UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) November 5, 2010

 

 

THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Pennsylvania

  

001-09718

  

25-1435979

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

One PNC Plaza

249 Fifth Avenue

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2707

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including zip code)

(412) 762-2000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On November 5, 2010, The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. issued a press release announcing the results of its solicitation of consents from the holders of its 6 7/8% Subordinated Notes due May 15, 2019 to terminate certain replacement capital covenants described in the consent solicitation statement. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

The following exhibit is filed herewith:

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

99.1   Press Release issued by The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., dated November 5, 2010.

 

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, 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)

  By:  

/S/    SAMUEL R. PATTERSON        

  Name:   Samuel R. Patterson
Date: November 12, 2010   Title:   Senior Vice President and Controller

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Number

   

Description

   

Method of Filing

99.1    Press Release issued by The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., dated November 5, 2010.    Filed herewith.