PNC » Topics » C OMMERCIAL P APER F UNDING F ACILITY

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

COMMERCIAL PAPER FUNDING FACILITY

The Federal Reserve established the CPFF to provide a liquidity backstop to US issuers of commercial paper and thereby improve liquidity in short-term funding markets and thus increase the availability of credit for businesses and households. Effective October 28, 2008, Market Street Funding LLC (“Market Street”) was approved to participate in the Federal Reserve’s CPFF. The CPFF commitment to purchase up to $5.4 billion of three-month Market Street commercial paper expires on October 30, 2009. As of December 31, 2008, Market Street’s participation in this


 

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program totaled $445 million. These trades matured at the end of January 2009 and were replaced with commercial paper sold to investors.

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It is also possible that the US Congress and federal banking agencies, as part of their efforts to provide economic stimulus and financial market stability, to enhance the liquidity and solvency of financial institutions and markets, and to enhance the regulation of financial institutions and markets, will announce additional legislation, regulations or programs. These additional actions may take the form of changes in or additions to the statutes or regulations related to existing programs, including those described above. It is not possible at this time to predict the ultimate impact of these actions on PNC’s business plans and strategies.

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