CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION
12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE
REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS
13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
Commission File Number
333-197512
FIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
One
First Citizens Place
Dyersburg,
Tennessee 38024
(731)
285-4410
(Address, including zip code,
and telephone number,
including area code, of registrants principal executive offices)
Common Stock, no par value; Class A Common Stock, no par
value
(Title of each class of securities covered by this
Form)
None
(Titles of all other
classes of securities for which a duty to file reports
under section 13(a) or 15(d)
remains)
**
EXPLANATORY NOTE: The registrant is a bank holding company and the classes of
securities as to which this certification applies are each held of record by
fewer than 1,200 persons. The registrant is relying on Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act), as amended by Section 601
of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, and Rule 15d-6 to suspend its
reporting obligations under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, subject only to
the registrants obligation to file a Form 10-K for its 2014 fiscal year.
Please place an X in the box(es) to designate
the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend
the duty to file reports:
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Rule
12g-4(a)(1)
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o |
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Rule
12g-4(a)(2)
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o |
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Rule
12h-3(b)(1)(i)
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o |
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Rule
12h-3(b)(1)(ii)
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o |
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Rule 15d-6
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x |
Approximate number of
holders of record
as of the certification or
notice date: Common Stock: 780 holders; Class A Common
Stock: 786 holders
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
First Citizens Bancshares, Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.