As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2017

Registration No. 333-130744

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of each registrant as specified in its articles of incorporation)

 

 

 

Pennsylvania   25-1435979

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

The Tower at PNC Plaza

300 Fifth Avenue

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2401

(888) 762-2265

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number including code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

Robert Q. Reilly

Chief Financial Officer

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

The Tower at PNC Plaza

300 Fifth Avenue

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2401

(412) 762-2000

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copy to:

Edward S. Rosenthal

Deputy General Counsel

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

The Tower at PNC Plaza

300 Fifth Avenue

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2401

(412) 762-2000

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not Applicable.

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.  ☐

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.  ☒

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer      Accelerated filer  
Non-accelerated filer   ☐  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company  
     Emerging growth company  

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐

 

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (the “Registrant”) is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (the “Post-Effective Amendment”) to deregister any and all shares of the Registrant’s common stock, $5.00 par value per share, and related Preferred Share Purchase Rights (together, the “Securities”) registered but unissued or unsold as of the date hereof under the Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 29, 2005 (File No. 333-130744) (the “Registration Statement”). This Post-Effective Amendment is made in accordance with an undertaking by the Registrant in Part II of the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any securities that had been registered for issuance but remained unsold at the termination of the offering.

The Registrant has terminated the offering of its Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement, and hereby terminates the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and removes from registration any and all Securities registered but unissued or unsold thereunder as of the date hereof.

 

Item 16. Exhibits

 

Exhibit 24.1    Powers of Attorney    Filed herewith


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this post-effective amendment to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pittsburgh, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on December 20, 2017.

 

THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.
By:  

/s/ Gregory H. Kozich

  Gregory H. Kozich
  Senior Vice President and Controller

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

 

Signature    Title    Date

/s/ William S. Demchak

William S. Demchak

   Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)    December 20, 2017

/s/ Robert Q. Reilly

Robert Q. Reilly

  

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal

Financial Officer)

   December 20, 2017

/s/ Gregory H. Kozich

Gregory H. Kozich

   Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)    December 20, 2017

*

Charles E. Bunch

   Director    December 20, 2017

*

Debra A. Cafaro

   Director    December 20, 2017

*

Marjorie Rodgers Cheshire

   Director    December 20, 2017

*

Andrew T. Feldstein

   Director    December 20, 2017

*

Daniel R. Hesse

   Director    December 20, 2017

*

Kay C. James

   Director    December 20, 2017

*

Richard B. Kelson

   Director    December 20, 2017

*

Jane G. Pepper

   Director    December 20, 2017

*

Donald J. Shepard

   Director    December 20, 2017

*

Lorene K. Steffes

   Director    December 20, 2017

*

Dennis F. Strigl

   Director    December 20, 2017

*

Michael J. Ward

   Director    December 20, 2017

*

Gregory D. Wasson

   Director    December 20, 2017

 

*By:  

/s/ Christi Davis

  Christi Davis, Attorney-in-Fact, pursuant to Powers of Attorney filed herewith