S-8 POS
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 31, 2008
Registration No. 333-25867
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO FORM S-8
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
     
Pennsylvania
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  25-1435979
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
One PNC Plaza
249 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2707
(Address, including zip code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
 
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full title of the plan)
 
Richard J. Johnson
Chief Financial Officer
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
One PNC Plaza
249 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2707
(412) 762-2000
(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
         
 
  Large accelerated filer þ   Accelerated filer o
 
       
 
  Non-accelerated filer o   Smaller reporting company o
 
 


 

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
     A total of 4,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $5.00 per share, of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”) were registered under this Registration Statement in connection with the PNC Bank Corp. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated effective February 20, 1997 (the “1997 Plan”). On November 12, 2008, the Personnel and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of PNC approved The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated effective as of January 1, 2009 (the “2009 Plan”), which replaces the 1997 Plan. The 2009 Plan will be presented to the shareholders of PNC for approval at the next annual meeting of the shareholders of PNC. The 1997 Plan was, and the 2009 Plan is, each intended to qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time. No further offers or sales of PNC’s Common Stock will be made under the 1997 Plan. Of the 4,000,000 shares of PNC’s Common Stock previously registered under this Registration statement, 1,239,371 shares remain unsold and, pursuant to Instruction E to Form S-8 and the interpretation of the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission set forth in section G.89 of the Division of Corporation Finance Manual of Publicly-Available Telephone Interpretations, are carried forward to, and deemed covered by the Registration Statement on Form S-8 being filed by PNC in connection with the 2009 Plan.
SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pittsburgh, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, December 31, 2008.
         
  THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.
 
 
  By:   *    
    Samuel R. Patterson  
    Controller   
 
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:
         
Signature   Title   Date
 
       
*
  Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and   December 31, 2008
         
James E. Rohr
  Director (Principal Executive Officer)    
 
       
 
       
*
  Chief Financial Officer (Principal   December 31, 2008
         
Richard J. Johnson
  Financial Officer)    
 
       

 


 

         
 
       
*
  Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)   December 31, 2008
         
Samuel R. Patterson
       
 
       
*
  Director   December 31, 2008
         
Richard O. Berndt
       
 
       
*
  Director   December 31, 2008
         
Charles E. Bunch
       
 
       
*
  Director   December 31, 2008
         
Paul W. Chellgren
       
 
       
*
  Director   December 31, 2008
         
Robert N. Clay
       
 
       
*
  Director   December 31, 2008
         
George A. Davidson, Jr.
       
 
       
*
  Director   December 31, 2008
         
Kay Coles James
       
 
       
*
  Director   December 31, 2008
         
Richard B. Kelson
       
 
       
*
  Director   December 31, 2008
         
Bruce C. Lindsay
       
 
       
*
  Director   December 31, 2008
         
Anthony A. Massaro
       

 


 

         
*
  Director   December 31, 2008
         
Jane G. Pepper
       
 
       
*
  Director   December 31, 2008
         
Donald Shepard
       
 
       
*
  Director   December 31, 2008
         
Lorene K. Steffes
       
 
       
*
  Director   December 31, 2008
         
Dennis F. Strigl
       
 
       
*
  Director   December 31, 2008
         
Stephen G. Thieke
       
 
       
*
  Director   December 31, 2008
         
Thomas J. Usher
       
 
       
*
  Director   December 31, 2008
         
George H. Walls, Jr.
       
 
       
*
  Director   December 31, 2008
         
Helge H. Wehmeier
       
         
*By:   /s/ George P. Long, III    
         
    George P. Long, III, Attorney-in-Fact,
pursuant to Powers of Attorney filed
herewith
   

 


 

EXHIBIT INDEX
         
Exhibit 4.3  
PNC Bank Corp. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated February 20, 1997
  Previously filed
   
 
   
Exhibit 5  
Opinion of Melanie S. Cibik, Esquire, Senior Counsel to PNC
  Previously filed
   
 
   
Exhibit 23.1  
Consent of Ernst & Young, former independent auditors of PNC
  Previously filed
   
 
   
Exhibit 23.2  
Consent of Melanie S. Cibik, Esquire, Senior Counsel to PNC, contained in the opinion referenced in Exhibit 5
  Previously filed
   
 
   
Exhibit 24.1  
Power of Attorney
  Filed herewith