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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December&nbsp;31, 2008</DIV>


<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration
No. <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>-<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C.
20549</b></div>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></div>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant
as specified in its charter)</div>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Pennsylvania<BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">25-1435979<BR>
(IRS Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">One PNC Plaza<BR>
249 Fifth Avenue<BR>
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2707<BR>
(Address, including zip code, of registrant&#146;s principal
executive offices)</div>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.<BR>
Employee Stock Purchase Plan</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full title of the
plan)</div>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Richard J. Johnson<BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.<BR>
One PNC Plaza<BR>
249 Fifth Avenue<BR>
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2707<BR>
(412)&nbsp;762-2000<BR>
(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent
for service)</div>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
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    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">Large accelerated filer
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock ($5.00
per share par
value)
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,000,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">43.66</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">33,209,062.14</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,305.12</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;), this Registration Statement also covers any additional shares of Common Stock that
become issuable under the above-named plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or any other similar transaction. This registration statement is also
deemed, pursuant to Instruction E to Form S-8, to relate to and carry forward 1,239,371
shares of Common Stock of The PNC Financial Services Group. Inc. (&#147;PNC&#148;) previously
registered pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-25867) filed by
PNC on April&nbsp;28, 1997 in connection with PNC&#146;s Employee Stock Purchase Plan, effective as
of February&nbsp;20, 1997 (the &#147;1997 Plan&#148;) with respect to which a registration fee of
$14,552.94 has been paid. PNC has filed a post-effective amendment to the Form S-8
relating to the 1997 Plan to indicate that the unissued shares will be carried forward and
included among the shares of Common Stock registered pursuant to this Registration
Statement.</TD>
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    <TD>Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act, solely for the purpose of
computing the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low sales price of
PNC&#146;s Common Stock as reported by the New York Stock Exchange on December&nbsp;26, 2008.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Of the shares of Common Stock, par value $5.00 per share, of The PNC Financial Services Group,
Inc. (&#147;PNC&#148;) registered under this Registration Statement, 1,239,371 shares of PNC Common Stock
were registered previously under a Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No.&nbsp;333-25867, in
connection with the PNC Bank Corp. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated effective
as of February&nbsp;20, 1997 (the &#147;1997 Plan&#148;). On November&nbsp;12, 2008, the Personnel and Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors of PNC approved The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Employee
Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated as of January&nbsp;1, 2009 (the &#147;ESPP&#148;). The ESPP replaces
the 1997 Plan. Both the 1997 Plan and the ESPP are intended to qualify as &#147;employee stock purchase
plans&#148; under Section&nbsp;423 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. No
further offers or sales of PNC Common Stock will be made under the 1997 Plan. Pursuant to
Instruction E to Form S-8 and the interpretation of the staff of the Securities and Exchange
Commission set forth in Section&nbsp;G.89 of the Division of Corporation Finance Manual of Publicly
Available Telephonic Interpretations, such previously registered shares are carried forward to, and
deemed covered by, this Registration Statement on Form S-8. Although employees will be provided an
opportunity to participate in the ESPP following the effectiveness of this Registration Statement,
no participants may purchase shares of PNC Common Stock unless and until the shareholders of PNC
have approved the ESPP.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. </B><U><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B></U><B>.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents, each as filed by PNC with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, are incorporated herein by reference:
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    <TD>PNC&#146;s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>PNC&#146;s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended September&nbsp;30, 2008, June
30, 2008 and March&nbsp;31, 2008</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>PNC&#146;s current reports on Form 8-K filed January&nbsp;22, 2008, February&nbsp;4, 2008, February
13, 2008, February&nbsp;19, 2008, February&nbsp;20, 2008, April&nbsp;18, 2008, April&nbsp;22, 2008, April&nbsp;28,
2008, May&nbsp;16, 2008, May&nbsp;27, 2008, September&nbsp;12, 2008, October&nbsp;24, 2008, October&nbsp;30, 2008,
December&nbsp;2, 2008, December&nbsp;23, 2008, December&nbsp;24, 2008 and December&nbsp;30, 2008</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>The description of PNC&#146;s Common Stock set forth in the registration statement on Form
8-A filed by PNC pursuant to Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act in September&nbsp;1987, including
any amendment or report filed with the SEC for the purpose of updating this description</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All reports and other documents filed by PNC pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment hereto, which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been
sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;PNC sold its J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, LLC (&#147;Hilliard Lyons&#148;) business on March&nbsp;31, 2008.
Prior to its sale, the results of Hilliard Lyons were included in the Retail Banking business
segment in PNC&#146;s consolidated financial statements. PNC&#146;s consolidated financial statements
included in its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended June&nbsp;30, 2008 and September
30, 2008 reflected the reclassification of results of Hilliard Lyons, including the first quarter
2008 gain on the sale of this business, from the Retail Banking business segment to &#147;Other&#148; for the
periods presented. PNC has not restated the consolidated financial statements as of December&nbsp;31,
2007 and for the year then ended and has not restated the unaudited consolidated financial
statements included in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2008 to
reflect this change in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No.&nbsp;131,
Disclosure about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information, as it was impractical to do so.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
or deemed to be part of this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this
Registration Statement or in any other subsequently filed document that also is, or is deemed to
be, incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or replaces such statement.
Any statement contained in a document that is deemed to be incorporated by reference or deemed to
be part of this Registration Statement after the most recent effective date may modify or replace
existing statements contained in this Registration Statement. Any such statement so modified or
replaced shall not be deemed, except as so modified or replaced, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The financial statements as of December&nbsp;31, 2007 and for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007 and
management&#146;s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of
December&nbsp;31, 2007 incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the
authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The consolidated financial statements of PNC and its subsidiaries as of December&nbsp;31, 2006 and
for the years ended December&nbsp;31, 2006 and December&nbsp;31, 2005
of PNC incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference from PNC&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007, have been
audited by Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in
their report which is incorporated herein by reference (which report expresses an unqualified
opinion on the consolidated financial statements and includes explanatory paragraphs relating to
the restatement of the consolidated statements of cash flows, PNC&#146;s adoption of Statement of
Financial Accounting Standard No.&nbsp;158, &#147;Employers&#146; Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other
Postretirement Plans &#151; an amendment of FASB Statements No.&nbsp;87, 88, 106, and 132(R)&#148; and PNC&#146;s use
of the equity method of accounting to recognize its investment in BlackRock, Inc.) and have been so
incorporated in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in
accounting and auditing.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The consolidated financial statements of National City Corporation and its subsidiaries as of
December&nbsp;31, 2007 and 2006, and for each of the three years in the period ended December&nbsp;31, 2007
and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of National City Corporation as
of December&nbsp;31, 2007 appearing in the Current Report on Form 8-K dated December&nbsp;2, 2008 filed by
PNC have been audited by Ernst &#038; Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set
forth in their reports thereon, included therein, and incorporated herein by reference. Such
consolidated financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such report
given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Documents incorporated herein by reference in the future will include financial statements,
related schedules (if required), management&#146;s assessment of the effectiveness of internal controls
over financial reporting and independent auditors&#146; reports. These financial statements and
schedules and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting will have been audited
to the extent and for the periods set forth in such reports by the firm or firms rendering such
reports, and, to the extent so audited and consent to incorporation by reference is given, such
financials statements and schedules and opinion regarding the effectiveness of internal control
will be incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such reports given upon the authority of
such firms as experts in accounting and auditing.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. </B><U><B>Description of Securities</B></U><B>.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Not Applicable.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. </B><U><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</B></U><B>.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Not Applicable.</B>
</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. </B><U><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B></U><B>.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;1741 of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law (&#147;PBCL&#148;) provides, in general, that
a corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened
to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the
corporation), by reason of the fact that the person is or was a representative of the corporation,
or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a representative of another enterprise.
Such indemnity may be against expenses (including attorney&#146;s fees), judgments, fines and amounts
paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the action or
proceeding, if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be
in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and if, with respect to any criminal
proceeding, the person did not have reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;1742 of the PBCL provides, in general, that a corporation shall have the power to
indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened,
pending or completed action by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its
favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a representative of the corporation or is or
was serving at the request of the corporation as a representative of another entity. Such indemnity
may be against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person
in connection with the defense or settlement of the action if the person acted in good faith and in
a manner the person reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the
corporation, except no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue, or matter as
to which the person has been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent
that the court of common pleas of the judicial district embracing the county in which the
registered office of the corporation is located or the court in which the action was brought shall
determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the
circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for the
expenses that the court of common pleas or other court deems proper.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;1743 of the PBCL provides, in general, that a corporation must indemnify any
representative of a business corporation who has been successful on the merits or otherwise in
defense of any action or proceeding referred to in Section&nbsp;1741 or Section&nbsp;1742 or in defense of
any claim, issue, or matter therein, against expenses (including attorney fees) actually and
reasonably incurred therein.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;1747 of the PBCL provides, in general, that a corporation shall have the power to
purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a representative of the
corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a representative of another
entity against any liability asserted against the person in any capacity, or arising out of the
person&#146;s status as such, regardless of whether the corporation would have the power to indemnify
him against that liability under the provisions of the PBCL.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;VII, Section&nbsp;2 of PNC&#146;s bylaws provides for indemnification to the fullest extent
authorized by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for any person who was or is a director
or officer of PNC, or is serving or shall have served at the request of PNC as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another entity. PNC&#146;s bylaws also permit PNC, upon authorization by its board
of directors, to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person to the full extent
permitted by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The foregoing is only a general summary of certain aspects of Pennsylvania law and PNC&#146;s
bylaws dealing with indemnification of directors and officers, and does not purport to be complete.
It is qualified in its entirety by reference to the detailed provisions of Sections&nbsp;1741, 1742, and
1743 of the PBCL and Article&nbsp;VII, Section&nbsp;2 of the bylaws of PNC.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;PNC has purchased director&#146;s and officers&#146; liability insurance covering certain liabilities
that may be incurred by its directors and officers in connection with the performance of their
duties.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. </B><U><B>Exhibits</B></U><B>.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Exhibit&nbsp;Index of this Registration Statement, filed herewith, is incorporated herein by
reference.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. </B><U><B>Undertakings</B></U><B>.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</TD>
</TR>

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</DIV>

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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">a.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">b.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of the registration statement
(or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in
the information set forth in the registration statement; and</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">c.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement;</TD>
</TR>

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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">provided,
however, that Paragraphs 1(a) and 1(b) do not apply if the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.
</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

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</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in
the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, PNC certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Pittsburgh, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on December&nbsp;31, 2008.
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">                                                *
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Samuel R. Patterson&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Controller&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:
</DIV>
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">*
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James E. Rohr</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and
Director (Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December 31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard J. Johnson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Financial Officer (Principal
Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December 31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Samuel R. Patterson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December 31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard O. Berndt</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December 31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Charles E. Bunch</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December 31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Paul W. Chellgren</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December 31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert N. Clay</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December 31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
George A. Davidson, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December 31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kay Coles James</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December 31, 2008</TD>
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard B. Kelson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December 31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Bruce C. Lindsay</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December 31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Anthony A. Massaro</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December 31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jane G. Pepper</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December 31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Donald Shepard</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December 31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Lorene K. Steffes</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December 31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Dennis F. Strigl</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December 31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Stephen G. Thieke</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December 31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas J. Usher</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December 31, 2008</TD>
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
George H. Walls, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December 31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">*
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Helge H. Wehmeier</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December 31, 2008</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ George P. Long, III
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">George P. Long, III, Attorney-in-Fact,
pursuant to Powers of Attorney filed
herewith</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">The PNC Financial Services
Group, Inc. Articles of
Incorporation, as amended
and restated
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Incorporated by reference to the
Sixth Article and to Sections&nbsp;95, 96 and 97 of the Seventh
Article, as set forth in Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 to PNC&#146;s Quarterly
Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2008</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By-Laws of PNC Financial
Services Group, as amended
and restated effective as
of December&nbsp;14, 2005
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;3.5 PNC&#146;s
quarterly report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended
September&nbsp;30, 2005</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Counsel
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Filed herewith</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Counsel
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Included in the opinion
filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5 hereto</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young
LLP, Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm of
National City Corporation
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Filed herewith</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038;
Touche LLP, former
Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm of
The PNC Financial Services
Group, Inc.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Filed herewith</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;23.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038;
Touche LLP, Independent
Registered Public
Accounting Firm of
BlackRock, Inc.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Filed herewith</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm of
The PNC Financial Services
Group, Inc.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Filed herewith</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Filed herewith</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">The PNC Financial Services
Group, Inc. Employee Stock
Purchase Plan (as amended
and restated as of January
1, 2009)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Filed herewith</TD>
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S-8
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December 31, 2008
Registration
No.
-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant
as specified in its charter)
Pennsylvania
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
25-1435979
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
One PNC Plaza
249 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2707
(Address, including zip code, of registrant's principal
executive offices)
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the
plan)
Richard J. Johnson
Chief Financial Officer
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
One PNC Plaza
249 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2707
(412) 762-2000
(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent
for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
registration fee
to be registered
registered (1)
share (2)
price (1)(2)
(1) (2)
Common Stock ($5.00
per share par
value)
2,000,000
$
43.66
$
33,209,062.14
$
1,305.12
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), this Registration Statement also covers any additional shares of Common Stock that
become issuable under the above-named plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or any other similar transaction. This registration statement is also
deemed, pursuant to Instruction E to Form S-8, to relate to and carry forward 1,239,371
shares of Common Stock of The PNC Financial Services Group. Inc. ("PNC") previously
registered pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-25867) filed by
PNC on April 28, 1997 in connection with PNC's Employee Stock Purchase Plan, effective as
of February 20, 1997 (the "1997 Plan") with respect to which a registration fee of
$14,552.94 has been paid. PNC has filed a post-effective amendment to the Form S-8
relating to the 1997 Plan to indicate that the unissued shares will be carried forward and
included among the shares of Common Stock registered pursuant to this Registration
Statement.
(2)
Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act, solely for the purpose of
computing the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low sales price of
PNC's Common Stock as reported by the New York Stock Exchange on December 26, 2008.
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Of the shares of Common Stock, par value $5.00 per share, of The PNC Financial Services Group,
Inc. ("PNC") registered under this Registration Statement, 1,239,371 shares of PNC Common Stock
were registered previously under a Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-25867, in
connection with the PNC Bank Corp. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated effective
as of February 20, 1997 (the "1997 Plan"). On November 12, 2008, the Personnel and Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors of PNC approved The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Employee
Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated as of January 1, 2009 (the "ESPP"). The ESPP replaces
the 1997 Plan. Both the 1997 Plan and the ESPP are intended to qualify as "employee stock purchase
plans" under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. No
further offers or sales of PNC Common Stock will be made under the 1997 Plan. Pursuant to
Instruction E to Form S-8 and the interpretation of the staff of the Securities and Exchange
Commission set forth in Section G.89 of the Division of Corporation Finance Manual of Publicly
Available Telephonic Interpretations, such previously registered shares are carried forward to, and
deemed covered by, this Registration Statement on Form S-8. Although employees will be provided an
opportunity to participate in the ESPP following the effectiveness of this Registration Statement,
no participants may purchase shares of PNC Common Stock unless and until the shareholders of PNC
have approved the ESPP.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following documents, each as filed by PNC with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, are incorporated herein by reference:
•
PNC's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007
•
PNC's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended September 30, 2008, June
30, 2008 and March 31, 2008
•
PNC's current reports on Form 8-K filed January 22, 2008, February 4, 2008, February
13, 2008, February 19, 2008, February 20, 2008, April 18, 2008, April 22, 2008, April 28,
2008, May 16, 2008, May 27, 2008, September 12, 2008, October 24, 2008, October 30, 2008,
December 2, 2008, December 23, 2008, December 24, 2008 and December 30, 2008
•
The description of PNC's Common Stock set forth in the registration statement on Form
8-A filed by PNC pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act in September 1987, including
any amendment or report filed with the SEC for the purpose of updating this description
All reports and other documents filed by PNC pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment hereto, which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been
sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
PNC sold its J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, LLC ("Hilliard Lyons") business on March 31, 2008.
Prior to its sale, the results of Hilliard Lyons were included in the Retail Banking business
segment in PNC's consolidated financial statements. PNC's consolidated financial statements
included in its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended June 30, 2008 and September
30, 2008 reflected the reclassification of results of Hilliard Lyons, including the first quarter
2008 gain on the sale of this business, from the Retail Banking business segment to "Other" for the
periods presented. PNC has not restated the consolidated financial statements as of December 31,
2007 and for the year then ended and has not restated the unaudited consolidated financial
statements included in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 to
reflect this change in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 131,
Disclosure about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information, as it was impractical to do so.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
or deemed to be part of this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this
Registration Statement or in any other subsequently filed document that also is, or is deemed to
be, incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or replaces such statement.
Any statement contained in a document that is deemed to be incorporated by reference or deemed to
be part of this Registration Statement after the most recent effective date may modify or replace
existing statements contained in this Registration Statement. Any such statement so modified or
replaced shall not be deemed, except as so modified or replaced, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.
Experts
The financial statements as of December 31, 2007 and for the year ended December 31, 2007 and
management's assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of
December 31, 2007 incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2007 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the
authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
The consolidated financial statements of PNC and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and
for the years ended December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005
of PNC incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference from PNC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, have been
audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in
their report which is incorporated herein by reference (which report expresses an unqualified
opinion on the consolidated financial statements and includes explanatory paragraphs relating to
the restatement of the consolidated statements of cash flows, PNC's adoption of Statement of
Financial Accounting Standard No. 158, "Employers' Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other
Postretirement Plans — an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132(R)" and PNC's use
of the equity method of accounting to recognize its investment in BlackRock, Inc.) and have been so
incorporated in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in
accounting and auditing.
The consolidated financial statements of National City Corporation and its subsidiaries as of
December 31, 2007 and 2006, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2007
and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of National City Corporation as
of December 31, 2007 appearing in the Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 2, 2008 filed by
PNC have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set
forth in their reports thereon, included therein, and incorporated herein by reference. Such
consolidated financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such report
given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
Documents incorporated herein by reference in the future will include financial statements,
related schedules (if required), management's assessment of the effectiveness of internal controls
over financial reporting and independent auditors' reports. These financial statements and
schedules and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting will have been audited
to the extent and for the periods set forth in such reports by the firm or firms rendering such
reports, and, to the extent so audited and consent to incorporation by reference is given, such
financials statements and schedules and opinion regarding the effectiveness of internal control
will be incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such reports given upon the authority of
such firms as experts in accounting and auditing.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
.
Not Applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
Not Applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
Section 1741 of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law ("PBCL") provides, in general, that
a corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened
to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the
corporation), by reason of the fact that the person is or was a representative of the corporation,
or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a representative of another enterprise.
Such indemnity may be against expenses (including attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts
paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the action or
proceeding, if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be
in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and if, with respect to any criminal
proceeding, the person did not have reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
Section 1742 of the PBCL provides, in general, that a corporation shall have the power to
indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened,
pending or completed action by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its
favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a representative of the corporation or is or
was serving at the request of the corporation as a representative of another entity. Such indemnity
may be against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person
in connection with the defense or settlement of the action if the person acted in good faith and in
a manner the person reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the
corporation, except no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue, or matter as
to which the person has been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent
that the court of common pleas of the judicial district embracing the county in which the
registered office of the corporation is located or the court in which the action was brought shall
determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the
circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for the
expenses that the court of common pleas or other court deems proper.
Section 1743 of the PBCL provides, in general, that a corporation must indemnify any
representative of a business corporation who has been successful on the merits or otherwise in
defense of any action or proceeding referred to in Section 1741 or Section 1742 or in defense of
any claim, issue, or matter therein, against expenses (including attorney fees) actually and
reasonably incurred therein.
Section 1747 of the PBCL provides, in general, that a corporation shall have the power to
purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a representative of the
corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a representative of another
entity against any liability asserted against the person in any capacity, or arising out of the
person's status as such, regardless of whether the corporation would have the power to indemnify
him against that liability under the provisions of the PBCL.
Article VII, Section 2 of PNC's bylaws provides for indemnification to the fullest extent
authorized by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for any person who was or is a director
or officer of PNC, or is serving or shall have served at the request of PNC as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another entity. PNC's bylaws also permit PNC, upon authorization by its board
of directors, to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person to the full extent
permitted by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The foregoing is only a general summary of certain aspects of Pennsylvania law and PNC's
bylaws dealing with indemnification of directors and officers, and does not purport to be complete.
It is qualified in its entirety by reference to the detailed provisions of Sections 1741, 1742, and
1743 of the PBCL and Article VII, Section 2 of the bylaws of PNC.
PNC has purchased director's and officers' liability insurance covering certain liabilities
that may be incurred by its directors and officers in connection with the performance of their
duties.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
The Exhibit Index of this Registration Statement, filed herewith, is incorporated herein by
reference.
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
a.
To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
b.
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of the registration statement
(or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in
the information set forth in the registration statement; and
c.
To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement;
provided,
however, that Paragraphs 1(a) and 1(b) do not apply if the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in
the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, PNC certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Pittsburgh, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on December 31, 2008.
THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.
By:
*
Samuel R. Patterson
Controller
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
*
James E. Rohr
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and
Director (Principal Executive Officer)
December 31, 2008
*
Richard J. Johnson
Chief Financial Officer (Principal
Financial Officer)
December 31, 2008
*
Samuel R. Patterson
Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
December 31, 2008
*
Richard O. Berndt
Director
December 31, 2008
*
Charles E. Bunch
Director
December 31, 2008
*
Paul W. Chellgren
Director
December 31, 2008
*
Robert N. Clay
Director
December 31, 2008
*
George A. Davidson, Jr.
Director
December 31, 2008
*
Kay Coles James
Director
December 31, 2008
Signature
Title
Date
*
Richard B. Kelson
Director
December 31, 2008
*
Bruce C. Lindsay
Director
December 31, 2008
*
Anthony A. Massaro
Director
December 31, 2008
*
Jane G. Pepper
Director
December 31, 2008
*
Donald Shepard
Director
December 31, 2008
*
Lorene K. Steffes
Director
December 31, 2008
*
Dennis F. Strigl
Director
December 31, 2008
*
Stephen G. Thieke
Director
December 31, 2008
*
Thomas J. Usher
Director
December 31, 2008
Signature
Title
Date
*
George H. Walls, Jr.
Director
December 31, 2008
*
Helge H. Wehmeier
Director
December 31, 2008
*By:
/s/ George P. Long, III
George P. Long, III, Attorney-in-Fact,
pursuant to Powers of Attorney filed
herewith
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit 4.1
The PNC Financial Services
Group, Inc. Articles of
Incorporation, as amended
and restated
Incorporated by reference to the
Sixth Article and to Sections 95, 96 and 97 of the Seventh
Article, as set forth in Exhibit 3.4 to PNC's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2008
Exhibit 4.2
By-Laws of PNC Financial
Services Group, as amended
and restated effective as
of December 14, 2005
Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3.5 PNC's
quarterly report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended
September 30, 2005
Exhibit 5
Opinion of Counsel
Filed herewith
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Counsel
Included in the opinion
filed as Exhibit 5 hereto
Exhibit 23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young
LLP, Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm of
National City Corporation
Filed herewith
Exhibit 23.3
Consent of Deloitte &
Touche LLP, former
Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm of
The PNC Financial Services
Group, Inc.
Filed herewith
Exhibit 23.4
Consent of Deloitte &
Touche LLP, Independent
Registered Public
Accounting Firm of
BlackRock, Inc.
Filed herewith
Exhibit 23.5
Consent of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm of
The PNC Financial Services
Group, Inc.
Filed herewith
Exhibit 24
Powers of Attorney
Filed herewith
Exhibit 99.1
The PNC Financial Services
Group, Inc. Employee Stock
Purchase Plan (as amended
and restated as of January
1, 2009)
Filed herewith