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This excerpt taken from the PNC 10-Q filed Nov 8, 2007.

PENDING ACQUISITIONS

ALBRIDGE SOLUTIONS INC.

On November 1, 2007, we announced that we had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Lawrenceville, New Jersey-based Albridge Solutions Inc. (“Albridge”), a provider of portfolio accounting and enterprise wealth management services. Albridge provides financial advisors with consolidated client account information from hundreds of data sources, and its enterprise approach to providing a unified client view and performance reporting helps advisors build their client and asset base. Albridge

will extend PFPC’s capabilities into the delivery of knowledge-based information services through its relationships with 150 financial institutions and more than 100,000 financial advisors with assets under management that exceed $1 trillion. The financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed.

The transaction is expected to close before the end of the first quarter of 2008 and is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals.

STERLING FINANCIAL CORPORATION

On July 19, 2007, we entered into a definitive agreement with Sterling Financial Corporation (“Sterling”) for PNC to acquire Sterling for approximately 4.5 million shares of PNC common stock and $224 million in cash. Based upon PNC’s closing common stock price on July 17, 2007, the consideration represents $565 million in stock and cash or approximately $19.00 per Sterling share.

Sterling, based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania with approximately $3.3 billion in assets and $2.6 billion in deposits, provides banking and other financial services, including leasing, trust, investment and brokerage, to individuals and businesses through 67 branches in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2008 and is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals and the approval of Sterling’s shareholders.

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