UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

August 10, 2016

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Commission File Number 001-09718

 

Pennsylvania   25-1435979

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

The Tower at PNC Plaza

300 Fifth Avenue

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2401

(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:

 

¨ 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 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(e) On August 10, 2016, the Personnel and Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (the “Corporation”) approved a revised form of the Corporation’s Change of Control Employment Agreements (the “Revised Agreements”) to be entered into with each of the Corporation’s executive officers currently party to a Change of Control Employment Agreement using a prior form of such an agreement (the “Prior Agreements”). Each executive officer that is party to a Prior Agreement has indicated an intention to sign a Revised Agreement, which will terminate and supersede the Prior Agreement.

The Revised Agreement is substantially the same as the form of Prior Agreement used since 2013, and the Committee approved the Revised Agreement to align all executive officers of the Corporation with the same form of Change of Control Employment Agreement. As a result, all Change of Control Employment Agreements, including those with executive officers having entered into one of the forms of Prior Agreements used prior to 2013, will now provide:

(1) No gross-up payment for any excise tax and related taxes on change of control payments or benefits that are considered “excess parachute payments” under Section 280G and Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”);

(2) A two-times severance pay multiple (reduced to one when an executive attains age 65);

(3) The maximum amount of severance benefits cannot be greater than 2.99 times the sum of the annual base salary and bonus; and

(4) No additional payments or service credits following termination of employment under the Corporation’s Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (which was frozen to new participants in 2007).

The following is a summary of the payments and benefits provided for under the Revised Agreements (assuming a two-times severance pay multiple), all of which are only provided upon a qualifying termination of employment following a change of control:

 

    A lump sum cash payment equal to the sum of: (1) accrued and unpaid amounts, (2) two times annual base salary and bonus (based on the applicable annual base salary and a percentage that averages the percentage of base salary that the executive’s bonus represented for the prior three years), (3) the target bonus for the fiscal year during which employment is terminated, (4) two years of the Corporation’s matching amounts under the Corporation’s qualified and supplemental savings plans, and (5) two years of annual premium payments on group term life insurance policies;

 

    For a period of two years, provision of medical and dental insurance coverage substantially similar to such coverage in effect immediately prior to the notice termination of employment of the executive, subject to the executive paying the full monthly premium during any portion of such two-year period that the executive receives coverage under the Corporation’s group health plans, with the Corporation paying the executive monthly an amount equal to the employer portion of the monthly premium;

 

    Two years of additional age and service credit and/or earnings credits for purposes of determining the executive’s benefits under the Corporation’s Incentive Savings Plan, Pension Plan, and ERISA Excess Pension Plan; and

 

    In the event the benefits payable to an executive trigger excise taxes under Section 4999 of the Code, the executive will be entitled to a reduction in benefits so that no excise tax is imposed if such a reduction would result in a greater net (after-tax) benefit to the executive than payment of the full amount of his or her benefits.

In addition, the Revised Agreements include provisions to accommodate pending rules under Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act and shorten the period for termination after notice by the Corporation by two years.

 

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The foregoing description of the Revised Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Revised Agreements, which is filed as Exhibit 10.51 hereto, and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

Effective August 11, 2016, the Board of the Corporation amended and restated PNC’s By-Laws (as so amended and restated, the “By-Laws”), to implement a proxy access by-law provision.

New Section 2.3 of Article II of the By-Laws permits a shareholder, or a group of up to 20 shareholders, who has continuously owned at least 3% of the voting power entitled to vote in the election of directors for at least 3 years to nominate and include in PNC’s annual meeting proxy materials director nominees constituting up to the greater of 2 directors or 20% of the number of directors serving on the board on the last day on which notice of the nomination may be delivered. Such nominations are subject to disclosure, eligibility and procedural requirements as set forth in Section 2.3, including the requirement that PNC receive notice of such nominations not earlier than the close of business on the 150 th day and not later than the close of business on the 120 th day prior to the first anniversary of the filing date of the definitive proxy statement for the preceding year’s annual meeting.

Article II, Sections 2.1(1), 2.1(2), and 2.1(3), as well as Article III, Section 11 of the By-Laws, include certain non-substantive changes and clarifications to reflect the new proxy access by-law.

Article II, Section 2.1(3)(d) has also been amended to make the information requirements for a shareholder seeking to make a director nomination at an annual meeting of shareholders pursuant to the advance notice provision in the By-Laws consistent with the requirements of Article II, Section 2.3.

The foregoing description of the amendment and restatement of the By-Laws is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the By-Laws, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 3.2 and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits. The exhibits listed on the Exhibit Index accompanying this form 8-K are filed herewith.

 

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SIGNATURE

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

Date: August 16, 2016

    By:  

/s/ Gregory H. Kozich

      Name:   Gregory H. Kozich
      Title:   Senior Vice President and Controller

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Number

  

Description

  

Method of Filing

  3.2    By-Laws of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., as amended and restated, effective August 11, 2016    Filed herewith.
10.51    Form of Change of Control Employment Agreements    Filed herewith.

Exhibit 3.2

 

LOGO

 

BY-LAWS

OF

THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.

Amended and Restated effective as of August 11, 2016

Article I. PRINCIPAL OFFICE

The principal office of the Corporation shall be located at The Tower at PNC Plaza, 300 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Article II. SHAREHOLDERS

1. Shareholder Meetings

 

  1.1 Annual Meetings.

An annual meeting of the shareholders for the election of directors and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held at 11 a.m. on the fourth Tuesday in April of each year, or on such other date or hour as may be fixed by the Board of Directors.

 

  1.2 Special Meetings.

Special meetings of the shareholders may be called, at any time, by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of directors that the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies (the “Whole Board”). Only business brought before a special meeting of the shareholders pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of the meeting shall be conducted at the meeting.

2. Nominations and Other Business.

 

  2.1 Annual Meetings of Shareholders.

(1) (a) Nominations for the election of directors may be made only (i) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of such meeting, (ii) by or at the direction of a majority of the Board of Directors, (iii) by one or more shareholders of the Corporation who (A) is a shareholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this By-Law and will be such at the time of the annual meeting, (B) is entitled to vote at the meeting and (C) complies with the notice and other procedures set forth in Sections 2.1(2) and 2.1(3) of these By-Laws as to such nomination, or (iv) by an Eligible Shareholder (as defined in Section 2.3 of these By-Laws) who (A) is entitled to vote at the meeting and (B) complies with the notice and other procedures set forth in Section 2.3; clauses (iii) and (iv) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be the exclusive means for a shareholder to make nominations before an annual meeting of shareholders.

 

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(b) Other proposals for action at an annual meeting of shareholders may be made only (i) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of such meeting, (ii) by or at the direction of a majority of the Board of Directors, or (iii) by one or more shareholders of the Corporation who (A) is a shareholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this By-Law and will be such at the time of the annual meeting, (B) is entitled to vote at the meeting and (C) complies with the notice and other procedures set forth in these By-Laws as to such business; clause (iii) shall be the exclusive means for a shareholder to submit other business (other than matters properly brought under Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and included in the Corporation’s notice of meeting) before an annual meeting of shareholders.

(2) Advance Notice Requirements. Without qualification or limitation, for any nominations pursuant to Section 2.1(1)(a)(iii) or any other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a shareholder pursuant to Section 2.1(1)(b)(iii), the shareholder must have given timely notice thereof and timely updates and supplements thereof in writing to the Corporate Secretary and such other business must otherwise be a proper matter for shareholder action.

(a) To be timely, a shareholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Corporate Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day and not later than the close of business on the 90th day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary date, notice by the shareholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to the date of such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to the date of such annual meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is less than 100 days prior to the date of such annual meeting, the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a shareholder’s notice as described above.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in the preceding paragraph (a) to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors is increased and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors at least 100 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a shareholder’s notice required by this By-Law shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Corporate Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which a public announcement of the increase is first made by the Corporation.

 

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(c) In addition, to be timely, a shareholder’s notice shall further be updated and supplemented, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. The update and supplement shall be delivered to the Corporate Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than: (i) five (5) business days after the record date for the meeting in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date, and (ii) eight (8) business days prior to the date for the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

(3) Disclosure Requirements. To be in proper form, a shareholder’s notice (whether given pursuant to Section 2.1(2), Section 2.2, or Section 2.3) to the Corporate Secretary must include the following, as applicable.

(a) As to the shareholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made, a shareholder’s notice must set forth:

(i) the name and address of such shareholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, of such beneficial owner, if any, and of their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith,

(ii) (A) the class or series and number of shares of the Corporation which are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially and of record by such shareholder and such beneficial owner and their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith, (B) any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of shares of the Corporation or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, any derivative or synthetic arrangement having the characteristics of a long position in any class or series of shares of the Corporation, or any contract, derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions designed to produce economic benefits and risks that correspond substantially to the ownership of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, including due to the fact that the value of such contract, derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions is determined by reference to the price, value or volatility of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, whether or not such instrument, contract or right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of shares of the Corporation, through the delivery of cash or other property, or otherwise, and without regard to whether the shareholder of record, the beneficial owner, if any, or any affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith, may have entered into transactions that hedge or mitigate the economic effect of such instrument, contract or right (a “Derivative Instrument”) directly or indirectly owned beneficially by such shareholder, the beneficial owner, if any, or any affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith and any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation, (C) any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding, or relationship pursuant to which such shareholder has a right to vote any class or series of shares of the Corporation, (D) any agreement, arrangement, understanding, relationship or

 

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otherwise, including any repurchase or similar so-called “stock borrowing” agreement or arrangement, engaged in, directly or indirectly, by such shareholder, the purpose or effect of which is to mitigate loss to, reduce the economic risk (of ownership or otherwise) of any class or series of the shares of the Corporation by, manage the risk of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such shareholder with respect to any class or series of the shares of the Corporation, or which provides, directly or indirectly, the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the price or value of any class or series of the shares of the Corporation (“Short Interests”), (E) any rights to dividends on the shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by such shareholder that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation, (F) any proportionate interest in shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such shareholder is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner of such general or limited partnership, (G) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such shareholder is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, as of the date of such notice and any updates and supplements thereof, including without limitation any such interests held by members of such shareholder’s immediate family sharing the same household, (H) any significant equity interests or any Derivative Instruments or Short Interests in any principal competitor of the Corporation held by such shareholder, and (I) any direct or indirect interest of such shareholder in any contract with the Corporation, any affiliate of the Corporation or any principal competitor of the Corporation (including, in any such case, any employment agreement, collective bargaining agreement or consulting agreement) and

(iii) any other information relating to such shareholder and beneficial owner, if any, that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(b) If the notice relates to any business other than a nomination of a director or directors that the shareholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a shareholder’s notice must, in addition to the matters set forth in paragraph (a) above, also set forth: (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest of such shareholder and beneficial owner, if any, in such business, (ii) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration), and (iii) a description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between such shareholder and beneficial owner, if any, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such shareholder.

(c) As to each person, if any, whom the shareholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection to the Board of Directors, a shareholder’s notice must, in addition to the matters set forth in paragraph (a) above, also set forth: (i) all information relating to such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations

 

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promulgated thereunder (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected) and (ii) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among such shareholder and beneficial owner, if any, and their respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee, and his or her respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the other hand, including, without limitation all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 404 promulgated under Regulation S-K if the shareholder making the nomination and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is made, if any, or any affiliate or associate thereof or person acting in concert therewith, were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant.

(d) With respect to each person, if any, whom the shareholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection to the Board of Directors, a shareholder’s notice must, in addition to the matters set forth in paragraphs (a) and (c) above, also include a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by Article III, Section 11. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the Corporation or that could be material to a reasonable shareholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee, or to determine whether any of the matters contemplated by Section 2.3 (10) (a) through (f) apply to such proposed nominee.

 

  2.2 Nominations at Special Meetings of Shareholders.

Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of shareholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) provided that the Board of Directors has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any shareholder of the Corporation who (A) is a shareholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this By-Law and will be such at the time of the special meeting, (B) is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (C) complies with the notice and other procedures set forth in this By-Law as to such nomination; clause (ii) shall be the exclusive means for a shareholder to make nominations before a special meeting of shareholders. In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of shareholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, any such shareholder may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, if the shareholder’s notice required by Section 2.1(3) with respect to any nomination (including the completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by Article III, Section 11) shall be delivered to the Corporate Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to the date of such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to the date of such special meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of such special meeting is less than 100 days prior to the date of such special meeting, the 10th day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date

 

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of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of a special meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a shareholder’s notice as described above.

 

  2.3 Inclusion of Shareholder Director Nominations in the Corporation’s Proxy Materials.

(1) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in these By-Laws, whenever the Board of Directors solicits proxies with respect to the election of directors at an annual meeting of shareholders, the Corporation shall include in its proxy materials for an annual meeting of shareholders, in addition to any persons nominated for election by the Board of Directors (or any committee thereof), the name, together with the Required Information (defined below), of any person nominated for election (the “Shareholder Nominee”) to the Board of Directors by one or more shareholders that satisfy the requirements of this Section 2.3, including qualifying as an Eligible Shareholder (as defined in paragraph (5) below), and that expressly elects at the time of providing the written notice required by this Section 2.3 (a “Proxy Access Notice”) to have its nominee included in the Corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to this Section 2.3. For the purposes of this Section 2.3:

(a) “Voting Shares” shall mean outstanding shares entitled to vote generally for the election of directors;

(b) “Constituent Holder” shall mean any shareholder, fund included within a Qualifying Fund (as defined in paragraph (5) below) or beneficial holder whose stock ownership is counted for the purposes of qualifying as holding the Proxy Access Request Required Shares (as defined in paragraph (5) below) or qualifying as an Eligible Shareholder (as defined in paragraph (5) below);

(c) a shareholder shall be deemed to “own” only those Voting Shares as to which the shareholder (or any Constituent Holder) possesses both (A) the full voting and investment rights pertaining to the shares and (B) the full economic interest in (including the opportunity for profit and risk of loss on) such shares. The number of Voting Shares calculated in accordance with the foregoing clauses (A) and (B) shall be deemed not to include (and to the extent any of the following arrangements have been entered into by affiliates of the shareholder (or of any Constituent Holder), shall be reduced by) any shares (X) sold by such shareholder or Constituent Holder (or any of either’s affiliates) in any transaction that has not been settled or closed, including any short sale, (Y) borrowed by such shareholder or Constituent Holder (or any of either’s affiliates) for any purposes or purchased by such shareholder or Constituent Holder (or any of either’s affiliates) pursuant to an agreement to resell or (Z) subject to any option, warrant, forward contract, swap, contract of sale, other derivative or similar agreement entered into by such shareholder or Constituent Holder (or any of either’s affiliates), whether any such instrument or agreement is to be settled with shares or with cash based on the notional amount or value of Voting Shares, in any such case which instrument or agreement has, or is intended to have, or if exercised by either party thereto would have, the purpose or effect of (i) reducing in any manner, to any extent or at any time in the future, such shareholder’s or Constituent

 

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Holder’s (or any of either’s affiliate’s) full right to vote or direct the voting of any such shares, and/or (ii) hedging, offsetting or altering to any degree gain or loss arising from the full economic ownership of such shares by such shareholder or Constituent Holder (or any of either’s affiliate), other than any such arrangements solely involving an exchange listed multi-industry market index fund in which Voting Shares represents at the time of entry into such arrangement less than 10% of the proportionate value of such index. A person shall “own” shares held in the name of a nominee or other intermediary so long as the person retains the right to instruct how the shares are voted with respect to the election of directors and the right to direct the disposition thereof and possesses the full economic interest in the shares. A person’s ownership of shares shall be deemed to continue during any period in which the person has loaned such shares provided that the person has the unrestricted power to recall such loaned shares on five (5) (or fewer) business days’ notice and during any period in which the person has delegated any voting power by means of a proxy, power of attorney or other instrument or arrangement which is revocable at any time by the person. The terms “owned,” “owning” and other variations of the word “own” shall have correlative meanings. Whether Voting Shares are “owned” for these purposes shall be determined by the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, in each case, in its sole discretion.

(2) For purposes of this Section 2.3, the “Required Information” that the Corporation will include in its proxy statement is (1) the information concerning the Shareholder Nominee and the Eligible Shareholder that the Corporation determines is required to be disclosed in the Corporation’s proxy statement by the regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act; and (2) if the Eligible Shareholder so elects, a Statement (defined below). The Corporation shall also include the name of the Shareholder Nominee in its proxy card. For the avoidance of doubt, and any other provision of these By-Laws notwithstanding, the Corporation may in its sole discretion solicit against, and include in the proxy statement its own statements or other information relating to, any Eligible Shareholder and/or Shareholder Nominee, including any information provided to the Corporation with respect to the foregoing.

(3) To be timely, a Proxy Access Notice shall be delivered to the Corporation’s Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the 150 th day and not later than the close of business on the 120 th day prior to the first anniversary of the filing date of the definitive proxy statement for the preceding year’s annual meeting. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the public announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a Proxy Access Notice.

(4) The maximum number of Shareholder Nominees nominated by all Eligible Shareholders pursuant to this Section 2.3 (including Shareholder Nominees that were submitted by an Eligible Shareholder for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to this Section 2.3 but either are subsequently withdrawn or that the Board of Directors decides to nominate as Board of Directors nominees) appearing in the Corporation’s proxy materials with respect to an annual meeting of shareholders shall not exceed the greater of (X) two and (Y) the largest whole number that does not exceed 20% of the number of directors in office as of the last day on which a Proxy Access Notice may

 

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be delivered in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.3 (such greater number, the “Permitted Number”); provided , however , that the Permitted Number shall be reduced by the number of directors in office that will be included in the Corporation’s proxy materials with respect to such annual meeting for whom access to the Corporation’s proxy materials was previously provided (or requested) pursuant to this Section 2.3, other than any such director referred to in this proviso who at the time of such annual meeting will have served as a director continuously, as a nominee of the Board of Directors, for at least two annual terms; provided , further , that in the event the Board of Directors resolves to reduce the size of the Board of Directors effective on or prior to the date of the annual meeting, the Permitted Number shall be calculated based on the number of directors in office as so reduced. In the event that the number of Shareholder Nominees submitted by Eligible Shareholders pursuant to this Section 2.3 exceeds the Permitted Number, each Eligible Shareholder will select one Shareholder Nominee for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy materials until the Permitted Number is reached, going in order of the amount (largest to smallest) of shares of Voting Shares each Eligible Shareholder disclosed as owned in its Proxy Access Notice submitted to the Corporation. If the Permitted Number is not reached after each Eligible Shareholder has selected one Shareholder Nominee, this selection process will continue as many times as necessary, following the same order each time, until the Permitted Number is reached.

(5) An “Eligible Shareholder” is one or more shareholders of record who (A) own and have owned, or is acting on behalf of one or more beneficial owners who own and have owned (in each case as defined above), in each case continuously for at least three years as of both the date that the Proxy Access Notice is received by the Corporation pursuant to this Section 2.3, and as of the record date for determining shareholders eligible to vote at the annual meeting, at least three percent (3%) of the Voting Shares (the “Proxy Access Request Required Shares”), and who continue to own the Proxy Access Request Required Shares at all times between the date such Proxy Access Notice is received by the Corporation and the date of the applicable annual meeting, provided that the aggregate number of shareholders, and, if and to the extent that a shareholder is acting on behalf of one or more beneficial owners, of such beneficial owners, whose stock ownership is counted for the purpose of satisfying the foregoing ownership requirement shall not exceed twenty and (B) otherwise individually meet the requirements of this Section 2.3. Two or more funds that are (i) under common management and investment control, (ii) under common management and funded primarily by a single employer or (iii) a “group of investment companies,” as such term is defined, as of the date these By-Laws were amended to add this Section 2.3, in Section 12(d)(1)(G)(ii) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (such funds together under each of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Qualifying Fund”) shall be treated as one shareholder for the purpose of determining the aggregate number of shareholders in this paragraph (5), provided that each fund included within a Qualifying Fund otherwise meets the requirements set forth in this Section 2.3. No shares may be attributed to more than one group constituting an Eligible Shareholder under this Section 2.3 (and, for the avoidance of doubt, no shareholder may be a member of more than one group constituting an Eligible Shareholder). A record holder acting on behalf of a beneficial owner will not be counted separately as a shareholder with respect to the shares owned by beneficial owners on whose behalf such record holder has been directed in writing to act, but each such beneficial owner will be counted separately, subject to the other provisions of

 

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this paragraph (5), for purposes of determining the number of shareholders whose holdings may be considered as part of an Eligible Shareholder’s holdings. For the avoidance of doubt, Proxy Access Request Required Shares will qualify as such if and only if the beneficial owner of such shares as of the date of the Proxy Access Notice has itself individually beneficially owned such shares continuously for the three-year (3 year) period ending on that date and through the other applicable dates referred to above (in addition to the other applicable requirements being met).

(6) Within the time period specified in this Section 2.3 for delivering the Proxy Access Notice, an Eligible Shareholder (including each Constituent Holder) must provide, in writing to the Corporation’s Secretary and with respect to such Eligible Shareholder (and each Constituent Holder):

(a) the name and address of, and number of Voting Shares owned by, such person;

(b) one or more written statements from the record holder of the Voting Shares (and from each intermediary through which the shares are or have been held during the requisite three-year (3 year) holding period) verifying that, as of a date within seven (7) calendar days prior to the date the Proxy Access Notice is delivered to the Corporation, such person owns, and has owned continuously for the preceding three (3) years, the Proxy Access Request Required Shares, and such person’s agreement to provide (i) within ten (10) days after the record date for the annual meeting, written statements from the record holder and intermediaries verifying such person’s continuous ownership of the Proxy Access Request Required Shares through the record date, together with any additional information reasonably requested to verify such person’s ownership of the Proxy Access Request Required Shares; and (ii) immediate notice if the Eligible Shareholder ceases to own any of the Proxy Access Request Required Shares prior to the date of the applicable annual meeting of shareholders;

(c) the information that would be required to be submitted pursuant to Section 2.1(3)(a);

(d) a representation as to the number of Voting Shares it asserts it is deemed to own for purposes of this Section 2.3 and a representation that such person:

(i) acquired the Proxy Access Request Required Shares in the ordinary course of business and not with the intent to change or influence control of the Corporation, and does not presently have any such intent;

(ii) intends to continue to own the Proxy Access Request Required Shares through the conclusion of the annual meeting;

(iii) has not nominated and will not nominate for election to the Board of Directors at the annual meeting any person other than the Shareholder Nominee(s) being nominated pursuant to this Section 2.3;

 

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(iv) has not engaged and will not engage in, and has not and will not be a “participant” in another person’s, “solicitation” within the meaning of Rule 14a-1(l) under the Exchange Act in support of the election of any individual as a director at the annual meeting other than its Shareholder Nominee(s) or a nominee of the Board of Directors;

(v) will not distribute to any shareholder any form of proxy for the annual meeting other than the form distributed by the Corporation;

(vi) will provide facts, statements and other information in all communications with the Corporation and its shareholders that are and will be true and correct in all material respects and do not and will not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and will otherwise comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations in connection with any actions taken pursuant to this Section 2.3;

(e) in the case of a nomination by a group of shareholders that together is such an Eligible Shareholder, the designation by all group members of one group member that is authorized to act on behalf of all members of the nominating shareholder group with respect to the nomination and matters related thereto, including withdrawal of the nomination; and

(f) an undertaking that such person agrees to:

(i) assume all liability stemming from, and indemnify and hold harmless the Corporation (and affiliates of the Corporation) and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors individually against any liability, loss or damages in connection with any threatened or pending action, suit or proceeding, whether legal, administrative or investigative, against the Corporation or any of its directors, officers or employees arising out of any legal or regulatory violation arising out of the Eligible Shareholder’s communications with the shareholders of the Corporation or out of the information that the Eligible Shareholder (including such person) provided to the Corporation; and

(ii) file with the Commission any solicitation by the Eligible Shareholder of shareholders of the Corporation relating to the annual meeting at which the Shareholder Nominee will be nominated, regardless of whether any such filing is required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act or whether any exemption from filing is available for such solicitation or other communication under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act.

In addition, within the time period specified in this Section 2.3 for delivering the Proxy Access Notice, a Qualifying Fund whose stock ownership is counted for purposes of qualifying as an Eligible Shareholder must provide to the Secretary of the Corporation documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Board of Directors that demonstrates that each of the funds included within a Qualifying Fund satisfies the requirements set forth in Section 2.3(5). In order to be considered timely, any information required by this Section 2.3 to be provided to

 

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the Corporation must be supplemented (by delivery to the Secretary of the Corporation) (1) no later than ten (10) days following the record date for the applicable annual meeting, to disclose the foregoing information as of such record date, and (2) no later than the fifth day before the annual meeting, to disclose the foregoing information as of the date that is no earlier than ten (10) days prior to such annual meeting. For the avoidance of doubt, the requirement to update and supplement such information shall not permit any Eligible Shareholder or other person to change or add any proposed Shareholder Nominee or be deemed to cure any defects or limit the remedies (including without limitation under these By-Laws) available to the Corporation relating to any defect.

(7) The Eligible Shareholder may provide to the Secretary of the Corporation, at the time the information required by this Section 2.3 is originally provided pursuant to a Proxy Access Notice, a single written statement of the Eligible Shareholder (including such single statement as may be submitted by a group comprising such Eligible Shareholder) for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy statement for the annual meeting, not to exceed 500 words, in support of the candidacy of such Eligible Shareholder’s Shareholder Nominee(s) (the “Statement”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.3, the Corporation may omit from its proxy materials any information or Statement that it, in good faith, believes is materially false or misleading, omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or would violate any applicable law or regulation.

(8) Within the time period specified in this Section 2.3 for delivering the Proxy Access Notice, each Shareholder Nominee must provide to the Corporation’s Secretary:

(a) an executed agreement, in a form deemed satisfactory by the Board of Directors or its designee (which form shall be provided by the Corporation reasonably promptly upon written request of a shareholder), that such Shareholder Nominee consents to being named in the Corporation’s proxy statement and form of proxy card (and will not agree to be named in any other person’s proxy statement or form of proxy card) as a nominee and to serving as a director of the Corporation if elected;

(b) the completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by Article III Section 11;

(c) the information that would be required to be submitted pursuant to Section 2.1(3)(c);

(d) such additional information as necessary to permit the Board of Directors to determine whether any of the matters contemplated by paragraph (10) below apply to such Shareholder Nominee and whether such Shareholder Nominee:

(i) has any direct or indirect relationship with the Corporation other than those relationships that have been deemed categorically immaterial pursuant to the Corporation’s Corporate Governance Guidelines; and

 

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(ii) is or has ever been subject to any event specified in Item 401(f) of Regulation S-K (or successor rule) of the Commission.

(e) an undertaking that such Person will provide facts, statements and other information in all communications with the Corporation and its shareholders that are or will be true and correct in all material respects (and shall not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading).

At the request of the Corporation, the Shareholder Nominee(s) must submit all other completed and signed questionnaires required of directors and officers of the Corporation. The Corporation may request such additional information as necessary to permit the Board of Directors to determine if each Shareholder Nominee satisfies the requirements of this Section 2.3 or if each Shareholder Nominee is independent under the listing standards of the principal U.S. exchange upon which the Common Stock of the Corporation is listed, any applicable rules of the Commission and any publicly disclosed standards used by the Board of Directors in determining and disclosing the independence of the Corporation’s directors or as may otherwise be reasonably requested.

In the event that any information or communications provided by the Eligible Shareholder (or any Constituent Holder) or the Shareholder Nominee to the Corporation or its shareholders ceases to be true and correct in all material respects or omits a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, each Eligible Shareholder or Shareholder Nominee, as the case may be, shall promptly notify the Secretary of the Corporation of any defect in such previously provided information and of the information that is required to correct any such defect; it being understood for the avoidance of doubt that providing any such notification shall not be deemed to cure any such defect or limit the remedies (including without limitation under these By-Laws) available to the Corporation relating to any such defect.

(9) Any Shareholder Nominee who is included in the Corporation’s proxy materials for a particular annual meeting of shareholders but withdraws from or becomes ineligible or unavailable for election at that annual meeting (other than by reason of such Shareholder Nominee’s disability) will be ineligible to be a Shareholder Nominee pursuant to this Section 2.3 for the next two annual meetings. Any Shareholder Nominee who is included in the Corporation’s proxy statement for a particular annual meeting of shareholders, but subsequently is determined not to satisfy the eligibility requirements of this Section 2.3 or any other provision of these By-Laws, the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation or other applicable regulation any time before the annual meeting of shareholders, will not be eligible for election at the relevant annual meeting of shareholders and, for the avoidance of doubt, another individual may not be substituted for such Shareholder Nominee by the Eligible Shareholder that nominated such Shareholder Nominee. The Corporation shall not be required to include, pursuant to this Section 2.3, any Shareholder Nominee in its proxy materials for any annual meeting of shareholders or to allow the nomination of any such Shareholder Nominees, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation, if the Corporation has received one or more shareholder notices nominating director candidates pursuant to Section 2.1(2) of these By-Laws.

 

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(10) The Corporation shall not be required to include, pursuant to this Section 2.3, a Shareholder Nominee in its proxy materials for any annual meeting of shareholders, or, if the proxy statement already has been filed, to allow the nomination of a Shareholder Nominee, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation:

(a) who is not independent under the listing standards of the principal U.S. exchange upon which the Common Stock of the Corporation is listed, any applicable rules of the Commission and any publicly disclosed standards used by the Board of Directors in determining and disclosing independence of the Corporation’s directors, in each case as determined by the Board of Directors, who does not meet the audit committee independence requirements under the rules of any stock exchange on which the Corporation’s securities are traded and applicable securities laws , who is not a “non-employee director” for the purposes of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule), who is not an “outside director” for the purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (or any successor provision) or who is not independent for the purposes of the requirements under the FDIC Improvement Act related to designation as an “outside director”;

(b) whose election or service as a member of the Board of Directors would violate or cause the Corporation to be in violation of these By-Laws, the Articles of Incorporation, the rules and listing standards of the principal U.S. exchange upon which the Common Stock is traded, or any applicable law, rule or regulation;

(c) who is or has been, within the past three years, an officer or director of a competitor, as defined in Section 8 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914;

(d) (Y) whose election as a member of the Board of Directors would cause the Corporation to seek, or assist in the seeking of, advance approval or to obtain, or assist in the obtaining of, an interlock waiver pursuant to the rules or regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or (Z) who is a director, trustee, officer or employee with management functions for any depository institution, depository institution holding company or entity that has been designated as a Systemically Important Financial Institution, each as defined in the Depository Institution Management Interlocks Act, provided, however, that this clause (Z) shall apply only so long as the Corporation is subject to compliance with Section 164 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act;

(e) who is a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses) or has been convicted in such a criminal proceeding within the past ten years;

(f) who is subject to any order of the type specified in Rule 506(d) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act;

 

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(g) if such Shareholder Nominee or the applicable Eligible Shareholder (including each member of any group of shareholders and beneficial owners that together is an Eligible Shareholder) shall have provided information to the Corporation in respect of such nomination that was untrue in any material respect or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statement made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, as determined by the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, in each case, in its sole discretion;

(h) if the Eligible Shareholder or applicable Shareholder Nominee otherwise contravenes any of the agreements or representations made by such Eligible Shareholder or Shareholder Nominee or fails to comply with its obligations pursuant to these By-Laws, including, but not limited to, this Section 2.3; or

(i) if the Eligible Shareholder ceases to be an Eligible Shareholder for any reason, including but not limited to not owning the Proxy Access Request Required Shares through the date of the applicable annual meeting.

For the purposes of this paragraph (10), clauses (a)-(f) and, to the extent related to a breach, action or failure by the Shareholder Nominee, clause (g) or (h) will result in the exclusion from the proxy materials pursuant to this Section 2.3 of the specific Shareholder Nominee to whom the ineligibility applies, or, if the proxy statement already has been filed, the ineligibility of such Shareholder Nominee to be nominated; provided , however, that clause (i) (and, to the extent related to a breach, action or failure by an Eligible Shareholder (or any Constituent Holder), clause (g) or (h)) will result in the Voting Shares owned by such Eligible Shareholder (or Constituent Holder) being excluded from the Proxy Access Request Required Shares (and, if as a result the Proxy Access Notice shall no longer have been filed by an Eligible Shareholder, the exclusion from the proxy materials pursuant to this Section 2.3 of all of the applicable shareholder’s Shareholder Nominees from the applicable annual meeting of shareholders or, if the proxy statement has already been filed, the ineligibility of all of such shareholder’s Shareholder Nominees to be nominated).

This Section 2.3 shall be the exclusive method for shareholders to require that nominees for directors be included in the Corporation’s proxy materials.

 

  2.4 General.

(1) To be properly brought before a meeting of shareholders, business must be of a proper subject for action by shareholders under applicable law and must not, if implemented, cause the Corporation to violate any state, federal or foreign law or regulation, each as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors. No person may be appointed, nominated or elected as a director of the Corporation unless such person, at the time such person is nominated and appointed or elected, would then be able to serve as a director without conflicting in any manner with any state, federal or foreign law or regulation applicable to the Corporation, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors. Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section

 

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2 shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of shareholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation or these By-Laws, the Chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2 and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with this Section 2, to declare that such defective proposal or nomination shall be disregarded.

(2) For purposes of this Section 2, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by a national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2, a shareholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2; provided, however, that any references in these By-Laws to the Exchange Act or the rules promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit the requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section 2.2.

3. Place of Meetings

Meetings of the shareholders shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation or at such other place as the Board of Directors may designate. The Board shall have the right to determine that a meeting of shareholders be held solely by means of Internet or other electronic communications technology in the manner and to the extent provided by the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law (the “PaBCL”).

4. Notice of Meetings.

Written notice of every meeting of the shareholders shall be given, either personally, by electronic transmission or by mail, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at least five days prior to the day named for the meeting, unless a greater period of notice is required by law. The notice shall state the day, time and place of such meeting and the general nature of the business to be transacted. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail with postage thereon prepaid, addressed to the shareholder at such shareholder’s address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation. If notice is given by electronic transmission, such notice shall be deemed to be given at the times provided in the PaBCL. Notice of a meeting may be waived in writing and attendance at a meeting shall itself constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting except where a person attends a meeting solely for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting was not lawfully called or convened. Any previously scheduled meeting of the shareholders may be postponed, and (unless the Articles of Incorporation otherwise provides) any special meeting of the shareholders may be cancelled, by resolution of the Board of Directors upon public notice given prior to the date previously scheduled for such meeting of shareholders.

 

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5. Quorum.

The presence, in person or by proxy, of shareholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes which all shareholders are entitled to cast on the particular matter shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of considering such matter. At a duly organized meeting, except as may be otherwise specified in the Articles of Incorporation or provided by law, each matter shall be decided upon receiving the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by all shareholders entitled to vote thereon and, if any shareholders are entitled to vote thereon as a class, upon receiving the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by the shareholders entitled to vote as a class. The Chairman of the meeting or the holders of a majority of the shares represented in person or by proxy may adjourn the meeting from time to time, whether or not there is a quorum. No notice of the time and place of adjourned meetings need be given except as required by law. The shareholders present at a duly called meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum.

6. Record Date.

The Board of Directors may fix a record date not more than ninety days prior to the date of any meeting of shareholders, or the date fixed for the payment of any dividend or distribution, or the date for the allotment of rights or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of shares will be made or go into effect. Only such shareholders as shall be shareholders of record at the close of business on the record date shall be entitled to notice of, or to vote at such meeting or to receive such allotment of rights or to exercise such rights, as the case may be.

7. Conduct of Meetings.

The Board of Directors shall designate whether the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or such other director as the Board may determine shall preside at each meeting of shareholders.

Article III. DIRECTORS

1. Board of Directors

The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by the Board of Directors, which shall consist of not less than five nor more than thirty-six members as shall be established from time to time exclusively by resolution of the Whole Board.

2. Term of Office.

After being elected by the shareholders, or by the directors pursuant to Article III, Section 3, directors shall hold office until the next annual meeting and until their successors shall have been elected and qualified.

 

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3. Vacancy.

Subject to applicable law and the rights of the holders of any series of the Corporation’s preferred stock with respect to such series of preferred stock, all vacancies in the Board of Directors, including vacancies resulting from an increase in the number of directors, may be filled only by a majority of the remaining directors, even if less than a quorum.

4. Organization.

As soon as practicable after the annual meeting of shareholders at which they were elected, the Board of Directors shall meet for the purpose of electing officers and the transaction of such other business as may be properly brought before the meeting.

5. Regular Meetings.

Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such times and at such places as the Board of Directors, by resolution, shall establish. When a regular meeting falls on a business holiday, it shall be held on the preceding or next following business day, as the Chief Executive Officer shall select.

6. Special Meetings.

Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or at the written request of a majority of the Board of Directors then in office. Notice of special meetings shall be given to each director personally or in writing, or by telephone, not later than during the day immediately preceding the day of such meeting and shall include the general nature of the business to be transacted at the meeting. A special meeting may be held at any time without notice if the directors who are present do not object at the start of the meeting to the lack of notice and those who are not present waive notice of the meeting in accordance with the PaBCL.

7. Quorum.

A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the acts of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the acts of the Board of Directors. One or more directors may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors, or in a meeting of a Committee of the Board of Directors by means of communication facilities enabling all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other.

8. Conduct of Meetings.

The Board of Directors shall designate whether the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or such other director as the Board may determine shall preside at each meeting of the Board of Directors.

 

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9. Action Without a Meeting.

Any action which may be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if a written consent or consents setting forth the action so taken is signed by all the directors and filed with the Corporate Secretary.

10. Compensation of Directors.

Directors shall be compensated for their services and reimbursed for their meeting attendance expenses, in such manner and at such time as the Board of Directors may determine.

11. Submission of Questionnaire, Representation and Agreement.

To be eligible to be a nominee for election or reelection as a director of the Corporation, a person must deliver (in accordance with the applicable time periods prescribed for delivery of notice under Article II, Section 2) to the Corporate Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation a written questionnaire (in the form provided by the Corporate Secretary upon written request) with respect to the background and qualification of such person and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, and a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the Corporate Secretary upon written request) that such person (a) is not and will not become a party to (i) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, if elected as a director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation or (ii) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such person’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with such person’s fiduciary duties under applicable law, (b) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director that has not been disclosed to the Corporation, (c) will serve as a director of the Corporation if so elected and, in such person’s individual capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the Corporation, and will comply with all applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation and (d) will abide by the requirements of Article III, Section 12.

12. Procedure for Election of Directors; Required Vote.

(1) Election of directors at all meetings of the shareholders at which directors are to be elected shall be by ballot, and, subject to the rights of the holders of any series of the Corporation’s preferred stock to elect directors under specified circumstances, a majority of the votes cast at any meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present shall elect directors. For purposes of this By-Law, a majority of votes cast shall mean that the number of shares voted “for” a director’s election exceeds 50% of the number of votes cast with respect to that director’s election. Votes cast shall include votes to withhold

 

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authority in each case and exclude abstentions with respect to that director’s election. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a contested election of directors, directors shall be elected by the vote of a plurality of the votes cast at any meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present. For purposes of this By-Law, a contested election shall mean any election of directors in which the number of candidates for election as directors exceeds the number of directors to be elected, with the determination thereof being made by the Corporate Secretary as of the close of the applicable notice of nomination period set forth in Article II, Section 2 of these By-Laws, based on whether one or more notice(s) of nomination were timely filed in accordance with said Article II, Section 2; provided, however, that the determination that an election is a “contested election” shall be determinative only as to the timeliness of a notice of nomination and not otherwise as to its validity. If, prior to the time the Corporation mails its initial proxy statement in connection with such election of directors, one or more notices of nomination are withdrawn such that the number of candidates for election as director no longer exceeds the number of directors to be elected, the election shall not be considered a contested election, but in all other cases, once an election is determined to be a contested election, directors shall be elected by the vote of a plurality of the votes cast.

(2) If a nominee for director who is an incumbent director is not elected and no successor was elected at the meeting at which the director was not re-elected, the director shall promptly tender his or her resignation to the Board of Directors in accordance with the agreement contemplated by clause (d) of Article III, Section 11 of these By-Laws. The Nominating and Governance Committee shall make a recommendation to the Board of Directors as to whether to accept or reject the tendered resignation, or whether other action should be taken. The Board of Directors shall act on the tendered resignation, taking into account the Nominating and Governance Committee’s recommendation, and publicly disclose (by a press release, a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission or other broadly disseminated means of communication) its decision regarding the tendered resignation and the rationale behind the decision within 90 days from the date of the certification of the election results. The Nominating and Governance Committee in making its recommendation, and the Board of Directors in making its decision, may each consider any factors or other information that it considers appropriate and relevant. The director who tenders his or her resignation shall not participate in the recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee or the decision of the Board of Directors with respect to his or her resignation. If such incumbent director’s resignation is not accepted by the Board of Directors, such director shall continue to serve until the next annual meeting and until his or her successor is duly elected, or his or her earlier resignation or removal. If a director’s resignation is accepted by the Board of Directors pursuant to this By-Law, or if a nominee for director is not elected and the nominee is not an incumbent director, then the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, may fill any resulting vacancy pursuant to the provisions of Article III, Section 3 of these By-Laws or may decrease the size of the Board of Directors pursuant to the provisions of Article III, Section 1 of these By-Laws.

(3) Except as otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, or these By-Laws, in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the matter shall be the act of the shareholders.

 

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Article IV. OFFICERS

1. Designation.

The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Vice Chairmen, one or more Vice Presidents of whom one or more may be designated Senior Executive Vice President, Executive Vice President or Senior Vice President, a Corporate Secretary, a Treasurer, a Controller, a General Auditor and such other officers as the Board of Directors, the President, the Vice Chairman or the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time designate. The officers of the Corporation may also include a Chairman of the Board, if so designated by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall designate from among the Chairman of the Board (if an officer), President, and Vice Chairmen, one of those officers to be the Chief Executive Officer. All officers having the rank of Senior Vice President or higher shall be elected by the Board of Directors and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. All other officers shall be appointed by the Chief Executive Officer, or, in his or her absence, by such other officer or officers as may be designated by the Board of Directors, and such appointments shall be reported to the Board of Directors.

2. Responsibilities of the Senior Officers.

 

  2.1 Chief Executive Officer.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation shall be ex officio a voting member of all standing Committees except the Audit Committee, the Nominating and Governance Committee, and the Personnel and Compensation Committee. Subject to the direction of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer shall have the general supervision of the policies, business and operations of the Corporation, and of the other officers, agents and employees of the Corporation and, except as otherwise provided in these By-Laws or by the Board of Directors, shall have all the other powers and duties as are usually incident to the Chief Executive Officer of a corporation. In the absence of the Chief Executive Officer, his or her rights shall be held and duties shall be performed by such other officer or officers as shall be designated by the Board of Directors.

 

  2.2 Chairman of the Board, President and Vice Chairman.

The Chairman of the Board, the President and the Vice Chairman if not designated as the Chief Executive Officer shall have such duties and powers as may be assigned to them from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer.

 

  2.3 Vice Presidents.

The Senior Executive Vice Presidents, Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents and Vice Presidents, if such are elected, shall have the duties and powers as may from time to time be assigned to them by the Board of Directors, or by the Chief Executive Officer in the absence of any assignment by the Board of Directors. Any reference in these By- Laws to a Vice President will apply equally to a Senior Executive Vice President, Executive Vice President or a Senior Vice President unless the context requires otherwise.

 

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  2.4 Treasurer.

The Treasurer shall be responsible for the funding of the Corporation and for all moneys, funds, securities, fidelity and indemnity bonds and other valuables belonging to the Corporation; and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him or her from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer.

 

  2.5 Corporate Secretary.

The Corporate Secretary shall: attend the meetings of the shareholders, of the Board of Directors, of the Executive Committee, and of such other Board Committees, if any, as have not appointed another person as secretary of that Committee; keep minutes thereof in suitable minute books; have charge of the corporate records and papers and the corporate seal; have charge of the stock and transfer records of the Corporation; keep a record of all shareholders and give notices of all meetings of shareholders, special meetings of the Board of Directors and of its Committees; and have such other duties as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer shall assign.

 

  2.6 Controller.

The Controller, if a Controller is elected, shall cause to be kept proper records of the transactions of the Corporation; shall be responsible for the preparation of financial and tax reports required of the Corporation; and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him or her from time to time by the Board of Directors or by the Chief Executive Officer.

 

  2.7 General Auditor.

The General Auditor shall have charge of auditing the books, records and accounts of the Corporation and shall report directly to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.

 

  2.8 Assistant Officers.

Each assistant officer as shall be elected shall assist in the performance of the duties of the officer to whom he or she is assistant and shall perform such duties in the absence of the officer. He or she shall perform such additional duties as the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the officer to whom he or she is assistant, may from time to time assign to him or her.

3. Incumbency.

Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever, in its best judgment, the best interest of the Corporation will be served thereby, without prejudice however to any contract rights the person so removed may have with the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries.

 

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Article V. COMMITTEES

1. Standing Committees.

The standing committees of the Board of Directors shall be the Executive Committee, the Audit Committee, the Nominating and Governance Committee, the Personnel and Compensation Committee, and the Risk Committee.

 

  1.1 Executive Committee.

The Executive Committee shall consist of (i) its chairman, who shall be the then serving chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee unless another director is appointed by the Board of Directors upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee, (ii) the Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer, and (iii) the then serving chairman of each other standing committee. The committee shall meet at such time or times as may be fixed by the Board of Directors, or upon the call of its chairman or the Chief Executive Officer. In the absence of the committee chairman, the Chief Executive Officer shall act as committee chairman unless the Board of Directors shall appoint some other director to act as committee chairman in such circumstances. In all instances which the committee shall deem necessary or appropriate, the Committee shall have and may exercise all of the powers and authority of the Board of Directors so far as may be permitted by law. All acts done and powers conferred by the committee from time to time shall be deemed to be, and may be certified as being, done and conferred under authority of the Board of Directors.

 

  1.2 Audit Committee.

The Board of Directors shall appoint the members of the Audit Committee annually upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee. The Committee shall consist of not fewer than three directors and shall satisfy the requirements of Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 10A-3.

 

  1.3 Nominating and Governance Committee.

The Board of Directors shall appoint annually, upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee, the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee, consisting of not fewer than three directors.

 

  1.4 Personnel and Compensation Committee.

The Board of Directors shall appoint annually, upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee, the members of the Personnel and Compensation Committee, consisting of not fewer than three directors.

 

  1.5 Risk Committee.

The Board of Directors shall appoint annually, upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee, the members of the Risk Committee, consisting of not fewer than three directors, including no more than one management director.

 

  1.6 Charters; Committee Members’ Independence and Qualifications; Committee Chairmen and Vice Chairmen.

 

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(1) The purpose and responsibilities of each standing committee shall be set forth in a written charter approved by the Board of Directors. Each standing committee shall review and reassess the adequacy of its charter annually and recommend to the Board of Directors any proposed changes to its charter. The charters of the Audit, Nominating and Governance, and Personnel and Compensation Committees shall address such matters as may be required by the corporate governance rules of the New York Stock Exchange and shall be published in a manner permitted by such rules.

(2) Each director appointed to the Audit, Nominating and Governance, and Personnel and Compensation Committees must have been affirmatively determined by the Board of Directors to be independent under the corporate governance rules of the New York Stock Exchange, and to meet such other standards of independence as may be prescribed by applicable federal banking, securities, and income tax laws and regulations, if any, relating to the duties and responsibilities of the particular committee or committees on which he or she shall serve, and must retain his or her independent status at all times while serving on the committee. Members of the Audit Committee must also possess the experience and qualifications required for audit committee members by the corporate governance rules of the New York Stock Exchange and applicable federal banking laws.

(3) The chairman and vice chairman, if any, of each standing committee shall be appointed by the Board of Directors upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee. The chairman and vice chairman, if any, of the Risk Committee must be appointed from among the independent directors then serving on the committee. Each standing committee may delegate to its chairman or vice chairman, if any, such powers and authority as the committee deems appropriate, provided that applicable laws and regulations do not require such powers and authority to be exercised by the committee as a whole or by a subcommittee of at least two committee members.

 

  1.7 Joint Committees of the Corporation’s and PNC Bank, National Association’s Boards of Directors.

Upon appropriate action by the Boards of Directors of the Corporation and PNC Bank, National Association, any committee authorized by these By-Laws other than the Executive Committee may be designated and function as a joint committee of both Boards of Directors. The title and charter of such a committee need not reflect its status as a joint committee unless both Boards of Directors expressly provide otherwise.

2. Other Committees; Subcommittees.

The Board of Directors may authorize the establishment of such other committees as it shall deem advisable from time to time and may delegate to such committees such powers and authority as it shall deem appropriate and as shall be permitted by applicable laws and regulations. The Board shall appoint the members of any such other committee or shall determine the manner in which such members shall be appointed. Unless otherwise stated in its charter, each committee shall have the authority to form and to delegate its powers and authority to subcommittees of one or more committee members to the extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations.

 

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3. Minutes.

Minutes of the Executive Committee shall be submitted at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors, and any action taken by the Board of Directors with respect thereto shall be entered in the minutes of the Board of Directors. All other committees shall keep minutes of their meetings which shall be accessible to inspection by the Board of Directors at all times.

4. Rules of Procedure.

Except as otherwise expressly provided for herein or in the committee’s charter, each committee may appoint a secretary, who need not be a director, adopt its own rules of procedure and, unless the Board of Directors has acted with respect thereto, determine the date, place and hour for its meetings. The Committee chairman or vice chairman may call a special meeting or reschedule a regular meeting if they deem it appropriate. In the absence of any other provision herein or in the committee’s charter to the contrary, a majority of the members of any committee shall constitute a quorum, and the action of a majority of the members in attendance at a committee meeting shall constitute the action of the body. Notice of meetings shall be given to each committee member personally, or in writing addressed to the address of the director appearing on the books of the Corporation, on or before the day preceding the meeting. Any action which may be taken at a meeting of a committee or subcommittee may be taken without a meeting if a written consent or consents setting forth the action so taken is signed by all members of the committee or subcommittee and filed with the Corporate Secretary.

Article VI. STOCK CERTIFICATES

1. Certificated and Uncertificated Stock.

(1) The interest of each shareholder of the Corporation may be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock in such form as the appropriate officers of the Corporation may from time to time prescribe or be uncertificated.

(2) Certificates of stock of the Corporation shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice Chairman, or any Vice President and shall be countersigned by the Corporate Secretary, the Treasurer, or any Assistant Corporate Secretary or Assistant Treasurer, and shall be sealed with the seal of the Corporation, which may be a facsimile. Where any such stock certificate is signed manually by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signatures of the officers may be facsimiles.

(3) At all times that the Corporation’s stock is listed on a stock exchange, the shares of the stock of the Corporation shall comply with all direct registration system eligibility requirements established by such exchange, including any requirement that shares of the Corporation’s stock be eligible for issue in book-entry form. All issuances and transfers of shares of the Corporation’s stock shall be entered on the books of the Corporation with all information necessary to comply with such direct registration system eligibility

 

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requirements, including the name and address of the person to whom the shares of stock are issued, the number of shares of stock issued and the date of issue. The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to make such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary or proper concerning the issue, transfer and registration of shares of stock of the Corporation in both certificated and uncertificated form.

2. Transfers.

The shares of stock of the Corporation evidenced by certificates shall be transferable only on its books upon surrender of the stock certificate for such shares properly endorsed. The shares of stock of the Corporation which are uncertificated shall be transferable upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered holder of the shares or by such person’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and upon compliance with appropriate procedures for transferring shares in uncertificated form. No transfer of stock shall be valid as against the Corporation for any purpose until it shall have been entered in the stock records of the Corporation by an entry showing from and to whom transferred. The Board of Directors shall have power to appoint one or more Transfer Agents and Registrars for the transfer and registration of the Corporation’s stock of any class, and may require, in the case of certificated shares of stock, that stock certificates shall be countersigned and registered by one or more such Transfer Agents and Registrars.

3. Lost or Destroyed Certificates.

If a stock certificate shall be lost, stolen or destroyed, the shareholder may file with the Corporation an affidavit stating the circumstances of the loss, theft or destruction and may request the issuance of a new certificate. He or she shall give to the Corporation a bond which shall be in such sum, contain such terms and provisions and have such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors may direct. The Corporation may thereupon issue a new certificate replacing the certificate lost, stolen or destroyed.

Article VII. DIRECTOR LIABILITY LIMITATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

1. Limitation of Director Liability.

A director of the Corporation shall, to the maximum extent permitted by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, have no personal liability for monetary damages for any action taken, or any failure to take any action as a director, provided that this Section 1, Article VII shall not eliminate the liability of a director in any case where such elimination is not permitted by law.

2. Indemnification.

(1) Each person who at any time is or shall have been a director or officer of the Corporation, or is serving or shall have served at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, and his heirs, executors and administrators, shall be indemnified by the Corporation in accordance with and to the full extent permitted by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as in effect at the time of such indemnification. The foregoing

 

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right of indemnification shall constitute a contract between the Corporation and each of its directors and officers and shall not be deemed exclusive of other rights to which any director, officer, employee, agent or other person may be entitled in any capacity as a matter of law or under any by-law, agreement, vote of shareholders or directors, or otherwise. If authorized by the Board of Directors, the Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person to the full extent permitted by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

(2) The first (1st) paragraph of this Article VII, Section 2 provides indemnification only to persons who at any time are or shall have been (1) directors or officers of the Corporation or (2) directors or officers of the Corporation who are serving or shall have served at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (any such person as described in (1) or (2) being a “Covered Person”).

(3) In connection with any threatened, pending or completed claim, action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative, legislative or other, including without limitation an action by or in the right of the Corporation, in which a Covered Person was or is involved (as a party, a witness, by being threatened to be made a party, or otherwise) (each a “Proceeding”) for which the Covered Person may be entitled to indemnification under this Article VII, Section 2, the Corporation shall pay the expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by such Covered Person in any such Proceeding in advance of final disposition of such Proceeding (an “advancement of expenses”) upon receipt by the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such Covered Person, to repay all amounts so advanced if it is ultimately determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal that such Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Article VII, Section 2 or otherwise.

(4) The Corporation will not, in connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by a Covered Person, advance expenses to such person or, except as provided in the fifth (5th) paragraph of this Article VII, Section 2, indemnify such person pursuant to this Article VII, Section 2 unless the Proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

(5) If a written claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses pursuant to this Article VII, Section 2 is not paid in full by the Corporation within sixty (60) days after such claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of any such claim, and if successful in whole or in part in any such suit, the claimant shall also be entitled to be paid the expenses of prosecuting such suit. It shall be a defense to any such suit (other than a suit to enforce a claim for advancement of expenses where the required undertaking has been received by the Corporation) that indemnification of the claimant would not be permitted by applicable law, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or shareholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of any suit seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses pursuant to this Article VII, Section 2 that indemnification or advancement of expenses is proper in the circumstances, nor a determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or shareholders) that indemnification or advancement of expenses is not proper in the

 

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circumstances, shall, in itself, create a presumption that the claimant is not entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses pursuant to this Article VII, Section 2 or be a defense to any such suit.

(6) If any provision or provisions of this Article VII, Section 2 are held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (1) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Article VII, Section 2 (including without limitation each portion of any paragraph of this Article VII, Section 2 containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby; and (2) to the full extent possible, the provisions of this Article VII, Section 2 (including without limitation each such portion of any paragraph of this Article VII, Section 2 containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) will be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision or provisions held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

(7) If a claimant is entitled to indemnification pursuant to the provisions of this Article VII, Section 2 for some or a portion of the expense, liability and loss incurred or suffered by such person in connection with any Proceeding but not for the total amount thereof, the Corporation shall indemnify the claimant for the portion thereof to which the claimant is entitled.

(8) The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses set forth in this Article VII, Section 2: (1) shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a Covered Person and shall inure to the benefit of a Covered Person’s heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives; and (2) shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any director, officer, employee, agent or other person may be entitled in any capacity as a matter of law or under any charter provision, by-law, agreement, vote of shareholders or directors, or otherwise. Any repeal, amendment or modification of this Article VII, Section 2 or adoption of any other provision of the By-Laws or Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation which has the effect of limiting the rights set forth in this Article VII, Section 2 shall operate prospectively only and shall not affect any rights or obligations with respect to actions, omissions, circumstances or events occurring prior to the adoption of any such repeal, amendment or modification. Each Covered Person shall be deemed to be serving as such in reliance on the provisions of this Article VII, Section 2. Nothing in this Article VII, Section 2 shall require the Corporation to take any action that would be prohibited by applicable law.

3. Indemnification of Employees and Agents.

The Corporation may provide indemnification and advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation up to the full extent of the provisions of Article VII, Section 2 of these By-Laws with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation.

Article VIII. APPLICATION OF STATUTORY ANTI-TAKEOVER PROVISIONS

The following provisions of Title 15 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes shall not be applicable to the Corporation: (i) Subchapter G of Chapter 25; and (ii) Subchapter H of Chapter 25.

 

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Article IX. EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY DURING EMERGENCIES

The Board of Directors or the Executive Committee may from time to time adopt resolutions authorizing certain persons and entities to exercise authority on behalf of this Corporation in time of emergency, and in the time of emergency any such resolutions will be applicable, notwithstanding any provisions as to the contrary contained in these By-Laws.

Article X. CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS

The Board of Directors may authorize contributions to community funds, or to charitable, philanthropic, or benevolent instrumentalities conducive to public welfare in such sums as the Board of Directors may deem expedient and in the interest of the Corporation.

Article XI. EXCLUSIVE FORUM

Venue in the following actions and proceedings shall be exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the judicial district embracing the county in which the registered office of the Corporation is located:

(1) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation;

(2) any action or proceeding asserting a claim of breach of duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or its shareholders;

(3) any action or proceeding brought under 15 Pa.C.S. Subchapter 15D (relating to dissenters rights);

(4) any action or proceeding brought under 15 Pa.C.S. Subchapter 17G (relating to judicial supervision of corporate action);

(5) any action or proceeding brought under 15 Pa.C.S. Chapter 25 (relating to registered corporations); or

(6) any action or proceeding asserting a claim against the Corporation, or any director, officer or other employee of the Corporation (i) arising under any provision of the PaBCL, or the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the Corporation, or (ii) governed by the internal affairs doctrine.

Article XII. AMENDMENTS

These By-Laws may be altered, amended, added to or repealed by a vote of a majority of the Board of Directors at any regular meeting of the Board of Directors, or at any special meeting of the Board of Directors called for that purpose.

 

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Article XIII. CONSTRUCTION

Reference in these By-Laws to “written” or “in writing” includes electronic transmission. Electronic transmission means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.

 

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Exhibit 10.51

CHANGE OF CONTROL EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

CHANGE OF CONTROL EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of the [        ] day of [                ] , [                ] (this “ Agreement ”), by and between The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “ Company ”), and [                ] (the “ Executive ”).

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “ Board ”) has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to assure that the Company will have the continued dedication of the Executive, notwithstanding the possibility, threat or occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined herein). The Board believes it is imperative to diminish the inevitable distraction of the Executive by virtue of the personal uncertainties and risks created by a pending or threatened Change of Control, to encourage the Executive’s full attention and dedication to the Company in the event of any threatened or pending Change of Control and to provide the Executive with compensation and benefits arrangements upon a Change of Control that ensure that the compensation and benefits expectations of the Executive will be satisfied and that provide the Executive with compensation and benefits arrangements that are competitive with those of other corporations. Therefore, in order to accomplish these objectives, the Board has caused the Company to enter into this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Certain Definitions . (a) “ Effective Date ” means the first date during the Change of Control Period (as defined herein) on which a Change of Control occurs. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if the Executive’s employment with the Company is terminated by the Company other than for Cause, death or Disability prior to the date on which a Change of Control occurs, and if it is reasonably demonstrated by the Executive that such termination of employment (i) was at the request of a third party that has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change of Control or (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of a Change of Control (such a termination of employment, an “ Anticipatory Termination ”), then for all purposes of this Agreement, “Effective Date” means the date immediately prior to the date of such termination of employment.

(b) “ Change of Control Period ” means the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the first anniversary of the date hereof; provided , however , that, commencing on the date one year after the date hereof, and on each annual anniversary of such date (such date and each annual anniversary thereof, the “ Renewal Date ”), unless previously terminated, the Change of Control Period shall be automatically extended so as to terminate one year from such Renewal Date, unless, at least 60 days prior to the Renewal Date, the Company shall give notice to the Executive that the Change of Control Period shall not be so extended.

(c) “ Affiliated Company ” means any company controlled by, controlling or under common control with the Company.


(d) “ Benefits Period ” means the period commencing on the Date of Termination (as defined herein) and continuing thereafter for the number of months equal to the product of 12 and the Classification Factor.

(e) “ Change of Control ” means:

(i) Any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”)) (a “ Person ”) becomes the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of either (A) the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the “ Outstanding Company Common Stock ”) or (B) the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “ Outstanding Company Voting Securities ”); provided , however , that, for purposes of this Section 1(e), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change of Control: (1) any acquisition directly from the Company, (2) any acquisition by the Company, (3) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any Affiliated Company, (4) any acquisition pursuant to an Excluded Combination (as defined in Section 1(e)(iii)) or (5) an acquisition of beneficial ownership representing between 20% and 40%, inclusive, of the Outstanding Company Voting Securities or Outstanding Company Common Stock shall not be considered a Change of Control if the Incumbent Board as of immediately prior to any such acquisition approves such acquisition either prior to or immediately after its occurrence;

(ii) Individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board (the “ Incumbent Board ”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board (excluding any Board seat that is vacant or otherwise unoccupied); provided , however , that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual was a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board;

(iii) Consummation of a reorganization, merger, statutory share exchange or consolidation or similar transaction involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries, a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or the acquisition of assets or stock of another entity by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (each, a “ Business Combination ”), excluding, however, a Business Combination following which all or substantially all of the individuals and entities that were the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 60% of the then-outstanding shares of common stock (or, for a non-corporate entity, equivalent securities) and the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election


of directors (or, for a non-corporate entity, equivalent governing body), as the case may be, of the entity resulting from such Business Combination (including an entity that, as a result of such transaction, owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such Business Combination of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be (such a Business Combination, an “ Excluded Combination ”); or

(iv) Approval by the shareholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

(f) “ Classification Factor ” means two, provided, that upon the date on which the Executive attains age 65, if and only if the Effective Date has not occurred as of such date, the Classification Factor shall be reduced to one.

Section 2. Employment Period . The Company hereby agrees to continue the Executive in its employ, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, for the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the second anniversary of the Effective Date (the “ Employment Period ”). The Employment Period shall terminate upon the Executive’s termination of employment for any reason.

Section 3. Terms of Employment . (a)  Position and Duties . (i) During the Employment Period, (A) the Executive’s position (including status, offices, titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties and responsibilities shall be at least commensurate in all material respects with the most significant of those held, exercised and assigned at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date, (B) the Executive’s services shall be performed at the office where the Executive was employed immediately preceding the Effective Date or at any other location less than 50 miles from such office and (C) the Executive shall not be required to travel on Company business to a substantially greater extent than required during the 120-day period immediately prior to the Effective Date.

(ii) During the Employment Period, and excluding any periods of vacation and sick leave to which the Executive is entitled, the Executive agrees to devote reasonable attention and time during normal business hours to the business and affairs of the Company and, to the extent necessary to discharge the responsibilities assigned to the Executive hereunder, to use the Executive’s reasonable best efforts to perform faithfully and efficiently such responsibilities. During the Employment Period, it shall not be a violation of this Agreement for the Executive to (A) serve on corporate, civic or charitable boards or committees, (B) deliver lectures, fulfill speaking engagements or teach at educational institutions and (C) manage personal investments, so long as such activities do not significantly interfere with the performance of the Executive’s responsibilities as an employee of the Company in accordance with this Agreement. It is expressly understood and agreed that, to the extent that any such activities have been conducted by the Executive prior to the Effective Date, the continued conduct of such activities (or the conduct of activities similar in nature and scope thereto) subsequent to the Effective Date shall not thereafter be deemed to interfere with the performance of the Executive’s responsibilities to the Company.


(b) Compensation . (i)  Base Salary . During the Employment Period, the Executive shall receive an annual base salary (the “ Annual Base Salary ”) at an annual rate at least equal to 12 times the highest monthly base salary paid or payable, including any base salary that has been earned but deferred, to the Executive by the Company and the Affiliated Companies in respect of the 12-month period immediately preceding the month in which the Effective Date occurs. The Annual Base Salary shall be paid at such intervals as the Company pays executive salaries generally. During the Employment Period, the Annual Base Salary shall be reviewed at least annually, beginning no more than 12 months after the last salary increase awarded to the Executive prior to the Effective Date. Any increase in the Annual Base Salary shall not serve to limit or reduce any other obligation to the Executive under this Agreement. The Annual Base Salary shall not be reduced after any such increase and the term “Annual Base Salary” shall refer to the Annual Base Salary as so increased.

(ii) Annual Bonus . In addition to the Annual Base Salary, the Executive shall be awarded, with respect to each fiscal year of the Company ending during the Employment Period, an annual bonus (the “ Annual Bonus ”) in cash at least equal the product of (A) the Executive’s Annual Base Salary and (B) the Executive’s average Bonus Percent (as defined below) with respect to the three fiscal years (or such shorter period during which the Executive has been employed by the Company) immediately preceding the Effective Date (such average, the “ Minimum Annual Bonus Percent ”). Notwithstanding the foregoing and not in contravention of the foregoing, to the extent that, during the Employment Period, the committee administering the applicable annual incentive plan establishes specific Annual Bonus targets with respect to an applicable fiscal year of the Company ending during the Employment Period for peer executives of the Company, the Annual Bonus target (the “ Annual Bonus Target ”) established by such committee for the Executive shall be no less favorable to the Executive than the annual bonus target established for such peer executives of the Company, and any performance criteria established with respect to the Executive’s Annual Bonus Target shall be (and shall be evaluated on a basis that is) no less favorable to the Executive than the performance criteria (and the basis for evaluation) applicable to peer executives of the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, the “ Bonus Percent ” shall mean, with respect to a particular fiscal year of the Company, the amount expressed as a percentage equal to (1) the Executive’s annual bonus (including any amounts deferred, whether pursuant to the Executive’s election or otherwise, and the cash value (measured in accordance with the immediately following sentence) of any portion of any annual bonus amounts paid in stock, restricted stock or other equity-based consideration and of any additional stock, restricted stock or other equity-based awards granted to the Executive with respect to the portion of such bonus amounts paid in stock, restricted stock or an equity-based award) earned under the Company’s annual incentive plans, or any comparable bonus under any predecessor or successor plan, with respect to such fiscal year, divided by (2) the Executive’s annual base salary paid or payable to the Executive with respect to such fiscal year. For purposes of the preceding sentences, shares of stock or other consideration will be valued without regard to any vesting, transfer or other restrictions applicable to such stock or other consideration, and the cash value of any equity-based portion of such annual bonus will be determined based on (x) a per share value equal to the closing price of the stock, as of the date the shares were awarded, on the principal stock exchange on which the stock is traded, (y) with respect to any performance vesting awards, the actual performance for any performance periods completed prior to the Effective Date and target performance for any performance periods that are not completed prior to the Effective Date, and (z) with respect to awards that are stock


options, the grant date value determined based on the Company’s valuation methodology as in effect on the date of grant. Each such Annual Bonus shall be paid no later than two and a half months after the end of the fiscal year of the Company for which the Annual Bonus is awarded, unless deferred either (I) by the Executive or the Company pursuant to an arrangement that meets the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”) or (II) to the extent required by applicable law.

(iii) Long-Term Cash and Equity Incentives, Savings and Retirement Plans . During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to participate in all long-term cash incentive, equity incentive, savings and retirement plans, practices, policies and programs applicable generally to other peer executives of the Company and the Affiliated Companies, but in no event shall such plans, practices, policies and programs provide the Executive with incentive opportunities (measured with respect to both regular and special incentive opportunities, to the extent, if any, that such distinction is applicable), savings opportunities and retirement benefit opportunities, in each case, less favorable, in the aggregate, than the most favorable of those provided by the Company and the Affiliated Companies for the Executive under such plans, practices, policies and programs as in effect at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, those provided generally at any time after the Effective Date to other peer executives of the Company and the Affiliated Companies.

(iv) Welfare Benefit Plans . During the Employment Period, the Executive and/or the Executive’s family, as the case may be, shall be eligible for participation in and shall receive all benefits under welfare benefit plans, practices, policies and programs provided by the Company and the Affiliated Companies (including medical, prescription, dental, vision, disability, employee life, group life, accidental death and travel accident insurance plans and programs) to the extent applicable generally to other peer executives of the Company and the Affiliated Companies, but in no event shall such plans, practices, policies and programs provide the Executive with benefits that are less favorable, in the aggregate, than the most favorable of such plans, practices, policies and programs in effect for the Executive at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, those provided generally at any time after the Effective Date to other peer executives of the Company and the Affiliated Companies.

(v) Expenses . During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to receive prompt reimbursement for all reasonable expenses incurred (regardless of whether incurred prior to or following the Effective Date) by the Executive in accordance with the most favorable policies, practices and procedures of the Company and the Affiliated Companies in effect for the Executive at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect generally at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and the Affiliated Companies.

(vi) Fringe Benefits . During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to fringe benefits, including tax and financial planning services, payment of club dues, and, if applicable, transportation benefits and payment of related expenses, in accordance with the most favorable plans, practices, programs and policies of the Company and the Affiliated Companies in effect for the Executive at any time during the 120-day period immediately


preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect generally at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and the Affiliated Companies.

(vii) Office and Support Staff . During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to an office or offices of a size and with furnishings and other appointments, and to exclusive personal secretarial and other assistance, at least equal to the most favorable of the foregoing provided to the Executive by the Company and the Affiliated Companies at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as provided generally at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and the Affiliated Companies.

(viii) Vacation . During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation in accordance with the most favorable plans, policies, programs and practices of the Company and the Affiliated Companies as in effect for the Executive at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect generally at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and the Affiliated Companies.

Section 4. Termination of Employment . (a)  Death or Disability . The Executive’s employment shall terminate automatically if the Executive dies during the Employment Period. If the Company determines in good faith that the Disability (as defined herein) of the Executive has occurred during the Employment Period (pursuant to the definition of “Disability”), it may give to the Executive written notice in accordance with Section 11(d) of its intention to terminate the Executive’s employment. In such event, the Executive’s employment with the Company shall terminate effective on the 30th day after receipt of such notice by the Executive (the “ Disability Effective Date ”), provided , however , that, within the 30 days after such receipt, the Executive shall not have returned to full-time performance of the Executive’s duties. “ Disability ” means the absence of the Executive from the Executive’s duties with the Company on a full-time basis for 180 consecutive business days as a result of incapacity due to mental or physical illness that is determined to be total and permanent by a physician selected by the Company or its insurers and acceptable to the Executive or the Executive’s legal representative (such agreement as to acceptability not to be unreasonably withheld).

(b) Cause . The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment during the Employment Period with or without Cause. “ Cause ” means:

(i) the willful and continued failure of the Executive to perform substantially the Executive’s duties (as contemplated by Section 3(a)(i)(A)) with the Company or any Affiliated Company (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness or following the Executive’s delivery of a Notice of Termination for Good Reason), after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to the Executive by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer of the Company that specifically identifies the manner in which the Board or the Chief Executive Officer of the Company believes that the Executive has not substantially performed the Executive’s duties; or


(ii) the willful engaging by the Executive in illegal conduct or gross misconduct that is materially and demonstrably injurious to the Company.

For purposes of this Section 4(b), no act, or failure to act, on the part of the Executive shall be considered “willful” unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in bad faith or without reasonable belief that the Executive’s action or omission was in the best interests of the Company. Any act, or failure to act, based upon (A) authority given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board, or if the Company is not the ultimate parent corporation of the Affiliated Companies and is not publicly-traded, the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of the ultimate parent of the Company (the “ Applicable Board ”), (B) the instructions of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company or a senior officer of the Company or (C) the advice of counsel for the Company shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in good faith and in the best interests of the Company. The cessation of employment of the Executive shall not be deemed to be for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to the Executive a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than three-quarters of the entire membership of the Applicable Board (excluding the Executive, if the Executive is a member of the Applicable Board) at a meeting of the Applicable Board called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice is provided to the Executive and the Executive is given an opportunity, together with counsel for the Executive, to be heard before the Applicable Board), finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Applicable Board, the Executive is guilty of the conduct described in Section 4(b)(i) or 4(b)(ii), and specifying the particulars thereof in detail.

(c) Good Reason . The Executive’s employment may be terminated during the Employment Period by the Executive for Good Reason or by the Executive voluntarily without Good Reason. “ Good Reason ” means:

(i) the assignment to the Executive of any duties inconsistent in any respect with the Executive’s position (including status, offices, titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties or responsibilities as contemplated by Section 3(a), or any other diminution in such position, authority, duties or responsibilities, excluding for this purpose an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action not taken in bad faith and that is remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Executive;

(ii) any failure by the Company to comply with any of the provisions of Section 3(b), other than an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent failure not occurring in bad faith and that is remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Executive;

(iii) the Company’s requiring the Executive to be based at any office or location other than as provided in Section 3(a)(i)(B);

(iv) any action or inaction that constitutes a material breach by the Company of this Agreement; or

(v) any failure by the Company to comply with and satisfy Section 10(c).


For purposes of this Section 4(c), any good faith determination of Good Reason made by the Executive shall be conclusive. The Executive’s mental or physical incapacity following the occurrence of an event described above in clauses (i) through (v) shall not affect the Executive’s ability to terminate employment for Good Reason, and the Executive’s death following delivery of a Notice of Termination for Good Reason shall not affect the Executive’s estate’s entitlement to severance payments benefits provided hereunder upon a termination of employment for Good Reason.

(d) Notice of Termination . Any termination by the Company for Cause, or by the Executive for Good Reason, shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to the other party hereto given in accordance with Section 11(d). “ Notice of Termination ” means a written notice that (i) indicates the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii) to the extent applicable, sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated and (iii) if the Date of Termination (as defined herein) is other than the date of receipt of such notice, specifies the Date of Termination (which Date of Termination shall be not more than 60 days after the giving of such notice). The failure by the Executive or the Company to set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance that contributes to a showing of Good Reason or Cause shall not waive any right of the Executive or the Company, respectively, hereunder or preclude the Executive or the Company, respectively, from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing the Executive’s or the Company’s respective rights hereunder. If within 30 days of receiving the Notice of Termination the party receiving such notice notifies the other party that a dispute exists concerning the provisions of this Agreement that apply to such termination, the dispute shall be resolved either (A) by mutual written agreement of the parties or (B) by a final judgment, order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction (which is not appealable or with respect to which the time for appeal therefrom has expired and no appeal has been perfected). The parties shall pursue the resolution of such dispute with reasonable diligence. Following the final resolution of such dispute, any party owing any payments under this Agreement pursuant to such resolution shall make all such payments, together with interest at the applicable federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2)(A) of the Code (“ Interest ”) determined as of the Date of Termination (and in the case of compensatory amounts payable to the Executive under this Agreement, accrued from the Date of Termination) through the date such payments are actually made. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Executive’s mental or physical incapacity following the receipt of a Notice of Termination by the Company terminating the Executive’s employment other than for Cause shall not affect the obligation of the Company to pay, or the Executive’s entitlement to, the payments and benefits to which the Executive is entitled to under this Agreement upon a termination of employment other than for Cause, regardless of whether the Company terminates the Executive’s employment as a result of such mental or physical incapacity prior to the date set forth in the Notice of Termination.

(e) Date of Termination . Date of Termination ” means (i) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause, or by the Executive for Good Reason, the date of receipt of the Notice of Termination or such later date specified in the Notice of Termination, as the case may be, (ii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company other than for Cause or Disability, the date on which the Company notifies the Executive of such termination or such later date specified in the Notice of Termination, as the


case may be, (iii) if the Executive resigns without Good Reason, the date on which the Executive notifies the Company of such termination and (iv) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of death or Disability, the date of death of the Executive or the Disability Effective Date, as the case may be.

Section 5. Obligations of the Company upon Termination . (a)  By the Executive for Good Reason; By the Company Other Than for Cause, Death or Disability . If, during the Employment Period, the Company terminates the Executive’s employment other than for Cause, Death or Disability, or the Executive terminates employment for Good Reason (subject to the limitation provided in clause (vi) of this Section 5(a)):

(i) the Company shall pay to the Executive, in a lump sum in cash within 30 days after the Date of Termination, the aggregate of the following amounts:

(A) the sum of:

 

  (1) the Executive’s Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination to the extent not theretofore paid;

 

  (2) the Executive’s business expenses that are reimbursable pursuant to Section 3(b)(v) but have not been reimbursed by the Company as of the Date of Termination;

 

  (3) if an annual bonus for the fiscal year of the Company immediately preceding the fiscal year of the Company in which the Date of Termination occurs (x) has not been determined as of the Date of Termination, an amount equal to the product of (I) the percentage of the Executive’s Annual Base Salary on which the Executive’s target cash incentive award is based under the Company’s annual incentive plans (the “ Target Bonus Percent ”) in effect during the fiscal year of the Company preceding the Effective Date, or to the extent no such percentage exists, the Minimum Annual Bonus Percent, and (II) the Annual Base Salary, or (y) has been determined as of the Date of Termination but not yet paid, the greater of (I) the bonus amount as so determined and (II) the product of the Minimum Annual Bonus Percent and the Annual Base Salary) (such amount, the “ Prior Year Bonus ”);

 

  (4) any accrued vacation pay to the extent not theretofore paid (the sum of the amounts described in subclauses (1), (2), (3) and (4), the “ Accrued Obligations ”); and

 

  (5) an amount equal to the product of (x) the Executive’s Target Bonus Percent in effect during the fiscal year of the Company preceding the Effective Date, or to the extent no such percentage exists, the Minimum Annual Bonus Percent, and (y) the Annual Base Salary (such amount, the “ Termination Year Bonus ”);


provided , that notwithstanding the foregoing, if any portion of the Executive’s annual bonus for the fiscal year of the Company immediately preceding the fiscal year of the Company in which the Date of Termination occurs has been deferred, then for purposes of this Section 5 (except as set forth in Section 5(d) with respect to a termination for Cause), such deferral, and the terms of the applicable deferral arrangement, shall apply to the same portion of the Prior Year Bonus, and such portion shall not be considered as part of the “ Accrued Obligations ” but shall instead be an “ Other Benefit ” (as defined below);

(B) the amount equal to the product of (x) the Classification Factor and (y) the sum of the following amounts:

(1) the Annual Base Salary; and

(2) the product of (x) the higher of (I) the Minimum Annual Bonus Percent and (II) the average Bonus Percent for the three fiscal years (or such shorter period during which the Executive has been employed by the Company) immediately preceding the Date of Termination, and (y) the Annual Base Salary (such product, the “ Highest Annual Bonus ”); provided , however, that the Highest Annual Bonus shall be calculated for purposes of this Section 5(a)(i)(B)(2) assuming the Bonus Percent with respect to the fiscal year of the Company immediately preceding the Effective Date is not less than the Executive’s Target Bonus Percent for such fiscal year, but only to the extent such a Target Bonus Percent was established for the Executive; and

(C) an amount equal to the sum of the Company’s or an Affiliated Company’s (as applicable) contributions under The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan (or any similar tax-qualified defined contribution or individual account plan) in which the Executive participates as of the Date of Termination (or, if more favorable to the Executive, the plans as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date) (collectively, the “ Savings Plans ”) that the Executive would receive if the Executive’s employment continued during the Benefits Period, assuming for this purpose that (1) the Executive’s benefits under such plans are fully vested; (2) the Executive’s compensation during each year of the Benefits Period is equal to the Annual Base Salary and the Highest Annual Bonus, and such amounts are paid in equal installments ratably over each year of the Benefits Period; (3) the Executive received (x) an Annual Bonus with respect to the year in which the Date of Termination occurs equal to the amount payable pursuant to Section 5(a)(i)(A)(5) and (y) an Annual Bonus with respect to the fiscal year of the Company preceding the Date of Termination equal to the amount payable pursuant to Section 5(a)(i)(A)(3), in each case, only to the extent that an accrual in respect of the compensation described in this clause (3) has not already been credited to the Executive under the Savings Plans; (4) the amount of any such employer contributions is equal to the maximum amount that could be


provided under the terms of the applicable Saving Plans for the year in which the Date of Termination occurs (or, if more favorable to the Executive, or in the event that as of the Date of Termination the amount of any such contributions for such year is not determinable, the amount of contribution that could be provided under the Savings Plans for the plan year ending immediately prior to the Effective Date) for a participant whose compensation is as provided in clauses (2) and (3) above; and (5) to the extent that the Company’s contributions are determined based on the contributions or deferrals of the Executive, disregarding the Executive’s actual contributions or deferral elections as of the Date of Termination and assuming that the Executive had elected to participate in the Savings Plans and to defer that percentage of Annual Base Salary and/or Annual Bonuses under the Savings Plans that would result in the maximum possible Company contribution.

(ii) Pension Benefits .

(A) Vesting of Pension Plan Benefits .

(1) To the extent that (i) the Executive’s benefits under The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. ERISA Excess Pension Plan or any successor plan in which the Executive participates as of the Date of Termination (or, if more favorable to the Executive, the plans as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date) (the “ Excess Plan ”) are unvested as of the Date of Termination, and (ii) the Executive would become vested in the Excess Plan had the Executive’s employment continued for a number of years (including partial years) equal to the Classification Factor, Executive’s benefits under the Excess Plan shall vest in full and be paid to the Executive in accordance with the terms of such plan. This clause 5(a)(ii)(A)(1) shall constitute an amendment of the Excess Plan.

(2) To the extent that (i) the Executive is not fully vested in the accrued benefit under The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension Plan or any successor plan in which the Executive participates as of the Date of Termination (or, if more favorable to the Executive, the plans as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date) (the “ Pension Plan ,” and together with the Excess Plan, the “ Company Pension Plans ”) as of the Date of Termination, and (ii) the Executive would become vested in the Pension Plan had the Executive’s employment continued for a number of years (including partial years) equal to the Classification Factor, the Company shall immediately credit to the Executive’s account balance under the Excess Plan an amount equal to the Executive’s unvested benefit under the Pension Plan as of the Date of Termination, which amount will be paid to the Executive in accordance with the terms of, and the Executive’s distribution elections (if any) applicable to, the Excess Plan.

(B) Additional Earnings Credits with respect to the Benefits Period . In addition to the benefits provided under Section 5(a)(ii)(A), the Company shall pay


to the Executive within 30 days of the Date of Termination a lump sum amount in cash equal to the earnings credits under the Company Pension Plans in which the Executive participates as of the Date of Termination (or, if more favorable to the Executive, the Company Pension Plans in which the Executive participated as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date), that the Executive would receive if the Executive’s employment continued during the Benefits Period and assuming for this purpose the following: (1) the Executive’s benefits under such plans are fully vested; (2) the Executive’s compensation during each year of the Benefits Period is equal to the Annual Base Salary and the Highest Annual Bonus, and such amounts are paid in equal installments ratably over each year of the Benefits Period; (3) the Executive received (x) an Annual Bonus with respect to the year in which the Date of Termination occurs equal to the amount payable pursuant to Section 5(a)(i)(A)(5) and (y) an Annual Bonus with respect to the fiscal year of the Company preceding the Date of Termination equal to the amount payable pursuant to Section 5(a)(i)(A)(3), in each case, only to the extent that an accrual in respect of the compensation described in this clause (3) has not already been credited to the Executive under the Company Pension Plans; and (4) the earnings credits are at the level of earnings credits as in effect under the Company Pension Plans as of the Date of Termination or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect under the Company Pension Plans immediately prior to the Effective Date.

(C) No Adverse Effect . The determinations and calculations made pursuant Sections 5(a)(ii)(A)(2) and 5(a)(ii)(B) shall be made without giving effect to any amendments made to the Company Pension Plans during the Employment Period that adversely affect in any manner the amount of pension benefits payable to the Executive under the Company Pension Plans.

(iii) Continued Health Care Insurance Coverage .

(A) During the Benefits Period, the Company shall provide the Executive with medical and dental insurance coverage (the “ Health Care Benefits ”) substantially similar in all respects to those which the Executive and his or her eligible dependents were receiving immediately prior to the Notice of Termination or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect generally at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and the Affiliated Companies and their eligible dependents; provided , however , that the Health Care Benefits shall be provided during the Benefits Period in such a manner that such benefits are excluded from the Executive’s income for federal income tax purposes to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

(B) The receipt of the Health Care Benefits shall, except as provided in 5(a)(iii)(E) below, be conditioned upon the Executive continuing to pay the applicable premiums for such Health Care Benefits during the Benefits Period.

(1) The applicable monthly premium shall be the monthly premium as in effect at the Company from time to time with respect to the coverage provided under Section 4980B of the Code (the “ COBRA Premium ”).


(2) During the portion of the Benefits Period in which the Executive continues to receive coverage under the Company’s Health Care Benefits plans, the Company shall pay to the Executive an amount equal to the premium cost set forth in clause (1) above, minus the amount equal to the employee contribution rate that is paid by Company employees generally for such coverage, as in effect from time to time (and which amount shall in no event be greater than the employee contribution rate for the applicable level of coverage as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date and shall not take into account any premium or cost increases which constituted Good Reason pursuant to Section 4(c)), which payment shall be paid in advance on the first payroll day of each month, commencing with the month immediately following the Executive’s Date of Termination, provided that the first such payment shall be made within 30 days after the Date of Termination.

(C) The Health Care Benefits otherwise receivable by the Executive pursuant to Section 5(a)(iii) shall terminate if the Executive becomes re-employed with another employer and is eligible to receive health care benefits under another employer-provided plan. The Executive agrees to report to the Company any coverage and benefits actually received by or made available to the Executive from such other employer(s).

(D) During the Benefits Period, the Executive shall be entitled to elect to change the Executive’s level of coverage and/or choice of coverage options (such as the Executive only or family medical coverage) with respect to the Health Care Benefits to the same extent that actively employed senior executives of the Company are permitted to make such changes; provided , however , that in the event of any such changes, the premiums paid by the Executive for the Health Care Benefits shall reflect any cost increase or decrease to the premium rates set forth in Section 5(a)(iii)(B)(1).

(E) During the COBRA health care continuation coverage period under Section 4980B of the Code (the “ COBRA Period ”), all group health benefits provided to the Executive pursuant to this Section 5(a)(iii) shall constitute continuation coverage for purposes of Part 6 of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and Section 4980B of the Code to the maximum extent permitted thereby. To the extent that, after the COBRA Period, the Company is unable to provide the Executive with the Health Care Benefits required by this Section 5(a)(iii) under the Company’s benefit plans in such a manner that such benefits (and the costs and premiums thereof) are excluded from the Executive’s income for federal income tax purposes or otherwise, the Company shall provide such benefits at the level required thereby through the purchase of individual insurance coverage, the full cost of which shall be borne by the Company and paid directly to the applicable insurance carrier at


such time as the Company would have otherwise made payments to the Executive pursuant to Section 5(a)(iii)(B)(2) had such benefits been provided through the Company’s Health Care Benefits plans.

(iv) The Company shall pay to the Executive, in a lump sum in cash within 30 days after the Date of Termination, an amount equal to the product of (A) the annual premium payments based on the conversion rates applicable to the Executive as of the Date of Termination in respect of the group term life insurance policy (and not any supplemental policies) under which the Executive was covered immediately prior to the Date of Termination and (B) the Classification Factor. To the extent requested by the Executive within 30 days following the Date of Termination, the Company shall take all action necessary, if any, to facilitate the Executive’s exercise of all conversion privileges, if any, under such group term life insurance policy.

(v) Except as otherwise set forth in the last sentence of Section 6, to the extent not theretofore paid or provided, the Company shall timely pay or provide to the Executive any Other Benefits (as defined in Section 6) in accordance with the terms of the underlying plans or agreements.

(vi) The aggregate amount payable under clauses (i)(A)(5) (less the amount of the Termination Year Bonus applicable on a pro rata basis to the portion of the fiscal year through the Date of Termination), (i)(B), (i)(C), (ii)(A) (solely with respect to the unvested portion of any such benefits that vest as a result of this clause), (ii)(B), and (iv) of this Section 5(a) (collectively the “ Additional Severance Benefits ”) may not exceed 2.99 times the sum of the Annual Base Salary and the Annual Bonus Target for the year of termination (the “ Severance Benefits Limitation ”). If no Annual Bonus Target has been established in accordance with Section 3(b)(ii) for the year of termination, then the Annual Bonus Target for the year prior to the year of termination will be used in this computation. If no Annual Bonus Targets have been established for either the year of termination or the prior year, then, in lieu of the Annual Bonus Target, the average Annual Bonuses for the three years (or such shorter period as the Executive has been employed by the Company) preceding the year of termination will be used in this computation. If the payment or provision of all of the Additional Severance Benefits would result in the Severance Benefits Limitation being exceeded (based on reasonable estimates of the costs of any such Additional Severance Benefits as of the Date of Termination consistent with the Company’s approach and assumptions as applicable prior to the Change of Control), the Additional Severance Benefits shall be reduced (only to the extent necessary) under the following sections in the following order so as not to exceed the Severance Benefits Limitation: (i) any payments that are subject to clawback or recoupment under applicable law or the terms of any Company policy as in effect prior to the Effective Date (it being understood that the terms of any subsequent policy shall be inapplicable to the payments and benefits under this Agreement unless expressly agreed in writing by the Executive), (ii) Section 5(a)(iii)(B)(2) (and the alternative right to payment pursuant to the last sentence of Section 5(a)(iii)(E)); (iii) Section 5(a)(v); (iv) Section 5(a)(i)(C); (v) Section 5(a)(ii)(B); (vi) Section 5(a)(i)(B); and (vii) Section 5(a)(i)(A)(5), in each case, beginning with the payments that would be made last in time.


(b) Death . If the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of the Executive’s death during the Employment Period, the Company shall provide the Executive’s estate or beneficiaries with (i) the Accrued Obligations, (ii) an amount equal to a the product of (x) the Termination Year Bonus and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the current fiscal year of the Company through the Date of Termination and the denominator of which is 365 (the “ Pro Rata Bonus ”) and (iii) the timely payment or delivery of the Other Benefits, and shall have no other severance obligations under this Agreement. The Accrued Obligations (subject to the proviso set forth in Section 5(a)(i)(A) to the extent applicable) and the Pro Rata Bonus shall be paid to the Executive’s estate or beneficiary, as applicable, in a lump sum in cash within 30 days of the Date of Termination. With respect to the provision of the Other Benefits, the term “Other Benefits” as utilized in this Section 5(b) shall include, without limitation, and the Executive’s estate and/or beneficiaries shall be entitled to receive, benefits at least equal to the most favorable benefits provided by the Company and the Affiliated Companies to the estates and beneficiaries of peer executives of the Company and the Affiliated Companies under such plans, programs, practices and policies relating to death benefits, if any, as in effect with respect to other peer executives and their beneficiaries at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive’s estate and/or the Executive’s beneficiaries, as in effect on the date of the Executive’s death with respect to other peer executives of the Company and the Affiliated Companies and their beneficiaries.

(c) Disability . If the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of the Executive’s Disability during the Employment Period, the Company shall provide the Executive with the payments and benefits as set forth in Section 5(a) above at the times provided under Section 5(a) (subject to the proviso set forth in Section 5(a)(i)(A) to the extent applicable and the limitations in Section 5(a)(vi) to the extent applicable). With respect to the provision of the Other Benefits following a Termination of Employment by reason of the Executive’s Disability during the Employment Period, the term “Other Benefits” shall include, and the Executive shall be entitled after the Disability Effective Date to receive, disability and other benefits at least equal to the most favorable of those generally provided by the Company and the Affiliated Companies to disabled executives and/or their families in accordance with such plans, programs, practices and policies relating to disability, if any, as in effect generally with respect to other peer executives and their families at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive and/or the Executive’s family, as in effect at any time thereafter generally with respect to other peer executives of the Company and the Affiliated Companies and their families.

(d) Cause; Other Than for Good Reason . If the Executive’s employment is terminated for Cause during the Employment Period, the Company shall provide the Executive with the Executive’s Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination, and the timely payment or delivery of the Other Benefits (disregarding the proviso set forth in Section 5(a)(i)(A) to the extent applicable), and shall have no other severance obligations under this Agreement. If the Executive voluntarily terminates employment during the Employment Period, excluding a termination for Good Reason, the Company shall provide to the Executive the Accrued Obligations and the timely payment or delivery of the Other Benefits, and shall have no other severance obligations under this Agreement. In such case, all of the Accrued Obligations (subject to the proviso set forth in Section 5(a)(i)(A)) shall be paid to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 30 days of the Date of Termination.


Section 6. Non-exclusivity of Rights . Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or limit the Executive’s continuing or future participation in any plan, program, policy or practice provided by the Company or the Affiliated Companies and for which the Executive may qualify, nor, subject to Section 11(h), shall anything herein limit or otherwise affect such rights as the Executive may have under any other contract or agreement with the Company or the Affiliated Companies. Amounts that are vested benefits or that the Executive is otherwise entitled to receive under any plan, policy, practice or program of, or any other contract or agreement with, the Company or the Affiliated Companies at or subsequent to the Date of Termination (“ Other Benefits ”), including the pension benefits accrued by the Executive under the Company Pension Plans, shall be payable in accordance with such plan, policy, practice or program or contract or agreement, except as explicitly modified by this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Executive’s resignation under this Agreement with or without Good Reason, shall in no way affect the Executive’s ability to terminate employment by reason of the Executive’s “retirement” under, or the Executive’s eligibility to receive benefits under, any compensation or benefit plans, programs or arrangements of the Company or the Affiliated Companies, including any retirement or pension plan or arrangement of the Company or the Affiliated Companies or substitute plans adopted by the Company, the Affiliated Companies or their respective successors, and any termination which otherwise qualifies as Good Reason shall be treated as such even if it is also a “retirement” for purposes of any such plan. To the extent that the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 set forth at 29 U.S.C. § 2101 et seq. or any similar state or local statute to the extent not preempted by ERISA (the “ WARN Act ”) requires the Company to make a payment ( e.g. , a payment in lieu of notice) of any kind to the Executive because of the Executive’s involuntary termination due to a layoff, reduction in force, plant or facility closing, sale of business, or similar event, the separation pay and benefits provided under this Agreement shall be in lieu of, or in full satisfaction of, the Company’s obligations under the WARN Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Executive receives payments and benefits pursuant to Section 5(a) or 5(c), the Executive shall not be entitled to any severance pay or benefits under any severance plan, program or policy of the Company and the Affiliated Companies, unless otherwise specifically provided therein in a specific reference to this Agreement.

Section 7. Full Settlement; Legal Fees . The Company’s obligation to make the payments provided for in this Agreement and otherwise to perform its obligations hereunder shall, subject to Section 11(i), not be affected by any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other claim, right or action that the Company may have against the Executive or others. In no event shall the Executive be obligated to seek other employment or take any other action by way of mitigation of the amounts payable to the Executive under any of the provisions of this Agreement, and subject to Section 5(a)(iii)(C), such amounts shall not be reduced whether or not the Executive obtains other employment. The Company agrees to pay as incurred (within 10 days following the Company’s receipt of an invoice from the Executive), at any time from the Effective Date of this Agreement through the Executive’s remaining lifetime (or, if longer, through the 20 th anniversary of the Effective Date) to the full extent permitted by law, all legal fees and expenses that the Executive may reasonably incur as a result of any contest (regardless of the outcome thereof) by the Company, the Executive or others of the validity or enforceability


of, or liability under, any provision of this Agreement or any guarantee of performance thereof (including as a result of any contest by the Executive about the amount of any payment pursuant to this Agreement), plus, in each case, Interest determined as of the date such legal fees and expenses were incurred; provided, however, in connection with a contest initiated by the Executive related to an Anticipatory Termination, if a Change of Control has not occurred during the pendency of such contest relating to an Anticipatory Termination (and unless and until such time as a Change of Control does occur during the 12 months following the date of such Anticipatory Termination), the Company (i) shall not pay such legal fees and expenses as incurred, but (ii) shall reimburse the Executive for such legal fees and expenses within 30 days following the final resolution of such contest if the Executive prevails on a material issue in such contest.

Section 8. Certain Payment Adjustments . (a) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event PricewaterhouseCoopers or such other nationally recognized accounting firm as shall be designated by the Company prior to the Effective Date (the “ Accounting Firm ”) shall determine that receipt of all payments or distributions by the Company or its Affiliated Companies in the nature of compensation to or for the Executive’s benefit, whether paid or payable pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise (a “ Payment ”) would subject the Executive to the excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code, the Accounting Firm shall determine whether to reduce any of the Payments paid or payable pursuant to this Agreement (the “ Agreement Payments ”) to the Reduced Amount (as defined below). The Agreement Payments shall be reduced to the Reduced Amount if but only if the Accounting Firm determines that the Executive would have a greater Net After-Tax Receipt (as defined below) of aggregate Payments if the Executive’s Agreement Payments were reduced to the Reduced Amount. If such a determination is not made by the Accounting Firm, the Executive shall receive all Agreement Payments to which the Executive is entitled under this Agreement.

(b) If the Accounting Firm determines that aggregate Agreement Payments should be reduced to the Reduced Amount, the Company shall promptly give the Executive notice to that effect and a copy of the detailed calculation thereof. All determinations made by the Accounting Firm under this Section 8 shall be binding upon the Company and the Executive and shall be made as soon as reasonably practicable and in no event later than 60 days following the Date of Termination. For purposes of reducing the Agreement Payments to the Reduced Amount, only amounts payable under this Agreement (and no other Payments) shall be reduced. The reduction of the amounts payable hereunder, if applicable, shall be made by reducing the payments and benefits under the following sections in the following order (only to the extent necessary): (i) Section 5(a)(iii)(B)(2) (and the alternative right to payment pursuant to the last sentence of Section 5(a)(iii)(E)); (ii) Section 5(a)(iv); (iii) Section 5(a)(i)(C); (iv) Section 5(a)(ii)(B); (v) 5(a)(i)(B); and (vi) Section 5(a)(i)(A)(5), in each case beginning with the payment that would be made last in time. All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Company.

(c) As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Section 4999 of the Code at the time of the initial determination by the Accounting Firm hereunder, it is possible that amounts will have been paid or distributed by the Company to or for the benefit of the Executive pursuant to this Agreement which should not have been so paid or distributed (“ Overpayment ”) or that additional amounts which will have not been paid or distributed by the Company to or for


the benefit of the Executive pursuant to this Agreement could have been so paid or distributed (“ Underpayment ”), in each case, consistent with the calculation of the Reduced Amount hereunder. In the event that the Accounting Firm, based upon the assertion of a deficiency by the Internal Revenue Service against either the Company or the Executive which the Accounting Firm believes has a high probability of success determines that an Overpayment has been made, the Executive shall pay any such Overpayment to the Company together with Interest; provided , however , that no amount shall be payable by the Executive to the Company if and to the extent such payment would not either reduce the amount on which the Executive is subject to tax under Section 1 and Section 4999 of the Code or generate a refund of such taxes. In the event that the Accounting Firm, based upon controlling precedent or substantial authority, determines that an Underpayment has occurred, any such Underpayment shall be paid promptly (and in no event later than 60 days following the date on which the Underpayment is determined) by the Company to or for the benefit of the Executive together with Interest.

(d) In connection with making determinations under this Section 8, the Accounting Firm shall take into account the value of any reasonable compensation for services rendered or to be rendered by the Executive before or after the Change in Control, including any non-competition provisions that may apply to the Executive, and the Company shall cooperate in the valuation of any services, including any non-competition provisions.

(e) For purposes hereof, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:

(i) “ Reduced Amount ” shall mean the greatest amount of Agreement Payments that can be paid that would not result in the imposition of the excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code if the Accounting Firm determines to reduce Agreement Payments pursuant to Section 8(a).

(ii) “ Net After-Tax Receipt ” shall mean the present value (as determined in accordance with Sections 280G(b)(2)(A)(ii) and 280G(d)(4) of the Code) of a Payment net of all taxes imposed on the Executive with respect thereto under Sections 1 and 4999 of the Code and under applicable state and local laws, determined by applying the highest marginal rate under Section 1 of the Code and under state and local laws which applied to the Executive’s taxable income for the immediately preceding taxable year, or such other rate(s) as the Executive certifies, in the Executive’s sole discretion, as likely to apply to him in the relevant tax year(s).

Section 9. Confidential Information; No-Raid . (a) The Executive agrees that, in the event the Executive’s employment with the Company is terminated for any reason whatsoever, and as a result of such termination the Executive is entitled to receive the severance amounts and benefits specified in Section 5(a) or Section 5(c), the Executive shall not, for a period of one year after the Date of Termination, employ or offer to employ, solicit, actively interfere with the Company’s or any Company affiliate’s relationship with, or attempt to divert or entice away, any officer of the Company or any Company affiliate.

(b) The Executive shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company all secret or confidential business or technical information, trade secret, knowledge or


data relating to the Company or the Affiliated Companies, and their respective businesses, which information, knowledge or data shall have been obtained by the Executive during the Executive’s employment by the Company or the Affiliated Companies and which information, trade secret, knowledge or data shall not be or become public knowledge (other than by acts by the Executive or representatives of the Executive in violation of this Agreement). After termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company, the Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company or as may otherwise be required by law or legal process, communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge or data to anyone other than the Company and those persons designated by the Company other than (i) information that is generally known in the Company’s industry or acquired from public sources, (ii) as required in the course of such employment or (iii) as required by any court, supervisory authority, administrative agency or applicable law. In no event shall an asserted violation of the provisions of this Section 9 constitute a basis for deferring or withholding any amounts otherwise payable to the Executive under this Agreement.

Section 10. Successors . (a) This Agreement is personal to the Executive, and, without the prior written consent of the Company, shall not be assignable by the Executive other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive’s legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees, and any benefit payable to or for the benefit of Executive, if legally incompetent, or incapable of giving a receipt therefor, shall be deemed paid when paid to Executive’s guardian or to the party providing or reasonably appearing to provide for the care of such person, and such payment shall fully discharge the Company.

(b) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns. Except as provided in Section 10(c), without the prior written consent of the Executive this Agreement shall not be assignable by the Company.

(c) The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to assume expressly and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. “Company” means the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid that assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law or otherwise.

Section 11. Miscellaneous . (a)  Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without reference to principles of conflict of laws. As of the date hereof, this Agreement supersedes and replaces the Change of Control Employment Agreement, dated as of [●], between the Company and the Executive. Subject to the last sentence of Section 11(k)(i), this Agreement may not be amended or modified other than by a written agreement executed by the parties hereto or their respective successors and legal representatives.

(b) Section Headings; Construction . The section headings used in this Agreement are included solely for convenience and shall not affect, or be used in connection with, the interpretation hereof. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “including” shall mean “including, without limitation.”


(c) Survivorship . Upon the expiration or other termination of this Agreement or the Executive’s employment, the respective rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall survive until such rights and obligations have been fulfilled.

(d) Notices . All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given by hand delivery to the other party or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

if to the Executive:

At the most recent address on file at the Company.

if to the Company:

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

The Tower at PNC Plaza

300 Fifth Avenue

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222

Attention:  Chief human resources executive of the Company

with a copy to:

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

The Tower at PNC Plaza

300 Fifth Avenue

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222

Attention:  General Counsel of the Company

or to such other address as either party shall have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith. Notice and communications shall be effective when actually received by the addressee.

(e) Enforceability . The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement.

(f) Tax Withholding . The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such United States federal, state or local or foreign taxes as shall be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

(g) Waiver . The Executive’s or the Company’s failure to insist upon strict compliance with any provision of this Agreement or the failure to assert any right the Executive or the Company may have hereunder, including the right of the Executive to terminate employment for Good Reason pursuant to Sections 4(c)(i) through 4(c)(v), shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision or right or any other provision or right of this Agreement.


(h) At-Will Employment . The Executive and the Company acknowledge that, except as may otherwise be provided under any other written agreement between the Executive and the Company, the employment of the Executive by the Company is “at will” and, subject to Section 1(a), prior to the Effective Date, the Executive’s employment may be terminated by either the Executive or the Company at any time prior to the Effective Date, in which case the Executive shall have no further rights under this Agreement. From and after the Effective Date, except as specifically provided herein, this Agreement shall supersede any other agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

(i) Anticipatory Termination . In the event payments are made and benefits provided under Section 5(a) in connection with an Anticipatory Termination, notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if a Change of Control does not occur within 12 months following the date of such Anticipatory Termination, and the Company makes a demand in writing, (x) the Executive shall forfeit the right to retain, and shall return to the Company, any after-tax cash amounts received by the Executive from the Company, plus any amount realized by the Executive by virtue of such amounts being returned to the Company due to any refund of income or other taxes relating to, or the Executive’s ability to take a loss on a tax return for, any such returned amounts, pursuant to Section 5(a)(i)(A)(5), Section 5(a)(i)(B), Section 5(a)(i)(C), Section 5(a)(ii) (to the extent previously paid, and to the extent not previously paid, any additional amounts accrued or benefits deemed to be vested under the Company Pension Plans pursuant to Section 5(a)(ii) shall be forfeited), and Section 5(a)(iv); and (y) the Company’s obligations under this Agreement (other than the obligation to reimburse legal fees payable in connection with a contest relating to Anticipatory Termination as provided under Section 7), including the provision of Health Care Benefits pursuant to Section 5(a)(iii), shall cease (other than the Executive’s continued right to COBRA coverage at the Executive’s expense during the COBRA Period) as of the date that is 12 months following the date of such Anticipatory Termination (or, if earlier, the date on which the proposed Change of Control to which the Anticipatory Termination was alleged to have related is finally and formally abandoned or terminated).

(j) Incentive Compensation Regulations . As of the date hereof, the Federal rules implementing Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act have not been finalized (the “ Incentive Compensation Rules ”). Prior to the Effective Date, to the extent the Company determines necessary to comply with the Incentive Compensation Rules as they may be finalized and interpreted from time to time, the parties agree to cooperate in good faith to amend the provisions of this Agreement that relate to incentive compensation governed by the Incentive Compensation Rules in the manner that least impacts the Executive’s rights hereunder and with the intent that the value of the payments contemplated by such provisions to the Executive shall not be diminished.

(k) Section 409A .

(i) General . This Agreement is intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code or an exemption or exclusion therefrom and shall in all respects be interpreted and administered in accordance with Section 409A of the Code. Each payment under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate payment for purposes of Section 409A of the Code. In no event may the Executive, directly or indirectly, designate the calendar year of any payment


to be made under this Agreement. In no event shall the Date of Termination be deemed to occur until the Executive experiences a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, and notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the date on which such separation from service takes place shall be the Date of Termination. In the event that any payment hereunder would constitute a substitute payment for “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code” such payments shall be made in accordance with the payment schedule of the substituted “nonqualified deferred compensation” and not the payment schedule set forth herein. Prior to the Effective Date, as may be permitted by the applicable Treasury Regulations, the Company may, in consultation with the Executive, modify this Agreement, in the manner that least impacts the Executive’s rights hereunder and without any diminution in the value of the payments to the Executive, in order to cause the provisions of this Agreement to comply with or be exempt from the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, so as to avoid the imposition of taxes and penalties on the Executive pursuant to Section 409A of the Code.

(ii) Reimbursement and In-Kind Benefits . All reimbursements and in-kind benefits that constitute deferred compensation within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code provided under this Agreement shall be made or provided in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, including that (A) in no event shall reimbursements by the Company under this Agreement be made later than the end of the calendar year next following the calendar year in which the applicable fees and expenses were incurred, provided , that the Executive shall have submitted an invoice for such fees and expenses at least 10 days before the end of the calendar year next following the calendar year in which such fees and expenses were incurred (or, in connection with reimbursement for a contest related to an Anticipatory Termination, following the calendar year in which such contest is finally resolved); (B) the amount of in-kind benefits that the Company is obligated to pay or provide in any given calendar year shall not affect the in-kind benefits that the Company is obligated to pay or provide in any other calendar year; (C) the Executive’s right to have the Company pay or provide such reimbursements and in-kind benefits may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit; and (D) in no event shall the Company’s obligations to make such reimbursements or to provide such in-kind benefits apply later than the Executive’s remaining lifetime (or if longer, through the 20 th anniversary of the Effective Date).

(iii) Delayed Payment . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event that any amounts payable or benefits to be provided to the Executive under Section 5 constitute deferred compensation within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, (A) if the Executive is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code (as determined in accordance with the methodology established by the Company as in effect on the Date of Termination) (a “ Specified Employee ”), amounts that constitute “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code that would otherwise be payable on account of the Executive’s separation from service during the six-month period immediately following the Date of Termination shall instead be paid, with Interest, on the first business day after the date that is six months following the Executive’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code (the “ Delayed Payment Date ”); and (B) if the Executive dies following the Date of Termination and prior to the payment of the any amounts delayed on account of Section 409A of the Code, such amounts shall be paid to the personal representative of the Executive’s estate within 30 days after the date of the Executive’s death


(iv) Rabbi Trust . In the event the payments to be provided to the Executive under Section 5(a) are not to be paid until the Delayed Payment Date, then within five business days of the Executive’s Date of Termination, the Company shall deliver cash, in an amount equal to the aggregate of the cash amounts payable under Section 5(a) (plus the estimated Interest) to a “rabbi trust” (the “ Trust ”) to be established by the Company with a nationally recognized financial institution as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) to be held by the Trustee pursuant to the terms of the trust agreement entered into between the Company and the Trustee prior to the Effective Date; provided , however , that the Trust shall not be funded if the funding thereof would result in taxable income to the Executive by reason of Section 409A(b) of the Code; and provided , further , in no event shall any Trust assets at any time be located or transferred outside of the United States, within the meaning of Section 409A(b) of the Code. Any fees and expenses of the Trustee shall be paid by the Company.

(l) Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive has hereunto set the Executive’s hand and, pursuant to the authorization from the Board, the Company has caused these presents to be executed in its name on its behalf, all as of the day and year first above written.

 

THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.
By:  

 

  [Officer]
EXECUTIVE
By:  

 

  [Executive]