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This excerpt taken from the PNC 8-K filed Sep 12, 2008.

[Alternative 1: For SERP participants who were age 50 or over with at least five years of credited service as of January 1, 1999]

(A) Additional Earnings Credits under the Pension Plan and the Excess Plan. The Company shall pay to the Executive within 30 days of the Date of Termination a lump sum amount in cash equal to the earnings credits (including any transitional earnings credits, to the extent applicable) under The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension Plan or any successor plan (the “Pension Plan”) and the PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. ERISA Excess Pension Plan or any successor plan (the “Excess Plan”) in which the Executive participates as of the Date of Termination (or, if more favorable to the Executive, the Pension Plan and the Excess Plan in which the Executive participated as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date) that the Executive would receive if the

 

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Executive’s employment continued during the Benefits Period and assuming for this purpose that (1) the Executive’s benefits under such plans are fully vested; (2) the Executive’s compensation during each year of the Benefits Period is equal to the Annual Base Salary and Highest Annual Bonus, and such amounts are paid in equal installments ratably over each year of the Benefits Period; (3) the Executive received (x) an Annual Bonus with respect to the year in which the Date of Termination occurs equal to the amount payable pursuant to Section 5(a)(i)(A)(5) and (y) an Annual Bonus with respect to the fiscal year of the Company preceding the Date of Termination equal to the amount payable pursuant to Section 5(a)(i)(A)(3), in each case, only to the extent that an accrual in respect of the compensation described in this clause (3) has not already been credited to the Executive under the Pension Plan and the Excess Plan; and (4) the earnings credits are at the level of earnings credits as in effect under the Pension Plan and the Excess Plan as of the Date of Termination (or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect under the Pension Plan and the Excess Plan immediately prior to the Effective Date).

(B) Additional SERP Accruals. In addition to the benefits provided under Section 5(a)(ii)(A), the Executive’s retirement benefit under The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan or any successor plan (the “SERP,” and together with the Excess Plan, the “Nonqualified Company Pension Plans,” and the Nonqualified Company Pension Plans together with the Pension Plan, the “Company Pension Plans”) shall be calculated assuming for this purpose that (1) the Executive’s employment continued during the Benefits Period and that during such period, (x) the Executive received service credit under the SERP for any purpose for which, and to the extent, the Executive was receiving service credit as of the Date of Termination (or, if more favorable to the Executive, as of the Effective Date), and (y) the Executive’s age increased by the number of years (including partial years) that the Executive is deemed to be so employed; (2) the Executive’s compensation during each year of the Benefits Period is equal to the Annual Base Salary and Highest Annual Bonus, and such amounts are paid in equal installments ratably over each year of the Benefits Period; and (3) the Executive received (x) an Annual Bonus with respect to the year in which the Date of Termination occurs equal to the amount payable pursuant to Section 5(a)(i)(A)(5) and (y) an Annual Bonus with respect to the fiscal year of the Company preceding the Date of Termination equal to the amount payable pursuant to Section 5(a)(i)(A)(3), in each case, only to the extent that an accrual in respect of the compensation described in this clause (3) has not already been credited to the Executive under the SERP; provided, however, notwithstanding clause (1), in no event shall the Executive be entitled to age or service credit, as a result of the application of this Section 5(a)(ii)(B), beyond the maximum age or maximum number of years of service credit, as applicable, permitted under the SERP.

(C) No Adverse Effect. The determinations and calculations made pursuant to Sections 5(a)(ii)(A) and 5(a)(ii)(B) shall be made without giving effect to any amendments made to the Company Pension Plans during the Employment Period that adversely affect in any manner the amount of pension benefits payable to the Executive under the Company Pension Plans.

 

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