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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-14-286154
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140729
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140730
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140730

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES INC /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000798941
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				561528994
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-16715
		FILM NUMBER:		141001854

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4300 SIX FORKS ROAD
		CITY:			RALEIGH
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			27609
		BUSINESS PHONE:		919 716 7000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4300 SIX FORKS ROAD
		CITY:			RALEIGH
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			27609
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM 8-K
</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): July&nbsp;29, 2014 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>First Citizens BancShares, Inc. </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>001-16715</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>56-1528994</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Raleigh, North Carolina</B></P></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;1.01</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On July&nbsp;29, 2014, First Citizens
BancShares, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) and First Citizens Bancorporation, Inc., a South Carolina corporation (&#147;South&#148;), entered into a First Amendment (the &#147;Amendment&#148;) to the Agreement and Plan of
Merger, dated as of June&nbsp;10, 2014, by and between the Company and South (the &#147;Merger Agreement&#148;), pursuant to which South will merge with and into the Company, whereupon the separate corporate existence of South will cease and the
Company will survive (the &#147;Merger&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following provisions of the Merger Agreement have been amended pursuant to the
Amendment: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;1.11 of the Merger Agreement has been amended to allow for the merger of First Citizens Bank and Trust Company, Inc., a South Carolina state-chartered bank and a wholly-owned subsidiary of South
(&#147;South Bank&#148;), with and into First-Citizens Bank&nbsp;&amp; Trust Company, a North Carolina state-chartered bank and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, to occur immediately following the Merger or at such other time as determined by
the Company. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;6.15 of the Merger Agreement has been amended to clarify that all outstanding shares of South preferred stock be redeemed prior to the record date for the South shareholder meeting to approve the Merger.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Sections 7.2(e) and 7.3(e) of the Merger Agreement have been amended to change the date when tax opinions from legal counsel are to be delivered as a condition to closing the Merger. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;7.2(f) of the Merger Agreement has been amended to add, as a condition to closing the Merger, that the Company receive resignations from such directors and executive officers of South and South Bank as it
may request. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing description of the Amendment is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to
the full text of the Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Forward Looking Statements </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Current Report on Form 8-K may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. These statements include, but are not limited to, descriptions of the Company&#146;s and South&#146;s financial condition, results of operations, asset and credit quality trends and profitability and statements about the expected timing,
completion, financial benefits and other effects of the proposed Merger. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of the words &#147;anticipate,&#148; &#147;believe,&#148; &#147;expect,&#148; &#147;intend,&#148; &#147;could&#148; and
&#147;should,&#148; and other words of similar meaning. These forward-looking statements express management&#146;s current expectations or forecasts of future events and, by their nature, are subject to risks and uncertainties and there are a number
of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such statements. </P>

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Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking statements include the ability to obtain regulatory approvals and meet other closing
conditions in the merger, including shareholder approval of each party, on the expected terms and schedule, delay in closing the merger, difficulties and delays in integrating the businesses of the companies or fully realizing cost savings and other
benefits of the merger, changes in interest rates and capital markets and other factors detailed in the Company&#146;s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;). These forward-looking statements are made only as
of the date of this Report, and neither the Company nor South undertakes an obligation to release revisions to these forward looking statements to reflect events or conditions after the date of this Report. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Additional Information and Where to Find It </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Current Report on Form 8-K may be deemed solicitation material in respect of the proposed Merger. In connection with the proposed merger,
on July&nbsp;17, 2014, the Company filed with the SEC a Form S-4 Registration Statement, containing a Joint Proxy Statement for the Company and South, a prospectus relating to the Company&#146;s Common Stock and other documents relevant to the
proposed transaction. The Registration Statement has not yet become effective. After the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC, a definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus will be mailed to shareholders of the Company and South.
SHAREHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND THE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC, AS WELL AS ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THOSE DOCUMENTS, AS THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT
INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Free copies of the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, as well as other filings containing
information about the Company, may be obtained at the SEC&#146;s Internet site (www.sec.gov). These documents are also available, free of charge, from both the Company and South: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">First Citizens BancShares &#150; Visit the website at <U>https://www.firstcitizens.com/meet-first-citizens/corporate-information/</U> and click on the words &#147;Corporate Filings&#148; or direct a request to Proxy
Request, Post Office Box 27131, Raleigh, N.C. 27611-7131 or call 919.716.7711. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">First Citizens Bancorporation &#150; Visit the website at <U>https://www.firstcitizensonline.com/about/financial/index.html</U>, or direct a request to Proxy Request/Corporate Secretary, 1230 Main St., Columbia, S.C.
29201 or call 803.931.1320. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company and South and certain of their directors and executive officers may be deemed to be
participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the proposed merger. Information about the executive officers and directors of the Company is set forth in the proxy statement for the 2014 annual meeting of stockholders, as filed with
the SEC on Schedule 14A on March&nbsp;17, 2014. Information about the executive officers and directors of South is set forth in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus that is part of the Registration Statement referred to above. These documents can be
obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above. </P>

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Company&#146;s website or incorporated into this or any of the Company&#146;s other filings with the SEC. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Financial Statements and Exhibits </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following exhibit is filed as part of this report: </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Glenn D. McCoy</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Glenn D. McCoy</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Financial
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 2.1 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of July&nbsp;29, 2014 (this &#147;<I>First Amendment</I>&#148;), by and between
First Citizens Bancorporation, Inc., a South Carolina corporation (&#147;<I>South</I>&#148;), and First Citizens BancShares, Inc., a Delaware corporation (&#147;<I>North</I>&#148;). North and South are collectively referred to herein as the
&#147;<I>Parties</I>.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WITNESSETH: </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, the Parties entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of June&nbsp;10, 2014 (the &#147;<I>Merger Agreement</I>&#148;).
Any capitalized term used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Merger Agreement; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, the
Parties now desire to amend the Merger Agreement in accordance with Section&nbsp;8.3 of the Merger Agreement and in accordance with the terms of this First Amendment. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, covenants and agreements set forth herein and of other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and legal sufficiency of which they hereby acknowledge, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties hereby agree as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1. <U>Amendment to Merger Agreement</U>. The Merger Agreement shall be, and it hereby is, amended as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Section&nbsp;1.11 is hereby amended to delete the first sentence thereof in its entirety and replace it with the following: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;On the Closing Date and immediately following the Merger or at such other time after the Closing Date as determined by North, First
Citizens Bank and Trust Company, Inc., a South Carolina state-chartered bank and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of South (&#147;<I>South Bank</I>&#148;), will merge (the &#147;<I>Bank Merger</I>&#148;) with and into First-Citizens Bank&nbsp;&amp; Trust
Company, a North Carolina state-chartered bank and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of North (&#147;<I>North Bank</I>&#148;).&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)
Section&nbsp;6.15 is hereby amended to delete the first sentence thereof in its entirety and replace it with the following: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Prior to
the record date of the South Meeting, South shall take all necessary action to effect the redemption of all of the outstanding shares of South Series A preferred stock, South Series B preferred </P>

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stock, South Series C preferred stock, South Series E preferred stock, South Series F preferred stock and South Series G preferred stock (collectively, the &#147;<I>South Preferred
Stock</I>&#148;) for an amount in cash equal to $50.00, $50.00, $100.00, $200.00, $50.00 and $50.00 per share, respectively, plus any dividends accrued but unpaid thereon.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Section&nbsp;7.2(e) is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Federal Tax Opinion. </I>North shall have received the (i)&nbsp;opinion of Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell&nbsp;&amp;
Jernigan, L.L.P., dated as of a date prior to the date the S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act, to the effect that, on the basis of facts, representations and assumptions set forth or referred to in such opinion, the Merger shall
qualify as a &#147;reorganization&#148; within the meaning of Section&nbsp;368(a) of the Code, and (ii)&nbsp;opinion of Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell&nbsp;&amp; Jernigan, L.L.P., dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that, on the
basis of facts, representations and assumptions set forth or referred to in such opinion, the Merger shall qualify as a &#147;reorganization&#148; within the meaning of Section&nbsp;368(a) of the Code.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) A new Section&nbsp;7.2(f) is hereby added to the Merger Agreement to read in its entirety as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Resignations of Certain Directors and Executive Officers</I>. North shall have received resignations from such directors and executive
officers of South and South Bank as requested by North.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) Section&nbsp;7.3(e) is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with
the following: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Federal Tax Opinion. </I>South shall have received the (i)&nbsp;opinion of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., dated as
of a date prior to the date the S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act, to the effect that, on the basis of facts, representations and assumptions set forth or referred to in such opinion, the Merger shall qualify as a
&#147;reorganization&#148; within the meaning of Section&nbsp;368(a) of the Code, and the (ii)&nbsp;opinion of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that, on the basis of facts, representations and assumptions
set forth or referred to in such opinion, the Merger shall qualify as a &#147;reorganization&#148; within the meaning of Section&nbsp;368(a) of the Code.&#148; </P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) From and after the effective date hereof, each reference in the Merger Agreement to &#147;this Agreement&#148;, &#147;hereunder&#148;,
&#147;hereof&#148; or words of like import referring to the Merger Agreement, and each reference in any agreement to be delivered in connection with the Closing under the Merger Agreement to the &#147;Merger Agreement&#148;, &#147;Agreement&#148;,
&#147;thereunder&#148;, &#147;thereof&#148; or words of like import referring to the Merger Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Merger Agreement as amended hereby. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Except as specifically amended above, the Merger Agreement shall continue to be in full force and effect and is hereby in all respects
ratified and confirmed. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3. <U>Counterparts</U>. This First Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4. <U>Governing Law</U>. The execution,
interpretation and performance of this First Amendment shall be governed in the manner described in Section&nbsp;9.9(a) of the Merger Agreement. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Jim B. Apple</P></TD></TR>
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