08/19/2016
                
        Citizens Financial Group to Announce Third Quarter Results on October 21, 2016
        
              PROVIDENCE, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
      Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CFG) announced today its plans to
      release third quarter results on Friday, October 21, 2016 by 7:00 am ET.
      The news release and supplemental materials will be available at http://investor.citizensbank.com.
    
      CFG management will host a live conference call that morning with
      details as follows:
    
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          8:30 am ET
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            Individuals may call in by dialing (800) 230-1059, conference ID
            398961
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            The live webcast will be available at http://investor.citizensbank.com
            under Events & Presentations
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            A replay of the conference call will be available beginning at
            10:30 am ET on October 21 through November 21, 2016. Please dial
            (800) 475-6701 and enter access code 398961. The webcast replay
            will be available at http://investor.citizensbank.com
            under Events & Presentations
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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 $145.2 billion in assets as of June 30,
      2016. 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 branches in 11 states in the New
      England, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions.
    
      Citizens also provides wealth management, 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
    

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      Citizens Financial Group, Inc
Media:
Frank Quaratiello,
      617-725-5851
or
Investors:
Ellen A. Taylor, 203-900-6854
    
Source: Citizens Financial Group, Inc.