Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (4)

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Bristow Claire H	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol FIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES INC /DE/ [ FCNCA ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director                    __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below)    _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) 4300 SIX FORKS ROAD	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 2/9/2021
(Street) RALEIGH, NC 27609 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A Common								30000	D
Class A Common	2/10/2021		G	V	4200	A	$0.00	261875	I	Claire Holding Bristow 2nd Amended and Restated Trust
Class A Common								100000	I	Claire H. Bristow 2020 GRAT
Class A Common								12152	I	As Co-Trustee for Peter McDonald Bristow 2019 Irrevocable Family Trust
Class A Common								10858	I	As beneficiary of Trust
Class A Common								14500	I	By spouse as Trustee for Claire Holding Bristow 2018 Irrevocable Family Trust
Class A Common	2/9/2021		G	V	72	D	$0.00	8915 (1)	I	By spouse as trustee for Peter M. Bristow 2nd Amended and Restated Trust Agreement
Class A Common	2/9/2021		G	V	24	A	$0.00	15108 (1)	I	By daughter Ella Bristow
Class A Common								6106 (1)	I	PMB Investments, LLC
Class A Common								2154 (1)	I	CRB Investments, LLC
Class A Common								2045 (1)	I	EHB Investments, LLC
Class A Common								19041 (1)	I	By spouse as trustee for PMB Trust 2011
Class A Common								19041 (1)	I	By spouse as trustee for CRB Trust 2011
Class A Common								19041 (1)	I	By spouse as trustee for EHB Trust 2011
Class B Common	2/9/2021		G	V	81	D	$0.00	33869	I	Claire Holding Bristow 2nd Amended and Restated Trust
Class B Common								50000	I	Claire H. Bristow 2020 GRAT
Class B Common								1250	I	As beneficiary of Trust
Class B Common								538 (1)	I	By spouse as trustee for Peter M. Bristow 2nd Amended and Restate Trust Agreement
Class B Common								8350 (1)	I	PMB Investments, LLC
Class B Common								8850 (1)	I	CRB Investments, LLC
Class B Common								8710 (1)	I	EHB Investments, LLC
Class B Common	2/9/2021		G	V	27	A	$0.00	2190 (1)	I	By daughter Ella Bristow
Depositary Shares (2)								41285	I	Claire Holding Bristow 2nd Amended and Restated Trust

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or for any other purpose.
(2)	Each Depositary Share represents a 1/40th interest in a share of the Issuer's 5.375% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Bristow Claire H 4300 SIX FORKS ROAD RALEIGH, NC 27609		X

Signatures
Claire H. Bristow, By: William R. Lathan, Jr., Attorney-in-fact		3/10/2021
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date