PITTSBURGH, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The PNC Financial Services
Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC) will hold a special shareholders meeting to vote on
the issuance of PNC common stock in connection with the merger of National
City Corporation (NYSE: NCC) with and into PNC, and certain other matters. The
meeting will be held at 9:30 a.m. (EST) on Tuesday, December 23, at One PNC
Plaza, 249 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA.
-- Live webcast and telephone conference options will be available.
Dial-in Numbers: (800) 990-2718 or (706) 643-0187 (international)
Internet: Live audio-only webcast accessible at
http://www.pnc.com/investorevents
Replay Information: Available on PNC's Web site for 30 days, and via
telephone for one week at (800) 642-1687 or
(706) 645-9291, Conference ID 77613511.
-- Presentation slides for the Special Meeting will be available on PNC's
Web site athttp://www.pnc.com/investorevents under Special
Shareholders Meeting on the morning of the meeting.
-- The Special Meeting Proxy Statement is accessible on PNC's Web site at
http://www.pnc.com/proxystatement.
-- Persons using the webcast or dial-in numbers will not be able to vote
or ask questions. These are listen/audio-only options.
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (http://www.pnc.com) is one of the
nation's largest diversified financial services organizations providing retail
and business banking; specialized services for corporations and government
entities, including corporate banking, real estate finance and asset-based
lending; wealth management; asset management and global fund services.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
The proposed merger will be submitted to National City's and PNC's
shareholders for their consideration. PNC has filed a Registration Statement
on Form S-4 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), which
includes a joint proxy statement/prospectus of PNC and National City that also
constitutes a prospectus of PNC. PNC and National City have mailed the joint
proxy statement/prospectus to their respective shareholders, and each of the
companies plans to file with the SEC other relevant documents concerning the
proposed merger. Shareholders and other investors are urged to read the joint
proxy statement/prospectus (which was first mailed to PNC and National City
shareholders on or about November 24, 2008) as well as any other relevant
documents to be filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed merger or
incorporated by reference into the joint proxy statement/prospectus (and any
amendments or supplements to those documents), because they will contain
important information. You may obtain a free copy of these documents, as well
as other filings containing information about National City and PNC, at the
SEC's website (www.sec.gov) and at the companies' respective websites,
http://www.nationalcity.com/investorrelations and
http://www.pnc.com/secfilings. Copies of these documents and the SEC filings
incorporated by reference in the joint proxy statement/prospectus can also be
obtained, free of charge, by directing a request to Jill Hennessey, National
City Corporation, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations, Department 2229,
P.O. Box 5756, Cleveland, OH 44101-0756, (800) 622-4204; or to PNC Shareholder
Relations at (800) 843-2206 or via e-mail at investor.relations@pnc.com.
National City and PNC and their respective directors and executive
officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from
the shareholders of PNC or National City in connection with the proposed
merger. Information about the directors and executive officers of National
City is set forth in the proxy statement for National City's 2008 annual
meeting of shareholders, as filed with the SEC on a Schedule 14A on March 7,
2008. Information about the directors and executive officers of PNC is set
forth in the proxy statement for PNC's 2008 annual meeting of shareholders, as
filed with the SEC on a Schedule 14A on March 28, 2008. Additional information
regarding the interests of those participants and other persons who may be
deemed participants in the merger may be obtained by reading the joint proxy
statement/prospectus. You may obtain free copies of these documents as
described in the preceding paragraph.
