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2017 PROXY STATEMENT THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP Together, We Prosper


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PNC Financial Services Group
2014 Proxy Statement

 

 

 

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LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN AND
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER TO OUR
SHAREHOLDERS

 

Dear Shareholder

We invite you to attend PNC’s 2014the 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. on Tuesday, April 22, 2014.

25, 2017.

The meeting will be held in Tampa, FloridaPittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the James E. Rohr Auditorium in The Tower at the InterContinental Hotel Tampa, 4860 West Kennedy Boulevard,PNC Plaza, 300 Fifth Avenue, beginning at 11:00 a.m., Eastern time. We will consider the matters described in this proxy statement and also review significant developments since last year’s meeting of shareholders.

We are again making our proxy materials available to you electronically. We hope that this continues to offer you convenience while allowing us to reduce the number of copies that we print.

The proxy statement contains important information and you should read it carefully. Even if you plan to attend the meeting in person, we strongly encourage you to designate the proxies named on the proxy card to vote your shares. If you will not be there in person, you will be able to listen to the meeting by webcast or conference call. Please see the notice that follows for more information.

We look forward to your participation and thank you for your support of PNC.

 

March 13, 2014

March 15, 2017

Sincerely,

 

Sincerely,

 

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William S. Demchak

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer


PARTICIPATE IN THE FUTURE OF PNC – PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE RIGHT AWAY

Your vote is important to us and we want your shares to be represented at the annual meeting. Please cast your vote right away on the proposals listed below.

Under New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) rules, if you hold your shares through a broker, bank, or other nominee (“street name”), and you do not provide any voting instructions, your broker can onlyhas discretionary authority to vote on your behalf for mattersitems that are considered “discretionary”“routine”. The only discretionary matterroutine item on this year’s ballot is the ratification of our auditor selection.If a matteran item is not discretionarynon-routine and you do not provide voting instructions, yourno vote will not be counted.cast on your behalf.

Proposals requiring your vote

 

More
information
Board
recommendation
Discretionarymatter?AbstentionsVotes
required
for
approval
PROPOSAL 1Election of 15 nominated directorsPage 11FORNo
each nominee
PROPOSAL 2Ratification of independent registeredpublic accounting firm for 2014Page 80FORYes
      

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information

 

Board

recommendation

 

MajorityRoutine

item?

Do notItem 1 Election of shares
PROPOSAL 313 nominated directors Advisory approval ofPage 8311 FOR

each nominee

 No

NoItem 2

 

countRatification of independent registered public accounting firm

for 2017

 cast

Page 80

 

FOR

Yes

Item 3

Advisory approval of the compensation of PNC��sPNC’s named executive officers(say-on-pay)

 

Page 83

 

FOR

 

No

Item 4

 

Advisory approval of the frequency of future votes on executive compensation (frequency of say-on-pay)

 

Page 85

 executive officers (say-on-pay)

FOR

one year

 

No

Item 5

 

Shareholder proposal requesting additional diversity disclosure, if properly presented

 

Page 86

 

AGAINST

 
PROPOSAL 4Shareholder proposal, if properlypresentedPage 85AGAINST

No

With respect to each item, a majority of the votes cast will be required for approval. Abstentions will not be included in the total votes cast and will not affect the results.

Vote right awayyour shares

 

Please read this Proxy Statementproxy statement with care and vote right away. We offer a number of ways for you to vote your shares. We include voting instructions in the Notice of Availability of Proxy Materials and the proxy card. If you hold shares through a broker, bank, or other nominee (“in street name”),name, you will receive information on how to give voting instructions to your broker or bank. For registered holders, we offer the following methods to vote your shares and give us your proxy:

 

Web
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on the proxy card.

 

Complete, sign and date the proxy card

and return it in the envelope provided.

Attend our 20142017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

 

11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Directions to attend the annual meeting areInterContinental Hotel TampaTuesday, April 25, 2017 at 11:00 a.m.
are available atThe Tower at PNC Plaza – James E. Rohr Auditorium
www.pnc.com/annualmeeting4860 West Kennedy Boulevard300 Fifth Avenue
  Tampa, Florida 33609Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222

 

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PROXY STATEMENT SUMMARY

Proxy Statement Summary

To assist you in reviewing the proposals to be acted upon, we have included a summary of certain information. This summary does not contain all of the information that you should consider, and you should review our Annual Report on Form 10-K and the entire proxy statement and the 2016 Annual Report before you vote.

You may also read our proxy statement and 2016 Annual Report at www.pnc.com/proxystatement.www.envisionreports.com/PNC.

Who can vote (page 89)

You must beare entitled to vote if you were a shareholder on the record date of record as of January 31, 2014 to vote at the annual meeting.February 3, 2017.

How to cast your vote (page 90)

We offer our shareholders a number of ways to vote, including by Internet, telephone, or mail. A shareholder of recordShareholders may alwaysalso vote in person by submitting a ballot at the annual meeting.

Voting matters

Item 1:  Election of 13 nominated directors (page 11)

 

The proxy statement contains important information about the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills of the 15 nominees to our Board of Directors. Our Board’s Nominating and Governance Committee performs an annual assessment to confirm that our directors continue to have the skills and experience to serve PNC, and that our Board and its committees continue to be effective in the oversight of management.
Our Board recommends that you vote FOR all 15 director nominees.
The proxy statement contains important information about the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills of the 13 nominees to our Board of Directors. Our Board’s Nominating and Governance Committee performs an annual assessment to confirm that our directors continue to have the skills and experience to serve PNC, and that our Board and its committees continue to be effective in carrying out their duties.

 

Our Board recommends that you voteFOR all 13 director nominees.

Item 2:  Ratification of auditorsindependent registered public accounting firm for 2017 (page 80)

 

Each year, our Board’s Audit Committee selects PNC’s independent registered public accounting firm. For 2014, the Audit Committee selected PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) to fulfill this role.
Our Board recommends that you vote FOR the ratification of the Audit Committee’s selection of PwC as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2014.
Each year, our Board’s Audit Committee selects PNC’s independent registered public accounting firm. For 2017, the Audit Committee selected PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) to fulfill this role.

 

Our Board recommends that you voteFOR the ratification of the Audit Committee’s selection of PwC as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2017.

Item 3:  “Say-on-pay” (page 83)

We ask shareholders to cast a non-binding advisory vote on our executive compensation program – known generally as the “say-on-pay” vote. We have offered a say-on-pay vote since 2009, and our shareholders confirmed their preference for annual votes in 2011. Last year, 84% of the votes cast by our shareholders supported our executive compensation program, and PNC has averaged 94% support for say-on-pay over the past five years.
We recommend that you read the Compensation Discussion and Analysis (CD&A) (beginning on page 35), which explains how and why our Board’s Personnel and Compensation Committee made executive compensation decisions for 2013.
Our Board recommends that you vote FOR the non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation (say-on-pay).

Item 4: Shareholder proposal (page 85)

You will also be asked to consider a shareholder proposal described in this proxy statement. The proposal asks PNC to report to shareholders on our assessment of greenhouse gas emissions resulting from our lending portfolio and our exposure to climate change risk in lending, investing and financing activities.
Our Board recommends that you vote AGAINST the shareholder proposal.

PNC performance highlights (page 37)

 

We delivered strong performanceask shareholders to cast a non-binding advisory vote on our executive compensation program – known generally as the “say-on-pay” vote. We have offered an annual say-on-pay vote since 2009. Last year, 97% of the votes cast by our shareholders supported our executive compensation program, and PNC has averaged 92% support in 2013, with record net income and strong shareholder returns.its say-on-pay votes over the past five years.

Record net income of $4.2 billion represents an increase of 41% over last year.
Our annual total shareholder return (TSR) was 36.5%.
We strengthened our capital throughout the year – at December 31, 2013, our Basel I Tier 1 common capital ratio was 10.5% and our pro forma fully phased-in Basel III Tier 1 common capital ratio under the standardized approach was an estimated 9.4% (see Annex A for additional information). As a result of increased earnings and our improving capital strength, our Board increased the common stock dividend by 10% in April 2013.

 

We executedrecommend that you read the Compensation Discussion and Analysis (CD&A) (beginning on page 38), which explains how and why our Board’s Personnel and Compensation Committee made executive compensation decisions for 2016.

Our Board recommends that you voteFORthe non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation (say-on-pay).

Item 4:  Frequency of “say-on-pay” (page 85)

We ask shareholders to cast a non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of future votes on our key strategic objectives.executive compensation program. After our shareholders voted in 2011 recommending that we hold an annual say-on-pay vote, the Board affirmed that recommendation and elected to hold future say-on-pay votes on an annual basis. We are once again soliciting input from our shareholders on how frequently we should hold a say-on-pay vote in the future. You may vote for a say-on-pay vote to be held every one, two or three years, or you may abstain from voting.

 

Our Board recommends that you voteFORa frequency of “ONE YEAR” for future advisory votes on executive compensation.
Drive growth in newly acquired and underpenetrated markets. We added households and new retail, corporate and wealth management clients throughout our Southeastern United States footprint.

Item 5:  Shareholder proposal requesting additional diversity disclosure (page 86)

You are asked to consider a shareholder proposal described in this proxy statement. The proposal requests PNC to prepare a diversity report including a chart identifying employees according to gender and race in major Equal Employment Opportunity Commission-defined job categories and certain other diversity disclosures.

Our Board recommends that you voteAGAINST the shareholder proposal.



 

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PROXY STATEMENT SUMMARY

2016 PNC performance (page 38)

Capture more investable assets. We increased new primary client acquisitions, referral revenues and brokerage fees.

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 We delivered consistent results in a challenging operating environment, with net income of approximately $4.0 billion and diluted earnings per common share of $7.30.

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RedefineWe grew net interest income despite the low interest rate environment, and we increased our fee income. We grew deposits and loans and managed our loan portfolio within our desired risk appetite. We maintained strong capital and liquidity positions.

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We delivered value for our shareholders. Our one-year total shareholder return (TSR) was 25.8% and our three-year TSR was 17.3%, which was the highest in our peer group.

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We met our continuous improvement goal of $400 million in expense savings and continued to keep our noninterest expenses stable.

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We continued to execute against our strategic priorities of building a leading banking franchise in our underpenetrated markets, capturing more investable assets, reinventing the retail banking business. We closed or consolidated 186 branches for the year, phased out traditional free checking, added customersexperience, and grew net demand deposit account (DDA) households.bolstering critical infrastructure and streamlining core processes.

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Build a stronger mortgage banking business. We continuedreturned more than $3 billion in capital to show good volume trends, even though demand softened,our shareholders through share repurchases and we expanded seamless delivery across our network, while improvingcommon stock dividends, including raising the average application-to-close time.
Manage expenses. We exceeded our $700 million continuous improvement goal established at the beginning of the year, improved our efficiency ratio, and decreased our expenses over last year.quarterly common stock dividend.

2016 compensation decisions (page 46)

PNC compensation (page 39)

Our Board’s Personnel and Compensation Committee set total compensation targets at the beginning of 2013The table below shows, for our named executive officers, or when an executive assumed a new role with PNC.

See page 39 for a diagram of the components of total compensation targets.

In 2013, the Personnel and Compensation Committee moved away from a more formulaic assessment of PNC corporate performance to an assessment that relies on a comprehensive, balanced evaluation of quantitative and qualitative metrics. These metrics are designed to align with how management, long-term shareholders and banking regulators assess our performance and represent achievement against objective and subjective goals. The Personnel and Compensation Committee does not favor one metric over another. Instead, they use these metrics to gain a comprehensive understanding of our overall performance. After undertaking this comprehensive review, they evaluated the performance of each named executive officer.

See pages 42 to 47 for a discussion of corporate performance, individual performance and decisions made by the Personnel and Compensation Committee as it relates to 2013 performance.

The chart below compares key financial metrics to CEO performance year compensation for the past three years. For purposes of this chart, we calculated CEO performance year compensation by adding the “Salary” for each of the three years (as reported in the Summary Compensation Table for each applicable year) andofficer, the incentive compensation amountstarget for 2016 and the actual annual cash incentive and long-term equity-based incentives awarded in 2017 for performance during the applicable year. Additionally, 2013 reflects the compensation earned by William S. Demchak, our current CEO. 2012 and 2011 reflects compensation for James E. Rohr, our current Executive Chairman and former CEO.2016 performance.

 

PAY FOR PERFORMANCE

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    William S.
Demchak
   

Robert Q.

Reilly

   

Michael P.

Lyons

   

E William

Parsley, III

  

Steven C.

Van Wyk

 

Incentive compensation target

  $10,500,000   $3,000,000   $6,050,000   $6,900,000  $2,750,000 

Incentive compensation awarded for 2016 performance

  $10,150,000   $3,050,000   $5,900,000   $6,600,000  $2,660,000 

Annual cash incentive portion

  $3,400,000   $1,275,000   $1,940,000   $2,250,000  $1,080,000 

Long-term incentive portion

  $6,750,000   $1,775,000   $3,960,000   $4,350,000(1)  $1,580,000 

Incentive compensation disclosed in the Summary compensation table(2)

  $11,200,000   $3,175,000   $6,020,000   $7,050,000  $2,680,000 

Annual cash incentive portion (2016 performance)

  $3,400,000   $1,275,000   $1,940,000   $2,250,000  $1,080,000 

Long-term incentive portion (2015 performance)

  $7,800,000   $1,900,000   $4,080,000   $4,800,000  $1,600,000 
(1)Mr. Parsley’s incentive compensation target and award includes two grants – the grant of equity-based awards that all other NEOs would otherwise receive (with a target value of $3,000,000) and a separate grant of incentive performance units related to the management of our Asset & Liability Management (ALM) unit, with a target value of $1,500,000. Please see page 61 for a discussion of Mr. Parsley’s ALM units.
(2)Due to SEC regulations, the incentive compensation amounts disclosed in the Summary compensation table on page 56 include the cash incentive award paid in 2017 (for 2016 performance) and the long-term incentive award granted in 2016 (for 2015 performance).

PNC governance (page 17)

 

You can find out more about our governance policies and principles atwww.pnc.com/corporategovernance.corporategovernance.
Our entire Board is re-elected every year; we have no staggered elections
Our Board is subject to a majority voting requirement; any director not receiving a majority of votes in an uncontested election must tender his or her resignation to the Board.
Our Board has a substantial majority of independent directors (currently 15 out of 17, or 88%), with our only non-independent directors being (1) an executive officer and (2) a former executive officer of PNC. A substantial majority of our nominees to the Board (14 out of 15, or 93%) are independent.
Our Board has had a Presiding Director, an independent lead director with specific duties and responsibilities, since 2004.
Our Presiding Director approves Board meeting schedules and agendas.
Our Board meets regularly in executive session, with no members of management present.
In 2013, our Board met 12 times and each of our directors attended at least 75% of the aggregate number of meetings of the Board and the committees on which he or she served. The average attendance of all directors at Board and committee meetings was 99%. All current directors then serving attended our 2013

Our entire Board is re-elected every year; we have no staggered elections.

Our Board is subject to a majority voting requirement; any director not receiving a majority of votes in an uncontested election must tender his or her resignation to the Board.

Our corporate governance guidelines require the Board to have a substantial majority (at least 2/3) of independent directors. Currently, 12 out of 13 directors (92%) are independent, and our only non-independent director is our CEO. All of our current directors are nominees to the Board.

Our Board has had a Presiding Director, a lead independent director with specific duties, since 2004.

Our Presiding Director approves Board meeting schedules and agendas.

Our Board meets regularly in executive session, with no members of management present.



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PROXY STATEMENT SUMMARY

In 2016, our Board met 13 times and each of our directors attended at least 75% of the aggregate number of meetings of the Board and the committees on which he or she served. The average attendance of all directors at Board and committee meetings was 97%. All current directors then serving attended our 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

 We have four primary standing board committees:

Audit Committee

 

 We have four primary standing board committees:
 
Audit Committee
Personnel and Compensation Committee (Compensation)

  
Nominating and Governance Committee (Governance)

  
Risk Committee

Board nominees (page 11)

 

Name Age Director since Independent Primary Standing Committee Memberships  Age    Director since    Independent    Primary Standing Committee Memberships
Richard O. Berndt 71 2007  Audit; Risk
Charles E. Bunch 64 2007  Compensation; Governance  67    2007        

Compensation; Governance

Paul W. Chellgren 71 1995  Audit (Chair); Compensation

Marjorie Rodgers Cheshire

  48    2014        

Audit; Risk

William S. Demchak 51 2013  Risk  54    2013        

Risk

Andrew T. Feldstein 49 2013  Compensation; Risk  52    2013        

Compensation; Risk (Chair)

Daniel R. Hesse

  63    2016        

Risk

Kay Coles James 64 2006  Risk  67    2006        

Governance; Risk

Richard B. Kelson 67 2002  Audit; Compensation  70    2002        

Audit (Chair); Compensation

Anthony A. Massaro 69 2002  Governance; Risk
Jane G. Pepper 68 1997  Risk  71    1997        

Risk

Donald J. Shepard 67 2007  Audit; Risk (Chair)  70    2007        

Audit; Governance (Chair); Risk

Lorene K. Steffes 68 2000  Risk  71    2000        

Risk

Dennis F. Strigl 67 2001  Compensation (Chair); Governance  70    2001        

Compensation (Chair); Governance

Thomas J. Usher* 71 1992  Compensation; Governance (Chair)
George H. Walls, Jr. 71 2006  Audit; Risk
Helge H. Wehmeier 71 1992  Governance

Michael J. Ward

  66    2016        

Compensation; Governance

Gregory D. Wasson

  58    2015        

Audit



 

*     Presiding Director

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Table of Contents

 

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS10
 
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS (ITEM 1)11
 
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE17
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE17

Corporate governance guidelines

17
Annual meeting format17

Our Board leadership structure

1817

Communicating with our Board

1918

Our codeCode of ethicsBusiness Conduct and Ethics

19

Orientation and education

2019

Board committees

2019

Board meetings in 20132016

28
 28 
DIRECTOR AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER RELATIONSHIPS2829

Director independence

2829

Transactions with directors

3031

Related person transactionsCode of Business Conduct and Ethics

32

Regulation O policies and procedures

3032

Family relationships

3233

Indemnification and advancement of costs

32
Section 16(a) beneficial ownership reporting compliance32
33 
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION33
RELATED PERSON TRANSACTIONS34

Related person transactions policy

34

Certain related person transactions

34
SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE35
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION35

Director compensation in 20132016

34
 36 
COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS3538
Introduction35

Significant2016 PNC performance

38

Compensation philosophy

38

Stakeholder engagement and impact of 2016 say-on-pay vote

39

Compensation program summary

40

2016 compensation decisions

3644
PNC performance during 201336
Compensation philosophy and principles38
Compensation program—summary39
Compensation program—decisions42

Compensation policies and practices

47
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COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT52
 53 
COMPENSATION AND RISK5354

Risk management at PNC

5354
Compensation and risk53

Risk review of compensation plans

54
   
COMPENSATION TABLES5555
Summary compensation table55
Grants of plan-based awards in 201357

 

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COMPENSATION TABLES56 

Summary compensation table

56

Grants of plan-based awards in 2016

58

Outstanding equity awards at 20132016 fiscal year-end

5960

Option exercises and stock vested in fiscal 20132016

64

Pension benefits at 20132016 fiscal year-end

65

Non-qualified deferred compensation in fiscal 20132016

67
 67 
CHANGE IN CONTROL AND TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT71

Benefits upon termination of employment

71

Change in control agreements

71

Equity-based grants

72

Existing plans and arrangements

74

Estimated benefits upon termination

74
 74 
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF DIRECTORSMANAGEMENT AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERSCERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS78

Security ownership of directors and executive officers

78

Security ownership of certain beneficial owners

79
 79 
RATIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM (ITEM 2)80

Audit, audit-related and permitted non-audit fees

80

Procedures for pre-approving audit, audit-related and permitted non-audit services

81
 81 
REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE82
 
“SAY-ON-PAY”: ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION (ITEM 3)83

What is the purpose of this item?

83

What does it mean to have a “say-on-pay” advisory vote?

83

Where can I find more information on executive compensation?

8384

What are some of the performance and compensation program highlights for 2013?2016?

84
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FREQUENCY OF “SAY-ON-PAY” VOTE (ITEM 4)85
SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING ADDITIONAL DIVERSITY DISCLOSURE (ITEM 4)5)8586

Supporting statement

8586

Statement by the boardBoard of directorsDirectors in opposition to the proposal

86
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GENERAL INFORMATION88
GENERAL INFORMATION88

Attending the annual meeting

88

Reviewing proxy materials

8889

Voting your shares

89

How a proposal gets approved

91
 91 
SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR THE 20152018 ANNUAL MEETING92
 93 
OTHER MATTERS92
OTHER MATTERS94 
ANNEX A (RECONCILIATIONS)(NON-GAAP TO GAAP RECONCILIATIONS)93
 95 
ANNEX B (REGULATIONS FOR CONDUCT)CONDUCT AT ANNUAL MEETING)9597

 

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Notice of Annual Meeting

 of Shareholders

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

11:00 a.m. (Eastern time)

The Tower at PNC Plaza – James E. Rohr Auditorium, 300 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222

WEBCAST

A listen-only webcast of our annual meeting will be available atwww.pnc.com/annualmeeting. An archive of the webcast will be available on our website for thirty days.

CONFERENCE CALL

You may access the listen-only conference call of the annual meeting by calling 877-272-3498 or 303-223-4384 (international). A telephone replay will be available for one week by calling 800-633-8284 or 402-977-9140 (international), conference ID 21843204.

ITEMS OF BUSINESS

Tuesday, April 22, 2014
11:00 a.m. (Eastern time)
InterContinental Hotel Tampa, 4860 West Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa, Florida 33609
WEBCAST
A webcast of our annual meeting will be available at www.pnc.com/annualmeeting. An archiveof the webcast will be available on our website for thirty days.
CONFERENCE CALL
You may access the conference call of the annual meeting by calling 877-402-9103 or 303-223-2690(international). A telephone replay will be available for one week by calling 800-633-8284 or402-977-9140 (international), conference ID 21708912.  
ITEMS OF BUSINESS
 1.Electing as directors the 1513 nominees named in the proxy statement that follows, to serveuntilserve until the next annual meeting and until their successors are elected and qualified; 
 2.Ratifying the Audit Committee’s selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as PNC’sindependentPNC’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2014;2017; 
 3.An advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation; 
 4.An advisory vote to approve the frequency of future votes on executive compensation;
5.Considering a shareholder proposal regarding a report on greenhouse gas emissions ofborrowers and exposure to climate change risk,requesting additional diversity disclosure, if properly presented before the meeting;and 
 5.6.Such other business as may properly come before the meeting. 
RECORD DATE
Shareholders of record at the close of business on January 31, 2014 are entitled to receive noticeof and to vote at the meeting and any adjournment.  
MATERIALS TO REVIEW
We began providing access to this proxy statement and a form of proxy card on March 13, 2014.We have made our proxy materials available electronically. Certain shareholders will receive anotice explaining how to access our proxy materials and vote. Other shareholders will receive apaper copy of this proxy statement and a proxy card.  
PROXY VOTING
Even if you plan to attend the annual meeting in person, we encourage you to cast your vote overthe Internet, or by telephone or mail if you have a proxy card. This Notice of Annual Meeting andProxy Statement and our 2013 Annual Report are available at www.envisionreports.com/PNC.
ADMISSION
To be admitted to our annual meeting you must present proof of your stock ownership as of therecord date and valid photo identification. Please follow the admission procedures describedbeginning on page 88 of this proxy statement. Guests of shareholders will not be admitted tothe meeting.  

RECORD DATE

The close of business on February 3, 2017 is the record date for determining shareholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the meeting and any adjournment.

MATERIALS TO REVIEW

We began providing access to this proxy statement and a form of proxy card on March 15, 2017. We have made our proxy materials available electronically. Certain shareholders will receive a notice explaining how to access our proxy materials and vote. Other shareholders will receive a paper copy of this proxy statement and a proxy card.

PROXY VOTING

Even if you plan to attend the annual meeting in person, we encourage you to cast your vote over the Internet, or if you have a proxy card, by mailing the completed proxy card or by telephone. This Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement and our 2016 Annual Report are available at www.envisionreports.com/PNC.

ADMISSION

To be admitted to our annual meeting you must present proof of your stock ownership as of the record date and valid photo identification. Each shareholder may bring one guest who must present valid photo identification. Please follow the admission procedures described beginning on page 88 of this proxy statement.

 

March 13, 2014

15, 2017

By Order of the Board of Directors,

 
Christi Davis
Senior Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

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Christi Davis

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ELECTION OF DIRECTORS (ITEM 1)

 

Our Board of Directors determines the number of directors to nominate for election. Our by-lawsBy-laws contemplate a Board that ranges in size from five to 36 directors. For this annual meeting, our Board fixed the number of directors to be elected at 15.

13.

Each of the 1513 nominees currently serves on our Board. Beginning on page 12, we include the following information for our nominees:

 

their names and ages
the years they first became directors of PNC
their principal occupations and public company directorships over the past five years
a brief discussion of the specific experience, qualifications, attributes or skills that led to our Board’s conclusion that the person should serve as a director, in light of our business and structure
their names and ages

 

the years they first became directors of PNC

their principal occupations and public company directorships over the past five years

a brief discussion of the specific experience, qualifications, attributes or skills that led to our Board’s conclusion that the person should serve as a director

The directors will serve for one year, unless they leave the Board early. We do not stagger our elections—the entire Board will be considered for re-electionelection at the 20142017 meeting. If elected, each nominee will hold office until the next annual meeting of our shareholders, and until the election and qualification of his or her successor.

Each nominee consents to being named in this proxy statement and to serve if elected. Our Board has no reason to believe that any nominee will be unavailable or unable to serve as a director.

On August 15, 2013, the Board of Directors appointed Andrew T. Feldstein to serve on the Board. Mr. Feldstein was recommended as a director by our Chief Executive Officer.

In addition to information on the background and qualifications of each director, this proxy statement contains other important information related to your evaluation of our nominees. We discuss:

 

our Board’s leadership structure
how our Board operates
relationships between PNC and our directors
how we evaluate director independence
how we pay our directors
our director stock ownership requirement
our Board’s leadership structure

 

how our Board operates

relationships between PNC and our directors

how we evaluate director independence

how we pay our directors

our director stock ownership requirement

See the following sections for more details on these topics:

 

Corporate Governance (page 17)
Primary Board Committees (page 20)
Director and Executive Officer Relationships (page 28)
Director Compensation (page 33)
Security Ownership of Directors and Executive Officers (page 78)
Corporate Governance (page 17)

 

Director and Executive Officer Relationships (page 29)

Related Person Transactions (page 34)

Director Compensation (page 35)

Security Ownership of Management and Certain Beneficial Owners (page 78)

If you sign, date and return your proxy card but do not give voting instructions, or if you do not provide voting instructions when voting over the Internet, we will vote your shares FOR all of the nominees named on pages 12 to 16. If you use Internet or telephone voting, you will need to provide voting instructions for each proposal. See page 91 regarding the vote required for election of the nominees as directors.

The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR each of the nominees listed on pages 12 to 16.

 

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ELECTION OF DIRECTORS (ITEM 1)

Richard O. Berndt

Age 71
Director Since 2007
Experience, Qualifications, Attributes, or Skills

Mr. Berndt is the Managing Partner of Gallagher Evelius & Jones LLP, a law firm based in Baltimore, Maryland.

Mr. Berndt received an undergraduate degree from Villanova University, a law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law, and a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University.

Mr. Berndt joined our Board following PNC’s acquisition of Mercantile Bankshares Corporation. He joined the Mercantile Board of Directors in 1978.

Our Board values Mr. Berndt’s prior experience on the board of a public company in the banking business. In addition, his involvement in the Baltimore community provides insights into this market for PNC. Mr. Berndt’s background also gives him an understanding of legal issues, although he does not serve us in a legal capacity and neither he nor his firm provides legal advice to PNC.

PNC Board Committee Memberships

Audit Committee

Risk Committee

Special Compliance Committee (Chairman)

Public Company Directorships

Municipal Mortgage & Equity, LLC (until 2010)

Mercantile Bankshares Corporation (until 2007)

 

 

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Charles E. Bunch

Age 67

Director Since 2007

Experience, Qualifications, Attributes, or Skills

Mr. Bunch is the retired Executive Chairman and former Chief Executive Officer of PPG

Charles E. Bunch

Age 64
Director Since 2007
Experience, Qualifications, Attributes, or Skills

Mr. Bunch is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PPG Industries, Inc., a Pittsburgh-based global supplier of paints, coatings, optical products, specialty materials, chemicals, glass and fiber glass.

fiberglass.

Mr. Bunch received an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and a master’s degree in business administrationan MBA from the Harvard University.

Business School.

Mr. Bunch’s service as a public company CEO, his extensive management and finance experience and his involvement in the Pittsburgh community add significant value to our Board. In addition, Mr. Bunch brings regulatory and banking industry experience to our Board as he formerly served as a Director and the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, our principal banking regulator.

PNC Board Committee Memberships

Nominating and Governance Committee

Personnel and Compensation Committee

Public Company Directorships

ConocoPhillips

H.J. Heinz Company (until June 2013)

Marathon Petroleum Corporation

Mondelēz International, Inc.

PPG Industries, Inc. (until September 2016)

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Marjorie Rodgers Cheshire

Age 48

Director Since 2014

Experience, Qualifications, Attributes, or Skills

Marjorie Rodgers Cheshire is President and Chief Operating Officer of A&R Development

Corp., a diversified real estate development organization focused on the Baltimore and Washington markets. A&R’s portfolio includes residential, commercial and mixed-use developments, ranging in value from $1 million to $152 million, with an aggregate value of more than $900 million.

Paul W. Chellgren

Age 71
Prior to joining A&R, Ms. Cheshire spent many years in the media and sports industries. Her most recent position was as Senior Director Since 1995
Experience, Qualifications, Attributes, or Skills

Mr. Chellgren is an Operating Partner with Snow Phipps Group, LLC, a New York City-based private equity firm. In 2002, he retiredof Brand & Consumer Marketing for the National Football League. Prior to that, Ms. Cheshire held positions as Vice President of Business Development for Oxygen Media, Director and Special Assistant to the Chairman & CEO of ESPN, and Chief Executive OfficerManager of Ashland, Inc.,Strategic Marketing for ABC Daytime. Ms. Cheshire also worked as a providerconsultant with The Boston Consulting Group, a strategic consulting firm serving Fortune 500 companies.

Ms. Cheshire has a BS in Economics from the Wharton School of specialty chemical products, services and solutions, headquartered in Covington, Kentucky. He also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Ashland.

Mr. Chellgren received an undergraduate degree from the University of Kentucky,Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. She is a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard University,Trustee of Baltimore Equitable Insurance, Baltimore School for the Arts, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, and a diploma in Developmental Economics from Oxford University.Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Mr. Chellgren’s service as a public company CFO and his designation as an “audit committee financial expert” assist the Board in its oversight of financial and accounting issues. This financial background provides strong leadership of our Audit Committee, which he chairs. Our Board also values his extensiveMs. Cheshire’s executive management experience, includingher background in real estate, marketing and media, as a CEO of a public company, and hiswell as her involvement in the southern OhioBaltimore community and northern Kentucky communities that we serve.her familiarity with this important market for PNC.

PNC Board Committee Memberships

Audit Committee (Chairman)

ExecutiveRisk Committee

Personnel and CompensationSpecial Compliance Committee

Public Company Directorships

None

 

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William S. Demchak

Age 54

Director Since 2013

Experience, Qualifications, Attributes, or Skills

Mr. Demchak is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of The PNC Financial

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William S. Demchak

Age 51
Director Since 2013
Experience, Qualifications, Attributes, or Skills

Mr. Demchak is President and Chief Executive Officer of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., one of the largest diversified financial services companies in the United States. Mr. Demchak joined PNC in 2002 as chief financial officer. In July 2005, he was named head of PNC’s Corporate & Institutional Banking segment responsible for PNC’s middle market and large corporate businesses, as well as capital markets, real estate finance, equity management and leasing. Mr. Demchak was promoted to senior vice chairman in 2009, named head of PNC businesses in August 2010, and elected president in April 2012 and chief executive officer in April 2013.

2013 and appointed chairman in April 2014.

Before joining PNC in 2002, Mr. Demchak served as the Global Head of Structured Finance and Credit Portfolio for JP MorganJPMorgan Chase. He also held key leadership roles at JP MorganJPMorgan prior to its merger with the Chase Manhattan Corporation in 2000. He was actively involved in developing JP Morgan’sJPMorgan’s strategic agenda and was a member of the company’s capital and credit risk committees.

Mr. Demchak is a director of BlackRock, Inc. He is a member of the Board of The Financial Services Roundtable and serves on the Regulatory Management Committee. He is a board member and past chairman of the Greater Pittsburgh Council of the Boy Scouts of America.Roundtable. In addition, he serves on the boards of directors of the Extra Mile Education Foundation and the YMCA of Pittsburgh. He is Vice-Chair of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Chairman of The Clearing House, and a member of the Board of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. Mr. Demchak also is the Chair of the Advisory Committee of Envision Downtown.

Mr. Demchak received a bachelorBachelor of scienceScience degree from Allegheny College and earned an MBA with an emphasis in accounting from the University of Michigan.

The Board believes that the current CEO should also serve as a director. Under the leadership structure discussed elsewhere in this proxy statement, a CEO-director acts as a liaison between directors and management, and assists the Board in its oversight of the company. Mr. Demchak’s experiences and strong leadership provide our Board with insight into the business and strategic priorities of PNC.

PNC Board Committee Memberships

Executive Committee

Risk Committee

Public Company Directorships

BlackRock, Inc.

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Andrew T. Feldstein

Age 52

Director Since 2013

Experience, Qualifications, Attributes, or Skills

Mr. Feldstein is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer of

Andrew T. Feldstein

Age 49
Director Since 2013
Experience, Qualifications, Attributes, or Skills

Mr. Feldstein is the Co-Founder and CEO of BlueMountain Capital Management, a leading alternative asset manager with $17$22 billion in assets under management and approximately 200238 professionals worldwide.

Mr. Feldstein is the Chair of the firm’s Management Committee and a member of the Investment and Risk Committees.

Prior to co-founding BlueMountain in 2003, Mr. Feldstein spent over a decade at JPMorgan where he was a Managing Director and served as Head of Structured Credit; Head of High Yield Sales, Trading and Research; and Head of Global Credit Portfolio. Mr. Feldstein is the acting Chair of the Upper West Success Academy, a New York City based charter school, and a Trustee of Third Way, a prominent, centristpublic policy think tank. He istank; a Trustee of the Santa Fe Institute, an independent research and education center; and a member of the Harvard Law School Leadership Council. In 2007, he co-founded the Darfur Project, a Clinton Global Initiative recipient that from 2007-2009 sponsored air lifts of relief supplies to Southern Sudan.

Mr. Feldstein received an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and a J.D.JD from Harvard Law School.

Our Board values Mr. Feldstein’s extensive financial and risk management expertise. As founder and CEO of BlueMountain Capital and through his senior management positions at JPMorgan, Mr. Feldstein has built a reputation for innovation and significant insight into risk management. The board believes that these skills are particularly valuable to its effective oversight of risk management and will also be a valuable resource to PNC as it continues to grow its business and strengthen its balance sheet.

PNC Board Committee Memberships

Executive Committee

Personnel and Compensation Committee

Risk Committee (Chair)

Technology Subcommittee

Public Company Directorships

None

 

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Daniel R. Hesse

Age 63

Director Since 2016

Experience, Qualifications, Attributes, or Skills

Daniel R. Hesse is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Sprint Corporation, one of the United States’ largest wireless carriers.

Mr. Hesse received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame, an MBA from Cornell University and a MS from Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he was awarded the Brooks Thesis prize.

Mr. Hesse brings extensive corporate leadership experience to our Board, having served in a variety of executive positions, including as CEO of Sprint Corporation. His years of experience in the wireless communications industry provide insight into the dynamic and strategic issues overseen by the Board. The broad spectrum of technological issues in this industry give him a strong understanding to assist the Board in its oversight of technological issues.

PNC Board Committee Memberships

Risk Committee

Technology Subcommittee

Public Company Directorships

Akamai Technologies, Inc.

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Kay Coles James

Age 64
67

Director Since 2006

Experience, Qualifications, Attributes, or Skills

 

Ms. James is President and Founder of The Gloucester Institute, a non-profit organization that trains and nurtures leaders in the African-American community.

From 2001 to 2006, she served as director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, where she was President George W. Bush’s principal human resources advisor.

She has also provided consulting services as a former Senior Partner in The J.C. Watts Companies.

Ms. James received an undergraduate degree from Hampton University.

Having supervised the management of thousands of federal employees, Ms. James understands large-scale human resources operations and compensation matters. Our Board values these senior-level federal government and regulatory experiences, Ms. James’ experience as former chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee and the Compensation Committee at AMERIGROUP Corporation, and her leadership of a non-profit organization in the Greater Washington, D.C. area, a significant market for PNC.

PNC Board Committee Memberships

Risk Committee

Public Company Directorships

AMERIGROUP Corporation (until 2012)

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African-American community.

From 2001 to 2005, she served as director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, where she was President George W. Bush’s principal human resources advisor.

She has also provided consulting services as a former Senior Partner in The J.C. Watts Companies.

Ms. James received an undergraduate degree from Hampton University.

Having supervised the management of thousands of federal employees, Ms. James understands large-scale human resources operations. Our Board values these senior-level federal government and regulatory experiences, Ms. James’ experience as former Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee and the Compensation Committee at AMERIGROUP Corporation, and her leadership of a non-profit organization in the Greater Washington, D.C. area, a significant market for PNC.

PNC Board Committee Memberships

Nominating and Governance Committee

Risk Committee

Public Company Directorships

AMERIGROUP Corporation (until 2012)

Magellan Health, Inc.

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Richard B. Kelson

Age 67
70

Director Since 2002

Experience, Qualifications, Attributes, or Skills

 

Mr. Kelson is the Chairman, and CEO of ServCo, LLC, a strategic sourcing and supply chain management company. He has also served as an Operating Advisor with Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P., a private equity fund manager.

Mr. Kelson retired in 2006 as Chairman’s Counsel for Alcoa, a leader in the production and management of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum, and alumina. At Alcoa, he served as a member of the executive council, the senior leadership group for the company. From 1994 to 1997, Mr. Kelson served as Alcoa’s General Counsel. From 1997 through 2005, he served as Alcoa’s Chief Financial Officer.

Mr. Kelson received an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh.

Mr. Kelson’s service as a public company CFO and his designation as an “audit committee financial expert” assist the Board and Audit Committee with the oversight of financial and accounting issues. The Board also values Mr. Kelson’s executive management experience and his background as a public company general counsel, although he does not serve in a legal capacity nor provide legal advice to PNC or our Board.

PNC Board Committee Memberships

Audit Committee

Personnel and Compensation Committee

Public Company Directorships

Lighting Science Group Corporation (until 2010)

Commercial Metals Company (Lead Director)

MeadWestvaco Corp.

Anthony A. Massaro

Age 69
Director Since 2002
Experience, Qualifications, Attributes, or Skills

Mr. Massaro is the retired ChairmanPresident and Chief Executive Officer of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.,ServCo, LLC, a leader in the design, development and manufacture of welding products and cutting equipment. He retired as CEO in April 2005 and as Chairman in October 2005.

strategic sourcing and supply chain management company. He has also served as an Operating Advisor with Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P., a private equity fund manager.

Mr. Kelson retired in 2006 as Chairman’s Counsel for Alcoa, a leader in the production and management of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum, and alumina. At Alcoa, he served as a member of the executive council, the senior leadership group for the company. From 1994 to 1997, Mr. Kelson served as Alcoa’s General Counsel. From 1997 through 2005, he served as Alcoa’s Chief Financial Officer.

Mr. Kelson received an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh.

Mr. Kelson’s service as a public company CFO and his designation as an “audit committee financial expert” assist the Board and Audit Committee with the oversight of financial and accounting issues. His financial background provides strong leadership of our Audit Committee as its Chair. The Board also values Mr. Kelson’s executive management experience and his background as a public company general counsel, although he does not serve in a legal capacity or provide legal advice to PNC or our Board.

PNC Board Committee Memberships

Audit Committee (Chair)

Executive Committee

Personnel and Compensation Committee

Special Compliance Committee

Public Company Directorships

ANADIGICS, Inc. (until 2016)

Commercial Metals Company (Lead Director)

Ingevity Corporation (Non-Executive Chairman of Board)

MeadWestvaco Corp. (until 2015)

 

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Previously, Mr. Massaro served as a Group President of Westinghouse Electric Corporation, an electrical equipment and multipurpose engineering company, and in a variety of other executive positions at Westinghouse.

Mr. Massaro received an undergraduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh.

Mr. Massaro’s service as the CEO of a large public company, and his experience in a number of other senior management positions, assist our Board’s oversight of management and issues generally facing public companies.

PNC Board Committee Memberships

Nominating and Governance Committee

Risk Committee

Special Technology Subcommittee

Public Company Directorships

Commercial Metals Company

 

 

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Jane G. Pepper

Age 68
71

Director Since 1997

Experience, Qualifications, Attributes, or Skills

 

In June 2010, Ms. Pepper retired as the President of theThe Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS), a non-profit organization, and America’s first horticultural society.

Ms. Pepper received undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Delaware.

Ms. Pepper brings a diverse set of experiences to our Board, beginning with her management experience at the PHS. For 30 years, Ms. Pepper led this Philadelphia-based organization, supervising over 100 employees, and executing a strategic plan with a vision of sustainability and community impact. Beyond this leadership, the Board appreciates her insights as PNC continues to expand our own environmentally conscious initiatives.

Ms. Pepper brings additional regulatory and banking industry experience to our Board, having formerly served as a director and the Chairwoman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

PNC Board Committee Memberships

Risk Committee

Special Compliance Committee

Ms. Pepper brings a diverse set of experiences to our Board, beginning with her management experience at PHS. For 30 years, Ms. Pepper led this Philadelphia-based organization, supervising over 100 employees, and executing a strategic plan with a vision of sustainability and community impact. Beyond this leadership, the Board appreciates her insights as PNC continues to expand our own environmentally conscious initiatives.

Ms. Pepper brings additional regulatory and banking industry experience to our Board, having formerly served as a director and the Chairwoman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

PNC Board Committee Memberships

Risk Committee

Special Compliance Committee (Chair)

Public Company Directorships

None

 

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Donald J. Shepard

Age 67
70

Director Since 2007

Experience, Qualifications, Attributes, or Skills

 

Mr. Shepard is the retired Chairman of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer of AEGON N.V., a large life insurance and pension company.

Mr. Shepard received a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago.

Mr. Shepard joined our Board following PNC’s acquisition of Mercantile Bankshares Corporation. He joined the Mercantile Board of Directors in 1992.

Mr. Shepard’s service as the CEO of a large, international public company, particularly a company in the financial services sector, gives him insights into many issues facing PNC, and supports the Board’s ability to oversee complex and dynamic issues. Mr. Shepard’s duties and experiences at AEGON also assist our Board with its oversight of financial and risk issues. Our Board also values Mr. Shepard’s experience on the board of a public company in the banking business and his familiarity with the Baltimore community.

PNC Board Committee Memberships

Executive Committee

Audit Committee

Risk Committee (Chairman)

Special Technology Subcommittee

Public Company Directorships

CSX Corporation

The Travelers Companies, Inc.

Mercantile Bankshares Corporation (until 2007)

Mr. Shepard joined our Board following PNC’s acquisition of Mercantile Bankshares Corporation. He joined the Mercantile Board of Directors in 1992.

Mr. Shepard’s service as the CEO of a large, international public company, particularly a company in the financial services sector, gives him insights into many issues facing PNC, and supports the Board’s ability to oversee complex and dynamic issues. Mr. Shepard’s duties and experiences at AEGON also assist our Board with its oversight of financial and risk issues. Our Board also values Mr. Shepard’s experience on the board of a public company in the banking business and his familiarity with the Baltimore community.

PNC Board Committee Memberships

Audit Committee

Executive Committee (Chair)

Nominating and Governance Committee (Chair)

Risk Committee

Public Company Directorships

CSX Corporation

The Travelers Companies, Inc.

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Lorene K. Steffes

Age 68
71

Director Since 2000

Experience, Qualifications, Attributes, or Skills

 

Ms. Steffes is an independent business advisor with executive, business management and technical expertise in the telecommunications

and information technology industries. She formerly served as Vice President and General Manager, Global Electronics Industry, for IBM, an information technology company. Ms. Steffes also served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Transarc Corporation, a software development firm, which was later acquired by IBM.

Ms. Steffes received undergraduate and master’s degrees from Northern Illinois University.

Our Board values Ms. Steffes’s managerial experiences throughout the technology industry, including as a chief executive. Her wide array of experiences in this industry and her understanding of operational and technological issues assist the Board in its oversight of technological and cyber security, which have become increasingly important for large, complex banking organizations.

PNC Board Committee Memberships

Risk Committee

Technology Subcommittee (Chair)

Public Company Directorships

RadiSys Corporation (until September 2015)

 

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Ms. Steffes received undergraduate and master’s degrees from Northern Illinois University.

Our Board values Ms. Steffes’s managerial experiences throughout the technology industry, including as a chief executive. Her wide array of experiences in this industry and her understanding of operational and technological issues assist the Board in its oversight of technological issues, which have become increasingly important for large, complex banking organizations.

PNC Board Committee Memberships

Risk Committee

Special Technology Subcommittee (Chair)

Public Company Directorships

RadiSys Corporation

Dennis F. Strigl

Age 67
70

Director Since 2001

Experience, Qualifications, Attributes, or Skills

 

Mr. Strigl served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Verizon Communications

Inc., one of the world’s leading providers of communications services, until his retirement in December 2009. Prior to that, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Verizon Wireless, a joint venture controlled by Verizon.

Mr. Strigl received an undergraduate degree from Canisius College and a master’s degree in business administration from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Our Board values Mr. Strigl’s service as a senior executive at a large public company, and his former executive management expertise as the CEO of Verizon Wireless. His management of a large workforce at Verizon informs his judgment as the Chair of our Personnel and Compensation Committee and gives him a strong understanding of human resources and compensation matters. Mr. Strigl’s additional responsibility for internal functional services, such as finance and real estate, adds depth and experience to the Board’s ability to oversee the operations of our company.

PNC Board Committee Memberships

Executive Committee

Nominating and Governance Committee

Personnel and Compensation Committee (Chair)

Technology Subcommittee

Public Company Directorships

ANADIGICS, Inc. (until March 2016)

Eastman Kodak Company (until September 2013)

Nokia Corporation (May 2014 to May 2015)

Tellabs, Inc. (until December 2013)

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Michael J. Ward

Age 66

Director Since 2016

Experience, Qualifications, Attributes, or Skills

Michael J. Ward is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CSX Corporation, one of the world’s largest railroad companies.

Mr. Ward received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Mr. Ward has extensive operations, sales, marketing and finance experience from his various management roles with CSX and its subsidiaries. As a public company CEO with years of corporate leadership experience in a regulated industry, he brings knowledge and insight to the Board in its oversight of complex issues. His management of an executive team and a large group of employees adds value to his oversight of compensation issues.

PNC Board Committee Memberships

Nominating and Governance Committee

Personnel and Compensation Committee

Public Company Directorships

CSX Corporation

Ashland Inc.

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Gregory D. Wasson

Age 58

Director Since 2015

Experience, Qualifications, Attributes, or Skills

Gregory D. Wasson is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Verizon Wireless,Walgreens Boots Alliance, a joint venture controlled by Verizon.

Mr. Strigl received an undergraduate degree from Canisius Collegeglobal pharmacy-led health and a master’s degree in business administration from Fairleigh Dickinson University.wellbeing enterprise.

Mr. Wasson received a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University in Pharmaceutical Science.

Mr. Wasson has extensive operational and executive management experience at a complex organization with a large, diverse workforce. Mr. Wasson brings an in-depth knowledge of the retail industry and insight into the consumer experience. His background of leading a company with thousands of retail locations in an industry that, like banking, is undergoing rapid transformation will provide insight that benefits PNC as we work on our strategic priorities. His service as a public company CEO and his designation as an “audit committee financial expert” assist the Board and Audit Committee with the oversight of financial and accounting issues.

PNC Board Committee Memberships

Audit Committee

Technology Subcommittee

Public Company Directorships

Verizon Communications Inc.

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Our Board is committed to strong corporate governance practices. Through the Nominating and Governance Committee, the Board evaluates its governance policies and practices against evolving best practices. This section highlights some of our corporate governance policies and practices. Please seewww.pnc.com/corporategovernance for additional information about corporate governance at PNC, including:

Corporate governance guidelines

By-laws

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

Board committee charters

To receive free, printed copies of any of these

documents, please send a request to:

Corporate Secretary

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

300 Fifth Avenue

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222

or corporate.secretary@pnc.com

This proxy statement is also available at

www.pnc.com/proxystatement

Corporate governance guidelines

Our Board has approved corporate governance guidelines. Our Board’s Nominating and Governance Committee reviews the corporate governance guidelines at least once a year. Any changes recommended by the Committee are approved by the Board. The guidelines address important principles adopted by the Board, including:

The qualifications that we want to see in a director

The director nomination process

The duties of our lead independent director (Presiding Director)

How the Board committees serve to support the Board’s duties

A description of ordinary course relationships that will not impair a director’s independence
The importance of meeting in executive session without management

The importance of having access to management

The mandatory director retirement age (72)

How the Board evaluates our CEO’s performance

How the Board considers management succession planning

Our views on directors holding other board positions

How the Board continually evaluates its own performance

Our approach to director education

The Board’s role in strategic planning

Our Board leadership structure

Based on an assessment of its current needs and the composition, skills, and qualifications of the directors, the Board believes that the appropriate leadership structure should include the following attributes:

A substantial majority (at least 2/3) of independent directors

A Presiding Director

Regular executive sessions of all independent directors without management present

The Board’s current leadership structure includes all three attributes. The Board has not adopted a policy with respect to separating the Chairman and CEO positions. The Board believes that the leadership structure should be flexible enough to accommodate different approaches based on an evaluation of relevant facts and circumstances. The Board considers its structure and leadership each

year. The Personnel and Compensation Committee discusses whether to separate the positions of Chairman and CEO as part of its ongoing evaluation of management succession plans.

William S. Demchak, our current CEO, also serves as Chairman of the Board. Donald J. Shepard, the Board’s Presiding Director and Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee, serves as our lead independent director. We describe his duties in more detail below.

Substantial majority of independent directors. We have long maintained a Board with a substantial majority of directors who are not PNC employees. The NYSE requires at least a majority of our directors to be independent from management.

Mr. Demchak is the only director who is not independent under the NYSE’s “bright-line” rules because he is our CEO. The Board has affirmed the

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independence of each of our other 12 nominees for director. Please seeDirector and Executive Officer Relationships on pages 29 and 30 for a description of how we evaluate independence.

Presiding Director duties. As the Presiding Director, Mr. Shepard is the lead independent director for our Board. The Board’s independent and non-management directors selected him for this role. The Board approved the following duties for the Presiding Director, which are included in our corporate governance guidelines:

Preside at meetings of the Board of Directors in the event of the Chairman’s unavailability.

Convene and preside at executive sessions of the Board’s independent directors whenever he or she deems it appropriate to do so.

Preside at regularly scheduled executive sessions of the Board’s non-management and independent directors.

Confer with the Chairman or CEO immediately following the executive sessions of the Board’s non-management or independent directors to convey the substance of the discussions held during those sessions, subject to any limitations specified by the independent directors.

Act as the principal liaison between the Chairman and the CEO and the Board’s independent directors.

Be available for confidential discussions with any non-management or independent director who may have concerns which he or she believes have not been properly considered by the Board as a whole.

Following consultation with the Chairman, CEO and other directors as appropriate, approve the Board’s meeting schedule and agendas, and the

Our Board values Mr. Strigl’s service as a senior executive at a large public company, and his former executive management expertise as the CEO of Verizon Wireless. His management of a large workforce at Verizon informs his judgment as the Chair of our Personnel and Compensation Committee and gives him a strong understanding of human resources and compensation matters. Mr. Strigl’s additional responsibility for internal functional services, such as finance and real estate, adds depth and experienceinformation provided to the Board’s abilityBoard, in order to overseepromote the operations of our company.

PNC Board Committee Memberships

Executive Committee

Nominating and Governance Committee

Personnel and Compensation Committee (Chairman)

Public Company Directorships

ANADIGICS, Inc. (until 2007; 2010-Present)

Eastman Kodak Company (until September 2013)

Tellabs, Inc. (until December 2013)

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Thomas J. Usher

Age 71
Director Since 1992
Experience, Qualifications, Attributes, or Skills

Mr. Usher is the non-executive Chairman of Marathon Petroleum Corporation, a transportation fuels refining company, which began as an independent company on July 1, 2011. Until July 2011 he served as the non-executive Chairman of Marathon Oil Corporation, an integrated international energy company. He formerly served as the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of United States Steel Corporation, an integrated international steel producer, until his retirement in 2004. He served as the Chairmaneffectiveness of the BoardBoard’s operation and decision making and help ensure that there is sufficient time for discussion of U.S. Steel until 2006.all agenda items.

 

Mr. Usher received an undergraduate degree, master’s degree, and Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh.

Our Board values Mr. Usher’s extensive executive management experience, including as the CEO of a public company, and significant involvement throughout the Pittsburgh community. In his duties as the Board’s Presiding Director, and as Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee, Mr. Usher can draw from a diverse set of leadership experiences and governance perspectives at large public companies, having served as a CEO, a non-executive Chairman, and an independent director.

PNC Board Committee Memberships

Be available for consultation and direct communication with major shareholders as appropriate.

Discharge such other responsibilities as the Board’s independent directors may assign from time to time.

During the course of the year, the Presiding Director may suggest, revise, or otherwise discuss agenda items for the Board meetings with the Chairman or CEO. In between meetings, each director is encouraged to raise any topics or issues with the Presiding Director that the director believes should be discussed among the non-management or independent directors.

As Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee, the Presiding Director leads the board and committee annual self-evaluation process and the evaluation of the independence of directors. That committee also reviews, and the Presiding Director as chairman of the committee reports to the board, significant developments in corporate governance.

Regular executive sessions of independent directors. Our directors have met and will continue to meet in regularly scheduled executive sessions without management present. The NYSE requires our independent directors to meet once a year. Under our Board’s own policy, our independent directors meet by themselves at least quarterly. Our Presiding Director leads these executive sessions.

Communicating with our Board

Shareholders and other interested parties who wish to communicate with the Board of Directors, any director (including the Presiding Director), the non-management or independent directors as a group, or any Board committee may send either (1) an email to corporate.secretary@pnc.com, or (2) a letter to the following address:

Director and Executive Officer Relationships on pages 29 and 30 for a description of how we evaluate independence.

Presiding Director duties. As the Presiding Director, Mr. Shepard is the lead independent director for our Board. The Board’s independent and non-management directors selected him for this role. The Board approved the following duties for the Presiding Director, which are included in our corporate governance guidelines:

Executive Committee (Chairman)

Preside at meetings of the Board of Directors in the event of the Chairman’s unavailability.

Convene and preside at executive sessions of the Board’s independent directors whenever he or she deems it appropriate to do so.

Preside at regularly scheduled executive sessions of the Board’s non-management and independent directors.

Confer with the Chairman or CEO immediately following the executive sessions of the Board’s non-management or independent directors to convey the substance of the discussions held during those sessions, subject to any limitations specified by the independent directors.

Act as the principal liaison between the Chairman and the CEO and the Board’s independent directors.

Be available for confidential discussions with any non-management or independent director who may have concerns which he or she believes have not been properly considered by the Board as a whole.

Following consultation with the Chairman, CEO and other directors as appropriate, approve the Board’s meeting schedule and agendas, and the

information provided to the Board, in order to promote the effectiveness of the Board’s operation and decision making and help ensure that there is sufficient time for discussion of all agenda items.

Be available for consultation and direct communication with major shareholders as appropriate.

Discharge such other responsibilities as the Board’s independent directors may assign from time to time.

During the course of the year, the Presiding Director may suggest, revise, or otherwise discuss agenda items for the Board meetings with the Chairman or CEO. In between meetings, each director is encouraged to raise any topics or issues with the Presiding Director that the director believes should be discussed among the non-management or independent directors.

As Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee, (Chairman)

Personnelthe Presiding Director leads the board and Compensation Committee

Public Company Directorships

H.J. Heinz Company (until June 2013)

Marathon Petroleum Corporation (Non-Executive Chairman)

PPG Industries, Inc.

George H. Walls, Jr.

Age 71
Director Since 2006
Experience, Qualifications, Attributes, or Skills

General Walls wascommittee annual self-evaluation process and the Chief Deputy Auditor for the State of North Carolina from 2001 to 2004. His responsibilities included oversightevaluation of the statewide operationsindependence of audit, administrative,directors. That committee also reviews, and support staff.

General Walls served on active duty for over 28 years in the United States Marine Corps, retiring at the rank of Brigadier General in 1993.

General Walls received an undergraduate degree from West Chester State College and a master’s degree from North Carolina Central University.

General Walls is a National Association of Corporate Directors Governance Fellow.

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Our Board values the financial and managerial experiences that General Walls brings to his dutiesPresiding Director as a director, both as the former Chief Deputy Auditor of North Carolina, and as displayed by the missions he led during an esteemed military career. These experiences show a strong fiscal management and operations experience, as well as valuable perspectives in human resources and internal audit.

PNC Board Committee Memberships

Audit Committee

Risk Committee

Special Compliance Committee

Public Company Directorships

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

Helge H. Wehmeier

Age 71
Director Since 1992
Experience, Qualifications, Attributes, or Skills

Mr. Wehmeier retired as the Vice Chairman of Bayer Corporation in 2004. He had served in that capacity since 2002, and was President and Chief Executive Officer since 1991. Bayer Corporation is the U.S. subsidiary of Bayer Group of Germany, an international life sciences, polymers, and specialty chemicals company.

Mr. Wehmeier is an alumnuschairman of the International Management Development Institute in Lausanne, Switzerland, and the Institut European d’Administration des Affaires in Fontainebleau, France.

Our Board values Mr. Wehmeier’s executive management experience and, in particular, his extensive experiences with merger integration activities at Bayer, which contributescommittee reports to the Board’s oversightboard, significant developments in corporate governance.

Regular executive sessions of independent directors. Our directors have met and will continue to meet in regularly scheduled executive sessions without management present. The NYSE requires our operations and acquisition integrations.

PNC Board Committee Memberships

Nominating and Governance Committee

Public Company Directorships

Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Terex Corporation (until 2010)

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

This section highlights some of our corporate governance policies and practices. Please seewww.pnc.com/corporategovernancefor additional information about corporate governance at PNC, including:

Corporate governance guidelines
By-laws
Code of ethics
Board committee charters

To receive free, printed copies of any of these
documents, please send a request to:

Corporate Secretary
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

249 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2707
or corporate.secretary@pnc.com

These documents are also available at
www.pnc.com/proxystatement

Corporate governance guidelines

Our Board’s Nominating and Governance Committee reviews the corporate governance guidelines at leastindependent directors to meet once a year. The guidelines address important principles adoptedUnder our Board’s own policy, our independent directors meet by themselves at least quarterly. Our Presiding Director leads these executive sessions.

Communicating with our Board

Shareholders and other interested parties who wish to communicate with the Board including:of Directors, any director (including the Presiding Director), the non-management or independent directors as a group, or any Board committee may send either (1) an email to corporate.secretary@pnc.com, or (2) a letter to the following address:

 

The qualifications that we want to see in a director
What we expect the lead independent director to do
How the Board committees serve to support the Board’s duties
A description of ordinary course relationships that will not impair a director’s independence
The importance of meeting in executive session without management
The importance of having access to management
The mandatory director retirement age (72)
How the Board evaluates our CEO’s performance
How the Board considers management succession planning
Our views on directors holding outside board positions
How the Board continually evaluates its own performance
Our approach to director education

Annual meeting format

Although our by-laws provide the ability to hold a virtual only annual meeting of shareholders, PNC currently has no intention to conduct its annual meeting of shareholders in the form of a virtual only annual meeting. Our by-laws preserve our option under Pennsylvania law to hold a virtual annual meeting should we ever decide to do so. While we will continue to monitor the development of corporate governance practices in regard to the conduct of annual meetings, we currently believe that we would move to a combined form of annual meeting supplementing the in-person meeting with a virtual annual meeting before we would consider any further format changes to our annual meeting.

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Our Board leadership structure

2013 ANNUAL MEETING VOTING RESULTS
Eligible Votes (millions)528
Total Voted (millions)454.4 (86.0%)
Broker Non-Votes (millions)42.9 (8.1%)

ProposalVotes “For”
Director Elections - Average98.0%
Richard O. Berndt99.1%
Charles E. Bunch97.0%
Paul W. Chellgren97.1%
William S. Demchak98.7%
Kay Coles James99.4%
Richard B. Kelson97.3%
Bruce C. Lindsay98.5%
Anthony A. Massaro98.6%
Jane G. Pepper98.6%
James E. Rohr94.9%
Donald J. Shepard99.1%
Lorene K. Steffes98.2%
Dennis F. Strigl97.3%
Thomas J. Usher97.2%
George H. Walls, Jr.99.0%
Helge H. Wehmeier98.1%
Ratification of Auditors99.7%
Say-on-Pay84.0%
Shareholder Proposal22.8%

Based on an assessment of its current needs and the composition, skills, and qualifications of the directors, the Board believes that the appropriate leadership structure should include the following attributes:

A substantial majority of independent directors
A lead independent director with specific duties
Regular executive sessions of all independent directors without management present

The Board’s current leadership structure includes all three attributes. We have not adopted a policy with respect to separating the Chairman and CEO positions. The Board believes that the leadership structure should be flexible enough to accommodate different approaches based on an evaluation of relevant facts and circumstances. The Board considers its structure and leadership each year. The Personnel and Compensation Committee discusses whether to separate the positions of Chairman and CEO as part of its ongoing evaluation of management succession plans.

James E. Rohr, our CEO until April 23, 2013, also served as the Chairman of the Board during his tenure as CEO. Following the succession of William S. Demchak to the CEO role upon our 2013 annual shareholder meeting, Mr. Rohr assumed the new position of Executive Chairman of PNC with the expectation that he would serve in that capacity for one year. Mr. Rohr will retire from the PNC board upon our 2014 annual shareholder meeting. At the Board’s annual organizational meeting following the 2014 annual shareholder meeting, the Board will consider the subject of Board chairmanship.

Thomas J. Usher, the Board’s Presiding Director, serves as our lead independent director. We describe his duties in more detail below.

Substantial majority of independent directors.We have long maintained a Board with a substantial majority of directors who are not PNC employees. The NYSE requires at least a majority of our directors to be independent from management.

Until the 2014 annual meeting, Mr. Rohr and Mr. Demchak were the only two directors who were not independent under NYSE’s “bright-line” rules, and following Mr. Rohr’s retirement Mr. Demchak will be the only director who is not independent under those rules. The Board has affirmed the independence of each of our other 14 nominees for director. Please seeDirector and Executive Officer Relationshipson pages 2829 and 2930 for a description of how we evaluate independence.

Lead independent directorPresiding Director duties.As the Presiding Director, Mr. UsherShepard is the lead independent director for our Board. The Board’s independent and non-management directors selected him for this role. The Board approved the following duties for the Presiding Director, which are included in our Corporate Governance Guidelines:corporate governance guidelines:

 

Preside at meetings of the Board of Directors in the event of the Chairman’s unavailability.

Convene and preside at executive sessions of the Board’s independent directors whenever he or she deems it appropriate to do so.

Preside at regularly scheduled executive sessions of the Board’s non-management and independent directors.

Confer with the Chairman or CEO immediately following the executive sessions of the Board’s non-management or independent directors to convey the substance of the discussions held during those sessions, subject to any limitations specified by the independent directors.

Act as the principal liaison between the Chairman and the CEO and the Board’s independent directors.

Be available for confidential discussions with any non-management or independent director who may have concerns which he or she believes have not been properly considered by the Board as a whole.

Following consultation with the Chairman, CEO and other directors as appropriate, approve the Board’s meeting schedule and agendas, and the
Preside at meetings of the Board of Directors in the event of the Chairman’s unavailability.
  
Convene and preside at executive sessions of the Board’s independent directors whenever he or she deems it appropriate to do so.
Preside at executive sessions of the Board’s non-management and independent directors.
Confer with the Chairman or CEO immediately following the executive sessions of the Board’s non-management or independent directors to convey the substance of the discussions held during those sessions, subject to any limitations specified by the independent directors.

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Act as the principal liaison between the Chairman and the CEO and the Board’s independent directors.
Be available for confidential discussions with any non-management or independent director who may have concerns which he or she believes have not been properly considered by the Board as a whole.
Following consultation with the Chairman, CEO and other directors as appropriate, approve the Board’s meeting schedule and agendas, and the information provided to the Board, in order to promote the effectiveness of the Board’s operation and decision making and help ensure that there is sufficient time for discussion of all agenda items.
Be available for consultation and direct communication with major shareholders as appropriate.
Discharge such other responsibilities as the Board’s independent directors may assign from time to time.

 

Be available for consultation and direct communication with major shareholders as appropriate.

Discharge such other responsibilities as the Board’s independent directors may assign from time to time.

During the course of the year, the Presiding Director may suggest, revise, or otherwise discuss agenda items for the Board meetings with the Chairman or CEO. In between meetings, each director is encouraged to raise any topics or issues with the Presiding Director that the director believes should be discussed among the non-management or independent directors.

As Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee, the Presiding Director leads the Boardboard and committee annual self-evaluation process and the evaluation of the independence of directors. That Committeecommittee also reviews, and the ChairmanPresiding Director as chairman of the committee reports to the Board,board, significant developments in corporate governance.

Regular executive sessions of independent directors. Our directors have met and will continue to meet in regularly scheduled executive sessions without management present. The NYSE requires our independent directors to meet once a year. Under our Board’s own policy, our independent directors meet by themselves at least quarterly. Our Presiding Director leads these executive sessions.

 

Communicating with our Board

 

If you want to communicate directly to our directors,
please mail your communication to the following

Shareholders and other interested parties who wish to communicate with the Board of Directors, any director (including the Presiding Director), the non-management or independent directors as a group, or any Board committee may send either (1) an email to corporate.secretary@pnc.com, or (2) a letter to the following address:

Presiding Director
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
Board of Directors
P.O. Box 2705
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230-2705

 

If you follow this process, yourPresiding Director

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

Board of Directors

P.O. Box 2705

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230-2705

The Corporate Secretary will forward the email communication to the appropriate director(s) named. The Corporate Secretary may elect not to forward communications that she believes are: (i) a commercial, charitable or other solicitation; (ii) a

complaint about PNC products or services that would be customarily handled in the ordinary course of business; (iii) abusive, improper or otherwise irrelevant to the Board’s duties and responsibilities; or (iv) subject to the policies or procedures that specify the proper handling of a communication that addresses such subject matter.

The Corporate Secretary will not be openedopen the written communication addressed to the Board of Directors, any director (including the Presiding Director), the non-management or screened byindependent directors as a PNC employee.group, or any Board committee. The Corporate Secretary will forward the communication to the Presiding Director who will receive the communication and determine how to respond. Depending on the content, hethe Presiding Director may forward the communication to a PNC employee, a third party, another director, or Boarda committee, or a third party.the full board.

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If you send a communication to a PNC location or by electronic mail to a PNC employee, we will evaluate it based on a process established by our Board’s independent directors. Under this process, PNC employees will determine how to respondOur Code of Business Conduct and what to communicate to directors.Ethics

 

If you are a shareholder and want to recommend a candidate for our Board to be considered by our Nominating and Governance Committee, please follow the instructions on page 24.

If you are a shareholder and want to directly nominate a director candidate at an annual meeting, submit a proposal at an annual meeting, or submit a proposal to us to be included in our proxy materials next year, please follow the instructions on page 92.

Our code of ethics

PNC has adopted, and the Audit Committee has approved, a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies generally to all employees and directors.

Our codeCode of ethicsBusiness Conduct and Ethics addresses these important topics, among others:

 

Our commitment to ethics and values
Fair dealing with customers, suppliers, competitors, and employees
Conflicts and potential conflicts of interest
Self-dealing and outside employment
Insider trading and other trading restrictions, including prohibitions on transactions in any derivative of PNC securities, including buying and writing options
Transactions with PNC
Gifts and entertainment
Creating business records, document retention, and protecting confidential information
Protection and proper use of our assets, including intellectual property and electronic media
Our commitment to ethics and values

 

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Communicating with the public
Political contributions and fundraising
Compliance with laws and regulations
Protection from retaliation

 

Conflicts and potential conflicts of interest

Self-dealing and outside employment

Insider trading and other trading restrictions

Transactions with PNC

Gifts and entertainment

Creating business records, document retention, and protecting confidential information

Protection and proper use of our assets, including intellectual property and electronic media

Communicating with the public

Political contributions and fundraising

Compliance with laws and regulations

Protection from retaliation

The codeCode of ethicsBusiness Conduct and Ethics is available on our website (atwww.pnc.com/corporategovernance). Any shareholder may also request a free, printprinted copy by writing to our Corporate Secretary at the address given on page 17.

We intend that this code satisfies the SEC’s requirement to adopt a code that applies to a company’s CEO and senior financial officers. Our Board’s Audit Committee must approve any waivers or exceptions to code provisions for our directors or executive officers. We will post on our website any future amendments to, or waivers from, a provision of the codeCode of ethicsBusiness Conduct and Ethics that applies to our directors or executive officers (including our Chairman and CEO, CFO, and Controller).

PNC has also adopted, and our Audit Committee has approved, Ethics Guidelines for Directors to supplement the PNC Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.

 

Orientation and education

 

All of our new directors undergo a director orientation program. In addition to written materials provided to new directors, in-person orientation sessions are held for each new director. In-person orientation sessions generally include meetings with members of senior management to familiarize new directors with PNC’s strategic plan,plans, its significant financial, accounting and risk management issues, its capital markets activities, its compliance programs, its Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and related policies, its principal officers, its internal and independent auditors, and specific matters related to the committees to which a new director has been appointed.

ContinuingOur continuing education program for directors considers the directors’ knowledge and experience and PNC’s risk profile and includes training on complex products and services, PNC’s lines of business, significant risks to PNC, appropriate laws, regulations, and supervisory requirements, and other topics identified by the board and management. It is provided to the directors through a combination of in-person sessions and coordination of attendance by directors at outside seminars relevant to the duties of a director. The in-person sessions may be held in connection with, or as part of, a meeting of the Board or a committee, and coordination of attendance by directors at outside seminars relevant to the duties of a director.committee.

Board committees

 

Board committees

Our Board currently has five standing committees. Four of these committees—Audit, Nominating and Governance, Personnel and Compensation, and Risk—meet on a regular basis. The Executive Committee meets as needed and is composed of our Chairman and CEO, and the chairs of our other four primary standing committees. The Executive Committee may act on behalf of the Board and reports regularly to the full Board. Our Presiding Director chairs the Executive Committee, which met two timesdid not meet in 2013.

2016.

Our By-laws authorize the Board to create other committees. EachUnless otherwise stated in its charter,

each committee may form and delegate authority to subcommittees of one or more committee members. Our Risk Committee has formed a Technology Subcommittee to facilitate Board-level oversight responsibilities with respect to technology risk, technology risk management, cybersecurity, information security, business continuity, and significant technology initiatives and programs. Our Board also created a Special Compliance Committee to assist the Board in its oversight and reporting responsibilities in connection with relevant provisions of theunder certain regulatory consent orders entered into between theorders.

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Each committee operates under a written charter approved by the Board, or in the case of a sub-committeesubcommittee the applicable standing committee. Each committee and subcommittee annually reviews and reassesses its charter.

The Nominating and Governance Committee assesses the Executive Committee charter.

Each ofcommittee and subcommittee, other than the four primary standing committees alsoExecutive Committee, performs an annual self-evaluation to determine whether the committee or

subcommittee is functioning effectively and fulfilling its charter duties.

We describe the main responsibilities of the Board’s four primary standing committees below. The descriptions of the committee functions in this proxy statement are qualified by reference to the charters and our relevant By-law provisions. The charters for the four Board committees discussed in this section are all available on our website atwww.pnc.com/corporategovernance.

 

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Audit Committee

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Audit Committee

LOGO  Chair Other members:
  

Richard B. Kelson

 

Marjorie Rodgers Cheshire

  Paul W. ChellgrenRichard O. Berndt
Richard B. Kelson
Bruce C. Lindsay
 Donald J. Shepard
   George H. Walls, Jr.Gregory D. Wasson

The Audit Committee consists entirely of directors who are independent as defined in the NYSE’s corporate governance rules and in the regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission related to audit committee members. When our Board meets on April 22, 2014,25, 2017 to organize its committees, only independent directors will be appointed to the Committee.

Mr. Lindsay intends to retire from the Board effective as of the annual meeting, and will no longer be a member of the Committee.

The Board has determined that each Audit Committee member is financially literate and possessesthat at least two members possess accounting or related financial management expertise. The Board made these determinations in its business judgment, based on its interpretation of the NYSE’s requirements for committee members. Acting on the recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee, the Board of Directors determined that Mr. ChellgrenKelson and Mr. KelsonWasson are each an “audit committee financial expert,” as that term is defined by the SEC.

Our Board most recently approved the charter of the Audit Committee on February 13, 2014,November 17, 2016, and it is available on our website.

The Audit Committee satisfies the requirements of SEC Rule 10A-3, which includes the following topics:

 

The independence of committee members

 
The responsibility for selecting and overseeing our independent auditors

 
��The establishment of procedures for handling complaints regarding our accounting practices

 
The authority of the committee to engage advisors

 
The determination of appropriate funding for payment of the independent auditors and any outside advisors engaged by the committee and for the payment of the committee’s ordinary administrative expenses.expenses

The Audit Committee’s primary purposes are to assist the Board by:

 
The Audit Committee’s primary purposes are to assist the Board by:
 
Monitoring the integrity of our consolidated financial statements

 
Monitoring internal control over financial reporting

 
Monitoring compliance with our codeCode of ethicsBusiness Conduct and Ethics

 
Evaluating and monitoring the qualifications and independence of our independent auditors

 
Evaluating and monitoring the performance of our internal audit function and our independent auditors

At each in-person meeting of our full Board, the chairChair of the Committee presents a report of the items discussed and the actions approved at previous meetings.

The Audit Committee’s responsibility is one of oversight. Our management is responsible for preparing our consolidated financial statements, for maintaining internal controls, and for our compliance with laws and regulations, and the independent auditors are responsible for auditing our consolidated financial statements.

The Committee typically reviews and approves the internal and external audit plans. The Committee is directly responsible for the selection, appointment, compensation and oversight of our independent auditors (including the resolution of any disagreements between management and the auditors regarding financial reporting if disagreements occur) for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or related work. We describe the role of the Committee in regard to the independent auditors, including consideration of rotation of the independent audit firm, in more detail on page 80. For work performed by the independent auditors, the Committee must pre-approve all audit engagement fees and terms, as well as all permitted non-audit engagements. The Committee (or delegate) pre-approves all audit services, audit-related services, and permitted non-audit services. The Committee considers whether providing audit services, audit-related services, and permitted non-audit services will impair the auditors’ independence.

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We describe the Committee’s procedures for the pre-approval of audit services, audit-related services, and permitted non-audit services on page 81. The Committee receives routine reports on finance, reserve adequacy, ethics, and internal and external audit.

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The Committee has the authority to retain independent legal, accounting, economic, or other advisors. The Committee holds regular executive sessions with our management, the General Auditor, the Chief Ethics Officer, and the independent auditors. The independent auditors report directly to the Committee. The Committee annually reviews with the performance and approvesCEO the compensation ofGeneral Auditor succession plan. The Committee appoints our General Auditor, who leads PNC’s internal audit function and reports directly to the Committee.

The Committee reviews the performance and approves the compensation of our General Auditor.

Under our corporate governance guidelines, Audit Committee members may only serve on the audit committee of no more than three public company audit committees,companies, including PNC’s.PNC.

The Audit Committee must also prepare the report required to be included in this proxy statement. The Audit Committee has approved thatthe report which is on page 82.82 as required under its charter and in accordance with SEC regulations.

 

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Nominating and Governance Committee

 

LOGO  Chair  Other members:
  

Donald J. Shepard

  

Charles E. Bunch

  Thomas J. Usher  Charles E. BunchKay Coles James
    Anthony A. MassaroDennis F. Strigl
    Dennis F. StriglMichael J. Ward
    Helge H. Wehmeier
    

The Nominating and Governance Committee consists entirely of independent directors. When our Board meets on April 22, 2014,25, 2017, only independent directors will be appointed to the Committee.

Our Board most recently approved the charter of the Nominating and Governance Committee on February 13, 2014,November 17, 2016, and it is available on our website.

At each in-person meeting of our full Board, the chairChair of the Committee presents a report of the items discussed and the actions approved at previous meetings. The primary purpose of our Nominating and Governance Committee is to assist our Board in promoting the best interests of PNC and its shareholders through the implementation of sound corporate governance principles and practices. The Committee also assists the Board by identifying individuals qualified to become Board members. The Committee recommends to the Board the director nominees for each annual meeting, and may also recommend the appointment of qualified individuals as directors between annual meetings.

In addition to theits annual committee self-evaluation, that all primary standing committees perform, the Nominating and Governance Committee also oversees the annual evaluation of the performance of the Board and committees and reports to the Board on the evaluation results, as necessary or appropriate. The Committee annually reviews and recommends any changes to the Executive Committee charter.

How we evaluate directors and candidates.candidates. At least once a year,annually, the Committee assesses the skills, qualifications and experience of our directors and recommends a slate of nominees to the Board. From time to time, the Committee also evaluates changesconsiders whether to change the composition of our Board.

In evaluating existing directors or new candidates, the Committee assesses the needs of the Board and the qualifications of the individual. Please see the discussion on pages 12 to 16 for more information on each of our current director nominees.

Our Board and its committees must satisfy SEC, NYSE, and other banking regulatory standards. At least a majority of our directors must be independent under the NYSE standards.standards; however, our corporate governance guidelines require that a substantial majority (at least 2/3) of our directors be independent. We require a sufficient number of independent directors to satisfy the membership needs of committees that also require independence. Our Audit Committee must include independent, financially literate directors with accounting or related financial management expertise.

Beyond that, the Nominating and Governance Committee expects directors to understandgain a sound understanding of our strategic vision, our mix of businesses, and the bankour approach to regulatory environmentrelations and material requirements.risk management. The Board must possess a mix of qualities and skills to address the various risks facing PNC and understand how PNC manages risk.PNC. For a discussion of our Board’s oversight of risk, please see the section entitledRisk Committee,, on page 27.pages 27 and 28.

To assistThe Committee has not adopted any specific, minimum qualifications for director candidates. When evaluating each director, as well as new candidates for nomination, the Committee in its identification of qualified directors,considers the Board has approved criteria that include:following Board-approved criteria:

 

A sustained record of high achievement in financial services, business, industry, government, academia, the professions, or civic, charitable, or non-profit organizations

 
Manifest competence and integrity

 
A strong commitment to the ethical and diligent pursuit of shareholders’ best interestinterests

 
The strength of character necessary to challenge management’s recommendations and actions when appropriate and to confirm the adequacy and completeness of management’s responses to such challenges to his or her satisfaction

 
Our Board’s strong desire to maintain its diversity in terms of race and gender

 
Personal qualities that will help to sustain an atmosphere of mutual respect and collegiality among the members of our Board
 
The Committee does not have minimum qualifications for director candidates. Each year, the Committee assesses our current directors for possible nomination and re-election. In doing so, it considers the factors listed above. The Committee generally considers the needs of the Board, the independence of directors from PNC, a director’s meeting attendance and participation, and the value of a director’s contributions to the effectiveness of our Board and its committees.

 

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The Committee also considers the diversity, age, skills, experience in the context of the current needs of the Board and its committees, meeting attendance and participation, and the value of a director’s contributions to the effectiveness of our Board and its committees.

Although the Board has not adopted a formal policy on diversity, the Board recognizes the value of a diverse Board. Therefore, the Committee considers the diversity of directors in the context of the Board’s overall needs. The Committee evaluates diversity in a broad sense, recognizing the benefits of demographic diversity, but also considering the breadth of diverse backgrounds, skills, and experiences that directors may bring to our Board.

How we identify new directors.directors. The Nominating and Governance Committee may identify potential directors in a number of ways. The Committee may consider recommendations made by current or former directors or members of executive management. WeThe Committee may also identify potential directors through contacts in the business, civic, academic, legal and non-profit communities. When appropriate, the Committee may retain a search firm to identify candidates.

In addition, the Committee will consider director nomineescandidates recommended by our shareholders. In ordershareholders for nomination at next year’s annual meeting. For the Committee to consider a nomineedirector candidate for election,nomination, the shareholder must submit a written proposal recommending the candidaterecommendation in writing to the office of the Corporate Secretary at our principal executive office. Each submission, to be considered for the 2018 annual meeting, must include the information required under the Director Nomination Process“Director nomination process” in Section 3 of our corporate governance guidelines found at www.pnc.com/corporategovernance and must be received by November 13, 2014.

15, 2017.

The Committee will evaluate candidates recommended by a shareholder in the same manner as candidates identified by the Committee or recommended by others. The Committee has the right to request any additional information it may deem appropriate or desirable to evaluate the candidate. The Committee will not consider any candidate with an obvious impediment to serving as one of our directors.

The Committee will meet to consider relevant information regarding a director candidate, in light of the Board approved evaluation criteria and needs of our Board. If the Committee does not recommend a candidate for nomination or appointment, or for more evaluation, no further action is taken. The chairChair of the Committee will later report this decision to the full Board. For shareholder-recommended candidates, the Corporate Secretary will communicate the decision to the shareholder.

If the Committee decides to recommend a candidate to our Board as a nominee for election at an annual meeting of shareholders or for appointment by our Board, the chairChair of the Committee will report that decision to the full Board at its next meeting. Before that meeting, each of the other directors will receive the same biographical and other background information about the candidate that the Committee considered.

Board. After allowing for a discussion, the full Board will vote on whether to nominate the candidate for election or appoint the candidate to the Board. The Board may postpone this vote if it needs more information or deliberation, including additional evaluations regarding independence.

Potential candidates may be informally approached by Mr. Usher, as Presiding Director and chair of the Committee, or by the Chairman of the Board. As our corporate governance guidelines describe, invitations to join the Board should come from the Presiding Director and the Chairman, jointly acting on behalf of our Board.

Shareholders who wish to directly nominate a director candidate at an annual meeting or nominate and include a candidate in PNC’s annual meeting proxy materials must do so in accordance with the procedures contained in our By-laws and should follow the instructions in the section entitledGeneral Information—Shareholder proposals for 20152018 annual meeting—Advance notice procedures or—Proxy access procedures,respectively, on page 92.93.

 

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Personnel and Compensation Committee

 

LOGO  Chair  Other members:
  

Dennis F. Strigl

  

Charles E. Bunch

  Dennis F. Strigl  Charles E. BunchAndrew T. Feldstein
    Paul W. ChellgrenRichard B. Kelson
    Andrew T. FeldsteinMichael J. Ward
    Richard B. Kelson
    Thomas J. Usher

The Personnel and Compensation Committee consists entirely of independent directors. The Committee membership is intended to satisfy the independence standards established by applicable federal income tax and securities laws, as well as NYSE standards. When our Board meets on April 22, 2014,25, 2017, only independent directors will be appointed to the Committee.

Our Board most recently approved the charter of the Committee on February 13, 2014,November 17, 2016, and it is available on our website.

The Committee’s principal purpose is to discharge our Board’s oversight responsibilities relating to the compensation of our executive officers and other specified responsibilities related to personnel and compensation matters affecting PNC. The Committee may also evaluate and approve, or recommend for approval, benefit, incentive compensation, severance, equity-based or other compensation plans, policies, and programs.

The Committee has the authority to retain independent legal, compensation, accounting, or other advisors. The charter provides the Committee with the sole authority to retain and terminate aan independent compensation consultant acting on the Committee’s behalf, and to approve the consultant’s fees and other retention terms. The Committee retained an independent compensation consultant in 20132016 and prior years. SeeRole of compensation consultants below.

The Committee also reviews the Compensation Discussion and Analysis (CD&A) section of the proxy statement with management. See the Compensation Committee Report on page 52.53. The CD&A begins on page 35.38. The Committee reviewsevaluates the aggregaterelationship between risk impact ofmanagement and our incentive compensation programs and plans. SeeCompensation and Riskon pages 5354 and 54.

55.

The Committee has responsibility for reviewing and evaluating the development of an executive management succession plan and for reviewing our progress on diversity.workforce diversity objectives. The executive management succession plan, including for the CEO, is reviewed with the full Board from time to time. The Committee reviews a detailed succession planning report at least annually. The materials typically include a discussion of the individual performance of executive officers as well as succession plans and development initiatives for other high potential employees.emerging talent. These materials provide necessary background and context to the Committee, and give each member a familiarity with the employee’s position, duties, responsibilities, and performance.

How the committee makes decisions.we make decisions. The Committee meets at least sixfour times a year. Before each meeting, the chairChair of the Committee reviews the agenda, materials, and issues with members of our management and the Committee’s independent executive compensation consultant, as appropriate. The Committee may invite legal counsel or other external consultants to advise the Committee during meetings and preparatory sessions.

The Committee regularly meets in executive sessions without management present. At each in-person meeting of our full Board, the chairChair of the Committee presents a report of the items discussed and the actions approved at previous meetings. The chairChair provides these reports during an executive session of the Board. The Committee consults with independent directors before approving the CEO’s compensation.

The Committee adopted guidelines for information that will be presented to the Committee. The guidelines contemplate, among other things, that any major changes in policies or programs be considered over the course of two separate Committee meetings, with any vote occurring at the later meeting.

The Committee reviews all of the elements of the compensation programs periodically and adjusts those programs as appropriate. Each year, the Committee makes decisions regarding the amount of annual compensation and equity-based or other longer-term compensation for our executive officers corporate executive group, and aother designated group of other individuals.senior employees. For the most part, these decisions are made in the first quarter of each year, following the evaluation of the prior year’s performance.

 

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Delegations of authority.authorityIn November 2012, the. The Committee updated thehas delegated authority delegated to management to make certain decisions or to take certain actions with respect to compensation or benefit plans or arrangements (other than those that are solely or predominantly for the benefit of executive officers).

For employee benefit, bonus, incentive compensation, severance, equity-based and other compensation or incentive plans and arrangements, the Committee delegated to our Chief Human Resources Officer (or her designee) the ability to adopt a new plan or arrangement or amend an existing one if:

 

the decision is not expected to result in a material increase in incremental expense to PNC, defined as an expense that exceeds 5% of the relevant expense for that plan category, or

 
the change is of a technical nature or is otherwise not material.

This delegation also includes authority to take certain actions to implement, administer, interpret, construe or make eligibility determinations under the plans and arrangements.

arrangements except for plans that are overseen by the PNC administrative committee under its charter.

For grants of equity or equity-based awards, the Committee has delegated to our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Human Resources Officer (or her designee)the designee of either) the responsibility to make decisions with respect to equity grants for individuals who are not designated by the Committee as executives, including the determination of participants and grant sizes, allocation of the pool from which grants will be made, establishment of the terms of such grants, approval of amendments to outstanding grants and exercise of any discretionary authority pursuant to the terms of the grants.

The Committee has also delegated to the Audit Committee (or a qualified subcommittee) and to a qualified subcommittee of the Risk Committee the authority to make equity-based grants and other compensation under applicable plans to the General Auditor and Chief Risk Officer, respectively.

Management’s role in compensation decisions.decisions. Our executive officers, including our CEO and our Chief Human Resources Officer, often review information with the Committee during meetings and may present management’s views or recommendations. The Committee evaluates these recommendations, generally in consultation with an independent compensation consultant retained by the Committee, who attends each meeting.

The chairChair of the Committee typically meets with management and an independent compensation consultant before each Committee meeting to discuss agenda topics, areas of focus, or outstanding issues. The chairChair schedules other meetings with the Committee’s compensation consultant without management present, as needed. Occasionally, management will schedule meetings with each Committee member to discuss substantive issues. For more complicated issues, these one-on-one meetings provide a dedicated forum for Committee members to ask questions outside of the meeting environment.

During Committee meetings, the CEO often reviews corporate and individual performance as part of the compensation discussions, and other members of executive management may be invited to speak to the Committee about specific performance or risk management. The Committee reviews any compensation decisions for the Chief Human Resources Officer and CEO and chairman in executive session, without either officer present for the discussion of their compensation. Any recommendations for CEO compensation are also discussed with the full Board, with no members of management present for the discussion.

Role of compensation consultants.consultants. The Committee has the sole authority to retain and terminate any compensation consultant directly assisting it. The Committee also has the sole authority to approve fees and other engagement terms. The Committee receives comparative compensation data from our management, from proxy statements and other public disclosures, and through surveys and reports prepared by compensation consultants.

The Committee retained Meridian Compensation Partners as its independent compensation consultant for 2013.2016. In this capacity, Meridian reportsreported directly to the Committee. In 2013,2016, one or more representatives attended all of the in-person and telephonic meetings of the Committee, and met regularly with the Committee without members of management present. Meridian also reviewed meeting agendas.

agendas and materials prepared by management.

Meridian and members of management assisted the Committee in its review of proposed compensation packages for our executive officers. For the 20132016 performance year, Meridian prepared all discussion materials for the compensation of the CEO and former CEO, which were reviewed in executive session without any members of management present. Meridian also prepared competitive pay analyses and other benchmarking reviews and pay for performance analyses for the Committee. PNC did not pay any fees to Meridian in 20132016 other than in connection with work for the Committee.

The Committee evaluated whether the work of Meridian raised any conflict of interest. The Committee considered various factors, including the six factors mandated by the SEC rules, and determined that no conflict of interest was raised by the work of Meridian described in this proxy statement.

 

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Our management retains other compensation consultants for its own use. In 2013,2016, our management retained McLagan to provide certain market data in the financial services industry. It also uses Willis Towers Watson, a global professional services firm, as its principal compensation advisor. Towers Watson providesto provide, from time to time, various actuarial and management consulting services to us, including:

 

Analyzing the competitiveness of specific compensation programs, such as executive retirement benefits or change in control arrangements

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Preparing specific actuarial calculations on values under our retirement plans

 
Preparing surveys of competitive pay practices

 
Analyzing our director compensation packages and providing reports to our management and the Board’s Nominating and Governance Committee
 
Updating management on the effect of relevant laws and regulations

 

providing insurance brokerage and consulting services to mitigate certain property and casualty risks

Providing guidance on certain aspects of total rewards, talent management and other human resources initiatives

Reports prepared by Willis Towers Watson and McLagan that relate to executive compensation may also be shared with the Committee.

Compensation committee interlocks and insider participation.participation. None of the current members of the Personnel and Compensation Committee are officers or employees or former officers of PNC or any of our subsidiaries. No PNC executive officer served on the compensation committee of another entity that employed an executive officer who also served on our Board. No PNC executive officer served as a director of an entity that employed an executive officer who also served on our Personnel and Compensation Committee.

Certain members of the Personnel and Compensation Committee, their immediate family members, and entities with which they are affiliated, were our customers or had transactions with us (or our subsidiaries) during 2013.2016. Transactions that involved loans or commitments by subsidiary banks were made in the ordinary course of business and on substantially the same terms, including interest rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with other persons and did not involve more than the normal risk of collectability or present other unfavorable features.features and otherwise complied with regulatory restrictions on such transactions.

Please seeDirector and Executive Officer Relationships—Related person transactions policies and procedures—Regulation O policies and procedures, which begins on page 31,32, for more information.

 

Risk Committee

 

LOGO  Chair  Other members:  
  Andrew T. Feldstein  Marjorie Rodgers Cheshire  Jane G. Pepper
  William S. DemchakDonald J. ShepardRichard O. BerndtAnthony A. Massaro
    William S. DemchakDaniel R. Hesse  Jane G. PepperLorene K. Steffes
    Andrew T. FeldsteinKay Coles James  James E. Rohr
    Kay Coles James  Lorene K. Steffes
    Bruce C. Lindsay  George H. Walls, Jr.

The Board performs its risk oversight function primarily through the Risk Committee, which includes both independent and management directors.

Mr. Lindsay and Mr. Rohr intend to retire from the Board effective as of the annual meeting, and will no longer be members of the Committee.

Our Board most recently approved the charter of the Committee on February 13, 2014,November 17, 2016, and it is available on our website.

At each in-person meeting of our full Board, the chairChair of the Committee presents a report of the items discussed and the actions approved at previous meetings. The Committee’s purpose is to provide oversightrequire and oversee the establishment and implementation of our enterprise-wide risk structuregovernance framework, including related policies, procedures, activities and the processes established to identify, measure, monitor, and manage our credit risk, marketmaterial risks at PNC including (Credit, Liquidity, Market, Operational (including compliance), Strategic and liquidity risk, and operational risk (including compliance, legal, and fiduciary and investment risk), other thanReputational risks). PNC’s major financial risk exposures which are the responsibility of the Audit Committee. The Risk Committee serves as the primary point of contact between our Board and the management-level committees dealing with risk management. The Committee’s responsibility is one of oversight, and the Committee has no duty to assure compliance with laws and regulations.

The Committee receives regular reports on enterprise-wide risk management credit risk, market and liquidity risk, operating risk,Credit, Liquidity, Market, Operational (including compliance), Strategic and capital management.Reputational risks.

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The Committee may also form sub-committeessubcommittees from time to time. ItThe Committee has formed a sub-committeesubcommittee to assist the Risk Committee in fulfilling itsthe Committee’s oversight responsibilities with respect to technology risk, matters.technology risk management, cybersecurity, information security, business continuity, and significant technology initiatives and programs.

The Committee appoints our Chief Risk Officer, who leads PNC’s risk management function. The Committee reviews the performance and approves the compensation of our Chief Risk Officer.

The Risk Committee, along with the Personnel and Compensation Committee, each reviewreviews the risk components of our incentive compensation plans. For a discussion of the relationship between compensation and risk, please seeCompensation and Risk,, beginning on page 53.54.

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Board meetings in 20132016

 

The table below shows the names of our directors as of December 31, 2013. The table also shows2016, the number of Board committee meetings held in 2013,2016, and the members and chairs of each committee. We also identify each director who has been designated by our Board as an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined under SEC regulations.

Our Board held 1213 meetings in 2013.2016. Each director attended at least 75% of the combined total number of meetings of the Board and all committees on which the director served. Our Board has adopted a policy that strongly encourages each director to attend the annual meeting in person. We remind each director of this policy before the date of the annual meeting. All of our directors then serving attended PNC’s 20132016 annual meeting of shareholders.

 

  LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO 

 

 

 

Meetings
Held

 

 
 

      (2)       (1)   (3)       (1)   

 Audit

   l         LOGO   l       l  12 

 Nominating and Governance

 l         l     LOGO   l l    5 

 Personnel and Compensation

 l     l     l       LOGO l    6 

 Risk

   l l LOGO l l   l l l        9 

 

LOGOChair
(1)Designated as “audit committee financial expert” under SEC regulations
(2)Non-independentManagement director
(3)Presiding director (lead independent director)

 

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This section discusses relationships between PNC (or affiliated entities)and its subsidiaries and our directors, executive officers, immediate family members, or certain of their affiliated entities. These relationships include transactions that we analyzed to determine the independence of our directors.

In this section, we describe the NYSE independence standards for directors and our Board-adopted independence guidelines, and our policies and procedures governing related person transactions.guidelines.

 

Director independence

 

To be independent under NYSE rules, ourOur Board must affirmatively determine that a director does not have a “material relationship” with PNC.PNC for the director to be independent under NYSE rules. A material relationship between a director and PNC could also include a relationship between PNC and an organization affiliated with a director.

NYSE rules describe specific relationships that will always impair independence. The absence of one of these “bright-line” relationships does not mean that a director is automatically independent. The Board must consider all relevant facts and circumstances in determining whether a material relationship exists.

Material relationships that we may consider include commercial, industrial, banking, consulting, legal, accounting, charitable, and family relationships. The ownership of a significant amount of PNC stock, by itself, will not prevent a finding of independence under NYSE rules.

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The NYSE bright-line independence tests.Each of the following relationships will automatically impair a director’s independence under the NYSE’s “bright-line” tests:

 

A director employed by PNC
A director whose immediate family member is a PNC executive officer
The director’s receipt of more than $120,000 a year in direct compensation from PNC, except for certain permitted payments (such as director fees)
Certain relationships with PNC’s external or internal auditors
A director (or immediate family member) who has been an executive officer of a company where a PNC executive officer serves or served on that company’s compensation committee
Business relationships involving companies that make payments to, or receive payments from, PNC in excess of certain amounts
A director employed by PNC

 

A director whose immediate family member is a PNC executive officer

The director’s receipt of more than $120,000 a year in direct compensation from PNC, except for certain permitted payments (such as director fees)

Certain relationships with PNC’s external or internal auditors

A director (or immediate family member) who has been an executive officer of a company where a PNC executive officer serves or served on that company’s compensation committee

Business relationships involving certain companies affiliated with a director or immediate family member of a director that make payments to, or receive payments from, PNC in excess of certain amounts

An employee-director of PNC (or a director with an immediate family member who is a PNC executive officer) will not be independent until three years after the employment relationship ends. The other bright-line tests will impair independence if they existed at any time within the past three years.

For moreMore information about the NYSE’s bright-line director independence tests, including the commentary explaining the application of the tests, please go tocan be found on the NYSE’s website atwww.nyse.com.

Our Board guidance on independence.To help assess whether a material relationship exists, our Board adopted certain guidelines that describe four categories of relationships that will not be considered material. If a relationship meets the criteria outlined in this guidance, it will not be deemed to be a material relationship. This guidance can be found in our Corporate Governance Guidelinescorporate governance guidelines on our website atwww.pnc.com/corporategovernancecorporategovernance.. The Board may then affirm a director’s independence without further analysis of this relationship, provided that the director otherwise meets the other relevant independence tests.

The four categories of relationships described in this guidance include:

 

Ordinary course business relationships, such as lending, deposit, banking, or other financial service relationships involving the provision of products or services on substantially the same terms as would be available to similarly situated customers between PNC or its subsidiaries and a director, his or her immediate family members, or a company or charitable organization of which the director or an immediate family member is a partner, shareholder, officer, employee, or director
Other relationships with entities where the director is an investor such as a shareholder, member or partner
Contributions made by PNC, its subsidiaries, or a PNC sponsored foundation to a charitable organization in which a director or an immediate family member is an executive officer, director, or trustee
Relationships involving a director’s relative who is not an immediate family member
Ordinary course business relationships, such as lending, deposit, banking, or other financial service relationships or other relationships involving the provision of products or services between PNC or its subsidiaries and a director, his or her immediate family members, or an affiliated entity of a director or immediate family member, which meet the criteria defined in the guidelines

Contributions made by PNC, its subsidiaries, or a PNC sponsored foundation to a charitable organization in which a director or an immediate family member is an executive officer, director, or trustee

Relationships involving a director’s relative who is not an immediate family member

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Relationships or transactions between PNC or its subsidiaries and a company or charitable organization where a director or an immediate family member serves solely as a non-management board member, or where an immediate family member is employed in a non-officer position

These guidelines also allow investors to assess the quality of a Board’s independence determinations.

In applying this guidance, an “immediate family member” includes a person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mothersmothers- and fathers-in-law, sonssons- and daughters-in-law, brothersbrothers- and sisters-in-law, and anyone (other than domestic employees) who shares such person’s home.

If a director has a relationship that would be deemed non-materialnot be considered material under our guidelines for independence, but crosses one of the NYSE’s bright-line tests, the NYSE test governs and the director will not be treated as independent.

Our Board’s independence determinations.determinations. At a meeting held on February 13, 2014,16, 2017, the Board made an independence determination for each of our 1713 directors, including our 15 director nominees.

In making these determinations, our Board relied on the evaluation and recommendations made by the Nominating and Governance Committee. The Board considered relevant facts and circumstances when making these determinations, including an evaluation of the relationships described below.

Our Board based the independence decisions on information known as of February 13, 2014, and each16, 2017. Each director has been asked to provide updates on changes that could impact the director’s status as an independent director. The Nominating and

Governance Committee and Board will consider information throughout the year that may impact independence.

Non-independent directors.directors. Our Board affirmatively determined that Mr. Rohr and Mr. Demchak areis the only non-independent directors. Eachdirector. Mr. Demchak meets the NYSE’s bright-line relationship test as an executive officer or former executive officer of PNC. Mr. Rohr is not a nominee for director.

Independent directors.directors. Our Board affirmatively determined that each of the directors listed below has no material relationship with PNC under the NYSE corporate governance listing standards. These determinations were based, in part, on an evaluation of the facts and circumstances of relevant relationships in light of PNC’s own independence guidelines. In some cases, the relationships that we analyzed include relationships that a director has as a partner, member, shareholder, officer or officeremployee of an organization that has a relationship with PNC. They may also include relationships between directors andwhere an immediate family members.

member of a director is a partner, member, shareholder or officer of an organization that has a relationship with PNC.

Based on these evaluations, our Board affirmatively determined that each of theseour directors, other than Mr. Demchak, qualifies as independent under the NYSE’s corporate governance listing standards: Richard O. Berndt, Charles E. Bunch,standards. Paul W. Chellgren, Andrew T. Feldstein, Kay Coles James, Richard B. Kelson, Bruce C. Lindsay, Anthony A. Massaro Jane G. Pepper, Donald J. Shepard, Lorene K. Steffes, Dennis F. Strigl,and Thomas J. Usher, George H. Walls, Jr., and Helge H. Wehmeier. Mr. Lindsay is not a nominee for director.who served as directors until April 26, 2016, also qualified as independent until they retired from the Board.

 

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Transactions with directors

 

This chart reflects banking relationships between PNC and theeach director, the director’s spouse, the director’s immediate family members, orand a company or charitable organization of which the director or the director’s spouse is, or was during 2013,2016, a partner, officer, employee, any immediate family member is, or was during 2016, a partner or officer, or in which the director or the director’s spouseany immediate family member holds a

significant ownership or voting position (an affiliated entity). The chart also reflects relationships where PNC contributed to a charitable organization of which a director or immediate family member was a trustee, director or executive officer. All of these transactions meet our Board guidance on transactions that do not impair independence.

 

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 Personal or Family

 Relationships

Deposit, Wealth Management and Similar Banking Products(1)lllllllllll
Credit Relationships(2)lllllllllll
Charitable Contributions(3)llllllll

 Affiliated Entity

 Relationships

Deposit, Wealth Management and Similar Banking Products(1)llllll
Credit Relationships or Commercial Banking Products(4)llllll
(1)Includes deposit accounts, trust accounts, certificates of deposit, safe deposit boxes, workplace banking, or wealth management products.

(2)Includes extensions of credit, including mortgages, commercial loans, home equity loans, credit cards, or similar products, as well as credit and credit-related products.

(3)Includes both charitable contributions made to entities affiliated with directors, as well asDoes not include matching gifts provided to charities personally supported by the director althoughbecause under our Board guidanceguidelines matching gifts are not a “material relationship” and are not included in considering the value of contributions against our guidance. Matching gifts are capped at $5,000 and are included as other compensation in the director compensation table.

(4)Includes extensions of credit, including commercial loans, credit cards, or similar products, as well as credit, credit-related products, and other commercial banking products, including treasury management, purchasing card programs, foreign exchange, and global trading services.

 

Customer relationships.We provide financial services to most of our directors. We also provide financial services to some of their immediate family members and affiliated entities. We offer these services in the ordinary course of our business. We provide the services on substantially the same terms and conditions, including price, as we provide to other similarly situated customers.

We also extend credit to some of our directors and their immediate family members and affiliated entities. Federal banking law (Regulation O) governs these extensions of credit. We discuss the impact of Regulation O and our process for managing these extensions onof credit on pages 3132 and 32.33.

Business relationships.We also enter into other business relationships with entities affiliated with our directors or their immediate family members. These relationships are in the ordinary course of business.

Certain charitable contributions.contributions. We make contributions to charitable organizations where our directors serve as directors, or trustees but not asor executive officers. We also match charitable contributions made by our directors. We describe this matching gift program on page 33.36.

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Related person transactions policiesCode of Business Conduct and proceduresEthics

 

Code of ethics.Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics contains several provisions that regulate related person transactions. The Code of Business Conduct and Ethics applies generally to all employees, including our executive officers, and directors.

Doing business with PNCPNC.. An employee or an immediate family member may want to engage in a business arrangement, such as the sale or lease of property or the provision of services, with PNC. For these transactions, we require prior approval from a supervisor and our Corporate Ethics Office. If a director desires to engage in a business arrangement with PNC, approval is required from the Corporate Ethics Office and from a Board committee.

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general public, all employees in a market or business, or all similarly situated employees.

Transacting PNC business.We prohibit directors and employees from transacting business on behalf of PNC with a supplier or customer in which the director, employee, or extended family member has a significant personal or financial interest. We also prohibit directors and employees from transacting business on behalf of PNC with respect to their own accounts, extended family member accounts, or accounts for anyone whose close relationship may reasonably be viewed as creating a conflict of interest. Our phrase “extended family member” is similar to the SEC’s definition of “immediate family member” in Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. We have established procedures in certain of our businesses to permit employees to transact business with family members, subject to appropriate oversight and compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including Regulation O.

Employing relatives.We employ relatives of executive officers and may employ relatives of directors, in some cases under circumstances that constitute related person transactions. SeeFamily relationshipson page 32.33. We track the employment and compensation of relatives of executive officers and directors. We have policies that restrict special treatment in the hiring or compensation of a relative of an executive officer or director. Our employment of a director’s relative would be a factor in the determination of the director’s independence under NYSE rules and our own adopted guidelines for director independence. SeeDirector and Executive Officer Relationships—Director independence, which begins on page 28.29.

Waivers.Waivers. Under the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, employees may generally request waivers or exceptions from our Corporate Ethics Office. In the case of directors and executive officers, any proposed waiver or exception must be approved by both the Corporate Ethics Office and the appropriate committee of our Board. In 2013,2016, no directors or executive officers requested an exemption under any of the provisions described above.

Ethics guidelines for directors.directors. The Nominating and GovernanceAudit Committee adopted Ethics Guidelines for Directors that contain comprehensive guidance regarding the various PNC policies that govern the conduct of our directors to supplement and assist directors in understanding these policies. These guidelines were most recently amendedapproved on August 14, 2013.10, 2016. The guidelines include reference to our policies and procedures applicable to directors, including our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, described above, and our Related Person Transactions Policy and Regulation O policies and procedures, each described in more detail below, as well as our Director Pre-Clearance of Securities Policy, and our Anti-Corruption Policy.

 

Related person transactions policy.In 2011, we adopted a new policy for the consideration and approval of related person transactions. This policy was most recently amended on August 14, 2013. This policy provides guidance on the framework for reviewing, approving, or ratifying related person transactions, and establishes our Presiding Director as the individual who decides how transactions should be evaluated. In general, a potential related person transaction that involves a director would be reviewed by our Nominating and Governance Committee, as the transaction could also impact independence. A transaction involving an executive officer would generally be reviewed by the Audit Committee. Under this policy, our Audit Committee will receive reports of approved related person transactions, and the Board will also receive reports on transactions.

Under the policy, a permitted related person transaction must be considered in, or not inconsistent with, the best interest of PNC and its shareholders. A related person transaction is generally any transaction in which PNC or its subsidiaries is or may be a party, in which the amount involved exceeds $120,000, and a director (or nominee), executive officer, or family member may be deemed to have a direct or indirect material interest.

PNC has a contract to purchase carpeting from Interface Americas. The sister-in-law of Gregory Jordan, an executive officer, is employed by Interface and serves as the sales representative on the PNC account. The relationship existed for many years before Mr. Jordan joined PNC in 2013. The contract was not negotiated with Mr. Jordan’s sister-in-law; however, she does receive commissions on purchases of carpeting from Interface by PNC. PNC is not involved in the determination of the amount of her commission and understands that it is based on customary terms. In 2013, PNC purchased carpet in an aggregate amount of $5.8 million from Interface.

Regulation O policies and procedures.procedures

We designmaintain additional policies and procedures to help ensure our compliance with Regulation O. This regulationO, which imposes various conditions on a bank’s extension of credit to directors and executive officers.officers and related interests. Any extensions of credit we make must comply with our own Regulation O policies and procedures. This includes a separate review by our designatedprocedures in accordance with Regulation O credit officer.O. A director can only meet our guidelines for independence for extensions of credit if the credit complied with Regulation O at the time PNC extended it.

Our Regulation O policies and procedures require:

 

Extensions of credit to covered individuals or entities be made on substantially the same terms (including interest rates and collateral) as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with those who are not covered. For credit extensions under a benefit or compensatory program widely available to all employees, we may not give preference to any covered individual.

The covered extension of credit be made following credit underwriting procedures no less stringent than those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with non-covered

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Extensions of credit to covered individuals or entities be made on substantially the same terms (including interest rates and collateral) as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with those who are not covered. For credit extensions under a benefit or compensatory program widely available to all employees, we may not give preference to any covered individual.
  
The covered extension of credit be made following credit underwriting procedures no less stringent than those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with non-covered individuals or entities. The extension of credit may not involve more than the normal risk of repayment or present other unfavorable features.

The amount of covered extensions of credit do not exceed individual and aggregate lending limits, depending on the identity of the borrower and the nature of the loan.

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Our subsidiary bank, PNC Bank, National Association, designateshas a Regulation O Credit Officer to review extensions of credit to determine our compliance with these policies. If an extension of credit would result in an aggregate credit extension of more than $500,000, the bank’s Board of Directors must approve it. The bank’s Board of Directors receives a report of all extensions of credit made to executive officers under Regulation O.

All loans to directors, and executive officers, and related interests outstanding during 2013:2016:

 

complied with our Regulation O policies and procedures;
were made in the ordinary course of business;
were made on substantially the same terms, including interest rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the time for comparable loans with persons not related to PNC; and
did not involve more than the normal risk of collectability or present other unfavorable features.
complied with our Regulation O policies and procedures;

were made in the ordinary course of business;

were made on substantially the same terms, including interest rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the time for comparable loans with persons not related to PNC; and

did not involve more than the normal risk of collectability or present other unfavorable features.

 

Family relationships

 

No family relationship exists between any of our directors or executive officers and any of our other directors or executive officers. There are family relationships between certain directors and executive officers and some of the approximately 54,00052,000 PNC employees. These employees participate in compensation and incentive plans or arrangements on the same basis as other similarly situated employees.

A brother-in lawbrother-in-law of Gregory Jordan, one of our executive officers, is employed by PNC and had been for many years before Mr. Jordan joined PNC in 2013. He participates in compensation and incentive plans or arrangements on the same basis as similarly situated employees. He does not share a household with Mr. Jordan, is not an executive officer of PNC, and does not report directly to an executive officer of PNC. His compensation paid in 2016 exceeded the $120,000 related person transaction threshold during 2013 and as a result was reviewed by the Audit Committee.

A son of Michael Hannon, one of our executive officers, is employed by PNC. He participates in compensation and incentive plans or arrangements on the same basis as similarly situated employees. He does not share a household with Mr. Hannon, is not an executive officer of PNC, and does not report directly to an executive officer of PNC. His compensation paid in 2016 exceeded the $120,000 related person transaction threshold and as a result was reviewed by the Audit Committee.

The daughter of Charles E. Bunch, one of our non-management directors, has been employed by PNC for several years. She participates in compensation and incentive plans or arrangements on the same basis as similarly situated employees. She does not share a household with Mr. Bunch, is not an executive officer of PNC, and does not report directly to an executive officer of PNC. Her compensation paid in 2016 exceeded the $120,000 related person transaction threshold. Her compensation was reviewed by the Nominating and Governance Committee.

 

Indemnification and advancement of costs

 

We indemnify directors, officers and, in some cases, employees and agents, against certain liabilities. The covered person may have incurred a liability as a result of service on our behalf or at our request. On behalf of a covered person, we may also advance the costs of certain claims or proceedings. If we advance costs, the person agrees to repay us if it is determined that the person was not entitled to indemnification. The insurance policies we maintain for our directors and executive officers also provide coverage against certain liabilities.

The indemnification provisions, the advancement of costs, and our insurance coverage may provide benefits to our directors and executive officers. During 2013,2016, we didadvanced costs on behalf of an executive officer with respect to pending litigation in which neither PNC nor the executive officer was named as a defendant.

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RELATED PERSON TRANSACTIONS

Related person transactions policy

Our policy for the review and approval of related person transactions was most recently approved on August 11, 2016. A related person transaction is generally any transaction in which PNC or its subsidiaries is or will be a participant, in which the amount involved exceeds $120,000, and a director (or nominee), executive officer, family member, or any beneficial owner of more than 5% of our common stock, has or will have a direct or indirect material interest.

This policy provides guidance on the framework for reviewing potential related person transactions, and approving, or ratifying related person transactions, and establishes our Presiding Director as the

individual who decides how transactions should be evaluated. In general, a potential related person transaction that involves a director would be reviewed by our Nominating and Governance Committee, as the transaction could also impact independence. A transaction involving an executive officer would generally be reviewed by the Audit Committee. Under this policy, our full Board receives reports on approved, disapproved and ratified transactions. Under the policy, a permitted related person transaction must be considered in, or not advance legal costsinconsistent with, the best interest of PNC and its shareholders.

Certain related person transactions

Based on information contained in a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC, BlackRock, Inc. (BlackRock), through certain of its subsidiaries, indicated that it beneficially owned more than 5% of our outstanding shares of common stock as of December 31, 2016 (seeSecurity ownership of certain beneficial owners on page 79). BlackRock is the beneficial owner of our common stock as a result of being a parent company or control person of the subsidiaries disclosed in its Schedule 13G, each of which holds less than 5% of the outstanding shares of common stock.

During 2016, PNC paid BlackRock approximately $6 million for use of BlackRock’s enterprise investment system and related services, which include risk analytics, portfolio management, compliance and operational processing. PNC also paid BlackRock approximately $4 million for securities trading related services, and approximately $1 million for investment advisory and administration services provided to any directorcertain PNC subsidiaries and separate accounts assets for a fee based on assets under management. These transactions were entered into on an arm’s length basis and contain customary terms and conditions.

During 2016, PNC received approximately $8 million in fees from BlackRock for distribution and shareholder servicing activities. These transactions were entered into on an arm’s length basis and contain customary terms and conditions.

PNC may in the ordinary course of business engage in transactions with BlackRock mutual funds, including using the BlackRock funds as treasury management vehicles for PNC’s corporate clients, selling BlackRock investment products to PNC customers or executive officer.placing PNC customer funds in BlackRock mutual funds, using BlackRock funds as

an investment vehicle for the PNC 401(k) accounts, providing commercial loan servicing to BlackRock funds, or providing shareholder services to PNC clients who are shareholders of BlackRock mutual funds.

PNC may also make loans to BlackRock or the BlackRock funds. These loans are made in the ordinary course of business on substantially the same terms, including interest rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the time for comparable loans with persons not related to PNC; and do not involve more than the normal risk of collectability.

PNC holds an equity investment of approximately 22% in BlackRock. In connection with this equity investment, PNC has entered into various agreements governing the terms of this relationship. PNC received cash dividends from BlackRock of $331 million during 2016.

Based on information contained in separate Schedule 13G filings with the SEC, Wellington Management Group, LLP and certain subsidiaries (Wellington) and The Vanguard Group (Vanguard) each indicated that it beneficially owned more than 5% of our outstanding shares of common stock as of December 31, 2016 (seeSecurity ownership of certain beneficial ownerson page 79). In the ordinary course of business during 2016, PNC’s Corporate & Institutional Banking business engaged in treasury management and capital markets transactions with Vanguard. These transactions were entered into on an arm’s length basis and contain customary terms and conditions. This business is also a party to several credit facilities with Vanguard and a counterparty clearing line with Wellington. These credit transactions were on substantially the same terms, including interest rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the time for

 

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comparable facilities with persons not related to PNC, and do not involve more than the normal risk of collectability. In addition, PNC’s Asset Management Group includes Vanguard and Wellington funds and Vanguard exchange traded funds in its investment platform. PNC Investments

includes Vanguard funds and exchange traded funds in its investment platform. While PNC investments does not currently include Wellington funds in its platform, it may do so in the ordinary course when evaluating the funds to be included.

SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires persons who own more than ten percent of a registered class of our equity securities (currently, none) and our directors and executive officers to file with the SEC initial reports of ownership and reports in changes in ownership of any PNC equity

securities. To the best of our knowledge all forms were filed on a timely basis during 2013 except for the following. One of our directors, General Walls, had a late Form 4 filing related to the receipt of phantom stock units under PNC’s director deferred compensation plan on October 1, 2013. The information was not processed on a timely basis. The Form 4 was filed on October 4, 2013, one day after the required filing date. Additionally, Mr. Shepard, one of our directors, received a distribution from a PNC deferred compensation plan on September 30, 2013, but his Form 4 was not processed on a timely basis. The Form 4 was filed on January 8, 2014. Also, on October 25, 2013 we withheld shares to satisfy the tax liability in connection with the vesting of restricted stock for Gregory Kozich, an executive officer, but did not file the Form 4 until March 5, 2014. We also identified a late Form 4 filing from 2012 that was not previously disclosed. Gregory Kozich was granted shares on February 7, 2012, but the Form 4 was not filed until May 24, 2013.2016. In making this statement, we have relied in part on the written representations of our directors and executive officers and on copies of the reports provided to us.

 

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DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

 

Our Board’s Nominating and Governance Committee reviews all elements of non-employee director compensation, explained below, and makes an annual compensation recommendation to the Board. In addition to annual compensation, the Committee may approve special compensation to a director for extraordinary service. The primary objectives of the Committee’s annual review are to confirm continued alignment with business and

shareholder interests, evaluate the competitiveness of our director compensation program relative to the peer group, and identify and respond to continued changes in director compensation in light of the competitive environment. The Nominating and Governance Committee conducted its annual compensation review for 20132016 on April 23, 2013.

26, 2016.

Mr. Rohr and Mr. Demchak receivereceives no additional compensation for serving as a PNC director.

 

The following table describes the components of director compensation in 2013:2016:

 

Annual Retainer      
Each Director $60,000 
Presiding Director $25,000 

Each director

  $67,500 

Additional retainer for Presiding Director

  $30,000 
Additional retainer for Chairs of Audit, Risk, and Personnel and Compensation Committees $20,000   $20,000 
Additional retainer for Chair of Nominating and Governance Committee $15,000   $15,000 
Additional retainer for Chair of Executive Committee $10,000   $10,000 

Additional retainer for Chairs of Special Compliance Committee and Technology Subcommittee

  $15,000 
Meeting Fees (Board)      
Each meeting (except for quarterly scheduled telephonic meetings) $1,500   $1,500 
Each quarterly scheduled telephonic meeting $750   $1,000 
Meeting Fees (Committee/Subcommittee)      
First six meetings $1,500   $1,500 
All other meetings $2,000   $2,000 
Equity-Based Grants      
Value of 1,934 deferred stock units awarded as of April 23, 2013 $129,984 

Value of 1,547 deferred stock units awarded as of April 26, 2016

  $137,497 

 

Deferred compensation plans.Our non-management directors may choose to defer the compensation they receive from meeting fees and retainers under our Directors Deferred Compensation Plan. Our Outside Directors Deferred Stock Unit Plan, providesused for director stock unit grants through 2016, provided for automatic deferrals of

any stock units that we may award from time to time.awarded under the plan. For compensation deferred under these plans:

 

The deferred compensation account tracks the price of PNC common stock (the Directors Deferred Compensation Plan allows a director to track an interest rate option instead). Additionally, the accounts are credited with a number of units

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(including fractional shares) that could have been purchased with the equivalent of PNC common stock cash dividends. We do not pay above-market or preferential earnings on any director compensation that is deferred.
The director may choose the payout date and beneficiary (the stock unit plan does not allow a payout date until retirement or age 72).
The payouts will be made in cash.

 

The director may choose the payout date and beneficiary (under the Outside Directors Deferred Stock Unit Plan, directors may elect payout upon any of the following: retirement, age 72, the earlier of retirement and age 72 or the later of a specified date and retirement).

The payouts will be made in cash.

In November 2016, our Nominating and Governance Committee approved a new deferred stock unit program under the 2016 Incentive Award Plan, for any stock unit grants made to non-management directors beginning in 2017.

Other director benefits.We generally limit the benefits that we provide to our directors, but we regularly provide the following:

 

Charitable matching gifts.We will match a director’s personal gifts to qualifying charities up to a limit of $5,000 a year. Mr. Rohr and Mr. Demchak areis only eligible to participate in our employee matching gift program ($2,500 annual limit).

 
Insurance policies.We pay for various insurance policies that protect directors and their families from personal loss connected with Board service.

 
Benefits related to Board service. We pay for expenses connected with our directors’ Board service, including travel on corporate, private or

commercial aircraft, lodging, meals, and incidentals.

We may also provide other incidental benefits to our directors from time to time, including tickets to cultural, social, sporting or other events and small gifts for holidays, birthdays, or special occasions. We may also provide travel for directors on corporate aircraft for personal purposes in limited circumstances, such as a family emergency or when a seat is available on a previously scheduled flight. We determine the value of these benefits based on the incremental cost to PNC, as described on pages 49 and 50page 51 and we include the amount in the “All Other Compensation” column below.

Director stock ownership requirement.Our Board has adopted a common stock purchase guideline for our non-management directors. Under this guideline, each director must own at least 5,000 shares of PNC common stock (including phantom stock units). Until a director meets this ownership level, he or she must purchase or acquire common stock or stock units that equal at least 25% of the annual retainer for that year. A director may satisfy this requirement through open market purchases, or by deferring compensation into stock units under the Directors Deferred Compensation Plan. As of December 31, 2013,2016, the minimum ownership threshold for directors was valued at $387,900,$584,800, and all of our directors serving at that time, other than Marjorie Rodgers Cheshire, who was appointed in October 2014, and Daniel R. Hesse and Michael J. Ward, who were appointed in January 2016, satisfied the ownership guideline.

 

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Director compensation in 20132016

For the fiscal year 2013,2016, we provided the following compensation to our non-employee directors:

 

      All Other    
Director Name Fees Earned(a) Stock Awards(b) Compensation(c) Total   Fees Earned(a)   Stock Awards(b)   

All Other

Compensation(c)

   Total 
Richard O. Berndt $132,500  $129,984  $26,612  $289,096 
Charles E. Bunch $104,000  $129,984  $21,612  $255,596   $101,500   $137,497   $42,754   $281,751 
Paul W. Chellgren $139,250  $129,984  $101,744  $370,978 

Paul W. Chellgren*

  $47,750    -   $100,307   $148,057 

Marjorie Rodgers Cheshire

  $127,000   $137,497   $16,696   $281,193 
Andrew T. Feldstein $35,312  $-  $126  $35,438   $141,000   $137,497   $21,838   $300,335 

Daniel R. Hesse**

  $109,350   $137,497   $2,404   $249,251 
Kay Coles James $90,500  $129,984  $34,062  $254,546   $108,000   $137,497   $54,783   $300,280 
Richard B. Kelson $116,000  $129,984  $48,931  $294,915   $143,000   $137,497   $66,863   $347,360 
Bruce C. Lindsay $114,000  $129,984  $58,243  $302,227 
Anthony A. Massaro $113,000  $129,984  $32,047  $275,031 

Anthony A. Massaro*

  $49,250    -   $34,880   $84,130 
Jane G. Pepper $111,500  $129,984  $48,196  $289,680   $122,000   $137,497   $63,790   $323,287 
Donald J. Shepard $147,500  $129,984  $45,135  $322,619   $167,000   $137,497   $81,584   $386,081 
Lorene K. Steffes $105,000  $129,984  $44,116  $279,100   $130,000   $137,497   $72,866   $340,363 
Dennis F. Strigl $128,500  $129,984  $60,805  $319,289   $135,000   $137,497   $99,920   $372,417 
Thomas J. Usher $156,000  $129,984  $86,168  $372,152 
George H. Walls, Jr. $132,500  $129,984  $48,220  $310,704 
Helge H. Wehmeier $91,000  $129,984  $62,949  $283,933 

Thomas J. Usher*

  $59,750    -   $60,413   $120,163 

Michael J. Ward**

  $94,850   $137,497   $2,927   $235,274 

Gregory D. Wasson

  $121,000   $137,497   $4,338   $262,835 
*Mr. Chellgren, Mr. Massaro and Mr. Usher served as directors through April 26, 2016.

**Mr. Hesse and Mr. Ward were appointed as directors on January 7, 2016.

 

(a)

This column includes the annual retainers, additional retainers for Chairschairs of standing committees and meeting fees earned for 2013.2016. The amounts in this column also include the fees voluntarily deferred by the following directors under our Directors Deferred Compensation Plan, a non-qualified defined contribution plan: Paul W. Chellgren ($139,250)47,750); Marjorie Rodgers

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Cheshire ($50,800); Andrew T. Feldstein ($30,524)141,000); Kay Coles JamesDaniel R. Hesse ($22,625); Anthony A. Massaro ($113,000)106,945); Jane G. Pepper ($27,875)122,000); Donald J. Shepard ($147,500)167,000); Lorene K. Steffes ($36,750)39,000); Dennis F. StriglMichael J. Ward ($128,500)92,445); and George H. Walls, Jr.Gregory D. Wasson ($132,500)121,000).

(b)The dollar values in this column include the grant date fair value, under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation, of 1,9341,547 deferred stock units awarded to each director’s account under our Outside Directors Deferred Stock Unit Plan as of April 23, 2013,26, 2016, the date of grant. The closing stock price of PNC on the date of grant was $67.21$88.88 a share. See Note 1612 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 20132016 for more information.

As of December 31, 2016, the non-employee directors listed in the table below had outstanding stock units in the following amounts:

 Director NameStock Units

 Charles E. Bunch

   19,423

 Marjorie Rodgers Cheshire

4,098

 Andrew T. Feldstein

9,450

 Daniel R. Hesse

1,913

 Kay Coles James

24,584

 Richard B. Kelson

28,161

 Jane G. Pepper

30,805

 Donald J. Shepard

37,562

 Lorene K. Steffes

31,982

 Dennis F. Strigl

32,183

 Michael J. Ward

2,604

 Gregory D. Wasson

3,358
None of our non-employee directors had any unvested stock awards as of December 31, 2016.

(c)This column includes income under the Directors Deferred Compensation Plan, the Outside Directors Deferred Stock Unit Plan, and the Mercantile Bankshares Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan (for Mr. Shepard only) as follows: Richard O. Berndt ($21,612); Charles E. Bunch ($21,612)39,004); Paul W. Chellgren ($96,744)100,307); Marjorie Rodgers Cheshire ($6,696); Andrew T. Feldstein ($126)16,838); Daniel R. Hesse ($2,404); Kay Coles James ($29,062)49,783); Richard B. Kelson ($38,931); Bruce C. Lindsay ($53,243)61,863); Anthony A. Massaro ($32,047)34,880); Jane G. Pepper ($43,036)63,790); Donald J. Shepard ($45,135)76,584); Lorene K. Steffes ($43,366)68,666); Dennis F. Strigl ($60,805)89,920); Thomas J. Usher ($81,168)55,413); George H. Walls, Jr.Michael J. Ward ($43,040)2,927); and Helge H. WehmeierGregory D. Wasson ($57,949)4,338). This column also includes the dollar amount of matching gifts made by us in 20132016 to charitable organizations andorganizations. For two directors, the value of other incidental benefits described above. For one director the 20132016 matching gift amount included above exceeds $5,000 because both a 2012 and 2013their director donationdonations from prior years were matched in 2013.2016. No director received any incidental benefits. No non-employee director had incremental cost to PNC for personal use of our corporate aircraft in 2013.2016.

 

As of December 31, 2013, the non-employee directors listed in the table below had outstanding stock units and stock options in the following amounts:

Director Name Stock Units  Stock Options 
Richard O. Berndt  13,702   - 
Charles E. Bunch  13,702   - 
Paul W. Chellgren  58,795   - 
Andrew T. Feldstein  288   - 
Kay Coles James  18,214   - 
Richard B. Kelson  23,921   - 
Bruce C. Lindsay  25,010   - 
Anthony A. Massaro  19,939   - 
Jane G. Pepper  26,487   4,000 
Donald J. Shepard  28,627   - 
Lorene K. Steffes  24,752   1,000 
Dennis F. Strigl  25,617   4,000 
Thomas J. Usher  48,845   4,000 
George H. Walls, Jr.  25,164   - 
Helge H. Wehmeier  35,144   - 

No stock options have been granted to any non-employee director since 2005. None of our non-employee directors had any unvested stock awards as of December 31, 2013.

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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

Introduction

In thisThis section (the CD(CD&A), explains our executive compensation philosophy, describes our compensation programs, and the tables that follow, we describe how we compensate our executives, includingreviews compensation decisions for the following named executive officers (NEOs):

 

Name of NEOTitle

William S. Demchak

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

James E. RohrExecutive Chairman and Former Chief Executive Officer

Robert Q. Reilly

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Richard J. JohnsonFormer Chief Financial Officer

Michael P. Lyons

Executive Vice President and Head of Corporate and& Institutional Banking

E.E William Parsley, III

Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer, Treasurer and TreasurerHead of Consumer Lending

Steven C. Van Wyk

Executive Vice President, Head of Technology and Operations

Table of contents
Significant compensation decisions36
PNC performance during 201336
Compensation philosophy and principles38
Compensation program — summary39
Total compensation targets39
Other compensation and benefits40
Evaluating performance41
Impact of 2013 “say-on-pay” vote42
Compensation program — decisions42
2013 performance discussion42
Individual compensation decisions43
Annual incentive awards (cash)45
Long-term incentive awards (equity-based)45
Compensation policies and practices47
Compensation and risk47
Retaining an independent compensation consultant47
Selecting a peer group47
Clawback of prior compensation47
Shareholder approval of severance agreements48
Consideration of tax deductibility49
Limiting perquisites49
Guidelines on the use of discretion50
Executive stock ownership and retention50
Timing of equity grants51
Restrictions on trading and hedging51

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Significant compensation decisions

Our Board’s Personnel and Compensation Committee made the following significant compensation decisions related to the 2013 performance year:

Refined the process for assessing corporate performance in making compensation decisions. The Committee moved away from a more formulaic assessment of PNC corporate performance to an assessment that relies on a comprehensive, balanced evaluation of quantitative and qualitative measures.
Approved new total compensation targets for the following executives, in connection with their transitions to new roles:

NEO  New roleFormer role
James E. RohrExecutive ChairmanChief Executive Officer
William S. DemchakPresident and Chief Executive OfficerPresident
Robert Q. ReillyExecutive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

Executive Vice President and Head of Asset
Management Group
Technology and Operations

Continued to ensure that a significant portion of executive compensation remains at risk and tied to our future performance.

For our NEOs, the Committee approved total compensation targets that will deliver at least 50% of the amount in equity-based awards that will only pay out — if at all — over multiple years.
For our President and CEO, our Executive Chairman, and another NEO, this ratio increases to 60% of the total compensation target.
Considered the results of the 2013 “say-on-pay” vote, and continued our investor outreach efforts on compensation and governance matters, which we have implemented since 2010.
Awarded incentive compensation above target for 2013, based on our strong absolute and relative performance results.

2016 PNC performance during 2013

PNC is one of the largest diversified financial services companies in the United States. We have businesses engaged in retail banking, corporate and institutional banking, asset management, and residential mortgage banking. As of December 31, 2013, we had more than 54,000 employees providing products and services throughout our primary geographic markets located in 19 states and the District of Columbia. We also provide many of our products and services nationally.

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2013 performance highlights

 

LOGO

We delivered strong performanceconsistent results in 2013,a challenging operating environment, with record net income and strong shareholder returns.
Record net income of $4.2approximately $4.0 billion represents an increaseand diluted earnings per common share of 41% over last year$7.30.

LOGO

 We grew net interest income despite the low interest rate environment, and we increased our fee income. We grew deposits and loans and managed our loan portfolio within our desired risk appetite. We maintained strong capital and liquidity positions.

LOGO

We delivered value for our shareholders. Our annualone-year total shareholder return (TSR) was 36.5% 25.8% and our three-year TSR was 17.3%, which was the highest in our peer group.

LOGO

 We met our continuous improvement goal of $400 million in expense savings and continued to keep our noninterest expenses stable.
We strengthened our capital throughout the year - at December 31, 2013, our Basel I Tier 1 common capital ratio was 10.5% and our pro forma fully phased-in Basel III Tier 1 common capital ratio under the standardized approach was an estimated 9.4% (see Annex A for additional information). As a result of increased earnings and our improving capital strength, our Board increased the common stock dividend by 10% in April.

LOGO

 
We executed oncontinued to execute against our key strategic objectives:
Drive growthpriorities of building a leading banking franchise in newly acquired andour underpenetrated markets.We added households and new retail, corporate and wealth management clients throughout our Southeastern United States footprint.
Capturemarkets, capturing more investable assets.We increased new primary client acquisitions, referral revenues and brokerage fees.
Redefineassets, reinventing the retail banking business.We closed or consolidated 186 branches for the year, phased out traditional free checking, added customersexperience, and grew net demand deposit account (DDA) households.bolstering critical infrastructure and streamlining core processes.

LOGO

 
Build a stronger mortgage banking business.We continuedreturned more than $3 billion in capital to show good volume trends, even though demand softened,our shareholders through share repurchases and we expanded seamless delivery across our network, while improvingcommon stock dividends, including raising the average application-to-close time.
Manage expenses.We exceeded our $700 million continuous improvement goal established at the beginning of the year, improved our efficiency ratio, and decreased our expenses over last year.
NET INCOME
(in $ billions)
TANGIBLE BOOK VALUE
(perquarterly common share)
Non-GAAP financial measure. See Annex A for additional information.
ASSETS
(in $ billions)
CAPITAL
(Basel I Tier 1 common capital ratio)
stock dividend.

On pages 44 to 48, we discuss in more detail how our 2016 performance affected our compensation decisions.

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Compensation philosophy and principles

 

A well-designed compensation program provides incentives to achieve desired results, helps to retain and attract talent, and discourages excessive risk-taking. This section talks about how we view executive compensation, and why we make the decisions that we do. Our Board’s Personnel and Compensation

Committee (the Committee) relies on several key principles to help guide its executive compensation decisions:

 

COMPENSATION PRINCIPLES

1.

Pay for performance

2.Provide appropriate compensation for demonstrated performance across the enterprise

Create value

Align executive compensation with long-term shareholder value creation

3.

Engage talent

Provide competitive compensation opportunities to attract, retain, and motivate executives

4.

Discourage excessive

risk-taking

Encourage the focus on the long-term success of PNC and discourage excessive risk-taking

 

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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

The Committee believes that the successful application of these principles requires a thoughtful program design, which includes a balanced evaluation of performance metrics.performance. The Committee believes that discretion, flexibility, and judgment are critical to its ability to deliver incentive compensation that reflects

near-term performance results and progress toward longer-term objectivespriorities that enhance PNC’s ability to continueallow PNC to create value for our shareholders. The following table illustrates some important features of our executive compensation program:

 

WHAT WE DO
Pay for performance Most executive pay is at risk and not guaranteed. We set clear financial goals that help usassess corporate performance and we differentiate pay based on individual achievement.We generally include performance-based vesting conditions on the equity-based awardsthat we grant.
Discourage excessive risk-takingWe discourage excessive risk-taking by executives in many ways, including our balancedprogram design, multiple performance measures, stock ownership and retention policies,clawback and forfeiture provisions, and robust Board and management processes toidentify risk. We do not believe that any of our compensation programs create risks thatare reasonably likely to have a material adverse impact on the company, which we validatethrough our risk assessment of incentive-based compensation plans.
Engage with shareholdersWe actively engage with our shareholders on governance and compensation issues.
Require strong ownershipand retention of equityWe have adopted strong share ownership guidelines, and all of our NEOs currently complywith those guidelines. Executives are subject to additional retention requirements as equitygrants vest.
ClawbackOur clawback policy allows PNC to recapture prior incentive compensation awardedbased on materially inaccurate performance metrics and cancel all or a portion of long-term incentive awards based on performance against risk metrics, risk-related actions ordetrimental conduct. The amount of any clawback applied will be publicly disclosed asappropriate.
Limit perquisitesWe believe that perquisites should promote modest business-related benefits and we limitthem to $10,000 in value. Executives are asked to reimburse the value of perquisites over thatamount, if legally permissible.
Provide reasonable post-employment benefitsWe have closed legacy supplemental defined benefit plans to new entrants and we requireshareholder approval on change in control benefits above a certain level.
Retain an independentcompensation consultantThe Personnel and Compensation Committee retains an independent compensationconsultant that provides no other services to PNC.
WHAT WE DON’T DO

LOGO    

No tax gross-upsWe pay for performance. The vast majority of our executive pay is not guaranteed. Our standard long-term equity incentive awards are 100% performance-based. 

Since 2009,û   

We do not allow tax gross-ups. We do not provide excise tax gross-ups in our current change in control agreements and we have not entered into any new agreements that permit excise taxeliminated these gross-upsupon a change in control. from all existing agreements. We also do not provide tax gross-ups on our perquisites.the limited perquisites that we offer.

LOGO    

No changeWe discourage excessive risk taking.We build in controlagreements withoutshareholder approvalseveral features to discourage our executives from taking excessive risks – including a reliance on multiple performance metrics, long deferral periods, and clawback, forfeiture and stock ownership provisions. 

û   

We will not enter into new change in controlsubstantial severance arrangements with our executives thatwithout shareholder approval. If a severance arrangement would pay more than 2.99 times base and bonus in(in the year of termination unless we gettermination), it requires shareholder approval.

LOGO    

No repricingWe require executives to hold PNC stock.Our executives must hold a substantial amount of optionsstock and this amount continues to increase as their equity awards vest. 

û   

We will not accelerate equity upon a change in control (no “single trigger”).We require a “double trigger” for equity to vest upon a change in control – not only must the change in control occur, but the executive must be terminated.

LOGO    

We have clawback and forfeiture policies.Our policy requires us to claw back prior incentive compensation that we awarded based on materially inaccurate performance metrics. Our policy gives us broad discretion to cancel unvested equity awards due to risk-related issues or detrimental conduct.

û   

We do not reprice stock options. Although we currently do not grant stock options, our equity plan does not permit us to reprice stock options that are out-of-the-money,without shareholder approval. unless approved by shareholders.

LOGO    

No employment
agreementsWe limit the perquisites we provide.
We limit our perquisites to financial planning and tax preparation services, executive physicals (for four individuals) and occasional personal use of the aircraft, subject to an annual limit ($100,000 for NEOsthe CEO and $10,000 for other NEOs).
 

Our named executivesû   

We do not haveenter into employment agreements. We do not enter into individual employment agreements. Theyagreements with our NEOs – they serve at thewill of the Board, which enables us to set the terms of any termination of employment,preserving the Committee’s flexibility to consider the facts and circumstances of anyparticular situation.Board.

LOGO    

NoWe retain an independent compensation consultant.Our Board’s Personnel and Compensation Committee retains an independent compensation consultant that provides no other services to PNC.

û   

We prohibit hedging, pledging, or short sales of PNC securities. We do not allow any director or employee to hedge or short-sell PNC securities. We do not allow any director or executive officer to pledge PNC securities.

LOGO    

We engage with our shareholders.We actively engage with our shareholders on governance and compensation issues.

Stakeholder engagement and impact of 2016 say-on-pay vote

LOGO

  We do not permit anyhave given our shareholders the annual right to cast an advisory vote on executive compensation (“say-on-pay”) for seven years. In 2016, we received the support of 97% of our employees or directorsshareholders who voted - our highest-ever support for say-on-pay.

LOGO

For several years, we have initiated outreach efforts with certain institutional investors. In 2016, we invited many of our largest institutional shareholders to hedge PNC securities, or sell PNCsecurities short.participate in telephone conferences to discuss governance, compensation, and other matters included in the proxy statement. We had productive conversations with the shareholders who agreed to participate.

LOGO

Based on the results of these efforts and in light of our record investor support in 2016, the Committee did not recommend any significant changes to the compensation program. The Committee considered the results of the say-on-pay vote as one factor in its compensation decisions, among the other factors discussed in this CD&A.

 

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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

Compensation program—program summary

Key program features

 

The Committee reviews and approves the compensation to be paid to our CEONEOs and other senior leaders. We strive for clarity and transparency in our Corporate Executive Group (CEG),compensation structure, using features that we believe will help to create a groupbalanced program. While we try to reflect the

expectations of senior leaders that includes allvarious stakeholders, we want our compensation program to achieve multiple objectives, consistent with our compensation principles. The Committee also regularly reviews the operation of our NEOs currently employed by us. Our compensation program strives to balance multiplehelp ensure that our objectives and address the concerns ofcontinue to be met.

Taken as a variety of stakeholders.whole, our executive compensation program includes several complementary features:

 

LOGO

We provide incentives for performance over different time horizons (short and long-term).

LOGO

We embed performance goals in our long-term incentives, and include risk-based triggers that could reduce or eliminate the awards.

LOGO

We reward achievement against both quantitative and qualitative goals, while allowing for discretion.

LOGO

We connect pay to our own performance, as well as the performance of a carefully selected peer group.

LOGO

We consider market data and trends when making pay decisions.

LOGO

We place a substantial majority of compensation at risk, with all incentive compensation being performance-based.

LOGO

We pay some incentive compensation in cash today, while deferring potential equity-based payouts for several years.

Regulatory expectations

As a large financial institution, we must also comply with various regulatory requirements. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (Federal Reserve) regulates PNC as a bank holding company. As part of an ongoing review of incentive compensation programs at large financial institutions, the Federal Reservecompany and has provided guidance and set expectations with respect to our current compensation program,program. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) regulates our primary banking subsidiary, and wealso sets expectations for our compensation program. We expect that the Federal Reserve, the OCC and

other financial industry regulatory entities, including the SEC, will continue to be involved inprovide periodic guidance on compensation matters.

We strive for clarity and transparency in our compensation structure, utilizing features to design a balanced program. While we try to reflect the expectations of shareholders and regulators, we want our compensation program to achieve multiple objectives, consistent with our compensation principles.

Taken as a whole, our program provides incentives for performance over the short and long-term, rewards achievement against measurable goals and qualitative objectives, considers market data and discretion, and uses cash today as well as equity deferred into the future. The Committee evaluates multiple performance metrics, both on an absolute basis and as measured against our peers. The Committee reviews the operation of our compensation program to help ensure that our objectives continue to be met.

Total compensation targets.targetsWe set

Each NEO receives a total compensation targetstarget for our executivesthe year – consisting of a base salary and an incentive compensation target (cash and equity-based awards). We generally set these targets in the first quarter of the year, or when an executive joins PNC or assumes a new role with PNC. In establishing targets, the Committee reviews, on an annual basis, available market data for total compensation. Total compensation targets for our executives, however, are not formulaically set at a particular percentile. Instead, the Committee uses a variety of factors to determine aresponsibilities.

A total compensation target including but not limited to, appropriateness of job match and market data, responsibilities of position at PNC and experience. For NEOs, our total compensation targets generally fall near the median compensation for peers, as adjusted for PNC’s size.

The total compensation target for each NEO generally includes the following components:

 

We calculate the mix of cash and equity in the total compensation target using a predetermined mix, with at least 50% allocated to long-term equity awards. The Committee retains discretion in determining the allocation of cash target compensation between a base salary and an annual incentive award.

 

LOGO

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For 2013,


COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

When constructing an appropriate total compensation target for an NEO, the Committee set the followinguses a framework that is consistent with our compensation targets for our NEOs:principles:

 

NEO Total
compensation
target
  Base salary  Incentive
compensation
target
 
William S. Demchak(1) $7,716,667  $916,667  $6,800,000 
President and CEO            
James E. Rohr(2) $2,566,667  $400,000  $2,166,667 
Executive Chairman and Former CEO            
Robert Q. Reilly(3) $2,875,000  $475,000  $2,400,000 
Executive Vice President and CFO            
Richard J. Johnson(4) $2,000,000  $333,333  $1,666,667 
Former CFO            
Michael P. Lyons $5,500,000  $700,000  $4,800,000 
Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking            
E. William Parsley, III $5,500,000  $500,000  $5,000,000 
Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer and Treasurer            
Steven C. Van Wyk $2,200,000  $500,000  $1,700,000 
Executive Vice President, Head of Technology and Operations            
(1)

LOGO

On January 1, 2013, Mr. Demchak was PresidentTargets are informed by data but take several factors into account.The Committee reviews available market data, but does not use a formula to set the target. The Committee evaluates many factors, including the appropriateness of PNC. In April 2013, the Board appointed Mr. Demchak as Presidentjob match and CEOmarket data, the responsibilities of PNC. the position and the executive’s demonstrated performance, skills, and experience.

LOGO

At least 50% of compensation is equity-based and not payable for several years.The Committee believes that a significant portion of compensation should be at risk, tied to PNC stock performance, and not payable, if at all, for several years. Long-term equity-based awards make up at least 50% of the value of the total compensation target, listedwith that percentage rising to 60% for our CEO (and one other NEO). The remainder of the annual incentive payout is delivered as an annual cash incentive award.

LOGO

The equity-based incentive is split evenly between two forms of awards.Each NEO generally receives a long-term incentive award in two primary forms that are equally weighted by dollar value – the table representsstandard incentive performance unit (Standard IPU), which measures PNC performance over a pro-rated blendthree-year period, and the performance-based restricted share unit (RSU), which vests in equal annual installments over a four-year period. In light of two annual targets based onMr. Parsley’s management of our Asset & Liability Management (ALM) function, he also receives an incentive performance unit (ALM IPU), tied to the timeperformance of that Mr. Demchak served in each role during 2013. For 2013, the full-year annual targets for Mr. Demchak were $6,750,000 (as President) and $8,200,000 (as President and CEO).function. Each long-term incentive award also contains forfeiture provisions that can reduce or eliminate payouts if PNC does not meet risk-based criteria.

The equity-based awards are made under PNC’s shareholder-approved 2016 Incentive Award Plan. The table below summarizes the material terms and conditions of these awards:

    
(2)Incentive performance unitsOn January 1, 2013, Mr. Rohr was CEO of PNC. In April 2013, Mr. Rohr became Executive Chairman of PNC. The total compensation target listed in the table represents the pro-rated annual target for the time Mr. Rohr served as CEO during 2013. For 2013, the full-year annual target for Mr. Rohr as CEO was $7,700,000. For 2013, the full-year target for Mr. Rohr as Executive Chairman was $2,000,000, which included a base salary of $1,000,000 and a one-time equity award valued at $1,000,000. Mr. Rohr’s compensation as Executive Chairman is not included in the table.Performance-based RSUs
   

(3)How do we

measure

performance?

On January 1, 2013, Mr. Reilly was an Executive Vice President of PNC, with responsibility for PNC’s Asset Management Group (AMG) business. In April 2013, Mr. Reilly agreed to become CFO (upon the retirement of Mr. Johnson), andStandard IPUs:

  Vests after a new head of AMG was appointed. The total compensation target listed in the table represents a pro-rated blend of two annual targetsthree-year performance period

  Performance based on the time that Mr. Reilly servedabsolute and relative metrics

-   50% based on our return on common equity without goodwill (ROCE) compared to our cost of common equity (COCE)

-   50% based on our EPS growth rank against our peers

  0-125% of target award, payable in each role during 2013. For 2013, the full-yearcommon stock up to target (0-100%) and payable in cash above target (100-125%)

ALM IPUs:

  Vests after a three-year performance period

  Performance based on PNC’s ALM performance compared to a benchmark performance index

  0-200% of target award, payable in cash

  Vests in annual targets for Mr. Reilly were $2,500,000 (as headinstallments over a four-year performance period

  Vested amount adjusted based on PNC’s annual total shareholder return (TSR)

  75-125% of AMG) and $3,000,000 (as CFO).target award

  Units payable in PNC common stock

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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

Incentive performance units

Performance-based RSUs    

What is the payout?

  The payout percentage grid ranges are listed below. Actual payout percentages will be interpolated, which takes into account how close the performance metric or peer group rank is to the actual metric or rank above and below.

  
(4)

On January 1, 2013, Mr. Johnson was an Executive Vice President and CFO of PNC. In August 2013, Mr. Reilly became the CFO of PNC and in October 2013, Mr. Johnson retired from PNC. The total compensation target listed in the table represents the pro-rated annual target for the time Mr. Johnson served as CFO during 2013. For 2013, the full-year target for Mr. Johnson as CFO was $3,000,000.Standard IPUs:    

  

 

EPS
Growth
Rank

  Payout %  

 

ROCE

as % of

COCE  

   

 

 

Payout %

    

Annual TSR

  Payout % 
  1  125%  

>= 110%

   

125%

    >= +25%  125% 
  2  125%  

105%

   

100%

    0%  100% 
  3  125%  

100%

   

75%

    <= -25%  75% 
  4  120%  

75%

   

50%

         
  5  115%  

<= 50%

   

0%

         
  6  105%                
  7  95%                
  8  80%                
  9  60%                
  10  40%                
  11  0%                
  12  0%                
 

ALM IPUs:    

         
      ALM vs. Index      Payout %             
  >= +40 basis points  200%             
  +20 basis points  150%             
  0 to -25 basis points  100%             
  -35 basis points  40%             
  <= -40 basis points  0%             
What are other important provisions? 

   If we do not meet or exceed the Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio for “well-capitalized” institutions, the award will not vest.

   If our return on economic capital does not exceed our cost of capital, the Committee may reduce or eliminate the award.

   No long-term incentive award has voting rights.

   Dividends will accrue until vesting and be paid out in cash, adjusted for actual performance (Standard IPUs and performance-based RSUs) – the ALM IPUs do not have any accrued dividends.

 

    

    

    

    

The Committee believes that the total compensation targets collectively provide an appropriate balance between fixed and variable amounts, measuring short-term and long-term performance, immediate and deferred payouts, and

cash and equity-based awards. For information on how the 2016 incentive compensation decisions by the Committee compared to the targets, please see page 46.

 

Other compensation and benefits.benefits

In addition to the components included in the total compensation target outlined above, our executive compensation program also includes the following components:

 

Perquisites

Provide   Limited perquisites provided to executives, with a modest business-related benefitsdollar value.

Limited to $10,000

No tax gross-ups permittedon the perquisites we provide.

Change in Control Arrangements

  

Allow   Provide for continuity of management in anticipation of and throughconnection with a change in controlcontrol.

Provide compensation when an executive officer is involuntarily terminated following a change in control

Described in more detail on pages 71 to 7777.

Health and Retirement Plans

Promote health and wellnesswellness.

Help employees achieve financial security after retirementretirement.

Evaluating performance:

The Committee uses several metrics to help evaluate performance when making compensation decisions. These metrics align, to the extent possible, the objectives of our management,

long-term shareholders and banking regulators. In some cases, these stakeholders have different objectives that cannot be easily reconciled – for example, long-term shareholders seeking higher

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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

Evaluating performance.The Committee evaluates severalreturns may be willing to tolerate more risk than a federal banking regulator would. That is one reason we use multiple metrics, when making compensation decisions. These metrics are designed to align with how management, long-term shareholders and banking regulators assess our performance. The metrics representrepresenting achievement against both objective and subjective goals, and the as well as significant adjustments for risk management. The

Committee does not necessarily favor one metric over another. Instead, the Committee uses these metrics to gain a comprehensive understanding of our overall performance.

 

The following chart describes some of the key metrics that the Committee evaluates, and a brief explanation of why we use them. We consider all of these metrics in our overall evaluation of executive compensation, and some of these metrics are also used to calculate payouts under the long-term incentive program.

 

Key metricCapital and risk metrics  Why we use it
Earnings per share (EPS)EPS is a common metric used by investors to evaluate the profitability of a company.It shows the earnings (net income) we make on each share of stock that we issue.
EPS growthWhile EPS represents a specific dollar amount, EPS growth represents the percentagegrowth of EPS since last year. EPS growth helps us to compare our annual earningsstrength to our peers.

Economic capital

  Economic capital represents the amount of resourcescapital that we should hold to guardagainst unexpected losses. Economic capital serves as a “common currency” of risk thatallows us to compare different risks on a similar basis across our company.
Efficiency ratioThe efficiency ratio helps us evaluate how efficiently we operate our business. The ratiodivides our noninterest expense (such as compensation and benefits, occupancy costs,equipment, and marketing) by our revenue. In general, a smaller ratio is better.
Net interest incomeNet interest income measures the revenue generated from lending and other activitiesminus all interest expenses (such as interest paid on deposits and borrowing). It is agood indicator of performance for banks given the importance of interest earning assetsand interest bearing sources of funds.
Noninterest incomeNoninterest income measures the fees and other revenue we derive from our businesses(other than interest income). A healthy mix of net interest income and noninterestincome provides diverse earnings streams and lessens a bank’s reliance on the interestrate environment.
Return on assets (ROA)Investors often evaluate banks by their asset size, with loans and investment securitiesmaking up the largest components of assets. ROA is our annualized net income dividedby our average assets and represents how efficiently we use assets to generate profit.
Return on common equityReturn on common equity is our annualized net income attributable to our commonshareholders divided by average common shareholders’ equity. It shows how efficientlywe use our investor funds (common equity) to generate profit.

Return on economic capital

(ROEC) vs. cost of capital

  ROEC is our annualized net income divided by our economic capital. Comparing ourprofits to how much capital we are holding against potential losses helps to provide arisk-based evaluation of profitability. When we compare ROEC to our cost of capital –that is, a minimum rate of return on the overall capital that we hold – it provides a goodmeasure of the excess value that we provide to shareholders.
Tangible book value per shareThis measure takes our total tangible common shareholders’ equity (intangible assets,such as goodwill, are excluded) and divides that by the number of shares outstanding.This provides investors with an objective valuation method and allows them to comparerelative values of similar companies.

Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio

  The Basel I Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio is used by banking regulators to assess thecapital adequacy and financial strength of a bank. This capital ratio must exceed 6% forPNC to be considered well-capitalized“well-capitalized” by our regulators.
Expense metrics

Efficiency ratio

The efficiency ratio helps us evaluate how efficiently we operate our business. The ratio divides our noninterest expense (such as compensation and benefits, occupancy costs, equipment, and marketing) by our revenue. In general, a smaller ratio is better. A bank’s efficiency ratio will be affected, however, by its particular mix of businesses.
Profitability metrics

Earnings per share (EPS)

EPS is a common metric used by investors to evaluate the profitability of a company. It shows the earnings (net income) we make on each outstanding share of common stock.

EPS growth

While EPS represents a specific dollar amount, EPS growth represents the percentage growth of EPS since last year. EPS growth helps us to compare our annual earnings strength to our peers.

Return on assets (ROA)

Investors often evaluate banks by their asset size, with loans and investment securities making up the largest components of assets. ROA is our annualized net income divided by our average assets and represents how efficiently we use assets to generate profit.

Return on common equity

Return on common equity is our annualized net income attributable to our common shareholders divided by average common shareholders’ equity. It shows how efficiently we use our investor funds (common equity) to generate profit.
Revenue metrics

Net interest income

Net interest income measures the revenue generated from lending and other activities minus all interest expenses (such as interest paid on deposits and borrowings). It is a good indicator of performance for banks given the importance of interest–earning assets and interest–bearing sources of funds.

Noninterest income

Noninterest income measures the fees and other revenue we derive from our businesses (other than interest income). A healthy mix of net interest income and noninterest income provides diverse earnings streams and lessens a bank’s reliance on the interest rate environment.
Valuation metrics

Tangible book value per share

This non-GAAP financial measure takes our total tangible common shareholders’ equity (intangible assets, such as goodwill, are excluded) and divides that by the number of shares outstanding. This provides investors with an objective valuation method and allows them to compare relative values of similar companies.

Total shareholder return (TSR)

  TSR is a common metric used to show the total returns forto an investor in our commonstock. Annual TSR takes into account the change in stock price from the beginning tothe end of the year, as well as the reinvestment of any dividends issued throughoutthe year.

 

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Impact of 2013 “say-on-pay” vote.In 2013, our shareholders voiced substantial support for the compensation of our NEOs, with approximately 84% of the votes cast approving the “say-on-pay” advisory vote on executive compensation. This was the fifth year in a row that we provided a “say-on-pay” vote to our shareholders. In 2011, our shareholders recommended that we hold an annual “say-on-pay” vote.


COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

 

2016 compensation decisions

2016 total compensation targets

For 2016, the Committee set the following total compensation targets for our NEOs:

    William S.
Demchak
   

Robert Q.

Reilly

   

Michael P.

Lyons

   

E William

Parsley, III

  

Steven C.

Van Wyk

 

Base salary (annualized)

  $1,100,000   $500,000   $700,000   $600,000  $500,000 

Incentive compensation target

  $10,500,000   $3,000,000   $6,050,000   $6,900,000  $2,750,000 

Annual cash incentive portion

  $3,540,000   $1,250,000   $2,000,000   $2,400,000  $1,125,000 

Long-term incentive portion

  $6,960,000   $1,750,000   $4,050,000   $4,500,000(1)  $1,625,000 

Total compensation target

  $11,600,000   $3,500,000   $6,750,000   $7,500,000  $3,250,000 
(1)Mr. Parsley’s long-term incentive (LTI) target includes two anticipated grants – the grant of equity-based awards that all other NEOs would otherwise receive and a separate grant of incentive performance units related to the management of our Asset & Liability Management (ALM) unit. The overall target LTI amount remained the same for 2015 and 2016, but the Committee changed the amounts allocated to each award in 2016, decreasing the ALM performance unit value (from $3,000,000 to $1,500,000) and increasing the value of the other equity-based by the same amount (from $1,500,000 to $3,000,000). The Committee made this decision in light of Mr. Parsley’s increasing responsibilities for lines of business other than the ALM unit. Please see page 61 for more information about Mr. Parsley’s ALM units.

The market data reviewed by the Committee show that our CEO’s total compensation target generally fell within 20% of the median compensation for peers, as adjusted for PNC’s size. The total compensation targets for our other NEOs are generally aligned with the market, based on our size relative to peers. For the past several years, we have initiated specific outreach efforts with certain institutional investors. At least once2016 performance year, the Committee increased the incentive compensation targets for Mr. Demchak (from $9,900,000 to $10,500,000), Mr. Lyons (from $4,800,000 to $6,050,000), and Mr. Parsley (from $5,500,000 to $6,900,000). The Committee also approved a year, we have metbase salary increase for Mr. Parsley (from $500,000 to $600,000). The Committee approved these increases based on the performance, skills and experience of the executive, as well as changes in person, or telephonically,market information for similar executives at other financial institutions. Mr. Parsley’s target increase was also based on the significant expansion of his duties at the end of 2015 and beginning of 2016, which

includes responsibility for our mortgage and home equity businesses, and for consumer lending and pricing, in addition to his previous responsibilities.

2016 performance

We review various performance metrics with the governance representatives at these investors,Committee each quarter and discussed our governance and compensation programs and philosophies. Typically, these meetings have taken place withafter the participationend of our Headperformance year. For the key metrics listed below, we compared this year’s performance to how we performed last year, how we performed against this year’s budget, and how we performed against peers (see page 49 for the companies in our 2016 peer group). We also provide information to the Committee on other important capital, risk, expense and business metrics, some of Investor Relationswhich are shown below. For a general explanation of the metrics that we use to evaluate our compensation program, and our Corporate Secretary. In light of the decrease in last year’s say-on-pay vote, when compared to our historical average (96%) and based on publicly disclosed votes, we reached out to specific investors to determine whether they had concerns with our compensation philosophy, program or decisions. Based on these discussions and in light of overall investor support in 2013, the Committee did not believe that any significant changes to the compensation program were needed to address shareholder concerns. The Committee considered the results of this vote as one factor in its compensation decisions, among the other factors discussed in this CD&A.rationale for using them, see page 43.

 

 KEY PERFORMANCE METRICS  2016
actual(1)
   2015
actual(1)
   

2016

budget

 

 Net interest income (in millions)

  $8,391   $8,278   $8,528 

 Noninterest income (in millions)

  $6,771   $6,947   $6,902 

 Diluted EPS

  $7.30   $7.39   $7.40 

 Return on common equity without goodwill (non-GAAP)

   11.32%    12.22%    11.48% 

 Return on assets

   1.10%    1.17%    1.11% 

 Efficiency ratio

   62%    62%    62% 
        
  

 Net income (in millions)

  $3,985   $4,143   

 Annual total shareholder return

   25.8%    6.81%   

 Tangible book value per common share (non-GAAP)

  $67.26   $63.65   

 Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio

   12.00%    12.00%   

 Return on economic capital vs. cost of capital (non-GAAP)

   5.64%    5.06%      

Compensation program—decisions

2013 performance discussion.In 2013, we delivered very good performance, with record net income, a well positioned balance sheet, strong shareholder returns, and substantial execution against our main strategic objectives. We also performed well against our peers. In determining actual compensation, the Committee does not rely on a specific formula. This allows the Committee to use its judgment in considering performance, without providing a particular weight to any one measure. The amounts below have been adjusted from reported amounts as appropriate and permitted under the applicable plan or award agreement.

  2013  2012  2013 vs.  2013  2013 actual
Key performance metrics actual(1)  actual(1)  2012 actual  budget(2)  vs. budget
Net interest income (in $mm) $9,147  $9,640   (5.1%)  $9,339   (2.1%)
Noninterest income (in $mm) $6,865  $5,872   +16.9%  $6,551   +4.8%
Earnings per share $7.46  $5.99   +24.5%  $6.41   +16.4%
Return on common equity (without goodwill)  14.63%   12.76%   +187 bps   12.30%   +233 bps
Return on assets  1.39%   1.18%   +22 bps   1.16%   +24 bps
Efficiency ratio  61%   65%   (375 bps)   63%   (220 bps)
                 
          2013  2012  2013 vs.
          actual(1)  actual(1)  2012 actual
Tangible book value per share         $54.68  $49.18   +11.2%
Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio          12.40%   11.60%   +80 bps
Return on economic capital vs. cost of capital          13.76%   3.69%   +1007 bps
Annual total shareholder return          36.5%   3.7%   +3280 bps

This table includesThese tables include non-GAAP financial measures. See Annex A for additional information.

 

(1)To the extent permitted, theThe actual amounts have beenin 2015 and 2016 may be adjusted to omit, among other things, the effect of extraordinary items (2015 results only), discontinued operations (as such term is used under generally accepted accounting principles)GAAP), discontinued operations, and merger integration and acquisition costs. The results also may include adjustments for select categories of events and transactions that are viewed as being outside of our ongoing management of the business, some categories of which are provided in footnote (b) on pagepages 58 and 59 with respect to incentive performance units. When comparing performance metrics to our peers, we adjust their results comparably.
(2)2013 budget We did not adjust PNC’s amounts were adjusted to omitin either 2015 or 2016, other than adjustments for the impactsale of planned trust preferred securities redemptions that occurredVisa shares in 2013. The Committee previously approved adjusting actual results for such redemptions.each year, which impacted our return on economic capital.

 

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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

At meetings held during the first quarter of 2017, the Committee reviewed PNC’s performance for the 2016 performance year. PNC delivered consistent performance in 2016, with net income somewhat down from 2015, but with net interest income and fee income growth, strong shareholder returns, and continued execution against our strategic priorities. We also maintained disciplined risk and expense management, and positioned our balance sheet to benefit from a rising interest rate environment.

Despite showing net interest income growth year over year, we lagged our peer group. This reflected, in part, our deliberate choices to stay within our risk appetite and not grow our loan portfolio without receiving appropriate returns. Recognizing the cyclicality of the traditional lending business, we believe that this approach positions us well for the future. We also trailed our peers in noninterest income growth, which was driven primarily by a year-over-year decrease in our other income (such as lower net gains on sales of our Visa stock) – while our fee income, a non-GAAP financial measure, was up 1% from last year. Our return on common equity (without

goodwill), a non-GAAP financial measure, and our efficiency ratio were both near the median for our peers, and our return on assets was above the median. See Annex A for more information on non-GAAP financial measures.

The Committee noted the ongoing impact of a low interest rate environment on our business results, and our strategy to manage balance sheet risk by not pursuing loans and other assets that are outside of our enterprise risk appetite. The Committee also noted that we grew net interest income despite continuing to lose income from the impaired loans that we acquired in prior acquisitions (referred to as purchase accounting accretion runoff), and that we grew fee income.

The Committee also reviewed PNC’s performance against the following key strategic priorities, which were reviewed with our Board at the beginning of 2016. Despite the challenging environment, management continued to drive growth across the franchise and make strategic investments to position PNC for long-term success.

Key strategic objectivesPerformance indicators
Drive Building a leading banking franchise in  our underpenetrated marketsLOGO   

We continued growth in newly acquired
and underpenetrated markets

• Added new clientsacross most lines of business in the Southeast, including:with year-over-year increases in average loans (Retail and Corporate & Institutional Bank), discretionary assets under management, and residential mortgage origination volume.

-36,000 DDA households
-151 primary corporate bank clients
-395 primary Asset Management Group (AMG) clients
Capture

 Capturing more investable assets

• In wealth management:LOGO   

We increased our assets under administration, brokerage fees, and brokerage account client assets year over year.

-22% increase in primary client acquisitions
-44% increase in sales sourced from other PNC lines of business over 2012
• In retail banking:
-19% increase in brokerage fees
-8% increase in brokerage account assets
Redefine

 Reinventing the retail banking
business

 experience

• Continued

LOGO   

LOGO   

We continued to buildfocus on transforming the customer experience – 58% of consumer customers used non-teller channels for the majority of their transactions (52% in 2015) and ATM and mobile deposits accounted for 49% of total retail deposit transactions (43% in 2015).

Approximately 21% of our branch of the future by emphasizing technologynetwork now operates under our universal model. Universal branches are designed to leverage enhanced technologies and consolidating existing branchesallow branch personnel to focus on sales and services.

• Added customers

 Bolstering critical infrastructure and grew net demand deposit account households

 streamlining core processes

• Established

LOGO   

LOGO   

LOGO   

We completed a more productive sales culture

Build a stronger mortgage
banking business
• Continued to show good volume trends, even though demand softened
• Implemented seamless delivery across the network
• Improved the average application-to-close time and customer loyalty scores
• Negotiated settlements with Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae resolving legacy issues
Manage expenses• Exceeded the $700$400 million continuous improvement goal
• Improved efficiency ratio from 65%program in 2016.

We continued to 61%, on an adjusted basismanage our expenses well, with noninterest expenses remaining stable.

We achieved completion of approximately 80% of our five-year “Vision 13” program, which includes global enhancements to our technological capabilities and infrastructure.

 

Individual compensation decisions.After undertaking a comprehensive review ofIn addition to evaluating our corporate performance based on these financial and strategic metrics, the Committee evaluatedalso reviewed the individual performance of each NEO. To help the Committee understand the market, management provided current benchmarked compensation data for each NEO. The CEO reviewed his assessment ofdiscussed the individual performance of executives, including the NEOs with the Committee.

Committee, and, where appropriate, discussed the performance of the lines of business or functions managed by the NEOs. The Committee approved the compensation amountsawards for each NEO based on an evaluation of our NEOs.corporate, business and individual performance. For our CEO, and our Executive Chairman, the Committee approved the compensation amounts in an executive session, with no members of management present. Meridian, the Committee’s independent compensation consultant for 2013,2016, participated in this discussion with the Committee during the executive session.

Committee.

The Committee also reviewed itsthe CEO compensation decisions for our CEO and Executive Chairman in an executive session of

the independent members of the board of directors of PNC, with no members of management present. In that executive session, the Committee allowed time for the independent directors to provide comments or questions before finalizingabout the decisionsCEO’s performance or compensation.

Based on an evaluation of PNC’s 2016 performance, including a review of the performance metrics described above and management’s execution against the strategic priorities, the Committee determined that it was appropriate to award incentive compensation for the CEO and Executive Chairman.

The Committee awarded compensation to each NEO based onthat was generally below the following considerations:target amount, and generally below last year’s awards. While the Committee believed that PNC continued to deliver consistent results in a challenging environment, overall enterprise performance was generally lower than in 2015, and lower than our 2016 budget, and the incentive compensation decisions for

William S. Demchak (CEO):

 

In his first year as CEO, Mr. Demchak led the company to deliver:

Very good performance with record net income, a well-positioned balance sheet, strong shareholder returns, and substantial execution against our main strategic objectives.

Reduced expenses and better returns on assets (1.39%) and common equity (14.63%) than last year, on an adjusted basis.
Good performance against our peers, including:

an annual total shareholder return of 36.5%, placing us above our peer median
the third-highest annual EPS growth in our peer group
the highest noninterest income growth in the group

A well-positioned and core funded balance sheet with a loans-to-deposits ratio of 89%.
Growth in our key capital ratios and improvements to our Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) process.
Significant execution against our key strategic objectives.
A smooth transition with several key executives, including a new CFO, head of Technology and Operations and General Counsel.

James E. Rohr (Executive Chairman; Former CEO):

As CEO through April 2013, delivered very good performance, with growth in earnings, a well-positioned balance sheet, strong shareholder returns, and important progress on our strategic objectives.
As Executive Chairman for the remainder of 2013, played a critical role in the successful transition to Mr. Demchak, and served in a consultative capacity with Mr. Demchak.
Provided continuity to the Board, the executive management team, key clients and shareholders, and regulatory and political relationships.

Robert Q. Reilly (CFO):

In his previous role as Head of our Asset Management Group (AMG) earlier in 2013, supported strategic goals by delivering record high assets under management, sales, loan and deposits and new primary clients in AMG.
Advanced key growth initiatives in AMG through the build out of newly acquired markets and our Wealth and Investing initiative, which is designed to capture more investable assets.

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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

the NEOs reflected that relatively lower performance. The actual incentive compensation payouts also reflect individual performance, including business unit (or function) performance and consideration of risk management. Mr. Reilly’s incentive compensation award amount was slightly higher than his target amount. This reflected, in part, current market data

for compensation for chief financial officers. In light of that data and Mr. Reilly’s skills and performance, the Committee increased Mr. Reilly’s 2017 incentive compensation target to $3,250,000. In making the 2016 incentive compensation awards, the Committee considered, among other things the achievements described on pages 46 to 48 for each NEO.

2016 compensation decisions

The table below shows, for each NEO, the incentive compensation target for 2016 and the actual annual cash incentive and long-term equity-based incentives awarded in 2017 for 2016 performance.

    William S.
Demchak
   

Robert Q.

Reilly

   

Michael P.

Lyons

   

E William

Parsley, III

  

Steven C.

Van Wyk

 

Incentive compensation target

  $10,500,000   $3,000,000   $6,050,000   $6,900,000  $2,750,000 

Incentive compensation awarded for 2016 performance

  $10,150,000   $3,050,000   $5,900,000   $6,600,000  $2,660,000 

Annual cash incentive portion

  $3,400,000   $1,275,000   $1,940,000   $2,250,000  $1,080,000 

Long-term incentive portion

  $6,750,000   $1,775,000   $3,960,000   $4,350,000(1)  $1,580,000 

Incentive compensation disclosed in the Summary compensation table(2)

  $11,200,000   $3,175,000   $6,020,000   $7,050,000  $2,680,000 

Annual cash incentive portion (2016 performance)

  $3,400,000   $1,275,000   $1,940,000   $2,250,000  $1,080,000 

Long-term incentive portion (2015 performance)

  $7,800,000   $1,900,000   $4,080,000   $4,800,000  $1,600,000 
(1)Mr. Parsley’s incentive compensation target and award includes two grants – the grant of equity-based awards that all other NEOs would otherwise receive (with a target value of $3,000,000) and a separate grant of incentive performance units related to the management of our Asset & Liability Management (ALM) unit, with a target value of $1,500,000. Please see page 61 for a discussion of Mr. Parsley’s ALM units.
Back(2)Due to ContentsSEC regulations, the incentive compensation amounts disclosed in the Summary compensation table on page 56 include the cash incentive award paid in 2017 (for 2016 performance) and the long-term incentive award granted in 2016 (for 2015 performance).

The charts below show the base salary for 2016 for each executive, and the annual cash incentive and long-term incentive awarded in 2017 for 2016 performance. The bar surrounding each circle shows the amount of total compensation that is at-risk and not guaranteed.

 

 William S. Demchak

 Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

 2016 KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

LOGO

As our CEO, Mr. Demchak continued to deliver consistent results for PNC, with the company earning net income of $4 billion and reported EPS of $7.30, and a tangible book value per common share of $67.26 at year-end.

Delivered strong returns to our investors – while our one-year TSR lagged our peer median, PNC’s three-year TSR was the highest in our peer group.

Grew PNC strategically without departing from our desired risk appetite through purposeful loan and deposit growth, and a continued increase in our fee income from diversified sources.

Maintained a strong, well-positioned balance sheet and returned more than $3 billion in capital to our shareholders.

Continued to execute against our strategic priorities of building a leading banking franchise in our underpenetrated markets, capturing more investable assets, redefining the retail banking experience, and bolstering critical infrastructure and streamlining core processes.

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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

 Robert Q. Reilly

 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 2016 KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

As our CFO, Mr. Reilly provided effective supervision of major internal financial and accounting functions and continued to play an integral part in achieving our achievement of 2013 financial priorities,priorities.

Continued to manage our expenses well in a challenging economic environment, including exceedingreaching our continuous improvement goal of $700$400 million in cost savings, which helped to fund key investments in our business, and decreasing ourkept overall expenses stable year over year.

Served as primary spokesperson with investors, the media and the investment community and continued to support our reputation with those stakeholders.

LOGO

 

Richard J. Johnson (Former CFO):

 Michael P. Lyons

Executive Vice President and Head of Corporate & Institutional Banking

 2016 KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

 

PriorAs the head of our Corporate & Institutional Banking segment, Mr. Lyons continued to his retirement, as CFO, successfully executed against our financial priorities.
Maintained strong financial control and discipline, collaborating with our business leaders to drive business performance, growth, efficiency and returns.
Effectively represented PNC with investors, regulators, analysts and ratings agencies.
Provided transition assistance allowing Mr. Reilly to seamlessly move into the CFO role.

Michael P. Lyons (Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking):

Managedlead a major business that contributed approximately 34%36% of our revenue and 54%over half of our profitsnet income in 2013.2016.

Delivered strong financial results in 2016, despite increases in provision and the continued run-off in purchase accounting accretion.

Expanded new clients in the Southeast.

Grew the franchise by expanding into three new markets.

LOGO

  
Delivered solid financial results, with increases in average loans (up 13.3%) and noninterest income (up 6.5%), despite a highly competitive environment on multiple fronts (competitors, markets, interest rates, regulatory).
  
Achieved growth while maintaining our desired risk appetite.
Achieved meaningful progress against strategic priorities, including maximizing cross sell opportunities of new relationships by achieving client penetration at a faster pace with recently added clients.
Gained customer share (42% increase over 2012) and improved productivity in the Southeast resulting in double digit growth for the business in that market.

 

E. William Parsley, III (Chief Investment Officer and Treasurer):

Delivered outstanding performance on our core investment portfolio – nearly doubling the return as compared to the benchmark index, surpassing budget with consumer hedging activities and surpassing 2012 results in the alternative investment portfolio.
Enhanced the firm’s liquidity and capital profile, increasing our liquidity coverage and improving our long-term capital plan.
Partnered successfully with the Risk and Finance functions to improve the evaluation and reporting of risks across the entire balance sheet.
Made improvements to the CCAR process.

Steven C. Van Wyk (Head of Technology and Operations):

As the newly hired Head of Technology and Operations, instituted a long-term plan to optimize technology and operations to further improve efficiency and effectiveness by identifying key initiatives with multi-year goals.
Developed an overall vision to become an industry leader in Technology and Operations and recruiting key talent to help execute the vision.
Aggressively managed technology infrastructure risks (such as business resilience, information security, etc.) by dramatically strengthening cyber defense, improving the reliability of our client facing systems and initiating a lean management program across our operation centers.

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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

Based on the overall corporate and business performance and these individual evaluations, the Committee granted the following incentive compensation awards to each NEO in 2013.

The table below shows the value of the incentive compensation awards for performance year 2013 – the annual incentive award paid in cash and the aggregate value of the long-term incentive awards granted on February 13, 2014 – and is different than the information provided for equity awards in the Summary Compensation Table on page 55. The principal difference between the table below and the Summary Compensation Table is the timing of the reporting of equity-based awards. The Summary Compensation Table includes the value of equity-based awards granted in 2013 (for performance year 2012) and the table below represents incentive compensation for performance year 2013.

            Value of
  Incentive Total Incentive  Cash  long-term
NEO compensation target compensation awarded  award portion  equity awards portion
William S. Demchak                 
President and CEO $6,800,000  $9,083,333   $3,083,333  $6,000,000 
James E. Rohr                 
Executive Chairman and Former CEO $2,166,667(1) $2,894,000(1)  $918,000  $1,976,000 
Robert Q. Reilly                 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer $2,400,000  $2,625,000   $1,075,000  $1,550,000 
Richard J. Johnson                 
Former Chief Financial Officer $1,666,667  $1,800,000(2)  $800,000  $1,000,000(2)
Michael P. Lyons                 
Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking $4,800,000  $6,100,000   $2,020,000  $4,080,000 
E. William Parsley, III                 
Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer and Treasurer $5,000,000  $5,650,000   $1,075,000  $4,575,000 
Steven C. Van Wyk                 
Executive Vice President, Head of Technology and Operations $1,700,000  $2,500,000   $1,000,000  $1,500,000 

(1)The Committee awarded the incentive compensation listed in the table based on Mr. Rohr’s service as CEO through April 2013. Mr. Rohr also received a base salary of $1,000,000, and an equity award, valued at $1,000,000, in recognition of his service as Executive Chairman.
(2)Mr. Johnson’s long-term equity award was granted on July 19, 2013 as part of his pro-rated 2013 incentive award and in light of his subsequent retirement. See below for a description of the award.

Annual incentive awards (cash).The Committee had previously approved the eligibility of Mr. Demchak and the next three highest-paid NEOs (other than the CFO) to receive annual incentive awards under the 1996 Executive Incentive Award Plan, a shareholder-approved plan that allows PNC to receive a tax deduction for certain compensation. At that time the Committee also established the maximum amount that each executive could receive.

Under this 1996 plan, no eligible participant may receive an annual incentive award that exceeds 0.2% of PNC’s “Incentive Income” for the year—defined as our consolidated net income, with certain adjustments. Once the year ends, the Committee decides whether to make a downward adjustment from the maximum annual incentive award amount for each participant. In February 2014, the Committee made a downward adjustment from the maximum amount, taking into account the same types of performance factors it used in making compensation decisions for the executive officers who do not participate in the 1996 plan. For more information on this plan and the process for establishing maximum amounts, please see footnote (a) of theGrants of plan-based awards in 2013table on page 58, andConsideration of tax deductibilityon page 49.

Long-term incentive awards (equity-based).Under our current programs, each NEO generally receives his long-term incentive award in two primary forms - the incentive performance unit, which measures PNC performance over a three-year period and the performance-based restricted share unit (RSU), which vests in equal annual installments over a four-year period. In addition to the regular incentive performance unit, Mr. Parsley received an incentive performance unit tied to the performance of our Asset & Liability Management (ALM) function, which he manages. In 2013, other awards were granted to Mr. Rohr, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Lyons and Mr. Van Wyk and are described below.

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All of these equity-based awards are made under PNC’s shareholder-approved 2006 Incentive Award Plan and have the material features summarized below:

 

Key featuresIncentive performance units (2014–2016)Performance RSUs (2014–2017)

Performance period E William Parsley, III

3 years, with vesting at the end

Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer, Treasurer, and Head of the period

4 years, with vesting in annual installmentsConsumer Lending

Performance measures

 2016 KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

 As our Chief Investment Officer and Treasurer, Mr. Parsley continued to provide effective management of our assets, liabilities, and capital, and continued to provide strong oversight of our capital markets, alternative investments and balance sheet hedging activities.

PNC Led the process of substantially improving our CCAR qualitative performance, (absolute) - return oncommon equity without goodwill (ROCE)vs. costand led efforts to achieve early compliance with the Liquidity Coverage Ratio, a regulatory liquidity requirement.

 Continued to lead and enhance our Analytics and Portfolio Management function while taking on new leadership of common equity hurdleour Home Lending business.

Peer performance (relative) - EPS growthrank Expanded his responsibility to include our entire Consumer Lending business, and made key organizational changes and infrastructure investments to facilitate the fundamental transformation of this important business.

  PNC’s annual total shareholderreturn (TSR)
Payout range
(as % of target award)
 0 – 125%    75 – 125% 
Payout schedules ROCE as %            
  of Hurdle Payout %  TSR Payout % 
 110.00%   125.00%  +25.00% 125.00% 
 Target105.00%   100.00%  Target 0.00%  100.00% 
  100.00%   75.00%   -25.00%  75.00% 
  75.00%   50.00%         
 50.00%   0.00%         
                
  EPS            
  Growth Rank Payout %        
  1   125.00%         
  2   125.00%         
  3   125.00%         
  4   125.00%         
  5   116.70%         
  6   108.30%         
 Target7   100.00%        
  8   90.00%         
  9   80.00%         
  10   60.00%         
  11   40.00%         
  12   0.00%         
  13   0.00%         
Payout formUnits payable in PNC common stock up totarget (0 to 100%), above target (100% to125%) payable in cashUnits payable in PNC common stockLOGO
Voting and dividend rights• No voting rights
• Dividends will accrue until vesting and be paid out in cash, adjusted for actual performance
Risk-based requirementsand adjustments• If PNC does not meet or exceed the required Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio for “well-capitalized” institutions in a specific year, the tranche applicable to that yearwill not vest.
• If our return on economic capital does not exceed our cost of capital for the year, the Committeemay reduce or eliminate the award

Key featuresALM incentive performance units (2014–2016)
Performance period3 years, with vesting at the end of the period
Performance measuresPNC’s ALM performance compared to a benchmark performance index
Payout range
(as % of target award)
0 - 200%
Payout schedulesAnnual performance relative to benchmark  Payout %

 Steven C. Van Wyk

Executive Vice President and Head of Technology and Operations

+ 40 basis points or higher

 2016 KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

 As our head of Technology & Operations, Mr. Van Wyk helped us to execute against our strategic priority of bolstering critical infrastructure and streamlining core processes.

 Oversaw the completion of approximately 80% of our five-year “Vision13” program, which includes global enhancements to our technology capabilities and infrastructure.

 Rolled out communications and technology enhancements to the majority of our employees.

 Introduced new approaches to innovation, and a new operating model to improve the speed to market and quality of PNC products.

  200.00%LOGO
+20 basis points  150.00%
0 to -25 basis points100.00%
-35 basis points40.00%
-40 basis points or below0.00%
Payout formUnits payable in cash
Voting and dividend rights• No voting rights
• No accrued dividends

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In 2013, and as disclosed in our 2013 Proxy Statement, Mr. Rohr and Mr. Lyons both received their annual incentive award for 2012 performance in the form of a three-year restricted stock award in February 2013. In February 2014, Mr. Rohr received a restricted share unit award for his service as Executive Chairman. The award has no service requirement, but it is subject to transfer and other restrictions that expire on the respective first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date of the award. Additional long-term equity awards were granted in 2013 with the following conditions:

Mr. Johnson• 3 year Restricted Share Unit AwardGranted as part of Mr. Johnson’s pro-rated 2013 incentive awards in light of Mr. Johnson’s retirement
• No service requirement
• Transfer restrictions that expire on the first, second and third anniversaries of grant date
Mr. Van Wyk• 3 year Restricted Share Unit AwardGranted as part of Mr. Van Wyk’s employment offer and intended to offset the value of equity forfeited at his previous employer
• Vests 100% on the third anniversary of grant date, subject to service condition

For discussion of the performance achieved under these awards, and the payouts awarded to NEOs, please read the introduction to theOutstanding Equity Awards at 2013 Fiscal Year-Endtables, beginning on page 59.

Compensation policies and practices

 

The Committee adopts policies and procedures to assist in the fulfillment of its duties, and reviews these from time to time. Wewe describe some of the significant policies and procedures in this section.

In addition to formal policies and procedures, the Committee has several practices that it follows in the fulfillment of its duties and responsibilities. Some of thesethose practices are described below.

Compensation and risk.risk

The Committee evaluates the risks inherent in the incentive compensation program. For a detailed

discussion of how the Committee evaluates risk, please seeCompensation and Risk, which begins on page 53.54.

Independent compensation consultant

Retaining an independent compensation consultant.The Committee retains Meridian Compensation Partners, LLC as its independent compensation consultant. For a discussion of this relationship and the considerations that the Committee takes into account when determining independence, please see pages 26 and 27.page 26.

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Selecting a peer group.Peer group

The Committee selects a peer group each year. We use this group to help measure relative performance and to determine our incentive performance unit payouts. We also use this group for general compensation comparisons.

In approving a peer group, the Committee analyzes several factors, including the mix and complexity of businesses, the markets being served, market capitalization, asset size, and changes resulting from mergers or shifts in strategic direction. We also look at the companies with whom we generally compete for talent.

The Committee annually discussesreviews the composition of the peer group with management and its

independent compensation consultant. The followingFor 2016, the Committee believed that the existing peer group for 2014 remains unchanged from the prior year:

Peer Group

Bank of America Corporation
BB&T Corporation
Capital One Financial Corporation
Comerica Incorporated
Fifth Third Bancorp
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
KeyCorp
M&T Bank Corporation
Regions Financial Corporation
SunTrust Banks, Inc.
U.S. Bancorp
Wells Fargo & Company


The Committee believes that this peer group providesgenerally provided a balanced mix of institutions in light of our size, mix and scope of businesses, products and services, and sources of executive talent. PNC is larger than a majority of the peers, positioned between the median and the 75thpercentile of the peer group, based on total assets, revenue and market capitalization.

The peer group for 2017 remained unchanged from 2016 and included 12 companies (including PNC), with assets, revenues and market capitalization for each company measured as of December 30, 2016:

Peer Group Company Ticker
Symbol
     Peer  

Assets

(in billions)

       Peer  

Revenue

(in billions)

        Peer  

Market
Capitalization

(in billions)

 

Bank of America Corporation

 BAC   JPM  $2,491.0    JPM  $95.7     JPM  $307.3 

BB&T Corporation

 BBT   BAC  $2,187.7    WFC  $88.3     WFC  $276.4 

Capital One Financial Corporation

 COF   WFC  $1,930.1    BAC  $83.7     BAC  $222.2 

Fifth Third Bancorp

 FITB   USB  $446.0    COF  $25.5     USB  $87.2 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

 JPM   PNC  $366.4    USB  $21.1     PNC  $56.7 

KeyCorp

 KEY   COF  $357.0    PNC  $15.2     COF  $41.9 

M&T Bank Corporation

 MTB   BBT  $219.3    BBT  $10.8     BBT  $38.1 

Regions Financial Corporation

 RF   STI  $204.9    STI  $8.6     STI  $26.9 

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

 STI   FITB  $142.2    FITB  $6.3     MTB  $24.4 

U.S. Bancorp

 USB   KEY  $136.5    RF  $5.6     FITB  $20.2 

Wells Fargo & Company

 WFC   RF  $126.0    MTB  $5.3     KEY  $19.7 
    MTB  $123.4    KEY  $5.0     RF  $17.4 

Executive stock ownership and retention

Our executive officers historically have held a significant portion of their assets in the form of our common stock (or other equity-based instruments that reflect the performance of our common stock). The Committee believes it is important to require our executive officers to meet minimum stock ownership guidelines, denominated in shares.

Each executive officer is subject to additional ownership requirements, even after the original ownership target is met. The ownership requirements increase the number of PNC shares that an individual needs to own over time. As new awards vest, designated executives need to retain more shares of stock, which they must then hold

until they retire or leave PNC. This ownership policy reflects compensation awards over an executive’s career, and also ties an executive’s personal wealth closely to the performance of PNC and the interests of our long-term shareholders.

Equity interests that count toward satisfaction of the ownership guidelines include shares owned outright by the officer, or his or her spouse and dependent children, restricted shares (subject to vesting requirements), certain equity awards and shares or stock units held in a benefit plan. We count 50% of any unvested equity-based award (that is payable in common shares) toward satisfaction of the ownership guidelines. The guidelines are as follows:

  Officer/Category 

Base ownership
requirement (in shares)

 

Base ownership
requirement
(in dollars)(1)

 

Ongoing retention
requirement

(as a % of newly vested
equity)

President and Chief Executive Officer

 125,000 $14,620,000 33%

All other NEOs(2)

 15,000 – 25,000 $1,754,400 – $2,924,000 25%
(1)Value based on PNC closing price of $116.96 as of December 30, 2016.
(2)The stock ownership guidelines apply to certain other senior executives as well, including all executive officers. One executive officer (not an NEO) has a requirement to own 5,000 shares ($584,800 in value as of December 30, 2016) with a 10% ongoing retention requirement.

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Newly hired or promoted executives who become subject to these guidelines will have up to six years to satisfy the guidelines. The Committee monitors compliance with these stock ownership guidelines and has determined that our current NEOs satisfy the guidelines. All other executives subject to the guidelines either satisfy the guidelines or are within the compliance period.

Clawback of prior compensation.and forfeitureThe Committee has approved

We have a “clawback” policy that applies to all of our NEOs and other executive officers, as well as other senior employeesexecutives and those employees receiving equity-based compensation. This policy applies to all incentive compensation provided on or after January 1, 2013, although some elements of the policy were in effect previously.

 

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A summary of PNC’s clawback and incentive compensation adjustment policy is included in the tabledescribed below.

 

ProvisionClawback Provision SummaryNegative Adjustments / Forfeiture

 Trigger

 

Eligible Compensation Elements

Applicable Employee Population
Clawback for MateriallyInaccurate PerformanceMetrics

Metrics

IncentiveApplies to incentive compensation basedonawarded as the result of materially inaccurateperformance metric(s); metrics (seebelow for additional details)

 

All incentive compensation(vested or unvested)

Senior executives & other seniorleaders
Clawback Resulting fromDetrimental ConductCompetitive

Applies when an individual (1) engages in competitive activity withoutprior consent while– either as an employeeof PNC or for 1one year postemployment

Fraud,after employment; (2) commits fraud, misappropriation orembezzlement

Felony conviction embezzlement; or (3) is convicted of a felony

 

All unvested long-term incentivecompensation

All equity recipients
Negative AdjustmentsResulting fromPerformance AgainstRisk Metrics PerformanceLess

May apply when there is less than desired performanceagainst corporate or businessunit risk metrics, as applicable

 

All unvested long-term incentiveRisk-Related Actions

compensation

Senior executives & other seniorleaders
Negative AdjustmentsResulting from Risk-Related ActionsActionMay apply when an individual’s actions, or the failure to take action,act, either as an individual orsupervisor, demonstratingdemonstrates afailure to provide appropriateconsideration of risk; risk (see belowfor additional details)

 Applies to All incentive compensation – vested or unvestedAll unvested long-term incentive compensation

All unvested long-term

incentive compensation

compensationEmployees affected NEOs and other senior leadersAll equity recipientsAll equity recipients

 

For purposes of the clawback for materially inaccurate performance metrics, performance metrics include any metric, including corporate financial results, used directly or indirectly to determine whether or not incentive compensation is to be provided to an executive (or group of executives) or to determine the amount of any such compensation. The portion of the incentive compensation that represents the excess over what would have been provided if there had been no material inaccuracy in the performance metric will be subject to clawback. The Committee retains discretion, to the extent legally permissible, to determine that it would not be in PNC’s best interests to seek to enforce the clawback.

For purposes of the negative adjustment resulting from risk relatedrisk-related actions, the Committee may reduce or cancel unvested long-term incentive compensation granted to an employee who takes risk-related actionsaction (or fails to take action) that result in, or are reasonably expected to result in, a material adverse impact to PNC or a business unit, such as:

 

Not following applicable risk management policies or procedures,
Disregarding the significant risks associated with a course of action for which the employee is responsible,
Violating, or permitting or enabling PNC to violate, statutory or regulatory requirements, or
Not escalating risk concerns to appropriate individuals, committees or other governing bodies.
Not following applicable risk management policies or procedures;

 

Disregarding the significant risks associated with a course of action for which the employee is responsible;

Violating, or permitting or enabling PNC to violate, statutory or regulatory requirements; or

Not escalating risk concerns to appropriate individuals, committees or other governing bodies.

This applies both to individual employees who took risk-related actions (or failed to take action) and their supervisors. The types of adverse impacts could include matters such as impacts to PNC’s or a business segment’s or corporate function’s financial performance, capital or liquidity positions, reputation or business prospects.

The negative adjustment resulting from risk relatedrisk-related actions allows PNC to recoup unvested equity awards from recipients whose inappropriate risk-taking activities have resulted in, or are expected to result in, a material adverse impact to PNC in the future. By doing so, PNC is able to add further risk-balancing to our incentive arrangements by accounting for both forward- and backward-looking risk adjustments.

In February 2014, the Committee adopted amendments to theThe policy to provideprovides that if PNC applies the policy to recoup or clawback incentive compensation or negatively adjust incentive compensation as a result of risk-related actions and the underlying factual circumstances are otherwise publicly reported by PNC (1) in a filing with the SEC or (2) in disclosure that would otherwise meet the requirements for public disclosure by PNC under the SEC’s Regulation FD or (3) are disclosed by a third party in a publicly available court or administrative filing, then PNC will disclose in its annual shareholder meeting proxy statement, a current report on Form 8-K or other public filing made by it with the SEC or a posting in a clearly identifiable location in the Investor Relations section of its corporate website:

 

a general description of the circumstances giving rise to the incentive compensation recovery or

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a general description of the circumstances giving rise to the incentive compensation recovery or adjustment, including items such as the number of employees, seniority of employees, and line of business impacted,impacted; and
the aggregate amount of incentive compensation recovered or adjusted.

 

the aggregate amount of incentive compensation recovered or adjusted.

PNC may limit such disclosure if it would be likely to result in, or exacerbate, any existing or threatened, employee, shareholder or other litigation, arbitration or proceeding against PNC.

Shareholder approval of severance agreements.agreementsIn 2011, our Board adopted, at

We have a Board-approved policy regarding the recommendationshareholder approval of the Committee, a Policy Regarding Shareholder Approval of

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Future Severance Arrangements. This policy applies to future severance arrangements with executive officers.arrangements. Under this policy, PNC will not enter into an arrangement with an executive officer that provides for additional severance benefits in an amount exceeding 2.99 times the sum of the executive officer’s annual base salary and target bonus for the year of termination, unless the future severance arrangement is approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of votes cast by shareholders on the matter.

The policy applies only to future severance arrangements. Future severance arrangements do not include existing severance agreements or agreements to which PNC becomes obligated in connection with an acquisition, unless in each case the severance agreement is modified to materially increase benefits that would be considered additional severance benefits. Our Board retains the right to amend, terminate or waive the policy and will promptly disclose any such change. We have made this policy available atwww.pnc.com/corporategovernancecorporategovernance..

Since 2009, no new change in control agreement has included an excise tax gross-up. In addition, in 2016, we eliminated excise tax gross-ups for all existing change in control agreements. For a more detailed discussion on change in control arrangements, please seeChange in control agreements beginning on page 71.

Consideration of tax deductibility.Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code does not generally allow a company to deduct compensation over $1 million paid to certain executive officers. Under the tax rules, the executive officers whose compensation is subject to Section 162(m) includes the CEO and the next three highest-compensated executive officers (other than the CEO and the CFO).

One exception to this disallowance applies to performance-based compensation paid under shareholder-approved plans. Awards made under our shareholder-approved plans—the 1996 Executive Incentive Award Plan (annual incentive awards) and the 2006 Incentive Award Plan (other equity-based awards)—are intended to be eligible for the performance-based exception and therefore, deductible by PNC for federal income tax purposes.

Although the Committee considers the desirability of limiting PNC’s non-deductible expenses when it makes compensation decisions, the Committee believes in maintaining the flexibility and competitive effectiveness of the executive compensation program. Tax deductibility, while an important consideration, is analyzed as one component of the overall program.

Limiting perquisites.perquisites

The Committee believes in limiting the amount of perquisites provided to our executives. Since 2009, each executive officer receives a $10,000 allowance for perquisites. If the executive exceeds this allowance, the executive is asked to reimburse PNC for the excess, if legally permissible.

We consider a benefit to be a perquisite or personal benefit unless its purpose is clearly and exclusively business related.business-related. We value perquisites based on their incremental cost to us. Executive officers do not receive tax “gross-ups” on any perquisites.

The principal perquisites that we may provide to some or all of our executive officers include:include financial consulting and tax preparation services;services and limited personal use of corporate aircraft, as approved by our CEO; incidental costs of medical examinations not covered by health insurance; and costsCEO. In 2016, the Committee also approved a perquisite for Mr. Demchak related to the installation of home security services. With respect to that perquisite, Mr. Demchak has agreed to pay the ongoing maintenance costs personally. The perquisites that we provide to our executive officers under this program do not include any tax “gross ups”. We may provide additional perquisites to an executive officer from time to time. time, but this is not common.

In conjunction with Mr. Van Wyk’s employment with PNC, he received relocation benefits pursuantaddition to the terms of our Executive Relocation Policy. We viewed these relocation expenses as necessary business expenses and thus they were not restricted by the $10,000 perquisite allowance.

William S. Demchak, James E. Rohr, Robert Q. Reilly and an additionalperquisites, each executive officer have access(other than the CEO) receives a $10,000 allowance for personal aircraft usage. As the

Committee has previously recommended that Mr. Demchak take all flights (personal or business) on the corporate aircraft, the Committee has approved an allowance, not to our corporate aircraftexceed $100,000, for personal flights but each of these individuals is required to pay PNC fortaken on the cost of all such flights, as determined underaircraft by Mr. Demchak.

The Committee has previously approved the termsexecution of lease (“time-sharing”) agreements between PNC and the executive. During 2013, each of these executivescertain executive officers, including our CEO and one other than Mr. Reilly paid for all personal usage of the aircraft under the terms of these agreements. Before he executed a time-sharing agreement during 2013, Mr. Reilly’s personal use was subject to the $10,000 perquisite allowance discussed above. The Committee has approved the time-sharingNEO (Mr. Reilly). These agreements in orderhelp us to comply with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rules and regulations that would otherwise prohibit executives from reimbursing PNC for the incremental cost of personal flights. Under the terms of these time-sharing agreements, Mr. Johnson had access toDemchak and Mr. Reilly will pay for the corporate aircraft under his time-sharing agreement. This agreement was terminated in connection with his retirement. Mr. Rohr’s time-sharing agreement will be terminated upon his retirement.

costs of any personal flights that exceed the allowances described above.

Due to certain operational restrictions and administrative efficiencies, we operate our corporate aircraft under FAA rules and regulations that limit our ability to accept reimbursement for personal aircraft usage unless an individual has a time-sharing agreement. The timesharingtime-sharing agreements provide a mechanism to obtain reimbursement from the executive. The costs paid by our executive officers under the terms of the agreements include incremental costs, as well as a federal excise tax and other fees. For flights subject to these time-sharing agreements, the officer is required to pay us for the following costs:

 

fuel, oil, lubricants, and other additives;
travel expenses of crew, including food, lodging, and ground transportation;
hanger and tie-down costs away from the aircraft’s base of operation;
insurance obtained for the specific flight;
landing fees, airport taxes, and similar assessments;
fuel, oil, lubricants, and other additives;

travel expenses of crew, including food, lodging, and ground transportation;

hangar and tie-down costs away from the aircraft’s base of operation;

insurance obtained for the specific flight;

landing fees, airport taxes, and similar assessments;

custom, foreign permit, and similar fees directly related to the flight;
in-flight food and beverages; and
passenger ground transportation.

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In March 2014, the Committee approved amendments to the flight;

in-flight food and beverages; and

passenger ground transportation.

The Committee has adopted an aviation policy governing the use of company aircraft. To supplement the policy, the Committee also adoptedand written procedures to document and refine the principles to be applied in determining the classification of a flight as business or personal and the calculation of aggregate incremental cost for perquisite purposes, including definitions of personal use and enhanced methods for allocating costs between business and personal in complex situations and an approach for capturing deadhead flights where appropriate in the calculation of incremental costs for personal aircraft use. The Committee also approved the use of an amended form of time-sharing agreement to bring amounts to be billed into alignment with the new procedures (subject to FAA maximum billing limitations). As permitted by the FAA rules, the new form of agreement provides for the billing of an additional charge equal to 100% of the costs of fuel, oil and lubricants listed above to facilitate the alignment of incremental cost as currently calculated and amounts billed.

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Guidelines on the use of discretion.discretion

The Committee has adopted guidelines regarding the use of discretion in incentive compensation plans. Under these guidelines, the use of discretion will be exercised so that incentive compensation awards are reasonably aligned with risk-adjusted performance. The guidance provides, among other things, that discretionary increases in compensation should be based on behaviors, actions, or results that are deemed to be extraordinary, exceed expectations, or provide meaningful direct or indirect benefits to PNC or our businesses. At the same time, discretionary reductions in compensation should be based on behaviors, actions, or results that fail to meet expectations or negatively impact our performance, reputation, or work environment. The guidelines specifically address the need to evaluate both inappropriate risk-taking behaviors during the performance year, as well as the outcome of prior inappropriate risk-taking behaviors, when making discretionary incentive compensation decisions. In addition, managers are generally required to document how discretion was applied in considering risk-taking behaviors and outcomes in employees’ performance evaluations or incentive compensation recommendations, particularly for our most senior level employees.

Executive stock ownership and retention.Our executive officers historically have held a significant portion of their personal wealth in the form of our common stock (or other equity that reflects the performance of our common stock). The Committee believes it is important to require our executive officers, to meet minimum stock ownership guidelines.

Our policy denominates the ownership requirement in shares, and each executive officer and other key employees are also subject to additional ownership requirements, even after the original ownership target is met. The ownership requirements increase the number of PNC shares that an individual needs to own over time. As new awards vest, designated employees need to retain more shares of stock, which they must then hold until they retire or leave PNC. This ownership policy reflects compensation awards over an executive’s career, and also ties an executive’s personal wealth closely to the performance of PNC and the interests of our long-term shareholders.

Equity interests that count toward satisfaction of the ownership guidelines include shares owned outright by the officer, or his or her spouse and dependent children, restricted shares (subject to vesting requirements), certain equity awards and shares or stock units held in a benefit plan. The guidelines are as follows:

    Base requirement   
Officer/Category Share ownership
(base requirement)
 (value as of
12/31/2013)(1)
  Ongoing retention
requirement
President and Chief Executive Officer 125,000 $9,697,500  33%
Senior Vice Chairman 50,000 $3,879,000  33%
Management Executive Committee Members 25,000 $1,939,500  25%
Other Corporate Executive Group (CEG) Members 25,000 $1,939,500  25%
Controller 5,000 $387,900  10%

(1)Value based on PNC closing price of $77.58 as of December 31, 2013.

Over time, the guidelines will link additional stock ownership to compensation awards, rather than stock price volatility. Newly hired or promoted employees who become subject to these guidelines will have up to six years to satisfy the guidelines. The Committee monitors compliance with these stock ownership guidelines and has determined that our currently employed NEOs satisfy the guidelines. All other employees subject to the guidelines either satisfy the guidelines or are within the compliance period.

executives.

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Timing of equity grants.The Committee has adopted a policy for making equity compensation grants. This policy formalizes the practices that we generally use to grant stock options and other equity awards to most employees. The Committee believes that making equity grants as of specifically identified dates improves transparency and reduces risk. The Committee also seeks the flexibility to make all of its principal compensation decisions (salary, annual incentive, equity-based grants) on one specific date. We have not granted any stock options to our NEOs since 2010.

Generally, the Committee delegates to management the opportunity to grant equity-based awards to non-executive employees out of a pool of units established by the Committee for each year. The policy for these grants is otherwise the same as the policy applicable to grants to executive officers and other members of senior executive management. Most of these grants are awarded to non-executive employees as part of the annual performance and compensation review process, with generally the same grant date as the one used for the executive officers and other members of senior executive management. To the extent that units remain in the pool after the annual performance review period, management may grant additional equity-based awards later in the year. Stock options may only be granted outside of the annual incentive process two business days after the first quarterly earnings release following the grant decision date. The grant date for other equity-based awards may be any date, although the general practice is all equity awards shall have the same grant date, to the extent practicable.

Restrictions on trading, hedging and hedging.pledging

Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and related policies, which apply to all of our employees, include anti-hedging provisions that prohibit all employees from day trading or short selling PNC securities and from engaging in transactions in any derivative of PNC securities (other than securities issued under a PNC compensation plan), including buying and writing options.

We have a policy that prohibitsprohibit certain employees, including all of our executive officers, from purchasing or selling our securities beginning 15 days before the end16th day of the last month of

each calendar quarter until the second business day after we release our earnings for that quarter. We may also impose additional trading restrictions on certain employees, including all of our executive officers, due to the availability of material, non-public information regarding PNC or our securities. In addition, we require certain employees, including all executive officers, to pre-clear personal investments (other than in specified types of securities) made by the individual or any immediate family members.

Additionally, we do not allow directors, executive officers and certain other senior employees to pledge PNC securities.

OurConsideration of tax deductibility

Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of Business Conductdoes not generally allow a company to deduct compensation over $1 million paid to certain executive officers. Under the tax rules, the executive officers whose compensation is subject to Section 162(m) includes the CEO and Ethics and related policies, which apply to all of our employees, have for many years included anti-hedging provisions that prohibit all employees from day trading or short selling PNC securities and prohibit all employees from engaging in transactions in any derivative of PNC securitiesthe next three highest-compensated executive officers (other than securities issuedthe CEO and the CFO).

One exception to this disallowance applies to performance-based compensation paid under ashareholder-approved plans. Awards made under our shareholder-approved plans—the 1996 Executive Incentive Award Plan (annual incentive awards) and the 2016 Incentive Award Plan (other equity-based awards)—are intended to be eligible for the performance-based exception and therefore, deductible by PNC for federal income tax purposes.

Although the Committee considers the desirability of limiting PNC’s non-deductible expenses when it makes compensation plan), including buyingdecisions, the Committee believes in maintaining the flexibility and writing options.competitive effectiveness of the executive compensation program. Tax deductibility, while an important consideration, is analyzed as one component of the overall program.

 

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COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT

We have reviewed and discussed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis with PNC’s management, and based on our review and discussions, we recommended to the Board that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this proxy statement.

The Personnel and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

Dennis F. Strigl,ChairmanChair

Charles E. Bunch
Paul W. Chellgren

Andrew T. Feldstein

Richard B. Kelson
Thomas

Michael J. UsherWard

 

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COMPENSATION AND RISK

This section explains how we consider risk at PNC, and the relationship between risk management, performance, and compensation. We also discuss the risk reviews presented to our Board’s Personnel and Compensation Committee, and the methodology we use to assess the potential risks in our incentive compensation plans.

Risk management at PNC

 

We cannot avoid risk.encounter risk as part of the normal course of operating our business. The successful execution of our strategy requires effective management of the risks we decide to take.

Our risks may be internal or external, withintake to maintain the trust of our control or not, but we do not attempt to eliminate all risk. Instead, we want to understand, assesscustomers and manageprovide the risk. best overall customer experience.

We want our decisions to reflect aour desired risk appetite. It is our responsibility to establish an enterprise risk management framework that facilitates risk management for the benefit of our customers and shareholders.

Enterprise risk appetite statement

We manage our risk appetite to optimize long-term shareholder value while supporting our employees, customers, and communities. In doing so, we:

 

LOGO

Achieve our business objectives and protect our brand by accepting risks that are understood, quantifiable, and analyzed through all phases of the economic cycle.

LOGO

Earn trust and loyalty from all stakeholders including employees, customers, communities, and shareholders.

LOGO

Reward individual and team performance by taking into account risk discipline and performance measurement.

LOGO

Practice disciplined capital and liquidity management so that the firm can operate effectively through all economic cycles.

We strive to embed a culture of risk management throughout PNC. With each of our employees, we reinforce the importance of managing risks in executing on our strategic objectives. We set expectations by focusing onobjectives and in support of our desired risk management and this, together with other risk management tools, helps to create risk-sensitive incentive compensation programs.

appetite.

We dynamically manageapprove our risk appetite to optimize long-term shareholder value while supporting our employees, customers,Enterprise Risk Management Framework and communities.

We actively support a risk management culture that encourages communication and teamwork, to help us manage our risks in the best interests of our business and shareholders. We dynamically set our strategies and make distinct risk taking decisions with consideration for the impact to our aggregate risk position.

We set limits on the transactions that may be taken by employees in a line of business. In managing the risks we encounter, we employ the following accepted guiding principles to establish boundaries for the risks which we are willing to accept in the course of doing business. These include being able to effectively:

identify and understand risks and returns
make balanced risk decisions
monitor and manage risks

Our key risk policies are approved at the Board level. We discuss our risk management approach beginning on page 71in the Risk Management section of Item 7 of this year’s Annual Report on Form 10-K.

We intend that the incentives we build intoreflect our executive compensation structure support ourdesired enterprise risk appetite by helping to ensure that our performance management and compensation arrangements for all employees are balanced in ways that thesedo not create incentives when viewed in total, should not encourage our employees to take unnecessaryfor imprudent or excessive risks.

Compensationrisk-taking, are designed to provide a superior customer experience, and are reflective of our business model, management structure, and risk

appetite.

Our compensation philosophy supports and reflects PNC’s risk appetite and risk management culture. Our risk policies and procedures guide our management decisions, including how we compensatepay employees. By setting and communicating our risk tolerancesappetite in advance, we seek to manage and control the risks that employees can take or influence, consistent with their roles and responsibilities.

All employees have performance goals that are specifically tied to business and individual performance, but each employee, no matter their role at PNC, also has

customer focus and risk management.management goals. We then evaluate employee performance against these goals, including how they manage risks throughout the year, in addition to considering risk outcomes from actions taken in prior years. We base our incentive compensation decisions onincorporate this comprehensive evaluation of employee risk management.

management into our performance and incentive compensation decisions. In addition, all employees are encouraged to collaborate across groups to identify and mitigate risks and elevate and address identified issues or concerns.

Our compensation program is designed to encourage management of risk within our appetite and discourage inappropriate risk-taking by granting a diverse portfolio of incentive compensation awards to our executives and other senior employees that is expected to reward desired behavior over time.

Specifically, we balance our portfolio of awards between fixed and variable compensation; cash and equity-based compensation; and annual and long-term compensation. We base awards on the Committee’s assessment of a variety of quantitative and qualitative performance measurements, both on an absolute and a relative basis. Compensation decisions also rely on discretion to consider other factors, such as effective risk management, commitment to delivering a superior customer experience, compliance with controls and ethical duties, competition for top talent, market-based pay levels, and the need to attract develop, grow, and retain the leadership team.engage our leaders.

 

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Risk review of compensation plans


COMPENSATION AND RISK

 

Our Chief Risk Officer makes regular reports (at least quarterly) to our Board’s Personnel and Compensation Committee to discuss risk management and reinforce the connection between effective risk management and incentive compensation. Our Chief Risk Officer also presents the Committee with a risk assessment for each of our principal business units as well as a collective assessment of staff functions including finance, human resources, technology, and operations. In addition, we have at least one director who was a member of both the Personnel and Compensation and Risk Committees during 2013.

As discussed in our CD&A, the long-term incentive program includes grants to our NEOs and certain other executives that include robust risk-based performance metrics. Payouts under these grants could be reduced or eliminated if we do not meet specific risk criteria over the vesting period.

We also have a broad-based clawback policy described on pages 50 and 51.

We implementedmaintain an equity program for approximately 130120 senior leaders below the executive levels that is designed to help ensure that their incentive compensation awards reflect risk-adjusted performance outcomes that would pay out, if at all, over a four-year period. This group ofThese senior leaders receives receive

a portion of their incentive compensation in an equity-based award that is subject to a risk-based review trigger. We maintain separateThe equity award agreements for our senior leaders all contain an enterprise-wide risk-based review triggerstrigger, while the agreements for senior leaders in business segments versus(as opposed to those in administrative or control functions.functions) contain an additional, business-specific risk-based review trigger. If a risk-based review is triggered, the applicable review committee will determine whether a downward adjustment is warranted, up to a complete cancellation of the share units in that year’s tranche.

 

Risk review of compensation plans

Our Chief Risk Officer (CRO) reports at least quarterly to our Board’s Personnel and Compensation Committee to discuss risk management and review the connection between effective risk management and incentive compensation. Our CRO also presents the Committee with a risk assessment for each of our principal business units as well as a collective assessment of staff functions including finance, human resources, legal, operations and technology. In addition, we have at least one director who is a member of both the Personnel and Compensation and Risk Committees. At present, the Chair of the Risk Committee also serves on the Personnel and Compensation Committee.

We also have systematically identified individuals — or groups of employees — who could potentially expose us to material financial loss, either individually or as a collective group. As with our incentive compensation planrisk assessment, we alsohave established a cross-functional team that continues to identify and monitor these individuals or groups.

We alsohave developed a standardized governance framework for our incentive compensation plans to help monitor and validate these plans. We want our plans to achieve an appropriate balance of compensation, customer orientation, and risk-adjusted performance — this framework helps to ensure that we have the appropriate procedures,

controls and independent challenges in place to do so. We continue to assess and modify our incentive compensation plans. Theplans in accordance with this framework represents a balanced evaluationto help ensure our plans appropriately reflect risk considerations and the duration of the relationship betweenrisks and to enhance the documentation of existing risk-balancing strategies. Examples of incentive compensation, measuresplan modifications include:

Adding or increasing the visibility of financial performancerisk and risk management. This framework helps PNC evaluate whether incentive compensation may drive or influence excessive risk takingcustomer focus metrics to plans based on behalfthe structure of the plan participants.

We have previously performed a detailed analysis of our material incentive compensation plans at PNC — plans that covered approximately 85%and the nature of the population eligible to receive incentive compensation awards –business and have completed design assessmentsthe roles of these plans. To do this, we relied on work from cross-functional teams that included business unit leaders, and senior executives from ourparticipants

Adding or formalizing language around delaying award payments or recapture of payments where subsequent risk management, finance, and human resources functions. We looked at how plan participants could earn incentives undermetrics indicate excessive risk taking

Enhancing documentation of the plan, and evaluated plan design and plan decisions to understand the overall risks, as well as the durationuse of those risks.

We added several design features to the plans to help balance compensation and risk. These features typically included the addition of a risk-based metric (either backward or forward-looking in nature), or the introduction of a deferred payout. We also enhanced the guidelines regarding how we use discretion in making incentive compensation decisions under thesenon-formulaic plans and we modified our performance evaluation process for all of our employees to reflect specific risk considerations.

at the pool funding, business allocation, or individual award level

Based on our approach to enterprise risk management, theour comprehensive risk review of our incentive compensation plans,plan governance framework, our risk assessments for significant businesses and staff functions, and the additioninclusion of risk-based metrics toin our long-term incentive compensation programs, we believe that the risks arising from our compensation plans, policies, and practices are not reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on PNC.

 

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COMPENSATION TABLES

Summary compensation table

 

Name & Principal
Position
 Year  Salary
($)(a)
  Bonus
($)(b)
  Stock
Awards
($)(c)
  Option
Awards
($)(d)
  Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)(e)
  Change in
Pension Value &
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
($)(f)
  All Other
Compensation
($)(g)
  Total
($)
 
William S. Demchak*  2013  $922,115   -  $3,863,752   -  $3,083,333  $53,668  $59,235  $7,982,103 
President and CEO  2012  $750,000   -  $4,416,686   -  $1,825,840  $473,720  $58,894  $7,525,140 
   2011  $750,000   -  $5,903,515   -  $2,130,000  $428,617  $80,830  $9,292,962 
James E. Rohr*  2013  $1,062,308   -  $6,427,941   -  $918,000   -  $92,960  $8,501,209 
Executive Chairman  2012  $1,200,000   -  $4,922,847   -   -  $2,684,484  $135,475  $8,942,806 
and Former CEO  2011  $1,169,231   -  $8,861,121   -  $2,010,000  $4,369,782  $197,016  $16,607,150 
Robert Q. Reilly*  2013  $475,000   -  $1,189,642   -  $1,075,000  $35,169  $35,327  $2,810,138 
Chief Financial Officer                                    
Richard J. Johnson*  2013  $336,538   -  $2,603,663   -  $800,000  $95,850  $33,400  $3,869,451 
Former Chief  2012  $500,000   -  $1,597,424   -  $1,003,650  $208,116  $40,638  $3,349,828 
Financial Officer  2011  $496,154   -  $1,997,864   -  $1,062,500  $155,973  $45,493  $3,757,984 
Michael P. Lyons  2013  $700,000   -  $4,555,912   -  $2,020,000  $21,411  $2,154  $7,299,477 
Executive V.P., Head
of Corporate &
Institutional Banking
  2012  $700,000   -  $5,982,880   -   -  $11,448  $336,352  $7,030,680 
E. William Parsley, III  2013  $500,000   -  $4,194,598   -  $1,075,000   -  $5,577  $5,775,175 
Executive V.P., Chief  2012  $484,615   -  $4,380,190   -  $694,700  $148,751  $12,762  $5,721,018 
Investment Officer
and Treasurer
  2011  $400,000   -  $3,984,997   -  $950,000  $176,214  $39,967  $5,551,178 
Steven C. Van Wyk  2013  $490,385  $1,389,350  $1,902,707   -  $1,000,000  $5,658  $153,085  $4,941,185 
Executive V.P., Head
of Technology and
Operations
                                    
Name & Principal Position Year  Salary
($)(a)
  Stock
Awards
($)(b)
  Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)(c)
  

Change in
Pension

Value &
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings

($)(d)

  All Other
Compensation
($)(e)
  

Total

($)

 

 William S. Demchak

  2016  $1,100,000  $7,799,958  $3,400,000  $623,494  $218,008  $13,141,460 

 Chairman, President

  2015  $1,100,000  $6,959,910  $4,100,000  $393,715  $165,501  $12,719,126 

 & Chief Executive Officer

  2014  $1,089,615  $5,999,978  $3,540,000  $650,626  $57,685  $11,337,904 

 Robert Q. Reilly

  2016  $500,000  $1,899,844  $1,275,000  $295,003  $47,495  $4,017,342 

 Executive Vice President &

  2015  $500,000  $1,874,944  $1,400,000  $193,677  $43,344  $4,011,965 

 Chief Financial Officer

  2014  $500,000  $1,549,936  $1,375,000  $316,836  $60,922  $3,802,694 

 Michael P. Lyons

  2016  $700,000  $4,079,848  $1,940,000  $22,610  $36,228  $6,778,686 

 Executive Vice President & Head of

  2015  $700,000  $4,019,824  $2,020,000  $22,953  $6,754  $6,769,531 

 Corporate & Institutional Banking

  2014  $700,000  $4,079,882  $1,980,000  $21,677  $6,577  $6,788,136 

 E William Parsley, III

  2016  $588,462  $4,799,872  $2,250,000  $123,239  $148,341  $7,909,914 

 Executive Vice President, Chief Investment

  2015  $500,000  $4,549,900  $1,300,000  $50,634  $22,108  $6,422,642 

 Officer, Treasurer & Head of Consumer Lending

  2014  $500,000  $4,574,917  $1,050,000  $164,669  $10,200  $6,299,786 

 Steven C. Van Wyk

  2016  $500,000  $1,599,984  $1,080,000  $19,399  $20,591  $3,219,974 

 Executive Vice President, Head of

       

 Technology & Operations

                            
*Mr. Rohr served as CEO from May 2000 to April 23, 2013. Mr. Rohr assumed the new position of Executive Chairman of PNC on that date. Effective at the annual meeting of shareholders on April 23, 2013, Mr. Demchak succeeded Mr. Rohr as CEO. Effective August 12, 2013, Mr. Johnson retired as Chief Financial Officer of PNC and Mr. Reilly succeeded Mr. Johnson as Chief Financial Officer.
(a)The “Salary” column includes any salary amounts deferred by an NEO under qualified (ISP) or non-qualified (SISP, DCP and DCIP)(DCIP) benefit plans. We describe these PNC plans on page 67. Please also see theNon-qualified deferred compensation in fiscal 20132016 tableon page 68 for the aggregate deferrals during 2013. During 2013, Mr. Demchak was paid $688,462 in salary as CEO and $233,653 in salary for his former role. Mr. Rohr was paid $373,846 in salary as CEO and $688,462 in salary for his current role.2016.

(b)Mr. Van Wyk received two cash payments during 2013 reportable in the Bonus column. A one-time signing bonus was paid in January and a March payment compensated Mr. Van Wyk for bonuses forfeited at his former employer.
(c)The amounts in the “Stock Awards” column reflect the grant date fair value of stock awards.awards (whole shares only). The grant date fair values are calculated in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation (FASB ASC Topic 718). See Note 1612 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 20132016 for more information. The value of any fractional shares is paid in cash and included in the All Other Compensation column. See footnote (e) for additional details. In 2013,2016, stock awards were granted on February 14, 201311, 2016 consisting of long-term incentive performance units and performance-based restricted share units, and for Mr. Parsley, a grant of ALM incentive performance units. For 2012, Mr. Rohr and Mr. Lyons received a portion of their incentive compensation normally paid in cash in the form of restricted stock on February 14, 2013 based on the NYSE closing price on that day of $63.87. In connection with Mr. Van Wyk joining PNC he was granted restricted share units on January 22, 2013. In recognition for his contributions to PNC during 2013, as part of his pro-rated incentive award, Mr. Johnson was granted a restricted share unit award on July 19, 2013. The grant date fair value of the incentive performance units, performance-based restricted share units and the ALM incentive performance units is calculated using the target number of units underlying the award and a per share value based on the NYSE closing price of our common stock on February 14, 201311, 2016 of $63.87.$78.17. If PNC’s performance during the applicable measurement period results in the maximum number of units vesting, our executives would each be entitled to receive a maximum award with a grant date fair value of the maximum award as follows:

 

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  Grant Date Fair Value of Maximum Award 
NEO Incentive Performance Units  Performance-Based Restricted Share Units 

 William S. Demchak

  $4,874,916   $4,874,916 

 Robert Q. Reilly

  $1,187,402   $1,187,402 

 Michael P. Lyons

  $2,549,905   $2,549,905 

 E William Parsley, III*

  $1,124,944   $1,124,944 

 Steven C. Van Wyk

  $   999,951   $   999,951 
 
  Grant Date Fair Value of Maximum Award 
NEO  Incentive Performance Units  Performance-Based Restricted Share Units 
William S. Demchak $2,414,845  $2,414,845 
James E. Rohr $2,767,487  $2,767,487 
Robert Q. Reilly $743,527  $743,527 
Richard J. Johnson $939,767  $939,767 
Michael P. Lyons $1,970,948  $1,970,948 
E. William Parsley, III* $746,640  $746,640 
Steven C. Van Wyk $712,071  $712,071 
*The grant date fair value of Mr. Parsley’s ALM grant at the maximum value is $5,999,948.$5,999,860.

 See theGrants of plan-based awards in 20132016 tableon pages 5758 and 5859 for more information regarding the grants we made in 2013,2016, the Outstanding equity awards at 20132016 fiscal year-end table on pages 61 to62 and 63 for more information regarding options and other awards outstanding at December 31, 2013,2016, and theOption exercises and stock vested in fiscal 20132016 table on page 64 for more information regarding stock vesting during 2013.2016.

(d)(c)There were no stock option grants to theOur NEOs during 2013, 2012 or 2011.
(e)Normally our NEOs receivereceived an annual incentive award paid in cash early in the year2017 which is underreflected in this column for the 2016 performance year. For 2012 performance, Mr. Demchak, Mr. Johnson and Mr. Parsley each received an annual incentive award in accordance with this award practice paid entirely in cash in the first quarter of 2013. Mr. Rohr and Mr. Lyons did not receive a cash award, but were awarded restricted stock on February 14, 2013 with the grant date fair value reported under stock awards for 2013 as reflected in theGrants of plan-based awards in 2013 tableon pages 57 and 58.

(f)(d)The dollar amounts in this column include the increase in the actuarial value of our Qualified Pension Plan, ERISA Excess Pension Plan and Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, as measured from the plan measurement date used for our 2012 audited consolidated financial statements to the plan measurement date used for our 2013 audited consolidated financial statements.Plan. We describe these plans on page 65. The amounts include both (1) the increasechange in value due to an additional year of service, compensation increaseschanges and plan amendments (if any) and (2) the change in value attributable to interest. The aggregate change in pension value for Messrs. Rohr and Parsley were $(1,513,571) and $(23,085), respectively.other assumptions, most significantly discount rate.

We do not pay above-market or preferential earnings on any compensation that is deferred on a basis that is not tax-qualified, including such earnings on non-qualified defined contribution plans. For an additional explanation on how we calculate the earnings on our deferred compensation plans, see the2013 2016 rates of return chartin theNon-qualified deferred compensation in fiscal 20132016 table on page 69.70.

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SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

(g)(e)The amounts in this column include, for all NEOs, net of any reimbursements to PNC: (1) the dollar value of matching contributions made by us to the ISP; (2) the net insurance premiums paid by us in connection with our Key Executive Equity Program; (3) the executive long-term disability premiums paid by us; (4) perquisites and (4)other personal benefits; (5) matching gifts made by us to charitable organizations under our employee charitable matching gift program; (6) cash paid for 2011,fractional shares of the dividends that had accrued2016 stock awards described in footnote (b) on page 56; and (7) a cash payment for each NEO, with the 2010 base salary paid in stock units. Forexception of Mr. Van Wyk, in respect of the 2013 amount2012-2014 incentive performance unit award and for Mr. LyonsParsley, a cash payment made with respect to the 2012 amount, includes taxable reimbursement for relocation expenses2012-2014 ALM incentive performance units, in connection with their moves to Pittsburgh. Noneeach case payment was made in light of our NEOs received perquisites with a valueadditional information that exceeded $10,000, after giving effect to any reimbursements madebecame known following the original payout approvals by executives in accordance with our policy, except for Mr. Van Wyk who used the PNC aircraft in connection with his relocation. Our Personnel and Compensation Committee prohibits reimbursements for taxes in connection with perquisites and personal benefits.2015.

All other compensationOther Compensation” for 20132016 consisted of the following:

 

NEO Relocation Perquisites and Other
Personal Benefits*
 Registrant
Contributions
 Insurance
Premiums**
 Total to Summary
CompensationTable
  Perquisites and Other
Personal Benefits*
 Registrant ISP
Contributions
 Insurance
Premiums**
 Other*** Total to Summary
Compensation Table
 
William S. Demchak  -   -  $10,200  $49,035  $59,235  $141,772  $10,600  $45,129  $20,507  $218,008 
James E. Rohr  -   -  $10,200  $82,760  $92,960 
Robert Q. Reilly  -   -  $10,200  $25,127  $35,327  $11,143  $10,600  $20,927  $4,825  $47,495 
Richard J. Johnson  -   -  $10,200  $23,200  $33,400 
Michael P. Lyons  -   -  $2,154   -  $2,154  $9,843  $10,600     $15,785  $36,228 
E. William Parsley, III  -   -  $5,577   -  $5,577 

E William Parsley, III

 $11,596  $10,600     $126,145  $148,341 
Steven C. Van Wyk $125,274*** $27,811   -   -  $153,085  $9,975  $10,600     $16  $20,591 
*Mr. Van Wyk used the PNC aircraft in connection with trips made during his transition period upon being hired. The dollar amount of the perquisite represents the incremental cost of providing the benefit. For 2013,2016, the incremental cost to PNC of the personal aircraft use is calculated by multiplying the total number of personal flight hours times the average direct variable operating costs (including costs related to fuel, maintenance expenses related to operation of the plane during the year and landing and parking fees) per flight hour for the particular aircraft for the year.year plus crew expenses attributable to the personal use. Since the aircraft are used primarily for business travel, we do not include in the calculation the fixed costs that do not change based on usage, such as crew salaries the lease or acquisition cost of the aircraft and other maintenance and inspection and capital improvement costs intended to cover a multiple-year period. Mr. Demchak, Mr. Reilly and Mr. Parsley used the aircraft for personal flights during 2016. For these flights, Mr. Demchak and Mr. Reilly did not use their time-sharing agreements. The incremental cost of Mr. Demchak’s use of the aircraft was $100,000. This column also includes the costs of financial consulting and tax preparation services for Mr. Demchak, Mr. Reilly and Mr. Parsley. Mr. Demchak, Mr. Reilly and Mr. Lyons each have a corporate travel credit card not generally available to all employees for which there is no incremental cost to PNC. For Mr. Demchak, this column also includes $31,797 for residential and related security paid by PNC, all of which was approved by the Committee as a one-time expenditure.

**We pay premiums for mostcertain of the NEOs in connection with our Key Executive Equity Program, which is a split-dollar insurance arrangement. However, new participants have not been permitted in this program since 2007. In addition, we pay long-term disability premiums on behalf of mostcertain of our NEOs. The dollar amounts under the “Insurance Premiums” column include the 2013 net2016 premiums we paid in connection with our Key Executive Equity Program on behalf of William S.Mr. Demchak ($40,534); James E. Rohr ($81,600); Robert Q. and Mr. Reilly ($16,732); and Richard J. Johnson ($20,400). These net premiums represent the full dollar amounts we paid for both the term and non-term portions of this plan, after any officer contributions.plan. The amounts under this column also include the long-term disability premiums we paid on behalf of William S.Mr. Demchak ($8,501); James E. Rohr ($1,160); Robert Q.4,595) and Mr. Reilly ($8,395); and Richard J. Johnson ($2,800)4,195).

***TheThis column reflects the dollar amount of matching gifts made by us to charitable organizations under our employee charitable matching gift program for Mr. Reilly ($500) and the cash paid for fractional shares of the 2016 stock awards described in this column includes tax “gross-up” paymentsfootnote (b) on page 56. In light of $53,837 made toadditional information that became known following the original payout approvals for the 2012-2014 incentive performance units (see footnote (b) on page 56), the Committee approved an additional payment reflecting the full potential value of the award had the information been available at the time the Committee approved payouts in 2015. These amounts were as follows: Mr. Demchak ($20,466), Mr. Reilly ($4,169), Mr. Lyons ($15,634) and Mr. Parsley ($6,396). Mr. Van Wyk did not have a 2012-2014 incentive performance unit award and therefore did not receive an additional payment. In addition and as disclosed in connection with his relocation upon being hired.PNC’s 2016 proxy statement in the Option exercises and stock vested in fiscal 2015 table, the Committee authorized an additional cash payment for Mr. Parsley’s 2012-2014 ALM incentive performance units in the amount of $119,622 which was paid to Mr. Parsley in 2016. This payment to Mr. Parsley is reflected in this column.

 

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GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS IN 2016

Grants of plan-based awards in 20132016

 

      Estimated Future Payouts
Under Non-Equity
Incentive
Plan Awards(a)
 Estimated Future
Payouts Under Equity
Incentive
Plan Awards(b)
 All Other
Stock
Awards:
 All Other
Option
Awards:
 Grant Date 
Award Type Grant Date Thres-
hold
($)
  Target
($)
  Maximum
($)
  Thres-
hold
(#)
  Target
(#)
  Maximum
(#)
 Number
of Shares
of Stock
or Units
(#)(c)
 Number of
Securities
Underlying
Options
(#)
 Fair Value
of Stock
and Option
Awards
($)(d)
 
William S. Demchak                                
Annual Incentive Award April 23, 2013  -  $2,170,000  $9,626,000                     
Incentive Performance Units February 14, 2013              -   30,247   37,808      $1,931,876 
Performance- Based Restricted Share Units February 14, 2013              -   30,247   37,808      $1,931,876 
James E. Rohr                                
Annual Incentive Award April 23, 2013  -  $626,667   -                     
Incentive Performance Units February 14, 2013              -   34,664   43,330      $2,213,990 
Performance- Based Restricted Share Units February 14, 2013              -   34,664   43,330      $2,213,990 
Restricted Stock Award February 14, 2013                         31,313   $1,999,961 
Robert Q. Reilly                                
Annual Incentive Award March 11, 2013  -  $962,500   -                     
Incentive Performance Units February 14, 2013              -   9,313   11,641 ��    $594,821 
Performance- Based Restricted Share Units February 14, 2013              -   9,313   11,641      $594,821 
Richard J. Johnson                                
Annual Incentive Award February 13, 2013  -  $666,667   -                     
Incentive Performance Units February 14, 2013              -   11,771   14,713      $751,814 
Performance- Based Restricted Share Units February 14, 2013              -   11,771   14,713      $751,814 
Restricted Share Unit Award July 19, 2013                         14,251   $1,100,035 
Michael P. Lyons                                
Annual Incentive Award February 13, 2013  -  $1,500,000  $9,626,000                     
Incentive Performance Units February 14, 2013              -   24,687   30,858      $1,576,759 
Performance- Based Restricted Share Units February 14, 2013              -   24,687   30,858      $1,576,759 
Restricted Stock Award February 14, 2013                         21,957   $1,402,394 

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        Estimated Future Payouts
Under  Non-Equity
Incentive
Plan Awards(a)
  Estimated Future Payouts
Under Equity
Incentive
Plan Awards(b)
  

Grant Date

Fair Value

of Stock

and Option

Awards

($)(c)

 
 Award Type Grant Date  Thres-
hold
($)
  

Target

($)

  Maximum
($)
  Thres-
hold
($)
  Target
(#)
  Maximum
(#)
  
 William S. Demchak                                
 Annual Incentive Award  February 11, 2016     $3,540,000  $10,836,000     
 Incentive Performance Units  February 11, 2016         49,891   62,363  $3,899,979 
 Performance-Based Restricted  Share Units  February 11, 2016                  49,891   62,363  $3,899,979 
 Robert Q. Reilly        
 Annual Incentive Award  February 11, 2016     $1,250,000        
 Incentive Performance Units  February 11, 2016         12,152   15,190  $949,922 
 Performance-Based Restricted  Share Units  February 11, 2016                  12,152   15,190  $949,922 
 Michael P. Lyons        
 Annual Incentive Award  February 11, 2016     $2,000,000  $10,836,000     
 Incentive Performance Units  February 11, 2016         26,096   32,620  $2,039,924 
 Performance-Based Restricted  Share Units  February 11, 2016                  26,096   32,620  $2,039,924 
 E William Parsley, III        
 Annual Incentive Award  February 11, 2016     $2,400,000  $10,836,000     
 Incentive Performance Units  February 11, 2016         11,513   14,391  $899,971 
 Performance-Based Restricted  Share Units  February 11, 2016         11,513   14,391  $899,971 
 ALM Incentive Performance Units  February 11, 2016                  38,377   76,754  $2,999,930 
 Steven C. Van Wyk        
 Annual Incentive Award  February 11, 2016     $1,125,000  $10,836,000     
 Incentive Performance Units  February 11, 2016         10,234   12,792  $799,992 
 Performance-Based Restricted  Share Units  February 11, 2016                  10,234   12,792  $799,992 
      Estimated Future Payouts
Under Non-Equity
Incentive
Plan Awards(a)
 Estimated Future
Payouts Under Equity
Incentive
Plan Awards(b)
 All Other
Stock
Awards:
 All Other
Option
Awards:
 Grant Date 
Award Type Grant Date Thres-
hold
($)
  Target
($)
  Maximum
($)
  Thres-
hold
(#)
  Target
(#)
  Maximum
(#)
 Number
of Shares
 of Stock
or Units
(#)(c)
 Number of
Securities
Underlying
Options
(#)
 Fair Value
of Stock
and Option
Awards
($)(d)
 
E. William Parsley, III                                  
Annual Incentive Award February 13, 2013  -  $750,000  $9,626,000                     
Incentive Performance Units February 14, 2013              -   9,352   11,690      $597,312 
Performance- Based Restricted Share Units February 14, 2013              -   9,352   11,690      $597,312 
ALM Incentive Performance Units February 14, 2013              -   46,970   93,940      $2,999,974 
Steven C. Van Wyk                                  
Annual Incentive Award February 13, 2013  -  $600,000  $9,626,000                     
Incentive Performance Units February 14, 2013              -   8,919   11,148      $569,657 
Performance- Based Restricted Share Units February 14, 2013              -   8,919   11,148      $569,657 
Restricted Share Unit Award January 22, 2013                         12,289   $763,393 

(a)The amounts listed in the “Target” column relate to the target annual incentive award for the 20132016 performance year. Annual incentive awards for 20132016 were paid in 2014.2017. All incentive awards–cash and equity-based–are payable based on performance, and the targets help the Personnel and Compensation Committee to determine the appropriate amount of incentive compensation for target performance. The amount listed in the “Target” column listsshows the target annual incentive awardamount included in the total compensation target approved by our Board’s Personnel and Compensationthe Committee for each NEO as of the date listed. For NEOs who are covered employeesThe amount listed in the “Maximum” column shows the amount that the Committee approves each year in order to preserve tax deductibility under §162(m)Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,amended. Mr. Reilly’s compensation is not subject to Section 162(m). The “Maximum” amount is not intended to be tied to performance �� rather, it is a formulaic determination made under IRS regulations that provides PNC with the flexibility to receive tax deductions for performance-based compensation. The Committee looks to the performance for the year and the target annual incentive amount when making incentive compensation decisions, and exercises negative discretion to provide an award that is significantly smaller than the “Maximum” amount. For NEOs who are covered employees under Section 162(m), the calculation of the “Maximum” amount was approved by the Personnel and Compensation Committee on February 25, 2013,2016, based on 0.2% of our “Incentive Income,” an adjusted net income metric that is defined in the 1996 Executive Incentive Award Plan. At the time the “Maximum” amount is set, the Committee uses a budgeted amount for 2013,2016 which is included as $9,626,000$10,836,000 in the “Maximum” column. Under our current approach, there is no maximum bonus amount for Mr. Rohr, Mr. Reilly and Mr. Johnson.

(b)

The amounts listed in these columns include the incentive performance unit grants and the performance-based restricted share unit grants, as further described on pages 45 to 47.41 and 42. As there is no guaranteed minimum payout for these awards and, in the case of the incentive performance unit grants, the Personnel and Compensation Committee has discretion to decrease any award otherwise payable, we have not included a “Threshold” amount in this column. The “Target” amount represents 100% of the grant and the “Maximum” amount represents 125% of the grant (rounded down to whole shares). For the incentive performance unit grants, the performance period began on January 1, 20132016 and will end on December 31, 2015.2018. For the performance-based restricted share unit grants, the performance period began on January 1, 20132016 and will end on December 31, 20162019, with vesting opportunities for a portion of the grant on each of the four applicable grant date anniversaries.

In addition, for Mr. Parsley the amounts also include an ALM incentive performance unit grant as described in footnote (c)(b) tothe Summary compensation tableon page 55.56. For a discussion of the terms, conditions and performance goals related to this incentive performance unit grant, see page 46.pages 41 and 42. As there is no guaranteed minimum payout for Mr. Parsley’s award, and the Personnel and Compensation Committee has the discretion to decrease any award otherwise payable, we have not included a “Threshold” amount in this column for this award. The “Target” amount represents 100% of

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the grant and the “Maximum” amount represents 200% of thatthe grant. For this grant, the performance period began on January 1, 20132016 and will end on December 31, 2015.2018.

In determining the payout for regularstandard grants of incentive performance units made in 2013,2016, adjustments will be made on an after-tax basis for the impact of:
any extraordinary items (as such term is used under GAAP)

 items resulting from a change in tax law
discontinued operations
 discontinued operations (as such term is used under GAAP)
acquisition costs and merger integration costs
 any costs or expense arising from specified Visa litigation and any other gains recognized on redemption or sale of Visa shares, as applicable
 in PNC’s case, the net impact on PNC of significant gains or losses related to certain BlackRock transactions
 acceleration of the accretion of any remaining issuance discount in connection with the redemption of any preferred stock
 any other charges or benefits related to the redemption of trust preferred or other preferred securities

(c)The amounts listed in this column for Mr. Rohr and Mr. Lyons include a restricted stock grant and for Mr. Johnson and Mr. Van Wyk include a restricted share units grant as described in footnote (c) to the Summary compensation table on page 55.
(d)The grant date fair values for incentive performance units and performance-based restricted share units are all calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. See Note 1612 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 20132016 for more information. The grant date fair values for incentive performance units, performance-based restricted share units and ALM incentive performance units represent the closing price for our common stock on February 14, 201311, 2016 of $63.87.$78.17. The grant date fair values for incentive performance units and performance-based restricted share units represent the target amount of units in the grant. The grant date fair value for the restricted stock awarded to Mr. Rohr and Mr. Lyons represents the closing price for our common stock on February 14, 2013 of $63.87. The grant date fair value for the restricted share units award to Mr. Johnson represents the closing price for our common stock on July 19, 2013 of $77.19. The grant date fair value for the restricted share units award to Mr. Van Wyk represents the closing price for our common stock on January 22, 2013 of $62.12.

 

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OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT 2016 FISCAL YEAR-END

Outstanding equity awards at 20132016 fiscal year-end

 

The following tables show, for each NEO, the outstanding equity awards as of December 31, 2013.2016. These awards include the following:

 

Stock options exercisable over time

Incentive performance units, specifically:

Stock options exercisable over time
 
Stock options made on July 21, 2008 exercisable over time that vested upon PNC’s stock price reaching a 20% premium over the exercise price, which occurred during 2013
 
Restricted stock or restricted share units that have not vested
Incentive performance units, specifically:
RegularStandard units granted in 2011, 20122014, 2015 and 20132016 that may pay out if PNC achieves specific performance and risk-based criteria. 2011 and 2012 awards measure our earnings per share growth (EPS growth) and return on common equity excluding goodwill (ROCE) against our peers. 2013These awards measure our EPS growth against our peers and our ROCEreturn on common equity without goodwill (ROCE) compared to our cost of common equity.equity (COCE). The awards are also subject to annual risk-based requirements and adjustments, which include meeting or exceeding the required Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio for “well-capitalized” institutions (2013 awards) and return on economic capital (ROEC) meeting or exceeding our cost of capital (2011, 2012, and 2013 awards).capital.

  
In recognition of Mr. Parsley’s management responsibilities regarding the ALM function at

PNC during 2011, 20122013, 2014 and 2013,2015, units granted to Mr. Parsley in 2011, 20122014, 2015 and 20132016 will pay out ifbased on our ALM unit outperformsperformance against a benchmark index during the 20112014 to 2013, 20122016, 2015 to 20142017 or 20132016 to 20152018 performance period, respectively.

Performance-based restricted share units, specifically:

 

Grants of performance-based restricted share units, specifically:

 

Annual long-term incentive awards each granted in 2011, 2012 and 2013 and a special achievement award granted in 2011, that will each pay out if PNC meets or exceeds the minimum well-capitalizedrequired Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio for “well-capitalized” institutions established by our primary regulator; payout for these awards may be adjusted by 25% up or down based on TSR in each year. The 2013These awards also have an ROEC related risk metric that functions as a trigger to determine whether or not a risk review is required by the Committee. The Committee can decide to reduce, but not increase, payout amounts.

 

With respect to the following three forms of equity-based awards included in the table, the Committee made performance-based or risk-based determinations in the first quarter of 2014,2017, as described in more detail below:

Performance-based restricted share units

 

The performance-based restricted share units that vest based on 20132016 performance are included in the following table as of December 31, 2013.2016. At a meeting held on January 28, 2014,26, 2017, our Board’s Personnel and Compensation Committee certified the levels of performance achieved for the 20132016 tranche of each of the 2011 regular and special achievement2013 grants, the 20122014 grants, the 2015 grants and the 20132016 grants and determined the payout level. The Committee certified that the required Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 6% established by our primary regulator had been

achieved. The Committee then determined the size of the payout, which could range from 75% to 125% of the target number of units based on 20132016 TSR. The Committee approved a payout at 125% for the applicable tranche of each of the 2011, 20122013, 2014, 2015 and 20132016 grants. As noted above, 2013these awards also have an ROEC related risk metric that could trigger an additional review or adjustment. No additional review or adjustment was required as ROEC exceeded the Committee approved hurdle.

 

Metric Status

Estimated Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio at least 6%

 12.4%12.0% (exceeded)

Total shareholder return (TSR)

 125% (Target + 25% maximum adjustment; actual TSR 36.5%25.8% for 2013)2016)

 

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Incentive performance units

 

The incentive performance units granted in 20112014 are included in the following table as of December 31, 2013.2016. At a meeting held on January 28, 2014,February 15, 2017, our Board’s Personnel and Compensation Committee certified the levels of performance achieved for the January 1, 20112014 to December 31, 20132016 performance period and determined the payout level. The units provided an opportunity for the executive to receive a payout after the end of the performance period based on our earnings per share growth (EPS growth) as compared to our peers and return on average common shareholders’ equity (ROCE)our ROCE performance compared to our COCE, each adjusted as defined in the grants, relative toaward agreement. The

Committee certified that the required Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 6% established by our peers.primary regulator had been achieved. These awards were also subject to the same ROEC related risk metric as noted aboveearlier which could have reduced the payout; however, no reduction was required as ROEC exceeded the cost of capital hurdle, and the Committee approved a payout at 90.81%99.54% for these awards,awards. In accordance with the exceptionterms of retirees. The payout for retirees is based onthese awards, the incentive performance through the quarter prior to retirement. For Mr. Johnson, who retiredunits were payable in 2013, the payout was 82.13%.PNC common stock.

 

     

Payout %

  

Overall Payout
Percentage

 

    
 Metric      2014      2015      2016   

 EPS Growth Payout

    61.90%    86.73%    73.62%   99.54%     

 (PNC Ranking in peer group)

    (10 out of 13)    (8 out of 12)    (8 out of 12)   

 ROCE Payout

    125.00%    125.00%    125.00%   

 (ROCE as a percentage of COCE)

    (169.75%)    (160.41%)    (161.41%)      

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 Payout % (PNC Ranking out of 13 Companies)Overall Payout
  2011 2012 2013 Percentage
EPS Growth  40%(10)  47%(10)  175%(2)  90.81%
ROCE  108%(7)  57%(9)  117%(6)  

ALM incentive performance units

 

The ALM-basedALM incentive performance units granted in 20112014 to Mr. Parsley were outstanding as of December 31, 20132016 and are included in the following table. At a meeting held on January 28, 2014,26, 2017, our Board’s Personnel and Compensation Committee certified the levels of performance achieved under Mr. Parsley’s ALM-based grant and determined the final award. The maximum potential payout

percentage was 200%. The maximum permitted payout for these units is generated by applying the performance factor to the number of target share units of 19,467.36,973. The Committee approved payout at the maximum payout permitted for the performance achieved, resulting in 38,934 units.200% of target. In accordance with the terms of this award, the ALM-basedALM incentive performance units awarded to Mr. Parsley paid out entirely in cash share equivalents.

 

                                                                        
Payout Percentage    Payout Percentage
Metric 2011  2012  2013  Overall     2014    2015    2016    Overall
Performance of ALM unit against benchmark index  200%  200%  200%  200%    200.00%    200.00%    200.00%    200.00%

 

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Option Awards  Stock Awards 
                                Equity  Equity 
                        No. of  Market  Incentive Plan  Incentive Plan 
                        Shares  Value of  Awards: No.  Awards: Market 
                        or Units  Shares  of Unearned  or Payout Value 
   No. of  No. of               of Stock  or Units  Shares, Units  of Unearned 
   Securities  Securities               That  of Stock  or Other  Shares, Units 
   Underlying  Underlying  Option           Have  That  Rights That  or Other Rights 
Grant Date  Unexercised  Unexercised  Exercise       Grant Date  Not  Have Not  Have Not  That Have Not 
or Performance  Options (#)  Options (#)  Price   Option  Expiration  or Performance  Vested  Vested  Vested  Vested 
Period(a)  Exercisable(b)  Unexercisable(b)  ($)   Date  Period(a)  (#)(c)  ($)(d)  (#)(e)  ($)(d) 
                                       
William S. Demchak                                      
Options                    Performance-Based Restricted Share Units     
January 23, 2006   110,000      $65.45    January 23, 2016   Jan. 1, 2011–Dec. 31, 2014   9,628  $746,940   7,706  $597,831 
January 25, 2007   82,500      $72.65    January 25, 2017   Jan. 1, 2011–Dec. 31, 2014   8,516  $660,671   6,815  $528,708 
January 22, 2008   93,500      $57.21    January 22, 2018   Jan. 1, 2012–Dec. 31, 2015   11,120  $862,690   17,792  $1,380,303 
July 21, 2008(f)   138,000      $63.69    July 21, 2018   Jan. 1, 2013–Dec. 31, 2016   9,451  $733,209   22,686  $1,759,980 
February 12, 2009   112,200      $31.07    February 12, 2019   Incentive Performance Units      
February 12, 2009   180,000      $31.07    February 12, 2019   Jan. 1, 2011–Dec. 31, 2013   29,967  $2,324,840         
April 26, 2010   75,000      $66.77    April 26, 2020   Jan. 1, 2012–Dec. 31, 2014           37,181  $2,884,502 
                     Jan. 1, 2013–Dec. 31, 2015           37,808  $2,933,145 
                                       
James E. Rohr                                      
Options                    Performance-Based Restricted Share Units      
January 25, 2005   247,000      $53.50    January 25, 2015   Jan. 1, 2011–Dec. 31, 2014   13,522  $1,049,037   10,818  $839,260 
January 23, 2006   275,000      $65.45    January 23, 2016   Jan. 1, 2011–Dec. 31, 2014   14,600  $1,132,668   11,681  $906,212 
January 25, 2007   203,500      $72.65    January 25, 2017   Jan. 1, 2012–Dec. 31, 2015   12,393  $961,449   19,832  $1,538,567 
January 22, 2008   242,000      $57.21    January 22, 2018   Jan. 1, 2013–Dec. 31, 2016   10,832  $840,347   25,998  $2,016,925 
July 21, 2008(f)   350,000      $63.69    July 21, 2018   Incentive Performance Units      
February 12, 2009   535      $31.07    February 12, 2019   Jan. 1, 2011–Dec. 31, 2013   42,081  $3,264,644         
April 26, 2010   225,000      $66.77    April 26, 2020   Jan. 1, 2012–Dec. 31, 2014           41,442  $3,215,070 
                     Jan. 1, 2013–Dec. 31, 2015           43,330  $3,361,541 
                                       
Robert Q. Reilly                                      
Options                    Performance-Based Restricted Share Units      
January 25, 2005   15,000      $53.50    January 25, 2015   Jan. 1, 2011–Dec. 31, 2014   1,568  $121,645   1,257  $97,518 
January 23, 2006   27,500      $65.45    January 23, 2016   Jan. 1, 2011–Dec. 31, 2014   2,432  $188,675   1,948  $151,126 
January 25, 2007   22,000      $72.65    January 25, 2017   Jan. 1, 2012–Dec. 31, 2015   2,265  $175,719   3,624  $281,150 
January 22, 2008   33,000      $57.21    January 22, 2018   Jan. 1, 2013–Dec. 31, 2016   2,910  $225,758   6,985  $541,896 
July 21, 2008(f)   65,000      $63.69    July 21, 2018   Incentive Performance Units      
February 12, 2009   50,000      $31.07    February 12, 2019   Jan. 1, 2011–Dec. 31, 2013   4,883  $378,823         
February 12, 2009   19,800      $31.07    February 12, 2019   Jan. 1, 2012–Dec. 31, 2014           7,573  $587,513 
April 26, 2010   25,000     $66.77    April 26, 2020   Jan. 1, 2013–Dec. 31, 2015           11,641  $903,109 
                                       
Richard J. Johnson                                      
Options                    Performance-Based Restricted Share Units      
January 25, 2007   44,000     $72.65    January 25, 2017   Jan. 1, 2011–Dec. 31, 2014   3,176  $246,394   2,544  $197,364 
July 21, 2008(f)   83,000     $63.69    July 21, 2018   Jan. 1, 2011–Dec. 31, 2014   3,041  $235,921   2,434  $188,830 
February 12, 2009   72,600      $31.07    February 12, 2019   Jan. 1, 2012–Dec. 31, 2015   4,021  $311,949   6,436  $499,305 
February 12, 2009   90,000      $31.07    February 12, 2019   Jan. 1, 2013–Dec. 31, 2016   3,677  $285,262   8,829  $684,954 
April 26, 2010   47,500     $66.77   April 26, 2020   Incentive Performance Units       
                     Jan. 1, 2011–Dec. 31, 2013   8,148  $632,122         
                     Jan. 1, 2012–Dec. 31, 2014           13,447  $1,043,218 
                     Jan. 1, 2013–Dec. 31, 2015           14,713  $1,141,435 

Option Awards     Stock Awards 

Grant Date or

Performance Period(a)

 No. of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options (#)
Exercisable(b)
  Option
Exercise
Price
($)
  

Option Expiration

Date

      Grant Date or
Performance
Period(a)
  No. of
Shares or
Units of
Stock
That
Have Not
Vested
(#)(c)
   Market
Value of
Shares or
Units of
Stock
That
Have Not
Vested
($)(d)
   Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
No. of
Unearned
Shares,
Units or
Other
Rights
That
Have Not
Vested
(#)(e)
  Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Market or
Payout
Value of
Unearned
Shares,
Units or
Other
Rights
That
Have Not
Vested
($)(d)
 

William S. Demchak

 

                                 

Options

     Performance-Based Restricted Share Units  

February 12, 2009

  180,000  $31.07   February 12, 2019   

Jan. 1, 2013–Dec. 31, 2016

   9,452   $1,105,506    

April 26, 2010

  75,000  $66.77   April 26, 2020   

Jan. 1, 2014–Dec. 31, 2017

   11,553   $1,351,239    9,244  $1,081,178 
     

Jan. 1, 2015–Dec. 31, 2018

   11,771   $1,376,736    18,836  $2,203,059 
     

Jan. 1, 2016–Dec. 31, 2019

   15,590   $1,823,406    37,419  $4,376,526 
     Incentive Performance Units      
     

Jan. 1, 2014–Dec. 31, 2016

   36,802   $4,304,362    
     

Jan. 1, 2015–Dec. 31, 2017

       47,087  $5,507,296 
     

Jan. 1, 2016–Dec. 31, 2018

       49,891  $5,835,251 

Robert Q. Reilly

 

                                 

Options

     Performance-Based Restricted Share Units  

January 22, 2008

  33,000  $57.21   January 22, 2018   

Jan. 1, 2013–Dec. 31, 2016

   2,911   $340,471    

July 21, 2008

  65,000  $63.69   July 21, 2018   

Jan. 1, 2014–Dec. 31, 2017

   2,985   $349,126    2,388  $279,300 

February 12, 2009

  19,800  $31.07   February 12, 2019   

Jan. 1, 2015–Dec. 31, 2018

   3,171   $370,880    5,074  $593,455 

February 12, 2009

  50,000  $31.07   February 12, 2019   

Jan. 1, 2016–Dec. 31, 2019

   3,797   $444,097    9,114  $1,065,973 

April 26, 2010

  25,000  $66.77   April 26, 2020   Incentive Performance Units      
     

Jan. 1, 2014–Dec. 31, 2016

   9,507   $1,111,939    
     

Jan. 1, 2015–Dec. 31, 2017

       12,685  $1,483,638 
     

Jan. 1, 2016–Dec. 31, 2018

       12,152  $1,421,298 

Michael P. Lyons

 

                                 
     Performance-Based Restricted Share Units  
     

Jan. 1, 2013–Dec. 31, 2016

   7,715   $902,346    
     

Jan. 1, 2014–Dec. 31, 2017

   7,856   $918,838    6,286  $735,211 
     

Jan. 1, 2015–Dec. 31, 2018

   6,798   $795,094    10,879  $1,272,408 
     

Jan. 1, 2016–Dec. 31, 2019

   8,155   $953,809    19,572  $2,289,141 
     Incentive Performance Units      
     

Jan. 1, 2014–Dec. 31, 2016

   25,025   $2,926,924    
     

Jan. 1, 2015–Dec. 31, 2017

       27,196  $3,180,844 
     

Jan. 1, 2016–Dec. 31, 2018

       26,096  $3,052,188 

E William Parsley, III

 

                                 

Options

     Performance-Based Restricted Share Units  

July 21, 2008

  25,000  $63.69   July 21, 2018   

Jan. 1, 2013–Dec. 31, 2016

   2,922   $341,757    

February 12, 2009

  50,000  $31.07   February 12, 2019   

Jan. 1, 2014–Dec. 31, 2017

   3,032   $354,623    2,427  $283,862 
     

Jan. 1, 2015–Dec. 31, 2018

   2,621   $306,552    4,195  $490,647 
     

Jan. 1, 2016–Dec. 31, 2019

   3,597   $420,705    8,635  $1,009,950 
     Incentive Performance Units      
     

Jan. 1, 2014–Dec. 31, 2016

   9,660   $1,129,834    
     

Jan. 1, 2014–Dec. 31, 2016(f)

   73,946   $8,648,724    
     

Jan. 1, 2015–Dec. 31, 2017(f)

       64,948  $7,596,318 
     

Jan. 1, 2015–Dec. 31, 2017

       10,486  $1,226,443 
     

Jan. 1, 2016–Dec. 31, 2018(f)

       76,754  $8,977,148 
                  

Jan. 1, 2016–Dec. 31, 2018

             11,513  $1,346,560 

 

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   61OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT 2016 FISCAL YEAR-END

Option Awards  Stock Awards 
                                Equity  Equity 
                        No. of  Market  Incentive Plan  Incentive Plan 
                        Shares  Value of  Awards: No.  Awards: Market 
                        or Units  Shares  of Unearned  or Payout Value 
   No. of  No. of               of Stock  or Units  Shares, Units  of Unearned 
   Securities  Securities               That  of Stock  or Other  Shares, Units 
   Underlying  Underlying  Option           

Have

  That  Rights That  or Other Rights 
Grant Date Unexercised  Unexercised  Exercise        Grant Date  Not  Have Not  Have Not  That Have Not 
or Performance  Options (#)  Options (#)  Price    Option Expiration   or Performance  Vested  Vested  Vested  Vested 
Period(a)  Exercisable(b)  Unexercisable(b)  ($)   Date   Period(a)  (#)(c)  ($)(d)  (#)(e)  ($)(d) 
                                       
Michael P. Lyons                                      
                     Restricted Stock Award
                     January 20, 2012   29,170  $2,263,009         
                     Performance-Based Restricted Share Units
                     Jan. 1, 2012–Dec. 31, 2015   8,493  $658,887   13,592  $1,054,467 
                     Jan. 1, 2013–Dec. 31, 2016   7,713  $598,375   18,516  $1,436,471 
                     Incentive Performance Units
                     Jan. 1, 2012–Dec. 31, 2014           28,402  $2,203,427 
                     Jan. 1, 2013–Dec. 31, 2015           30,858  $2,393,964 
                                       
E. William Parsley, III                                      
Options                    Performance-Based Restricted Share Units
January 25, 2005   75,000      $53.50    January 25, 2015   Jan. 1, 2011–Dec. 31, 2014   4,925  $382,082   3,940  $305,665 
July 21, 2008   25,000      $63.69    July 21, 2018   Jan. 1, 2011–Dec. 31, 2014   3,041  $235,921   2,434  $188,830 
February 12, 2009   50,000      $31.07    February 12, 2019   Jan. 1, 2012–Dec. 31, 2015   3,475  $269,591   5,560  $431,345 
                     Jan. 1, 2013–Dec. 31, 2016   2,922  $226,689   7,014  $544,146 
                     Incentive Performance Units
                     Jan. 1, 2011–Dec. 31, 2013   15,326  $1,188,991         
                     Jan. 1, 2011–Dec. 31, 2013(g)   38,934  $3,020,500         
                     Jan. 1, 2012–Dec. 31, 2014           11,619  $901,402 
                     Jan. 1, 2012–Dec. 31, 2014(g)           98,846  $7,668,473 
                     Jan. 1, 2013–Dec. 31, 2015(g)           93,940  $7,287,865 
                     Jan. 1, 2013–Dec. 31, 2016           11,690  $906,910 
                                       
Steven C. Van Wyk                                      
                     Restricted Share Unit Award
                     January 22, 2013   12,289  $953,381         
                     Performance-Based Restricted Share Units
                     Jan. 1, 2013–Dec. 31, 2016   2,786  $216,138   6,690  $519,010 
                     Incentive Performance Units
                     Jan. 1, 2013–Dec. 31, 2015           11,148  $864,862 

 

Option Awards     Stock Awards 

Grant Date or

Performance Period(a)

 No. of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options (#)
Exercisable(b)
  Option
Exercise
Price
($)
  

Option Expiration

Date

      Grant Date or
Performance
Period(a)
  No. of
Shares or
Units of
Stock
That
Have Not
Vested
(#)(c)
   Market
Value of
Shares or
Units of
Stock
That
Have Not
Vested
($)(d)
   Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
No. of
Unearned
Shares,
Units or
Other
Rights
That
Have Not
Vested
(#)(e)
  Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Market or
Payout
Value of
Unearned
Shares,
Units or
Other
Rights
That
Have Not
Vested
($)(d)
 

Steven C. Van Wyk

 

                                 
     Performance-Based Restricted Share Units    
     

Jan. 1, 2013–Dec. 31, 2016

   2,787   $325,968    
     

Jan. 1, 2014–Dec. 31, 2017

   2,888   $337,780    2,311  $270,295 
     

Jan. 1, 2015–Dec. 31, 2018

   2,706   $316,494    4,330  $506,437 
     

Jan. 1, 2016–Dec. 31, 2019

   3,197   $373,921    7,676  $897,785 
     Incentive Performance Units      
     

Jan. 1, 2014–Dec. 31, 2016

   9,200   $1,076,032    
     

Jan. 1, 2015–Dec. 31, 2017

       10,823  $1,265,858 
                  

Jan. 1, 2016–Dec. 31, 2018

             10,234  $1,196,969 

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(a)This column showsThese columns show either the grant dates of stock options restricted stock and restricted share units, andor the performance period for the regularstandard and ALM incentive performance units and the performance-based restricted share units.

(b)All outstanding stock options are vested in their entirety.

(c)This column reflects the remaining tranche of restricted stock granted to Mr. Lyons and the grant of restricted share units for Mr. Van Wyk. Mr. Lyons’ award vests 1/3 each year on the anniversary of the grant date and Mr. Van Wyk’s award vests 100% on the third anniversary of the grant date. This column also reflects 125% of the target amounts for the 20132016 tranche of the performance basedperformance-based restricted share units granted in each of 2011, 20122013, 2014, 2015 and 2013, 90.81%2016 and 99.54% of the target amounts for the 2011-20132014-2016 standard incentive performance units for all NEOs other than Mr. Johnson and 82.13% of the target amounts for the 2011-2013 incentive performance units for Mr. Johnson. The incentive performance grants include deemed dividends accrued as units through the end of 2013.NEOs. This column also reflects 200% of the target amounts for the 2011-20132014-2016 ALM incentive performance units for Mr. Parsley. The performance conditions of the 20132016 tranches of performance basedperformance-based restricted share units, the 2011-20132014-2016 standard incentive performance units and the 2011-20132014-2016 ALM incentive performance units were satisfied as of December 31, 20132016 but remained subject to approval of payout by the Personnel and Compensation Committee of the Board, which took place on January 28, 2014.26, 2017 for the performance-based restricted share units and the ALM incentive performance units and February 15, 2017 for the standard incentive performance units. Awards are included at actual payout percentages. The standard incentive performance units vested as of February 15, 2017 and the ALM incentive performance units vested as of January 26, 2017. The performance-based restricted share units vested as of the following dates:

Grant DatePerformance PeriodVest Date of the 2016 tranche

February 14, 2013

  Jan. 1, 2013–Dec. 31, 2016February 14, 2017

February 13, 2014

Jan. 1, 2014–Dec. 31, 2017February 13, 2017

February 13, 2015

Jan. 1, 2015–Dec. 31, 2018February 13, 2017

February 11, 2016

Jan. 1, 2016–Dec. 31, 2019February 11, 2017

(d)The market value of these awards is calculated using our common stock closing price of $77.58$116.96 a share on December 31, 2013.30, 2016.

(e)This column reflects the incentive performance units granted in 2012 and 2013 and the remaining tranches of performance-based restricted share units granted in 2011, 20122014, 2015 and 2013.2016 and the standard incentive performance units granted in 2015 and 2016. This column also includes the ALM incentive performance units granted to Mr. Parsley in 20122015 and 2013.2016.

For the performance-based restricted share units granted in 2011, 20122014, 2015 and 2013,2016, this column reflects the target amounts for the 20142017 tranche for the 20112014 grants, the 20142017 through 20152018 tranches for the 20122015 grants, and the 20142017 through 20162019 tranches for the 20132016 grants. TheseSuch unvested tranches of performance-based restricted share unit grants do not provideand related dividend equivalents (which dividend equivalents accrue without reinvestment or interest for reinvestment of any deemed dividends.each tranche, are performance-adjusted and paid out in cash) vest and settle as follows:

Grant DatePerformance PeriodTranche Vesting Schedule

February 13, 2014

  Jan. 1, 2014–Dec. 31, 2017On the fourth anniversary of the grant date

February 13, 2015

Jan. 1, 2015–Dec. 31, 2018In approximately equal installments on the third and fourth anniversary of the grant date

February 11, 2016

Jan. 1, 2016–Dec. 31, 2019In approximately equal installments on the second, third and fourth anniversary of the grant date

For the regularstandard incentive performance units, this column reflects the maximum amounts that could be paid under the 2015 grants and the target amounts that could be paid under the 20122016 grants, as required by SEC rules. Vesting and maximum forpayout of (x) the 2013 grants. The 2012 amounts also include deemed dividends accrued and reinvested as units through the end of 2013. Beginning with 2013 incentive grants, deemed dividends will be paid in cash. Actual payouts, if any, for the 20122015 grants will not be determined until early 2015,2018 and (y) the 2016 grants will not be determined until early 2016 for 2013 grants2019 and could differ from the amounts listed.listed in this column. For these grants, dividend equivalents without reinvestment or interest accrue and are paid in cash, performance adjusted, when the award vests and settles.

For Mr. Parsley, this column reflects the maximum amount, as required by SEC rules, that could be paid under the 20122015 and 20132016 ALM incentive performance unit grants. The actual payout, if any, and vesting of Mr. Parsley’s 2015 ALM incentive performance unit grant will not be determined until early 2018 and until early 2019 for the 2016 grant, and could differ from the amount listed. These grants do not provide for any deemed dividends to be accrued andor reinvested. The actual payout for Mr. Parsley’s 2012 ALM incentive performance unit grant will not be determined until early 2015 and until early 2016 for the 2013 grant, and could differ from the amount listed.

(f)Since July 21, 2011, the options granted on July 21, 2008 could become exercisable in their entirety if PNC stock closed at or above 120% of the exercise price for the consecutive five trading days before the vesting date. Based on an exercise price of $63.69, these options became exercisable on December 30, 2013 when the PNC stock price closed for the fifth consecutive day above $76.428 a share.
(g)These ALM incentive performance unit grants were awarded to Mr. Parsley in 2011, 20122014, 2015 and 20132016 and are described in footnotes (c) and (e) above.

 

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OPTION EXERCISES AND STOCK VESTED IN FISCAL 2016

Option exercises and stock vested in fiscal 20132016

 

  Option Awards Stock Awards(b)
  Number of Shares
Acquired on Exercise
  Value Realized
on Exercise(a)
  Number of Shares
Acquired on Vesting
  Value Realized
on Vesting
 
NEO (#)  ($)  (#)  ($) 
William S. Demchak  57,861  $202,224   131,416  $8,171,485 
James E. Rohr  799,643  $22,401,044   107,448  $6,769,583 
Robert Q. Reilly  2,000  $38,060   9,921  $622,559 
Richard J. Johnson  140,000  $2,247,718   31,721  $2,185,267 
Michael P. Lyons  -   -   43,584  $2,753,139 
E. William Parsley, III  100,000  $1,896,000   14,213  $895,274 
Steven C. Van Wyk  -   -   -   - 

   Option Awards       Stock Awards(b) 
 NEO  Number of Shares
Acquired on Exercise
(#)
   Value Realized
on Exercise(a)
($)
        Number of Shares
Acquired on Vesting
(#)
   

Value Realized
on Vesting

($)

 

 William S. Demchak

   314,000    $12,669,071      70,197    $5,763,963 

 Robert Q. Reilly

   22,000    $     492,250      19,745    $1,621,158 

 Michael P. Lyons

   -                    -      53,053    $4,359,255 

 E William Parsley, III

   -                    -      114,239    $9,416,295 

 Steven C. Van Wyk

   -                     -         29,088    $2,428,917 
(a)The dollar amount in this column includes the value realized upon the exercise of various options throughout 2013.2016. This amount was computed by determining the difference between the average of the high and low sales prices of our common stock on the date of exercise, (as reported in The Wall Street Journal), less the exercise price.

(b)These columns include the vesting of shares of restricted stockshare units granted previously, as well as the full sharestotal units approved for payout in connection with previously granted incentive performance units and performance based restricted share units.unit opportunities. The value realized on vesting for stock awards includes cash paid for fractional shares as follows: Mr. Demchak $(153), Mr. Rohr $(188)($263), Mr. Reilly ($125), Mr. Johnson $(74)168), Mr. Lyons ($44)152), Mr. Parsley ($114) and Mr. Parsley $(95)Van Wyk ($155).

For Mr. Rohr, Mr. Lyons and Mr. Johnson, the column also includes awards of restricted stock or restricted share units that were granted during 2013 with no service or performance conditions and were vested as of grant date.
For Mr. Demchak,Parsley, the columns also include 92,97093,836 ALM incentive performance units granted in 20102013 that were paid out in cash of $5,572,519$7,739,648 in 20132016 at 200%199.78% of target.target and includes cash paid for fractional shares.

The columns also include shares that vested but were withheld for tax withholding purposes.

In late 2016, we discovered an error in how we calculated the 2014 EPS Growth percentage for one of our peers. As EPS Growth is one of the two metrics used to derive a payout percentage under our three-year incentive performance unit grants, this error affected the payout calculations for two separate grants (2012 and 2013). As a result of this error, the maximum payout calculation used for the 2013 grant (paid out in early 2016) was too high (it should have been 108.08%, not 109.78%) and the maximum payout calculation used for the 2012 grant (paid out in early 2015) was too low (it should have been 89.51%, not 88.88%). Under our clawback policy, we recouped the excess amount paid in 2016 from each of our NEOs and other affected executives. This column includes the number of incentive performance units granted using the corrected payout percentage for the 2013 grant (108.08%). The Committee determined that it was appropriate to pay NEOs and other affected executives an additional amount representing the difference between what they were paid under the 2012 grants and what they could have been paid if the correct maximum amount had been calculated, as this potential underpayment resulted from the same error that had caused the overpayment. See footnote (e)*** on page 57.

 

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   64PENSION BENEFITS AT 2016 FISCAL YEAR-END

Pension benefits at 20132016 fiscal year-end

 

The principal elements of our post-employment compensation are a qualified defined benefit cash balance pension plan, a non-qualified excess cash balance pension plan and a non-qualified supplemental executive retirement plan, as well as a qualified defined contribution savings plan, and a non-qualified deferred compensation and incentive plan.

Cash balance pension plan.We maintain a pension plan for most of our full-time employees. The pension plan is a defined benefit cash balance pension plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), and is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. Each calendar quarter, eligible participants receive “earnings credits” based on a percentage of covered earningseligible compensation in accordance with a schedule based on the participant’s age and years of credited service. Earnings credit percentages for plan participants on December 31, 2009 are frozen at their level earned to that point. Earnings credits for all employees who become participants on or after January 1, 2010 are a flat 3% of covered earnings.

eligible compensation.

The plan defines “covered earnings”eligible “compensation” as regular earnings plus eligible variable compensation, such as paid annual incentives. Covered earnings doEligible “compensation” does not include deferred payments of annual incentives; these are instead taken into account under our excess pension plan described below. We generally limit eligible variable compensation for a plan year to a total of 100% of the first $25,000 plus 50% of the next $225,000.

For participants who had accrued benefits prior to 1999 under the pension plan formula then in effect, an initial cash balance “account” was established based on the present value of the accrued benefits at the time of the conversion to the current program. Employees who were at least age 40 and had at least 10 years of credited service as of January 1, 1999 were awarded additional “Transitional Earnings Credits” under the plan for up to 10 years.

Employees who were already participants at December 31, 2009 generally receive quarterly “interest credits” at a rate of one-fourth of the annual interest rate on 30-year Treasury securities, with a minimum interest credit. New participants on

or after January 1, 2010 are not subject to this minimum interest credit.

At the end of 2008, the cash balance pension plan previously sponsored by National City Corporation was merged into this plan. Earnings and interest credits for National City participants are generally as noted above.

We contribute to the plan an actuarially determined amount necessary to fund the total benefits payable to participants. Actuaries calculate total contributions instead of contributions for each individual participant.

Excess pension plan.We maintain an ERISA excess pension plan, which is a supplemental non-qualified pension plan. The excess benefits under this plan equal the difference, if any, between a participant’s benefit under the qualified pension plan computed without regard to applicable Internal Revenue Code limits and taking into account bonus amounts deferred under the non-qualified deferred compensation and incentive plan, and the participant’s actual benefit under the qualified pension plan.

Supplemental executive retirement plan.We maintain a supplemental executive retirement plan for certain executive officers. As part of its ongoing review of compensation practices, the Committee decided in 2007 to eliminate future plan participation for new executive officers. This plan provides earnings credits based on a percentage of annual incentives awarded under eligible executive bonus plans in accordance with a schedule based on the participant’s age and years of credited service. This plan also provides quarterly interest credits that mirror the interest credits under the qualified pension plan.

Executive officers who participated in the supplemental executive retirement plan on December 31, 1998 and who were at least age 50 with five or more years of credited service receive grandfathered benefits based on the pension formula in effect prior to 1999. For executive officers at or above a certain organizational level who participated on December 31, 1998, but who did not meet the requirements for grandfathered benefits, we doubled the earnings credit percentages in order to mitigate the effect of the transition to the cash balance pension formula.

James E. Rohr received the transitional earnings credits provided under the cash balance pension plan and ERISA excess pension plan.

 

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    Number of  Present Value  Payments 
    Years Credited  of Accumulated  during last 
NEO Plan Name Service (#)(a)  Benefit ($)(b)  fiscal year(c) 
William S. Demchak Qualified Pension Plan  11  $140,868   - 
  ERISA Excess Pension Plan  11  $823,374   - 
  Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan  11  $1,161,204   - 
  Total     $2,125,446   - 
James E. Rohr Qualified Pension Plan  41  $1,568,162   - 
  ERISA Excess Pension Plan  40  $4,683,374  $2,581,360 
  Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan  40   -  $31,273,460 
  Total     $6,251,536  $33,854,820 
Robert Q. Reilly Qualified Pension Plan  26  $258,270   - 
  ERISA Excess Pension Plan  26  $285,405   - 
  Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan  26  $367,535   - 
  Total     $911,210   - 
Richard J. Johnson Qualified Pension Plan  10   -  $162,455 
  ERISA Excess Pension Plan  10  $357,101   - 
  Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan  10  $449,929   - 
  Total     $807,030  $162,455 
Michael P. Lyons Qualified Pension Plan  2  $12,034   - 
  ERISA Excess Pension Plan  2  $20,825   - 
  Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan  NA   -   - 
  Total     $32,859   - 
E. William Parsley, III Qualified Pension Plan  10  $115,949   - 
  ERISA Excess Pension Plan  10  $519,596   - 
  Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan  NA   -   - 
  Total     $635,545   - 
Steven C. Van Wyk Qualified Pension Plan  0  $5,658   - 
  ERISA Excess Pension Plan  0   -   - 
  Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan  NA   -   - 
  Total     $5,658   - 


PENSION BENEFITS AT 2016 FISCAL YEAR-END

 

 NEO  Plan Name  Number of
Years Credited
Service (#)(a)
   Present Value
of Accumulated
Benefit ($)(b)
   Payments
During Last
Fiscal Year
 

 William S. Demchak

  Qualified Pension Plan   14   $219,617     
  ERISA Excess Pension Plan   14   $1,438,728     
   Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan   14   $2,134,936     
   Total       $3,793,281     

 Robert Q. Reilly

  Qualified Pension Plan   29   $380,624     
  ERISA Excess Pension Plan   29   $530,197     
   Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan   29   $805,905     
   Total       $1,716,726     

 Michael P. Lyons

  Qualified Pension Plan   5   $33,431     
  ERISA Excess Pension Plan   5   $66,668     
   Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan   NA         
   Total       $100,099     

 E William Parsley, III

  Qualified Pension Plan   13   $192,594     
  ERISA Excess Pension Plan   13   $781,493     
   Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan   NA         
   Total       $974,087     

 Steven C. Van Wyk

  Qualified Pension Plan   3   $29,326     
  ERISA Excess Pension Plan   3   $32,517     
   Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan   NA         
   Total       $61,843     
(a)To compute the number of years of service, we use the same plan measurement date that we use for our 20132016 audited consolidated financial statements. Credited service, where applicable, is generally equal to actual full years of service, however, for purposes of determining the level of benefits earned in the Qualified Pension Plan and ERISA Excess Pension Plan, credited service has been frozen as of December 31, 2009. As of that date, the NEOs had the following years of credited service: Mr. Rohr 37, Mr. Reilly 22, Mr. Johnson 7, Mr. Demchak 7 and Mr. Parsley 6. Mr. Lyons and Mr. Van Wyk were hired after service accruals ceased to be applicable for purposes of calculating the amount of Qualified Pension Plan and ERISA Excess Pension Plan benefits. Mr. Rohr’s service for purposes of the Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan ceased as of April 23, 2013.

(b)We compute the present values shown here as of December 31, 20132016 in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715, Compensation—Retirement Benefits (FASB ASC Topic 715), as specified in the SEC regulations. The amounts do not necessarily reflect the amounts to which the executive officers would be entitled under the terms of these plans as of December 31, 2013.2016.

We calculate the present values for the plans by projecting the December 31, 20132016 account balances to an assumed retirement age of 65, using an interest crediting rate of (i) 4.40% for Mr. Demchak, Mr. Reilly Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Parsley and (ii) 3.50%2.75% for Mr. Lyons and Mr. Van Wyk neither of whomwho are not eligible for the guaranteed minimum annual interest crediting rate since theyeach became a plan participantsparticipant after January 1, 2010. We then apply a discount rate of 4.75%4.0% for the Qualified Pension Plan and 4.35%3.80% for other plans to discount the balances back to December 31, 2013. Since Mr. Rohr attained the age of 65 prior to December 31, 2013, the present value for the plans is equal to his December 31, 2013 account balances.2016.

See Note 1511 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 20132016 for more information on the discount rates and other material assumptions.
(c)During 2013 and due to his deemed separation under IRC Section 409A, Mr. Rohr received payments of $2,581,360 and $31,273,460 from the ERISA Excess Pension Plan and Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan respectively. His Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan benefit was calculated using the grandfathered formula. Also during 2013 and because of his retirement, Mr. Johnson received a payment of $162,455 from the Qualified Pension Plan. None of the NEOs other than Mr. Rohr and Mr. Johnson received payments under any of these plans during 2013.

 

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   66NON-QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION IN FISCAL 2016

Non-qualified deferred compensation in fiscal 20132016

 

Supplemental incentive savings plan (SISP). Prior to 2012, we offered a non-qualified supplemental incentive savings plan for certain designated employees who exceeded a compensation threshold. Effective January 1, 2012, the SISP was frozen to new participants and to the deferral of amounts earned on and after January 1, 2012. Participants with existing account balances can direct the investment of their accounts among the hypothetical investment alternatives made available under the plan and their accounts are adjusted for deemed investment gains or losses resulting from such investment directions.

The SISP was a supplement to the incentive savings plan (ISP) in which most of our employees can participate after they meet certain age andany applicable service requirements. The ISP is a defined contribution 401(k) plan which is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. During 2013, Participants2016, participants could elect to contribute between 1% and 75% of eligible compensation to the plan each year as pre-tax elective deferrals, subject to Internal Revenue Code limits. Participants who are age 50 or older may contribute additional pre-tax amounts called “catch-up contributions” each year. For 2013,2016, we made employer matching contributions on behalf of eligible participants equal to 100% of elective deferrals up to 4% of eligible compensation. Matching contributions were made in cash. Participants direct the investment of their accounts among the investment options offered under the plan and their account balances are adjusted for gains or losses resulting from those investment directions.

ISP and SISP participants have the same investment options. The employee directs investment of contributions under either plan. Investment options include several publicly availablecollective funds and mutual funds (including

(including BlackRock mutual funds), a proprietary PNC investment fund, and a PNC common stock fund. We no longer permit new funds to be contributed or transferred into the PNC common stock fund. SISP investments are invested on a phantom basis and are considered “deemed” investments.

Deferred compensation plan (DCP) and deferred compensation and incentive plan (DCIP). We maintain a non-qualified deferred compensation and incentive plan (DCIP) for designated employees who exceed a compensation threshold. Participants can elect to defer up to 20% of base salary and/or up to 75% of eligible short-term incentive pay earned with respect to a plan year. The DCIP’s plan year is the calendar year and the DCIP’s first plan year began January 1, 2012. Prior to 2012, we offered a non-qualified deferred compensation plan (DCP) for certain designated employees who exceeded a compensation threshold. Effective January 1, 2012, the DCP was frozen to new participants and to the deferral of amounts earned on and after January 1, 2012. Distributions from this plan are paid in cash in accordance with the participant’s election. Participants with existing account balances can direct the investment of their accounts among the hypothetical investment alternatives made available under the plan and their accounts are adjusted for deemed investment gains or losses resulting from such investment directions.

As of December 31, 2012 we also maintained a non-qualified deferred compensation and incentive plan (DCIP) for certain designated employees who exceeded a compensation threshold. Participants could elect to defer up to 20% of base salary and/or up to 75% of eligible short-term incentive pay earned with respect to a plan year. The DCIP’s plan year is the calendar year and the DCIP’s first plan year began January 1, 2012.

DCP and DCIP participants currently have many of the same investment options available to ISP and SISP participants. DCP and DCIP participants also have additional investment options, consisting ofincluding additional BlackRock mutual funds. DCP and DCIP investments are invested on a phantom basis and are considered “deemed” investments.

 

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    Executive
Contributions
in Last FY
($)
  Registrant
Contributions
in Last FY
($)
  Aggregate
Earnings
in Last FY
($)
  Aggregate
Withdrawals/
Distributions
in Last FY
($)
  Aggregate
Balance at
Last FYE
($)
 
NEO Name of Plan  (a)       (b)       (c) 
William Supplemental Incentive                    
S. Demchak Savings Plan  -   -  $223,969   -  $901,933 
  Deferred Compensation &                    
  Incentive Plan $684,690   -  $205,901   -  $1,049,505 
  Deferred Compensation Plan  -   -  $833,017  $(926,308) $3,912,330 
  Total $684,690   -  $1,262,887  $(926,308) $5,863,768 
James Supplemental Incentive                    
E. Rohr Savings Plan  -   -  $1,529,407  $(1,371,881) $4,732,755 
  Deferred Compensation &                    
  Incentive Plan  -   -   -   -   - 
  Deferred Compensation Plan  -   -  $627,446   -  $2,353,820 
  Total  -   -  $2,156,853  $(1,371,881) $7,086,575 
Robert Supplemental Incentive                    
Q. Reilly Savings Plan  -   -  $123,396   -  $594,143 
  Deferred Compensation &                    
  Incentive Plan  -   -   -   -   - 
  Deferred Compensation Plan  -   -  $407,310   -  $2,158,081 
  Total  -   -  $530,706   -  $2,752,224 
Richard Supplemental Incentive                    
J. Johnson Savings Plan  -   -  $123,440  $(76,142) $681,678 
  Deferred Compensation &                    
  Incentive Plan  -   -   -   -   - 
  Deferred Compensation Plan  -   -  $152,629   -  $699,168 
  Total  -   -  $276,069  $(76,142) $1,380,846 
Michael Supplemental Incentive                    
P. Lyons Savings Plan  -   -   -   -   - 
  Deferred Compensation &                    
  Incentive Plan  -   -   -   -   - 
  Deferred Compensation Plan  -   -   -   -   - 
  Total  -   -   -   -   - 
E. William Supplemental Incentive                    
Parsley, III Savings Plan  -   -  $383,414   -  $1,697,094 
  Deferred Compensation &                    
  Incentive Plan  -   -   -   -   - 
  Deferred Compensation Plan  -   -  $437,477  $(499,797) $2,899,777 
  Total  -   -  $820,891  $(499,797) $4,596,871 
Steven Supplemental Incentive                    
C. Van Wyk Savings Plan  -   -   -   -   - 
  Deferred Compensation &                    
  Incentive Plan  -   -   -   -   - 
  Deferred Compensation Plan  -   -   -   -   - 
  Total  -   -   -   -   - 


NON-QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION IN FISCAL 2016

 

      

Executive
Contributions
in Last FY

($)

   

Registrant
Contributions in
Last FY

($)

   Aggregate
Earnings
in Last FY
($)
  Aggregate
Withdrawals/
Distributions
($)
  Aggregate
Balance at
Last FYE
($)
 
   NEO  Name of Plan  (a)        (b)      (c) 

William S. Demchak

  Supplemental Incentive Savings Plan          $163,443     $1,228,715 
  

Deferred Compensation & Incentive Plan

  $512,500       $103,359     $1,215,988 
   Deferred Compensation Plan          $(9,206 $(1,146,984 $482,091 
   Total  $512,500       $257,596  $(1,146,984 $2,926,794 

Robert Q. Reilly

  Supplemental Incentive Savings Plan          $74,299     $720,451 
  

Deferred Compensation & Incentive Plan

                  
   Deferred Compensation Plan          $231,085     $2,551,320 
   Total          $305,384     $3,271,771 

Michael P. Lyons

  Supplemental Incentive Savings Plan                  
  

Deferred Compensation & Incentive Plan

                  
   Deferred Compensation Plan                  
   Total                  

E William Parsley, III

  Supplemental Incentive Savings Plan          $200,748     $1,954,937 
  

Deferred Compensation

& Incentive Plan

                  
   Deferred Compensation Plan          $97,325  $(574,010 $1,261,424 
   Total          $298,073  $(574,010 $3,216,361 

Steven C. Van Wyk

  Supplemental Incentive Savings Plan                  
  

Deferred Compensation

& Incentive Plan

  $27,500       $8,370     $62,543 
   Deferred Compensation Plan                  
   Total  $27,500       $8,370     $62,543 
(a)Amounts in this column have been reported in the Summary compensation table on page 55.56.

(b)No amounts in this column have been reported in the Summary compensation table on page 5556 as none of our NEOs received above-market preferential earnings.

(c)We calculate the dollar amounts in this column by taking the aggregate balance at the end of fiscal year 20122015 and then adding the totals in the other columns to that balance. The aggregate balance at the end of fiscal year 20132016 includes any unrealized gains and losses on investments.

 

Please see page 69 for the amounts reported in the aggregate balance at last fiscal year end that were disclosed as compensation in previous Summary compensation tables.

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The amounts for each year reflect the contributions that were reported in previous summary compensation tables (since 2006). The total represents the aggregate of Executive and Registrant Contributions (thus, without giving effect to any earnings or distributions) that were reported in previous summary compensation tables.

 NEO Plan  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010          2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  Total* 

 William

 S. Demchak

  SISP  $77,102  $97,100  $75,200  $63,620                       $313,022 
  DCIP                    $150,000  $684,690  $385,417  $442,500  $512,500  $2,175,107 
   DCP  $1,278,907  $1,625,000  $1,125,603           $745,500              $4,775,010 

 Robert

 Q. Reilly

  SISP                                     
  DCIP                                     
   DCP                                     

 Michael

 P. Lyons

  SISP                                     
  DCIP                                     
   DCP                                     

 E William

 Parsley, III

  SISP              $665,038                    $665,038 
  DCIP                                     
   DCP                                     

 Steven

 C. Van Wyk

  SISP                                     
  DCIP                                $27,500  $27,500 
   DCP                                     
*The total amounts may exceed the aggregate balance at year-end due to the impact of plan withdrawals by the individual.

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The following table shows the 20132016 investment options for the ISP, SISP, DCP and DCIP, along with annual rates of return. See page 67 for an explanation of our ISP, SISP, DCP and DCIP. Ticker symbols are listed for investment options available to the general public.

 

 Benchmark Performance  Ticker
Symbol
DCP   DCIPDCP   ISP/SISPDCIP   Total Return
YTD
Am Beacon Sm Cp Value Inst*AVFIXISP/SISP   X2016 Annual
Rate of Return
 

 BlackRock High Yield BR

   XBHYIX40.06%
Am EuroPacific Growth R5*RERFXXX20.54%
BlackRock Asset Allocation Instl.PBAIXX11.88%
BlackRock Core Bond Fund1BFMCXX-1.39%
BlackRock Core Fixed Income Index*X-1.93%
BlackRock High Yield BRBRHYXXXX9.48%
BlackRock Intermediate Government Instl. (PNIGX)PNIGXX-2.20%
BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Instl. (BPRIX)BPRIXX-8.11%
BlackRock International Bond Instl.CINSXX-3.52%
BlackRock International Index*X22.14%
BlackRock International Opportunities Instl. (BISIX)BISIXX22.50%
BlackRock US Opportunities Instl.BMCIXXX39.99%
BlackRock Large Cap Core Instl.MALRXX33.92%
BlackRock Large Cap Index Fund*X32.45%
BlackRock LifePath 2015 FundXX7.60%
BlackRock LifePath 2020 FundXX10.23%
BlackRock LifePath 2025 FundXX12.33%
BlackRock LifePath 2030 FundXX14.04%
BlackRock LifePath 2035 FundXX15.81%
BlackRock LifePath 2040 FundXX17.37%
BlackRock LifePath 2045 FundXX18.90%
BlackRock LifePath 2050 FundXX20.16%
BlackRock LifePath Retirement FundXX6.62%
BlackRock Liquidity Temp FundTMPXXXXX0.07%
BlackRock Small Cap Growth InstlPSGIXX45.32%
BlackRock Small/Mid Index Fund*X38.29%
BlackRock TIPSXX-8.58%
CRM Mid Cap Value Instl*CRIMXXX33.40%
Dodge & Cox Stock Fund*DODGXXX40.55%
Eagle Small Cap Growth Fund*HSIIXX34.52%
Fidelity Spartan International Index Inv. (FSIIX)FSIIXX21.70%
Harbor Capital Appreciation*HACAXXX37.66%
Munder Mid Cap Core Growth Y*MGOYXX33.72%
PNC Common Stock FundPNCXX36.45%
PNC Investment Contract Fund Z    X    X    X    1.6414.01%
Vanguard Instl. Index Fund Plus

 BlackRock Government Short Term Inv. Fund*

  VIIIX   X    X 32.37%
Vanguard Small Cap Index Inv.NAESX   X    0.06

 BlackRock LifePath 2020 Fund

  37.62%
Vanguard Total Bond Mkt. Index Inv. (VBMFX)VBMFX   X    X    X    -2.266.61%
Wells Fargo Adv. Total Return I*

 BlackRock LifePath 2025 Fund

  MBFIXX    XX7.24

 BlackRock LifePath 2030 Fund

XXX7.82

 BlackRock LifePath 2035 Fund

XXX8.40

 BlackRock LifePath 2040 Fund

XX8.86

 BlackRock LifePath 2045 Fund

XX9.16

 BlackRock LifePath 2050 Fund

XX9.22

 BlackRock LifePath 2055 Fund

XX9.17

 BlackRock LifePath 2060 Fund

XX9.20

 BlackRock LifePath Retirement Fund

XXX6.06

 BlackRock Liquidity Temp Fund**

TMPXXXXX0.50

 BlackRock TIPS

XXX4.81

 Brandywine Intern’l Opp Fixed Inc Fund

LMOTXXX3.78

 PNC Common Stock Fund

PNCXX25.78

 PNC Stable Value Fund

XXX1.48

 SSgA S&P 500 Index Fund

XXX11.96

 SSgaA U.S. Extended Market Index Fund

XXX16.03

 SSgA Global Equity ex U.S. Index Fund

XXX5.15

 SSgA Real Return ex Nat. Res. Index Fund

X6.06

 SSgA U.S. Bond Index Fund

XXX2.67

 SSgA International Equity Index Fund

XXX1.82

 SSgA Emerging Markets Equity Index Fund

XXX11.13

 FPA Cresent Fund

FPACXXX10.25

 Aberdeen Emerging Markets Institutional Fund Instl

ABEMXXX11.96

 BlackRock Global Allocation I Fund

MALOXXX4.09

 First Eagle Overseas I Fund

SGOIXXX5.90

 Vulcan Large Cap Value Fund

VVPLXXX11.46

 Fiduciary Mgmt Small Cap Fund

FMIMXX    X         -1.94%
SSgA S&P 500 Index Fund**20.20X
*32.39%
SSgaA U.S. Extended Market Index Fund**XFund added to the ISP, SISP, DCP, DCIP fund line up effective October 1, 2016—fund return reflects inception to date return.37.76%
SSgA Global Equity ex U.S. Index Fund**X14.68%
SSgA Real Return ex Nat. Res. Index Fund**X-4.50%
SSgA U.S. Bond Index Fund**X-2.08%

 

*Funds eliminated from the ISP/SISP effective May 31, 2013
**Funds added toFund removed from the ISP/ISP, SISP, DCP, DCIP fund line up effective AprilOctober 1, 20132016.

 

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The amounts for each year reflect the contributions that were reported in previous summary compensation tables (since 2006). The total represents the portion of the aggregate balance, without giving effect to earnings or distributions, that were reported in previous summary compensation tables.

NEO Plan  2006   2007   2008   2009   2010   2011   2012   2013   Total* 
William                                      
S. Demchak SISP $77,102  $97,100  $75,200  $63,620   -   -   -   -  $313,022 
  DCIP  -   -   -   -   -   -  $150,000  $684,690  $834,690 
  DCP $1,278,907  $1,625,000  $1,125,603   -   -   -  $745,500   -  $4,775,010 
James                                      
E. Rohr SISP $153,800  $163,000  $155,738  $140,300   -   -   -   -  $612,838 
  DCIP  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
  DCP  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
Robert                                      
Q. Reilly SISP  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
  DCIP  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
  DCP  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
Richard                                      
J. Johnson SISP $47,105  $76,000  $75,473  $58,500  $33,479  $87,662   -   -  $378,219 
  DCIP  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
  DCP $262,569   -  $475,000   -   -   -   -   -  $737,569 
Michael                                      
P. Lyons SISP  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
  DCIP  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
  DCP  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
E. William                                      
Parsley, III SISP  -   -   -   -  $665,038   -   -   -  $665,038 
  DCIP  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
  DCP  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
Steven                                      
C. Van Wyk SISP  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
  DCIP  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
  DCP  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 

*The total amounts may exceed the aggregate balance at year-end due to the impact of plan withdrawals by the individual.


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Benefits upon termination of employment

 

Our NEOs may receive various forms of compensation or benefits in connection with a termination of employment. These benefits result from:

 

change in control agreements,

 

the terms of our equity-based grants, and

 

other existing plans and arrangements in which our NEOs participate.

We do not have a separate severance plan or program for the NEOs, although the Committee has discretion to provide severance benefits, subject to the parameters of the policy we adopted in February 2011 and described on page 4951 of our CD&A.

The benefits will depend on whether PNC or the executive terminated employment and, if PNC terminated employment, whether it was for cause; whether the termination resulted from death or disability; whether the termination followed a change in control and whether the executive is retirement-eligible. If a retirement-eligible employee resigns or is terminated without cause, we consider it a retirement. For these purposes, a “retirement-eligible” employee is someone who is at least 55 years old and has at least five years of service with us. As of December 31, 2013, Mr. Rohr and Mr. Johnson2016, none of our NEOs were retirement-eligible, while Mr. Demchak, Mr. Reilly, Mr. Lyons, Mr. Parsley, and Mr. Van Wyk were not.retirement-eligible.

 

Change in control agreements

 

As of December 31, 20132016 we have entered into separate change in control agreements with each of our NEOs except for Mr. Rohr and Mr. Johnson, and similar agreements with a limited group of other senior officers. Mr. Rohr’s change in control agreement terminated as of his transition to Executive Chairman and Mr. Johnson’s change in control agreement terminated as of his retirement date. These agreements have been a valuable component of our executive compensation program for several years. We believe that these arrangements mitigate concerns arising from a change in control, and help to ensure the continued dedicated service of our key employees. While the acceleration of equity requires only a change in control, cashCash payments received under these agreements require a “double trigger”—that is, the occurrence of both a change in control and a qualifying termination of employment. A qualifying termination would occur if the executive resigned for “good reason” or the surviving company terminated the executive without “cause” (each as defined in the change in control agreement).

The treatment of equity awards upon a change in control is handled in the equity awards agreements themselves, described below, not in these agreements.

These agreements would pay cash to our executives, calculated based on various compensation components. These components include base salary and an annual incentive award (bonus). The cash severance payment related to base salary for Mr. Demchak and Mr. Reillyour NEOs is based on three times, and for Mr. Lyons and Mr. Van Wyk two times the base salary (the highest monthly base salary rate for the twelve months preceding the change in control multiplied by twelve). TheFor our NEOs, the cash severance payment related to the bonus is three times for Mr. Demchak and Mr. Reilly, and two times for Mr. Lyons and Mr. Van Wyk, the applicable average bonus percent multiplied by the applicable base salary. For Mr. Parsley, the multiple for the base salary component is two and the multiple for the bonus component is one. The agreements also provide for continued benefits under (or compute cash payments by reference to)

some of our retirement and health and welfare benefit plans.

Our historical agreements require a payment to the NEO to reimburse the executive for any excise taxes on severance or other benefits that are considered “excess parachute payments” under the Internal Revenue Code as long as severance and other benefits are at least 105% of the maximum that can be paid without incurring the excise tax. Since 2009, we have eliminated the excise tax “gross-up” provision from new change in control agreements. Mr. Parsley’s, Mr. Lyons’ and Mr. Van Wyk’s agreements do not contain anIn addition, in 2016, we eliminated excise tax gross-up provision.gross-ups in all existing change of control agreements. Our current change in control agreements provide that, 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. Our Board adopted a policy in February 2011 that requires shareholder approval of certain future severance arrangements if the arrangement provides for additional severance benefits in an amount exceeding 2.99 times the sum of the executive’s annual base salary and target bonus.

The change in control agreements prohibit the executive from using or disclosing any of our confidential business or technical information or trade secrets. The executive may also not employ or solicit any of our officers during the one-year period following termination.

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While the benefits to be received under a change in control agreement may be significant to an individual, they first require the occurrence of a significant transaction. As a result, the benefits are highly speculative, and contingent on a variety of facts and circumstances. In recognition of this, our Personnel and Compensation Committee does not consider the amount of potential change in control

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payments when it makes annual compensation decisions for NEOs. Change in control protections,

although meaningful, also become relatively less significant to PNC as we increase in size.

Equity-based grants

 

If ana NEO resigns or the NEO’s employment is terminated with or without cause, any unvested equity-based compensation is generally forfeited. IfEquity-based compensation is not forfeited, however, if an employee retires—when a retirement-eligibleretirement eligible employee resigns or is terminated without cause—in which case the compensation continues in effect until its original scheduled payment date. It is also not forfeited under certain circumstances following a change in control. Beginning in 2015, grants to our executive officers are “double trigger,” meaning such grants require the occurrence of both a change in control of PNC and a qualifying termination (which qualifying termination includes a

termination without cause we consider itor a retirement. resignation for good reason following a change in control) to vest prior to the original vesting date, although payout does not occur until the original scheduled payment date. Under outstanding equity grants prior to 2015, upon a change in control of PNC, payout does not occur until the original scheduled payment date, although the potential payout amount is calculated and fixed at the time of the change in control.

A change in control of PNC, retirement of a NEO, or the retirement ortermination of employment by PNC by reason of disability of a NEO, has the following impact on unvested equity-based compensation:

GRANTS THAT VEST OR BECOME EXERCISABLE OVER TIME OR OPTIONS WHERE PERFORMANCE CRITERIA HAS BEEN METOUTSTANDING OPTION AWARDS

 

Change in Control Retirement Disability

Securities vest or, if not alreadyexercisable, becomeAll outstanding option awards are fully vested and exercisableregardless as of whether employmentis terminated.

December 31, 2016. Following a termination of employment without causeor a resignation for good reason, theemployee will havethe grantee has three years to exercisestock options. The three-year periodcannot extend beyondexercise stock options (but not later than the original optiontermination date.

option termination date).

 

For stockAll outstanding option awards are fully vested and exercisable as of December 31, 2016. Upon retirement, such options where the performance criteria has already been met or for other options granted at least one year before retirement, there will be no change. These options will continue in effect in accordance with their original terms.

For other stock options grantedbetween six months and one year beforeretirement, the employee will forfeittwo-thirds of the options. The remainingone-third of the options will continue inaccordance with their original terms.For other stock options granted lessthan six months before retirement, theemployee will forfeit all of the options.For restricted stock and restricted shareunits that have not already satisfied theservice requirements, the Committee mayapprove vesting. For certain awards, if theCommittee does not take action withina certain time of the scheduled vestingdate, then the stock does not vest. Forcertain restricted stock awards, theCommittee may accelerate vesting. Forcertain awards, retirement or retirement aspecified period after grant will satisfy theservice retirement. Certain awards do notinclude a service requirement.

 

All stock options that were not alreadyexercisable becomeoutstanding option awards are fully vested and exercisable and theemployeeas of December 31, 2016. Grantee has three years to exercisethem. The three-year period cannotextend beyondexercise stock options (but not later than the original optiontermination date, however.

For restricted stock and restricted shareunits that have not already satisfied theservice requirements, the Committeemay approve vesting or, in the case ofcertain restricted share units, the servicerequirement is satisfied. For certainawards, if the Committee does nottake action within a certain time of thescheduled vesting date, then the stockdoes not vest. For certain restricted stockawards, the Committee may acceleratevesting. Certain awards do not include aservice requirement.

option termination date).

GRANTS THAT VEST UPON THE ACHIEVEMENT OF ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Performance-Based Restricted Share Units (Performance RSUs)

 

Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units

Change in Control Retirement Disability
Any unvested performance2013 and 2014 Performance RSUs will vest and pay outbe paid as soon as practicable following the change of control. 2015 and 2016 Performance RSUs will vest upon the occurrence of both the change of control and a qualifying termination (or continued employment through the original vesting date) and will be paid as soon as practicable following the original vesting date. All Performance RSUs payout at 100% performance if we meet the Tier 1 capital ratio risk factor is met or exceeded as of the last-completed quarter-end, provided that for 2013 and later grants, the payout percentage will also be subject to a second risk-based adjustmentsadjustment based on the most recent annual discretionary risk factor usedapplied prior to that time for the other risk factor.change in control. If we do not meet the required performance for theTier 1 capital ratio risk factor is not met, the unitsPerformance RSUs are cancelled. Dividend equivalents cease to accrue at the change in control date. Performance RSUs continue in effect in accordance with their terms.Performance RSUs continue in effect in accordance with their terms.terms as if the grantee had remained employed for the full performance period.

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Incentive Performance Units (IPUs)

 

Change in Control  RetirementDisability

For both regularoutstanding standard and ALM incentive performance units, if theperformancethe performance period has not yet ended before the date of a changeinchange in control, the employee would receive a two-part award. Each partofaward is calculated in two parts – (1) the award would be prorated based on a portion of the originalmulti-year performance period.

The first part of the award relatesperiod that elapsed prior to the part of the performanceperiod that had already elapsed before the change in control. Thesecond partcontrol (measured in quarters) and (2) the portion of the award relates to the part of the performanceperiodperformance period that had not been completed due to the change in control.

 

In each part, the award would beis calculated by multiplying aperformancea performance factor by the target number of units, originallygranted and then applying the applicable proration factor. (For2012 and earlier grants, the target numberprorating such performance-adjusted amount of regular units wouldbe adjusted for deemed dividends up to the change in controldate, but the ALM units would not receive such an adjustment.For 2013 and later regular grants, the related dividend equivalents,which receive the same performance adjustment as their relatedunits, cease to accrue at the change in control date.)described below:

 

Part 1 - The corporate performance factor used to calculate the first part would bethebe the higher of 100% and the actual payout percentage achieved basedon actual applicable corporate performance prior to the date oftheof the change in control. The corporate performance factor used tocalculatecontrol, and the second part would be a flat 100%. In some cases, theperformance factors would then be subject to additional, risk-based adjustments.

For the first part of the award, the performance-adjusted amountof units would then be proratedproration is based on the portion of the overallperformanceoverall performance period (measured in quarters) that had elapsedbeforeelapsed before the date of the change in control. For

Part 2 - The corporate performance factor used to calculate the second part is 100%, and the proration would beis based on the remainder of the originallyscheduledoverall performance period not completed due to the changeinchange in control.

 

ForDividend equivalents cease to accrue at the regularchange in control date and receive the same performance adjustment as their related units.

Beginning with 2015 grants, madestandard and ALM incentive performance units will only vest and pay out upon a qualifying termination following the change in 2011 and later,control or continued employment through the performancefactorsoriginal vesting year. In addition, for the standard IPU grants, the performance factors used to calculate the awards would also be subject toadditional, risk-based adjustments. For the 2011 grants, the firstpart of the award would beare subject to additional risk-based adjustments incertain circumstances and for the 2012 and later grants, both partsof the award would be subject to risk-based adjustment in certaincircumstances.adjustments.

  

For grants of regularOutstanding standard or ALM incentive performance units madecontinue in and after 2012,effect in the case of either retirement or disability, the granteeremains eligible for consideration for a full award equal tothe same awardaccordance with their terms as if the grantee could have received had thegrantee remained employed for the full performance period.

For grants made before 2012, the Committee may award upto a prorated amount to a retired employee. This amount willbe based on performance prior to retirement and the unitswill be prorated based on the portion of the performanceperiod elapsed prior to the retirement date of the employee.The Committee may award up to the full amount to anemployee who becomes disabled during the performanceperiod.

For all grants, regardless of the year that they were made,the Committee retains downward discretion to adjust oreliminate the payout. Any payout would occur after theperformance period ends.

 

The retirement and disability benefits summarized above are generally subject to termination byTHE PNC if it is determined that an employee has engaged in certain competitive activities during employment or the first year post-employment, or that the employee has engaged in other detrimental conduct.FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC. - 2017 Proxy Statement    73


CHANGE IN CONTROL AND TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT

 

Acceleration upon death.If the executive officer dies, generally (1) stock options becomeremain exercisable restricted stock and restricted stock units vest,until the original option termination date, (2) performance RSUs vest and pay out at 100% (provided, for 2013 and later grants, if death occurs after the close of a performance year but before that year’s tranche has paid out, payout of that tranche is the same as if still an employee and otherwise at 100%), and a portion of the outstanding(3) for incentive performance units, (or all of such outstanding units beginning with 2014 grants) may be paid subject to the discretion of our Board’s Personnel and Compensation Committee,out, up to a maximum based on actual corporate and risk performance through the calendar year of the executive officer’s death and, where applicable,(and at 100% thereafter. Any options willthereafter) and subject to the negative discretion of the Board’s Personnel and Compensation Committee.

Other material conditions. The retirement and disability awards summarized above are generally remain exercisable untilsubject to forfeiture by PNC if it is determined that a grantee has engaged in certain competitive activities during employment and the original optionone year period following termination date.of employment, or if the grantee has engaged in other detrimental conduct. In addition, the award is subject to grantee’s agreement not to solicit certain customers or employees of PNC during employment and the one year period following termination of employment as well as to at all times maintain confidentiality of business and technical information and to disclose certain and assign certain inventions.

Awards are generally subject to PNC’s clawback, adjustment or similar policies and to any clawback or recoupment that may be required by applicable law or regulations.

 

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Existing plans and arrangements

 

As of December 31, 2013,2016, our NEOs could participate in our qualified cash balance pension plan, our ERISA excess pension plan, our ISP, and our DCIP. In addition, our NEOs, other than Mr. LyonsDemchak, Mr. Reilly and Mr. Van Wyk,Parsley participate in our SISP and our DCP and our NEOs, other than(although they may no longer make contributions to these plans). Mr. Lyons, Mr. ParsleyDemchak and Mr. Van Wyk, Reilly also

participate in our supplemental executive retirement plan. The officers earn these benefits for services provided to us while employed, and many of these plans are also available on a broader basis to other employees. For the most part, an officer’s entitlement to these benefits does not depend on how employment terminates.

Estimated benefits upon termination

 

The following table shows the estimated incremental benefits payable to our NEOs as of December 31, 20132016 as a result of termination of employment in a variety of situations. These estimated amounts have been calculated as if employment was terminated on December 31, 2013.2016. For change in control benefits, we assumed a change in control of PNC and a termination of employment by the surviving company without cause (or a resignation of the officer for good reason) on that date. To the extent relevant, the amounts assume a PNC stock price of $77.58$116.96, the

closing price for our stock on December 31, 2013.30, 2016. If we calculated these amounts using a different price, the amounts could be significantly different. The benefits below do not include the balances under our qualified cash balance pension plan, our ERISA excess pension plan, our supplemental executive retirement plan, our ISP, our SISP, our DCP and our DCIP unless the NEO receives an enhanced benefit under the termination scenario. In addition, the value of vested but unexercised stock options as of December 31, 2016 are not included as they do not provide an incremental benefit.

 

EMPLOYEES WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RETIREMENT

James E. Rohr Termination
for Cause
  Voluntary
Termination/
Termination
without Cause(a)
  Retirement(a)  Change
in Control(b)(d)
  Disability  Death 
Cash Severance  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Base Salary  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Bonus  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Enhanced Benefits  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Defined Benefit Plans  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Defined Contribution Plans  -   -   -   -   -   - 
General Health & Welfare  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Unvested Equity  -   -  $19,092,704  $18,257,588  $19,092,704  $15,344,126 
Restricted Stock/Units  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Performance-based RSUs  -   -  $9,668,316  $8,814,874  $9,668,316  $8,814,874 
Incentive Performance Units  -   -  $9,424,388  $9,442,714  $9,424,388  $6,529,252 
Phantom Units  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Unexercisable Options  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Excise Tax and Gross-Up  -   -   -   -   -   - 
TOTAL $-  $-  $19,092,704  $18,257,588  $19,092,704  $15,344,126 

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Richard J. Johnson Termination
for Cause
  Voluntary
Termination/
Termination
without Cause(a)
  Retirement(c)  Change
in Control(b)
  Disability  Death 
Cash Severance  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Base Salary  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Bonus  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Enhanced Benefits  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Defined Benefit Plans  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Defined Contribution Plans  -   -   -   -   -   - 
General Health & Welfare  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Unvested Equity  -   -  $5,426,676  $5,202,356   -   - 
Restricted Stock/Units  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Performance-based RSUs  -   -  $2,751,124  $2,520,857   -   - 
Incentive Performance Units  -   -  $2,675,552  $2,681,499   -   - 
Phantom Units  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Unexercisable Options  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Excise Tax and Gross-Up  -   -   -   -   -   - 
TOTAL $-  $-  $5,426,676  $5,202,356  $-  $- 


CHANGE IN CONTROL AND TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT

William S. Demchak  Termination
for Cause
   

Voluntary
Termination/
Termination
without
Cause(a)

   Retirement(a)   

Change
in Control(b)

   Disability   Death 

Cash Severance

              $9,778,901         

Base Salary

              $2,200,000         

Bonus

              $7,578,901         

Enhanced Benefits

              $345,281         

Defined Benefit Plans

              $299,472         

Defined Contribution Plans

              $21,200         

General Benefits & Perquisites

              $24,609         

Value of Unvested Equity

              $27,695,090   $28,753,372   $27,581,803 

Performance-based RSUs

              $12,528,263   $13,699,832   $12,528,263 

Incentive Performance Units

              $15,166,827   $15,053,540   $15,053,540 

Reduction Amount(c)

                        

TOTAL

  $0   $0   $0   $37,819,272   $28,753,372   $27,581,803 

Robert Q. Reilly  Termination
for Cause
   

Voluntary
Termination/

Termination
without
Cause(a)

   Retirement(a)   Change
in Control(b)
  Disability   Death 

Cash Severance

              $3,604,386        

Base Salary

              $1,000,000        

Bonus

              $2,604,386        

Enhanced Benefits

              $183,941        

Defined Benefit Plans

              $138,132        

Defined Contribution Plans

              $21,200        

General Benefits & Perquisites

              $24,609        

Value of Unvested Equity

              $7,115,299  $7,398,178   $7,086,230 

Performance-based RSUs

              $3,233,500  $3,545,448   $3,233,500 

Incentive Performance Units

              $3,881,799  $3,852,730   $3,852,730 

Reduction Amount(c)

              $(515,988       

TOTAL

  $0   $0   $0   $10,387,638  $7,398,178   $7,086,230 

 

EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR RETIREMENT

William S. Demchak Termination
for Cause
  Voluntary
Termination/
Termination
without Cause(a)
  Retirement(a)  Change
in Control(b)
  Disability  Death 
Cash Severance  -   -   -  $10,594,125   -   - 
Base Salary  -   -   -  $3,000,000   -   - 
Bonus  -   -   -  $7,594,125   -   - 
Enhanced Benefits  -   -   -  $853,101   -   - 
Defined Benefit Plans  -   -   -  $795,501   -   - 
Defined Contribution Plans  -   -   -  $30,600   -   - 
General Health & Welfare  -   -   -  $27,000   -   - 
Unvested Equity  -   -   -  $14,707,758  $15,333,286  $12,138,717 
Restricted Stock/Units  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Performance-based RSUs  -   -   -  $6,912,992  $7,554,962  $6,912,992 
Incentive Performance Units  -   -   -  $7,794,766  $7,778,324  $5,225,725 
Phantom Units  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Unexercisable Options  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Excise Tax and Gross-Up  -   -   -   -   -   - 
TOTAL $-  $-  $-  $26,154,984  $15,333,286  $12,138,717 

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Robert Q. Reilly Termination
for Cause
  Voluntary
Termination/
Termination
without Cause(a)
  Retirement(a)  Change
in Control(b)
  Disability  Death 
Cash Severance  -   -   -  $4,515,503   -   - 
Base Salary  -   -   -  $1,500,000   -   - 
Bonus  -   -   -  $3,015,503   -   - 
Enhanced Benefits  -   -   -  $490,220   -   - 
Defined Benefit Plans  -   -   -  $421,704   -   - 
Defined Contribution Plans  -   -   -  $30,600   -   - 
General Health & Welfare  -   -   -  $37,916   -   - 
Unvested Equity  -   -   -  $3,459,497  $3,607,759  $2,770,417 
Restricted Stock/Units  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Performance-based RSUs  -   -   -  $1,697,036  $1,848,647  $1,697,036 
Incentive Performance Units  -   -   -  $1,762,461  $1,759,112  $1,073,381 
Phantom Units  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Unexercisable Options  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Excise Tax and Gross-Up  -   -   -  $3,279,434   -   - 
TOTAL $-  $-  $-  $11,744,654  $3,607,759  $2,770,417 


CHANGE IN CONTROL AND TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT

Michael P. Lyons Termination
for Cause
  Voluntary
Termination/
Termination
without Cause(a)
  Retirement(a)  Change
in Control(b)
  Disability  Death 
Cash Severance  -   -   -  $6,599,957   -   - 
Base Salary  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Bonus  -   -   -  $6,599,957   -   - 
Enhanced Benefits  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Defined Benefit Plans  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Defined Contribution Plans  -   -   -   -   -   - 
General Health & Welfare  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Unvested Equity  -   -   -  $10,165,531  $10,418,321  $8,119,880 
Restricted Stock/Units  -   -   -  $2,263,009  $2,263,009  $2,263,009 
Performance-based RSUs  -   -   -  $3,588,956  $3,854,305  $3,588,956 
Incentive Performance Units  -   -   -  $4,313,566  $4,301,007  $2,267,915 
Phantom Units  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Unexercisable Options  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Excise Tax and Gross-Up  -   -   -   NA   -   - 
TOTAL $-  $-  $-  $16,765,488  $10,418,321  $8,119,880 

 

Michael P. Lyons  Termination
for Cause
   Voluntary
Termination/
Termination
without
Cause(a)
   Retirement(a)   Change
in Control(b)
  Disability   Death 

Cash Severance

              $5,413,333        

Base Salary

              $1,400,000        

Bonus

              $4,013,333        

Enhanced Benefits

              $97,772        

Defined Benefit Plans

              $50,250        

Defined Contribution Plans

              $21,200        

General Benefits & Perquisites

              $26,322        

Value of Unvested Equity

              $16,280,243  $16,947,880   $16,206,311 

Performance-based RSUs

              $7,369,760  $8,111,329   $7,369,760 

Incentive Performance Units

              $8,910,483  $8,836,551   $8,836,551 

Reduction Amount(c)

              $(3,136,003       

TOTAL

  $0   $0   $0   $18,655,345  $16,947,880   $16,206,311 

E William Parsley, III  Termination
for Cause
   Voluntary
Termination/
Termination
without
Cause(a)
   Retirement(a)   Change
in Control(b)
   Disability   Death 

Cash Severance

              $3,940,000         

Base Salary

              $1,200,000         

Bonus

              $2,740,000         

Enhanced Benefits

              $175,712         

Defined Benefit Plans

              $128,500         

Defined Contribution Plans

              $21,200         

General Benefits & Perquisites

              $26,012         

Value of Unvested Equity

              $27,581,661   $27,848,346   $27,553,056 

Performance-based RSUs

              $3,009,202   $3,304,492   $3,009,202 

Incentive Performance Units

              $3,609,017   $3,580,178   $3,580,178 

Phantom Units

              $20,963,442   $20,963,676   $20,963,676 

Reduction Amount(c)

                        

TOTAL

  $0   $0   $0   $31,697,373   $27,848,346   $27,553,056 

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E. William Parsley, III Termination
for Cause
  Voluntary
Termination/
Termination
without Cause(a)
  Retirement(a)  Change
in Control(b)
  Disability  Death 
Cash Severance  -   -   -  $2,187,625   -   - 
Base Salary  -   -   -  $1,000,000   -   - 
Bonus  -   -   -  $1,187,625   -   - 
Enhanced Benefits  -   -   -  $152,160   -   - 
Defined Benefit Plans  -   -   -  $109,382   -   - 
Defined Contribution Plans  -   -   -  $20,400   -   - 
General Health & Welfare  -   -   -  $22,378   -   - 
Unvested Equity  -   -   -  $19,612,499  $19,846,115  $15,107,576 
Restricted Stock/Units  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Performance-based RSUs  -   -   -  $2,453,220  $2,691,974  $2,453,220 
Incentive Performance Units  -   -   -  $2,889,809  $2,884,671  $2,092,253 
Phantom Units  -   -   -  $14,269,470  $14,269,470  $10,562,103 
Unexercisable Options  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Excise Tax and Gross-Up  -   -   -   NA   -   - 
TOTAL $-  $-  $-  $21,952,284  $19,846,115  $15,107,576 


CHANGE IN CONTROL AND TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT

 

Steven C. Van Wyk Termination
for Cause
  Voluntary
Termination/
Termination
without Cause(a)
  Retirement(a)  Change
in Control(b)
  Disability  Death 
Cash Severance  -   -   -  $2,200,000   -   - 
Base Salary  -   -   -  $1,000,000   -   - 
Bonus  -   -   -  $1,200,000   -   - 
Enhanced Benefits  -   -   -  $79,878   -   - 
Defined Benefit Plans  -   -   -  $38,250   -   - 
Defined Contribution Plans  -   -   -  $20,400   -   - 
General Health & Welfare  -   -   -  $21,228   -   - 
Unvested Equity  -   -   -  $2,419,442  $2,464,557  $1,950,302 
Restricted Stock/Units  -   -   -  $953,381  $953,381  $953,381 
Performance-based RSUs  -   -   -  $703,709  $748,824  $703,709 
Incentive Performance Units  -   -   -  $762,352  $762,352  $293,212 
Phantom Units  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Unexercisable Options  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Excise Tax and Gross-Up  -   -   -   NA   -   - 
TOTAL $-  $-  $-  $4,699,320  $2,464,557  $1,950,302 

Steven C. Van Wyk  Termination
for Cause
   Voluntary
Termination/
Termination
without
Cause(a)
   Retirement(a)   Change
in Control(b)
  Disability   Death 

Cash Severance

              $3,146,405        

Base Salary

              $1,000,000        

Bonus

              $2,146,405        

Enhanced Benefits

              $77,219        

Defined Benefit Plans

              $38,250        

Defined Contribution Plans

              $21,200        

General Benefits & Perquisites

              $17,769        

Value of Unvested Equity

              $6,273,124  $6,526,581   $6,245,636 

Performance-based RSUs

              $2,840,308  $3,121,253   $2,840,308 

Incentive Performance Units

              $3,432,816  $3,405,328   $3,405,328 

Reduction Amount(c)

              $(1,386,095       

TOTAL

  $0   $0   $0   $8,110,653  $6,526,581   $6,245,636 
(a)If a retirement-eligible employee resigns or is terminated without cause, we consider it a retirement.

(b)The benefits and awards shown under “Unvested“Value of Unvested Equity” that were granted in 2015 and 2016 are received upon a change in control and a termination of employment by the surviving company without cause (or a resignation of the officer for good reason), which this table assumes takes place on December 31, 2016. Awards granted prior to 2015 are received upon the change in control itself and do not require qualifying termination of employment while the other benefits require qualifying termination. In addition, it is possible that an Excise Tax Gross-up payment may be required if a change in control occurred even without a qualifying employment termination. In Mr. Johnson’s case, the benefit assumed a retirement on December 31, 2013 accompanying a change in control.employment.

(c)Mr. Johnson retired as CFO on August 12, 2013. The table reflectsAmount reduced under the valueagreement to avoid imposition of his unvested equity as if he had retired instead on December 31, 2013, which will remain outstanding and continue to vest as if he were still employed. As a result, his outstanding equity continues to be subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable awards agreement, including change in control provisions.
(d)Mr. Rohr’s change in control agreement, which governs his cash payments, expired as of his transition to Executive Chairman. His outstanding equity awards continue to be subject to the applicable award agreements which allow for immediate vesting upon a change in control.excise tax under IRC 4999.

 

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF DIRECTORSMANAGEMENT AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERSCERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS

Security ownership of directors and executive officers

 

The table below sets forth information regarding common stock ownership by our directors and executive officers. We include beneficial ownership of common stock as of January 31, 2014February 3, 2017 for each director (including all(all of whom are nominees for director), each executive officer named in the Summary compensation table on page 55,56, and all directors and executive officers as a group. Unless we otherwise note, each person exercises sole voting and investment power over these shares of common stock.

We determine the number of shares in the Common Stock Ownership column as beneficially owned by each director and executive officer pursuant to SEC regulations. This information does not necessarily

indicate beneficial ownership for any other purpose. Beneficial ownership includes any shares of common stock as to which the individual has sole or shared voting power or investment power. We also include any shares of common stock that the individual has the right to acquire within 60 days of January 31, 2014February 3, 2017 through the exercise of any option, warrant or right.right and any restricted stock units payable in common stock that vest within 60 days of February 3, 2017. The table also shows, as of January 31, 2014,February 3, 2017, the number of common stock units credited to the accounts of our directors and executive officers under various compensation and benefit plans. Each of our directors standing for election owns shares of our common stock.

 

Name Common
Stock
Ownership*
  Number of
Shares Subject to
Exercisable Options
 Total Number of
Shares Beneficially
Owned
 Common
Stock Unit
Ownership**
 Total Shares
Beneficially Owned
Plus Common Stock
Units
 
Non-Employee Directors:                 
Richard O. Berndt  10,068   -  10,068  13,701  23,769 
Charles E. Bunch  781   -  781  13,701  14,482 
Paul W. Chellgren  23,980(1)  -  23,980  59,150  83,130 
Andrew T. Feldstein  13,000   -  13,000  610  13,610 
Kay Coles James  315   -  315  18,289  18,604 
Richard B. Kelson  624   -  624  23,921  24,545 
Bruce C. Lindsay  1(2)  -  1  25,009  25,010 
Anthony A. Massaro  3,136(1)(2)  -  3,136  20,129  23,265 
Jane G. Pepper  2,840   4,000  6,840  26,581  33,421 
Donald J. Shepard  8,967(3)  -  8,967  29,060  38,027 
Lorene K. Steffes  2,041(2)  1,000  3,041  24,848  27,889 
Dennis F. Strigl  10,714   4,000  14,714  25,616  40,330 
Thomas J. Usher  7,139(2)  4,000  11,139  48,843  59,982 
George H. Walls, Jr.  385   -  385  25,530  25,915 
Helge H. Wehmeier  24,533   -  24,533  35,143  59,676 
NEOs:                 
William S. Demchak  273,712(2)(4)  791,200  1,064,912  8,865  1,073,777 
James E. Rohr  591,643(4)(5)  1,543,035  2,134,678  72,197  2,206,875 
Robert Q. Reilly  55,163(4)  257,300  312,463  2,062  314,525 
Richard J. Johnson  4,392   210,100  214,492  832  215,324 
Michael P. Lyons  48,767   -  48,767  -  48,767 
E. William Parsley, III  59,875   150,000  209,875  -  209,875 
Steven C. Van Wyk  12,606   -  12,606  -  12,606 
Nine remaining executive officers  213,454(4)  943,169  1,156,623  20,569  1,177,192 
Directors and executive officers as a group (31 persons):  1,368,136   3,907,804  5,275,940  494,656  5,770,596 

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Name  Common
Stock
Ownership*
  Options
and
Restricted
Share
Units**
   Total
Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned
   Common
Stock Unit
Ownership***
   Total
Shares
Beneficially
Owned
Plus
Common
Stock Units
 

Non-Employee Directors:

         

Charles E. Bunch

   1,781       1,781    19,423    21,204 

Marjorie Rodgers Cheshire

   218       218    4,198    4,416 

Andrew T. Feldstein

   83,600(1)(2)       83,600    9,695    93,295 

Daniel R. Hesse

   1,100       1,100    1,981    3,081 

Kay Coles James

   315       315    24,584    24,899 

Richard B. Kelson

   119       119    28,161    28,280 

Jane G. Pepper

   2,840       2,840    31,007    33,847 

Donald J. Shepard

   8,967(2)       8,967    37,887    46,854 

Lorene K. Steffes

   2,041(3)       2,041    32,048    34,089 

Dennis F. Strigl

   10,714(3)       10,714    32,183    42,897 

Michael J. Ward

   1,000       1,000    2,794    3,794 

Gregory D. Wasson

   2,070       2,070    3,607    5,677 

NEOs:

         

William S. Demchak

   447,525(3)(4)   340,168    787,693    2,923    790,616 

Robert Q. Reilly

   81,508(3)(4)   215,171    296,679    2,211    298,890 

Michael P. Lyons

   89,414   55,549    144,963        144,963 

E William Parsley, III

   75,665   96,832    172,497        172,497 

Steven C. Van Wyk

   17,529(2)(3)   20,778    38,307        38,307 

8 remaining executive officers

   138,202(2)(3)(4)   159,489    297,691    3,558    301,249 

Directors and executive officers as a group (25 persons):

   964,608   887,987    1,852,595    236,260    2,088,855 
*As of January 31, 2014,February 3, 2017, there were 534,030,756486,378,823 shares of PNC common stock issued and outstanding. The number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by each individual is less than 1% of the outstanding shares of common stock; the total number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by the group is approximately 1.3%.4% of the class. If employee or director stock options were exercisable or units payable in common stock vest within 60 days of January 31, 2014,February 3, 2017, we added those numbers to the total number of shares issued and outstanding.outstanding to determine these ownership percentages. As of January 31, 2014,February 3, 2017, the number of shares of common stock and units held by the group was 1.4%.4%. No director or executive officer beneficially owns shares of PNC preferred stock.

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT AND CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS

**RepresentsIncludes options exercisable within 60 days of February 3, 2017 and restricted share units payable in common stock that are expected to vest within 60 days of February 3, 2017.

***For non-employee directors, includes common stock units credited to their accounts pursuant to deferrals made under the accounts of directorsDirectors Deferred Compensation Plan and predecessor plans and common stock units granted under the Outside Directors Deferred Stock Unit Plan, which will be paid in cash. For executive officers, includes common stock units credited under various compensationour DCP and benefit plans thatSISP, which are payable in cash. These units are not considered beneficially owned under SEC rules.

(1)Includes shares owned by spouse.

(2)Includes shares held in a trust.

(3)Includes shares held jointly with spouse.
(3)Included 7,845 shares held in a trust.

(4)Includes shares held in our incentive savings plan (ISP).
(5)Includes 517 shares held indirectly as custodian for daughter, 58,200 shares owned by spouse, 13,134 shares held in trust for daughter and 225,121 shares held in two revocable trusts.

Security ownership of certain beneficial owners

 

Based on a review, as of February 14, 2014,2017, of Schedules 13D and 13G filed with the SEC, the following entityentities beneficially ownsown more than five percent of our common stock. The numbers shown

on the table below represent holdings as of December 31, 20132016 provided in the Schedule 13G filed with the SEC and should be interpreted in light of the related footnotes.

 

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership  Percent of Class  
Wellington Management Company, LLP 43,369,057(1)  8.14% 
280 Congress Street       
Boston, MA 02210       
Name and Address of Beneficial OwnerAmount and Nature of Beneficial OwnershipPercent of Class

BlackRock, Inc.

26,641,912(1)5.5

55 East 52nd Street

New York, NY 10055

The Vanguard Group, Inc.

32,627,572(2)6.7

100 Vanguard Blvd.

Malvern, PA 19355

Wellington Management Group LLP

40,802,171(3)8.4

c/o Wellington Management Company LLP

280 Congress Street

Boston, MA 02210

(1)According to the Schedule 13G13G/A filed by BlackRock, Inc. with the SEC on January 25, 2017, BlackRock, Inc. and its subsidiaries have beneficial ownership of 26,641,912 shares of our common stock. BlackRock, Inc. reported (1) sole dispositive power with respect to 26,641,412 shares, (2) shared dispositive power with respect to 500 shares, (3) sole voting power with respect to 22,400,872 shares and (4) shared voting power with respect to 500 shares. BlackRock, Inc. is the beneficial owner of our common stock as a result of being a parent company or control person of the following subsidiaries, each of which holds less than 5% of the outstanding shares of common stock: BlackRock (Luxembourg) S.A.; BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.; BlackRock (Singapore) Limited; BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited; BlackRock Advisors, LLC; BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited; BlackRock Asset Management Ireland Limited; BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited; BlackRock Asset Management Schweiz AG; BlackRock Capital Management; BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.; BlackRock Fund Advisors; BlackRock Fund Managers Ltd; BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.; BlackRock International Limited; BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited; BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd; BlackRock Investment Management, LLC; BlackRock Japan Co Ltd; and BlackRock Life Limited.

(2)According to the Schedule 13G/A filed by The Vanguard Group, Inc. with the SEC on February 13, 2017, The Vanguard Group, Inc. has beneficial ownership of 32,627,572 shares of our common stock. The Vanguard Group, Inc. reported (1) sole dispositive power with respect to 31,765,472 shares, (2) shared dispositive power with respect to 862,100 shares, (3) sole voting power with respect to 772,336 shares and (4) shared voting power with respect to 98,439 shares. Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Vanguard Group, Inc., is the beneficial owner of 632,421 shares or .12% of our common stock as a result of its serving as investment manager of collective trust accounts. Vanguard Investments Australia, Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Vanguard Group, Inc., is the beneficial owner of 369,594 shares or .07% of our common stock as a result of its serving as investment manager of Australian investment offerings.

(3)According to the Schedule 13G/A filed by Wellington Management Company,Group LLP with the SEC on February 9, 2017, Wellington Management Company, in its capacity as investment adviser, may be deemed to beneficially own 43,369,057Group LLP has beneficial ownership of 40,802,171 shares of our common stock which are held of record by clients of Wellington Management.one or more investment advisors directly or indirectly owned by Wellington Management Group LLP. Wellington Management Group LLP shares dispositive power with respect to 43,369,05740,802,171 shares of our common stock and shares voting power with respect to 21,593,12717,868,354 shares of our common stock.

 

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79

RATIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM (ITEM 2)

 

Under the Audit Committee’s charter, the Audit Committee is responsible for the selection, appointment, compensation, retention and oversight of PNC’s independent auditors. In connection with this responsibility, the Audit Committee evaluates and monitors the auditors’ qualifications, performance and independence. This responsibility includes a review and evaluation of the lead audit partner. The Audit Committee approves all audit engagement fees and terms associated with the retention of the independent auditors. The Audit Committee has selected PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) as PNC’s independent auditors for 2014.2017. PwC has been PNC’s independent auditors since 2007. The Audit Committee carefully considered the selection of PwC as our independent auditors. In connection with this selection, the Audit Committee considered whether there should be a rotation of the independent audit firm. The Audit Committee Chartercharter requires the Audit Committee to consider, not less frequently than when the lead audit partner is rotated, whether PNC should adopt a policy of regular rotation of the independent audit firm. In addition to assuring the required rotation of the lead audit partner, the Audit Committee oversees the selection of the new lead audit partner and the Audit Committee Chair participates directly in the selection of the new lead audit partner.

On February 14, 2014,16, 2017, the Audit Committee presented its conclusions regarding the selection and appointment of PwC as the independent

auditors to our Board of Directors, including a determination that the selection of PwC as our independent auditors is in the best interests of PNC. Following this presentation, the Board voted unanimously to recommend that shareholders vote to ratify the Audit Committee’s selection of PwC as PNC’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2014.2017. The Audit Committee and the Board of Directors believe that the continued retention of PwC as PNC’s independent auditors is in the best interests of PNC.

The Audit Committee and Board of Directors have adopted a policy that if a majority of the votes cast at the annual meeting is against ratification, the Audit Committee will reconsider its selection of PwC. The Audit Committee will be under no obligation, however, to select new independent auditors. If the Audit Committee does select new independent auditors for 2014,2017, we will not seek shareholder ratification of the new selection.

We expect representatives of PwC to be available at the annual meeting. They will have an opportunity to make a statement and respond to appropriate questions.

You can learn more about the Audit Committee’s responsibilities with respect to the independent auditors in the Committee’s charter, which is posted on the corporate governance section of our corporate website atwww.pnc.com/corporategovernance.

Audit, audit-related and permitted non-audit fees

 

Audit and non-audit fees

In considering the nature of the services provided by our independent auditors, the Audit Committee determined that the services are compatible with the provision of independent audit services. The Committee discussed these services with the independent auditors and our management to

determine that they are permitted under the SEC rules and regulations concerning auditor independence.

The following table summarizes the total fees for professional services rendered by PwC to PNC for 20132016 and 2012:2015:

 

Category2013 (in millions) 2012 (in millions)   2016 (in millions)   2015 (in millions) 
Audit fees $17.8  $19.9   $19.8   $19.0 
Audit-related fees* $1.9  $1.9 

Audit-related fees*

  $2.1   $1.8 
Tax fees $0.2  $0.6   $0.2   $0.2 
All other fees $0.9  $0.2   $0.2     
TOTAL FEES BILLED $20.8  $22.6   $22.3   $21.0 
*Excludes fees of $0.8$1.8 million in 20132016 and $1.6$0.6 million in 20122015 for financial due diligence services related to potential private equity investments. In those instances, the fees were paid by the company issuing the equity. Also excludes fees of $0.2 million in 2012 for certain services in connection with the GIS divestiture for which PNC was reimbursed.

 

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Audit fees.These fees consisted primarily of the audit of PNC’s annual consolidated financial statements, reviews of PNC’s quarterly consolidated financial statements included in Form 10-Q filings, comfort letter procedures, other services related to SEC matters and required attestation services.

Audit-related fees.These fees consisted primarily of SSAE 16 and compliance and internal control reviews.

Tax fees.These fees were attributable to federal and state tax compliance services and tax planning services.

All other fees.These fees primarily consisted of consulting services related to various regulatory matters.fees for subscription based services.

 

Procedures for pre-approving audit services, audit-related services and permitted non-audit services

 

The Audit Committee is responsible for pre-approving audit services, audit-related services and permitted non-audit services (such as tax) to be provided to us by our independent auditors. The Committee is given this responsibility to confirm that providing services will not impair our auditors’ independence. The Committee performs this function for us and our subsidiaries.

The Committee’s responsibility also includes pre-approval of the fees for such services (although SEC regulations do not require the pre-approval of fees) and the other terms of the engagement. The Committee may either pre-approve specific fees, or a methodology for determining fees.

Any proposed increase in fees that exceeds the pre-approved amounts require the Committee’s approval.

Pre-approval may be general (categories of services) or specific (individual services). If the Committee pre-approves a general category of services, it will review and pre-approve the categoryscope of services related to such general pre-approval at least every year.annually. The Committee is responsible for approving any fee or other compensation arrangements for services covered by a pre-approval of a general category of services.

The full Committee may exercise pre-approval authority, or the Chairman of the Committee may exercise the authority as required between meetings. The Committee may also delegate this authority, in whole or in part, to one or more Committee members. Any person exercising delegated authority reports on the pre-approvals at

the next scheduled meeting of the Committee, which will be reflected in the meeting minutes. The Audit Committee may not delegate its pre-approval authority to any other person, including any member of our management or other PNC employee or agent.

The written request for pre-approval includes, at a minimum, a description of the nature of the engagement, the proposed fee for the services, and a statement by the independent auditor that the provision of the services is consistent with SEC and other applicable rules on auditor independence. All requests for pre-approval of services are reviewed by management to ensure the services are permitted under SEC regulations and the Audit Committee charter and include a recommendation of the proposal by the Chief Financial Officer or the Controller and the General Auditor. In reviewing a pre-approval request, the Committee or Chairman may request members of our management to provide their views on auditor independence questions.

The Controller or designee reports to the Audit Committee at least quarterly as to the status of services that had been pre-approved and the related fees.

All audit services, audit-related services and permitted non-audit services and related fees disclosed above were pre-approved by the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee may amend these procedures from time to time.

 

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81

REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE

The Audit Committee’s job is one of oversight, as set forth in its charter. It is not the duty of the Audit Committee to prepare PNC’s consolidated financial statements, to plan or conduct audits, or to determine that PNC’s consolidated financial statements are complete and accurate and are in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. PNC’s management is responsible for preparing PNC’s consolidated financial statements and for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. PNC’s management is also responsible for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. The independent auditors are responsible for the audit of PNC’s consolidated financial statements and the audit of the effectiveness of PNC’s internal control over financial reporting. In addition, the independent auditors are responsible for the audit of management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013.

2016.

The Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed PNC’s audited consolidated financial statements with management and with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), PNC’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firmindependent registered public accounting firm for 2013.2016. The Audit Committee has selected PwC as PNC’s independent auditors for 20142017, subject to shareholder ratification. A portion of the Audit Committee’s review and discussion of PNC’s audited consolidated financial statements with PwC occurred in private sessions, without PNC management present.

The Audit Committee has discussed with PwC the matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61, as amended (AICPA Professional Standards, Vol. 1. AU Section 380),1301, “Communications with Audit Committees,” as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in Rule 3200T.

Board.

The Audit Committee has received the written disclosures and the letter from PwC required by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent accountant’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence, and has discussed PwC’s independence with representatives of PwC.

Based on the review and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee has recommended to the Board of Directors that the audited consolidated financial statements be included in PNC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013,2016, for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

Paul W. Chellgren,Chairman
Richard O. Berndt
Richard B. Kelson,
Bruce C. Lindsay
Chair

Marjorie Rodgers Cheshire

Donald J. Shepard
George H. Walls, Jr.

Gregory D. Wasson

In accordance with SEC regulations, the Report of the Audit Committee is not incorporated by reference into any of our future filings made under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or the Securities Act of 1933. The report is not deemed to be soliciting material or to be filed with the SEC under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.

The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the ratification of the Audit Committee’s selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for 2014.2017.

 

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82

“SAY-ON-PAY”: ADVISORY VOTE

ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION (ITEM 3)

What is the purpose of this item?

 

We describe this item as an advisory vote on executive compensation, but it is more commonly known as “say-on-pay.” We provide this vote under the federal securities laws (Section 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) and in recognition of our shareholders’ vote in 2011 recommending that we hold an advisory vote on executive compensation each year. After our shareholders voted in 2011, the Board affirmed itsthat recommendation and elected to hold future “say-on-pay” advisory votes on an annual basis, until the

next shareholder vote on “say-on-pay” frequency. We expect to conduct ourAs described in the next item, we are conducting the shareholder vote on “say-on-pay” frequency at our 2017this year’s annual meeting of shareholders.

meeting.

With this item, shareholders may submit an advisory vote on the compensation of our CEO and the other sixfour executive officers named in theSummary compensation tableon page 55.56. That table provides an annual snapshot of the compensation paid or granted to our NEOs.

 

What does it mean to have a “say-on-pay” advisory vote?

 

As an advisory vote, the outcome will not bind PNC or our Board. We will disclose how many shareholders voted “For” or “Against” the resolution, and how many shareholders abstained from voting.

We believe in soliciting input from our investorsshareholders throughout the year on a variety of issues, and this advisory vote fits within our broader shareholder engagement efforts. We first provided a “say-on-pay” vote in 2009, voluntarily provided the vote again in 2010, provided the vote as required by the federal securities laws in 2011 and as recommended by our shareholders annually since then. We have averaged 94%92% support forin say-on-pay votes over the past five years.

While this vote is non-binding, our Board values the opinions of shareholders and will carefully consider the results when making future compensation decisions. In considering an overall executive compensation program, “say-on-pay” cannot convey a shareholder’s view on a discrete element of our compensation program or a specific decision made by our Board’s Personnel and Compensation Committee. From 2009 through 2013,2016, the Committee received reports on the outcome of the “say-on-pay” vote, how PNC compared to its peer group and other large public companies, and whether any changes to the compensation program were being considered in light of the results. The Committee expects to undertake a similar evaluation this year.

 

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“SAY-ON-PAY”: ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION (ITEM 3)

Where can I find more information on executive compensation?

We describe our executive compensation program and the compensation awarded under that program in the CD&A, the Compensation Tables, and the related disclosure contained in this proxy statement. See pages 3538 to 77.

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What are some of the performance and compensation program highlights for 2013?2016?

Please review our CD&A, which begins on page 35,38, as well as the accompanying compensation tables and the related disclosure beginning on page 55.56. Performance and compensation program highlights, which are also included in our CD&A, should be read in connection with the full CD&A, the Compensation Tables and the related disclosure contained in this proxy statement.

The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the following advisory resolution:

“RESOLVED, that the holders of the common stock and the voting preferred stock of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (the “Company”), voting together as a single class, approve the compensation of the Company’s sevenfive executive officers named in the Summary compensation table of the Company’s proxy statement for the 20142017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “2014“2017 Proxy Statement”), as described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the Compensation Tables and the related disclosure contained in the 20142017 Proxy Statement.”

 

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84FREQUENCY OF “SAY-ON-PAY” VOTE (ITEM 4)

As described in Item 3, we are asking our shareholders to approve an advisory vote on executive compensation, otherwise known as “say-on-pay.” This Item 4 solicits input from our shareholders on how frequently we should hold such a vote in the future. You may vote for a say-on-pay vote to be held every one, two or three years, or you may abstain from voting.

As with “say-on-pay,” we provide this vote pursuant to Section 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. This item is also an advisory vote, which means that it will not bind PNC or our Board. We will disclose how many shareholders voted for each of the three options (annual, biennial, or triennial votes) as well as how many abstained from voting. We last held a vote regarding the frequency of future “say-on-pay” votes in 2011. Since then, consistent with the recommendation of our shareholders, we have held “say-on-pay” advisory votes on an annual basis.

After careful consideration, our Board recommends that we should continue to seek shareholder input through an annual advisory vote. Our Board of Directors considers regular input on executive compensation from our shareholders an important part of a comprehensive corporate governance program. As discussed in our CD&A, our executive

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compensation program consists of a variety of objectives that include linking compensation to performance over time and aligning the interests of our executive leadership and our long-term shareholders. Despite the importance of performance over time periods beyond one year, our Board’s Personnel and Compensation Committee reviews the elements of our executive compensation program periodically and adjusts executive compensation, as appropriate, every year. Therefore, our Board of Directors believes that it may be beneficial to receive input from our shareholders on an annual basis.

While the advisory nature of this vote will not bind our Board, it gives our shareholders an opportunity to vote and inform us of their preferences as to how frequently shareholders should vote on the compensation of our executives. Our Board will carefully consider the results of this recommendation in determining how frequently to ask our shareholders to vote on the compensation of our executives in future say on pay advisory votes.

We expect to conduct our next shareholder vote on “say-on-pay” frequency at our 2023 annual meeting of shareholders.

The Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR a frequency of “ONE YEAR” for future advisory votes on executive compensation.

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SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING ADDITIONAL DIVERSITY DISCLOSURE (ITEM 4)5)

 

We expect the following proposal to be presented by Boston CommonTrillium Asset Management LLCon behalf of Portfolio 21 Global Equity Fund at the Annual Meeting.annual meeting of shareholders. We include the full text of the shareholder’s proposal below, but do not independently verify the assertions made by the shareholder.

The Board of Directors has recommendedrecommends a vote against this proposal for broader policy reasons, as described in more detail below. The address and security holdings of the shareholder will be supplied upon request to the Corporate Secretary at the address listed on page 17. The text of the proposal follows.

 

Resolved:RESOLVED:Given the broader societal implications of climate change, shareowners Shareholders request that the Board of DirectorsPNC prepare a diversity report, to shareholders by September 2014, at a reasonable cost and omitting proprietaryconfidential information, PNC’s assessment of the greenhouse gas emissions resulting from its lending portfolio and its exposureavailable to climate change risk in its lending, investing, and financing activities.”investors including:

 

1.A chart identifying employees according to gender and race in major EEOC-defined job categories, listing numbers or percentages in each category;

2.A description of policies/programs focused on increasing gender and racial diversity in the workplace.”

Supporting statement

 

Whereas:WHEREAS:

A McKinsey & Company report found companies with highly diverse executive teams had higher returns on equity and earnings performance than those with low diversity.

BanksChairman, President, and other financial institutions contributeCEO Bill Demchak states: “PNC has worked through the years to climate change through their financed emissions,foster a diverse and inclusive workplace.” And “There is plenty of evidence that tells us diverse teams are more successful. Diverse backgrounds drive different perspectives, which are the greenhouse gas footprint of loans, investments, and financial services. A bank’s financed emissions can dwarf its other climate impacts and expose itlead to significant reputational, financial and operational risks. PNC Financial, Inc. (PNC) has not provided investors with sufficient information to permit meaningful assessment of the risks presented by its financing of greenhouse gas intensive businesses.

PNC is headquartered in a region that is economically linked to the extraction of natural gas and coal. The company stated in its 2013 Corporate Responsibility report that it expects to continue to fund these businesses.

PNC has emphasized the importance of climate change management in its brand reputation, stating in its 2013 response to CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project): ‘The increasingly eco-conscious business environment has meant that some customers and investors use a company’s response to climate change as a differentiator between potential options. A lack of a clear carbon emissions strategy, or a low perceived action plan, could cause PNC to lose valuable customers and investors, or limit our ability to attract new customers and investors.’

PNC stated that its ‘credit review process includes due diligence that takes into consideration the environmental impact of a prospective borrower.’ PNC claims to perform a ‘supplemental evaluation for companies in the extractive industries, including an understanding of any significant environmental impacts.’ PNC states it takes these actions because it recognizes the ‘potential risks associated with changing climate conditions that could affect business operations and performance.’ (Source: PNC, 2013 Carbon Disclosure Project response)

PNC has stated that, ‘In addition to the evaluation that we perform on all prospective borrowers, we perform a supplemental evaluation for companies in the extractive industries, including an understanding of any significant environmental impacts.’

more creative solutions.”

However, despite a policyPNC does not to extend credit to individual mountain top removal (MTR) mining projectsdisclose workforce data, or to a coal producer that receives a majoritydisclose results of its production from MTR mining, PNC continues to finance four of the top nine MTR coal mining companies (Source: Rainforest Action Network,Coal Finance Report Card, 2012).diversity initiatives. As a result, it is the focus of a consumer boycott.shareholders have insufficient information to determine if PNC has ignored investors’ requestsa diverse workforce or has been successful in expanding diversity into senior roles.

Leading financial services firms such as Wells Fargo, JP Morgan, and Bank of New York Mellon provide details of diversity programs and policies, and disclose workforce statistics consistent with data provided to provide information detailing its MTR policy implementation or the lending impactsEqual Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

Asset management firms have begun acknowledging the lack of this policy.”gender diversity in senior roles and in August, 2016 seven global asset managers including Blackrock, Capital Group, and Fidelity, shared diversity statistics which show, on average, that women represent nearly one-half of their workforce but represent just one-quarter of senior staff.

 

Research from Mercer confirms that improving gender diversity will require greater attention to closing the gender pay gap. Owing to the widespread and general concern about gender and racial wage disparities the EEOC has recently finalized a new rule to stem wage discrimination by collecting pay data by gender, race and ethnicity in a dozen job categories.

Expanding workforce diversity and closing the wage gap also requires policies and programs that attract and retain diversity in the workplace. A company’s family leave policies, for example, can play a role. McKinsey & Company reports that paid parental leave and the availability of on-site child care can significantly impact women’s ability to rise to higher productivity roles and therefore perpetuate a gender wage gap. The best performing companies on gender diversity have implemented gender neutral policies that improve the workplace for both men and women, according to McKinsey.

Diversity benchmarks can help ensure companies hiring hundreds of financial professionals, such as PNC, create competitive workforces. Companies that are publicly accountable to diversity goals are most likely to make rapid progress toward achieving their goals.”

“Supporting Statement:This request was also made A report adequate for investors to assess strategy and performance can include a review of appropriate time-bound benchmarks for judging current and future progress, and details of policies and practices designed to reduce unconscious bias in the 2013 PNC Financial, Inc. proxy. At the 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, 80,614,552 of votes cast by shareholders (22.8%) supported this resolution. The closing price on that day, April 23, 2013, was $67.21 per share, representing a total value of $5.4 billion (Source: Bloomberg).hiring and to build mentorship.

 

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SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING ADDITIONAL DIVERSITY DISCLOSURE (ITEM 5)

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Statement by the boardBoard of directorsDirectors in opposition to the proposal

 

After careful consideration, the Board of Directors unanimously recommends that you vote against the proposal from Boston Commonsubmitted by Trillium Asset Management.Management on behalf of Portfolio 21 Global Equity Fund.

As stated in our corporate responsibility report, we believe that there should be a healthy and frank dialogue about how our world continues to satisfy the growing demand for energy. PNC is seriously committed to sustainable building practicesincreasing gender and continues to minimize its impact on the environment. PNC actively engages with organizations that are on the forefront of green buildings and corporate sustainability practices and participates in industry challenges that aim to significantly improve building performance. PNC has disclosed its goal to reduce Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by 2020 (based on 2009 emissions). PNC has participatedracial diversity in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), where our emissions data was third-party verified. PNC has also disclosed its goal of decreasing building energy consumption 30 percent by 2020 (based on 2009 data). We provide a more expansive discussion of our efforts in our corporate responsibility report which is available atwww.pnc.com/aboutpnc.

We understand the concern of Boston Common Asset Management regarding greenhouse gas emissions and climate change risk. However, we believe that preparation of a report on the greenhouse gas emissions of our borrowers is not an appropriate use of corporate assets.workplace. We do not believe that we can produceadoption of this proposal would enhance PNC’s commitment to promoting diversity in any meaningful way. We do, however, believe that reporting diversity metrics in a report along the lines suggested in the proposal at a reasonable cost. Providing it in the requested timeframe (September 2014) would create a significant burden and would require the investment of substantial human and financial resources that we believe would not provide appropriate value to our shareholders. Preparing this report would be a complex process that would likely involve training for employees, hiring of new employees, implementation of new systems and processes, and the engagement of third-party consultants. Preparation of the report would greatly expand the types of information we gather and analyze from our customers; requiring us to collect and analyze operational data for thousands of customers beyond the data that we would customarily collect in connection with a lending relationship. Additionally, we are not certainform that our customers would be ablemanagement team considers meaningful disclosure for our company at this time is appropriate.

We agree with our shareholder that diverse teams are more successful. PNC has demonstrated its leadership and support for the real issues presented by this proposal. PNC’s commitment to provide the informationdiversity is evidenced in a timely fashion without a significant burden to them,numerous ways as collectiondescribed in its Corporate Social Responsibility Report and Diversity and Inclusion Annual Report, both of the type of data we believe would be necessary to prepare the requested report is not an industry standard associated with a potential lending transaction.

Furthermore, there is currently no standardized method to perform the requested assessment or in which to make the requested disclosures. This lack of standardized methodology could result in the publication of data that is not comparable across our peer financial institutions and could potentially be misleading. If implemented now, we would need to evaluate and select a unified methodology for calculating the amount of greenhouse gas emissions, and this methodology may not apply to all of our customers or be comparable to other published data.

are available on PNC’s website. We believe that these documents already provide a thorough description of PNC’s policies and programs focused on increasing gender and racial diversity. A few of the many ways PNC demonstrates its commitment are described here. PNC’s Corporate Diversity Council, which is chaired by our current practicesCEO Bill Demchak, consists of senior executives across the organization who determine methods and strategies for attracting and developing a talented and diverse workforce, incorporating diversity objectives into all areas of the company. PNC’s lines of business each have diversity and inclusion councils to incorporate the diversity and inclusion mission into the specific line of business. PNC sponsors Employee Business Resource Groups, a grass roots effort created by PNC employees that provide opportunities for

diverse participants to network, learn, and develop both professionally and personally. PNC champions an inclusive workplace where employees are generally comparableencouraged to voice their ideas and openly express their perspectives. During 2016 PNC revised its family leave policies to make them more generous.

We also agree with our financial institution peers. In Octobershareholder that reporting a form of 2013, the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative began developing guidance to help financial intermediaries assess the emissions from their lending and investments portfolios. The GHG Protocol stated in its press release of October 29, 2013 that “only six percent of financial companiesdiversity metrics is appropriate at this time. We now include diversity metrics disclosure on our website in the FTSE Global 500 reported any emissions associated“Diversity and Inclusion” section, which can be found under the “Corporate Responsibility” tab. However, we do not agree with lending and investment to CDP.” The release continued, noting that “Overour shareholder regarding the past 10 years, more than a dozen GHG assessment methodologies have been developed by financial institutions and advocacy groups. However, the level of reporting remains low. One reason is the lack of an internationally harmonized accounting method tailored to the needs and characteristics of financial intermediaries. Practitioners have also identified a set of technical challenges and barriers that have kept the sector from systematically accounting for and reporting on emissions from their lending and investment activities, which this guidance will also seek to address.”

The Deputy Director of GHG Protocol at the World Resources Institute (WRI) was also quoted in the WRI October 29, 2013 press release, indicating that “Financial institutions need a standardized, credible method to measure, understand and report the full breadth of their impact.” The proposal is requesting PNC to produce a report in a short time frame that various proponents of emissions disclosure resulting from a financial institution’s lending and investment portfolios themselves have admitted requires the development of a credible standard.

As we have previously explained, we perform a comprehensive risk assessment in connection with lending transactions and specifically consider the risk implications of lending to customers that operate in the extractive industries. We currently utilize supplemental diligence criteria for customers that operate in the extractive industries, including an understanding of any significant environmental impacts. These criteria apply to loans to coal-producing, minerals, or mining companies – companies that derive a designated percentage of operating income from coal, oil and gas production revenue, coal marketers, regulated electric and gas utilities (or holding companies) and non-regulated electric generation companies. We will continue to evaluate our policies and procedures from time to time.

The second componentnature of the requesteddisclosure. PNC prepares and files its EEO-1 report with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission each year. While management does track and review these government defined metrics, we use a variety of other metrics determined by management to be appropriate to monitor PNC’s progress against its diversity objectives. We do not believe that public dissemination of the EEO-1 reported information, which could be manipulated or misinterpreted by those with interests adverse to PNC, is appropriate, nor would involve an assessmentit further promote the goal of gender and racial diversity in any meaningful way, or enhance PNC’s exposureserious commitment to climate change risk as a result of lending, investinggender and financing activities.racial diversity. We do, however, believe that presenting the metrics that our management team considers meaningful disclosure for our company at this time is appropriate methodology to address this broad request is even less clear, would impose an even greater burden on PNC with no more valueand will demonstrate to our shareholders our commitment to gender and couldracial diversity in our workplace. We have reviewed this form of disclosure with Trillium Asset Management, who did not be done at a reasonable cost. It would include even more complexity across a larger group of customers, compoundingaccept it as responsive enough to the problems identified above Management seriouslyproposal.

 

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considers the enterprise wide risk implications of climate change among the variety of enterprise wide risks assessed in connection with operating our business. In our public disclosures, we comply with our disclosure obligations and identify the key risk factors that could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows, in addition to presenting other possible adverse consequences. We believe that this is the appropriate way to disclose to investors the important risks that we face.

We continue to believe that management is in the best position to make decisions affecting our business (including those related to our extension of credit, asset management and capital investments) and to weigh the totality of the risks associated with doing business with particular customers. We believe that it is more prudent to focus our resources on running a profitable banking business, which already includes a thoughtful evaluation of our own greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impact, as well as risk assessment criteria for lending, investing, and financing activities formulated and considered appropriate by our management team. Our Board believes that we can best address the impact of climate change by continuing to monitor our own activities, supporting key environmental initiatives, and regularly communicating our progress to shareholders.

The Board of Directors recommends a vote AGAINST the shareholder proposal.proposal requesting additional diversity disclosure.

 

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GENERAL INFORMATION

 

PNC will hold theits annual meeting of its shareholders on Tuesday, April 22, 2014.

25, 2017.

This proxy statement includes information about PNC, describes the proposals to be considered at the meeting, and explains the voting process. We encourage you to read it carefully.

This section of the proxy statement reviews important technical points, such as how to attend the meeting, how to access our proxy materials, how to vote, how a proposal gets approved and how shareholder proposals can be brought before a meeting.

Although our By-laws provide the ability to hold a virtual-only annual meeting of shareholders, PNC

currently has no intention to conduct its annual meeting of shareholders in that format.

In this section we sometimes discuss differences between “registered” and “street name” shareholders. For purposes of reviewing the proxy materials and voting shares, this distinction is important. We refer to individualsthose owning PNC shares in their own name as “registered” holders or “shareholders of record.” We refer to individualsthose who own PNC shares through an account at an intermediary—such as a brokerage firm or bank—as holding our shares in “street name” or as “beneficial owners.”

 

Attending the annual meeting

 

Our annual meeting of shareholders will be held on Tuesday, April 22, 201425, 2017 in the James E. Rohr Auditorium in The Tower at the InterContinental Hotel Tampa, 4860 West Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa, Florida 33609.PNC Plaza, 300 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222. The meeting will begin at 11:00 a.m., Eastern time. Directions to the meeting are available atwww.pnc.com/annualmeetingannualmeeting..

General requirements

You must be a shareholder on the record date of record as of January 31, 2014February 3, 2017, or hold a valid legal proxy, to attend the annual meeting in person, or hold a valid legal proxy. Guestsperson. Each shareholder may bring one guest.

All shareholders, guests of shareholders will not be admitted to the meeting.

All shareholdersand persons holding legal proxies must present a valid form of photo identification, such as a driver’s license, to be admitted to the annual meeting.

Additional requirements

Additionally, if you areIn addition to presenting a registered shareholder, locatevalid form of photo identification, please follow these instructions to be admitted to the meeting:

Registered shareholder. Present one of the following: (i) proxy card admission ticket, in the information you receive from us—either the proxy card attachment or the(ii) Notice of Availability of Proxy Materials—and bring it with you to the meeting. If you received your proxy materials by email, you can print anMaterials or (iii) admission ticket when votingthat you printed if you voted electronically.

If you hold PNC shares in streetStreet name in addition to valid photo identification, please bring evidenceshareholder. Present one of ownership—an accountthe following: (i) brokerage statement or a letter from your bank or broker that shows thedemonstrating PNC shares that you ownedshare ownership as of our record date of January 31, 2014, theFebruary 3, 2017, (ii) voting instruction form or copy, or the(iii) Notice of Availability of Proxy Materials.Materials or (iv) a written legal proxy issued by your broker or bank.

If you plan to attend the meeting as a proxyProxy for a registered shareholder, you must presentshareholder. Present a written legal proxy to you signed by the registered shareholder. If you plan to attend as ashareholder and one of the following: (i) proxy card admission ticket, (ii) Notice of Availability of Proxy Materials or (iii) printed admission ticket if the registered shareholder voted electronically.

Proxy for a street name holder, you must presentshareholder. Present a written legal proxy from a broker or bank that is assignable and signed byto the street name holder, with an indication byin assignable form, and a written legal proxy from the street name holder thatto you, areand one of the person authorized to seek admission, andfollowing: (i) a brokerage statement or bank statement showingletter from the street name holder’s bank or broker demonstrating PNC shares ownedshare ownership as of our record date.date of February 3, 2017, (ii) voting instruction form or copy or (iii) Notice of Availability of Proxy Materials.

A shareholder representative (for example, a person representing an entity that is a shareholder) must present satisfactory documentation evidencing his or her authority with respect to the shares in addition to complying with the general and additional requirements.

We will decide in our sole discretion whether the documentation presented for admission meets the above requirements.

Everyone attending the annual meeting agrees to abide by the regulations for conduct for the meeting. These regulations for conduct are included in Annex B to this proxy statement and will also be printed on the meeting agenda and distributed and reviewed at the meeting.

No cameras, cell phones, smartmobile phones, laptops, tablets, or recording equipment are permitted in the meeting room. In addition, large bags, backpacks, briefcases, and similar items are not permitted in the meeting room.

If you cannot attend the annual meeting in person, you can listen to the meeting by using the webcast or conference call options that are described on the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders on page 10. However, those using the webcast or dial-in numbers will not be able to vote or ask questions. Please visit the websitewww.pnc.com/investoreventsorwww.pnc.com/annualmeetingahead of time to register and download any necessary software and to view or print related materials.

 

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Reviewing proxy materials

 

Mailing date.We provided access to our proxy materials beginning on Thursday,Wednesday, March 13, 2014.15, 2017. On that day, we mailed the Notice of Availability of Proxy Materials, began mailing paper copies of this proxy statement and proxy card and our 2016 Annual Report to registered shareholders, and delivered proxy materials electronically to registered shareholders who previously consented to that type of delivery. Our 2013 annual reportPlease note that our 2016 Annual Report is not considered part of our proxy solicitation materials.

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Accessing proxy materials.The SEC allows us to deliver proxy materials to shareholders over the Internet. We believe that this offers a convenient way for shareholders to review our information. It also reduces printing expenses and lessens the environmental impact of paper copies.

Any shareholderShareholders may access our proxy materials electronically. Upon request, we will continue to provide email or paper copies of proxy materials to shareholders for the current meeting or for future meetings.

If you hold PNC shares in street name, we generally cannot mail our materials to you directly. Your broker or bank must provide you with the Notice of Availability of Proxy Materials or the proxy statement and voting instruction form, and must also explain the voting process to you.

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON APRIL 22, 2014:25, 2017: This Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement and the 20132016 Annual Report are available at:

www.envisionreports.com/PNC

Have you received more than one set of proxy materials?If two or more PNC shareholders live in your household, or you maintain more than one shareholder account on the books of our transfer agent, you may have received more than one set of our proxy materials.

In order to reduce duplicate packages and lower expenses, we rely on Securities and Exchange Commission rules allowing delivery of one set of proxy materials to multiple shareholders sharing the same address and last name who consent in a manner provided by these rules. This is referred to as “householding.” Even if you consent to householding, we will always deliver a separate proxy card or Notice of Availability of Proxy Materials for each account. Householding will not affect your right to vote.

If you would like to opt out of or into householding in the future, or would like to receive a separate copy of the proxy materials, please write or call Computershare Trust Company, N.A., our stock transfer agent, at the address or phone number below:

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

P.O. Box 43078

Providence, RI 02940-3078
800-982-7652

800-982-7652

You may also receive more than one set of our proxy materials if you have more than one brokerage account. Our householding process does not include accounts that you maintain at a brokerage firm or bank. Some brokerage firms and banks now offer householding—please contact your broker directly if you are interested.

 

Voting your shares

 

We want our shareholders, as the owners of PNC, to consider the important matters before them and exercise their right to vote. Our Board of Directors is asking for, or soliciting, a proxy from our shareholders. This section describes the different aspects of the voting process and how proxy voting works.

Who can vote?You must beare entitled to vote if you were a shareholder of record as of January 31, 2014 to vote at the annual meeting.record date of February 3, 2017.

What is a proxy?We understand that not everyone can For shareholders unable to attend and vote at the annual meeting in person. If you are a shareholder,person, you can tell us exactly how you want to vote and then allow an officer to vote on your behalf. That is called giving us a “proxy.” By allowing a proxy to carry out your wishes, you can ensure that your vote counts.

Soliciting your proxy.Our Board of Directors is soliciting your proxy to make sure that your vote is properly submitted and received on time, and to improve the efficiency of the annual meeting. We may ask for, or solicit, proxies using several methods.

We may solicit proxies by mail, personal interviews, telephone or fax. We may use the Internet to solicit proxies. PNC officers or employees may solicit proxies, but will not receive any special compensation for doing so.

We will ask brokerage houses, banks and other custodians of PNC stock to forward proxy materials to their clients who hold PNC stock. We will pay for their expenses to do so.

 

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GENERAL INFORMATION

We hired Morrow & Co., LLC,Sodali, 470 West Ave., Stamford, CT 06902, a proxy soliciting firm, to help us with the solicitation of proxies for the 20142017 annual meeting. We will pay Morrow $15,000, plus its out-of-pocket expenses, to provide information to our shareholders and to assist with distributing proxy materials.

Revoking your proxy.What if you change your mind after you give us your proxy to vote? You can amend your voting decisions until the polls close at the annual meeting.in several ways. We call this “revoking” your proxy.

To revoke your current proxy and replace it with a new proxy, we must receive the newly executed proxy before the deadline. If you revoke by mail, we must receive the new proxy card before the annual meeting begins. Please make sure you have provided enough time for the replacement proxy to reach us. If you revoke by using the telephone or Internet voting options, we must receive your revocation by 1:00 a.m. Eastern time on April 22, 2014. If you choose to revoke by mail, please make sure you have provided enough time for the replacement proxy to reach us.25, 2017.

After the above deadlines have passed, you can only revoke your proxy in person. You cannot use the webcast or conference call to revoke your proxy. Once the polls close at the annual meeting, the right to revoke ends. If you have not properly revoked your proxy, we will vote your shares in accordance with your most recent valid proxy.

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If you hold PNC shares in street name, follow the instructions provided by your broker to revoke your voting instructions or otherwise change your vote.

How to vote.Shareholders of record If your shares are registered in your name, you may always vote in person by submitting a ballot at the annual meeting. We will distribute ballots at the meeting. To make it convenient and simple for you, we offer a number of other ways to vote your shares. We include voting instructions in the Notice of Availability of Proxy Materials and the proxy card.

If you hold PNC shares in street name, you will receive information on how to give voting instructions to your brokerage firm or bank. For registered holders, we offer the following methods to vote your shares and give us your proxy:

 

Internet
 InternetGo towww.envisionreports.com/PNCand follow the instructions. This voting system has been designed to provide security for the voting process and to confirm that your vote has been recorded accurately.
TelephoneFollow the instructions on the proxy card.
MailComplete, sign and date the proxy card and return it in the envelope provided if you requested or were sentmailed paper copies of the proxy materials. The envelope requires no postage if mailed in the United States.

 

If you hold PNC shares in street name, you will receive information on how to give voting instructions to your brokerage firm or bank. Note that if you hold PNC shares in street name and plan to vote at the annual meeting, you must present a written legal proxy from your broker or bank authorizing you to vote the shares it holds for you in its name.

PNC is incorporated in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania law allows properly authenticated proxies to be transmitted by telephone or the Internet. Pennsylvania law also permits a shareholder of record, such as a brokerage firm or bank, to communicate a vote by telephone or Internet for a beneficial owner.

Brokers voting your shares.If you hold PNC shares in street name, you must give instructions to your broker on how you would like your shares to be voted. If you do not provide any instructions, your broker canhas discretionary authority to vote your shares on “routine” items. New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) rules define which items are “routine” or “non-routine.” We discuss below under “-VotesVotes required for approval”approval whether the items to be acted upon at the annual meeting are “routine” or “non-routine.”

AIf an item is non-routine and you do not provide voting instructions, no vote will be cast on your behalf. This is considered a broker “non-vote” occurs when the shareholder provides no instructions and the item is non-routine.. In determining whether a vote was cast for a proposal, we will not count broker non-votes.

Our voting recommendations.If your shares are registered in your name and you sign, date and return your proxy card but do not give voting instructions, or if you use Internet or telephone

voting and do not provide voting instructions for each proposal, we will vote your shares as follows:

 

FOReach of the Board’s 15 nominees for director.
FORthe ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as PNC’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2014.
FORthe advisory resolution on executive compensation.
AGAINSTa shareholder proposal regarding a report on greenhouse gas emissions of borrowers and exposure to climate change risk.
FOR each of the Board’s 13 nominees for director

 

If you use Internet or telephone voting, you will need to provide voting instructions

FOR the ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as PNC’s independent registered public accounting firm for each proposal.

2017

 

FOR the advisory resolution on executive compensation

FOR a frequency ofONE YEAR for future advisory votes on executive compensation

AGAINST a shareholder proposal requesting additional diversity disclosure

Confidential voting.We keep votes confidential and do not disclose them to our directors, officers or employees, except:

 

As necessary to meet legal requirements or to pursue or defend legal actions.
To allow the Judge of Election to certify the voting results.
When expressly requested by a shareholder or benefit plan participant.
If there is a contested proxy solicitation.
As necessary to meet legal requirements or to pursue or defend legal actions.

 

To allow the Judge of Election to certify the voting results.

When expressly requested by a shareholder or benefit plan participant.

If there is a contested proxy solicitation.

Our Board has adopted a “confidential voting” policy. With the exceptions described above, this policy states that all proxies, ballots, voting instructions from employee benefit plan participants and voting tabulations that identify the particular vote of a shareholder or benefit plan participant be kept permanently confidential and not be disclosed.

Computershare Trust Company, N.A., our independent vote tabulator and Judge of Election for the 20142017 annual meeting, confirmed that its procedures will be consistent with this policy.

 

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GENERAL INFORMATION

How a proposal gets approved

 

On the record date, we had over 500approximately 490 million outstandingsharesoutstanding shares of common stock, as well as additional sharesofshares of preferred stock. Under Pennsylvania law, we musthavemust have a quorum before we can consider proposals atanat an annual meeting. A quorum is the number of sharesthatshares that must be present at the meeting. In determiningifdetermining if a quorum exists, we count the number of sharesrepresentedshares represented by shareholders in person as well as thenumberthe number of shares represented by proxies.

To have a quorum, we need the presence of shareholdersor their proxies who are entitled to cast atleast amajorityof the votes that all shareholders are entitledto cast. If you return a proxy, whether you vote for oragainstor against a proposal, abstain from voting or only sign anddateand date your proxy card, your holdings will be countedtowardcounted toward the quorum.

Once a quorum is achieved, different proposals mayrequiremay require different standards of approval. Street nameholdersname holders may need to take additional precautions toensureto ensure that their vote counts. We discuss the mechanicsofmechanics of proposal approval below.

Issued and outstanding shares.shares.This table shows thenumber of issued and outstanding shares of our commonandcommon and preferred stock entitled to vote on January 31, 2014,February 3, 2017, the record date. We have additional issued and outstanding series of preferred stock that are not entitled to vote at the meeting. The table also shows the number ofvotesof votes for each share for the matters brought beforethisbefore this meeting. The number of votes shown for eachshareeach share of voting preferred stock equals the number offullof full shares of PNC common stock that can be acquireduponacquired upon the conversion of a share of preferred stock.Atstock. At the meeting, holders of common and preferredstockpreferred stock entitled to vote will vote together as a single class. There is nocumulativeno cumulative voting.

 

Class Shares
Issued and
Outstanding*
  Votes Per
Share
  Effective
Voting Power
 
Common  533,985,638   1   533,985,638 
Preferred – Series B  699   8   5,592 
Preferred – Series K  50,000   0   0 
Preferred – Series O  10,000   0   0 
Preferred – Series P  15,000   0   0 
Preferred – Series Q  4,800   0   0 
Preferred – Series R  5,000   0   0 
 Class  Issued and
Outstanding
Shares
Entitled to
Vote
   Votes
Per
Share
   Effective
Voting
Power
 

 Common

   486,362,046    1    486,362,046 

 Preferred – Series B

   615    8    4,920 

*There are also 45,118 issued and outstanding shares that are not entitled to vote. These shares represent shares originally issued by predecessor companies that PNC acquired that have not been exchanged for PNC shares.

Votes required for approval.approval.Under Pennsylvania law, if you abstain from voting it will not count as a vote “cast.” To abstain, you must check the “Abstain” box on your proxy card, or select the appropriate option when voting by Internet or telephone. If you sign, date and return your proxy card but do not provide voting instructions, or if you do not provide voting instructions when voting over the Internet, we will vote your shares represented by that proxy as recommended by our Board of Directors and this vote will count as a vote cast. A

broker non-vote will also be treated as a failure to record a vote and will not count as a vote cast.

Election of directors (Item 1).Unless a company’s articles of incorporation or By-lawsby-laws provide otherwise, Pennsylvania law contemplates election of directors by a plurality of votes cast. In 2009, PNC amended its By-laws to include an eligibility requirement for director nominees in uncontested elections, whereby an incumbent director will offer to resign if he or she does not receive a majority of the votes cast. Our By-laws and corporate governance guidelines describe this majority voting requirement and the related procedure that requires an incumbent director to tender his or her resignation to the Board. To receive a majority of the votes cast means that the shares voted “for” a director’s election exceed 50% of the number of votes cast with respect to that director’s election. This will be considered a non-routine item. As a non-routine item, there may be broker non-votes. Any broker non-votes or abstentions will not be included in the total votes cast and will not affect the results.

Ratification of auditorsindependent registered public accounting firm (Item 2).A majority of the votes cast will be required to approve the ratification of our Audit Committee’s selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2014.2017. This will be considered a routine item, and brokers have the discretion to vote uninstructed shares on behalf of clients.beneficial owners. As a routine item, there will be no broker non-votes, although brokers may otherwise fail to submit a vote. Any failures by brokers to vote or abstentions will not be included in the total votes cast and will not affect the results.

“Say-on-pay”: advisory vote on executive compensation (Item 3).A majority of the votes cast will be required to approve this item, an advisory vote on executive compensation. Because your vote is advisory, it will not be binding on the Board or PNC. This will be considered a non-routine item. As a non-routine item, there may be broker non-votes. Any broker non-votes or abstentions will not be included in the total votes cast and will not affect the results.

“Shareholder proposal”Frequency of “say-on-pay” advisory vote on executive compensation (Item 4):.A The frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation receiving a majority of the votes cast, if any—every one year, every two years or every three years—will be required to approve the shareholder proposal.frequency that shareholders approve. Because your vote is advisory, it will not be binding on the Board or PNC. This will be considered a non-routine item. As a non-routine item, there may be broker non-votes. Any broker non-votes or abstentions will not be included in the total votes cast and will not affect the results.

 

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Shareholder proposal requesting additional diversity disclosure (Item 5). A majority of the votes cast will be required to approve the shareholder proposal. This will be considered a non-routine item. As a

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non-routine item, there may be broker non-votes. Any broker non-votes or abstentions will not be included in the total votes cast and will not affect the results.

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SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR THE 20152018 ANNUAL MEETING

 

SEC Rule 14a-8.If you are a shareholder who would like us to include your proposal in our notice of the 20152018 annual meeting and related proxy materials, you must follow SEC Rule 14a-8. In submitting your proposal, our Corporate Secretary must receive your proposal, in writing, at our principal executive offices, no later than November 13, 2014.15, 2017. If you do not follow Rule 14a-8, we will not consider your proposal for inclusion in next year’s proxy statement.

Advance notice procedures.Under our By-laws, a shareholder who wishes to nominate an individual for election to the Board of Directors directly at an annual meeting, or to propose any business to be considered at an annual meeting, must deliver advance notice of such nomination or business to PNC. The shareholder must be a shareholder of record as of the date the notice is delivered and at the time of the annual meeting and must be entitled to vote at the meeting. The notice must be in writing and contain the information specified in our By-laws for a director nomination or other business.

The company’s 20152018 annual meeting is currently scheduled to be held on April 28, 2015,24, 2018, and to be timely, the written notice must be delivered not earlier than December 23, 201426, 2017 (the 120th day prior to the first anniversary of this year’s annual meeting) and not later than January 22, 201525, 2018 (the 90th day prior to the first anniversary of this year’s annual meeting) to the Corporate Secretary at our principal executive offices by mail or facsimile.

The requirements described aboveThese advance notice procedures are separate from the procedures you must follow to submit a director nominee for consideration by the Nominating and Governance Committee for recommendation to the Board for election as described underCorporate Governance—Board committees—Nominating and Governance Committee—How We Identify New Directorswe identify new directorsand from the SEC’s requirements that a shareholder must meet in order to have a shareholder proposal included in our proxy statement pursuant to SEC Rule 14a-8.14a-8 referred to above.

Proxy access procedures.Our By-laws permit 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 (known generally as “proxy access”) 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. The notice must be in writing and contain the information specified in our By-laws for a proxy access nomination.

PNC’s By-laws specify that, to be timely, written notice of such nomination for the 2018 annual meeting must be delivered not earlier than October 16, 2017 (the 150th day prior to the first anniversary of the filing date of the definitive proxy statement for the preceding year’s annual meeting) and not later than the November 15, 2017 (the 120th day prior to the first anniversary of the filing date of the definitive proxy statement for the preceding year’s annual meeting) to the Corporate Secretary at our principal executive offices by mail or facsimile.

These proxy access procedures are separate from the procedures you must follow to submit a director nominee for consideration by the Nominating and Governance Committee for recommendation to the Board for election as described underCorporate Governance—Board committees—Nominating and Governance Committee—How we identify new directors, from the SEC’s requirements that a shareholder must meet in order to have a shareholder proposal included in our proxy statement pursuant to SEC Rule 14a-8 referred to above and from the advance notice procedures referred to above.

General.The proxies we appoint for the 20152018 annual meeting may exercise their discretionary authority to vote on any shareholder proposal timely received and presented at the meeting. Our proxy statement must advise shareholders of the proposal and how our proxies intend to vote. A shareholder may mail a separate proxy statement to our shareholders, and satisfy certain other requirements, to remove discretionary voting authority from our proxies.

The Chairperson or other officer presiding at the annual meeting has the sole authority to determine whether any nomination or other business proposed to be brought before the annual meeting was made or proposed in accordance with our By-laws, and to declare that a defective proposal or nomination be disregarded.

Please direct any questions about the requirements or notices in this section to our Corporate Secretary at the address given on page 17.

 

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OTHER MATTERS

Our Board of Directors does not know of any other business to be presented at the meeting. If any other business should properly come before the meeting, or if there is any meeting adjournment, proxies will be voted in accordance with the best judgment of the persons named in the proxies.

 

March 13, 201415, 2017By Order of the Board of Directors,
  
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  Christi Davis
Senior Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

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ANNEX A (RECONCILIATIONS)(NON-GAAP TO GAAP RECONCILIATIONS)

We provide information below to reconcile to GAAP those financial metrics used by the Personnel and Compensation Committee that are either non-GAAP financial metrics or reflect adjustments approved by the Personnel and Compensation Committee (as described in footnote (1) to the table on page 42)44). Financial metrics disclosed in the table on page 4244 that are not discussed below are GAAP metrics that were not affected by the Personnel and Compensation Committee approved adjustments in 20122015 and 2013. Additionally, we provide reconciliations of other non-GAAP metrics appearing in the proxy statement and information regarding our estimated pro forma fully phased-in Basel III Tier 1 common capital ratio under the standardized approach and how it differs from the Basel I Tier 1 common capital ratio. For additional information regarding the differences between Basel III and Basel I Tier 1 common capital, see the Funding and Capital Sources portion of the Consolidated Balance Sheet Review section of Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.2016.

Earnings per Share

  Year ended December 31 
  2013  2012 
Diluted earnings per common share, as adjusted $7.46  $5.99 
Personnel and Compensation Committee approved adjustments, on an after-tax basis $(0.07) $(0.69)
Diluted earnings per common share $7.39  $5.30 

Return on Common Equity without Goodwill

 

  Year ended December 31 
Dollars in millions 2013  2012 
Net income attributable to common shareholders, as adjusted $4,008  $3,197 
Personnel and Compensation Committee approved adjustments, on an after-tax basis $(37) $(365)
Net income attributable to common shareholders $3,971  $2,832 
Average common shareholders’ equity less average goodwill $27,423  $25,061 
Average goodwill $9,074  $9,005 
Average common shareholders’ equity $36,497  $34,066 
Return on common equity without goodwill(a)  14.63%   12.76% 
Return on common equity(b)  10.88%   8.31% 

 

   Year ended December 31 
Dollars in millions  2016     2015 

Net income attributable to common shareholders

  $3,688     $3,881 

Average common shareholders’ equity

  $41,694     $40,873 

Average goodwill

   9,103      9,103 

Average common shareholders’ equity less average goodwill

  $32,591     $31,770 

Return on common equity (a)

   8.85     9.50

Return on common equity without goodwill (b)

   11.32     12.22
(a)This metric was calculated by dividing net income attributable to common shareholders, as adjusted, by average common shareholders’ equity less average goodwill.
(b)This metric was calculated by dividing net income attributable to common shareholders by average common shareholders’ equity.

 

(b)This metric was calculated by dividing net income attributable to common shareholders by average common shareholders’ equity less average goodwill.

Tangible Book Value per Common Share

   Year ended December 31 
Dollars in millions, except per share data  2016     2015 

Book value per common share

  $85.94     $81.84 

Tangible book value per common share

      

Common shareholders’ equity

  $41,723     $41,258 

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

   (9,376)      (9,482

Deferred tax liabilities on Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

   304      310 

Tangible common shareholders’ equity

  $32,651     $32,086 

Period-end common shares outstanding (in millions)

   485      504 

Tangible book value per common share (Non-GAAP)

  $67.26     $63.65 

Return on AssetsEconomic Capital vs. Cost of Capital

 

  Year ended December 31 
Dollars in millions 2013  2012 
Net income, as adjusted $4,264  $3,366 
Personnel and Compensation Committee approved adjustments, on an after-tax basis $(37) $(365)
Net income $4,227  $3,001 
Average assets less average goodwill  N/A  $286,020 
Average goodwill  N/A  $9,005 
Average assets $305,766  $295,025 
Return on average assets, as adjusted(a)  1.39%   1.18% 
Return on average assets  1.38%   1.02% 

   Year ended December 31 
Dollars in millions  2016     2015 

Net income

  $3,985     $4,143 

Personnel and Compensation Committee approved adjustments, on an after-tax basis

   (21     (110

Net income, as adjusted

  $3,964     $4,033 

Average economic capital

  $30,328     $31,456 

Plan-specified cost of capital hurdle

   7.43     7.76

Return on economic capital less cost of capital hurdle (a)

   5.71     5.41

Return on economic capital less cost of capital hurdle, as adjusted (b)

   5.64     5.06

 

(a)For 2012, thisThis metric was calculated by dividing net income by economic capital, expressing the quotient as a percentage, and then subtracting the committee-specified cost of capital hurdle.

(b)This metric was calculated by dividing net income, as adjusted, by average assets less average goodwill. For 2013, this metric was calculated by dividing net income,economic capital, expressing the quotient as adjusted, by average assets.a percentage, and then subtracting the committee-specified cost of capital hurdle.

 

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Efficiency Ratio


Fee Income

 

  Year ended December 31 
Dollars in millions 2013  2012 
Noninterest expense, as adjusted $9,744  $10,020 
Personnel and Compensation Committee approved adjustments, on a before-tax basis $57  $562 
Noninterest expense $9,801  $10,582 
Total revenue $16,012  $15,512 
Efficiency ratio, as adjusted  61%   65% 
Efficiency ratio  61%   68% 

   Year ended December 31 
Dollars in millions  2016   2015   % Change 

Noninterest income

      

Asset management

   $1,521   $1,567   

Consumer services

   1,388    1,335   

Corporate services

   1,504    1,491   

Residential mortgage

   567    566   

Service charges on deposits

   667    651      

Total fee income

   5,647    5,610    1% 

Other

   1,124    1,337      

Total noninterest income

   $6,771   $6,947    -3% 

 

Tangible Book Value per Common Share

  Year ended December 31 
Dollars in millions, except per share data 2013  2012  2011  2010 
Tangible common shareholders’ equity $29,146  $25,969  $23,821  $21,005 
Goodwill and other intangible assets(a) $9,654  $9,798  $9,027  $9,052 
Deferred tax liabilities on goodwill and other intangible assets(a) $(333) $(354) $(431) $(461)
Common shareholders’ equity $38,467  $35,413  $32,417  $29,596 
Period-end common shares outstanding (in millions)  533   528   527   526 
Tangible book value per common share $54.68  $49.18  $45.20  $39.93 
Book value per common share $72.21  $67.05  $61.52  $56.29 

(a)Excludes the impact from mortgage servicing rights of $1.6 billion, $1.1 billion, $1.1 billion and $1.7 billion at December 31, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

ROEC vs. Cost of Capital

  Year ended December 31 
Dollars in millions 2013  2012 
Net income, as adjusted $4,155  $3,193 
Personnel and Compensation Committee approved adjustments, on an after-tax basis $72  $(192)
Net income $4,227  $3,001 
Average economic capital $18,790  $21,301 
Plan-specified cost of capital hurdle  8.4%   11.3% 
Return on economic capital less cost of capital hurdle, as adjusted  13.76%   3.69% 
Return on economic capital less cost of capital hurdle  14.15%   2.79% 

Basel Capital Ratios

  Year ended December 31 
Dollars in millions 2013 
Basel I Tier 1 common capital $28,484 
Less regulatory capital adjustments:    
Basel III quantitative limits $(1,386)
Accumulated other comprehensive income(a) $196 
All other adjustments $162 
Estimated Fully Phased-In Basel III Tier 1 common capital $27,456 
Basel I risk-weighted assets $272,169 
Estimated Basel III standardized approach risk-weighted assets $291,977 
Basel I Tier 1 common capital ratio  10.5% 
Pro forma Fully Phased-In Basel III standardized approach Tier 1 common capital ratio  9.4% 

(a)Represents net adjustments related to accumulated other comprehensive income for available for sale securities and pension and other postretirement benefit plans.

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ANNEX B (REGULATIONS FOR CONDUCT)CONDUCT AT ANNUAL MEETING)

In the interest of a fair and orderly meeting, and to accommodate as many shareholders as possible who may wish to speak, we have established the following rules:

 

1.Calling the Meeting to Order

Our CEO will preside as the Chairman of the meeting. The Chairman will call the meeting to order promptly at 1111:00 a.m. The Chairman will conduct the meeting in accordance with the Agenda and these Regulations for Conduct. The Chairman retains sole authority to make any and all determinations with respect to the conduct of the meeting.

 

2.How to Vote

During the meeting, if youIf your shares are a shareholder of recordregistered in your name, you may vote by ballot orin person by submitting a ballot at the meeting. If you hold PNC shares in street name, you may present a written legal proxy from your proxybroker or bank authorizing you to vote.vote the shares it holds for you in its name. The Chairman will announce the opening and closing of the polls. No proxies or ballots will be accepted after the polls have closed. PNC representatives will be on hand to distribute ballots or to accept proxies. If you have already submitted your proxy, your shares will be voted in accordance with the instructions you provided. Unless you want to change your vote, or have not submitted a proxy, you do not need a ballot.

 

3.Questions and Comments

You will have an opportunity to ask questions or make comments about each Agenda item as it is addressed. Your questions or comments must pertain to the Agenda item. We have scheduled a general question and answer session at the conclusion of the meeting to discuss matters not on the Agenda, but appropriate for discussion.

 

4.Procedures for Speaking

Only shareholders or their proxies may be heard during the meeting. To ask a question or make a comment, please proceed to a microphoneraise your hand and wait to be recognized by the Chairman. All questions or comments must be addressed to the Chairman. After the Chairman, recognizes you, pleaseonce a microphone has been passed to you. Please give your name and state whether you are a shareholder or a proxy for a shareholder. Speaking out of turn or interfering when another speaker has the floor is prohibited. After a shareholder has spoken, the Chairman may respond personally or designate another person to respond.

 

5.Speaker Rotation and Time Limits

The Chairman may limit questions to one at a time. Shareholders who wish to speak will be recognized on a rotating basis. Please keep your comments brief in order to give other shareholders the opportunity to speak. You may speak for up to two minutes on a particular matter and no one person may speak for more than six minutes.

 

6.Other Limitations

The Chairman may refuse to permit a nomination or proposal to be made by a shareholder who has not complied with applicable laws or rules, or the procedures set forth in PNC’s by-laws.By-laws. The Chairman may end discussion if it appears that the matter has been adequately addressed, or is not appropriate, or for other reasons. Personal matters are not appropriate for discussion. Representatives of PNC will be available following the meeting to address individual shareholder concerns. Rudeness, personal attacks, comments in bad taste, and the injection of irrelevant controversy are not permitted at any time.

 

7.Mobile Devices, Recording Devices, and Briefcases

No cameras, cell phones, smartmobile phones, laptops, tablets, or recording equipment are permitted in the meeting room. In addition, large bags, backpacks, briefcases, and similar items are not permitted in the meeting room. A staffed coat check for personal belongings is available.

 

8.Safety/Safety and Security

 

Disturbing this meeting is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment and fines. Fla.18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 871.01.§§ 1101, 1104, 5508. Violators will be prosecuted.
A sergeant at arms and/or local law enforcement will be present to enforce compliance with these Regulations for Conduct and all applicable laws at the direction of the Chairman, including removal of noncompliant attendees, as necessary.
Weapons are not permitted in the meeting room and may not be checked in the staffed coat room.
Bags, briefcases or other carried items may be searched.
Weapons are not permitted in the meeting room and may not be checked in the staffed coat room.
Bags, briefcases or other carried items may be searched.
In the event of an emergency, exit the doors at the sidesfront of the room.

Failure to comply with these Regulations for Conduct or otherwise impeding a fair and orderly

meeting may be grounds for removal from the meeting.

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders is audio-recorded.

 

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Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!

Instead of mailing your proxy, you may choose one of the voting methods outlined below to vote your proxy.

VALIDATION DETAILS ARE LOCATED BELOW IN THE TITLE BAR.

Proxies submitted by the Internet or telephone must be received by 1:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on April 25, 2017.

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•  Or scan the QR code with your smartphone

•  Follow the steps outlined on the secure website

Vote by telephone

•  Call toll free 1-800-652-VOTE (8683) within the USA, US
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 A Proposals — The Board recommends a voteFOR all nominees in Item 1,FOR Items 2 and 3,1 YEAR on Item 4, andAGAINST Item 5.

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 01 - Charles E. Bunch   ☐02 - Marjorie Rodgers Cheshire   ☐03 - William S. Demchak   ☐
 04 - Andrew T. Feldstein   ☐05 - Daniel R. Hesse   ☐06 - Kay Coles James   ☐
 07 - Richard B. Kelson   ☐08 - Jane G. Pepper   ☐09 - Donald J. Shepard   ☐
 10 - Lorene K. Steffes   ☐11 - Dennis F. Strigl   ☐12 - Michael J. Ward   ☐
 13 - Gregory D. Wasson   ☐

    For Against Abstain     1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain
2. Ratification of the Audit Committee’s selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as PNC’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2017.     ☐  4. Recommendation for the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation.      ☐ 
        For Against Abstain
3. Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation.     ☐  5. A shareholder proposal requesting a diversity report with specific additional disclosure, including EEOC-defined metrics.      ☐ 

 B Authorized Signatures — This section must be completed for your vote to Contentsbe counted. — Date and Sign Below
Please sign exactly as name(s) appears hereon. Joint owners should each sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, corporate officer, trustee, guardian, or custodian, please give full title.
Date (mm/dd/yyyy) — Please print date below.Signature 1 — Please keep signature within the box.Signature 2 — Please keep signature within the box.
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Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders

THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.

2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

For the purpose of considering and acting upon the election of 13 directors to serve until the next annual meeting and until their successors are elected and qualified, the ratification of the Audit Committee’s selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as PNC’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2017, the advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation, the recommendation for the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation, a shareholder proposal requesting a diversity report with specific additional disclosure, including EEOC-defined metrics and such other business as may properly come before the meeting and any adjournment.

If you sign and date this proxy card in Section B but do not give voting instructions in Section A, this proxy will be voted in accordance with the recommendations of the Board of Directors.

Tuesday, April 25, 2017 - 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time

The Tower at PNC Plaza - James E. Rohr Auditorium

300 Fifth Avenue

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222

Upon arrival, please present this admission ticket and valid photo identification at the registration desk.

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This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors for the

Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 25, 2017.

William S. Demchak, Robert Q. Reilly and Christi Davis, and each of them with full power to act alone and with full power of substitution, are hereby authorized to represent the undersigned at The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April 25, 2017, and at any adjournment, and to vote, as indicated on the reverse side, the shares of common stock and/or preferred stock that the undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present at said meeting. The above-named individuals are further authorized to vote such stock upon any other business as may properly come before the meeting, and any adjournment, in accordance with their best judgment.

If you are a participant in The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan (the ISP or 401(k) plan) with units in the PNC Stock Fund, this proxy also serves as voting instructions to the Trustee of the plan for voting at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April 25, 2017, and at any adjournment. You have the right to provide the Trustee with voting instructions for the equivalent shares you hold in your PNC Stock Fund account. Your vote must be received by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on April 20, 2017 to insure that the Trustee has adequate time to tabulate voting instructions.

The Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988, as amended, 15 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1759(b), provides that shareholders voting by means of the telephone or the Internet, as instructed, will be treated as transmitting a properly authenticated proxy for voting purposes. Pennsylvania law permits the use of telephone or Internet voting both when a shareholder of record is voting and when a beneficial owner is communicating its vote to a shareholder of record, such as a securities depositary or brokerage firm.

Please sign and return promptly.

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Change of Address— Please print new address below.
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IF VOTING BY MAIL, PLEASE COMPLETE SECTIONS A AND B ON THIS CARD.

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 A Proposals — The Board recommends a voteFOR all nominees in Item 1,FOR Items 2 and 3,1 YEAR on Item 4, andAGAINST Item 5.
1.Election of Directors:ForAgainstAbstainForAgainstAbstainForAgainstAbstain+
 01 - Charles E. Bunch   ☐02 - Marjorie Rodgers Cheshire   ☐03 - William S. Demchak   ☐
 04 - Andrew T. Feldstein   ☐05 - Daniel R. Hesse   ☐06 - Kay Coles James   ☐
 07 - Richard B. Kelson   ☐08 - Jane G. Pepper   ☐09 - Donald J. Shepard   ☐
 10 - Lorene K. Steffes   ☐11 - Dennis F. Strigl   ☐12 - Michael J. Ward   ☐
 13 - Gregory D. Wasson   ☐

    For Against Abstain     1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain
2. Ratification of the Audit Committee’s selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as PNC’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2017.     ☐  4. Recommendation for the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation.      ☐ 
                For Against Abstain
3. Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation.     ☐  5. A shareholder proposal requesting a diversity report with specific additional disclosure, including EEOC-defined metrics.     ☐ 

 B Authorized Signatures — This section must be completed for your vote to Contentsbe counted. — Date and Sign Below
Please sign exactly as name(s) appears hereon. Joint owners should each sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, corporate officer, trustee, guardian, or custodian, please give full title.
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Proxy — The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors for the

Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 25, 2017.

William S. Demchak, Robert Q. Reilly and Christi Davis, and each of them with full power to act alone and with full power of substitution, are hereby authorized to represent the undersigned at The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April 25, 2017, and at any adjournment, and to vote, as indicated on the reverse side, the shares of common stock and/or preferred stock that the undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present at said meeting. The above-named individuals are further authorized to vote such stock upon any other business as may properly come before the meeting, and any adjournment, in accordance with their best judgment.

The Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988, as amended, 15 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1759(b), provides that shareholders voting by means of the telephone or the Internet, as instructed, will be treated as transmitting a properly authenticated proxy for voting purposes. Pennsylvania law permits the use of telephone or Internet voting both when a shareholder of record is voting and when a beneficial owner is communicating its vote to a shareholder of record, such as a securities depositary or brokerage firm.

Please sign and return promptly.