Form 10-K
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 10-K

Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006

Commission file number 001-09718

THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

    

Pennsylvania

      

25-1435979

   
   (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)      (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)  

One PNC Plaza

249 Fifth Avenue

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2707

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code - (412) 762-2000

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class     

  Name of Each Exchange

    on Which Registered

Common Stock, par value $5.00

     New York Stock Exchange

$1.60 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock-Series C, par value $1.00

     New York Stock Exchange

$1.80 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock-Series D, par value $1.00

     New York Stock Exchange

Series G Junior Participating Preferred Share Purchase Rights

     New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

$1.80 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock - Series A, par value $1.00

$1.80 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock - Series B, par value $1.00

8.25% Convertible Subordinated Debentures Due 2008

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes X No     

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes      No X

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes X No     

Indicate by check mark if the disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.     

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer X   Accelerated filer        Non-accelerated filer     

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes      No X

The aggregate market value of the registrant’s outstanding voting common stock held by nonaffiliates on June 30, 2006, determined using the per share closing price on that date on the New York Stock Exchange of $70.17, was approximately $20.6 billion. There is no non-voting common equity of the registrant outstanding.

Number of shares of registrant’s common stock outstanding at February 16, 2007: 293,164,316

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the definitive Proxy Statement of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A for the annual meeting of shareholders to be held on April 24, 2007 (“Proxy Statement”) are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K.


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

PART I           Page  

Item 1

  

Business.

   2

Item 1A

  

Risk Factors.

   9

Item 1B

  

Unresolved Staff Comments.

   12

Item 2

  

Properties.

   12

Item 3

  

Legal Proceedings.

   12

Item 4

  

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

   15
  

Executive Officers of the Registrant

   15
  

Directors of the Registrant

   16

PART II

     

Item 5

  

Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

   16
  

Common Stock Performance Graph

   17

Item 6

  

Selected Financial Data.

   18

Item 7

  

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

   20

Item 7A

  

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

   67

Item 8

  

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

   67

Item 9

  

Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

   123

Item 9A

  

Controls and Procedures.

   123

Item 9B

  

Other Information.

   124

PART III

     

Item 10

  

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.

   124

Item 11

  

Executive Compensation.

   125

Item 12

  

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

   125

Item 13

  

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.

   126

Item 14

  

Principal Accounting Fees and Services.

   126

PART IV

     

Item 15

  

Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.

   126

SIGNATURES

   127

EXHIBIT INDEX

   E-1

PART I

Forward-Looking Statements: From time to time The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC” or the “Corporation”) has made and may continue to make written or oral forward-looking statements regarding our outlook or expectations for earnings, revenues, expenses, capital levels, asset quality or other future financial or business performance, strategies or expectations, or the impact of legal, regulatory or supervisory matters on our business operations or performance. This Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Report” or “Form 10-K”) also includes forward-looking statements. With respect to all such forward-looking statements, you should review our Risk Factors discussion in Item 1A and our Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information included in Item 7 of this Report.

 

ITEM 1 – BUSINESS

BUSINESS OVERVIEW We are one of the largest diversified financial services companies in the United States based on assets, with businesses engaged in retail banking, corporate and institutional banking, asset management and global fund processing services. We provide many of our products and services nationally and others in our primary geographic markets located in Pennsylvania; New Jersey; the greater Washington, DC area, including Maryland and Virginia; Ohio; Kentucky; and Delaware. We also provide certain global fund processing services internationally. At December 31, 2006, our consolidated total assets, deposits and shareholders’ equity were $101.8 billion, $66.3 billion and $10.8 billion, respectively.

We were incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1983 with the consolidation of Pittsburgh National Corporation and Provident National Corporation. Since 1983, we have diversified our geographical presence, business mix and product capabilities through internal growth, strategic bank and non-bank acquisitions and equity investments, and the formation of various non-banking subsidiaries.

On October 8, 2006, we entered into a definitive agreement with Mercantile Bankshares Corporation (“Mercantile”) for PNC to acquire Mercantile. Mercantile shareholders will be entitled to .4184 shares of PNC common stock and $16.45 in cash for each share of Mercantile, or in the aggregate approximately 53 million shares of PNC common stock and $2.1 billion in cash. Based on PNC’s recent stock prices, this transaction is valued at approximately $6.0 billion in the aggregate.

Mercantile is a bank holding company with approximately $18 billion in assets that provides banking and investment and wealth management services through 240 offices in Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia, Delaware and southeastern Pennsylvania. The transaction is expected to close in March 2007 and is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals.

We acquired Riggs National Corporation (“Riggs”), a Washington, DC based banking company, effective May 13, 2005. Under the terms of the agreement, Riggs merged into The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. and PNC Bank, National Association (“PNC Bank, N.A.”), our principal bank subsidiary, acquired substantially all of the assets of Riggs Bank, N.A., the principal banking subsidiary of Riggs.

We include information on significant recent acquisitions in Note 2 Acquisitions in the Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Report and here by reference.

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information under the captions Line of Business Highlights, Product Revenue, Cross-Border Leases and Related Tax and Accounting Matters, and Business Segments Review in Item 7 of this Report here by reference. Also, we include financial and other information by business in Note 21 Segment Reporting in the Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Report here by reference.

We have four major businesses engaged in providing banking, asset management and global fund processing products and services: Retail Banking; Corporate & Institutional Banking; BlackRock; and PFPC. Assets, revenue and earnings attributable to foreign activities were not material in the periods presented.

RETAIL BANKING

Retail Banking provides deposit, lending, brokerage, trust, investment management, and cash management services to approximately 2.5 million consumer and small business customers within our primary geographic area. Our customers are serviced through approximately 850 offices in our branch network, the call center located in Pittsburgh and the Internet – www.pncbank.com. The branch network is located primarily in Pennsylvania; New Jersey; the greater Washington, DC area, including Maryland and Virginia; Ohio; Kentucky; and Delaware. Brokerage services are provided through PNC Investments, LLC, and J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, Inc. Retail Banking also serves as investment manager and trustee for employee benefit plans and charitable and endowment assets and provides nondiscretionary defined contribution plan services and investment options through its Vested Interest® product. These services are provided to individuals and corporations primarily within our primary geographic markets.

Our goal is to generate sustainable revenue growth by continuing to increase our customer base. We also seek revenue growth by attempting to sell additional products and services to these customers. In addition, we are focused on optimizing our network of branches by opening and upgrading stand-alone and in-store branches in attractive sites while consolidating or selling branches with less opportunity for growth.

CORPORATE & INSTITUTIONAL BANKING

Corporate & Institutional Banking provides lending, treasury management, and capital markets products and services to mid-sized corporations, government entities and selectively to large corporations. Lending products include secured and unsecured loans, letters of credit and equipment leases. Treasury management services include cash and investment management, receivables management, disbursement services, funds transfer services, information reporting and global trade services. Capital markets-related products and services include foreign exchange, derivatives, loan syndications, mergers and acquisitions advisory and related services to middle-market companies, securities underwriting, and securities sales and trading. Corporate & Institutional Banking also provides

commercial loan servicing, real estate advisory and technology solutions for the commercial real estate finance industry. Corporate & Institutional Banking provides products and services generally within our primary geographic markets, with certain products and services provided nationally.

Corporate & Institutional Banking is focused on becoming a premier provider of financial services in each of the markets it serves. Its value proposition to its customers is driven by providing a broad range of competitive and high quality products and services by a team fully committed to delivering the comprehensive resources of PNC to help each client succeed. Corporate & Institutional Banking’s primary goals are to achieve market share growth and enhanced returns by means of expansion and retention of customer relationships and prudent risk and expense management.

BLACKROCK

BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”) is one of the largest publicly traded investment management firms in the United States. As of December 31, 2006, BlackRock’s assets under management were approximately $1.1 trillion. The firm manages assets on behalf of institutions and individuals worldwide through a variety of fixed income, cash management, equity, and alternative investment separate account and mutual fund products. In addition, BlackRock provides BlackRock Solutions®, risk management, investment system outsourcing, and financial advisory services to institutional investors. The firm has a major presence in key global markets, including the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Middle East. For additional information, please see BlackRock’s filings with the SEC, accessible on the SEC’s website or on the firm’s website at www.blackrock.com.

On September 29, 2006, Merrill Lynch contributed its investment management business (“MLIM”) to BlackRock in exchange for 65 million shares of newly issued BlackRock common and preferred stock. Immediately following the closing, PNC continued to own approximately 44 million shares of BlackRock common stock. Accordingly, at December 31, 2006, our ownership interest in BlackRock was approximately 34%. Prior to this transaction, BlackRock had been a majority-owned subsidiary of PNC. See Note 2 Acquisitions in the Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Report for further details regarding the BlackRock/MLIM transaction.

Subsequent to the BlackRock/MLIM transaction, our BlackRock investment continues to be a strategic asset of PNC and a key component of our diversified earnings stream. The ability of BlackRock to grow assets under management is the key driver of increases in its revenue, earnings and, ultimately, shareholder value. BlackRock’s strategies for growth in assets under management include a focus on achieving client investment performance objectives in a manner consistent with their risk preferences and delivering excellent client service. The business dedicates significant


 

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resources to attracting and retaining talented professionals and to the ongoing enhancement of its investment technology and operating capabilities to deliver on its strategy.

PFPC

PFPC is a leading full service provider of processing, technology and business solutions for the global investment industry. Securities services include custody, securities lending, and accounting and administration for funds registered under the 1940 Act and alternative investments. Investor services include transfer agency, managed accounts, subaccounting, and distribution. PFPC serviced $2.2 trillion in total assets and 68 million shareholder accounts as of December 31, 2006 both domestically and internationally through its Ireland and Luxembourg operations.

PFPC focuses technological resources on driving efficiency through streamlining operations and developing flexible systems architecture and client-focused servicing solutions.

SUBSIDIARIES Our corporate legal structure at December 31, 2006 consisted of two subsidiary banks, including their subsidiaries, and approximately 60 active non-bank subsidiaries. PNC Bank, N.A., headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is our principal bank subsidiary. At December 31, 2006, PNC Bank, N.A. had total consolidated assets representing approximately 89% of our consolidated assets. Our other bank subsidiary is PNC Bank, Delaware. For additional information on our subsidiaries, you may review Exhibit 21 to this Report.

STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE BY BANK HOLDING COMPANIES The following statistical information is included on the indicated pages of this Report and is incorporated herein by reference:

 

Form 10-K page

Average Consolidated Balance Sheet And Net Interest Analysis

  119

Analysis Of Year-To-Year Changes In Net Interest Income

  118

Book Values Of Securities

  28 and 89-91

Maturities And Weighted-Average Yield Of Securities

  91

Loan Types

  27, 92 and 120

Selected Loan Maturities And Interest Sensitivity

  122

Nonaccrual, Past Due And Restructured Loans And Other Nonperforming Assets

  49,75-76, 94 and 120

Potential Problem Loans And Loans Held For Sale

  29-30, 49

Summary Of Loan Loss Experience

  49-50 and 121

Assignment Of Allowance For Loan And Lease Losses

  49-50 and 121

Average Amount And Average Rate Paid On Deposits

  119

Time Deposits Of $100,000 Or More

  97 and 122

Selected Consolidated Financial Data

  18-19

SUPERVISION AND REGULATION

OVERVIEW

PNC is a bank holding company registered under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 as amended (“BHC Act”) and

a financial holding company under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLB Act”).

We are subject to numerous governmental regulations, some of which are highlighted below. You should also read Note 4 Regulatory Matters in the Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Report, included here by reference, for additional information regarding our regulatory issues. Applicable laws and regulations restrict permissible activities and investments and require compliance with protections for loan, deposit, brokerage, fiduciary, mutual fund and other customers, among other things. They also restrict our ability to repurchase stock or to receive dividends from bank subsidiaries and impose capital adequacy requirements. The consequences of noncompliance can include substantial monetary and nonmonetary sanctions.

In addition, we are subject to comprehensive examination and supervision by, among other regulatory bodies, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“Federal Reserve”) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”). We are subject to examination by these regulators, which results in examination reports and ratings (which are not publicly available) that can impact the conduct and growth of our businesses. These examinations consider not only compliance with applicable laws and regulations, but also capital levels, asset quality and risk, management ability and performance, earnings, liquidity, and various other factors. An examination downgrade by any of our federal bank regulators potentially can result in the imposition of significant limitations on our activities and growth. These regulatory agencies generally have broad discretion to impose restrictions and limitations on the operations of a regulated entity where the agencies determine, among other things, that such operations are unsafe or unsound, fail to comply with applicable law or are otherwise inconsistent with laws and regulations or with the supervisory policies of these agencies. This supervisory framework could materially impact the conduct, growth and profitability of our operations.

We are also subject to regulation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) by virtue of our status as a public company and due to the nature of some of our businesses.

As a regulated financial services firm, our relationships and good standing with regulators are of fundamental importance to the continuation and growth of our businesses. The Federal Reserve, OCC, SEC, and other domestic and foreign regulators have broad enforcement powers, and powers to approve, deny, or refuse to act upon our applications or notices to conduct new activities, acquire or divest businesses or assets, or reconfigure existing operations.

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significant publicly announced enforcement actions. There has also been a heightened focus recently on the protection of confidential customer information.

There are numerous rules governing the regulation of financial services institutions and their holding companies. Accordingly, the following discussion is general in nature and does not purport to be complete or to describe all of the laws and regulations that apply to us.

BANK REGULATION

As a bank holding company and a financial holding company, we are subject to supervision and regular inspection by the Federal Reserve. Our subsidiary banks and their subsidiaries are subject to supervision and examination by applicable federal and state banking agencies, principally the OCC with respect to PNC Bank, N.A. and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and the Office of the State Bank Commissioner of Delaware with respect to PNC Bank, Delaware.

Notwithstanding PNC’s reduced ownership interest in BlackRock and the deconsolidation resulting from the BlackRock/MLIM transaction, BlackRock continues to be subject to the supervision and regulation of the Federal Reserve to the same extent as it was prior to the transaction.

Parent Company Liquidity and Dividends.  The principal source of our liquidity at the parent company level is dividends from PNC Bank, N.A. Our subsidiary banks are subject to various federal and state restrictions on their ability to pay dividends to PNC Bancorp, Inc., the direct parent of the subsidiary banks, which in turn may affect the ability of PNC Bancorp, Inc. to pay dividends to PNC at the parent company level. Our subsidiary banks are also subject to federal laws limiting extensions of credit to their parent holding company and non-bank affiliates as discussed in Note 4 Regulatory Matters included in the Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Report, which is incorporated herein by reference. Further information is also available in the Liquidity Risk Management section of Item 7 of this Report.

Under Federal Reserve policy, a bank holding company is expected to act as a source of financial strength to each of its subsidiary banks and to commit resources to support each such bank. Consistent with the “source of strength” policy for subsidiary banks, the Federal Reserve has stated that, as a matter of prudent banking, a bank holding company generally should not maintain a rate of cash dividends unless its net income available to common shareholders has been sufficient to fully fund the dividends and the prospective rate of earnings retention appears to be consistent with the corporation’s capital needs, asset quality and overall financial condition. This policy does not currently have a negative impact on PNC’s ability to pay dividends at our current level.

Additional Powers Under the GLB Act.  The GLB Act permits a qualifying bank holding company to become a “financial

holding company” and thereby to affiliate with financial companies engaging in a broader range of activities than would otherwise be permitted for a bank holding company. Permitted affiliates include securities underwriters and dealers, insurance companies and companies engaged in other activities that are determined by the Federal Reserve, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, to be “financial in nature or incidental thereto” or are determined by the Federal Reserve unilaterally to be “complementary” to financial activities. We became a financial holding company as of March 13, 2000.

The Federal Reserve is the “umbrella” regulator of a financial holding company, with its operating entities, such as its subsidiary broker-dealers, investment managers, investment companies, insurance companies and banks, also subject to the jurisdiction of various federal and state “functional” regulators with normal regulatory responsibility for companies in their lines of business.

As subsidiaries of a financial holding company under the GLB Act, our non-bank subsidiaries are allowed to conduct new financial activities or acquire non-bank financial companies with after-the-fact notice to the Federal Reserve. In addition, our non-bank subsidiaries (and any financial subsidiaries of subsidiary banks) are now permitted to engage in certain activities that were not permitted for banks and bank holding companies prior to enactment of the GLB Act, and to engage on less restrictive terms in certain activities that were previously permitted. Among other activities, we currently rely on our status as a financial holding company to conduct mutual fund distribution activities, merchant banking activities, and underwriting and dealing activities.

To continue to qualify for financial holding company status, our subsidiary banks must maintain “well capitalized” capital ratios, examination ratings of “1” or “2” (on a scale of 1 to 5), and certain other criteria that are incorporated into the definition of “well managed” under the BHC Act and Federal Reserve rules. If we were to no longer qualify for this status, we could not continue to enjoy the after-the-fact notice process for new non-banking activities and non-banking acquisitions, and would be required promptly to enter into an agreement with the Federal Reserve providing a plan for our subsidiary banks to meet the “well capitalized” and “well managed” criteria. The Federal Reserve would have broad authority to limit our activities. Failure to satisfy the criteria within a six-month period could result in a requirement that we conform existing non-banking activities to activities that were permissible prior to the enactment of the GLB Act. If a subsidiary bank failed to maintain a “satisfactory” or better rating under the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977, as amended (“CRA”), we could not commence new activities or make new investments in reliance on the GLB Act.

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formation of a “financial subsidiary.” In order to qualify to establish or acquire a financial subsidiary, PNC Bank, N.A. and each of its depository institution affiliates must be “well capitalized” and “well managed” and may not have a less than “satisfactory” CRA rating. A national bank that is one of the largest 50 insured banks in the United States, such as PNC Bank, N.A., must also have issued debt (which, for this purpose, may include the uninsured portion of PNC Bank, N.A.’s long-term certificates of deposit) with certain minimum ratings. PNC Bank, N.A. has filed a financial subsidiary certification with the OCC and currently engages in insurance agency activities through a financial subsidiary. PNC Bank, N.A. may also generally engage through a financial subsidiary in any activity that is financial in nature or incidental to a financial activity. Certain activities, however, are impermissible for a financial subsidiary of a national bank, including insurance underwriting, insurance investments, real estate investment or development, and merchant banking.

If one of our subsidiary banks were to fail to meet the “well capitalized” or “well managed” and related criteria, PNC Bank, N.A. would be required to enter into an agreement with the OCC to correct the condition. The OCC would have the authority to limit the activities of the bank. If the condition were not corrected within six months or within any additional time granted by the OCC, PNC Bank, N.A. could be required to conform the activities of any of its financial subsidiaries to activities in which a national bank could engage directly. In addition, if the bank or any insured depository institution affiliate receives a less than satisfactory CRA examination rating, PNC Bank, N.A. would not be permitted to engage in any new activities or to make new investments in reliance on the financial subsidiary authority.

Other Federal Reserve and OCC Regulation.  The federal banking agencies possess broad powers to take corrective action as deemed appropriate for an insured depository institution and its holding company. The extent of these powers depends upon whether the institution in question is considered “well capitalized,” “adequately capitalized,” “undercapitalized,” “significantly undercapitalized” or “critically undercapitalized.” Generally, the smaller an institution’s capital base in relation to its total assets, the greater the scope and severity of the agencies’ powers, ultimately permitting the agencies to appoint a receiver for the institution. Business activities may also be influenced by an institution’s capital classification. For instance, only a “well capitalized” depository institution may accept brokered deposits without prior regulatory approval and an “adequately capitalized” depository institution may accept brokered deposits only with prior regulatory approval. At December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, both of our subsidiary banks exceeded the required ratios for classification as “well capitalized.” For additional discussion of capital adequacy requirements, we refer you to “Capital And Funding Sources” in the Consolidated Balance Sheet Review section of Item 7 of this Report and to Note 4 Regulatory Matters included in the

Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Report.

Laws and regulations limit the scope of our permitted activities and investments. In addition to the activities that would be permitted a financial subsidiary, national banks (such as PNC Bank, N.A.) and their operating subsidiaries may engage in any activities that are determined by the OCC to be part of or incidental to the business of banking.

Moreover, examination ratings of “3” or lower, lower capital ratios than peer group institutions, regulatory concerns regarding management, controls, assets, operations or other factors, can all potentially result in practical limitations on the ability of a bank or bank holding company to engage in new activities, grow, acquire new businesses, repurchase its stock or pay dividends, or to continue to conduct existing activities.

The Federal Reserve’s prior approval is required whenever we propose to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of any bank or thrift, to acquire direct or indirect ownership or control of more than 5% of the voting shares of any bank or thrift, or to merge or consolidate with any other bank holding company or thrift holding company. When reviewing bank acquisition applications for approval, the Federal Reserve considers, among other things, each subsidiary bank’s record in meeting the credit needs of the communities it serves in accordance with the CRA. Our ability to grow through acquisitions could be limited by these approval requirements.

At December 31, 2006, both of our bank subsidiaries, PNC Bank, N.A. and PNC Bank, Delaware, were rated “outstanding” with respect to CRA.

FDIC Insurance.  Both of our subsidiary banks are insured by the FDIC and subject to premium assessments. Regulatory matters could increase the cost of FDIC deposit insurance premiums to an insured bank. Since 1996, the FDIC had not assessed banks in the most favorable capital and assessment risk classification categories for insurance premiums for most deposits, due to the favorable ratio of the assets in the FDIC’s deposit insurance funds to the aggregate level of insured deposits outstanding. This resulted in significant cost savings to all insured banks. Deposit insurance premiums are assessed as a percentage of the deposits of the insured institution.

Beginning January 1, 2007, the FDIC reinstituted the assessment premiums for all deposits, which could impose a significant cost to all insured banks, including our subsidiary banks, reducing the net spread between deposit and other bank funding costs and the earnings from assets and services of the bank, and thus the net income of the bank. Because of a one-time assessment credit based on deposit premiums that the subsidiary banks of PNC had paid prior to 1996, the deposit insurance assessment for PNC’s subsidiary banks should be substantially offset for at least the next two years.


 

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FDIC deposit insurance premiums are “risk based”; therefore, higher fee percentages would be charged to banks that have lower capital ratios or higher risk profiles. These risk profiles take into account weaknesses that are found by the primary banking regulator through its examination and supervision of the bank. A negative evaluation by the FDIC or a bank’s primary federal banking regulator could increase the costs to a bank and result in an aggregate cost of deposit funds higher than that of competing banks in a lower risk category.

Our subsidiary banks are subject to “cross-guarantee” provisions under federal law that provide that if one of these banks fails or requires FDIC assistance, the FDIC may assess a “commonly-controlled” bank for the estimated losses suffered by the FDIC. Such liability could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or that of the assessed bank. While the FDIC’s claim is junior to the claims of depositors, holders of secured liabilities, general creditors and subordinated creditors, it is superior to the claims of the bank’s shareholders and affiliates, including PNC and intermediate bank holding companies.

SECURITIES AND RELATED REGULATION

The SEC, together with either the OCC or the Federal Reserve, regulates our registered broker-dealer subsidiaries. These subsidiaries are also subject to rules and regulations promulgated by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”), among others. Hilliard Lyons is also a member of the New York Stock Exchange and subject to its regulations and supervision.

Several of our subsidiaries are registered with the SEC as investment advisers and, therefore, are subject to the requirements of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and the SEC’s regulations thereunder. The principal purpose of the regulations applicable to investment advisers is the protection of clients and the securities markets, rather than the protection of creditors and shareholders of investment advisors. The regulations applicable to investment advisers cover all aspects of the investment advisory business, including limitations on the ability of investment advisers to charge performance-based or non-refundable fees to clients; record-keeping; operational, marketing and reporting requirements; disclosure requirements; limitations on principal transactions between an adviser or its affiliates and advisory clients; as well as general anti-fraud prohibitions. These investment advisory subsidiaries also may be subject to state securities laws and regulations. In addition, our investment advisory subsidiaries that are investment advisors to registered investment companies and other managed accounts are subject to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the SEC’s regulations thereunder. PFPC is subject to regulation by the SEC as a service provider to registered investment companies.

Additional legislation, changes in rules promulgated by the SEC, other federal and state regulatory authorities and self-

regulatory organizations, or changes in the interpretation or enforcement of existing laws and rules may directly affect the method of operation and profitability of investment advisers. The profitability of investment advisers could also be affected by rules and regulations that impact the business and financial communities in general, including changes to the laws governing taxation, antitrust regulation and electronic commerce.

Recently, the SEC and other governmental agencies have been investigating the mutual fund industry, including its service providers. The SEC has adopted and proposed various rules, and legislation has been introduced in Congress, intended to reform the regulation of this industry. The effect of regulatory reform has, and is likely to continue to, increase the extent of regulation of the mutual fund industry and impose additional compliance obligations and costs on our subsidiaries involved with that industry.

Under various provisions of the federal securities laws (including in particular those applicable to broker-dealers, investment advisers and registered investment companies and their service providers), a determination by a court or regulatory agency that certain violations have occurred at a company or its affiliates can result in fines, a limitation of permitted activities, disqualification to continue to conduct certain activities and an inability to rely on certain favorable exemptions. Certain types of infractions and violations can also affect a public company in its timing and ability to expeditiously issue new securities into the capital markets. In addition, expansion of activities of a broker-dealer generally requires approval of the New York Stock Exchange and/or NASD, and regulators may take into account a variety of considerations in acting upon such applications, including internal controls, capital, management experience and quality, and supervisory concerns.

BlackRock has subsidiaries in securities and related businesses subject to SEC and NASD regulation, as described above. For additional information about the regulation of BlackRock, we refer you to the discussion under the “Regulation” section of Item 1 Business in BlackRock’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, which may be obtained electronically at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

COMPETITION We are subject to intense competition from various financial institutions and from non-bank entities that engage in similar activities without being subject to bank regulatory supervision and restrictions.

In making loans, our subsidiary banks compete with traditional banking institutions as well as consumer finance companies, leasing companies and other non-bank lenders, and institutional investors including CLO managers, hedge funds, mutual fund complexes and private equity firms. Loan pricing, structure and credit standards are under competitive pressure as lenders seek to deploy capital and a broader range


 

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of borrowers have access to capital markets. Traditional deposit activities are subject to pricing pressures and customer migration as a result of intense competition for consumer investment dollars.

Our subsidiary banks compete for deposits with the following:

   

Other commercial banks,

   

Savings banks,

   

Savings and loan associations,

   

Credit unions,

   

Treasury management service companies,

   

Insurance companies, and

   

Issuers of commercial paper and other securities, including mutual funds.

Our various non-bank businesses engaged in investment banking and private equity activities compete with the following:

   

Commercial banks,

   

Investment banking firms,

   

Merchant banks,

   

Insurance companies,

   

Private equity firms, and

   

Other investment vehicles.

In providing asset management services, our businesses compete with the following:

   

Investment management firms,

   

Large banks and other financial institutions,

   

Brokerage firms,

   

Mutual fund complexes, and

   

Insurance companies.

The fund servicing business is also highly competitive, with a relatively small number of providers. Merger, acquisition and consolidation activity in the financial services industry has also impacted the number of existing or potential fund servicing clients and has intensified competition.

We include here by reference the additional information regarding competition included in the Item 1A Risk Factors section of this Report.

EMPLOYEES Period-end employees totaled 23,783 at December 31, 2006 (comprised of 21,455 full-time and 2,328 part-time employees).

SEC REPORTS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE INFORMATION

We are subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), and, in accordance with the Exchange Act, we file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements, and other information with the SEC. Our SEC File Number is 001-09718. You may read and copy this information at the SEC’s Public Reference Room located at 100 F Street NE, Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. You can obtain

information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.

You can also obtain copies of this information by mail from the Public Reference Section of the SEC, 100F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates.

The SEC also maintains an internet World Wide Web site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information about issuers, like us, who file electronically with the SEC. The address of that site is www.sec.gov. You can also inspect reports, proxy statements and other information about us at the offices of The New York Stock Exchange, 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005.

We also make our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished to the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act available free of charge on or through our internet website as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the SEC. PNC’s corporate internet address is www.pnc.com and you can find this information under “About PNC – Investor Relations – Financial Information – SEC filings – Form 10-K. ” Shareholders and bondholders may also obtain copies of these filings without charge by contacting Shareholder Services at 800-982-7652 or via e-mail at web.queries@computershare.com for copies without exhibits, or by contacting Shareholder Relations at (800) 843-2206 or via e-mail at investor.relations@pnc.com for copies of exhibits. We filed the certifications of our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer required pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 with respect to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2005 with the SEC as exhibits to that Report and have filed the CEO and CFO certifications required by Section 302 of that Act with respect to this Form 10-K as exhibits to this Report.

Information about our Board and its committees and corporate governance at PNC is available on PNC’s corporate website at www.pnc.com under “About PNC – Investor Relations – Corporate Governance.” Shareholders who would like to request printed copies of the PNC Code of Business Conduct and Ethics or our Corporate Governance Guidelines or the charters of our Board’s Audit, Nominating and Governance, or Personnel and Compensation Committees (all of which are posted on the PNC corporate website) may do so by sending their requests to George P. Long, III, Corporate Secretary, at corporate headquarters at One PNC Plaza, 249 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2707. Copies will be provided without charge to shareholders.

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listing standards (a Section 12(a) CEO Certification) to the NYSE within 30 days after our 2006 annual shareholders meeting.

ITEM 1ARISK FACTORS

We are subject to a number of risks potentially impacting our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. Indeed, as a financial services organization, certain elements of risk are inherent in every one of our transactions and are presented by every business decision we make. Thus, we encounter risk as part of the normal course of our business, and we design risk management processes to help manage these risks.

There are risks that are known to exist at the outset of a transaction. For example, every loan transaction presents credit risk (the risk that the borrower may not perform in accordance with contractual terms) and interest rate risk (a potential loss in earnings or economic value due to adverse movement in market interest rates or credit spreads), with the nature and extent of these risks principally depending on the identity of the borrower and overall economic conditions. These risks are inherent in every loan transaction; if we wish to make loans, we must manage these risks through the terms and structure of the loans and through management of our deposits and other funding sources. The success of our business is dependent on our ability to identify, understand and manage the risks presented by our business activities so that we can balance appropriately revenue generation and profitability with these inherent risks. We discuss our principal risk management processes and, in appropriate places, related historical performance in the Risk Management section included in Item 7 of this Report.

The following are the key risk factors that affect us. These risk factors are also discussed further in other parts of this Report.

A sustained weakness or weakening in business and economic conditions generally or specifically in the principal markets in which we do business could adversely affect our business and operating results.

PNC’s business could be adversely affected to the extent that weaknesses in business and economic conditions have direct or indirect impacts on us or on our customers and counterparties. These conditions could lead, for example, to one or more of the following:

 

   

A decrease in the demand for loans and other products and services offered by us,

   

A decrease in the value of our loans held for sale,

   

A decrease in the usage of unfunded commitments,

   

A decrease in customer savings generally and in the demand for savings and investment products offered by us, and

   

An increase in the number of customers and counterparties who become delinquent, file for

 

protection under bankruptcy laws, or default on their loans or other obligations to us. An increase in the number of delinquencies, bankruptcies or defaults could result in a higher level of nonperforming assets, net charge-offs, provision for credit losses, and valuation adjustments on loans held for sale.

Although many of our businesses are national and some are international in scope, our retail banking business is concentrated within our retail branch network footprint (Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and the greater Washington, D.C. area, including Maryland and Virginia), and thus that business is particularly vulnerable to adverse changes in economic conditions in these regions.

Changes in interest rates or in valuations in the debt or equity markets could directly impact our assets and liabilities and our performance.

Given our business mix, our traditional banking activities of gathering deposits and extending loans, and the fact that most of our assets and liabilities are financial in nature, we tend to be particularly sensitive to market interest rate movement and the performance of the financial markets. In addition to the impact on the economy generally, with some of the potential effects outlined above, changes in interest rates, in the shape of the yield curve, or in valuations in the debt or equity markets could directly impact us in one or more of the following ways:

   

Such changes could affect the difference between the interest that we earn on assets and the interest that we pay on liabilities, as well as the value of some or all of our on-balance sheet and off-balance sheet financial instruments or the value of equity investments that we hold or of our equity funding obligations;

   

To the extent to which we access capital markets to raise funds to support our business, such changes could affect the cost of such funds or our ability to raise such funds; and

   

Such changes could affect the value of the assets that we manage or otherwise administer for others or the assets for which we provide processing services. Although we are not directly impacted by changes in the value of assets that we manage or administer for others or for which we provide processing services, decreases in the value of those assets would affect our fee income relating to those assets and could result in decreased demand for our services.

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operations of bank holding companies and their subsidiaries, such as PNC and our subsidiaries. An important function of the Federal Reserve is to regulate the national supply of bank credit and market interest rates. The actions of the Federal Reserve influence the rates of interest that we charge on loans and that we pay on borrowings and interest-bearing deposits and can also affect the value of our on-balance sheet and off-balance sheet financial instruments. Both due to the impact on rates and by controlling access to direct funding from the Federal Reserve Banks, the Federal Reserve’s policies also influence, to a significant extent, our cost of funding. We cannot predict the nature or timing of future changes in monetary, tax and other policies or the effect that they may have on our activities and results of operations.

We operate in a highly competitive environment, both in terms of the products and services we offer, the geographic markets in which we conduct business, as well as our labor markets and competition for talented employees. Competition could adversely impact our customer acquisition, growth and retention, as well as our credit spreads and product pricing, causing us to lose market share and deposits and revenues.

We are subject to intense competition from various financial institutions and from non-bank entities that engage in similar activities without being subject to bank regulatory supervision and restrictions. This competition is described in Item 1 under “Competition.”

In all, the principal bases for competition are pricing (including the interest rates charged on loans or paid on interest-bearing deposits), structure, the range of products and services offered, and the quality of customer service (including convenience and responsiveness to customer needs and concerns). The ability to access and use technology is an increasingly important competitive factor in the financial services industry. Technology is important not only with respect to delivery of financial services but also in processing information. Each of our businesses consistently must make significant technological investments to remain competitive.

A failure to address adequately the competitive pressures we face could make it harder for us to attract and retain customers across our businesses. On the other hand, meeting these competitive pressures could require us to incur significant additional expenses or to accept risk beyond what we would otherwise view as desirable under the circumstances. In addition, in our interest sensitive businesses, pressures to increase rates on deposits or decrease rates on loans could reduce our net interest margin with a resulting negative impact on our net interest income. Any of these results would likely have an adverse effect on our overall financial performance.

 

We grow our business in part by acquiring from time to time other financial services companies, and these acquisitions present us with a number of risks and uncertainties related both to the acquisition transactions themselves and to the integration of the acquired businesses into PNC after closing.

Acquisitions of other financial services companies also present risks to PNC other than those presented by the nature of the business acquired. In particular, acquisitions may be substantially more expensive to complete (including costs incurred in connection with the integration of the acquired company) and the anticipated benefits (including anticipated cost savings and strategic gains) may be significantly harder or take longer to achieve than expected. In some cases, acquisitions involve our entry into new businesses or new geographic or other markets, and these situations also present risks resulting from our inexperience in these new areas. As a regulated financial institution, our pursuit of attractive acquisition opportunities could be negatively impacted due to regulatory delays or other regulatory issues. Regulatory and/or legal issues relating to the pre-acquisition operations of an acquired business may cause reputational harm to PNC following the acquisition and integration of the acquired business into ours and may result in additional future costs and expenses arising as a result of those issues.

Our pending acquisition of Mercantile presents many of the risks and uncertainties related to acquisition transactions themselves and to the integration of the acquired businesses into PNC after closing described above.

The performance of our asset management businesses may be adversely affected by the relative performance of our products compared with alternative investments.

Asset management revenue is primarily based on a percentage of the value of assets under management and, in some cases, performance fees, in most cases expressed as a percentage of the returns realized on assets under management, and thus is impacted by general changes in capital markets valuations and customer preferences. In addition, investment performance is an important factor influencing the level of assets under management. Poor investment performance could impair revenue and growth as existing clients might withdraw funds in favor of better performing products. Also, performance fees could be lower or nonexistent. Additionally, the ability to attract funds from existing and new clients might diminish.

The performance of our fund servicing business may be adversely affected by changes in investor preferences, or changes in existing or potential fund servicing clients or alternative providers.

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fund processing business is thus partially dependent on the underlying performance of its fund clients and, in particular, their ability to attract and retain customers. Changes in interest rates or a sustained weakness, weakening or volatility in the debt and equity markets could (in addition to affecting directly the value of assets administered as discussed above) influence an investor’s decision to invest or maintain an investment in a particular mutual fund or other pooled investment product. Other factors beyond our control may impact the ability of our fund clients to attract or retain customers or customer funds, including changes in preferences as to certain investment styles. Further, to the extent that our fund clients’ businesses are adversely affected by ongoing governmental investigations into the practices of the mutual and hedge fund industries, our fund processing business’ results also could be adversely impacted. As a result of these types of factors, fluctuations may occur in the level or value of assets for which we provide processing services. In addition, this regulatory and business environment is likely to continue to result in operating margin pressure for our various services.

As a regulated financial services firm, we are subject to numerous governmental regulations and to comprehensive examination and supervision by regulators, which affects our business as well as our competitive position.

PNC is a bank and financial holding company and is subject to numerous governmental regulations involving both its business and organization. Our businesses are subject to regulation by multiple bank regulatory bodies as well as multiple securities industry regulators. Applicable laws and regulations restrict our ability to repurchase stock or to receive dividends from bank subsidiaries and impose capital adequacy requirements. They also restrict permissible activities and investments and require compliance with protections for loan, deposit, brokerage, fiduciary, mutual fund and other customers, and for the protection of customer information, among other things. The consequences of noncompliance can include substantial monetary and nonmonetary sanctions as well as damage to our reputation and business.

In addition, we are subject to comprehensive examination and supervision by banking and other regulatory bodies. Examination reports and ratings (which often are not publicly available) and other aspects of this supervisory framework can materially impact the conduct, growth, and profitability of our businesses.

We discuss these and other regulatory issues applicable to PNC in the Supervision and Regulation section included in Item 1 of this Report and in Note 4 Regulatory Matters in the Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Report and here by reference.

Over the last several years, there has been an increasing regulatory focus on compliance with anti-money laundering laws and regulations, resulting in, among other things, several

significant publicly-announced enforcement actions. There has also been a heightened focus recently, by customers and the media as well as by regulators, on the protection of confidential customer information. A failure to have adequate procedures to comply with anti-money laundering laws and regulations or to protect the confidentiality of customer information could expose us to damages, fines and regulatory penalties, which could be significant, and could also injure our reputation with customers and others with whom we do business.

We must comply with generally accepted accounting principles established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, rules set forth by the SEC, income tax regulations established by the Department of the Treasury, and revenue rulings and other guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service, which affect our financial condition and results of operations.

Changes in accounting standards, or interpretations of those standards, can impact our revenue recognition and expense policies and affect our estimation methods used to prepare the consolidated financial statements. Changes in income tax regulations, revenue rulings, revenue procedures, and other guidance can impact our tax liability and alter the timing of cash flows associated with tax deductions and payments. New guidance often dictates how changes to standards and regulations are to be presented in our consolidated financial statements, as either an adjustment to beginning retained earnings for the period or as income or expense in current period earnings. Certain changes may also be required to be applied retrospectively.

Our business and financial performance could be adversely affected, directly or indirectly, by natural disasters, by terrorist activities or by international hostilities.

The impact of natural disasters, terrorist activities and international hostilities cannot be predicted with respect to severity or duration. However, any of these could impact us directly (for example, by causing significant damage to our facilities or preventing us from conducting our business in the ordinary course), or could impact us indirectly through a direct impact on our borrowers, depositors, other customers, suppliers or other counterparties. We could also suffer adverse consequences to the extent that natural disasters, terrorist activities or international hostilities affect the economy and financial and capital markets generally. These types of impacts could lead, for example, to an increase in delinquencies, bankruptcies or defaults that could result in our experiencing higher levels of nonperforming assets, net charge-offs and provisions for credit losses.

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nature of any such event that occurs. The adverse impact of natural disasters or terrorist activities or international hostilities also could be increased to the extent that there is a lack of preparedness on the part of national or regional emergency responders or on the part of other organizations and businesses that we deal with, particularly those that we depend upon.

ITEM 1BUNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

There are no SEC staff comments regarding PNC’s periodic or current reports under the Exchange Act that are pending resolution.

ITEM 2 – PROPERTIES

Our executive and administrative offices are located at One PNC Plaza, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The thirty-story structure is owned by PNC Bank, N. A. We occupy the entire building. In addition, PNC Bank, N.A. owns a thirty-four story structure adjacent to One PNC Plaza, known as Two PNC Plaza, that houses additional office space.

We own or lease numerous other premises for use in conducting business activities. We consider the facilities owned or occupied under lease by our subsidiaries to be adequate. We include here by reference the additional information regarding our properties in Note 10 Premises, Equipment and Leasehold Improvements in the Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Report.

ITEM 3 – LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Some of our subsidiaries are defendants (or have potential contractual contribution obligations to other defendants) in several pending lawsuits brought during late 2002 and 2003 arising out of the bankruptcy of Adelphia Communications Corporation and its subsidiaries. There also are threatened additional proceedings arising out of the same matters. One of the lawsuits was brought on Adelphia’s behalf by the unsecured creditors’ committee and equity committee in Adelphia’s consolidated bankruptcy proceeding and was removed to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York by order dated February 9, 2006. The other lawsuits, one of which is a putative consolidated class action, were brought by holders of debt and equity securities of Adelphia and have been consolidated for pretrial purposes in that district court. These lawsuits arise out of lending and securities underwriting activities engaged in by these PNC subsidiaries together with other financial services companies. In the aggregate, more than 400 other financial services companies and numerous other companies and individuals have been named as defendants in one or more of the lawsuits. Collectively, with respect to some or all of the defendants, the lawsuits allege federal law claims, including violations of federal securities and other federal laws, violations of common law duties, aiding and abetting such violations, voidable preference payments, and fraudulent transfers, among other matters. The lawsuits seek unquantified

monetary damages, interest, attorneys’ fees and other expenses, and a return of the alleged voidable preference and fraudulent transfer payments, among other remedies. The bank defendants, including the PNC defendants, have entered into a settlement of the consolidated class action referred to above. This settlement was approved by the district court in November 2006. In December 2006, a group of class members appealed the order approving the settlement agreement to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The amount for which we would be responsible under this settlement is insignificant. We believe that we have defenses to the claims against us in these lawsuits, as well as potential claims against third parties, and intend to defend the remaining lawsuits vigorously. These lawsuits involve complex issues of law and fact, presenting complicated relationships among the many financial and other participants in the events giving rise to these lawsuits, and have not progressed to the point where we can predict the outcome of the remaining lawsuits other than the one for which a settlement is pending. It is not possible to determine what the likely aggregate recoveries on the part of the plaintiffs in these remaining matters might be or the portion of any such recoveries for which we would ultimately be responsible, but the final consequences to PNC could be material.

In April 2005, an amended complaint was filed in the putative class action against PNC, PNC Bank, N.A., our Pension Plan and its Pension Committee in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (originally filed in December 2004). The complaint claims violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), arising out of the January 1, 1999 conversion of our Pension Plan from a traditional defined benefit formula into a “cash balance” formula, the design and continued operation of the Plan, and other related matters. Plaintiffs seek to represent a class of all current and former employee-participants in and beneficiaries of the Plan as of December 31, 1998 and thereafter. Plaintiffs also seek to represent a subclass of all current and former employee participants in and beneficiaries of the Plan as of December 31, 1998 and thereafter who were or would have become eligible for an early retirement subsidy under the former Plan at some time prior to the date of the amended complaint. The plaintiffs are seeking unquantified damages and equitable relief available under ERISA, including interest, costs, and attorneys’ fees. In November 2005, the court granted our motion to dismiss the amended complaint. Plaintiffs appealed this ruling to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which affirmed the district court ruling in an opinion dated January 30, 2007. On February 13, 2007, plaintiffs filed in the court of appeals a petition for rehearing. Plaintiffs may seek further judicial review of the dismissal of their complaint.

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N.A., as well as more than 50 other financial institutions, vendors, and other companies, claiming that the defendants are infringing, and inducing or contributing to the infringement of, the plaintiff’s patents, which allegedly involve check imaging, storage and transfer. The plaintiff seeks unspecified damages and interest and trebling of both, attorneys’ fees and other expenses, and injunctive relief against the alleged infringement. We are not in a position to assess the likely outcome of this matter, including our exposure, if any. We believe that we have defenses to the claims against us in this lawsuit and intend to defend it vigorously. In January 2007, the district court entered an order staying the claims asserted against PNC under two of the four patents allegedly infringed by PNC, pending reexamination of these patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The lawsuit will proceed with respect to the other two patents. Further, the stay may be lifted once the Patent and Trademark Office completes its reexamination.

In August 2006, a lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas by Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing L. P. (“RAKTL”) against PNC, PNC Bank, N.A., and other defendants. In September 2006, this lawsuit was divided into separate actions, and amended complaints were then filed, one of which was against PNC and PNC Bank, N.A. This lawsuit is one of many related RAKTL patent infringement actions pending in various federal district courts against a large number of defendants. Each of the actions involves a single family of related patents that RAKTL refers to as the “interactive call processing patents.” The amended complaint alleged that PNC and PNC Bank, N.A. are infringing, and inducing or contributing to the infringement of, certain of the plaintiff’s patents. In January 2007, the court dismissed the lawsuit against PNC following a settlement under which PNC and its affiliates received a non-exclusive license covering patents held by RAKTL. As part of the settlement, we agreed to pay a licensing fee to RAKTL. The amount of the fee is not material to PNC.

In its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005, Riggs disclosed a number of pending lawsuits. All material lawsuits have been finally resolved, except one where a settlement agreement has been reached, subject to final documentation. The pending settlement is not material to PNC.

As a result of the acquisition of Riggs, PNC is now responsible for Riggs’ obligations to provide indemnification to its directors, officers, and, in some cases, employees and agents against certain liabilities incurred as a result of their service on behalf of or at the request of Riggs. PNC is also now responsible for Riggs’ obligations to advance on behalf of covered individuals costs incurred in connection with certain claims or proceedings, subject to written undertakings to repay all amounts so advanced if it is ultimately determined that the individual is not entitled to indemnification. Since the acquisition, we have advanced such costs on behalf of covered individuals from Riggs and expect to continue to do so in the

future at least with respect to lawsuits and other legal matters identified in Riggs’ first quarter 2005 Form 10-Q.

There are several pending judicial or administrative proceedings or other matters arising out of the three 2001 PAGIC transactions. These pending proceedings or other matters are described below. Among the requirements of a June 2003 Deferred Prosecution Agreement that one of our subsidiaries entered into relating to the PAGIC transactions was the establishment of a Restitution Fund through our $90 million contribution. The Restitution Fund will be available to satisfy claims, including for the settlement of the pending securities litigation referred to below. Louis W. Fryman, chairman of Fox Rothschild LLP in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is administering the Restitution Fund.

In December 2004 and January and March 2005, we entered into settlement agreements relating to certain of the lawsuits and other claims arising out of the PAGIC transactions. These settlements are described below, following a description of each of these pending proceedings and other matters.

The several putative class action complaints filed during 2002 in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania arising out of the PAGIC transactions were consolidated in a consolidated class action complaint brought on behalf of purchasers of our common stock between July 19, 2001 and July 18, 2002 (the “Class Period”). The consolidated class action complaint names PNC, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, our former Chief Financial Officer, our Controller, and our independent auditors for 2001 as defendants and seeks unquantified damages, interest, attorneys’ fees and other expenses. The consolidated class action complaint alleges violations of federal securities laws related to disclosures regarding the PAGIC transactions and related matters.

In August 2002, the United States Department of Labor began a formal investigation of the Administrative Committee of our Incentive Savings Plan (“Plan”) in connection with the Administrative Committee’s conduct relating to our common stock held by the Plan. Both the Administrative Committee and PNC have cooperated fully with the investigation. In June 2003, the Administrative Committee retained Independent Fiduciary Services, Inc. (“IFS”) to serve as an independent fiduciary charged with the exclusive authority and responsibility to act on behalf of the Plan in connection with the pending securities class action litigation referred to above and to evaluate any legal rights the Plan might have against any parties relating to the PAGIC transactions. This authority includes representing the Plan’s interests in connection with the Restitution Fund set up under the Deferred Prosecution Agreement. The Department of Labor has communicated with IFS in connection with the engagement.

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against our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, our former Chief Financial Officer, and our Controller, as well as any other individuals or entities allegedly responsible for causing damage to PNC as a result of the PAGIC transactions. The Board referred this matter to a special committee of the Board for evaluation. The special committee completed its evaluation and reported its findings to the Board of Directors and to counsel for the alleged shareholder. The special committee recommended against bringing any claims against our current or former executive officers but made certain recommendations with respect to resolution of potential claims we had with respect to certain other third parties.

In July 2003, the lead underwriter on our Executive Blended Risk insurance coverage filed a lawsuit for a declaratory judgment against PNC and PNC ICLC in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The complaint seeks a determination that the defendants breached the terms and conditions of the policy and, as a result, the policy does not provide coverage for any loss relating to or arising out of the Department of Justice investigation or the PAGIC transactions. Alternatively, the complaint seeks a determination that the policy does not provide coverage for the payments made pursuant to the Deferred Prosecution Agreement. The complaint also seeks attorneys’ fees and costs. In July 2004, the court granted our motion to stay the action until resolution of the claims against PNC in the pending consolidated class action described above.

In December 2004, we entered into a tentative settlement of the consolidated class action. In March 2005, the parties filed a stipulation of settlement of this lawsuit with the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. This settlement also covered claims by the plaintiffs against AIG Financial Products and others related to the PAGIC transactions.

In July 2006, the district court approved this settlement. The defendant in that class action not participating in this settlement, our former independent auditors for the years ended 2001 and before, had objected to it and, on August 10, 2006, appealed the decision of the district court approving the settlement to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

On December 20, 2006, our former independent auditors for the years ended 2001 and before filed with the district court a tentative settlement agreement with the plaintiffs regarding the plaintiffs’ claims against it. This tentative settlement remains subject to court approval. If this tentative settlement agreement is finally approved by the court and after it becomes effective, this defendant will dismiss its appeal of the court’s approval of our settlement, which would then become final.

In December 2004, we also settled all claims between us, on the one hand, and AIG Financial Products and its affiliate, American International Surplus Lines Insurance Company (“AISLIC”), on the other hand, related to the PAGIC

transactions. AIG Financial Products was our counterparty in the PAGIC transactions, and AISLIC is one of the insurers under our Executive Blended Risk insurance coverage. Subsequently, we settled claims against two of the other insurers under our Executive Blended Risk insurance coverage, as described below. Each of the amounts in these settlements represents a portion of the insurer’s share of our overall claim against our insurers with respect to any amounts disbursed out of the Restitution Fund. We are preserving our claim against our insurers with which we have not settled.

The following are the key elements of these settlements that remain conditional at present, pending resolution of the appeal of the district court’s approval of the settlement of the consolidated class action:

 

   

Payments into Settlement Fund. The insurers under our Executive Blended Risk insurance coverage have funded $30 million to be used for the benefit of the class. Third parties have funded additional amounts to be used for the same purpose. The plaintiffs have been in contact with Mr. Fryman, the administrator of the Restitution Fund, and intend to coordinate the administration and distribution of these settlement funds with the distribution of the Restitution Fund. Neither PNC nor any of our current or former officers, directors or employees will be required to contribute any funds to this settlement.

 

   

Assignment of Claims. We have assigned to the plaintiffs claims we may have against our former independent auditors for the years ended 2001 and before and all other unaffiliated third parties (other than AIG Financial Products and its predecessors, successors, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates and their respective directors, officers and employees (collectively, “AIG”)) relating to the subject matter of this lawsuit.

 

   

Insurance Claims. In March 2005, we settled our claim against one of our insurers under our Executive Blended Risk insurance coverage related to our contribution of $90 million to the Restitution Fund. Under this settlement, the insurer has paid us $11.25 million, but we are obligated to return this amount if the settlement of the consolidated class action referred to above does not receive court approval, does not become effective or becomes unenforceable. The amount of this settlement will not be recognized in our income statement until the potential obligation to return the funds has been eliminated. This settlement was in addition to settlements with AISLIC in December 2004 and with another of our insurers under the Executive Blended Risk policy in January 2005.

 

   

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behalf of our Incentive Savings Plan and its participants are being resolved and the class covered by the settlement has been expanded to include participants in the Plan. The Department of Labor is not, however, a party to this settlement and thus the settlement does not necessarily resolve its investigation. In addition, the derivative claims asserted by one of our putative shareholders and any other derivative demands that may be filed in connection with the PAGIC transactions are being resolved as a result of the settlement of the consolidated class action.

 

   

Releases. We are releasing the insurers providing our Executive Blended Risk insurance coverage from any further liability to PNC arising out of the events that gave rise to the consolidated class action, except for the claims against these insurers (other than those with whom we have settled) relating to the $90 million payment to the Restitution Fund. In addition, PNC and AIG are releasing each other with respect to all claims between us arising out of the PAGIC transactions.

We will be responsible for the costs of administering the settlement and the Restitution Fund and may incur additional costs in the future in connection with the advancement of expenses and/or indemnification obligations related to the subject matter of this lawsuit. We do not expect such costs to be material.

In connection with industry-wide investigations of practices in the mutual fund industry including market timing, late day trading, employee trading in mutual funds and other matters, several of our subsidiaries have received requests for information and other inquiries from state and federal governmental and regulatory authorities. These subsidiaries are fully cooperating in all of these matters. In addition, as a result of the regulated nature of our business and that of a number of our subsidiaries, particularly in the banking and securities areas, we and our subsidiaries are the subject from time to time of investigations and other forms of regulatory inquiry, often as part of industry-wide regulatory reviews of specified activities. Our practice is to cooperate fully with these investigations and inquiries.

In addition to the proceedings or other matters described above, PNC and persons to whom we may have indemnification obligations, in the normal course of business, are subject to various other pending and threatened legal proceedings in which claims for monetary damages and other relief are asserted. We do not anticipate, at the present time, that the ultimate aggregate liability, if any, arising out of such other legal proceedings will have a material adverse effect on our financial position. However, we cannot now determine whether or not any claims asserted against us or others to whom we may have indemnification obligations, whether in

the proceedings or other matters specifically described above or otherwise, will have a material adverse effect on our results of operations in any future reporting period.

ITEM 4 – SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

None during the fourth quarter of 2006.

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT Information regarding each of our executive officers as of February 16, 2007 is set forth below. Executive officers do not have a stated term of office. Each executive officer has held the position or positions indicated or another executive position with the same entity or one of its affiliates for the past five years unless otherwise indicated below.

 

Name    Age    Position with PNC   

Year

Employed(1)

James E. Rohr

   58   

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2)

   1972

Joseph C. Guyaux

   56   

President

   1972

William S. Demchak

   44   

Vice Chairman

   2002

William C. Mutterperl

   60   

Vice Chairman

   2002

Timothy G. Shack

   56   

Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer

   1976

Thomas K. Whitford

   50   

Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer

   1983

Michael J. Hannon

   50   

Senior Vice President and Chief Credit Policy Officer

   1982

Richard J. Johnson

   50   

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

   2002

Samuel R. Patterson

   48   

Senior Vice President and Controller

   1986

Helen P. Pudlin

   57   

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

   1989

John J. Wixted, Jr.

   55   

Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance and Regulatory Officer

   2002
(1) Where applicable, refers to year employed by predecessor company.
(2) Also serves as a director of PNC.

William S. Demchak joined PNC as Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer in September 2002. In August 2005, he took on additional oversight responsibilities for the Corporation’s Corporate & Institutional Banking business and continued to oversee PNC’s asset and liability management and equity management activities while transitioning the responsibilities of Chief Financial Officer to Richard J. Johnson. From 1997 to 2002, he served as Global Head of Structured Finance and Credit Portfolio for J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.


 

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William C. Mutterperl joined PNC as Vice Chairman in October 2002. From August 2002 to October 2002, he was a partner in the business law division of the international law firm of Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP. From February 2002 to May 2002, he served as Executive Director of the Independent Oversight Board for Arthur Andersen LLP, headed by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker.

Richard J. Johnson joined PNC in December 2002 and served as Senior Vice President and Director of Finance until his appointment as Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation effective in August 2005. From 1999 to 2002 he served as President and Chief Executive Officer for J.P. Morgan Services.

John J. Wixted, Jr. joined PNC as Senior Vice President and Chief Regulatory Officer in August 2002. From 1996 to 2002 he served as Senior Vice President for Banking Supervision and Regulation for the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

DIRECTORS OF THE REGISTRANT The name, age and principal occupation of each of our directors as of February 16, 2007, and the year he or she first became a director is set forth below:

 

   

Paul W. Chellgren, 64, Operating Partner, SPG Partners, LLC, (1995),

 

   

Robert N. Clay, 60, President and Chief Executive Officer of Clay Holding Company (investments), (1987),

 

   

J. Gary Cooper, 70, Chairman of Commonwealth National Bank (community banking), (2002),

 

   

George A. Davidson, Jr., 68, Retired Chairman of Dominion Resources, Inc. (public utility holding company), (1988),

 

   

Kay Coles James, 57, President and Founder of The Gloucester Institute (non-profit), (2006),

 

   

Richard B. Kelson, 60, Operating Advisor, Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P., (2002),

 

   

Bruce C. Lindsay, 65, Chairman and Managing Member of 2117 Associates, LLC (advisory company), (1995),

 

   

Anthony A. Massaro, 62, Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (full-line manufacturer of welding and cutting products), (2002),

 

   

Jane G. Pepper, 61, President of Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (nonprofit membership organization), (1997),

 

   

James E. Rohr, 58, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PNC, (1990),

 

   

Lorene K. Steffes, 61, Independent Business Advisor, (2000),

 

   

Dennis F. Strigl, 60, President and Chief Operating Officer of Verizon Communications Inc. (telecommunications), (2001),

 

   

Stephen G. Thieke, 60, Retired Chairman, Risk Management Committee of JP Morgan Incorporated (financial and investment banking services), (2002),

 

   

Thomas J. Usher, 64, Retired Chairman of United States Steel Corporation (integrated steelmaker) and Chairman of Marathon Oil Corporation (oil and gas industry), (1992),

 

   

George H. Walls, Jr., 64, former Chief Deputy Auditor of the State of North Carolina, (2006),

 

   

Helge H. Wehmeier, 64, Retired President and Chief Executive Officer of Bayer Corporation (healthcare, crop protection, and chemicals), (1992).

PART II

ITEM 5 – MARKET FOR REGISTRANTS COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

(a) Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is traded under the symbol “PNC.” At the close of business on February 16, 2007, there were 41,285 common shareholders of record.

Holders of PNC common stock are entitled to receive dividends when declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available for this purpose. Our Board of Directors may not pay or set apart dividends on the common stock until dividends for all past dividend periods on any series of outstanding preferred stock have been paid or declared and set apart for payment. The Board presently intends to continue the policy of paying quarterly cash dividends. However, the amount of any future dividends will depend on earnings, our financial condition and other factors, including contractual restrictions and applicable government regulations and policies (such as those relating to the ability of bank and non-bank subsidiaries to pay dividends to the parent company).

The Federal Reserve has the power to prohibit us from paying dividends without its approval. For further information concerning dividend restrictions and restrictions on loans or advances from bank subsidiaries to the parent company, you may review “Supervision and Regulation” in Item 1 of this Report, “Liquidity Risk Management” in the Risk


 

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Management section and “Perpetual Trust Securities” in the Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and VIEs section of Item 7 of this Report, and Note 4 Regulatory Matters in the Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Report, which we include here by reference.

We include here by reference additional information relating to PNC common stock under the caption “Common Stock Prices/Dividends Declared” in the Statistical Information (Unaudited) section of Item 8 of this Report.

We include here by reference the information regarding our compensation plans under which PNC equity securities are authorized for issuance as of December 31, 2006 in the table (with introductory paragraph and notes) that appears under Item 12 of this Report.

Our registrar, stock transfer agent, and dividend disbursing agent is:

Computershare Investor Services, LLC

250 Royall Street

Canton, MA 02021

800-982-7652

(b) Not applicable.

(c) Details of our repurchases of PNC common stock during the fourth quarter of 2006 are included in the following table:

In thousands, except per share data

 

     2006 period   Total shares
purchased (a)
  Average
price
paid per
share
  Total shares
purchased as
part of
publicly
announced
programs (b)
  Maximum
number of
shares that
may yet be
purchased
under the
programs (b)
   

October 1 –

October 31

  210   $70.95   95   15,732
   

November 1 –

November 30

  871   $69.50   614   15,118
   

December 1 –

December 31

  816   $73.09   615   14,503
   

Total

  1,897   $71.21   1,324    
(a) Includes PNC common stock purchased under the program referred to in note (b) to this table and PNC common stock purchased in connection with our various employee benefit plans.
(b) Our current stock repurchase program, which was authorized as of February 16, 2005, allows us to purchase up to 20 million shares on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. This program will remain in effect until fully utilized or until modified, superseded or terminated.

Common Stock Performance Graph

This graph shows the cumulative total shareholder return (i.e., price change plus reinvestment of dividends) on our common stock during the five-year period ended December 31, 2006, as compared with: (1) a selected peer group of our competitors, called the “Peer Group;” (2) an overall stock

market index, the S&P 500 Index; and (3) a published industry index, the S&P 500 Banks. The yearly points marked on the horizontal axis of the graph correspond to December 31 of that year. The stock performance graph assumes that $100 was invested on January 1, 2002 for the five-year period and that any dividends were reinvested. The table below the graph shows the resultant compound annual growth rate for the performance period.

LOGO

 

         

Base

Period

 

Assumes $100 investment at Close of
Market on December 31, 2001

Total Return = Price change plus

reinvestment of dividends

  5-Year
Compound
Growth
Rate
 
 

PNC

  $100   77.60   105.58   115.04   128.36   158.53   9.65 %
 

S&P 500 Index

  $100   77.91   100.24   111.14   116.59   134.99   6.18 %
 

S&P 500 Banks

  $100   98.96   125.34   143.42   141.37   164.17   10.42 %
   

Peer Group

  $100   105.16   124.25   144.53   134.68   158.53   9.65 %

The Peer Group for the preceding chart and table consists of the following companies: The Bank of New York Company, Inc.; BB&T Corporation; Fifth Third Bancorp; KeyCorp; National City Corporation; The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.; SunTrust Banks, Inc.; U.S. Bancorp.; Wachovia Corporation; Regions Financial; and Wells Fargo & Company. The Peer Group shown is the Peer Group approved by the Board’s Personnel and Compensation Committee in 2006. For 2007, the Peer Group will be revised to include Comerica Incorporated and exclude The Bank of New York Company, Inc.

Each yearly point for the Peer Group is determined by calculating the cumulative total shareholder return for each company in the Peer Group from December 31, 2001 to December 31 of that year (End of Month Dividend Reinvestment Assumed) and then using the median of these returns as the yearly plot point.

In accordance with the rules of the SEC, this section, captioned “Common Stock Performance Graph,” shall not be incorporated by reference into any of our future filings made under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or the Securities Act of 1933. The Common Stock Performance Graph, including its accompanying table and footnotes, is not deemed to be soliciting material or to be filed under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.


 

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ITEM 6 - SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

 

     Year ended December 31  

Dollars in millions, except per share data

   2006 (a)              2005    2004    2003     2002  
   

SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS

                          

Interest income

   $4,612            $3,734    $2,752    $2,712     $3,172  

Interest expense

   2,367            1,580    783    716     975  

Net interest income

   2,245            2,154    1,969    1,996     2,197  

Provision for credit losses

   124            21    52    177     309  

Noninterest income

   6,327            4,173    3,572    3,263     3,197  

Noninterest expense

   4,443            4,306    3,712    3,467     3,223  

Income before minority interests and income taxes

   4,005            2,000    1,777    1,615     1,862  

Minority interest in income of BlackRock

   47            71    42    47     41  

Income taxes

   1,363            604    538    539     621  

Income from continuing operations

   2,595            1,325    1,197    1,029     1,200  

(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax

                                     (16 )

Income before cumulative effect of accounting change

   2,595            1,325    1,197    1,029     1,184  

Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of tax

                             (28 )        

Net income

   $2,595            $1,325    $1,197    $1,001     $1,184  
   

PER COMMON SHARE

                          

Basic earnings (loss)

                        

Continuing operations

   $8.89            $4.63    $4.25    $3.68     $4.23  

Discontinued operations

                                     (.05 )

Before cumulative effect of accounting change

   8.89            4.63    4.25    3.68     4.18  

Cumulative effect of accounting change

                             (.10 )        

Net income

   $8.89            $4.63    $4.25    $3.58     $4.18  

Diluted earnings (loss)

                        

Continuing operations

   $8.73            $4.55    $4.21    $3.65     $4.20  

Discontinued operations

                                     (.05 )

Before cumulative effect of accounting change

   8.73            4.55    4.21    3.65     4.15  

Cumulative effect of accounting change

                             (.10 )        

Net income

   $8.73            $4.55    $4.21    $3.55     $4.15  

Book value (At December 31)

   $36.80            $29.21    $26.41    $23.97     $24.03  

Cash dividends declared

   $2.15            $2.00    $2.00    $1.94     $1.92  
(a) See Note (a) on page 19.

Certain prior-period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current period presentation, which we believe is more meaningful to readers of our consolidated financial statements. See Note 2 Acquisitions in the Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Report for information on significant recent and planned business acquisitions.

For information regarding certain business risks, see Item 1A Risk Factors and the Risk Management section of Item 7 of this Report. Also, see our Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information included in Item 7 of this Report for certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in forward-looking statements or from historical performance.

 

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     At or year ended December 31  

Dollars in millions, except as noted

   2006 (a)          2005     2004     2003     2002  
     

BALANCE SHEET HIGHLIGHTS

                         

Assets

   $101,820        $91,954     $79,723     $68,168     $66,377  

Loans, net of unearned income

   50,105        49,101     43,495     36,303     35,450  

Allowance for loan and lease losses

   560        596     607     632     673  

Securities

   23,191        20,710     16,761     15,690     13,763  

Loans held for sale

   2,366        2,449     1,670     1,400     1,607  

Equity investments (b)

   5,330        1,323     1,058     997     862  

Deposits

   66,301        60,275     53,269     45,241     44,982  

Borrowed funds (c)

   15,028        16,897     11,964     11,453     9,116  

Shareholders’ equity

   10,788        8,563     7,473     6,645     6,859  

Common shareholders’ equity

   10,781        8,555     7,465     6,636     6,849  
     

ASSETS ADMINISTERED (in billions)

                         

Managed (d)

   $54        $494     $383     $354     $313  

Nondiscretionary

   86        84     93     87     82  
     

FUND ASSETS SERVICED (in billions)

                         

Accounting/administration net assets

   $837        $835     $721     $654     $510  

Custody assets

   427        476     451     401     336  
                                              

SELECTED RATIOS

                     

From Continuing Operations

                     

Net interest margin

   2.92 %      3.00 %   3.22 %   3.64 %   3.99 %

Noninterest income to total revenue

   74        66     64     62     59  

Efficiency

   52        68     67     66     60  

From Net Income

                     

Return on

                     

Average common shareholders’ equity

   27.97        16.58     16.82     15.06     18.83  

Average assets

   2.73        1.50     1.59     1.49     1.78  
     

Loans to deposits

   76        81     82     80     79  

Dividend payout

   24.4        43.4     47.2     54.5     46.1  

Leverage (e)

   9.3        7.2     7.6     8.2     8.1  

Common shareholders’ equity to total assets

   10.6        9.3     9.4     9.7     10.3  

Average common shareholders’ equity to average assets

   9.8        9.0     9.4     9.9     9.4  
(a) Noninterest income for 2006 included the pretax impact of the following: gain on the BlackRock/Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (“MLIM”) transaction of $2.1 billion; securities portfolio rebalancing loss of $196 million; and mortgage loan portfolio repositioning loss of $48 million. Noninterest expense for 2006 included the pretax impact of BlackRock/MLIM transaction integration costs of $91 million. An additional $10 million of integration costs, recognized in the fourth quarter of 2006, were included in noninterest income as a negative component of the asset management line. The after-tax impact of these items was as follows: BlackRock/MLIM transaction gain - $1.3 billion; securities portfolio rebalancing loss - $127 million; mortgage loan portfolio repositioning loss - $31 million; and BlackRock/MLIM transaction integration costs - $47 million.
(b) The balance at December 31, 2006 includes our investment in BlackRock.
(c) Includes long-term borrowings of $6.6 billion, $6.8 billion, $5.7 billion, $5.8 billion and $6.0 billion for 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.
(d) Assets under management at December 31, 2006 do not include BlackRock’s assets under management as we deconsolidated BlackRock effective September 29, 2006.
(e) The leverage ratio represents tier 1 capital divided by adjusted average total assets as defined by regulatory capital requirements for bank holding companies.

 

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ITEM 7 - MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.

PNC is one of the largest diversified financial services companies in the United States based on assets, with businesses engaged in retail banking, corporate and institutional banking, asset management and global fund processing services. We provide many of our products and services nationally and others in our primary geographic markets located in Pennsylvania; New Jersey; the greater Washington, DC area, including Maryland and Virginia; Ohio; Kentucky; and Delaware. We also provide certain global fund processing services internationally.

KEY STRATEGIC GOALS

Our strategy to enhance shareholder value centers on achieving revenue growth in our various businesses underpinned by prudent management of risk, capital and expenses. In each of our business segments, the primary drivers of growth are the acquisition, expansion and retention of customer relationships. We strive to achieve such growth in our customer base by providing convenient banking options, leading technological systems and a broad range of fee-based products and services. We also intend to grow through appropriate and targeted acquisitions and, in certain businesses, by expanding into new geographical markets.

In recent years, we have managed our interest rate risk to achieve a moderate risk profile with limited exposure to earnings volatility resulting from interest rate fluctuations and shape of the yield curve. Our actions have created a balance sheet characterized by strong asset quality and flexibility to adjust, where appropriate, to changing interest rates and market conditions.

BLACKROCK/MLIM TRANSACTION

On September 29, 2006, Merrill Lynch contributed its investment management business to BlackRock in exchange for 65 million shares of newly issued BlackRock common and preferred stock. BlackRock accounted for the MLIM transaction under the purchase method of accounting.

Immediately following the closing, PNC continued to own approximately 44 million shares of BlackRock common stock, representing an ownership interest of approximately 34% of the combined company after the closing (as compared with 69% immediately prior to the closing). Although PNC’s share ownership percentage declined, PNC’s investment in BlackRock increased due to the increase in total equity recorded by BlackRock as a result of the MLIM transaction.

Further information regarding the BlackRock/MLIM transaction is included in the BlackRock discussion within the Business Segments Review section of this Item 7.

 

MERCANTILE BANKSHARES ACQUISITION

On October 8, 2006, we entered into a definitive agreement with Mercantile Bankshares Corporation (“Mercantile”) for PNC to acquire Mercantile. Mercantile shareholders will be entitled to .4184 shares of PNC common stock and $16.45 in cash for each share of Mercantile, or in the aggregate approximately 53 million shares of PNC common stock and $2.1 billion in cash. Based on PNC’s recent stock prices, the transaction is valued at approximately $6.0 billion in the aggregate.

Mercantile is a bank holding company with approximately $18 billion in assets that provides banking and investment and wealth management services through 240 offices in Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia, Delaware and southeastern Pennsylvania. This transaction will enable us to significantly expand our presence in the mid-Atlantic region, particularly within the attractive Baltimore and Washington, DC markets.

Our Mercantile integration strategy development and planning is progressing on track and has achieved several important objectives, including identifying leadership personnel for certain key positions within the Mercantile service territory. Our priority for the integration is the retention of customers and customer-facing staff. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals, and is expected to close in March 2007.

THE ONE PNC INITIATIVE

The One PNC initiative began in January 2005 and is an ongoing, company-wide initiative with goals of moving closer to the customer, improving our overall efficiency and targeting resources to more value-added activities. PNC expects to realize $400 million of total annual pretax earnings benefit by mid-2007 from this initiative.

PNC plans to achieve approximately $300 million of cost savings through a combination of workforce reduction and other efficiencies. Approximately 3,000 positions had been eliminated through December 31, 2006. We recognized employee severance and other implementation costs of $11 million in 2006 and $54 million in 2005. Estimated remaining charges to be incurred in early 2007 are not significant. In addition, PNC intends to achieve at least $100 million in net revenue growth through the implementation of various pricing and business growth enhancements driven by the One PNC initiative. The initiative is progressing according to plan.

We realized a net pretax financial benefit from the One PNC program of approximately $265 million in 2006. We achieved an annualized run rate benefit of $320 million in the fourth quarter of 2006.

KEY FACTORS AFFECTING FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Our financial performance is substantially affected by several external factors outside of our control, including:

   

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Loan demand and utilization of credit commitments,

   

Movement of customer deposits from lower to higher rate accounts or to off-balance sheet accounts,

   

The level of interest rates, and the shape of the interest rate yield curve,

   

The performance of the capital markets, and

   

Customer demand for other products and services.

In addition to changes in general economic conditions, including the direction, timing and magnitude of movement in interest rates and the performance of the capital markets, our success in 2007 will depend, among other things, upon:

   

Further success in the acquisition, growth and retention of customers,

   

The successful consummation and integration of the planned Mercantile acquisition,

   

Revenue growth,

   

A sustained focus on expense management and efficiency,

   

Maintaining strong overall asset quality, and

   

Prudent risk and capital management.

SUMMARY FINANCIAL RESULTS

 

     Year ended December 31  

In billions, except for

per share data

   2006     2005  

Net income

   $2.595     $1.325  

Diluted earnings per share

   $8.73     $4.55  

Return on

       

Average common
shareholders’ equity

   27.97 %   16.58 %

Average assets

   2.73 %   1.50 %

Net income for 2006 included the after-tax impact of the following items:

   

The third quarter gain on the BlackRock/MLIM transaction of $1.3 billion, or $4.36 per diluted share;

   

The third quarter securities portfolio rebalancing loss of $127 million, or $.43 per diluted share;

   

BlackRock/MLIM transaction integration costs of $47 million, or $.16 per diluted share, and

   

The third quarter mortgage loan portfolio repositioning loss of $31 million, or $.10 per diluted share.

The aggregate impact of these items increased 2006 net income by $1.1 billion, or $3.67 per diluted common share.

We refer you to the Consolidated Income Statement Review portion of the 2005 Versus 2004 section of this Item 7 for significant items impacting 2005 results.

Our performance in 2006 included the following accomplishments:

   

Our total assets at December 31, 2006 exceeded $100 billion for the first time, as further detailed in

 

the Consolidated Balance Sheet Review section of this Item 7.

   

Average total loans of $49.6 billion for 2006 increased $2.2 billion, or 5%, compared with 2005. Amounts for 2005 included $1.7 billion of average loans related to the Market Street Funding LLC (“Market Street”) commercial paper conduit that we deconsolidated in October 2005, while total 2006 average loans were impacted by the $.5 billion decline in average residential mortgage loans related to PNC’s third quarter 2006 balance sheet repositioning. Apart from the impact of these actions, the increase was largely due to growth in commercial, residential mortgage and commercial real estate loans.

   

Average total deposits increased $5.7 billion, or 10%, compared with the prior year, primarily the result of an increase in interest-bearing deposits as customers continued to shift deposits to higher-return accounts and other products.

   

Asset quality remained very strong. Nonperforming loans totaled $147 million at December 31, 2006, a decline of $43 million, or 23%, compared with the balance at December 31, 2005.

BALANCE SHEET HIGHLIGHTS

Total average assets were $95.0 billion for 2006 compared with $88.5 billion for 2005. Average interest-earning assets were $77.7 billion for 2006 compared with $73.0 billion in 2005, an increase of $4.7 billion or 6%. Increases of $2.2 billion in average loans and $2.0 billion in average securities were the primary factors for the increase in average interest-earning assets.

Average total loans were $49.6 billion in 2006 and $47.4 billion for 2005. This increase was driven by continued improvements in market loan demand and targeted sales efforts across our banking businesses, as well as the full year impact of our expansion into the greater Washington, D.C. area, which began in May 2005. The increase in average total loans reflected growth in commercial loans of $1.2 billion, residential mortgages of $.8 billion and commercial real estate loans of $.6 billion, partially offset by modest declines in consumer and lease financing loans. In addition, average total loans for 2005 included $1.7 billion related to Market Street for the period prior to our deconsolidation of that entity in October 2005. Loans represented 64% of average interest-earning assets for 2006 and 65% for 2005.

Average securities totaled $21.3 billion in 2006 and $19.3 billion for 2005. The overall higher average securities balances reflected our desire to continue investing through the interest rate cycle and the full year impact of our May 2005 Riggs acquisition. The $2.0 billion increase over 2005 reflected an increase of $4.0 billion in mortgage-backed, asset-backed and other debt securities, partially offset by a $2.0 billion decline in US Treasury and government agencies


 

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securities. Our third quarter 2006 securities portfolio rebalancing actions are further described in the Consolidated Balance Sheet Review section of this Item 7. Securities comprised 27% of average interest-earning assets for 2006 and 26% for 2005.

Average total deposits were $63.3 billion for 2006 compared with $57.6 billion for 2005. The increase in average total deposits was driven primarily by the impact of higher certificates of deposit, money market account and noninterest-bearing deposit balances, and by higher Eurodollar deposits. Growth in deposits from commercial mortgage loan servicing activities also contributed to the increase compared with 2005. Similar to its impact on average loans and securities described above, our expansion into the greater Washington, DC area also contributed to the increase in average total deposits. Average total deposits represented 67% of total sources of funds for 2006 and 65% for 2005. Average transaction deposits were $42.3 billion for 2006 and $39.5 billion for 2005.

Average borrowed funds were $15.0 billion for 2006 and $16.2 billion for 2005. Commercial paper declined $2.1 billion in the comparison as 2005 included $1.8 billion of commercial paper related to Market Street, which was deconsolidated in October 2005. Apart from the decrease in commercial paper, average borrowed funds increased $.9 billion in 2006 compared with the prior year primarily due to net increases in fed funds purchased.

Shareholders’ equity totaled $10.8 billion at December 31, 2006, compared with $8.6 billion at December 31, 2005. The increase of $2.2 billion in total shareholders’ equity compared with December 31, 2005 reflected the impact of 2006 net income on retained earnings and an increase in capital surplus in connection with the BlackRock/MLIM transaction.

 

LINE OF BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS

We refer you to Item 1 of this Report for an overview of our business segments in Review of Lines of Business and to the “Results of Businesses – Summary” table in the Business Segments Review section of this Item 7. Total business segment earnings were $1.5 billion for 2006 and $1.4 billion for 2005.

See Note 21 Segment Reporting in the Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Report for a reconciliation of total business segment earnings to total PNC consolidated earnings as reported on a GAAP basis.

Retail Banking

Retail Banking’s 2006 earnings increased $83 million, or 12%, to $765 million compared with 2005. Revenue increased 9% and noninterest expense increased 6% compared with the prior year, creating positive operating leverage. The increase in earnings was driven by improved fee income from customers, higher taxable-equivalent net interest income fueled by continued customer and balance sheet growth, and a sustained focus on expense management. Positive operating leverage allows for annual earnings growth as well as the ability to reinvest in the business for future growth.

Corporate & Institutional Banking

Earnings from Corporate & Institutional Banking for 2006 totaled $463 million compared with $480 million for 2005. This decline was primarily attributable to the year-over- year $72 million change in the provision for credit losses principally as a result of a $53 million loan recovery recognized in the second quarter of 2005. The provision for credit losses was $42 million in 2006. In addition, the comparison was impacted by a $137 million increase in total revenue while noninterest expenses grew by $91 million in 2006 compared with 2005.

BlackRock

Our BlackRock business segment earned $187 million for 2006 and $152 million for 2005. These amounts represent BlackRock’s contribution to PNC’s earnings, including the impact of minority interest expense, as applicable, and additional income taxes recognized by PNC related to BlackRock’s earnings. For our BlackRock business segment reporting presentation in this Item 7, we have reflected our portion of the 2006 BlackRock/MLIM integration costs in “Other” rather than in earnings from our BlackRock investment. BlackRock business segment earnings for 2006 reflected higher investment advisory and administration fees due to an increase in assets under management and increased performance fees. These factors more than offset the increase in expense due to increased compensation and benefits and higher general and administration expense, and a one-time expense of $34 million incurred during the first quarter of 2006 related to the January 2005 acquisition of State Street Research and Management.


 

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For 2004, 2005 and the nine months ended September 30, 2006, our Consolidated Income Statement included our former 69%-71% ownership interest in BlackRock’s net income through the BlackRock/MLIM transaction closing date. However, beginning September 30, 2006, our Consolidated Balance Sheet no longer reflected the consolidation of BlackRock’s balance sheet but recognized our 34% ownership interest in BlackRock as an investment accounted for under the equity method. Our share of BlackRock’s net income is now reported within asset management noninterest income in our Consolidated Income Statement.

PFPC

PFPC’s earnings of $124 million in 2006 increased $20 million, or 19%, compared with $104 million in 2005. Earnings for 2006 included the impact of a $14 million reversal of deferred taxes related to earnings from a foreign subsidiary following management’s determination that the earnings would be indefinitely reinvested outside of the United States. Earnings for 2005 included the after-tax impact of a one-time termination fee of $6 million and a prepayment penalty of $5 million, along with $4 million of various tax benefits. Higher earnings in 2006 reflected servicing revenue contributions from several growth areas of the business and the successful implementation of expense control initiatives.

Other

“Other” earnings for 2006 totaled $1.1 billion, while “Other” 2005 was a net loss of $93 million. “Other” earnings for 2006 included the $1.3 billion after-tax gain on the BlackRock/MLIM transaction recorded in the third quarter of 2006, partially offset by the impact of charges related to the following, on an after-tax basis:

   

Third quarter 2006 balance sheet repositioning activities amounting to $158 million, and

   

BlackRock/MLIM integration costs of $47 million.

“Other” for 2005 included the impact of implementation costs related to the One PNC initiative totaling $35 million after-tax, net securities losses of $27 million after-tax, and Riggs acquisition integration costs totaling $20 million after-tax. These factors were partially offset by the first quarter 2005 benefit recognized from a $45 million deferred tax liability reversal related to the internal transfer of our investment in BlackRock as described above under Summary Financial Results.

 

CONSOLIDATED INCOME

STATEMENT REVIEW

NET INTEREST INCOME - OVERVIEW

Changes in net interest income and margin result from the interaction of the volume and composition of interest-earning assets and related yields, interest-bearing liabilities and related rates paid, and noninterest-bearing sources.

See Statistical Information – Analysis of Year-To-Year Changes In Net Interest Income and Average Consolidated Balance Sheet and Net Interest Analysis in Item 8 of this Report for additional information.

NET INTEREST INCOME - GAAP RECONCILIATION

The interest income earned on certain assets is completely or partially exempt from federal income tax. As such, these tax-exempt instruments typically yield lower returns than a taxable investment. To provide more meaningful comparisons of yields and margins for all interest-earning assets, we also provide net interest income on a taxable-equivalent basis by increasing the interest income earned on tax-exempt assets to make it fully equivalent to interest income earned on other taxable investments. This adjustment is not permitted under GAAP.

A reconciliation of net interest income as reported in the Consolidated Income Statement (GAAP basis) to net interest income on a taxable-equivalent basis follows (in millions):

 

  For the year ended December 31,
    2006    2005    2004

Net interest income, GAAP basis

  $2,245    $2,154    $1,969

Taxable-equivalent adjustment

  25    33    20

Net interest income, taxable- equivalent basis

  $2,270    $2,187    $1,989

Taxable-equivalent net interest income increased $83 million, or 4%, in 2006 compared with 2005. The increase reflected the impact of the 6% increase in average interest-earning assets during 2006 partially offset by a decline in the net interest margin as further described below.

NET INTEREST MARGIN

The net interest margin was 2.92% in 2006 compared with 3.00% for 2005, an 8 basis point decline. The following factors contributed to the decline in net interest margin in 2006:

   

An increase in the average rate paid on interest-bearing deposits of 104 basis points for 2006 compared with the 2005 period. The average rate paid on money market accounts, the largest single component of interest-bearing deposits, increased 111 basis points.

   

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By comparison, the yield on interest-earning assets increased only 81 basis points. Loans, the single largest component, increased 83 basis points.

   

These factors were partially offset by the favorable impact on net interest margin in 2006 of an increase of 20 basis points related to noninterest-bearing sources of funding.

The average federal funds rate for 2006 was 4.97% compared with 3.21% for 2005.

We believe that net interest margins for our industry will continue to be challenged if the yield curve remains flat or inverted, as competition for loans and deposits remains intense, as customers continue to migrate from lower cost to higher cost deposits or other products and as the benefit of adding investment securities is diminished.

From PNC’s perspective, we believe that net interest income will increase and net interest margin will remain relatively stable in 2007 compared with 2006. However, due to seasonal factors in the first quarter of the year, we expect that our net interest margin will be pressured and that our net interest income will be relatively flat for the first quarter of 2007. These projections are based on assumptions underlying our most likely net interest income scenario, which may change over time.

PROVISION FOR CREDIT LOSSES

The provision for credit losses was $124 million for 2006 compared with $21 million for 2005. The provision for credit losses for 2005 included the benefit of a $53 million loan recovery in the second quarter of that year resulting from a litigation settlement. In addition to this item, the increase in the provision for credit losses in 2006 reflected the following factors:

   

The impact of overall loan growth, as average total loans increased $2.2 billion in 2006 compared with the prior year;

   

The effect of a single large overdraft situation that occurred during the second quarter of 2006, and

   

Growth in unfunded commitments.

We do not expect to sustain asset quality at its current level. However, based on the assets we currently hold and current business trends and activities, we believe that overall asset quality will remain strong by historical standards for at least the near term. To the extent actual outcomes differ from our estimates, additional provision for credit losses may be required that would reduce future earnings.

See the Credit Risk Management portion of the Risk Management section of this Item 7 for additional information regarding factors impacting the provision for credit losses.

 

NONINTEREST INCOME

Summary

Noninterest income was $6.327 billion for 2006 and $4.173 billion for 2005. Noninterest income for 2006 included the impact of the gain on the BlackRock/MLIM transaction, which totaled $2.078 billion, partially offset by the effects of our third quarter 2006 balance sheet repositioning activities that resulted in charges totaling $244 million.

Additional analysis

Asset management fees amounted to $1.420 billion for 2006 and $1.443 billion for 2005, a decline of $23 million. Our equity income from BlackRock was included in asset management fees beginning with the fourth quarter of 2006. Asset management fees for 2005 and the first nine months of 2006 reflected the impact of BlackRock’s revenue on a consolidated basis.

Assets managed at December 31, 2006 totaled $54 billion compared with $494 billion at December 31, 2005 and reflected the deconsolidation of BlackRock effective September 29, 2006. We refer you to the Retail Banking section of the Business Segments Review section of this Item 7 for further discussion of Retail Banking’s assets under management.

Fund servicing fees increased $23 million in 2006, to $893 million, compared with $870 million in the prior year. Included in these amounts were distribution/out-of-pocket revenue amounts at PFPC totaling $170 million in 2006 and $147 million in 2005, the impacts of which were offset by expenses in the same amounts in each year.

PFPC provided fund accounting/administration services for $837 billion of net fund assets and provided custody services for $427 billion of fund assets at December 31, 2006, compared with $835 billion and $476 billion, respectively, at December 31, 2005. The decrease in custody fund assets at December 31, 2006 compared with December 31, 2005 resulted primarily from the deconversion of a major client during the first quarter of 2006, which was partially offset by new business, asset inflows from existing customers, and equity market appreciation.

Service charges on deposits increased $40 million, to $313 million, for 2006 compared with 2005. Customer growth, expansion of the branch network, including our expansion into the greater Washington, DC area that began in May 2005, and various pricing actions resulting from the One PNC initiative all contributed to the increase in 2006.

Brokerage fees increased $21 million, to $246 million, for 2006 compared with the prior year. The increase was primarily due to higher annuity income and mutual fund-related revenues, including favorable production from the fee-based fund advisory business.


 

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Consumer services fees increased $72 million, to $365 million, in 2006 compared with 2005. Higher fees reflected the impact of consolidating our merchant services activities in the fourth quarter of 2005 as a result of our increased ownership interest in the merchant services business. The increase was also due to higher debit card revenues resulting from higher transaction volumes, our expansion into the greater Washington, DC area, and pricing actions related to the One PNC initiative. These factors were partially offset by lower ATM surcharge revenue in 2006 resulting from changing customer behavior and a strategic decision to reduce the out-of-footprint ATM network.

Corporate services revenue was $626 million for 2006, compared with $485 million in 2005. The increase in corporate services revenue compared with the prior year was primarily due to the full year benefit in 2006 of our October 2005 acquisition of Harris Williams.

Equity management (private equity) net gains on portfolio investments totaled $107 million in 2006 and $96 million for 2005. Based on the nature of private equity activities, net gains or losses may be volatile from period to period.

Net securities losses totaled $207 million in 2006 and $41 million in 2005. Our discussion under the Consolidated Balance Sheet Review section of this Item 7 provides additional information regarding actions we took during the third quarter of 2006 that resulted in the sale of approximately $6 billion of securities available for sale at an aggregate pretax loss of $196 million during that quarter.

Noninterest revenue from trading activities, which is primarily customer-related, totaled $183 million in 2006 compared with $157 million for 2005. We provide additional information on our trading activities under Market Risk Management – Trading Risk in the Risk Management section of this Item 7.

Net gains related to our BlackRock investment were $2.066 billion for 2006, comprised of the $2.078 billion gain on the BlackRock/MLIM transaction partially offset by a fourth quarter mark-to-market adjustment of $12 million on our BlackRock long-term incentive plan (“LTIP”) obligation. See the BlackRock portion of the Business Segments Review section of Item 7 of this Report for further information.

Other noninterest income decreased $57 million, to $315 million, in 2006 compared with 2005. Other noninterest income for 2006 included the impact of the following:

   

A $48 million pretax loss incurred in the third quarter of 2006 in connection with the rebalancing of our residential mortgage portfolio. Further information on these actions is included in the Loans Held For Sale portion of the Consolidated Balance Sheet Review section of this Item 7;

   

A $20 million charge for an accounting adjustment related to our trust preferred securities hedges recognized during the third quarter of 2006; and

   

Lower other equity management income.

These factors were partially offset by higher gains on sales of education loans held for sale in 2006 compared with the prior year.

Other noninterest income typically fluctuates from period to period depending on the nature and magnitude of transactions completed.

PRODUCT REVENUE

In addition to credit products to commercial customers, Corporate & Institutional Banking offers treasury management and capital markets-related products and services, commercial loan servicing, and equipment leasing products that are marketed by several businesses across PNC.

Treasury management revenue, which includes fees as well as net interest income from customer deposit balances, totaled $424 million for 2006 and $410 million for 2005. The higher revenue in 2006 reflected continued expansion and client utilization of commercial payment card services, strong revenue growth in various electronic payment and information services, and a steady increase in business-to-business processing volumes, which more than offset the reduced net interest margin due to rising rates.

Revenue from capital markets-related products and services, including mergers and acquisitions advisory activities, was $283 million for 2006 compared with $175 million for 2005. The acquisition of Harris Williams in October 2005 together with improved customer and proprietary trading activities drove the increase in capital markets revenue in the comparison.

Midland Loan Services offers servicing, real estate advisory and technology solutions for the commercial real estate finance industry. Midland’s revenue, which includes servicing fees and net interest income from servicing portfolio deposit balances, totaled $184 million for 2006 and $144 million for 2005. Revenue growth was primarily driven by growth in the commercial mortgage servicing portfolio and related services.

As a component of our advisory services to clients, we provide a select set of insurance products to fulfill specific customer financial needs. Primary insurance offerings include:

   

Annuities,

   

Life,

   

Credit life,

   

Health,

   

Disability, and

   

Commercial lines coverage.

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Banking. Insurance products are sold by licensed PNC insurance agents and through licensed third-party arrangements. Revenue from these products was $71 million in 2006 and $61 million in 2005. The increase resulted from higher annuity fee revenue.

PNC, through subsidiary companies Alpine Indemnity Limited and PNC Insurance Corp., participates as a direct writer for its general liability, automobile liability, workers’ compensation, property and terrorism insurance programs.

In the normal course of business, Alpine Indemnity Limited and PNC Insurance Corp. maintain insurance reserves for reported claims and for claims incurred but not reported based on actuarial assessments. We believe these reserves were adequate at December 31, 2006.

NONINTEREST EXPENSE

Total noninterest expense was $4.443 billion for 2006, an increase of $137 million compared with $4.306 billion for 2005.

Item 6, Selected Financial Data, of this Report includes our efficiency ratios for 2006 and 2005 and notes regarding certain significant items impacting noninterest income and expense in 2006.

Noninterest expense for 2006 included the following:

   

Our share of integration costs related to the BlackRock/MLIM transaction totaling $91 million, which were almost entirely offset by a decrease in other BlackRock expenses of $87 million due to our deconsolidation of BlackRock effective September 29, 2006,

   

An increase of $71 million of expenses related to Harris Williams, which we acquired in October 2005,

   

An increase of $60 million related to the consolidation of our merchant services activities in the fourth quarter of 2005, and

   

An increase of $23 million in PFPC’s distribution/out-of-pocket expenses, the increase of which was entirely offset in noninterest income and which had no impact on our earnings.

Apart from the impact of these items, noninterest expense for 2006 decreased $21 million compared with 2005 as the benefit of the One PNC initiative more than offset the impact of our expansion into the greater Washington, DC area and other investments in the business.

We will have a continued emphasis on expense management in 2007 as we continue our focus on sustaining positive operating leverage.

 

EFFECTIVE TAX RATE

Our effective tax rate was 34% for 2006 and 30.2% for 2005. The higher effective tax rate in 2006 compared with 2005 reflected the impact of the following:

 

   

An increase in income taxes related to the third quarter 2006 gain on the BlackRock/MLIM transaction,

   

A $57 million cumulative adjustment to increase deferred income taxes made in the third quarter of 2006 in connection with the BlackRock/MLIM transaction, and

   

The benefit in 2005 of a reversal of deferred tax liabilities in connection with the transfer of our ownership in BlackRock to our intermediate bank holding company. This transaction reduced our first quarter 2005 tax provision by $45 million, or $.16 per diluted share. See Note 2 Acquisitions in the Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Report for additional information.

Going forward, we believe that a more normal effective tax rate for PNC would be approximately 32%.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET REVIEW

SUMMARIZED BALANCE SHEET DATA

 

December 31 - in millions    2006    2005

Assets

       

Loans, net of unearned income

   $50,105    $49,101

Securities available for sale

   23,191    20,710

Loans held for sale

   2,366    2,449

Equity investments

   5,330    1,323

Other

   20,828    18,371

Total assets

   $101,820    $91,954

Liabilities

       

Funding sources

   $81,329    $77,172

Other

   8,818    5,629

Total liabilities

   90,147    82,801

Minority and noncontrolling interests in consolidated entities

   885    590

Total shareholders’ equity

   10,788    8,563

Total liabilities, minority and noncontrolling interests, and shareholders’ equity

   $101,820    $91,954

The summarized balance sheet data above is based upon our Consolidated Balance Sheet in Item 8 of this Report.

Various seasonal and other factors impact our period-end balances whereas average balances (discussed under the Balance Sheet Highlights section of this Item 7 and included in the Statistical Information section of Item 8 of this Report) are normally more indicative of underlying business trends.


 

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The increase in Equity investments above reflects BlackRock as an equity investment at December 31, 2006. BlackRock’s assets and liabilities were consolidated on our Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2005.

The impact of the deconsolidation of BlackRock’s balance sheet amounts and recognition of our ownership interest in BlackRock as an equity investment upon the closing of the BlackRock/MLIM transaction is discussed in the BlackRock portion of the Business Segments Review section of this Item 7.

An analysis of changes in selected other balance sheet categories follows.

LOANS, NET OF UNEARNED INCOME

Loans increased $1.0 billion, or 2%, as of December 31, 2006 compared with December 31, 2005. Increases in total commercial lending and consumer loans, driven by targeted sales efforts across our banking businesses, more than offset the decline in residential mortgage loans that resulted primarily from our third quarter 2006 mortgage loan repositioning.

Details Of Loans

 

December 31 - in millions    2006      2005  

Commercial

       

Retail/wholesale

   $5,301      $4,854  

Manufacturing

   4,189      4,045  

Other service providers

   2,186      1,986  

Real estate related

   2,825      2,577  

Financial services

   1,324      1,438  

Health care

   707      616  

Other

   4,052      3,809  

Total commercial

   20,584      19,325  

Commercial real estate

       

Real estate projects

   2,716      2,244  

Mortgage

   816      918  

Total commercial real estate

   3,532      3,162  

Equipment lease financing

   3,556      3,628  

Total commercial lending

   27,672      26,115  

Consumer

       

Home equity

   13,749      13,790  

Automobile

   1,135      938  

Other

   1,631      1,445  

Total consumer

   16,515      16,173  

Residential mortgage

   6,337      7,307  

Other

   376      341  

Unearned income

   (795 )    (835 )

Total, net of unearned income

   $50,105      $49,101  

As the table above indicates, the loans that we hold continued to be diversified among numerous industries and types of businesses. The loans that we hold are also concentrated in, and diversified across, the geographic areas where we do business. See Note 7 Loans, Commitments To Extend Credit and Concentrations of Credit Risk in the Notes To

Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Report for additional information.

Commercial loans are the largest category and are the most sensitive to changes in assumptions and judgments underlying the determination of the allowance for loan and lease losses. We have allocated approximately $443 million, or 79%, of the total allowance for loan and lease losses at December 31, 2006 to the commercial loan category. This allocation also considers other relevant factors such as:

   

Actual versus estimated losses,

   

Regional and national economic conditions,

   

Business segment and portfolio concentrations,

   

Industry competition and consolidation,

   

The impact of government regulations, and

   

Risk of potential estimation or judgmental errors, including the accuracy of risk ratings.

Commercial Lending Exposure (a)

 

December 31 - in millions    2006    2005

Investment grade or equivalent

   49%    46%

Non-investment grade

       

$50 million or greater

   2%    2%

All other non-investment grade

   49%    52%

Total

   100%    100%
(a) Includes total commercial, commercial real estate, and equipment lease financing categories.

Net Unfunded Credit Commitments

 

December 31 - in millions    2006    2005

Commercial

   $31,009    $27,774

Consumer

   10,495    9,471

Commercial real estate

   2,752    2,337

Other

   579    596

Total

   $44,835    $40,178

Unfunded commitments are concentrated in our primary geographic markets. Commitments to extend credit represent arrangements to lend funds or provide liquidity subject to specified contractual conditions. Commercial commitments are reported net of participations, assignments and syndications, primarily to financial institutions, totaling $8.3 billion at December 31, 2006 and $6.7 billion at December 31, 2005. Consumer home equity lines of credit accounted for 74% of consumer unfunded credit commitments.

Unfunded liquidity facility commitments and standby bond purchase agreements totaled $6.0 billion at December 31, 2006 and $5.1 billion at December 31, 2005 and are included in the preceding table primarily within the “Commercial” and “Consumer” categories.

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customers if specified future events occur. At December 31, 2006, the largest industry concentration was for general medical and surgical hospitals, which accounted for approximately 5% of the total letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances.

Leases and Related Tax and Accounting Matters

The equipment lease portfolio totaled $3.6 billion at December 31, 2006. Aggregate residual value at risk on the lease portfolio at December 31, 2006 was $1.1 billion. We have taken steps to mitigate $.6 billion of this residual risk, including residual value insurance coverage with third parties, third party guarantees, and other actions. The portfolio included approximately $1.7 billion of cross-border leases at December 31, 2006. Cross-border leases are leveraged leases of equipment located in foreign countries, primarily in western Europe and Australia. We have not entered into cross-border lease transactions since 2003.

Upon completing an examination of our 1998-2000 and 2001-2003 consolidated federal income tax returns, the IRS provided us with examination reports which propose increases in our tax liability, principally arising from adjustments to the timing of tax deductions from several of our cross-border lease transactions.

While the situation with respect to these proposed adjustments remains unresolved, we believe our reserves for these exposures were appropriate at December 31, 2006.

In July 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Staff Position No. FAS 13-2, Accounting for a Change or Projected Change in the Timing of Cash Flows Relating to Income Taxes Generated by a Leveraged Lease Transaction (“FSP 13-2”). FSP 13-2 became effective January 1, 2007 and requires a recalculation of the timing of income recognition and the reevaluation of lease classification for actual or projected changes in the timing of tax benefits for leveraged leases. Any cumulative adjustment must be recognized through retained earnings upon adoption of FSP 13-2. See Note 1 Accounting Policies in the Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Report for additional information. Effective January 1, 2007, we recorded a cumulative adjustment to beginning retained earnings from the recalculations of $149 million, after-tax, as required by FSP 13-2. This adjustment was based on our best estimate as to the timing and amount of ultimate settlement of this exposure. Any immediate or future reductions in earnings from our adoption of FSP 13-2 would be recovered in subsequent years.

The US Senate has passed a bill that, if it became law, would have an adverse impact on the tax treatment for our cross-border lease transactions. The US House of Representatives has passed a different version of this legislation that does not contain any provisions relating to the taxation of cross-border lease transactions. The differences between the two versions of this legislation will be resolved in conference. We cannot predict whether or not any new law impacting the tax treatment for our cross-border lease transactions will be enacted.

 

In addition to these transactions, three lease-to-service contract transactions that we were party to were structured as partnerships for tax purposes. However, we do not believe that our exposure from these transactions is material to our consolidated results of operations or financial position.

SECURITIES

Details Of Securities (a)

 

     Amortized    Fair
In millions    Cost    Value

December 31, 2006

       

SECURITIES AVAILABLE FOR SALE

       

Debt securities

       

U.S. Treasury and government agencies

   $611    $608

Mortgage-backed

   17,325    17,208

Commercial mortgage-backed

   3,231    3,219

Asset-backed

   1,615    1,609

State and municipal

   140    139

Other debt

   90    87

Corporate stocks and other

   321    321

Total securities available for sale

   $23,333    $23,191

December 31, 2005

       

SECURITIES AVAILABLE FOR SALE

       

Debt securities

       

U.S. Treasury and government agencies

   $3,816    $3,744

Mortgage-backed

   13,794    13,544

Commercial mortgage-backed

   1,955    1,919

Asset-backed

   1,073    1,063

State and municipal

   159    158

Other debt

   87    86

Corporate stocks and other

   196    196

Total securities available for sale

   $21,080    $20,710
(a) Securities held to maturity at December 31, 2006 and 2005 were less than $.5 million.

Securities represented 23% of total assets at both December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005. The increase in total securities compared with December 31, 2005 was primarily due to higher balances of mortgage-backed and commercial mortgage-backed securities, which more than offset the decline in US Treasury and government agencies securities.

At December 31, 2006, the securities available for sale balance included a net unrealized loss of $142 million, which represented the difference between fair value and amortized cost. The comparable amount at December 31, 2005 was a net unrealized loss of $370 million. Net unrealized gains and losses in the securities available for sale portfolio are included in shareholders’ equity as accumulated other comprehensive income or loss, net of tax.

The fair value of securities available for sale generally decreases when interest rates increase and vice versa. Further increases in interest rates in 2007, if sustained, will adversely impact the fair value of securities available for sale going forward compared with the fair value at December 31, 2006.

The expected weighted-average life of securities available for sale was 3 years and 8 months at December 31, 2006 and 4 years and 1 month at December 31, 2005.


 

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We estimate that at December 31, 2006 the effective duration of securities available for sale is 2.6 years for an immediate 50 basis points parallel increase in interest rates and 2.2 years for an immediate 50 basis points parallel decrease in interest rates. Comparable amounts at December 31, 2005 were 2.7 years and 2.4 years, respectively.

We evaluate our portfolio of securities available for sale in light of changing market conditions and other factors and, where appropriate, take steps intended to improve our overall positioning.

During mid-August through early September 2006, we performed a comprehensive review of our securities available for sale portfolio and, by the end of September 2006, completed the process of executing portfolio rebalancing actions in response to the changing economic landscape, recent statements and actions by the Federal Open Market Committee (in particular, the decision not to raise the Fed funds target rate), and our desire to position the securities portfolio to optimize total return performance over the long term.

As a result, we repositioned our securities portfolio according to our market views. This included reallocating exposure to certain sectors, selling securities holdings we believed would likely underperform on a relative value basis, and retaining certain existing securities and purchasing incremental securities all of which we believe will outperform the market going forward as further discussed below.

As part of the rebalancing, we assessed the entire securities available for sale portfolio of which, for the majority of positions, fair value was less than amortized cost. We executed a strategy to reduce our US government agency and mortgage-backed security sector allocations and increase our interest rate swap sector allocation. We sold substantially all of our US government agency securities to reduce our interest rate spread exposure to that asset class. The US government agency securities that we retained are characterized by relatively short terms to maturity and smaller individual security balances. We also sold specific securities in the mortgage-backed portfolio (i.e., all of our holdings of specific coupon US government agency pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations having specific collateral characteristics), and in the commercial mortgage-backed portfolio (i.e., all of our holdings of specific vintage securities) that we believe, given the underlying collateral, will underperform on a relative value basis. We retained the remaining holdings in our mortgage-backed portfolio including all of our holdings of mortgage-backed securities collateralized by hybrid adjustable rate mortgage loans, our commercial mortgage-backed portfolio and our asset-backed portfolio. Our objective was to reduce the portfolio credit spread and interest rate volatility exposures, to position the portfolio for a steeper yield curve and to optimize the relative value performance of the portfolio. We assessed the securities retained relative to the same portfolio objectives, our market view and outlook, our desired sector allocations and our

expectation of performance relative to market benchmarks, and, given our assessment, we confirmed our intent to hold these remaining securities until either recovery of fair value or maturity.

The portfolio rebalancing resulted in the sale during the third quarter of 2006 of $6.0 billion of securities available for sale at an aggregate pretax loss of $196 million, or $127 million after-tax. In connection with this rebalancing, we purchased approximately $1.8 billion of securities and added approximately $4.0 billion of interest rate swaps to maintain our interest rate risk position. We also reduced wholesale funding as a result of the actions taken.

The resulting net realized losses on the sale of the securities during the third quarter of 2006 were previously reflected as net unrealized securities losses within accumulated other comprehensive loss in the shareholders’ equity section of PNC’s Consolidated Balance Sheet. Accordingly, total shareholders’ equity did not change as a result of these actions.

See the Consolidated Income Statement Review portion of the 2005 Versus 2004 section of this Item 7 for details of steps taken in the second quarter of 2005 regarding the sale of securities available for sale and related actions.

LOANS HELD FOR SALE

During the third quarter of 2006, we announced our plan to sell or securitize approximately $2.1 billion of loans from our residential mortgage portfolio. These transactions were substantially consummated during the fourth quarter of 2006. In accordance with GAAP, these loans were transferred to loans held for sale as of September 30, 2006. We recognized a pretax loss in the third quarter of 2006 of $48 million as a reduction of noninterest income, representing the mark to market valuation of these loans upon transfer to held for sale status. This loss, which is reported in the “Other” business segment, represented the decline in value of the loans almost entirely from the impact of increases in interest rates over the holding period.

Education loans held for sale totaled $1.3 billion at December 31, 2006 and $1.9 billion at December 31, 2005 and represented the majority of our loans held for sale at each date. We classify substantially all of our education loans as loans held for sale. Generally, we sell education loans when the loans are placed into repayment status. Gains on sales of education loans totaled $33 million for 2006, $19 million for 2005 and $30 million for 2004. These gains are reflected in the other noninterest income line item in our Consolidated Income Statement and in the results of the Retail Banking business segment.

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of a $1.4 billion increase in Federal funds sold and resale agreements and a $.6 billion increase in other short-term investments.

CAPITAL AND FUNDING SOURCES

Details Of Funding Sources

 

December 31 - in millions    2006    2005

Deposits

       

Money market

   $28,580    $24,462

Demand

   16,833    17,157

Retail certificates of deposit

   14,725    13,010

Savings

   1,864    2,295

Other time

   1,326    1,313

Time deposits in foreign offices

   2,973    2,038

Total deposits

   66,301    60,275

Borrowed funds

       

Federal funds purchased

   2,711    4,128

Repurchase agreements

   2,051    1,691

Bank notes and senior debt

   3,633    3,875

Subordinated debt

   3,962    4,469

Others

   2,671    2,734

Total borrowed funds

   15,028    16,897

Total

   $81,329    $77,172

Various seasonal and other factors impact our period-end deposit balances whereas average balances (discussed under the Balance Sheet Highlights section of this Item 7 above) are normally more indicative of underlying business trends.

The increase in deposits as of December 31, 2006 was driven primarily by the impact of higher money market and certificates of deposit balances. In addition to growth in retail deposit balances, growth in deposits from commercial mortgage loan servicing activities also contributed to the increase compared with the prior year-end.

The decline in borrowed funds compared with the balance at December 31, 2005 reflected a decrease in federal funds purchased, maturities of $2.0 billion of bank notes and senior debt during 2006, a decline in subordinated debt in connection with our December 2006 redemption of $453 million of Capital Securities, and the deconsolidation of BlackRock’s $250 million of convertible debentures. These factors were partially offset by the issuance of $1.5 billion of senior debt during the fourth quarter of 2006 and the issuance of $500 million of bank notes in June 2006.

 

Capital

We manage our capital position by making adjustments to our balance sheet size and composition, issuing debt and equity instruments, making treasury stock transactions, maintaining dividend policies and retaining earnings.

The increase of $2.2 billion in total shareholders’ equity at December 31, 2006 compared with December 31, 2005 reflected the impact of 2006 net income on retained earnings and an increase in capital surplus in connection with the BlackRock/MLIM transaction.

Common shares outstanding were 293 million at December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005.

During 2006, we purchased 5 million common shares at a total cost of $354 million under our current common stock repurchase program, which offset net share issuances related to various employee stock-based compensation plans and the exercise of employee stock options and other share issuances. Our current program, which was authorized as of February 16, 2005, permits us to purchase up to 20 million shares on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions and will remain in effect until fully utilized or until modified, superseded or terminated. As of December 31, 2006, remaining availability for purchases under this program was 14.5 million shares. The extent and timing of additional share repurchases under this program will depend on a number of factors including, among others, market and general economic conditions, economic and regulatory capital considerations, alternative uses of capital, regulatory limitations resulting from merger activity, and the potential impact on our credit rating. We expect to continue to be active in share repurchases.

See “Mercantile Bankshares Acquisition” in the Executive Summary section of this Item 7 regarding our plans to issue PNC common stock and cash in connection with this pending acquisition. Also, our Liquidity Risk Management discussion in this Item 7 has further details on first quarter 2007 debt issuances related to funding the cash portion of this transaction.


 

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Risk-Based Capital

 

December 31 - dollars in millions

   2006     2005  

Capital components

      

Shareholders’ equity

      

Common

   $10,781     $8,555  

Preferred

   7     8  

Trust preferred capital securities

   965     1,417  

Minority interest

   494     291  

Goodwill and other intangibles (net of eligible deferred taxes)

   (3,540 )   (4,122 )

Pension, other postretirement and postemployment benefit plan adjustments

   148      

Net unrealized securities losses

   91     240  

Net unrealized losses (gains) on cash flow hedge derivatives

   13     26  

Equity investments in nonfinancial companies

   (30 )   (40 )

Other, net

   (5 )   (11 )

Tier 1 risk-based capital

   8,924     6,364  

Subordinated debt

   1,954     2,216  

Eligible allowance for credit losses

   681     697  

Total risk-based capital

   $11,559     $9,277  

Assets

      

Risk-weighted assets, including off-balance-sheet instruments and market risk equivalent assets

   $85,539     $76,673  

Adjusted average total assets

   95,590     88,329  

Capital ratios

      

Tier 1 risk-based

   10.4 %   8.3 %

Total risk-based

   13.5     12.1  

Leverage

   9.3     7.2  

Tangible common

   7.4     5.0  

The access to, and cost of, funding new business initiatives including acquisitions, the ability to engage in expanded business activities, the ability to pay dividends, the level of deposit insurance costs, and the level and nature of regulatory oversight depend, in part, on a financial institution’s capital strength. The increases in the capital ratios at December 31, 2006 compared with the ratios at December 31, 2005 were primarily caused by the $1.6 billion increase in capital recognized in the third quarter of 2006 related to the BlackRock/MLIM transaction, partially offset by asset growth.

At December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, each of our bank subsidiaries was considered “well capitalized” based on regulatory capital ratio requirements. See the Supervision And Regulation section of Item 1 of this Report and Note 4 Regulatory Matters in the Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Report for additional information. We believe our bank subsidiaries will continue to meet these requirements in 2007.

 

OFF-BALANCE SHEET

ARRANGEMENTS AND VIES

We engage in a variety of activities that involve unconsolidated entities or that are otherwise not reflected in our Consolidated Balance Sheet that are generally referred to as “off-balance sheet arrangements.” The following sections of this Report provide further information on these types of activities:

   

Commitments, including contractual obligations and other commitments, included within the Risk Management section of this Item 7, and

   

Note 24 Commitments and Guarantees in the Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8 of this Report.

The following provides a summary of variable interest entities (“VIEs”), including those in which we hold a significant variable interest but have not consolidated and those that we have consolidated into our financial statements as of December 31, 2006 and 2005.

Non-Consolidated VIEs – Significant Variable Interests

 

In millions

  Aggregate
Assets
   Aggregate
Liabilities
   PNC Risk
of Loss
 
 

December 31, 2006

         

Market Street

  $4,020    $4,020    $6,117 (a)

Collateralized debt obligations

  815    570    22  

Partnership interests in low income housing projects

  33    30    8  

Total

  $4,868    $4,620    $6,147  

December 31, 2005

         

Collateralized debt obligations (b)

  $6,290    $5,491    $51  

Private investment funds (b)

  5,186    1,051    13  

Market Street

  3,519    3,519    5,089 (a)

Partnership interests in low income housing projects

  35    29    2  

Total

  $15,030    $10,090    $5,155  
(a) PNC’s risk of loss consists of off-balance sheet liquidity commitments to Market Street of $5.6 billion and other credit enhancements of $.6 at December 31, 2006. The comparable amounts at December 31, 2005 were $4.6 billion and $.4 billion, respectively.
(b) Primarily held by BlackRock. We deconsolidated BlackRock effective September 29, 2006. See Note 2 Acquisitions in the Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information. Includes both PNC’s direct risk of loss and BlackRock’s risk of loss, limited to PNC’s ownership interest in BlackRock.

 

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The aggregate assets and liabilities of VIEs that we have consolidated in our financial statements are as follows:

Consolidated VIEs – PNC Is Primary Beneficiary

 

In millions

   Aggregate
Assets
   Aggregate
Liabilities

December 31, 2006

       

Partnership interests in low income housing projects

   $834    $834

Total

   $834    $834

December 31, 2005

       

Partnership interests in low income housing projects

   $680    $680

Other

   12    10

Total

   $692    $690

Market Street

Market Street Funding LLC (“Market Street”), formerly Market Street Funding Corporation, is a multi-seller asset-backed commercial paper conduit that is owned by an independent third party. Market Street’s activities are limited to the purchasing of assets or making of loans secured by interests primarily in pools of receivables from US corporations that desire access to the commercial paper market. Market Street funds the purchases or loans by issuing commercial paper which has been rated A1/P1 by Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s, respectively, and is supported by pool-specific credit enhancement, liquidity facilities and program-level credit enhancement.

PNC Bank, N.A. provides certain administrative services, a portion of the program-level credit enhancement and the majority of liquidity facilities to Market Street in exchange for fees negotiated based on market rates. All of Market Street’s assets at December 31, 2006 and 2005 collateralize the commercial paper obligations. PNC views its credit exposure for the Market Street transactions as limited. Facilities requiring PNC to fund for defaulted assets totaled $850 million at December 31, 2006. For 85% of the liquidity facilities at December 31, 2006, PNC is not required to fund if the assets are in default. PNC may be liable for funding under liquidity facilities for events such as borrower bankruptcies, collateral deficiencies or covenant violations. Additionally, PNC’s obligations under the liquidity facilities are secondary to the risk of first loss provided by the borrower or another third party in the form of deal-specific credit enhancement – for example, by the over collateralization of the assets. Deal-specific credit enhancement that supports the commercial paper issued by Market Street is generally structured to cover a multiple of the expected historical losses for the pool of assets and is sized to generally meet rating agency standards for comparably structured transactions. Credit enhancement is provided in part by PNC Bank, N.A. in the form of a cash collateral account that is funded by a loan facility that expires March 25, 2011. See Note 7 Loans, Commitments To Extend Credit and Concentrations of Credit Risk and Note 24

Commitments and Guarantees included in Item 8 of this Report for additional information. Neither creditors nor equity investors in Market Street have any recourse to our general credit. PNC accrued program administrator fees and commitment fees related to PNC’s portion of the liquidity facilities of $11.3 million and $3.7 million, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2006.

Under the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 46, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities (“FIN 46”), we consolidated Market Street effective July 1, 2003 as we were deemed the primary beneficiary of Market Street. In October 2005, Market Street was restructured as a limited liability company and entered into a subordinated Note Purchase Agreement (“Note”) with an unrelated third party. Consistent with other market participants, PNC elected to restructure Market Street and Market Street issued the Note for the primary purpose of providing our customers access to the asset-backed commercial paper markets in a more capital-efficient manner.

The Note provides first loss coverage whereby the investor absorbs losses up to the amount of the Note, which is $5.7 million as of December 31, 2006. The Note has an original maturity of eight years and bears interest at 18% with any default-related interest/fees charged by Market Street on specific transactions accruing to the benefit of the Note holder. Proceeds from the issuance of the Note were placed in a first loss reserve account that may be used to reimburse any losses incurred by Market Street, PNC Bank, N.A. or other providers under the liquidity facilities and the credit enhancement arrangements.

As a result of the Note issuance, we reevaluated whether PNC continued to be the primary beneficiary of Market Street under the provisions of FIN 46R. PNC evaluated the design of Market Street, its capital structure and relationships among the variable interest holders. PNC also performed a quantitative analysis, which computes and allocates expected loss or residual returns to variable interest holders. PNC considered variability generated from the risks specific to Market Street such as expected credit losses, facility pricing (including default-related pricing), and fee volatility in determining that the Note investor absorbed the majority of the expected variability and therefore is the primary beneficiary and required to consolidate Market Street. Based on this analysis, we determined that we were no longer the primary beneficiary and deconsolidated Market Street from our Consolidated Balance Sheet effective October 17, 2005.

As required under FIN 46R, reconsideration events such as changes in the Note contractual terms, additional Note investors and or changes in the inherent Market Street risks would trigger PNC to determine if the primary beneficiary has changed.

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the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (“LIHTC”) pursuant to Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code. The purpose of these investments is to achieve a satisfactory return on capital, to facilitate the sale of additional affordable housing product offerings and to assist us in achieving goals associated with the Community Reinvestment Act. The primary activities of the limited partnerships include the identification, development and operation of multi-family housing that is leased to qualifying residential tenants. Generally, these types of investments are funded through a combination of debt and equity, with equity typically comprising 30% to 60% of the total project capital.

We consolidated those LIHTC investments in which we own a majority of the limited partnership interests. We also consolidated entities in which we, as a national syndicator of affordable housing equity, serve as the general partner (together with the aforementioned LIHTC investments), and no other entity owns a majority of the limited partnership interests. In these syndication transactions, we create funds in which our subsidiary is the general partner and sells limited partnership interests to third parties, and in some cases may also purchase a limited partnership interest in the fund. The fund’s limited partners can generally remove the general partner without cause at any time. The purpose of this business is to generate income from the syndication of these funds and to generate servicing fees by managing the funds. General partner activities include selecting, evaluating, structuring, negotiating, and closing the fund investments in operating limited partnerships, as well as oversight of the ongoing operations of the fund portfolio. The assets are primarily included in Equity Investments on our Consolidated Balance Sheet. Neither creditors nor equity investors in the LIHTC investments have any recourse to our general credit. The consolidated aggregate assets and debt of these LIHTC investments are provided in the Consolidated VIEs – PNC Is Primary Beneficiary table and reflected in the Corporate & Institutional Banking business segment.

We have a significant variable interest in certain other limited partnerships that sponsor affordable housing projects. We do not own a majority of the limited partnership interests in these entities and are not the primary beneficiary. We use the equity method to account for our investment in these entities. Information regarding these partnership interests is reflected in the Non-Consolidated VIEs – Significant Variable Interests table.

 

We also have subsidiaries that invest in and act as the investment manager for private equity funds organized as limited partnerships as part of our equity management activities. The funds invest in private equity investments to generate capital appreciation and profits. As permitted by FASB Interpretation No. 46 (Revised 2003), “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities,” we have deferred applying the provisions of the interpretation for these entities pending further action by the FASB. Information on these entities follows:

Investment Company Accounting – Deferred Application

 

In millions

   Aggregate
Assets
   Aggregate
Equity
   PNC Risk
of Loss

Private Equity Funds

          

December 31, 2006

   $102    $102    $104

December 31, 2005

   $109    $109    $35

PNC’s risk of loss in the tables above includes both the value of our equity investments and any unfunded commitments to the respective entities.

Perpetual Trust Securities

In December 2006, one of our indirect subsidiaries, PNC REIT Corp., sold $500 million of 6.517% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Exchangeable Perpetual Trust Securities (the “Trust Securities”) of PNC Preferred Funding Trust I, in a private placement. PNC REIT Corp. had previously acquired the Trust Securities from the trust in exchange for an equivalent amount of Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Securities (the “LLC Preferred Securities”), of PNC Preferred Funding LLC (the “LLC”), held by PNC REIT Corp. The LLC’s initial material assets consist of indirect interests in mortgages and mortgage-related assets previously owned by PNC REIT Corp.

PNC REIT Corp. also owns 100% of the LLC’s common voting securities. As a result, the LLC is an indirect subsidiary of PNC Bank, N.A. and is consolidated in accordance with GAAP on our consolidated balance sheet. PNC Preferred Funding Trust I’s investment in the LLC Preferred Securities is characterized as a minority interest on our balance sheet since we are not the primary beneficiary of PNC Preferred Funding Trust I. This minority interest totaled approximately $490 million at December 31, 2006.

Each Trust Security is automatically exchangeable into a share of Series F Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock of PNC Bank, N.A. (the “PNC Bank Preferred Stock”) under certain conditions relating to the capitalization or the financial condition of PNC Bank, N.A. and upon the direction of the OCC.

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$200 million Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Notes issued on June 9, 1998. We agreed in the Covenant that neither we nor our subsidiaries (other than PNC Bank, N.A. and its subsidiaries) would purchase the Trust Securities, the LLC Preferred Securities or the PNC Bank Preferred Stock (collectively, the “Covenant Securities”) unless: (i) we have received the prior approval of the Federal Reserve Board, if such approval is then required by the Federal Reserve Board and (ii) during the 180-day period prior to the date of purchase, we or our subsidiaries, as applicable, have received proceeds from the sale of Qualifying Securities in the amounts specified in the Covenant (which amounts will vary based on the type of securities sold). “Qualifying Securities” means debt and equity securities having terms and provisions specified in the Covenant and that, generally described, are intended to contribute to our capital base in a manner that is similar to the contribution to our capital base made by the Covenant Securities. The Covenant does not apply to redemptions of the Covered Securities by the issuers of those securities. We filed a copy of the Covenant with the SEC as Exhibit 99.1 to PNC’s Form 8-K filed on December 8, 2006.

PNC Bank, N.A. has contractually committed to PNC Preferred Funding Trust I that if full dividends are not paid in a dividend period on the Trust Securities, LLC Preferred Securities or any other parity equity securities issued by the LLC, neither PNC Bank, N. A. nor its subsidiaries will declare or pay dividends or other distributions with respect to, or redeem, purchase or acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of its equity capital securities during the next succeeding dividend period (other than to holders of the LLC Preferred Securities and any parity equity securities issued by the LLC) except: (i) in the case of dividends payable to subsidiaries of PNC Bank, N.A., to PNC Bank, N.A. or another wholly-owned subsidiary of PNC Bank, N.A. or (ii) in the case of dividends payable to persons that are not subsidiaries of PNC Bank, N.A., to such persons only if, (A) in the case of a cash dividend, PNC has first irrevocably committed to contribute amounts at least equal to such cash dividend or (B) in the case of in-kind dividends payable by PNC REIT Corp., PNC has committed to purchase such in-kind dividend from the applicable PNC REIT Corp. holders in exchange for a cash payment representing the market value of such in-kind dividend, and PNC has committed to contribute such in-kind dividend to PNC Bank. N.A.

BUSINESS SEGMENTS REVIEW

We have four major businesses engaged in providing banking, asset management and global fund processing services: Retail Banking; Corporate & Institutional Banking; BlackRock; and PFPC.

Certain of our products and services are offered through Corporate & Institutional Banking and marketed by several businesses across PNC, such as our treasury management activities, which include cash and investment management, receivables management, disbursement services, funds

transfer services, information reporting, and global trade services; capital markets-related products and services, which include foreign exchange, derivatives, loan syndications, securities underwriting, securities sales and trading, and mergers and acquisitions advisory and related services to middle-market companies; commercial loan servicing, real estate advisory and technology solutions for the commercial real estate finance industry; and equipment leasing products.

Results of individual businesses are presented based on our management accounting practices and our operating structure. There is no comprehensive, authoritative body of guidance for management accounting equivalent to GAAP; therefore, the financial results of individual businesses are not necessarily comparable with similar information for any other company. We refine our methodologies from time to time as our management accounting practices are enhanced and our businesses and management structure change. Financial results are presented, to the extent practicable, as if each business operated on a stand-alone basis. As permitted under GAAP, we have aggregated the business results for certain operating segments for financial reporting purposes.

Our capital measurement methodology is based on the concept of economic capital for our banking businesses. However, we have increased the capital assigned to Retail Banking to 6% of funds to reflect the capital required for well-capitalized banks and to approximate market comparables for this business. The capital for PFPC has been increased to reflect its legal entity shareholders’ equity.

BlackRock business segment results for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and full year 2005 reflected our majority ownership in BlackRock during those periods. Subsequent to the September 29, 2006 BlackRock/MLIM transaction closing, our investment in BlackRock and capital position increased significantly but our ownership interest was reduced to approximately 34%. BlackRock is now accounted for under the equity method and continues to be a separate reportable business segment. For our business segment reporting presentation, we have reclassified historical BlackRock segment results to conform to our current approach, as further described on page 41.

We have allocated the allowances for loan and lease losses and unfunded loan commitments and letters of credit based on our assessment of risk inherent in the loan portfolios. Our allocation of the costs incurred by operations and other support areas not directly aligned with the businesses is primarily based on the use of services.

Total business segment financial results differ from total consolidated results. The impact of these differences is reflected in the “Intercompany Eliminations” and “Other” categories. “Intercompany Eliminations” reflects activities conducted among our businesses that are eliminated in the consolidated results. “Other” includes residual activities that do not meet the criteria for disclosure as a separate reportable


 

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business, such as gains or losses related to our BlackRock investment, 2006 BlackRock/MLIM integration costs, One PNC implementation costs, asset and liability management activities, related net securities gains or losses, certain trading activities, equity management activities and minority interest in income of BlackRock up to September 29, 2006, differences between business segment performance reporting and financial statement reporting (GAAP), and most corporate overhead.

 

Business segment results, including inter-segment revenues, are included in Note 21 Segment Reporting in the Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Report.

Employee data as reported by each business segment in the tables that follow reflect staff directly employed by the respective businesses and excludes corporate and shared services employees. Prior period employee statistics generally are not restated for organizational changes.


 

Results Of Businesses - Summary

 

  Earnings     Revenue (a)   Average Assets (b)

Year ended December 31 - dollars in millions

  2006   2005     2006   2005   2006   2005

Retail Banking

  $765   $682     $3,125   $2,868   $29,248   $27,618

Corporate & Institutional Banking

  463   480     1,472   1,335   26,548   25,309

BlackRock (c)(d)

  187   152     1,170   1,229   3,937   1,848

PFPC (e)

  124   104     879   846   2,204   2,128

Total business segments

  1,539   1,418     6,646   6,278   61,937   56,903

Other

  1,056   (93 )   1,951   82   33,075   31,645

Total consolidated

  $2,595   $1,325     $8,597   $6,360   $95,012   $88,548

 

(a) Business segment revenue is presented on a taxable-equivalent basis. The interest income earned on certain assets is completely or partially exempt from federal income tax. As such, these tax-exempt instruments typically yield lower returns than a taxable investment. To provide more meaningful comparisons of yields and margins for all interest-earning assets, we also provide revenue on a taxable-equivalent basis by increasing the interest income earned on tax-exempt assets to make it fully equivalent to interest income earned on other taxable investments. This adjustment is not permitted under GAAP. The following is a reconciliation of total consolidated revenue on a book (GAAP) basis to total consolidated revenue on a taxable-equivalent basis:

 

Year ended December 31 - dollars in millions

   2006    2005

Total consolidated revenue, book (GAAP) basis

   $8,572    $6,327

Taxable-equivalent adjustment

   25    33

Total consolidated revenue, taxable-equivalent basis

   $8,597    $6,360

 

(b) Period-end balances for BlackRock and PFPC. BlackRock was an equity investment at December 31, 2006 and was consolidated at December 31, 2005.
(c) These amounts have been reduced by minority interest in income of BlackRock, excluding MLIM integration costs, totaling $65 million and $71 million for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. These amounts are also net of additional PNC income taxes recorded on PNC’s share of BlackRock’s earnings totaling $24 million and $11 million for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively that have been reclassified to BlackRock from “Other.” For this PNC business segment earnings presentation, integration costs incurred by BlackRock for the MLIM transaction totaling $47 for full year 2006 have been reclassified from BlackRock to “Other.” This amount is after-tax and net of minority interest as applicable.
(d) For 2005 and the first nine months of 2006, revenue for BlackRock represents the sum of total operating revenue and nonoperating income. For the fourth quarter of 2006, revenue represents our equity income from BlackRock.
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RETAIL BANKING

 

Year ended December 31

Taxable-equivalent basis

Dollars in millions

  2006     2005  

INCOME STATEMENT

     

Net interest income

  $1,678     $1,593  

Noninterest income

     

Asset management

  352     337  

Service charges on deposits

  304     265  

Brokerage

  236     217  

Consumer services

  348     278  

Other

  207     178  

Total noninterest income

  1,447     1,275  

Total revenue

  3,125     2,868  

Provision for credit losses

  81     52  

Noninterest expense

  1,827     1,726  

Pretax earnings

  1,217     1,090  

Income taxes

  452     408  

Earnings

  $765     $682  

AVERAGE BALANCE SHEET

     

Loans

     

Consumer

     

Home equity

  $13,813     $13,351  

Indirect

  1,052     936  

Other consumer

  1,248     1,195  

Total consumer

  16,113     15,482  

Commercial

  5,721     5,094  

Floor plan

  910     975  

Residential mortgage

  1,440     1,405  

Other

  242     261  

Total loans

  24,426     23,217  

Goodwill and other intangible assets

  1,581     1,394  

Loans held for sale

  1,607     1,553  

Other assets

  1,634     1,454  

Total assets

  $29,248     $27,618  

Deposits

     

Noninterest-bearing demand

  $7,841     $7,639  

Interest-bearing demand

  7,906     7,946  

Money market

  14,750     13,635  

Total transaction deposits

  30,497     29,220  

Savings

  2,035     2,574  

Certificates of deposit

  13,861     11,494  

Total deposits

  46,393     43,288  

Other liabilities

  553     392  

Capital

  2,986     2,852  

Total funds

  $49,932     $46,532  

PERFORMANCE RATIOS

     

Return on average capital

  26 %   24 %

Noninterest income to total revenue

  46     44  

Efficiency

  58     60  

OTHER INFORMATION (a)

     

Credit-related statistics:

     

Nonperforming assets (b)

  $106     $90  

Net charge-offs

  $85     $53  

Net charge-off ratio

  .35 %   .23 %

Home equity portfolio credit statistics:

     

% of first lien positions

  43 %   46 %

Weighted average loan-to-value ratios

  70 %   68 %

Weighted average FICO scores

  728     728  

Loans 90 days past due

  .24 %   .21 %

At December 31

Dollars in millions

  2006     2005  

OTHER INFORMATION (a)

           

Checking-related statistics:

     

Retail Banking checking relationships

  1,954,000     1,934,000  

Consumer DDA households using online banking

  938,000     855,000  

% of consumer DDA households using online banking

  53 %   49 %

Consumer DDA households using online bill payment

  404,000     205,000  

% of consumer DDA households using online bill payment

  23 %   12 %

Small business managed deposits:

     

On-balance sheet

     

Noninterest-bearing demand

  $4,359     $4,353  

Interest-bearing demand

  1,529     1,560  

Money market

  2,684     2,849  

Certificates of deposit

  645     412  

Off-balance sheet (c)

     

Small business sweep checking

  1,619     1,305  

Total managed deposits

  10,836     10,479  

Brokerage statistics:

     

 

Margin loans

  $163     $217  

Financial consultants (d)

  758     779  

Full service brokerage offices

  99     100  

Brokerage account assets (billions)

  $46     $42  

Other statistics:

     

Gains on sales of education loans (e)

  $33     $19  

Full-time employees

  9,549     9,679  

Part time employees

  1,829     1,117  

ATMs

  3,581     3,721  

Branches (f)

  852     839  

ASSETS UNDER ADMINISTRATION
(in billions)
(g)

     

Assets under management

     

Personal

  $44     $40  

Institutional

  10     9  

Total

  $54     $49  

Asset Type

     

Equity

  $34     $31  

Fixed income

  12     12  

Liquidity/other

  8     6  

Total

  $54     $49  

Nondiscretionary assets under administration

     

 

Personal

  $25     $27  

Institutional

  61     57  

Total

  $86     $84  

Asset Type

     

Equity

  $33     $33  

Fixed income

  24     24  

Liquidity/other

  29     27  

Total

  $86     $84  
(a) Presented as of December 31 except for net charge-offs, net charge-off ratio, gains on sales of education loans, and small business managed deposits.
(b) Includes nonperforming loans of $96 million at December 31, 2006 and $81 million at December 31, 2005.
(c) Represents small business balances, a portion of which are calculated on a one-month lag. These balances are swept into liquidity products managed by other PNC business segments, the majority of which are off-balance sheet.
(d) Financial consultants provide services in full service brokerage offices and PNC traditional branches.
(e) Included in “Noninterest income-Other.”
(f) Excludes certain satellite branches that provide limited products and service hours.
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Retail Banking’s 2006 earnings increased $83 million, or 12%, to $765 million compared with 2005. Revenue increased 9% and noninterest expense increased 6% compared with the prior year, creating positive operating leverage. The increase in earnings was driven by improved fee income from customers, higher taxable-equivalent net interest income fueled by continued customer and balance sheet growth, and a sustained focus on expense management. Retail Banking’s sustained focus on expense management has allowed for additional investments in the business as described below.

Highlights of Retail Banking’s performance during 2006 include the following:

 

 

We made the following investments in the business:

   

Branch expansion and renovation,

   

Expansion of the private client group serving the mass affluent customer segment,

   

Execution on the fourth quarter 2005 purchase of majority ownership of our merchant services business, and

   

Introduction of a new simplified checking account line and PNC-branded credit card program.

 

Retail Banking’s efficiency ratio improved to 58% in 2006 compared with 60% a year earlier, despite the investments made in the business.

 

Consumer and small business checking relationships increased 20,000 compared with December 31, 2005. Checking relationship growth has been mitigated by our focus on consolidating low-activity and low-balance accounts, while seeking higher quality deposits. Since the launch of our new simplified product line, the average balances of new accounts increased approximately 20% and account activation is up 5% when compared with the same period of last year.

 

Since December 31, 2005, consumer-related checking households using online banking increased 10% and checking households using online bill payment increased 97%.

 

The small business area continued its positive momentum. Average small business loans increased 13% for the year compared with 2005 on the strength of increased demand from both existing customers and new relationships. Small business checking relationships increased 3%.

 

The wealth management business sustained solid growth over 2005 as asset management fees increased $15 million, or 4%. Assets under management totaled $54 billion at December 31, 2006, a 10% increase compared with December 31, 2005 due to the positive market impact in the second half of 2006 and increased sales efforts.

 

Customer assets in brokerage accounts totaled $46 billion at December 31, 2006 compared with $42 billion at December 31, 2005. Brokerage fees increased $19 million, or 9%, over the prior year.

 

The branch network increased a net 13 branches to a total of 852 branches at December 31, 2006 compared with December 31, 2005. This increase was comprised of 24 new branches, offset by 11 branch consolidations. Our strategy is to continue to optimize our network by opening new branches in high growth areas, relocating branches to areas of higher opportunity and cost efficiency, and consolidating branches in areas of declining market opportunity. We relocated seven branches during 2006.

Total revenue for 2006 was $3.125 billion compared with $2.868 billion for 2005. Taxable-equivalent net interest income of $1.678 billion increased $85 million, or 5%, compared with 2005 due to a 7% increase in average deposits and a 5% increase in average loan balances. Net interest income growth has been somewhat mitigated by declining spreads on the loan portfolio. In the current rate environment, we expect the spread we receive on both loans and deposits to be under pressure.

Noninterest income increased $172 million, or 13%, compared with the prior year primarily driven by increased asset management fees, brokerage fees, consumer services fees and service charges on deposits. This growth can be attributed primarily to the following:

   

Consolidation of our merchant services activities,

   

Customer growth,

   

Higher gains on asset sales,

   

Comparatively favorable equity markets,

   

Increased assets under management,

   

Increased brokerage account assets and activities,

   

Expansion of the branch network, including our new greater Washington, DC area market,

   

Increased third party loan servicing activities, and

   

Various pricing actions resulting from the One PNC initiative.

The provision for credit losses increased $29 million in 2006 compared with 2005. The increased provision is primarily a result of a single large overdraft situation and growth within the commercial loan portfolio.

Noninterest expense for 2006 totaled $1.827 billion, an increase of $101 million, or 6%, compared with 2005. Expense increases were primarily attributable to continued growth of the company’s branch network, including our new greater Washington, DC area market, the consolidation of PNC’s merchant services activities, expansion of the private client group, investments in various initiatives such as the new simplified checking account product line and new PNC-branded credit card, and an increase in volume-related expenses tied to revenue, partially offset by lower staff-related expense as a result of One PNC initiatives.

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balances per account. Two features of the new product line, free access to ATMs worldwide and a first time overdraft fee waiver, will, however, negatively impact growth rates on service charges on deposits fee income and noninterest expenses.

Full-time employees at December 31, 2006 totaled 9,549, a decline of 130 from December 31, 2005. Part-time employees have increased by 712 since December 31, 2005. The decline in full-time employees and increase in part-time employees is a direct result of various customer service enhancement and efficiency initiatives. These initiatives include utilizing more part-time customer-facing employees during peak business hours versus full-time employees for the entire day.

We have adopted a relationship-based lending strategy to target specific customer sectors (homeowners, small businesses and auto dealerships) while seeking to maintain a moderate risk profile in the loan portfolio.

 

 

Average commercial loans grew $627 million, or 12%, on the strength of increased loan demand from existing small business customers and the acquisition of new relationships through our sales efforts.

 

Average home equity loans grew by $462 million, or 3%, compared with 2005. Consumer loan demand has slowed as a result of the current rate environment.

 

Average indirect loans grew $116 million, or 12%, compared with 2005. The indirect auto business benefited from increased sales and marketing efforts.

 

Average residential mortgage loans increased $35 million, or 2%, primarily due to the addition of loans from our new greater Washington, DC area market. Payoffs in our existing portfolio, which will continue throughout 2007, reduced the impact of the additional loans acquired. Additionally, our transfer of residential mortgages to held for sale and subsequent sale of those loans at the end of September reduced the size of this loan portfolio.

Growing core checking deposits as a lower cost-funding source and as the cornerstone product to build customer relationships is the primary objective of our deposit strategy. Average total deposits increased $3.1 billion, or 7%, compared with 2005. The deposit growth was driven by increases in the number of checking relationships and the recapture of consumer certificate of deposit balances as interest rates have risen.

 

During the current rate environment, we expect the rate of growth in demand deposit balances to be equal to or less than the rate of overall growth for customer checking relationships. Additionally, we expect to see customers shift their funds from lower yielding interest-bearing deposits to higher yielding deposits or investment products, and to pay off loans. The shift has been evident during the past year and has impacted the level of average demand deposits in that period.

 

 

Certificates of deposits increased $2.4 billion and money market deposits increased $1.1 billion. These increases were attributable to the current interest rate environment attracting customers back into these products.

 

Average demand deposit growth of $162 million, or 1%, was impacted by customers shifting funds into higher yielding deposits, small business sweep checking products, and investment products.

 

Small business and consumer-related checking relationships retention remained strong and stable. Consumer-related checking relationship retention has benefited from improved penetration rates of debit cards, online banking and online bill payment.

Assets under management of $54 billion at December 31, 2006 increased $5 billion compared with the balance at December 31, 2005. Asset growth was driven by the effect of comparatively higher equity markets combined with a breakeven position in client net asset flows. Client net asset flows are the result of investment additions from new and existing clients net of ordinary course distributions from trust and investment management accounts and account closures.

Nondiscretionary assets under administration of $86 billion at December 31, 2006 increased $2 billion compared with the balance at December 31, 2005. The effect of comparatively higher equity markets was partially offset by the loss of one significant master custody account and a sizeable reduction of another client account with minimal earnings impact.


 

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CORPORATE & INSTITUTIONAL BANKING

 

Year ended December 31

Taxable-equivalent basis

Dollars in millions except as noted

   2006     2005  

INCOME STATEMENT

      

Net interest income

   $720     $739  

Noninterest income

      

Corporate service fees

   526     398  

Other

   226     198  

Noninterest income

   752     596  

Total revenue

   1,472     1,335  

Provision for (recoveries of) credit losses

   42     (30 )

Noninterest expense

   749     658  

Pretax earnings

   681     707  

Income taxes

   218     227  

Earnings

   $463     $480  

AVERAGE BALANCE SHEET

      

Loans

      

Corporate (a) (b)

   $9,925     $10,656  

Commercial real estate

   2,876     2,289  

Commercial – real estate related

   2,433     2,071  

Asset-based lending

   4,467     4,203  

Total loans

   19,701     19,219  

Loans held for sale

   893     752  

Goodwill and other intangible assets

   1,352     1,064  

Other assets

   4,602     4,274  

Total assets

   $26,548     $25,309  

Deposits

      

Noninterest-bearing demand

   $6,771     $6,025  

Money market

   2,654     2,670  

Other

   907     687  

Total deposits

   10,332     9,382  

Commercial paper (b)

     1,838  

Other liabilities

   3,771     3,348  

Capital

   1,976     1,724  

Total funds

   $16,079     $16,292  

PERFORMANCE RATIOS

      

Return on average capital

   23 %   28 %

Noninterest income to total revenue

   51     45  

Efficiency

   51     49  

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SERVICING PORTFOLIO (in billions)

      

Beginning of period

   $136     $98  

Acquisitions/additions

   102     74  

Repayments/transfers

   (38 )   (36 )

End of period

   $200     $136  

OTHER INFORMATION

      

Consolidated revenue from (c):

      

Treasury management

   $424     $410  

Capital markets

   $283     $175  

Midland Loan Services

   $184     $144  

Total loans (d)

   $20,054     $18,817  

Nonperforming assets (d) (e)

   $63     $124  

Net charge-offs (recoveries)

   $54     $(23 )

Full-time employees (d)

   1,936     1,861  

Net gains on commercial mortgage loan sales

   $55     $61  

Net carrying amount of commercial mortgage servicing rights (d)

   $471     $344  
(a) Includes lease financing.
(b) Includes Market Street as applicable for 2005. Market Street was deconsolidated from our Consolidated Balance Sheet effective October 17, 2005.
(c) Represents consolidated PNC amounts.
(d) Presented as of period end.
(e) Includes nonperforming loans of $50 million at December 31, 2006 and $108 million at December 31, 2005.

 

Earnings from Corporate & Institutional Banking for 2006 totaled $463 million compared with $480 million for 2005. This decline was primarily attributable to the year over year $72 million change in the provision for credit losses principally as a result of a $53 million loan recovery recognized in the second quarter of 2005. In addition, the comparison was impacted by a $137 million increase in total revenue, while noninterest expenses grew by $91 million in 2006 compared with 2005.

Highlights of 2006 for Corporate & Institutional Banking included:

 

 

Average loan balances increased $482 million, or 3%, over 2005. The prior year average of $19.2 billion included $1.7 billion in loans from the Market Street commercial paper conduit that was deconsolidated in October 2005. Excluding the impact of deconsolidating the conduit, average loan balances increased 12%. The growth in loans was driven by continuing customer demand for corporate, commercial real estate, and asset-based lending loans, and our expansion into the greater Washington, DC area beginning in May 2005. The large amount of liquidity in the credit markets has increased competitive pressures for risk-adjusted returns. This has resulted in shrinking loan spreads and a progressive slowing of loan growth. We expect this trend to continue into 2007 as we expect to maintain our moderate risk profile.

 

Asset quality continued to be strong. Nonperforming assets at December 31, 2006 declined to $63 million compared with $124 million at December 31, 2005, while net charge-offs during 2006 were $54 million. Based on the assets we currently hold and current business trends and activities, we believe that overall asset quality will remain strong by historical standards, at least for the near term. We expect the provision to increase with loan growth in 2007.

 

Average deposits increased $950 million, or 10%, over the comparable prior year period. The increase was primarily driven by noninterest-bearing deposit growth related to our commercial mortgage servicing portfolio and a modest increase in the sale of treasury management products. Money market deposits have remained relatively flat due to the attraction of customers to off-balance sheet sweep products in the current rate environment. Growth in deposits is expected to continue, however, at a moderate pace.

 

Total revenue increased 10% compared with 2005 as strong growth in fee income offset a decline in taxable-equivalent net interest income. Fee income growth was driven by increases in merger and acquisition advisory activity, capital market-related activities, and treasury management products and services.

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increase of $40 million over 2005. The 28% revenue increase over 2005 was driven by growth in the commercial mortgage servicing portfolio, which increased to $200 billion. The associated increase in deposits with the business has increased the net interest income portion of Midland Loan Services’ total revenue.

Taxable-equivalent net interest income declined $19 million, or 3%, to $720 million, in 2006 compared with 2005.

Noninterest income totaled $752 million in 2006, an increase of $156 million, or 26%, compared with the prior year. Corporate service fees increased 32% primarily due to fee income attributable to Harris Williams (acquisition completed in October 2005) and growth of treasury management fees. Improved trading results drove the 14% increase in other noninterest income.

 

Noninterest expense increased 14% compared with 2005. The increases in noninterest expense and full-time employees were primarily due to acquisition activity, customer growth, continuing investments, and the increase in the commercial mortgage servicing portfolio.

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BLACKROCK

Our BlackRock business segment earned $187 million in 2006 and $152 million in 2005. For this PNC business segment presentation, our share of MLIM transaction integration costs for 2006 have been reclassified from BlackRock to “Other.” In addition, these business segment earnings have been reduced by minority interest in income of BlackRock, excluding MLIM transaction integration costs, totaling $65 million and $71 million in 2006 and 2005, respectively. Also, these business segment earnings are net of additional PNC income taxes recorded on PNC’s share of BlackRock’s earnings.

PNC’s BlackRock business segment earnings increased $35 million, or 23%, compared with 2005. We have modified the presentation of historical BlackRock business segment results as described above to conform with the current business segment reporting presentation in this Item 7. Higher earnings in 2006 reflected higher investment advisory and administrative fees due to an increase in assets under management, including BlackRock’s acquisition of MLIM at the end of the third quarter of 2006 as further discussed below.

PNC’s investment in BlackRock was $3.9 billion at December 31, 2006. Based upon BlackRock’s closing market price of $151.90 per common share at December 31, 2006, the market value of our investment in BlackRock was approximately $6.7 billion at that date. As such, an additional $2.8 billion of value was not recognized in our investment account at that date.

BLACKROCK/MLIM TRANSACTION

On September 29, 2006, Merrill Lynch contributed its investment management business to BlackRock in exchange for 65 million shares of newly issued BlackRock common and preferred stock. BlackRock accounted for the MLIM transaction under the purchase method of accounting.

Immediately following the closing, PNC continued to own approximately 44 million shares of BlackRock common stock, representing an ownership interest of approximately 34% of the combined company after the closing (as compared with 69% immediately prior to the closing). Although PNC’s share ownership percentage declined, PNC’s investment in BlackRock increased due to the increase in total equity recorded by BlackRock as a result of the MLIM transaction.

Upon the closing of the BlackRock/MLIM transaction, the carrying value of our investment in BlackRock increased by approximately $3.1 billion to $3.8 billion, primarily reflecting PNC’s portion of the increase in BlackRock’s equity resulting from the value of shares issued in that transaction.

We also recorded a liability at September 30, 2006 for deferred taxes of approximately $.9 billion, related to the excess of the book value over the tax basis of our investment in BlackRock, and a liability of approximately $.6 billion related to our obligation to provide shares of BlackRock

common stock to help fund BlackRock LTIP programs described below. The LTIP liability will be adjusted quarterly based on changes in BlackRock’s common stock price and the number of remaining committed shares. Accordingly, at each quarter-end PNC will record a charge to earnings if the market price of BlackRock’s common stock increases and will record a credit to earnings if BlackRock’s stock price declines.

The overall balance sheet impact of the BlackRock/MLIM transaction was an increase to our shareholders’ equity of approximately $1.6 billion. The increase to equity was comprised of an after-tax gain of approximately $1.3 billion, net of the expense associated with the LTIP liability and the deferred taxes, and an after-tax increase to capital surplus of approximately $.3 billion. The recognition of the gain is consistent with our existing accounting policy for the sale or issuance by subsidiaries of their stock to third parties. The gain represents the difference between our basis in BlackRock stock prior to the BlackRock/MLIM transaction and the new book value per share and resulting increase in value of our investment realized from the transaction. The direct increase to capital surplus rather than inclusion in the gain resulted from the accounting treatment required due to existing BlackRock repurchase commitments or programs.

For 2005 and the nine months ended September 30, 2006, our Consolidated Income Statement included our former approximately 69% - 70% ownership interest in BlackRock’s net income through the closing date. However, beginning September 30, 2006, our Consolidated Balance Sheet no longer reflected the consolidation of BlackRock’s balance sheet but recognized our ownership interest in BlackRock as an investment accounted for under the equity method. This accounting has resulted in a reduction in certain revenue and noninterest expense categories on PNC’s Consolidated Income Statement as our share of BlackRock’s net income is now reported within asset management noninterest income.

BLACKROCK LTIP PROGRAMS

BlackRock adopted the 2002 LTIP program to help attract and retain qualified professionals. At that time, we agreed to transfer 4 million of the shares of BlackRock common stock then held by us to fund the 2002 and future programs approved by BlackRock’s board of directors, subject to certain conditions and limitations. PNC’s noninterest income in the fourth quarter of 2006 included a $12 million charge related to our commitment to fund BlackRock LTIP programs. This charge represents the mark-to-market of our BlackRock LTIP obligation as of December 31, 2006 and is a result of the fourth quarter increase in the market value of BlackRock common shares. This increase in price also increased the unrecognized value of our investment in BlackRock at December 31, 2006 by approximately $128 million.

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The awards were funded by approximately 17% in cash from BlackRock and the remainder in BlackRock common stock transferred by us and distributed to LTIP participants (approximately 1 million shares). As permitted under the award agreements, employees elected to put approximately 95% of the stock portion of the awards back to BlackRock. These shares were retained by BlackRock as treasury stock.

We recognized a pretax gain of approximately $82 million in the first quarter of 2007 from the transfer of BlackRock shares to satisfy the majority of our 2002 LTIP obligation. The gain reflected the excess of market value over book value of approximately 1 million shares transferred in January 2007. We also expect to recognize a loss in the first quarter of 2007 on the mark-to-market adjustment on our remaining 3 million LTIP shares obligation. Each of these items will be recorded in noninterest income.

BlackRock granted additional restricted stock unit awards in January 2007, all of which are subject to achieving earnings performance goals prior to the vesting date of September 29, 2011. Of the shares of BlackRock common stock that we have agreed to transfer to fund their LTIP programs, approximately 1.6 million shares have been committed to fund the restricted stock unit awards vesting in 2011 and the amount remaining would then be available for future awards.

 

While we may continue to see volatility in earnings as we mark to market our LTIP shares obligation each quarter-end, we will not be able to recognize additional gains, if applicable, for the difference between the market value and the book value of the committed BlackRock common shares until the shares are distributed to LTIP participants. As of January 31, 2007, when the BlackRock closing market price was $167.76 per share, the unrecognized value related to the remaining 3 million LTIP shares was approximately $225 million and the unrecognized value of our total BlackRock investment was approximately $3.4 billion.


 

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PFPC

 

Year ended December 31

Dollars in millions except as noted

   2006     2005  

INCOME STATEMENT

      

Servicing revenue

   $747     $732  

Distribution/out-of-pocket revenue

   170     147  

Other revenue

         10  

Total operating revenue

   917     889  

Operating expense

   519     524  

Distribution/out-of-pocket expenses

   170     147  

Amortization of other intangibles, net

   14     14  

Total expense

   703     685  

Operating income

   214     204  

Debt financing

   42     38  

Nonoperating income (expense) (a)

   4     (5 )

Pretax earnings

   176     161  

Income taxes

   52     57  

Earnings

   $124     $104  

PERIOD-END BALANCE SHEET

      

Goodwill and other intangible assets

   $1,012     $1,025  

Other assets

   1,192     1,103  

Total assets

   $2,204     $2,128  

Debt financing

   $792     $890  

Other liabilities

   917     864  

Shareholder’s equity

   495     374  

Total funds

   $2,204     $2,128  

PERFORMANCE RATIOS

      

Return on average equity

   29 %   32 %

Operating margin (b)

   23     23  

Operating margin, as adjusted (c)

   29     27  

SERVICING STATISTICS (d)

      

Accounting/administration net fund

assets (IN BILLIONS) (e)

      

Domestic

   $746     $754  

Offshore

   91     81  

Total

   $837     $835  

Asset type (in billions)

      

Money market

   $281     $361  

Equity

   354     305  

Fixed income

   117     104  

Other

   85     65  

Total

   $837     $835  

Custody fund assets (in billions)

   $427     $476  

Shareholder accounts (in millions)

      

Transfer agency

   18     19  

Subaccounting

   50     43  

Total

   68     62  

OTHER INFORMATION

      

Full-time employees (d)

   4,381     4,391  
(a) Net of nonoperating expense.
(b) Total operating income divided by total operating revenue.
(c) Reconciliation of reported amounts to amounts used in the non-GAAP calculation of the operating margin, as adjusted:

 

Total operating revenue    $917    $889

Less: PFPC distribution/out-of-pocket

revenue

     170      147

Total operating revenue, as adjusted

   $ 747    $ 742

Total expense

   $ 703    $ 685

Less: PFPC distribution/out-of-pocket

expenses

     170      147

Total expense, as adjusted

   $ 533    $ 538

Total operating income, as adjusted

   $ 214    $ 204

PFPC distribution/out-of-pocket revenue and expenses are marketing, sales and servicing fees that we collect from pooled investment fund accounts and pass along to our fund clients. We do not earn any margin on this activity. Therefore, we believe that presenting the operating margin ratio as adjusted for these amounts, as well as the GAAP basis operating margin ratio, may be of assistance to shareholders, investor analysts, regulators and others in their evaluation of PFPC’s performance.

(d) At December 31.
(e) Includes alternative investment net assets serviced.

PFPC’s earnings of $124 million in 2006 increased $20 million, or 19%, compared with $104 million in 2005. Earnings for 2006 included the impact of a $14 million reversal of deferred taxes related to earnings from a foreign subsidiary following management’s determination that the earnings would be indefinitely reinvested outside of the United States. Earnings for 2005 included the after-tax impact of a one time termination fee of $6 million and a prepayment penalty of $5 million, along with $4 million of various tax benefits. Higher earnings in 2006 reflected servicing revenue contributions from several growth areas of the business and the successful implementation of expense control initiatives.

Highlights of PFPC’s performance in 2006 included:

 

   

Offshore revenues increased 22% compared with 2005 fueled by new business in the alternative investment arena.

 

   

Managed account service revenue increased 29% as assets serviced increased by 71%.

 

   

Subaccounting revenues were up 15% as shareholder accounts in this area grew from 43 million to 50 million during the year.

Servicing revenue for 2006 increased $15 million over 2005, to $747 million. Revenue increases related to offshore activities, custody, managed account services, subaccounting and securities lending drove the higher servicing revenue in 2006, partially offset by a decline in fund accounting and transfer agency revenue due to loss of clients and price concessions.

Operating expense declined $5 million, to $519 million, in 2006 compared with 2005. The decline was attributable to expense control and efficiencies implemented during the past year that resulted in a lower head count and associated lower compensation costs.


 

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The impacts of distribution/out-of-pocket revenue and expenses entirely offset each other and have no net effect on PFPC’s earnings. The increases in these line items reflect the increased 12b-1 fees (marketing, sales and servicing fees associated with investment funds) during the fourth quarter of 2006 received by PFPC from fund accounts and then passed on to PFPC’s fund clients as a result of the BlackRock/MLIM transaction.

The decrease in custody fund assets at December 31, 2006 compared with December 31, 2005 resulted primarily from the deconversion of a major client during the first quarter of 2006, which was partially offset by new business, asset inflows from existing customers, and equity market appreciation. Subaccounting shareholder accounts serviced by PFPC increased over the year-earlier period due to net new business and growth in existing client accounts. Total assets serviced by PFPC amounted to $2.2 trillion at December 31, 2006 and $1.9 trillion at December 31, 2005.

 

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND JUDGMENTS

Our consolidated financial statements are prepared by applying certain accounting policies. Note 1 Accounting Policies in the Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Report describes the most significant accounting policies that we use. Certain of these policies require us to make estimates and strategic or economic assumptions that may prove inaccurate or be subject to variations that may significantly affect our reported results and financial position for the period or in future periods.

We must use estimates, assumptions, and judgments when financial assets and liabilities are required to be recorded at, or adjusted to reflect, fair value. Assets and liabilities carried at fair value inherently result in a higher degree of financial statement volatility. Fair values and the information used to record valuation adjustments for certain assets and liabilities are based on either quoted market prices or are provided by other independent third-party sources, when available. When such third-party information is not available, we estimate fair value primarily by using cash flow and other financial modeling techniques. Changes in underlying factors, assumptions, or estimates in any of these areas could materially impact our future financial condition and results of operations.

Allowances For Loan And Lease Losses And Unfunded Loan Commitments And Letters Of Credit

We maintain allowances for loan and lease losses and unfunded loan commitments and letters of credit at levels that we believe to be adequate to absorb estimated probable credit losses inherent in the loan portfolio. We determine the adequacy of the allowances based on periodic evaluations of the loan and lease portfolios and other relevant factors. However, this evaluation is inherently subjective as it requires material estimates, all of which may be susceptible to significant change, including, among others:

   

Expected default probabilities,

   

Exposure at default,

   

Loss given default,

   

Amounts and timing of expected future cash flows on impaired loans,

   

Value of collateral,

   

Estimated losses on consumer loans and residential mortgages, and

   

Amounts for changes in economic conditions and potential estimation or judgmental imprecision.

In determining the adequacy of the allowance for loan and lease losses, we make specific allocations to significant impaired loans, to pools of watchlist and nonwatchlist loans and to consumer and residential mortgage loans. We also allocate reserves to provide coverage for probable losses not covered in specific, pool and consumer reserve methodologies related to qualitative and measurement factors. While


 

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allocations are made to specific loans and pools of loans, the total reserve is available for all credit losses.

Commercial loans are the largest category of credits and are the most sensitive to changes in assumptions and judgments underlying the determination of the allowance for loan and lease losses. We have allocated approximately $443 million, or 79%, of the allowance for loan and lease losses at December 31, 2006 to the commercial loan category. Consumer and residential mortgage loan allocations are made at a total portfolio level based on historical loss experience adjusted for portfolio activity. Approximately $35 million, or 6.3%, of the allowance for loan and lease losses at December 31, 2006 have been allocated to these loans. The remainder of the allowance is allocated primarily to commercial real estate and lease financing loans.

To the extent actual outcomes differ from our estimates, additional provision for credit losses may be required that would reduce future earnings. See the following for additional information:

   

Allowances For Loan And Lease Losses And Unfunded Loan Commitments And Letters Of Credit in the Credit Risk Management section of this Item 7 (which includes an illustration of the estimated impact on the aggregate of the allowance for loan and lease losses and allowance for unfunded loan commitments and letters of credit assuming we increased pool reserve loss rates for certain loan categories), and

   

In Item 8 of this Report, Note 8 Asset Quality in the Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements, and Allocation Of Allowance For Loan And Lease Losses in the Statistical Information (Unaudited) section.

Private Equity Asset Valuation

At December 31, 2006, private equity investments carried at estimated fair value totaled $463 million compared with $449 million at December 31, 2005. We value private equity assets at each balance sheet date based primarily on either, in the case of limited partnership investments, the financial statements received from the general partner which reflect fair value or, for direct investments, the estimated fair value of the investments. There is a time lag in our receipt of the financial information that is the primary basis for the valuation of our limited partnership interests. We recognized in the fourth quarter of 2006 valuation changes related to limited partnership investments that reflected the impact of third quarter 2006 market conditions and performance of the underlying companies.

Due to the nature of the direct investments, we must make assumptions as to future performance, financial condition, liquidity, availability of capital, and market conditions, among others, to determine the estimated fair value of the investments. The valuation procedures that we apply to direct investments include techniques such as cash flow multiples for the entity, independent appraisals of the value of the entity

or the pricing used to value the entity in a recent financing transaction.

We value affiliated partnership interests based on the underlying investments of the partnership utilizing procedures consistent with those applied to direct investments.

We reflect changes in the value of equity management investments in our results of operations. Market conditions and actual performance of the companies that we invest in could differ from these assumptions, resulting in lower valuations that could reduce earnings in future periods. Accordingly, the valuations may not represent amounts that will ultimately be realized from these investments.

Lease Residuals

We provide financing for various types of equipment, aircraft, energy and power systems, and rolling stock through a variety of lease arrangements. Direct financing leases are carried at the sum of lease payments and the estimated residual value of the leased property, less unearned income. Residual value insurance or guarantees by governmental entities cover a significant portion of the residual value. Residual values are subject to judgments as to the value of the underlying equipment that can be affected by changes in economic and market conditions and the financial viability of the residual guarantors and insurers. To the extent not guaranteed or assumed by a third party, or otherwise insured against, we bear the risk of ownership of the leased assets. This includes the risk that the actual value of the leased assets at the end of the lease term will be less than the residual value, which could result in an impairment charge and reduce earnings in the future. These residual values are reviewed for impairment on a quarterly basis.

Goodwill

Goodwill arising from business acquisitions represents the value attributable to unidentifiable intangible elements in the business acquired. Most of our goodwill relates to value inherent in the fund servicing, Retail Banking and Corporate & Institutional Banking businesses. The value of this goodwill is dependent upon our ability to provide quality, cost effective services in the face of competition from other market participants on a national and international basis. We also rely upon continuing investments in processing systems, the development of value-added service features, and the ease of access to our services.

As such, goodwill value is supported ultimately by earnings, which is driven by the volume of business transacted and, for certain businesses, the market value of assets under administration or for which processing services are provided. Lower earnings resulting from a lack of growth or our inability to deliver cost-effective services over sustained periods can lead to impairment of goodwill, which could result in a charge and reduced earnings in the future. At least annually, management evaluates events or changes in circumstances that may indicate impairment in the carrying


 

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amount of goodwill. See Note 9 Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets in the Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Report for additional information.

Revenue Recognition

We derive net interest and noninterest income from various sources, including:

   

Lending,

   

Securities portfolio,

   

Asset management and fund servicing,

   

Customer deposits,

   

Loan servicing,

   

Brokerage services,

   

Merger and acquisition advisory services,

   

Sale of loans and securities,

   

Certain private equity activities, and

   

Securities and derivatives trading activities including foreign exchange.

We also earn fees and commissions from issuing loan commitments, standby letters of credit and financial guarantees, selling various insurance products, providing treasury management services and participating in certain capital markets transactions.

The timing and amount of revenue that we recognize in any period is dependent on estimates, judgments, assumptions, and interpretation of contractual terms. Changes in these factors can have a significant impact on revenue recognized in any period due to changes in products, market conditions or industry norms.

Income Taxes

In the normal course of business, we and our subsidiaries enter into transactions for which the tax treatment is unclear or subject to varying interpretations. In addition, filing requirements, methods of filing and the calculation of taxable income in various state and local jurisdictions are subject to differing interpretations.

We evaluate and assess the relative risks and merits of the appropriate tax treatment of transactions, filing positions, filing methods and taxable income calculations after considering statutes, regulations, judicial precedent, and other information, and maintain tax accruals consistent with our evaluation of these relative risks and merits. The result of our evaluation and assessment is by its nature an estimate. We and our subsidiaries are routinely subject to audit and challenges from taxing authorities. In the event we resolve a challenge for an amount different than amounts previously accrued, we will account for the difference in the period in which we resolve the matter.

Our tax treatment of certain leasing transactions is currently being challenged by the IRS, as described in greater detail in Cross-Border Leases and Related Tax and Accounting Matters in the Consolidated Balance Sheet Review section of this Item 7.

 

RECENT ACCOUNTING

PRONOUNCEMENTS

See Note 1 Accounting Policies in the Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Report for additional information on the following recent accounting pronouncements that are relevant to our business, including a description of each new pronouncement, the required date of adoption, our planned date of adoption, and the expected impact on our consolidated financial statements. All of the following pronouncements were issued by the FASB unless otherwise noted.

The following was issued in 2007:

   

SFAS 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities – Including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115”

The following were issued during 2006:

   

SFAS 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans – an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106 and 132(R)”

   

SFAS 157, “Fair Value Measurements”

   

SFAS 156, “Accounting for Servicing of Financial Assets – an amendment of FASB Statement No. 140”

   

SFAS 155, “Accounting for Certain Hybrid Financial Instruments – an amendment of FASB Statements No. 133 and 140”

   

FASB Interpretation (“FIN”) No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes – an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109”

   

FASB Staff Position No. (“FSP”) FAS 13-2, “Accounting for a Change or Projected Change in the Timing of Cash Flows Relating to Income Taxes Generated by a Leveraged Lease Transaction”

Issued during 2005 with an effective date in 2006:

   

In June 2005, the FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) issued EITF Issue 04-5, “Determining Whether a General Partner, or the General Partners as a Group, Controls a Limited Partnership or Similar Entity When the Limited Partners Have Certain Rights”

STATUS OF DEFINED BENEFIT

PENSION PLAN

We have a noncontributory, qualified defined benefit pension plan (“plan” or “pension plan”) covering eligible employees. Benefits are derived from a cash balance formula based on compensation levels, age and length of service. Pension contributions are based on an actuarially determined amount necessary to fund total benefits payable to plan participants. Plan assets are currently approximately 60% invested in equity investments with most of the remainder invested in


 

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fixed income instruments. Plan fiduciaries determine and review the plan’s investment policy.

We calculate the expense associated with the pension plan in accordance with SFAS 87, “Employers’ Accounting for Pensions,” and we use assumptions and methods that are compatible with the requirements of SFAS 87, including a policy of reflecting trust assets at their fair market value. On an annual basis, we review the actuarial assumptions related to the pension plan, including the discount rate, rate of compensation increase and the expected return on plan assets. Neither the discount rate nor the compensation increase assumptions significantly affect pension expense.

The expected long-term return on assets assumption does significantly affect pension expense. We decreased the expected long-term return on plan assets from the 8.50% used for 2005 to 8.25% for determining net periodic pension cost for 2006. Under current accounting rules, the difference between expected long-term returns and actual returns is accumulated and amortized to pension expense over future periods. Each one percentage point difference in actual return compared with our expected return causes expense in the following year to change by approximately $3 million.

The table below reflects the estimated effects on pension expense of certain changes in assumptions, using 2007 estimated expense as a baseline.

 

Change in Assumption

  

Estimated
Increase to 2007
Pension
Expense

(In millions)

.5% decrease in discount rate

   $ 2

.5% decrease in expected long-term return on assets

   $ 8

.5% increase in compensation rate

   $ 2

We currently estimate a pretax pension benefit of $33 million in 2007 compared with a pretax benefit of $12 million in 2006.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans – an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106 and 132 (R).” This statement affects the accounting and reporting for our qualified pension plan, our nonqualified retirement plans, our postretirement welfare benefit plans, and our postemployment benefit plans. SFAS 158 requires recognition on the balance sheet of the over- or underfunded position of these plans as the difference between the fair value of plan assets and the related benefit obligations. To the extent that a plan’s net funded status differs from the amounts currently recognized on the balance sheet, the difference, net of tax, will be recorded as a part of accumulated other comprehensive income or loss (“AOCI”) within the shareholders’ equity section of the balance sheet.

This guidance also requires the recognition of any unrecognized actuarial gains and losses and unrecognized prior services costs to AOCI, net of tax. Post-adoption changes in unrecognized actuarial gains and losses as well as unrecognized prior service costs will be recognized in other comprehensive income, net of tax. The year-end 2006 adjustment to our plans’ funded status for all unamortized net actuarial losses and prior service costs was $132 million after tax. SFAS 158 was effective for PNC as of December 31, 2006, with no restatements permitted for prior year-end reporting periods.

Plan asset investment performance has the most impact on contribution requirements. However, contribution requirements are not particularly sensitive to actuarial assumptions. Investment performance will drive the amount of permitted contributions in future years. Also, current law, including the provisions of the Pension Protection Act of 2006, sets limits as to both minimum and maximum contributions to the plan. In any event, any large near-term contributions to the plan will be at our discretion, as we expect that the minimum required contributions under the law will be minimal or zero for several years.

During the second quarter of 2005, we acquired a frozen defined benefit pension plan as a result of the Riggs acquisition. Plan assets and projected benefit obligations of the Riggs plan were approximately $107 million and $116 million, respectively, at acquisition date. The $9 million funding deficit was recognized as part of the Riggs acquisition purchase price allocation. For determining contribution amounts to the plan, deficits are calculated using ERISA-mandated rules, and on this basis we contributed approximately $16 million to the Riggs plan during the third quarter of 2005. We integrated the Riggs plan into the PNC plan on December 30, 2005.

We maintain other defined benefit plans that have a less significant effect on financial results, including various nonqualified supplemental retirement plans for certain employees. See Note 17 Employee Benefit Plans in the Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Report for additional information.

RISK MANAGEMENT

We encounter risk as part of the normal course of our business and we design risk management processes to help manage these risks. This Risk Management section first provides an overview of the risk measurement, control strategies, and monitoring aspects of our corporate-level risk management processes. Following that discussion is an analysis of the risk management process for what we view as our primary areas of risk: credit, operational, liquidity, and market. The discussion of market risk is further subdivided into interest rate, trading, and equity and other investment risk areas. Our use of financial derivatives as part of our overall asset and liability


 

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risk management process is also addressed within the Risk Management section of this Item 7. In appropriate places within this section, historical performance is also addressed.

OVERVIEW

As a financial services organization, we take a certain amount of risk in every business decision. For example, every time we open an account or approve a loan for a customer, process a payment, hire a new employee, or implement a new computer system, we incur a certain amount of risk. As an organization, we must balance revenue generation and profitability with the risks associated with our business activities. Risk management is not about eliminating risks, but about identifying and accepting risks and then effectively managing them so as to optimize shareholder value.

The key to effective risk management is to be proactive in identifying, measuring, evaluating, and monitoring risk on an ongoing basis. Risk management practices support decision-making, improve the success rate for new initiatives, and strengthen the market’s confidence in an organization.

CORPORATE-LEVEL RISK MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW

We support risk management through a governance structure involving the Board, senior management and a corporate risk management organization.

Although our Board as a whole is responsible generally for oversight of risk management, committees of the Board provide oversight to specific areas of risk with respect to the level of risk and risk management structure.

We use management level risk committees to help ensure that business decisions are executed within our desired risk profile. The Executive Risk Management Committee (“ERMC”), consisting of senior management executives, provides oversight for the establishment and implementation of new comprehensive risk management initiatives, reviews enterprise level risk profiles and discusses key risk issues.

The corporate risk management organization has the following key roles:

   

Facilitate the identification, assessment and monitoring of risk across PNC,

   

Provide support and oversight to the businesses, and

   

Identify and implement risk management best practices, as appropriate.

Risk Measurement

We conduct risk measurement activities specific to each area of risk. The primary vehicle for aggregation of enterprise-wide risk is a comprehensive risk management methodology that is based on economic capital. This primary risk aggregation measure is supplemented with secondary measures of risk to arrive at an estimate of enterprise-wide risk. The economic capital framework is a measure of potential losses above and beyond expected losses. Potential one year losses are

capitalized to a level commensurate with a financial institution with an A rating by the credit rating agencies. Economic capital incorporates risk associated with potential credit losses (Credit Risk), fluctuations of the estimated market value of financial instruments (Market Risk), failure of people, processes or systems (Operational Risk), and income losses associated with declining volumes, margins and/or fees, and the fixed cost structure of the business (Business Risk). We estimate credit and market risks at an exposure level while we estimate the remaining risk types at an institution or business segment level. We routinely compare the output of our economic capital model with industry benchmarks.

Risk Control Strategies

We centrally manage policy development and exception oversight through corporate-level risk management. Corporate risk management is authorized to take action to either prevent or mitigate exceptions to policies and is responsible for monitoring compliance with risk management policies. The Corporate Audit function performs an independent assessment of the internal control environment. Corporate Audit plays a critical role in risk management, testing the operation of the internal control system and reporting findings to management and to the Audit Committee of the Board.

Risk Monitoring

Corporate risk management reports on a regular basis to our Board regarding the enterprise risk profile of the Corporation. These reports aggregate and present the level of risk by type of risk and communicate significant risk issues, including performance relative to risk tolerance limits. Both the Board and the ERMC provide guidance on actions to address key risk issues as identified in these reports.

CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT

Credit risk represents the possibility that a customer, counterparty or issuer may not perform in accordance with contractual terms. Credit risk is inherent in the financial services business and results from extending credit to customers, purchasing securities, and entering into financial derivative transactions. Credit risk is one of the most common risks in banking and is one of our most significant risks.

Approved risk tolerances, in addition to credit policies and procedures, set portfolio objectives for the level of credit risk. We have established guidelines for acceptable levels of total borrower exposure, problem loans, and other credit measures. We seek to achieve our credit portfolio objectives by maintaining a customer base that is diverse in borrower exposure and industry types. We use loan participations with third parties, loan sales and syndications, and the purchase of credit derivatives to reduce risk concentrations.

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reports to the Chief Risk Officer. Corporate Audit also provides an independent assessment of the effectiveness of the credit risk management process.

Nonperforming, Past Due And Potential Problem Assets

See the Nonperforming Assets And Related Information table in the Statistical Information (Unaudited) section of Item 8 of this Report and included here by reference for details of the types of nonperforming assets that we held at December 31, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 and 2002. In addition, certain performing assets that have interest payments that are past due or have the potential for future repayment problems.

Total nonperforming assets at December 31, 2006 decreased $45 million, to $171 million, compared with the prior year-end as nonperforming loans declined $43 million in the comparison.

The amount of nonperforming loans that was current as to principal and interest was $59 million at December 31, 2006 and $115 million at December 31, 2005. While we believe that overall asset quality will remain strong for the near term, the current level of asset quality is not sustainable for the foreseeable future.

Nonperforming Assets By Business

 

In millions    December 31
2006
  December 31
2005

Retail Banking

   $ 106   $ 90

Corporate & Institutional Banking

     63     124

Other

     2     2

Total nonperforming assets

   $ 171   $ 216

Change In Nonperforming Assets

 

In millions    2006     2005  

January 1

   $216     $175  

Transferred from accrual

   225     340  

Returned to performing

   (17 )   (10 )

Principal reductions and payoffs

   (116 )   (183 )

Asset sales

   (17 )   (16 )

Charge-offs and valuation adjustments

   (120 )   (90 )

December 31

   $171     $216  

 

Accruing Loans And Loans Held For Sale Past Due 90 Days Or More

 

    Amount   Percent of Total
Outstandings
 

Dollars in millions

  Dec. 31
2006
  Dec. 31
2005
  Dec. 31
2006
 
 
  Dec. 31
2005
 
 

Commercial

  $9   $12   .04 %   .06 %

Commercial real estate

  5   2   .14     .06  

Consumer

  28   22   .17     .14  

Residential mortgage

  7   10   .11     .14  

Other

  1     .27      

Total loans

  50   46   .10     .09  

Loans held for sale

  9   47   .38     1.92  

Total loans and

loans held for sale

  $59   $93   .11 %   .18 %

Loans that are not included in nonperforming or past due categories but cause us to be uncertain about the borrower’s ability to comply with existing repayment terms over the next six months totaled $41 million at December 31, 2006, compared with $67 million at December 31, 2005. Approximately 59% of these loans are in the Corporate & Institutional Banking portfolio.

Allowances For Loan And Lease Losses And Unfunded Loan Commitments And Letters Of Credit

We maintain an allowance for loan and lease losses to absorb losses from the loan portfolio. We determine the allowance based on quarterly assessments of the probable estimated losses inherent in the loan portfolio. While we make allocations to specific loans and pools of loans, the total reserve is available for all loan and lease losses.

In addition to the allowance for loan and lease losses, we maintain an allowance for unfunded loan commitments and letters of credit. We report this allowance as a liability on our Consolidated Balance Sheet. We determine this amount using estimates of the probability of the ultimate funding and losses related to those credit exposures. This methodology is similar to the one we use for determining the adequacy of our allowance for loan and lease losses.

We refer you to Note 8 Asset Quality in the Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Report regarding changes in the allowance for loan and lease losses and in the allowance for unfunded loan commitments and letters of credit. Also see the Allocation Of Allowance For Loan And Lease Losses table in the Statistical Information (Unaudited) section of Item 8 of this Report for additional information included herein by reference.

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“Accounting by Creditors for Impairment of a Loan.” All nonperforming loans are considered impaired under SFAS 114. Specific allowances for individual loans over a set dollar threshold are determined by our Special Asset Committee based on an analysis of the present value of expected future cash flows from the loans discounted at their effective interest rate, observable market price, or the fair value of the underlying collateral. We establish specific allowance on all other impaired loans based on the loss given default credit risk rating.

Allocations to non-impaired commercial and commercial real estate loans (pool reserve allocations) are assigned to pools of loans as defined by our business structure and are based on internal probability of default and loss given default credit risk ratings.

Key elements of the pool reserve methodology include:

   

Probability of default (“PD”), which is based on historical default analyses and is derived from the borrower’s internal PD credit risk rating and expected loan term;

   

Exposure at default (“EAD”), which is derived from historical default data; and

   

Loss given default (“LGD”), which is based on historical loss data, collateral value and other structural factors that may affect our ultimate ability to collect on the loan and is derived from the loan’s internal LGD credit risk rating.

Our pool reserve methodology is sensitive to changes in key risk parameters such as PDs, LGDs and EADs. In general, a given change in any of the major risk parameters will have a corresponding change in the pool reserve allocations for non-impaired commercial loans. Our commercial loans are the largest category of credits and are most sensitive to changes in the key risk parameters and pool reserve loss rates. To illustrate, if we increase the pool reserve loss rates by 5% for all categories of non-impaired commercial loans, then the aggregate of the allowance for loan and lease losses and allowance for unfunded loan commitments and letters of credit would increase by $29 million. Additionally, other factors such as the rate of migration in the severity of problem loans or changes in the maturity distribution of the loans will contribute to the final pool reserve allocations.

We make consumer (including residential mortgage) loan allocations at a total portfolio level by consumer product line based on historical loss experience. We compute a four-quarter average loss rate from net charge-offs for the prior four quarters as a percentage of the average loans outstanding in those quarters. We apply this loss rate to loans outstanding at the end of the current period to determine the consumer loan allocation.

 

Charge-Offs And Recoveries

 

Year ended December 31
Dollars in millions
  Charge-offs   Recoveries  

Net

Charge-offs
(Recoveries)

    Percent of
Average
Loans
 

2006

         

Commercial

  $ 108   $ 19   $ 89     .44 %

Commercial real estate

    3     1     2     .06  

Consumer

    52     15     37     .23  

Residential mortgage

    3       3     .04  

Lease financing

    14     5     9     .32  

Total

  $ 180   $ 40   $ 140     .28  

2005

         

Commercial (a)

  $ 52   $ 82   $ (30 )   (.16 )%

Commercial real estate

    1     1      

Consumer

    45     15     30     .19  

Residential mortgage

    2       2     .03  

Lease financing

    29     1     28     .95  

Total

  $ 129   $ 99   $ 30     .06  
(a) Includes a $53 million loan recovery.

We establish reserves to provide coverage for probable losses not considered in the specific, pool and consumer reserve methodologies, such as, but not limited to, industry concentrations and conditions, credit quality trends, recent loss experience in particular sectors of the portfolio, ability and depth of lending management, changes in risk selection and underwriting standards and the timing of available information. The amount of reserves for these qualitative factors is assigned to loan categories and to business segments primarily based on the relative specific and pool allocation amounts. The amount of reserve allocated for qualitative factors represented 8.0% of the total allowance and .09% of total loans at December 31, 2006.

The provision for credit losses for the year ended December 31, 2006 and the evaluation of the allowances for loan and lease losses and unfunded loan commitments and letters of credit as of December 31, 2006 reflected loan growth, changes in loan portfolio composition, the impact of refinements to our reserve methodology, and changes in asset quality. The provision includes amounts for probable losses on loans and credit exposure related to unfunded loan commitments and letters of credit.

We do not expect to sustain asset quality at its current level. However, based on the assets we currently hold and current business trends and activities, we believe that overall asset quality will remain strong by historical standards for at least the near term. This outlook, combined with expected loan growth, may result in an increase in the allowance for loan and lease losses in future periods.

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2006. The comparable percentages at December 31, 2005 were 314% and 1.21%.

CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS

Credit default swaps provide, for a fee, an assumption by a third party of a portion of the credit risk related to the underlying financial instruments. We use the contracts to mitigate credit risk associated with commercial lending activities as well as proprietary derivative and convertible bond trading. Credit default swaps are included in the Free-Standing Derivatives table in the Financial Derivatives section of this Risk Management discussion. Net losses from credit default swaps are reflected in the Trading line item on our Consolidated Income Statement and were not significant in 2006 or 2005.

OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT

Operational risk is defined as the risk of financial loss or other damage to us resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes or systems, human factors, or from external events. Operational risk may occur in any of our business activities and manifests itself in various ways, including but not limited to the following:

   

Errors related to transaction processing and systems,

   

Breaches of the system of internal controls and compliance requirements, and

   

Business interruptions and execution of unauthorized transactions and fraud by employees or third parties.

Operational losses may arise from legal actions due to operating deficiencies or noncompliance with contracts, laws or regulations.

To monitor and control operational risk, we maintain a comprehensive framework including policies and a system of internal controls that is designed to manage risk and to provide management with timely and accurate information about the operations of PNC. Management at each business unit is primarily responsible for its operational risk management program, given that operational risk management is integral to direct business management and most easily effected at the business unit level. Corporate Operational Risk Management, reporting to the Chief Risk Officer, oversees day-to-day operational risk management activities.

Technology Risk

The technology risk management program is a significant component of the operational risk framework. We have an integrated security and technology risk management framework designed to help ensure a secure, sound, and compliant infrastructure for information management. The technology risk management process is aligned with the strategic direction of the businesses and is integrated into the technology management culture, structure and practices. The application of this framework across the enterprise helps to support comprehensive and reliable internal controls.

 

Our business resiliency program manages the organization’s capabilities to provide services in the case of an event that results in material disruption of business activities. Prioritization of investments in people, processes, technology and facilities are based on different types of events, business risk and criticality. Comprehensive testing validates our resiliency capabilities on an ongoing basis, and an integrated governance model is designed to help assure transparent management reporting.

Insurance

As a component of our risk management practices, we purchase insurance designed to protect us against accidental loss or losses which, in the aggregate, may significantly affect personnel, property, financial objectives, or our ability to continue to meet our responsibilities to our various stakeholder groups.

PNC, through subsidiary companies, Alpine Indemnity Limited and PNC Insurance Corp., participates as a direct writer for its general liability, automobile liability, workers’ compensation, property and terrorism programs. PNC’s risks associated with its participation as a direct writer for these programs are mitigated through policy limits and annual aggregate limits. Risks in excess of Alpine and PNC Insurance Corp. policy limits and annual aggregates are mitigated through the purchase of direct coverage provided by various insurers up to limits established by PNC’s Corporate Insurance Committee.

LIQUIDITY RISK MANAGEMENT

Liquidity risk is the risk of potential loss if we were unable to meet our funding requirements at a reasonable cost. We manage liquidity risk to help ensure that we can obtain cost-effective funding to meet current and future obligations under both normal “business as usual” and stressful circumstances.

Asset and Liability Management (“ALM”) is accountable for managing the liquidity position within the limits and guidelines set forth in our risk management policies. Market Risk Management provides independent oversight for the measurement, monitoring and reporting of PNC’s liquidity risk.

We typically maintain our liquidity position through:

   

A large and stable deposit base derived from our retail and wholesale banking activities,

   

A portfolio of liquid investment securities,

   

Diversified sources of short-term and long-term wholesale funding, and

   

Significant unused borrowing capacity at both the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh (“FHLB-Pittsburgh”) and the Federal Reserve discount window.

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activities. Other borrowed funds come from a diverse mix of short and long-term funding sources. Liquid assets and unused borrowing capacity from a number of sources are also available to maintain our liquidity position. Liquid assets consist of short-term investments (federal funds sold, resale agreements and other short-term investments, including trading securities) and securities available for sale. At December 31, 2006, our liquid assets totaled $28.1 billion, with $10.6 billion pledged as collateral for borrowings, trust, and other commitments.

Bank Level Liquidity

PNC Bank, N.A. is a member of FHLB-Pittsburgh and as such has access to advances from FHLB-Pittsburgh secured generally by residential mortgages, other real estate related loans, and mortgage-backed securities. At December 31, 2006, we maintained significant unused borrowing capacity from the FHLB-Pittsburgh under current collateral requirements.

We can also obtain funding through alternative forms of borrowing, including federal funds purchased, repurchase agreements, and short and long-term debt issuances. In July 2004, PNC Bank, N.A. established a program to offer up to $20 billion in senior and subordinated unsecured debt obligations with maturities of more than nine months. Through December 31, 2006, PNC Bank, N.A. had issued $2.9 billion of debt under this program, including $500 million of 18-month floating rate notes, due January 2008, issued during the second quarter of 2006. None of the 2006 issuances outlined above is redeemable or subject to repayment at the option of the holder prior to maturity.

In December 2004, PNC Bank, N.A. established a program to offer up to $3.0 billion of its commercial paper. As of December 31, 2006, there were no issuances outstanding under this program.

Parent Company Liquidity

Our parent company’s routine funding needs consist primarily of dividends to PNC shareholders, share repurchases, debt service, the funding of non-bank affiliates, and acquisitions.

Parent company liquidity guidelines are designed to help ensure that sufficient liquidity is available to meet these requirements over the succeeding 12-month period. In managing parent company liquidity we consider funding sources, such as expected dividends to be received from PNC Bank, N.A. and potential debt issuance, and discretionary funding uses, the most significant of which is the external dividend to be paid on PNC’s stock.

The principal source of parent company cash flow is the dividends it receives from PNC Bank, N.A., which may be impacted by the following:

   

Capital needs,

   

Laws and regulations,

   

Corporate policies,

   

Contractual restrictions, and

   

Other factors.

Also, there are statutory and regulatory limitations on the ability of national banks to pay dividends or make other capital distributions or to extend credit to the parent company or its non-bank subsidiaries. We provide additional information on these limitations in Note 4 Regulatory Matters in the Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8 of this Report and include such information here by reference. Dividends may also be impacted by the bank’s capital needs and by contractual restrictions. The amount available for dividend payments to the parent company by PNC Bank, N.A. without prior regulatory approval was approximately $625 million at December 31, 2006.

In addition to dividends from PNC Bank, N.A., other sources of parent company liquidity include cash and short-term investments, as well as dividends and loan repayments from other subsidiaries and dividends or distributions from equity investments. As of December 31, 2006, the parent company had approximately $1.4 billion in funds available from its cash and short-term investments. During 2006, BlackRock dividends of approximately $74 million were paid to our intermediate bank holding company and were available for payment to the parent company.

We can also generate liquidity for the parent company and PNC’s non-bank subsidiaries through the issuance of securities in public or private markets.

   

In October 2006, we issued $450 million of floating rate senior notes that mature in October 2008. Interest will be reset monthly to 1-month LIBOR plus 2 basis points and will be paid monthly.

   

In December 2006, we issued $1 billion of floating-rate exchangeable senior notes due December 2036 through a private placement. Interest is reset quarterly to 3-month LIBOR less 40 basis points and is paid quarterly. See Note 13 Borrowed Funds in the Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Report for further information on this issuance.

During 2006, $1.1 billion of parent company senior debt matured, all during the third quarter. As of December 31, 2006, there were $566 million of parent company obligations with maturities of less than one year.

In December 2006, we elected to redeem all of the underlying Capital Securities related to the following trusts, totaling $453 million:

   

PNC Capital Trust A ($350 million),

   

Riggs Trust I ($73 million), and

   

UNB Trust II ($30 million).

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$150 million of debt or equity securities. In January 2007, we filed two new shelf registration statements which will enable us to issue additional debt and equity securities, including certain hybrid capital instruments.

During February 2007, in connection with our planned acquisition of Mercantile, we issued $1.9 billion of debt to fund the cash portion of this transaction, comprised of the following:

   

On February 1, 2007, we issued $775 million of floating rate senior notes due January 2012. Interest will be reset quarterly to 3-month LIBOR plus 14 basis points and interest will be paid quarterly.

   

Also on February 1, 2007, we issued $500 million of floating rate senior notes due January 2014. Interest will be reset quarterly to 3-month LIBOR plus 20 basis points and will be paid quarterly.

   

On February 8, 2007, we issued $600 million of subordinated notes due February 2017. These notes pay interest semiannually at a fixed rate of 5.625%.

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Commitments

The following tables set forth contractual obligations and various other commitments representing required and potential cash outflows as of December 31, 2006.

 

Contractual Obligations

       Payment Due By Period

December 31, 2006 - in millions

  Total   Less than
one year
  One to three
years
  Four to five
years
  After five
years

Remaining contractual maturities of time deposits

  $19,024   $16,464   $994   $255   $1,311

Borrowed funds

  15,028   8,410   2,298   764   3,556

Minimum annual rentals on noncancellable leases

  965   140   233   178   414

Nonqualified pension and post retirement benefits

  293   30   62   63   138

Purchase obligations (a)

  320   116   111   44   49

Total contractual cash obligations

  $35,630   $25,160   $3,698   $1,304   $5,468
(a) Includes purchase obligations for goods and services covered by noncancellable contracts and contracts including cancellation fees.

 

Other Commitments (a)

  Total
Amounts
Committed
   Amount Of Commitment Expiration By Period

December 31, 2006 - in millions

     Less than
one year
   One to three
years
   Four to five
years
   After five
years

Loan commitments

  $44,835    $15,940    $18,728    $9,729    $438

Standby letters of credit

  4,360    2,375    1,202    716    67

Other commitments (b)

  239    102    56    10    71

Total commitments

  $49,434    $18,417    $19,986    $10,455    $576
(a) Other commitments are funding commitments that could potentially require performance in the event of demands by third parties or contingent events. Loan commitments are reported net of participations, assignments and syndications.
(b) Includes equity funding commitments related to equity management and affordable housing.

MARKET RISK MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW

Market risk is the risk of a loss in earnings or economic value due to adverse movements in market factors such as interest rates, credit spreads, foreign exchange rates, and equity prices. We are exposed to market risk primarily by our involvement in the following activities, among others:

   

Traditional banking activities of taking deposits and extending loans,

   

Private equity and other investments and activities whose economic values are directly impacted by market factors, and

   

Trading in fixed income products, equities, derivatives, and foreign exchange, as a result of customer activities, underwriting, and proprietary trading.

We have established enterprise-wide policies and methodologies to identify, measure, monitor, and report market risk. Market Risk Management provides independent oversight by monitoring compliance with these limits and guidelines, and reporting significant risks in the business to the Joint Risk Committee of the Board.

MARKET RISK MANAGEMENT – INTEREST RATE RISK

Interest rate risk results primarily from our traditional banking activities of gathering deposits and extending loans. Many factors, including economic and financial conditions, movements in interest rates, and consumer preferences, affect the difference between the interest that we earn on assets and the interest that we pay on liabilities. Because of repricing term mismatches and embedded options inherent in certain of

these products, changes in market interest rates not only affect expected near-term earnings, but the economic values of these assets and liabilities as well.

ALM centrally manages interest rate risk within limits and guidelines set forth in our risk management policies approved by the Asset and Liability Committee and the Joint Risk Committee of the Board.

Sensitivity results and market interest rate benchmarks for the years ended December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 follow:

Interest Sensitivity Analysis

    

Fourth
Quarter

2006

   

Fourth
Quarter

2005

 

Net Interest Income Sensitivity Simulation

     

Effect on net interest income in first year from gradual interest rate change over following 12 months of:

     

100 basis point increase

  (2.6 )%   (.5 )%

100 basis point decrease

  2.5 %   .2 %

Effect on net interest income in second year from gradual interest rate change over the preceding 12 months of:

     

100 basis point increase

  (5.5 )%   (1.2 )%

100 basis point decrease

  3.7 %   (1.1 )%

Duration of Equity Model

     

Base case duration of equity (in years):

  1.5     .3  

Key Period-End Interest Rates

     

One month LIBOR

  5.32 %   4.39 %

Three-year swap

  5.10 %   4.84 %

 

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In addition to measuring the effect on net interest income assuming parallel changes in current interest rates, we routinely simulate the effects of a number of nonparallel interest rate environments. The following Net Interest Income Sensitivity To Alternative Rate Scenarios table reflects the percentage change in net interest income over the next two 12-month periods assuming (i) the PNC Economist’s most likely rate forecast, (ii) implied market forward rates, and (iii) a Two-Ten Inversion (a 200 basis point inversion between two-year and ten-year rates superimposed on current base rates) scenario. We are inherently sensitive to a flatter or inverted yield curve.

Net Interest Income Sensitivity To Alternative Rate Scenarios (as of December 31, 2006)

 

 

      PNC
Economist
    Market
Forward
    Two-Ten
Inversion
 

First year sensitivity

   2.3 %   1.6 %   (6.6 )%

Second year sensitivity

   8.4 %   4.9 %   (6.1 )%

All changes in forecasted net interest income are relative to results in a base rate scenario where current market rates are assumed to remain unchanged over the forecast horizon.

When forecasting net interest income, we make assumptions about interest rates and the shape of the yield curve, the volume and characteristics of new business, and the behavior of existing positions. These assumptions determine the future level of simulated net interest income in the base interest rate scenario and the other interest rate scenarios presented in the following table. These simulations assume that as assets and liabilities mature, they are replaced or repriced at market rates.

The graph below presents the yield curves for the base rate scenario and each of the alternative scenarios one year forward.

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Our risk position has become increasingly liability sensitive in part due to the increase in market interest rates and in part due to our balance sheet management strategy. We believe that we have the deposit funding base and balance sheet flexibility to adjust, where appropriate, to changing interest rates and market conditions.

MARKET RISK MANAGEMENT – TRADING RISK

Our trading activities primarily include customer-driven trading in fixed income securities, equities, derivatives, and foreign exchange contracts. They also include the underwriting of fixed income and equity securities and proprietary trading.

We use value-at-risk (“VaR”) as the primary means to measure and monitor market risk in trading activities. The Joint Risk Committee of the Board establishes an enterprise-wide VaR limit on our trading activities.

During 2006, our VaR ranged between $3.8 million and $7.7 million, averaging $5.5 million.

To help ensure the integrity of the models used to calculate VaR for each portfolio and enterprise-wide, we use a process known as backtesting. The backtesting process consists of comparing actual observations of trading-related gains or losses against the VaR levels that were calculated at the close of the prior day. We would expect a maximum of two to three instances a year in which actual losses exceeded the prior day VaR measure. During 2006, there were no such instances at the enterprise-wide level.

The following graph shows a comparison of enterprise-wide trading-related gains and losses against prior day VaR for the period.

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Total trading revenue for 2006, 2005 and 2004 was as follows:

 

Year end December 31 - in millions    2006     2005    2004

Net interest income (expense)

   $(6 )   $9    $13

Noninterest income

   183     157    113

Total trading revenue

   $177     $166    $126

Securities underwriting and

trading (a)

   $38     $47    $48

Foreign exchange

   55     39    31

Financial derivatives

   84     80    47

Total trading revenue

   $177     $166    $126
(a) Includes changes in fair value for certain loans accounted for at fair value.

Average trading assets and liabilities consisted of the following:

 

Year ended - in millions  

December 31

2006

  December 31
2005
  December 31
2004

Assets

     

Securities (a)

  $1,712   $1,850   $871

Resale agreements (b)

  623   663   166

Financial derivatives (c)

  1,148   772   605

Loans at fair value (c)

  128        

Total assets

  $3,611   $3,285   $1,642

Liabilities

     

Securities sold short (d)

  $965   $993   $275

Repurchase agreements and other borrowings (e)

  833   1,044   249

Financial derivatives (f)

  1,103   825   594

Borrowings at fair value (f)

  31        

Total liabilities

  $2,932   $2,862   $1,118
(a) Included in Interest-earning assets-Other on the Average Consolidated Balance Sheet And Net Interest Analysis.
(b) Included in Federal funds sold and resale agreements.
(c) Included in Noninterest-earning assets-Other.
(d) Included in Other borrowed funds.
(e) Included in Repurchase agreements and Other borrowed funds.
(f) Included in Accrued expenses and other liabilities.

MARKET RISK MANAGEMENT – EQUITY AND OTHER INVESTMENT RISK

Equity investment risk is the risk of potential losses associated with investing in both private and public equity markets. In addition to extending credit, taking deposits, and underwriting and trading financial instruments, we make and manage direct investments in a variety of transactions, including management buyouts, recapitalizations, and later-stage growth financings in a variety of industries. We also have investments in affiliated and non-affiliated funds that make similar investments in private equity and in debt and equity-oriented hedge funds. The economic and/or book value of these investments and other assets such as loan servicing rights are directly affected by changes in market factors.

The primary risk measurement for equity and other investments is economic capital. Economic capital is a common measure of risk for credit, market and operational risk. It is an estimate of the worst-case value depreciation over one year within a 99.9% confidence level. Given the illiquid

nature of many of these types of investments, it can be a challenge to determine their fair values. Market Risk Management and Finance provide independent oversight of the valuation process.

Various PNC business units manage our private equity and other investment activities. Our businesses are responsible for making investment decisions within the approved policy limits and associated guidelines.

Private Equity

The private equity portfolio is comprised of investments that vary by industry, stage and type of investment. Private equity investments are reported at fair value. Changes in the values of private equity investments are reflected in our results of operations. Due to the nature of the direct investments, we must make assumptions as to future performance, financial condition, liquidity, availability of capital, and market conditions, among other factors, to determine the estimated fair value of the investments. Market conditions and actual performance of the investments could differ from these assumptions. Accordingly, lower valuations may occur that could adversely impact earnings in future periods. Also, the valuations may not represent amounts that will ultimately be realized from these investments. See Private Equity Asset Valuation in the Critical Accounting Policies And Judgments section of this Item 7 for additional information.

At December 31, 2006, private equity investments carried at estimated fair value totaled $463 million compared with $449 million at December 31, 2005. As of December 31, 2006, approximately 45% of the amount is invested directly in a variety of companies and approximately 55% is invested in various limited partnerships. Private equity unfunded commitments totaled $123 million at December 31, 2006 compared with $78 million at December 31, 2005.

See Note 24 Commitments And Guarantees in the Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements regarding our commitment to PNC Mezzanine Partners III, LP, which is consolidated for financial reporting purposes as PNC has a 57% ownership interest.

Other Investments

We also make investments in affiliated and non-affiliated funds with both traditional and alternative investment strategies. The economic values could be driven by either the fixed-income market or the equity markets, or both.

PNC owns approximately 44 million shares of BlackRock common stock, accounted for under the equity method. The primary risk measurement, similar to other equity investments, is economic capital.

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ownership position in GMAC LLC from General Motors Corporation (“GM”) and purchased redeemable preferred stock from GMAC LLC.

IMPACT OF INFLATION

Our assets and liabilities are primarily monetary in nature. Accordingly, future changes in prices do not affect the obligations to pay or receive fixed and determinable amounts of money. During periods of inflation, monetary assets lose value in terms of purchasing power and monetary liabilities have corresponding purchasing power gains. The concept of purchasing power, however, is not an adequate indicator of the effect of inflation on banks because it does not take into account changes in interest rates, which are an important determinant of our earnings.

FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES

We use a variety of financial derivatives as part of the overall asset and liability risk management process to help manage interest rate, market and credit risk inherent in our business activities. Substantially all such instruments are used to manage risk related to changes in interest rates. Interest rate and total return swaps, interest rate caps and floors and futures contracts are the primary instruments we use for interest rate risk management.

 

Financial derivatives involve, to varying degrees, interest rate, market and credit risk. For interest rate swaps and total return swaps, options and futures contracts, only periodic cash payments and, with respect to options, premiums, are exchanged. Therefore, cash requirements and exposure to credit risk are significantly less than the notional amount on these instruments. Further information on our financial derivatives as of December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, is presented in Note 1 Accounting Policies and Note 16 Financial Derivatives in the Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 of this Report.

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The following tables provide the notional amount and net fair value of financial derivatives used for risk management and designated as accounting hedges as well as free-standing derivatives at December 31, 2006 and 2005. Weighted-average interest rates presented are based on contractual terms, if fixed, or the implied forward yield curve at each respective date, if floating.

Financial Derivatives - 2006

 

December 31, 2006 - dollars in millions

  Notional/
Contract
Amount
   Net
Fair Value
 
 
   Weighted
Average
Maturity
  Weighted-Average
Interest Rates
 
 
          Paid     Received  

Accounting Hedges

              

Interest rate risk management

             

Asset rate conversion

             

Interest rate swaps (a)

             

Receive fixed

  $7,815    $62      3 yrs. 9 mos.   5.30 %   5.43 %

Interest rate floors (b)

  6             4 yrs. 3 mos.   NM     NM  

Total asset rate conversion

  7,821    62           

Liability rate conversion

             

Interest rate swaps (a)
Receive fixed

  4,245    6      6 yrs. 11 mos.   5.15     5.43  

Total liability rate conversion

  4,245    6           

Total interest rate risk management

  12,066    68           

Commercial mortgage banking risk management
Pay fixed interest rate swaps (a)

  745    (7 )    9 yrs. 11 mos.   5.25     5.09  

Total commercial mortgage banking risk management

  745    (7 )         

Total accounting hedges (c)

  $12,811    $61                   

Free-Standing Derivatives

             

Customer-related

             

Interest rate

             

Swaps

  $48,816    $9      4 yrs. 11 mos.   5.00 %   5.01 %

Caps/floors

             

Sold

  1,967    (3 )    7 yrs. 4 mos.   NM     NM  

Purchased

  897    3      7 yrs. 2 mos.   NM     NM  

Futures

  2,973    2      9 mos.   NM     NM  

Foreign exchange

  5,245       6 mos.   NM     NM  

Equity

  2,393    (63 )    1 yr. 6 mos.   NM     NM  

Swaptions

  8,685    16      6 yrs. 10 mos.   NM     NM  

Other

  20             10 yrs. 6 mos.   NM     NM  

Total customer-related

  70,996    (36 )         

Other risk management and proprietary

             

Interest rate

             

Swaps

  19,631    4      7 yrs. 8 mos.   4.81 %   4.97 %

Caps/floors

             

Sold

  6,500    (50 )    2 yrs. 11 mos.   NM     NM  

Purchased

  7,010    59      3 yrs.   NM     NM  

Futures

  13,955    (3 )    1 yr. 4 mos.   NM     NM  

Foreign exchange

  1,958       5 yrs. 2 mos.   NM     NM  

Credit derivatives

  3,626    (11 )    7 yrs.   NM     NM  

Risk participation agreements

  786       5 yrs. 5 mos.   NM     NM  

Commitments related to mortgage-related assets

  2,723    10