PNC Financial Services (PNC)

Credit Risk Transfer Transaction

PNC’s subsidiary, National City Bank (NCB), sponsored a special purpose entity (SPE) trust and concurrently entered into a credit risk transfer agreement with an independent third-party to mitigate credit losses on a pool of nonconforming mortgage loans originated by its former First Franklin business unit. The SPE was formed with a small contribution from NCB and was structured as a bankruptcy-remote entity so that its creditors have no recourse to NCB. In exchange for a perfected security interest in the cash flows of the nonconforming mortgage loans, the SPE issued to NCB asset-backed securities in the form of senior, mezzanine, and subordinated equity notes. NCB has incurred credit losses equal to the subordinated equity notes and currently holds the right to put certain tranches of the mezzanine notes to the independent third-party at par. NCB holds the senior notes and will be responsible for credit losses in excess of the mezzanine securities.

The SPE was deemed to be a VIE as its equity was not sufficient to finance its activities. NCB was determined to be the primary beneficiary of the SPE as it would absorb the majority of the expected losses of the SPE through its holding of certain of the asset-backed securities. Accordingly, this SPE was consolidated and all of the entity’s assets, liabilities, and equity associated with the note tranches held by NCB are intercompany balances and are eliminated in consolidation. Nonconforming mortgage loans, including foreclosed properties, pledged as collateral to the SPE remain on the balance sheet and totaled $661 million at March 31, 2009.

At March 31, 2009, the carrying value of the mezzanine notes held by NCB was $153 million. During the first quarter of 2009, cumulative credit losses in the mortgage loan pool

Credit Risk Transfer Transaction

National City Bank (“NCB”) sponsored a special purpose entity (“SPE”) trust and concurrently entered into a credit risk transfer agreement with an independent third-party to mitigate credit losses on a pool of nonconforming mortgage loans originated by its former First Franklin business unit. The SPE was formed with a small contribution from NCB and was structured as a bankruptcy-remote entity so that its creditors have no recourse to NCB. In exchange for a perfected security interest in the cash flows of the nonconforming mortgage loans, the SPE issued to NCB asset-backed securities in the form of senior, mezzanine, and subordinated equity notes. NCB has incurred credit losses equal to the subordinated equity notes. NCB currently holds the right to put the mezzanine notes to the independent third-party at par. As of December 31, 2008, the value of the mezzanine notes was $169 million. NCB holds the senior notes and will be responsible for credit losses in excess of this amount.

The SPE was deemed to be a VIE as its equity was not sufficient to finance its activities. NCB was determined to be the primary beneficiary of the SPE as it would absorb the majority of the expected losses of the SPE through its holding of all of the asset-backed securities. Accordingly, this SPE was consolidated and all of the entity’s assets, liabilities, and equity are intercompany balances and are eliminated in consolidation. Nonconforming mortgage loans, including foreclosed properties, pledged as collateral to the SPE remain on the balance sheet and totaled $719 million at December 31, 2008 reflecting the impact of fair value adjustments recorded by PNC in conjunction with the acquisition.