PNC Financial Services (PNC)

Total assets exceed $100 billion for first time

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 23, 2007 – The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC) today reported record 2006 net income of $2.6 billion, or $8.73 per diluted share, compared with 2005 net income of $1.3 billion, or $4.55 per diluted share.

PNC earned adjusted net income of $1.5 billion, or $5.06 per diluted share, for the year. Adjusted net income for 2006 excluded, after-tax, a $1.3 billion gain on the BlackRock/Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) transaction, a $127 million loss on the repositioning of PNC’s securities portfolio, $47 million in BlackRock/MLIM transaction integration costs and a $31 million loss on the repositioning of PNC’s mortgage loan portfolio, as noted in the adjustments on page 13 of this release.

Net income for the fourth quarter of 2006 was $376 million, or $1.27 per diluted share. Excluding BlackRock/MLIM transaction integration costs of $8 million after-tax, adjusted net income for the fourth quarter of 2006 was $384 million, or $1.30 per diluted share. Net income was $355 million, or $1.20 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2005.

“PNC delivered extraordinary value to its shareholders in 2006,” said PNC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer James E. Rohr. “Total return was among the best in the industry. We grew customers, revenue, and average loans and deposits compared with 2005. At the same time, we accomplished key strategic initiatives. The completion of the BlackRock/MLIM transaction, the announcement of our planned Mercantile acquisition and our continuing success in risk management position us well for the years ahead.”

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