03/20/2015
                
        Citizens Financial Group to Announce First Quarter 2015 Results and Host Conference Call on April 22, 2015
        
                  PROVIDENCE, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
      Citizens Financial Group (NYSE: CFG) announced today its plans to
      release first quarter 2015 results on Wednesday, April 22 at 7:00 am
      EDT. The news release will be available at http://www.citizensbank.com/investor-relations.
    
      CFG management will host a live conference call that morning with
      details as follows:
    
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          9:00 am EDT
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            Individuals may call in by dialing (800) 230-1074, conference ID
            352439
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            The live webcast will be available at http://www.citizensbank.com/investor-relations,
            under Events
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            A replay of the conference call will be available beginning at
            10:30 am EDT on April 22 through May 22. Please dial (800)
            475-6701 and enter access code 352439. The webcast replay will be
            available at http://www.citizensbank.com/investor-relations.
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About Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
      Citizens Financial Group, Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest and largest
      financial institutions, with $132.9 billion in assets as of December 31,
      2014. Headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, Citizens offers 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, Citizens 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 select 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 through its
      subsidiaries Citizens Bank, N.A., and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania.
      Additional information about Citizens and its full line of products and
      services can be found at www.citizensbank.com.
    
      CFG-IR
    

      Citizens Financial Group
Media:
Jim Hughes, 781-751-5404
or
Investors:
Ellen
      A. Taylor, 203-897-4240
    
Source: Citizens Financial Group