LETTER FROM ERNST & YOUNG
Published on March 29, 2002
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EXHIBIT 16
March 29, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
(Commission File Number 1-9718)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have read Item 9 of the PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.'s Form 10-K dated
March 29, 2002, and are in agreement with the statements contained in Paragraphs
1 through 4 on Page 10 therein.
Yours very truly,
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania