Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

Each of the undersigned directors and/or officers of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”), a Pennsylvania corporation, hereby names, constitutes and appoints Richard J. Johnson, Samuel R. Patterson, Karen M. Barrett, and George P. Long, III, and each of them individually, with full power to act without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to execute for the undersigned and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, one or more Registration Statements on Form S-8 (or other appropriate form) to be filed for: (1) the registration of deferred obligations in and interests of participation pursuant to the plans set forth on Exhibit A hereto; or (2) the offering and/or sale of shares of PNC common stock in connection with the plans set forth on Exhibit A hereto; and in addition to the plans set forth on Exhibit A hereto, any successor plan or plans, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement or Registration Statements, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any applicable securities exchange or securities self-regulating body, hereby granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person;

And each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that any said attorney-in-fact and agent, or any substitute, lawfully does or causes to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the following persons have duly signed this Power of Attorney as of this 18th day of March, 2009.

 

Name/Signature

  

Capacity

    

/s/ James E. Rohr

James E. Rohr

  

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer) and Director

 

/s/ Richard J. Johnson

Richard J. Johnson

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

 

/s/ Samuel R. Patterson

Samuel R. Patterson

  

Controller

(Principal Accounting Officer)

 


/s/ Richard O. Berndt

Richard O. Berndt

   Director  

/s/ Charles E. Bunch

Charles E. Bunch

   Director  

/s/ Paul W. Chellgren

Paul W. Chellgren

   Director  

/s/ Robert N. Clay

Robert N. Clay

   Director  

/s/ George A. Davidson, Jr.

George A. Davidson, Jr.

   Director  

/s/ Kay Coles James

Kay Coles James

   Director  

/s/ Richard B. Kelson

Richard B. Kelson

   Director  

/s/ Bruce C. Lindsay

Bruce C. Lindsay

   Director  

/s/ Anthony A. Massaro

Anthony A. Massaro

   Director  

/s/ Jane G. Pepper

Jane G. Pepper

   Director  

/s/ Donald J. Shepard

Donald J. Shepard

   Director  

/s/ Lorene K. Steffes

Lorene K. Steffes

   Director  

/s/ Dennis F. Strigl

Dennis F. Strigl

   Director  

/s/ Stephen G. Thieke

Stephen G. Thieke

   Director  

/s/ Thomas J. Usher

Thomas J. Usher

   Director  

/s/ George H. Walls, Jr.

George H. Walls, Jr.

   Director  

/s/ Helge H. Wehmeier

Helge H. Wehmeier

   Director  


EXHIBIT A

Employee Benefit Plans

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan

PNC Global Investment Servicing Inc. Retirement Savings Plan