for purposes of calculating the average amount for each of 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020 are: Craig L. Nix, Hope H. Bryant, and Peter M. Bristow. In addition, our other NEOs included Ellen R. Alemany for 2022, Lorie K. Rupp for 2023 and 2021, and Jeffery L. Ward for 2020. The average total compensation of our other NEOs for 2022 was higher than in 2023, 2021, and 2020 primarily as a result of the compensation paid to Mrs. Alemany for 2022, following the CIT Merger, under the terms of her employment agreement, and the RSUs deemed to have been granted to her during 2022 upon the conversion into RSUs covering our Class A Common of equity awards previously granted to her by CIT.

(4)

For each year, reflects the average of the amounts of “Compensation Actually Paid” to the other NEOs as a group (excluding Mr. Holding), as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation

S-K.

The names of each of the other NEOs included for purposes of calculating the average amount for each of 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020 are: Craig L. Nix, Hope H. Bryant, and Peter M. Bristow. In addition, our other NEOs included Ellen R. Alemany for 2022, Lorie K. Rupp for 2023 and 2021, and Jeffery L. Ward for 2020. “Compensation Actually Paid” is calculated using the same methodology described in Footnote 2. The average “Compensation Actually Paid” to our other NEOs for 2022 was higher than in 2023, 2021 and 2020, primarily as a result of the compensation paid to Mrs. Alemany for 2022 as described in Footnote 3 above. In accordance with the requirements of Item 402(v), the following adjustments were made to average total compensation of the other NEOs as a group for each year to determine the “Compensation Actually Paid.”


Year	Average Reported Summary Compensation Table Total for Non-PEO NEOs		Average Reported Value of Equity Awards (a)			Average Equity Award Adjustments (b)		Average Reported Change in Actuarial Present Value of Pension Benefits (c)			Average Pension Benefit Adjustments (d)		Average Compensation Actually Paid to Non-PEO NEOs
2023	$	5,201,280	$	-0-		$	-0-	$	(197,578	)	$	30,283	$	5,033,984
2022		6,460,948		(659,436	)		148,923		-0-			42,596		5,993,031
2021		2,868,125		-0-			-0-		( 21,516	)		42,973		2,889,582
2020		2,397,694		-0-			-0-		(323,938	)		36,472		2,110,228

(a)

For 2022, reflects subtraction of the average for our other NEOs as a group (excluding Mr. Holding) of the fair value, computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, of equity awards granted during that year. The RSUs deemed to have been granted to Mrs. Alemany during 2022 upon conversion of an equity award previously granted to her by CIT is the only equity award that is deemed to have been granted to any of our NEOs during 2023, 2022, 2021, or 2020.

(b)

Reflects the addition of a net average amount of equity award adjustments for 2022, which was the only year in which equity awards were outstanding. The amounts added or subtracted in calculating the total average equity award adjustments for 2022 are listed in the following table. As described in footnotes to the table, Mrs. Alemany is the only NEO who held any equity awards during any year shown in the table. Amounts listed are averages for our four NEOs as a group, excluding Mr. Holding, based on equity awards held only by Mrs. Alemany.


Year	Average Fair Value as of Vesting Date of Equity Awards Granted and Vested in 2022 (A)		Average Change in Fair Value as of Vesting Date of Equity Awards Granted in Prior Year (B)			Average Change in Fair Value as of End of the Year in Outstanding Equity Awards Granted in Prior Year (C)			Average Value of Dividends or other Earnings Paid on Stock or Option Awards not Otherwise Reflected in Fair Value or Total Compensation (D)		Total Average Equity Award Adjustments
2022	$	581,662	$	(84,710	)	$	(348,030	)	$	-0-	$	148,923

(A)

Reflects the average for our NEO’s as a group (excluding Mr. Holding) based on the fair value as of its vesting date of one equity award previously granted by CIT to Mrs. Alemany which was modified when it was converted into RSUs covering shares of our Class A Common upon consummation of the CIT Merger. As a result of the modification, that award is deemed to have been granted by us during 2022.

(B)

Reflects subtraction of an average for our NEOs as a group (excluding Mr. Holding) based on the change (which was a decrease) in the fair value between consummation of the CIT Merger on January 3, 2022, and the partial vesting dates during 2022 of three equity awards previously granted by CIT to Mrs. Alemany which were converted into RSUs covering shares of our Class A Common upon consummation of the CIT Merger. The converted CIT equity awards were granted by CIT in prior years, and the RSUs into which they were converted are not considered to have been granted by us during 2022 because the terms of the awards were not modified.

(C)

Reflects subtraction of an average for our NEOs as a group (excluding Mr. Holding) based on the change (which was a decrease) in the fair value between consummation of the CIT Merger on January 3, 2022, and December 31, 2022, of the unvested portion of four equity awards previously granted by CIT to Mrs. Alemany which were converted into RSUs covering shares of our Class A Common upon consummation of the merger. The converted CIT equity awards were granted by CIT in prior years and the RSUs into which they were converted are not considered to have been granted by us during 2022 because the terms of the awards were not modified.

(D)

All dividends accrued on unvested shares covered by Mrs. Alemany’s RSUs during 2022 were included in total compensation in the 2022 Summary Compensation Table. As a result, no separate adjustment for them is made in the determination of average “Compensation Actually Paid” to the other NEOs.

(c)

Reflects subtraction of the average net aggregate change in the actuarial present value of the accumulated benefits of the other NEOs as a group (excluding Mr. Holding) under all defined benefit and actuarial pension plans as reported for them in the “Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings” column of the Summary Compensation Table for each applicable year. For 2022, the average net amount of the change was a negative amount and, in accordance with the SEC’s disclosure rules, is shown as

$-0-.

(d)

Reflects addition of the average annual “service cost,” which is the average of the actuarially determined present values of the benefits of the other NEOs as a group (excluding Mr. Holding) under defined benefit plans attributable to services they rendered during each applicable year. There were no amendments to defined benefit or actuarial plans during 2023, 2022, 2021, of 2020 that resulted in service costs for prior years.

(5)

“Total Shareholder Return” (“Company TSR”) represents our cumulative total stockholder return during each measurement period and is calculated by dividing the sum of (i) the difference between the share price of our Class A Common at the end and the beginning of the measurement period, plus (ii) the cumulative amount of dividends paid on our Class A Common for the measurement period, assuming dividend reinvestment, by the share price of our Class A Common at the beginning of the measurement period. Each amount assumes that $100 was invested in our Class A Common on December 31, 2019, and dividends were reinvested for additional shares.

(6)

“Peer Group Total Shareholder Return” (“Peer Group TSR”) represents the cumulative total stockholder return during each measurement period for the KBW Nasdaq Bank Total Return Index, which is an industry index composed of the largest banking companies, including all regional and money center banks. Each amount assumes that $100 was invested on December 31, 2019, and dividends were reinvested for additional shares.

(7)	Reflects the dollar amount of net income reported in our audited consolidated financial statements for the applicable year.

Peer Group Issuers, Footnote

“Peer Group Total Shareholder Return” (“Peer Group TSR”) represents the cumulative total stockholder return during each measurement period for the KBW Nasdaq Bank Total Return Index, which is an industry index composed of the largest banking companies, including all regional and money center banks. Each amount assumes that $100 was invested on December 31, 2019, and dividends were reinvested for additional shares.

PEO Actually Paid Compensation Amount

$ 9,565,064

8,086,666

5,623,548

3,904,039

Non-PEO NEO Average Total Compensation Amount

$ 5,201,280

6,460,948

2,868,125

2,397,694

Adjustment to Non-PEO NEO Compensation Footnote

(4)

For each year, reflects the average of the amounts of “Compensation Actually Paid” to the other NEOs as a group (excluding Mr. Holding), as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation

S-K.

The names of each of the other NEOs included for purposes of calculating the average amount for each of 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020 are: Craig L. Nix, Hope H. Bryant, and Peter M. Bristow. In addition, our other NEOs included Ellen R. Alemany for 2022, Lorie K. Rupp for 2023 and 2021, and Jeffery L. Ward for 2020. “Compensation Actually Paid” is calculated using the same methodology described in Footnote 2. The average “Compensation Actually Paid” to our other NEOs for 2022 was higher than in 2023, 2021 and 2020, primarily as a result of the compensation paid to Mrs. Alemany for 2022 as described in Footnote 3 above. In accordance with the requirements of Item 402(v), the following adjustments were made to average total compensation of the other NEOs as a group for each year to determine the “Compensation Actually Paid.”


Year	Average Reported Summary Compensation Table Total for Non-PEO NEOs		Average Reported Value of Equity Awards (a)			Average Equity Award Adjustments (b)		Average Reported Change in Actuarial Present Value of Pension Benefits (c)			Average Pension Benefit Adjustments (d)		Average Compensation Actually Paid to Non-PEO NEOs
2023	$	5,201,280	$	-0-		$	-0-	$	(197,578	)	$	30,283	$	5,033,984
2022		6,460,948		(659,436	)		148,923		-0-			42,596		5,993,031
2021		2,868,125		-0-			-0-		( 21,516	)		42,973		2,889,582
2020		2,397,694		-0-			-0-		(323,938	)		36,472		2,110,228

(a)

For 2022, reflects subtraction of the average for our other NEOs as a group (excluding Mr. Holding) of the fair value, computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, of equity awards granted during that year. The RSUs deemed to have been granted to Mrs. Alemany during 2022 upon conversion of an equity award previously granted to her by CIT is the only equity award that is deemed to have been granted to any of our NEOs during 2023, 2022, 2021, or 2020.

(b)

Reflects the addition of a net average amount of equity award adjustments for 2022, which was the only year in which equity awards were outstanding. The amounts added or subtracted in calculating the total average equity award adjustments for 2022 are listed in the following table. As described in footnotes to the table, Mrs. Alemany is the only NEO who held any equity awards during any year shown in the table. Amounts listed are averages for our four NEOs as a group, excluding Mr. Holding, based on equity awards held only by Mrs. Alemany.


Year	Average Fair Value as of Vesting Date of Equity Awards Granted and Vested in 2022 (A)		Average Change in Fair Value as of Vesting Date of Equity Awards Granted in Prior Year (B)			Average Change in Fair Value as of End of the Year in Outstanding Equity Awards Granted in Prior Year (C)			Average Value of Dividends or other Earnings Paid on Stock or Option Awards not Otherwise Reflected in Fair Value or Total Compensation (D)		Total Average Equity Award Adjustments
2022	$	581,662	$	(84,710	)	$	(348,030	)	$	-0-	$	148,923

(A)

Reflects the average for our NEO’s as a group (excluding Mr. Holding) based on the fair value as of its vesting date of one equity award previously granted by CIT to Mrs. Alemany which was modified when it was converted into RSUs covering shares of our Class A Common upon consummation of the CIT Merger. As a result of the modification, that award is deemed to have been granted by us during 2022.

(B)

Reflects subtraction of an average for our NEOs as a group (excluding Mr. Holding) based on the change (which was a decrease) in the fair value between consummation of the CIT Merger on January 3, 2022, and the partial vesting dates during 2022 of three equity awards previously granted by CIT to Mrs. Alemany which were converted into RSUs covering shares of our Class A Common upon consummation of the CIT Merger. The converted CIT equity awards were granted by CIT in prior years, and the RSUs into which they were converted are not considered to have been granted by us during 2022 because the terms of the awards were not modified.

(C)

Reflects subtraction of an average for our NEOs as a group (excluding Mr. Holding) based on the change (which was a decrease) in the fair value between consummation of the CIT Merger on January 3, 2022, and December 31, 2022, of the unvested portion of four equity awards previously granted by CIT to Mrs. Alemany which were converted into RSUs covering shares of our Class A Common upon consummation of the merger. The converted CIT equity awards were granted by CIT in prior years and the RSUs into which they were converted are not considered to have been granted by us during 2022 because the terms of the awards were not modified.

(D)

All dividends accrued on unvested shares covered by Mrs. Alemany’s RSUs during 2022 were included in total compensation in the 2022 Summary Compensation Table. As a result, no separate adjustment for them is made in the determination of average “Compensation Actually Paid” to the other NEOs.

(c)

Reflects subtraction of the average net aggregate change in the actuarial present value of the accumulated benefits of the other NEOs as a group (excluding Mr. Holding) under all defined benefit and actuarial pension plans as reported for them in the “Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings” column of the Summary Compensation Table for each applicable year. For 2022, the average net amount of the change was a negative amount and, in accordance with the SEC’s disclosure rules, is shown as

$-0-.

(d)

Reflects addition of the average annual “service cost,” which is the average of the actuarially determined present values of the benefits of the other NEOs as a group (excluding Mr. Holding) under defined benefit plans attributable to services they rendered during each applicable year. There were no amendments to defined benefit or actuarial plans during 2023, 2022, 2021, of 2020 that resulted in service costs for prior years.

Compensation Actually Paid vs. Net Income

The following graph compares, for each of 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020, the “Compensation Actually Paid” to our Chief Executive Officer, and the average “Compensation Actually Paid” to our other NEOs, for each of those years to our net income as reported in our audited financial statements for each year. While net income is one of the measures included in our “Financial True North” metrics, we do not use it alone as a performance measure in the overall executive compensation program. However, net income is a substantial component of annual increases in tangible book value and, accordingly, it is a factor in our TBV+D Growth Rate. Net income has increased each year during the four years covered by the graph, and it increased significantly for 2023 due, in large part, to the impact of the SVB Acquisition effective on March 27, 2023. As illustrated by the graph, the amount of “Compensation Actually Paid” to Mr. Holding and the average amount of “Compensation Actually Paid” to our other NEOs as a group (excluding Mr. Holding) for each year are generally aligned with increases in our net income over the four years presented in the graph.

COMPENSATION ACTUALLY PAID (CAP) VS. NET INCOME