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This excerpt taken from the PNC DEF 14A filed Mar 19, 2009.

ARTICLE I. PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE PLAN

 

1.1 Purpose. The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan is intended to encourage employee participation in the ownership and economic progress of the Corporation. The Plan as set forth herein is effective for Option Periods beginning on or after January 1, 2009, and it supersedes and replaces in its entirety the prior Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Prior Plan”), as originally established effective as of June 1, 2003 and as amended and restated from time to time thereafter, with respect to any such Option Period. The Plan as in effect prior to this amendment and restatement shall govern any Option Period beginning prior to January 1, 2009.

 

1.2 Definitions. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms have the meaning set forth below:

 

Board of Directors or Board means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

 

Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Common Stock means shares of the common stock, par value $5.00 per share, of the Corporation.

 

Compensation means the regular remuneration paid to an Employee by the Corporation or Designated Subsidiary which: (i) in the case of an Employee who receives commission income, means commissions; and (ii) in the case of any other Employee, means any base salary or wage amount paid to an Employee by the Corporation or a Designated Subsidiary that would be included in the Employee’s U.S. taxable income but for the fact that such amount was contributed by the Employee to a tax-qualified plan pursuant to an elective deferral under Section 401(k) of the Code, was contributed by the Employee under a flexible benefit arrangement described in Section 125 of the Code, or was deferred by the Employee’s election pursuant to the terms of the Corporation’s SISP or any successor plan to the SISP.

 

Continuous Service means the period of time, uninterrupted by a termination of employment, that an Employee has been employed by the Corporation and/or a Designated Subsidiary immediately preceding an Offering Date. Such period of time will include any approved leave of absence.

 

Corporate Retirement Plans means the department of the Corporation responsible for the day-to-day administration of and recordkeeping for the Plan.

 

Corporation means The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

 

Designated Subsidiary means any Subsidiary that has been designated by the Plan Committee to participate in the Plan.

 

Employee means any individual classified by the Corporation or a Designated Subsidiary as an employee.

 

Exercise Date means June 30 and December 31 of each Plan Year.

 

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Fair Market Value as it relates to a share of Common Stock as of any given date means the closing trading price on the New York Stock Exchange (or such successor reporting system as the Corporation may select) for a share of Common Stock on such date (as reported by The Wall Street Journal), or, if no Common Stock trades have been reported for that day, the average of such closing prices for the next preceding day and the next following day for which there were reported trades.

 

ISP means the Corporation’s Incentive Savings Plan.

 

Offering Date means July 1 and January 1 of each Plan Year.

 

Option Period or Period means the period beginning on an Offering Date and ending on the next succeeding Exercise Date.

 

Option Price means the purchase price of a share of Common Stock hereunder as provided in Section 3.1.

 

Participant means any Employee who (i) is eligible to participate in the Plan under Section 2.1 hereof and (ii) elects to participate.

 

Plan means the Corporation’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan, which is the Plan set forth in this document, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms of Section 6.3.

 

Plan Account or Account means the account established and maintained under the Plan in the name of the Participant.

 

Plan Committee means a committee of officers of the Corporation and/or Designated Subsidiaries appointed by the Board of Directors or the Personnel and Compensation Committee of the Board, which committee of officers will administer the Plan as provided in Section 1.3.

 

Plan Year means the twelve (12) consecutive month period beginning on January 1 and ending on the following December 31.

 

Retire,” “Retires,” or “Retirement” means termination of Participant’s employment with the Corporation or a Designated Subsidiary at any time and for any reason (other than termination by reason of the Participant’s death or by the Corporation or a Designated Subsidiary for cause and, if the Plan Committee so determines prior to such divestiture, other than by reason of termination in connection with a divestiture of assets or a divestiture of one or more subsidiaries of the Corporation) on or after the date on which Participant attains age fifty-five (55) and completes five (5) years of service, where a year of service is determined in the same manner as the determination of a year of vesting service calculated under the provisions of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension Plan.

 

RSP means the PNC Global Investment Servicing Retirement Savings Plan.

 

SISP means the Corporation’s Supplemental Incentive Savings Plan.

 

Subsidiary means any company in which the Corporation owns, directly or indirectly, shares possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock.

 

1.3 Administration of Plan; Delegation. Subject to oversight by the Board of Directors or the Board’s Personnel and Compensation Committee, the Plan Committee will have the authority to

 

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administer the Plan and to make and adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan or the Code. The Plan Committee or the Plan Manager, if any, will adopt the form of all notices required hereunder. Its interpretations and decisions in respect to the Plan will, subject as aforesaid, be final and conclusive. The Plan Committee will have the authority to appoint an Employee as Plan Manager and to delegate to the Plan Manager such authority with respect to the administration of the Plan as the Plan Committee, in its sole discretion, deems advisable from time to time.

 

The Board or the Personnel and Compensation Committee of the Board may, in its sole discretion, delegate authority hereunder, including but not limited to delegating authority to amend, administer, interpret, construe or vary the Plan, to the extent permitted by applicable law or administrative or regulatory rule.

 

1.4 Effective Date of Plan. The effective date of the Plan is January 1, 2009.

 

1.5 Extension or Termination of Plan. The Plan will continue in effect through and including December 31, 2013, unless terminated prior thereto pursuant to Section 4.3 or by the Board of Directors or the Personnel and Compensation Committee of the Board, each of which will have the right to extend the term of or terminate the Plan at any time. Upon any such termination, the balance, if any, in each Participant’s Account will be refunded to the Participant, or otherwise disposed of in accordance with policies and procedures prescribed by the Plan Committee in cases where such a refund may not be possible.

 

This excerpt taken from the PNC 10-K filed Feb 29, 2008.

PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE PLAN

 

1.1 Purpose

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan is intended to encourage employee participation in the ownership and economic progress of the Corporation.

 

1.2 Definitions

Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms have the meaning set forth below:

Board of Directors or Board means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended.

Common Stock means shares of the common stock, par value $5.00 per share, of the Corporation.

Corporate Retirement Plans means the department of the Corporation responsible for the day-to-day administration of and recordkeeping for the Plan.

Corporation means The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

Compensation means the regular remuneration paid to an Employee by the Corporation or Designated Subsidiary which, in the case of an Employee who receives commission income, means commissions, guarantees, branch profits and incentive pay (excluding any bonus) and, in the case of any other Employee, means base salary or wages. As used in this definition, “base salary and wages” includes any base salary or wage amount paid to an Employee by the Corporation or a Designated Subsidiary that would be included in the Employee’s U.S. taxable income but for the fact that such amount was contributed by the Employee to a tax-qualified plan pursuant to an elective deferral under Section 401(k) of the Code, was contributed by the Employee under a flexible benefit arrangement described in Section 125 of the Code, or was deferred by the Employee’s election pursuant to the terms of the Corporation’s Supplemental Incentive Savings Plan (“SISP”) or any successor plan to the SISP.

Continuous Service means the period of time, uninterrupted by a termination of employment, that an Employee has been employed by the Corporation and/or a Designated Subsidiary immediately preceding an Offering Date. Such period of time will include any approved leave of absence.


Designated Subsidiary means any Subsidiary that has been designated by the Plan Committee to participate in the Plan.

Employee means any individual classified by the Corporation or a Designated Subsidiary as an employee.

Exercise Date means June 30 and December 31 of each Plan Year; provided, however, that for the Option Period that begins on June 1, 2003, Exercise Date means December 31, 2003.

Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock means the last price of the Common Stock on the applicable date as reported by the Wall Street Journal, or, if no such price is reported for that day, on the last preceding day for which such price is reported, or such other reasonable method of determining fair market value as the Plan Committee may adopt.

Offering Date means July 1 and January 1 of each Plan Year; provided, however, that for the Option Period which begins on June 1, 2003, Offering Date means June 1, 2003.

Option Period or Period means the period beginning on an Offering Date and ending on the next succeeding Exercise Date; provided, however, that the first Option Period under the terms of the Plan, as amended and restated as of May 31, 2003, will begin on June 1, 2003 and end on December 31, 2003.

Option Price means the purchase price of a share of Common Stock hereunder as provided in Section 3.1.

Participant means any Employee who (i) is eligible to participate in the Plan under Section 2.1 hereof and (ii) elects to participate.

Plan means the Corporation’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan, which is the Plan set forth in this document, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms of Section 6.3.

Plan Account or Account means the account established and maintained under the Plan in the name of the Participant.

Plan Committee means a committee of officers of the Corporation and/or Designated Subsidiaries appointed by the Board of Directors or the Personnel and Compensation Committee of the Board, which committee of officers will administer the Plan as provided in Section 1.3.

Plan Year means the twelve (12) consecutive month period beginning on January 1 and ending on the following December 31; provided, however, that the first Plan Year for the Plan as amended and restated as of May 31, 2003 will be the seven (7) consecutive month period beginning June 1, 2003 and ending on December 31, 2003.

Retire,” “Retires,” or “Retirement” means termination of Participant’s employment with the Corporation or a Designated Subsidiary at any time and for any reason (other than

 

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termination by reason of the Participant’s death or by the Corporation or a Designated Subsidiary for cause or termination in connection with a divestiture of assets or of one or more subsidiaries of the Corporation) on or after the first day of the first month coincident with or next following the date on which Participant attains age fifty-five (55) and completes five (5) years of service, determined in the same manner as the determination of five (5) years of vesting service as calculated under the provisions of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension Plan.

Stock Purchase Agreement means the form prescribed by the Plan Committee which must be completed and executed by an Employee who elects to participate in the Plan.

Subsidiary means any company in which the Corporation owns, directly or indirectly, shares possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock.

 

1.3 Administration of Plan; Delegation

Subject to oversight by the Board of Directors or the Board’s Personnel and Compensation Committee, the Plan Committee will have the authority to administer the Plan and to make and adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan or the Code. The Plan Committee will adopt the form of Stock Purchase Agreement and all notices required hereunder. Its interpretations and decisions in respect to the Plan will, subject as aforesaid, be final and conclusive. The Plan Committee will have the authority to appoint an Employee as Plan Manager and to delegate to the Plan Manager such authority with respect to the administration of the Plan as the Plan Committee, in its sole discretion, deems advisable from time to time.

The Board or the Personnel and Compensation Committee of the Board may, in its sole discretion, delegate authority hereunder, including but not limited to delegating authority to amend, administer, interpret, construe or vary the Plan, to the extent permitted by applicable law or administrative or regulatory rule.

 

1.4 Effective Date of Plan and of Plan Amendments

The effective date of the Plan, as adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation and approved by the shareholders of the Corporation, was June 1, 2003. The extension of the term of the Plan by the Personnel and Compensation Committee of the Board was effective as of May 31, 2003. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the amendment and restatement of the Plan as of May 31, 2003 was, in all other respects, effective as of June 1, 2003. The amendment and restatement of the Plan by the Personnel and Compensation Committee of the Board April 6, 2004 was effective as of April 6, 2004, and the amendment and restatement of the Plan by the Personnel and Compensation Committee of the Board February 13, 2007 was effective as of February 13, 2007.

 

1.5 Extension or Termination of Plan

The Plan will continue in effect through and including December 31, 2008, unless terminated prior thereto pursuant to Section 4.3 or by the Board of Directors or the Personnel and Compensation Committee of the Board, each of which will have the right to extend the term of

 

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or terminate the Plan at any time. Upon any such termination, the balance, if any, in each Participant’s Account will be refunded to the Participant, or otherwise disposed of in accordance with policies and procedures prescribed by the Plan Committee in cases where such a refund may not be possible.

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