Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (4)

FORM 4 [ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	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 ^* HOLDING FRANK B	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) POST OFFICE BOX 1377	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 10/1/2014
(Street) SMITHFIELD, NC 27577 (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)
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Class A Common Stock	10/1/2014		J		31884	A	⁽³⁾	667874	D
Class A Common Stock	10/1/2014		J		1200	A	⁽³⁾	1200	I	By Frank B. Holding Revocable Trust
Class A Common Stock	10/1/2014		J		49600	A	⁽³⁾	49600	I	By FBH 2012 GRAT
Class A Common Stock	9/9/2014		G	V	325089	D	$0.00	0 ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	I	By spouse
Class A Common Stock	10/1/2014		J		176956	A	⁽³⁾	176956 ⁽¹⁾	I	By Spouse
Class A Common Stock	9/9/2014		G	V	325089	A	$0.00	325089 ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	I	By Ella Ann Holding Revocable Trust
Class A Common Stock	10/1/2014		J		484	A	⁽³⁾	325573 ⁽¹⁾	I	By Ella Ann Holding Revocable Trust
Class A Common Stock	10/1/2014		J		171596	A	⁽³⁾	528857 ⁽¹⁾	I	By EAH 2012 GRAT
Class A Common Stock								0 ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁵⁾	I	By First Citizens Bancorporation, Inc.
Class A Common Stock								100000 ⁽²⁾	I	By Fidelity BancShares, Inc.
Class A Common Stock	10/1/2014		J		89636	A	⁽³⁾	241963 ⁽²⁾	I	By Southern BancShares(N.C.), Inc. and subsidiary
Class A Common Stock	10/1/2014		J		4316	A	⁽³⁾	12530 ⁽²⁾	I	By Twin States Farming, Inc.
Class A Common Stock	10/1/2014		J		200	A	⁽³⁾	827 ⁽²⁾	I	By E&F Properties, Inc.
Class A Common Stock	10/1/2014		J		1000	A	⁽³⁾	2675 ⁽²⁾	I	By Holding Properties, LLC
Class B Common Stock								321	D
Class B Common Stock								291 ⁽¹⁾	I	By spouse
Class B Common Stock								0 ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁵⁾	I	By First Citizens Bancorporation, Inc.
Class B Common Stock								22619 ⁽²⁾	I	By Southern BancShares (N.C.), Inc.
Class B Common Stock								1355 ⁽²⁾	I	By Twin States Farming, Inc.
Class B Common Stock								200 ⁽²⁾	I	By E&F Properties, Inc.
Class B Common Stock								2156 ⁽²⁾	I	By Holding Properties, Inc.

*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)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)			11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

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)	The reporting person is or was a director, officer and/or shareholder of the companies that own these shares, but he disclaims beneficial ownership of the listed shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, if any, 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.
( 3)	Reflects shares received in exchange for shares of common stock of First Citizens Bancorporation, Inc. ("BanCorp"), at the rate of 4 shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock and $50 in cash for each share of BanCorp stock held by the persons or in the manner indicated in this Report, in connection with the merger of BanCorp into the Issuer. On the day prior to the effective date of the merger, the reported last price of BanCorp's common stock was $922.25 per share, and the reported closing price of the Issuer's Class A common stock was $216.63 per share.
( 4)	On September 9, 2014, reporting person's spouse contributed 325,089 shares of Class A common stock to her Revocable Trust
( 5)	Shares previously held by this entity were aquired by the Issuer and cancelled without consideration in the entity's merger with the Issuer.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
HOLDING FRANK B POST OFFICE BOX 1377 SMITHFIELD, NC 27577		X

Signatures
Frank B. Holding, By: William R. Lathan, Jr., Attorney-in-Fact		10/3/2014
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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