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This excerpt taken from the PNC 10-K filed Mar 2, 2009.

NATIONAL CITY PENSION PLAN ASSETS

Assets related to the pension plan investments of the former National City qualified pension plan are held in trust. The trustee is National City Bank. The Trust is exempt from tax pursuant to section 501(a) of the Code. The plan is qualified under section 401(a) of the Code. Plan assets consist primarily of listed domestic and international equity securities and US government, agency, and corporate debt securities and real estate investments. Plan assets do include common stock of PNC as discussed below.


 

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The asset allocation for National City’s defined benefit pension plan as of the measurement date, by asset category is as follows:

 

     Percentage of Plan Assets  
National City Pension Plan    December 31 2008  

Asset Category

      

Equity securities

   42 %

Fixed income securities

   9 %

Cash and cash equivalents

   49 %

Total

   100 %

The investment objective for the National City qualified pension plan is to maximize total return with tolerance for slightly above average risk. Asset allocation strongly favors equities, with a target allocation of approximately 80% equity securities, 15% fixed income securities, and 5% cash. Due to volatility in the market, the target allocation is not always desirable as asset allocations will fluctuate. A core equity position of large cap stocks will be maintained. However, more aggressive or volatile sectors will be meaningfully represented in the asset mix in pursuit of higher returns. Higher volatility investment strategies such as credit risk, structured finance, and international bonds will be appropriate strategies in conjunction with the core position. As of December 31, 2008, the plan had a temporary large cash and cash equivalents balance due to a contribution of $850 million made by National City to the plan on December 30, 2008 which had not yet been fully invested.

Equity securities included $9 million of National City common stock at December 31, 2008, representing 5,048,833 shares at a closing price of $1.81. In conjunction

with PNC’s acquisition of National City, these shares were exchanged into 197,914 shares of PNC common stock.

The following table provides information regarding our estimated future cash flows related to our various plans, including the impact of the National City plans:

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