VAN SAUN BRUCE 4

What Happened Bruce Van Saun, Chairman and CEO of Citizens Financial Group (CFG), received an award of 89,433 shares of common stock on February 11, 2026. The shares were granted at a $0.00 purchase price (code A = award/grant) under the company’s equity plan; the filing shows no cash paid by the insider for these shares. This is a grant of compensation equity rather than an open‑market purchase or sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-02-11; filing date: 2026-02-13 (appears to be filed within the normal Form 4 reporting window).
• Transaction type/code: A (award/grant).
• Shares granted: 89,433; price reported: $0.00 (grant).
• Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the information you provided.
• Footnote: Award granted pursuant to the Amended and Restated Citizens Financial Group, Inc. 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan (per F1).
• No immediate sale or exercise reported in this filing.

Context Equity awards to executives are common forms of compensation and typically vest over time or subject to performance conditions; this filing reports the grant itself and does not indicate when or if shares will be sold. Awards at $0 purchase price reflect a grant, not a market purchase, so they are less informative about the insider’s market sentiment than open‑market purchases.