Exhibit 1.1
EXECUTION COPY
PNC Funding Corp,
Issuer
and
The PNC Financial Services Group,
Inc., Guarantor
Underwriting
Agreement
New York, New York
January 25, 2007
To the Representatives
named in Schedule I
hereto of the
Underwriters named in
Schedule II hereto
Dear Ladies and
Gentlemen:
PNC Funding Corp, a Pennsylvania
corporation (the “ Company ”), proposes to sell
to the underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the “
Underwriters ”), for whom you are acting as
representatives (the “ Representatives ”), the
principal amount of its securities identified in Schedule I hereto
(together with the guarantees mentioned below, the “
Securities ”) to be guaranteed by The PNC Financial
Services Group, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “
Guarantor ”), and to be issued under an indenture
dated as of December 1, 1991, among the Company, the Guarantor
and The Bank of New York (successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
which was formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank, which was
formerly known as Chemical Bank, successor by merger to
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company), as trustee (the “
Trustee ”), as amended by a Supplemental Indenture
dated as of February 15, 1993, among the Company, the
Guarantor and the Trustee, and as further amended by a Second
Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 15, 2000 (as
amended, the “ Indenture ”). If the firm or
firms listed in Schedule II hereto include only the firm or firms
listed in Schedule I hereto, then the terms
“Underwriters” and “Representatives,” as
used herein, shall each be deemed to refer to such firm or
firms.
Section 1. Representations
and Warranties . The Company and the Guarantor represent and
warrant to, and agree with, each Underwriter as set forth below in
this Section 1. Certain terms used in this Section 1 are
defined in paragraph (e) hereof.
(a) The Company and the Guarantor
meet the requirements for the use of Form S-3 under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the “ Act ”) and have
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “
Commission ”) a registration statement (the file
number of which is set forth in Schedule I hereto), on such
Form, including a basic prospectus, for registration under the Act
of the offering and sale of the Securities. The Company and the
Guarantor may have filed one or more amendments thereto, and may
have used a Preliminary Final Prospectus,
each of which has previously been
furnished to you. Such registration statement, as so amended, has
become effective. The offering of the Securities is a Delayed
Offering (as defined below) and, although the Basic Prospectus may
not include all information with respect to the Securities and the
offering thereof required by the Act and the rules thereunder to be
included in the Final Prospectus, the Basic Prospectus includes all
such information required by the Act and the rules thereunder to be
included therein as of the Effective Date. The Company and the
Guarantor will file a term sheet pursuant to Rule 433 disclosing
the pricing terms of the offering. The Company and the Guarantor
will next file with the Commission pursuant to Rules 415 and
424(b)(2) or (5) a final supplement to the form of prospectus
included in such registration statement relating to the Securities
and the offering thereof. As filed, such final prospectus
supplement shall include all required information with respect to
the Securities and the offering thereof and, except to the extent
the Representatives shall agree in writing to a modification, shall
be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior
to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the
Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional
information and other changes (beyond that contained in the Basic
Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package) as the Company has
advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made
therein.
(b)(i) At the time of filing the
Registration Statement, (ii) at the time of the most recent
amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with
Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether such amendment was by
post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to
Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus) and
(iii) at the time the Company, the Guarantor or any person
acting on their behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only,
of Rule 163(c)) made any offer relating to the Securities in
reliance on the exemption in Rule 163, the Company and Guarantor
were each a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in
Rule 405; and at the earliest time after the filing of the
Registration Statement that the Company or another offering
participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule
164(h)(2)) of the Securities, the Company was not an
“ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405.
(c) Neither the Company nor the
Guarantor have sustained since the date of the latest audited
financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the
Basic Prospectus, as amended and supplemented immediately prior to
the Applicable Time, any material loss or interference with their
business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or
not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or
governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth
or contemplated in the Basic Prospectus, as amended and
supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time; and, since
the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Registration Statement and the Basic Prospectus, as amended and
supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time, there has
not been any material change in the capital stock or long term debt
of the Company or the Guarantor or any material adverse change, or
any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in
or
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affecting the general affairs,
management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or
results of operations of the Company or the Guarantor, otherwise
than as set forth or contemplated in the Basic Prospectus, as
amended and supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable
Time.
(d) On the Effective Date, the
Registration Statement did, at the Applicable Time and on the
Closing Date, the Pricing Disclosure Package did and will, and when
the Final Prospectus is first filed (if required) in accordance
with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus
(and any supplement thereto) will, comply in all material respects
with the applicable requirements of the Act and the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the “ Exchange Act ”) and
the respective rules thereunder; on the Effective Date, the
Registration Statement did not or will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein not misleading; at the Applicable Time and on
the Closing Date, the Pricing Disclosure Package did not or will
not, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading; and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on
Schedule III does not conflict with the information contained
in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or
the Final Prospectus and each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus,
as supplemented by and taken together with the Pricing Disclosure
Package as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and,
on the Effective Date, the Final Prospectus, if not filed pursuant
to Rule 424(b), did not or will not, and on the date of any
filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date, the
Final Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) will not,
include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; provided , however , that the Company and
the Guarantor make no representations or warranties as to
(i) that part of the Registration Statement which shall
constitute the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form
T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee or (ii) the
information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement
thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information
furnished in writing to the Company or the Guarantor by or on
behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically
for use in connection with the preparation of the Registration
Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement
thereto).
(e) The terms that follow, when used
in this Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated. The term
“the Effective Date ” shall mean each date that
the Registration Statement and any post effective amendment or
amendments thereto became or become effective. “ Execution
Time ” shall mean the date and time that this Agreement
is executed and delivered by the parties hereto. “
Applicable
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Time ” shall mean 3:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) on
the date of the Agreement. “ Basic Prospectus ”
shall mean the prospectus referred to in paragraph (a) above
contained in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date.
“ Preliminary Final Prospectus ” shall mean any
preliminary prospectus supplement to the Basic Prospectus which
describes the Securities and the offering thereof and is used prior
to filing of the Final Prospectus. “ Pricing Disclosure
Package ” shall mean the Basic Prospectus (as amended and
supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time) and any
Preliminary Final Prospectus as supplemented by the final term
sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 4(a) hereof.
“ Final Prospectus ” shall mean the prospectus
supplement relating to the Securities that is first filed pursuant
to Rule 424(b) after the Execution Time, together with the
Basic Prospectus, included in the Registration Statement at the
Effective Date. “ Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
” shall mean any “issuer free writing prospectus”
as defined in Rule 433. “ Registration Statement
” shall mean the registration statement referred to in
paragraph (a) above, including incorporated documents,
exhibits and financial statements, as amended at the Execution Time
(or, if not effective at the Execution Time, in the form in which
it shall become effective) and, in the event any post effective
amendment thereto becomes effective prior to the Closing Date (as
hereinafter defined), shall also mean such registration statement
as so amended. Such term shall include any Rule 430
Information deemed to be included therein at the Effective Date as
provided by Rule 430A, Rule 430B or Rule 430C.
“ Rule 405 ,” “ Rule 415
,” “ Rule 424 ,” “
Rule 430A ”, “ Rule 430B
,” “ Rule 430C ,” “ Rule
433 ” and “ Regulation S-K ”
refer to such rules or regulation under the Act. “
Rule 430 Information ” means information with
respect to the Securities and the offering thereof permitted to be
omitted from the Registration Statement when it becomes effective
pursuant to Rule 430A, Rule 430B or Rule 430C. Any
reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Basic
Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Pricing
Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer
to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein
pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under
the Exchange Act on or before the Effective Date of the
Registration Statement or the issue date of the Basic Prospectus,
any Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or
the Final Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference herein
to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or
“supplement” with respect to the Registration
Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus
or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the
filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the Effective
Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Basic
Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final
Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein
by reference. A “ Delayed Offering ” shall mean
an offering of securities pursuant to Rule 415 which does not
commence promptly after the effective date of a registration
statement, with the result that only information required pursuant
to Rule 415 needs to be included in such registration statement at
the effective date thereof with respect to the securities so
offered.
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Section 2. Purchase and
Sale . Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon
the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company
agrees to, and the Guarantor agrees to cause the Company to, sell
to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not
jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the purchase price set
forth in Schedule I hereto the principal amount of the Securities
set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule II
hereto, except that, if Schedule I hereto provides for the sale of
Securities pursuant to delayed delivery arrangements, the
respective principal amounts of Securities to be purchased by the
Underwriters shall be as set forth in Schedule II hereto less the
respective amounts of Contract Securities determined as provided
below. Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters are herein
sometimes called the “ Underwriters’ Securities
” and Securities to be purchased pursuant to Delayed Delivery
Contracts as hereinafter provided are herein called “
Contract Securities .”
If so provided in Schedule I hereto,
the Underwriters are authorized to solicit offers to purchase
Securities from the Company pursuant to delayed delivery contracts
(“ Delayed Delivery Contracts ”), substantially
in the form of Schedule IV hereto but with such changes therein as
the Company and the Guarantor may authorize or approve. The
Underwriters will endeavor to make such arrangements and, as
compensation therefor, the Company will pay, and the Guarantor will
cause the Company to pay, to the Representatives, for the account
of the Underwriters, on the Closing Date, the percentage set forth
in Schedule I hereto of the principal amount of the Securities for
which Delayed Delivery Contracts are made. Delayed Delivery
Contracts are to be with institutional investors, including
commercial and savings banks, insurance companies, pension funds,
investment companies and educational and charitable institutions.
The Company will enter into, and the Guarantor will cause the
Company to enter into, Delayed Delivery Contracts in all cases
where sales of Contract Securities arranged by the Underwriters
have been approved by the Company but, except as the Company may
otherwise agree, each such Delayed Delivery Contract must be for
not less than the minimum principal amount set forth in Schedule I
hereto and the aggregate principal amount of Contract Securities
may not exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount set forth in
Schedule I hereto. The Underwriters will not have any
responsibility in respect of the validity or performance of Delayed
Delivery Contracts. The principal amount of Securities to be
purchased by each Underwriter as set forth in Schedule II hereto
shall be reduced by an amount which shall bear the same proportion
to the total principal amount of Contract Securities as the
principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the name of such
Underwriter bears to the aggregate principal amount set forth in
Schedule II hereto, except to the extent that you determine that
such reduction shall be otherwise than in such proportion and so
advise the Company in writing; provided , however ,
that the total principal amount of Securities to be purchased by
all Underwriters shall be the aggregate principal amount set forth
in Schedule II hereto less the aggregate principal amount of
Contract Securities.
Section 3. Delivery and
Payment . Delivery of and payment for the Underwriters’
Securities shall be made on the date and at the time specified in
Schedule I hereto (or such later date not later than five business
days after such specified date as the Representatives shall
designate), which date and time may be postponed by
agreement
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among the Representatives, the Company and the
Guarantor or as provided in Section 8 hereof (such date and
time of delivery and payment for the Underwriters’ Securities
being herein called the “ Closing Date ”).
Delivery of the Underwriters’ Securities shall be made to the
Representatives for the respective accounts of the several
Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters through
the Representatives of the purchase price thereof to or upon the
order of the Company by wire transfer of immediately available
funds. Delivery of the Underwriters’ Securities shall be made
at such location in The City of New York as the Representatives
shall reasonably designate at least one business day in advance of
the Closing Date and payment for the Securities shall be made at
the office specified in Schedule I hereto. Certificates for the
Underwriters’ Securities shall be registered in such names
(including the nominee for any depositary which will hold
Securities to be established for “book entry” issuance
and transfer) and in such denominations as the Representatives may
request not less than two full business days in advance of the
Closing Date.
The Company and the Guarantor agree
to have the Underwriters’ Securities available for
inspection, checking and packaging by the Representatives in New
York, New York, not later than 1:00 p.m. on the business day prior
to the Closing Date.
Section 4. Agreements .
The Company and the Guarantor jointly and severally agree with the
several Underwriters that:
(a) The Company and the Guarantor
will use their best efforts to cause the Registration Statement, if
not effective at the Execution Time, and any amendment thereto, to
become effective. Prior to the termination of the offering of the
Securities, the Company and the Guarantor will not file any
amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement (including
the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Final Prospectus) to the
Basic Prospectus unless the Company and the Guarantor have
furnished you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not
file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you
reasonably object. Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company
and the Guarantor will cause the Final Prospectus, properly
completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed with the
Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b)
within the time period prescribed; will prepare a final term sheet,
containing solely a description of the Securities in a form
approved by you and will file such term sheet pursuant to
Rule 433(d) within the time period prescribed; will promptly
file all other material required to be filed by the Company and the
Guarantor with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) and will
provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely
filing. The Company and the Guarantor will promptly advise the
Representatives (i) when the Registration Statement, if not
effective at the Execution Time, and any amendment thereto, shall
have become effective, (ii) when the Final Prospectus, and any
supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b), (iii) when any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission,
(iv) when, prior to termination of the offering of the
Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have
been filed or become effective, (v) of any request by the
Commission for any amendment of
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the Registration Statement or
supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional
information, (vi) of the issuance by the Commission of any
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for
that purpose and (vii) of the receipt by the Company or the
Guarantor of any notification with respect to the suspension of the
qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The
Company and the Guarantor will use their best efforts to prevent
the issuance of any such stop order and, if issued, to obtain as
soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
(b) If, at any time when a
prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered
(or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under
the Act) under the Act, any event occurs as a result of which the
Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made not misleading, or if it
shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement or
supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the
Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, the Company and
the Guarantor promptly will prepare and file with the Commission,
subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this
Section 4, an amendment or supplement which will correct such
statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(c) As soon as practicable, the
Guarantor will make generally available to its security holders and
to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the
Guarantor and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of
Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 under the
Act.
(d) The Company and the Guarantor
will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the
Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement
(including exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a
prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act,
as many copies of any Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final
Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any
supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request.
The Company and the Guarantor will pay the expenses of printing or
other production of all documents relating to the
offering.
(e) The Company and the Guarantor
will use their best efforts to arrange for the qualification of the
Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the
Representatives may designate, will maintain such qualifications in
effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities
and will arrange for the determination of the legality of the
Securities for purchase by institutional investors; provided
, however , that neither the Company nor the Guarantor shall
be required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it
is not now qualified or to take any action which would subject it
to general or unlimited service of process in any jurisdiction
where they are not now subject.
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(f) Until the business day following
the Closing Date, the Company and the Guarantor will not, without
the consent of the Representatives, offer, sell or contract to
sell, or announce the offering of, any debt securities covered by
the Registration Statement or any other registration statement
filed under the Act.
(g) Whether or not the transactions
contemplated in this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is
terminated, the Company and the Guarantor will pay or cause to be
paid all expenses incident to the performance of their obligations
under this Agreement, including: (i) the fees, disbursements
and expenses of their counsel and the accountants in connection
with the issuance and sale of the Securities and all other fees or
expenses in connection with the preparation of the Preliminary
Final Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final
Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses prepared by or on
behalf of, used by, or referred to by them and any amendments and
supplements to any of the foregoing, including all printing costs
associated therewith, and the delivering of copies thereof to the
Underwriters, in the quantities herein above specified,
(ii) all costs and expenses related to the transfer and
delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, including any
transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) any fees
charged by rating agencies for the rating of the Securities,
(iv) the fees and expenses, if any, incurred in connection
with the admission of the Securities in any appropriate market
system, (v) the costs and charges of the Trustee,
(vi) the cost of the preparation, issuance and delivery of the
Securities and (vii) all other costs and expenses incident to
the performance of their obligations hereunder for which provision
is not otherwise made in this Section. It is understood, however,
that except as provided in this Section and Section 7, the
Underwriters will pay all of their costs and expenses, including
fees and disbursements of their counsel, and transfer taxes payable
on resale of any of the Securities by them.
Section 5. Additional
Agreements Relating to Free Writing Prospectuses.
(a) The Company and the Guarantor
represent and agree that, other than the final term sheet prepared
and filed pursuant to Section 4(a) hereof, without the prior
consent of the Representatives, they have not made and will not
make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute a
“free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule
405.
(b) Each Underwriter represents and
agrees that, without the prior consent of the Company and the
Representatives, other than one or more term sheets relating to the
Securities containing customary information that do not require the
Company or the Guarantor to file any material pursuant to Rule
433(d) except for the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant
to Section 4(a) hereof, it has not made and will not make any
offer relating to the Securities that would constitute a free
writing prospectus.
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(c) Any free writing prospectus the
use of which has been consented to by the Company and the
Representatives (including the final term sheet prepared and filed
pursuant to Section 4(a) hereof) is listed on Schedule III
hereto.
(d) The Company and the Guarantor
have complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433
applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including timely
filing with the Commission or retention where required and
legending.
(e) The Company and the Guarantor
agree that if at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus any event occurred or occurs as a result of
which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the
information in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure
Package or the Final Prospectus or would include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Company and
the Guarantor will give prompt notice thereof to the
Representatives and, if requested by the Representatives, will
prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter an Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus or other document which will correct such
conflict, statement or omission.
Section 6. Conditions to the
Obligations of the Underwriters . The obligations of the
Underwriters to purchase the Underwriters’ Securities shall
be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on
the part of the Company and the Guarantor contained herein as of
the Execution Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the
statements of the Company and the Guarantor made in any
certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance
by the Company and the Guarantor of their obligations hereunder and
to the following additional conditions:
(a) If the Registration Statement
has not become effective prior to the Execution Time, unless the
Representatives agree in writing to a lat