0001181431-12-066304.txt : 20121220 0001181431-12-066304.hdr.sgml : 20121220 20121220171631 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-12-066304 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20121220 FILED AS OF DATE: 20121220 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20121220 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMES CARMEN HOLDING CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001188003 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-16715 FILM NUMBER: 121278034 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1162 FILBERT STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94109-1712 ISSUER: 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 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 4 1 rrd363769.xml DECEMBER 20, 2012 FORM 4 X0306 4 2012-12-20 1 0000798941 FIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES INC /DE/ FCNCA 0001188003 AMES CARMEN HOLDING 2220 WHITE OAK ROAD RALEIGH NC 27608 0 0 1 0 Class A Common Stock 2012-12-20 4 S 0 25129 140.00 D 0 D Class A Common Stock 2012-12-20 4 S 0 294040 140.00 D 0 I By: Irrevocable Trust 1990 dtd January 17, 2011 Class A Common Stock 2012-12-20 4 S 0 110400 140.00 D 0 I By: Irrevocable Trust 1979 dtd January 17, 2011 Class A Common Stock 2012-12-20 4 S 0 12400 140.00 D 0 I By: Irrevocable Trust 1976 dtd January 17, 2011 Class A Common Stock 2012-12-20 4 S 0 518232 140.00 D 0 I By: Lewis R. Holding Revocable Trust Class A Common Stock 284 I By Trust for Carolyn R. Ames Class A Common Stock 173 I By Trust for Seppard K Ames IV Class B Common Stock 2012-12-20 4 D 0 726 155.00 D 0 D Class B Common Stock 2012-12-20 4 D 0 498482 155.00 D 0 I By: Irrevocable Trust 1990 dtd January 17, 2011 Class B Common Stock 2012-12-20 4 D 0 58917 155.00 D 0 I By: Irrevocable Trust 1979 dtd January 17, 2011 Class B Common Stock 2012-12-20 4 D 0 3520 155.00 D 0 I By: Irrevocable Trust 1976 dtd January 17, 2011 Class B Common Stock 2012-12-20 4 D 0 420 155.00 D 0 I By: Irrevocable Trust (LRH Dynasty) dtd January 17, 2011 Class B Common Stock 2012-12-20 4 D 0 420 155.00 D 0 I By: Irrevocable Trust (CSH Dynasty) dtd January 17, 2011 Class B Common Stock 2012-12-20 4 D 0 31469 155.00 D 0 I By Lewis R. Holding Revocable Trust Class B Common Stock 217 I By trust for Sheppard K. Ames IV Class B Common Stock 106 I By Trust for Carolyn R. Ames The reporting person is a beneficiary of the trust without investment power and disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities. 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. Carmen Holding Ames, By: William R. Lathan, Jr., Attorney-in-Fact 2012-12-20 EX-24. 2 rrd326525_369099.htm LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR CARMEN HOLDING AMES rrd326525_369099.html 
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY


	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of William R. Lathan, Jr., E. Knox Proctor V, Matthew A. Cordell, Kathy A. Klotzberger, Barry P. Harris IV and Kenneth A. Black, or either of them or any substitute appointed by either of them, jointly and severally, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney in fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned any and all Forms 3, 4 and 5, and any amendments thereto, pertaining to the undersigned's beneficial ownership of shares of equity securities of First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (the "Corporation"), or any changes in such beneficial ownership, in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules thereunder, as it or they may be amended from time to time;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 and 5, or any amendments thereto, and timely file the same with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority, it being understood that the documents executed by either such attorney in fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney in fact may approve in such attorney in fact's discretion; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of either such attorney in fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required to be done by, the undersigned.

       The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney in fact, acting individually or jointly with each other, full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever required, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that such attorney in fact, or such attorney in fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys in fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Corporation assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Corporation, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys in fact.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 23rd day of July 2012.



				By:	Carmen Holding Ames (SEAL)