| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (PNC) is a diversified financial services companies in the United States, with businesses engaged in retail banking, corporate and institutional banking, asset management and global fund processing services. The Company provides its products and services nationally and others in its primary geographic markets located in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Washington, District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and Delaware. PNC also provides certain global fund processing services internationally. The Company has four businesses engaged in providing banking, asset management and global fund processing products and services: Retail Banking; Corporate & Institutional Banking; BlackRock, and PFPC. In March 2008, PNC sold off J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, to Houchens Industries, Inc. In April 2008, the Company acquired Sterling Financial Corporation. In December 2008, PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. acquired National City Corporation. |