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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000798941-26-000007"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FCNCA"
cik: "0000798941"
company_name: "FIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES INC /DE/"
filed_at: "2026-01-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T10:31:11.919020+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Citizens BancShares CRO Lorie Rupp to retire June 1; Treasurer Tom Eklund to succeed

## Summary
- Lorie Rupp to retire as EVP & Chief Risk Officer effective June 1, 2026, after 13-year tenure.
- Tom Eklund, current Treasurer and 20-year veteran, to succeed as CRO on same date.
- Rupp served as CRO since March 2017, previously Chief Accounting Officer; strengthened risk framework.
- Eklund has experience managing capital, market, liquidity, and compliance risks.
- Orderly transition planned; CEO Frank Holding expressed confidence in both executives.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000798941-26-000007
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FCNCA
- cik: 0000798941
- company_name: FIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES INC /DE/
- filed_at: 2026-01-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798941/000079894126000007/0000798941-26-000007-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798941/000079894126000007/fcnca-20260112.htm

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