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Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, par value $5.00	PNC	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares Each Representing a 1/4,000 Interest in a Share of Fixed-to- Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series P	PNC P	New York Stock Exchange

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On November 16, 2020, The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”) announced that it had entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2020 (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”), with Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (“BBVA”) pursuant to which PNC agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of BBVA USA Bancshares, Inc., a financial holding company (“BBVA USA Holdco”), for $11.6 billion in cash subject to certain adjustments related to transaction expenses and tax matters (the “Stock Purchase”). On June 1, 2021, PNC completed the Stock Purchase and, immediately following the closing of the Stock Purchase, PNC merged BBVA USA Holdco with and into PNC, with PNC continuing as the surviving entity.

The description of the Stock Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Stock Purchase Agreement, a copy of which was attached as Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by PNC on November 19, 2020 and is incorporated herein by reference.

On June 1, 2021, PNC issued a press release announcing the completion of the Stock Purchase. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

PNC intends to file the financial statements required by Item 9.01(a) under cover of a Form 8-K/A no later than 71 calendar days after the date this Current Report on Form 8-K was required to be filed.

PNC intends to file the pro forma financial information required by Item 9.01(b) under cover of a Form 8-K/A no later than 71 calendar days after the date this Current Report on Form 8-K was required to be filed.


Number	Description	Method of Filing

99.1	Press Release dated June 1, 2021	Furnished herewith

104	The cover page of this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


		THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC. (Registrant)
Date:	June 1, 2021	By:	/s/ Gregory H. Kozich
			Gregory H. Kozich
			Senior Vice President and Controller


Pennsylvania			25-1435979
(State or other jurisdiction of			(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation)			Identification No.)