Form: 8-K

Current report filing

April 28, 1999

BUSINESS INFORMATION

Published on April 28, 1999












Exhibit 99.2
BUSINESS INFORMATION

Return on
Earnings Revenue Assigned Capital Average Assets
Three months ended March 31 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dollars in millions 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998
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PNC Regional Bank $150 $135 $558 $543 21% 19% $39,383 $38,800
Asset Management
PNC Advisors 36 25 182 109 26 27 3,249 2,655
BlackRock 12 8 88 70 41 46 400 293
PFPC Worldwide 11 9 54 43 44 43 268 218
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Total asset management 59 42 324 222 31 33 3,917 3,166
Wholesale
PNC Institutional Bank 28 23 101 87 17 16 9,638 8,334
PNC Secured Finance 27 25 71 50 19 27 8,202 5,294
PNC Mortgage 11 6 101 74 10 10 7,084 3,826
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Total wholesale 66 54 273 211 16 18 24,924 17,454
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Total businesses 275 231 1,155 976 21 20 68,224 59,420
Other 18 38 92 174 8,734 12,721
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293 269 1,247 1,150 21 21 76,958 72,141
Gain on sale of credit card business 125 193
Gain on sale of equity interest in
Electronic Payment Services 63 97
Valuation adjustments (92) (142)
Costs related to efficiency (64)
initiatives
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Total consolidated $325 $269 $1,395 $1,150 23 21 $76,958 $72,141
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PNC REGIONAL BANK - PNC Regional Bank provides credit, leasing, treasury
management and capital markets products and services to mid-sized and small
businesses as well as credit, deposit, branch-based brokerage and electronic
banking products and services to retail customers primarily within PNC Bank's
geographic footprint.

PNC ADVISORS - PNC Advisors offers personalized investment management, high-end
brokerage, personal trust, estate planning and traditional banking services to
affluent and wealthy individuals; and investment management, trust and
administrative services to pensions, 401(k) plans and charitable organizations.

BLACKROCK - BlackRock offers fixed income, domestic and international equity,
and liquidity investment products, and utilizes technology-based risk management
capabilities to provide investment advisory and asset management capabilities
for a wide range of institutional and retail customers.

PFPC WORLDWIDE - PFPC Worldwide provides a wide range of accounting,
administration, transfer agency, custody, securities lending and integrated
banking services to mutual funds, pension and money fund managers, partnerships,
brokerage firms, insurance companies and banks, both domestically and globally.

PNC INSTITUTIONAL BANK - PNC Institutional Bank provides credit, treasury
management and capital markets products and services to corporations,
institutions and government entities.

PNC SECURED FINANCE - PNC Secured Finance is engaged in commercial real estate
finance, including loan origination, securitization and servicing; asset-based
financing, including lending, syndication and treasury management services; and
equipment lease financing to a wide range of customers nationally.

PNC MORTGAGE - PNC Mortgage originates, purchases and services residential
mortgages and related products, and securitizes and sells residential mortgages
as private-label mortgage-backed securities and performs master servicing of
those securities for investors.

OTHER - Other reflects differences between total business results and
consolidated financial results primarily due to differences between management
accounting practices and generally accepted accounting principles; divested
businesses, including credit card and corporate trust and escrow that were sold,
and certain institutional lending businesses that have been exited; venture
capital activities; the benefit of gains associated with sales of equity
interests to management of BlackRock and PFPC Worldwide; eliminations and
unassigned items.