Exhibit 1.1


                            PNC Funding Corp, Issuer
                                       and
                The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., Guarantor

                             Underwriting Agreement

                                                            New York, New York
                                                            October 27, 2003

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 JPMorgan Chase Bank (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 (c) hereof.

                  (a) If the offering of the Securities is a Delayed Offering
         (as specified in Schedule I hereto), paragraph (i) below is applicable
         and, if the offering of the Securities is a Non-Delayed Offering (as so
         specified), paragraph (ii) below is applicable.

                           (i) 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 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 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 any Preliminary Final
                  Prospectus) as the Company has advised you, prior to the
                  Execution Time, will be included or made therein.

                           (ii) The Company and the Guarantor meet the
                  requirements for the use of Form S-3 under the Act and have
                  filed with 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, including a Preliminary Final Prospectus, each of
                  which has previously been furnished to you. The Company and
                  the Guarantor will next file with the Commission either (x) a
                  final prospectus supplement relating to the Securities in
                  accordance with Rules 430A and 424(b)(1) or (4), or (y) prior
                  to the effectiveness of such registration statement, an
                  amendment to such registration statement, including the form
                  of final prospectus supplement. In the case of clause (x), the
                  Company and the Guarantor included in such registration
                  statement, as amended at the Effective Date, all information
                  (other than Rule 430A Information) required by the Act and the
                  rules thereunder to be included in the Final Prospectus with
                  respect to the Securities and the offering thereof. As filed,
                  such final prospectus supplement or such amendment and form of
                  final prospectus supplement shall contain all Rule 430A
                  Information, together with all other such required
                  information, with respect to the Securities and the offering
                  thereof and, except to the extent the



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                  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 any Preliminary Final
                  Prospectus) as the Company has advised you, prior to the
                  Execution Time, will be included or made therein.

                  (b) On the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did or
         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; 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 or
         omitted from the Registration Statement 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).

                  (c) 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. "Basic Prospectus" shall mean the
         prospectus referred to in paragraph (a) above contained in the
         Registration Statement at the Effective Date including, in the case of
         a Non-Delayed Offering, any Preliminary Final Prospectus. "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. "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 or, if, in the case
         of a Non-Delayed Offering, no filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) is
         required,



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         shall mean the form of final prospectus relating to the Securities,
         including the Basic Prospectus, included in the Registration Statement
         at the Effective Date. "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 430A Information deemed
         to be included therein at the Effective Date as provided by Rule 430A.
         "Rule 415," "Rule 424," "Rule 430A" and "Regulation S-K" refer to such
         rules or regulation under the Act. "Rule 430A 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. Any reference herein to the
         Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final
         Prospectus 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 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 "Non-Delayed Offering" shall mean an offering of
         securities which is intended to commence promptly after the effective
         date of a registration statement, with the result that, pursuant to
         Rules 415 and 430A, all information (other than Rule 430A Information)
         with respect to the securities so offered must be included in such
         registration statement at the effective date thereof. 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 need be included in such registration statement at
         the effective date thereof with respect to the securities so offered.
         Whether the offering of the Securities is a Non-Delayed Offering or a
         Delayed Offering shall be set forth in Schedule I hereto.

         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



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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 III 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 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


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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
         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, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any
         amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become
         effective, (iv) of any request by the Commission for any amendment of
         the Registration Statement or supplement to the Final Prospectus or for
         any additional information, (v) 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 (vi) 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 under the Act, any event occurs
         as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would
         include any untrue statement of a


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         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
         and the Final 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.

                  (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.

         Section 5. 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:


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                  (a) If the Registration Statement has not become effective
         prior to the Execution Time, unless the Representatives agree in
         writing to a later time, the Registration Statement will become
         effective not later than (i) 6:00 p.m. New York City time, on the date
         of determination of the public offering price, if such determination
         occurred at or prior to 3:00 p.m. New York City time on such date or
         (ii) 12:00 Noon on the business day following the day on which the
         public offering price was determined, if such determination occurred
         after 3:00 p.m. New York City time on such date; if filing of the Final
         Prospectus, or any supplement thereto, is required pursuant to Rule
         424(b), the Final Prospectus, and any such supplement, shall have been
         filed in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b);
         and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
         Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose
         shall have been instituted or threatened.

                  (b) The Company and the Guarantor shall have furnished to the
         Representatives the opinion of Thomas R. Moore, Esq., Senior Counsel
         and Corporate Secretary of the Guarantor, dated the Closing Date (which
         opinion may be relied upon by Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for
         the Underwriters, as to matters of Pennsylvania law), to the effect
         that:

                           (i) Each of the Company and the Guarantor is a
                  corporation validly organized and presently subsisting under
                  the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with all
                  requisite corporate power and authority to own its properties
                  and conduct its business as described in the Final Prospectus,
                  except for such power and authority the absence of which would
                  not have a material adverse effect on the Guarantor or the
                  Company, as the case may be; and the Guarantor is duly
                  registered as a bank holding company under the Bank Holding
                  Company Act of 1956, as amended;

                           (ii) PNC Bank, National Association ("PNC Bank,
                  N.A.") is a national banking association validly existing in
                  good standing under the laws of the United States, with all
                  requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and
                  operate its properties and conduct its business as described
                  in the Final Prospectus, except for such power and authority
                  the absence of which would not have a material adverse effect
                  on PNC Bank, N.A.;

                           (iii) all the outstanding shares of capital stock of
                  PNC Bank, N.A. have been duly and validly authorized and
                  issued and (except as provided in 12 U.S.C. Section 55) are
                  fully paid and nonassessable, and, except as otherwise set
                  forth in the Final Prospectus, all outstanding shares of
                  capital stock of PNC Bank, N.A. are owned by the Guarantor
                  either directly or through wholly-owned subsidiaries free and
                  clear of any perfected security interest and, to the knowledge
                  of such counsel, any other security interests, claims, liens
                  or encumbrances;



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                           (iv) the Guarantor's authorized equity
                  capitalization, if set forth in the Final Prospectus, is as
                  set forth in the Final Prospectus; the Securities conform in
                  all material respects to the description thereof contained in
                  the Final Prospectus; and, if the Securities are to be listed
                  on any stock exchange, authorization therefor has been given,
                  subject to official notice of issuance and evidence of
                  satisfactory distribution, or the Company and the Guarantor
                  have filed a preliminary listing application with respect to
                  the Securities with such stock exchange and nothing has caused
                  such counsel to believe that the Securities will not be
                  authorized for listing, subject to official notice of issuance
                  and evidence of satisfactory distribution and the satisfaction
                  of other requirements which counsel reasonably believes will
                  be satisfied in due course;

                           (v) the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed
                  and delivered, has been duly qualified under the Trust
                  Indenture Act, and constitutes a legal, valid and binding
                  instrument enforceable against the Company in accordance with
                  its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
                  applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, readjustment
                  of debt, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and
                  other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights
                  generally or general equitable principles (whether considered
                  in a proceeding in equity or at law); and the Securities have
                  been duly authorized and, when executed and authenticated in
                  accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered
                  to and paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to this
                  Agreement, in the case of the Underwriters' Securities, or by
                  the purchasers thereof pursuant to Delayed Delivery Contracts,
                  in the case of any Contract Securities, will constitute legal,
                  valid and binding obligations of the Company and the Guarantor
                  entitled to the benefits of the Indenture;

                           (vi) to the best knowledge of such counsel, there is
                  no pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding before any
                  court or governmental agency, authority or body or any
                  arbitrator involving the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries,
                  of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration
                  Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Final
                  Prospectus, and there is no franchise, contract or other
                  document of a character required to be described in the
                  Registration Statement or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as
                  an exhibit, which is not described or filed as required; and
                  the statements included or incorporated in the Final
                  Prospectus describing any legal proceedings or material
                  contracts or agreements relating to the Guarantor or any of
                  its subsidiaries fairly summarize such matters in all material
                  respects;

                           (vii) the Registration Statement has become effective
                  under the Act; any required filing of the Basic Prospectus,
                  any Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and
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                  pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within
                  the time period required by Rule 424(b); to the best knowledge
                  of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of
                  the Registration Statement has been issued, no proceedings for
                  that purpose have been instituted or threatened, and the
                  Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than
                  the financial statements and other financial and statistical
                  information contained or incorporated therein, and that part
                  of the Registration Statement which constitutes the Statement
                  of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee
                  under the Trust Indenture Act, as to which such counsel need
                  express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects
                  with the applicable requirements of that Act and the Exchange
                  Act and the respective rules thereunder; and nothing has come
                  to the attention of such counsel that has caused such counsel
                  to believe that at the Effective Date the Registration
                  Statement contained any untrue statement of a material fact or
                  omitted to state any material fact required to be stated
                  therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
                  misleading or that the Final Prospectus as of its date and as
                  of the date hereof included or includes any untrue statement
                  of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material
                  fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of
                  the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading
                  except that such counsel does not express any opinion or
                  belief as to the financial statements or schedules or other
                  data of a statistical or financial nature included or
                  incorporated therein or as to that part of the Registration
                  Statement which constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and
                  Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust
                  Indenture Act;

                           (viii) this Agreement and any Delayed Delivery
                  Contracts have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
                  the Company and the Guarantor;

                           (ix) no consent, approval, authorization or order of
                  any court or governmental agency or body is required for the
                  consummation of the transactions contemplated herein or in any
                  Delayed Delivery Contracts, except such as have been obtained
                  under the Act and such as may be required under the blue sky
                  laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and
                  distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters and such
                  other approvals (specified in such opinion) as have been
                  obtained;

                           (x) neither the issue and sale of the Securities, nor
                  the consummation of any other of the transactions herein
                  contemplated nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof or of any
                  Delayed Delivery Contracts will (A) violate the charter or
                  by-laws of the Company or the Guarantor, or (B) violate,
                  result in a breach of, or constitute a default under the terms
                  of any material indenture or other material agreement or
                  instrument known to such counsel and to which the Company, the
                  Guarantor or PNC Bank, N.A. is a party or bound, or (C)
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                  material order or regulation known to such counsel to be
                  applicable to the Company, the Guarantor or PNC Bank, N.A. of
                  any court, regulatory body, administrative agency,
                  governmental body or arbitrator having jurisdiction over the
                  Company, or the Guarantor or PNC Bank, N.A.; and

                           (xi) no holders of securities of the Company have
                  rights to the registration of such securities under the
                  Registration Statement.

         In rendering such opinion, such counsel will opine only as to matters
         involving the application of the laws of the Commonwealth of
         Pennsylvania or the United States and may rely (A) as to matters
         involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the
         Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the United States, to the extent deemed
         proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel
         of good standing believed to be reliable and who are reasonably
         satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, except that it will not
         be required that such counsel obtain an opinion of New York counsel as
         to matters of New York law in order to render such opinion or that such
         counsel express an opinion as to matters arising under the laws of any
         jurisdiction other than the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
         and matters of federal law arising under the laws of the United States
         of America, and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent he or she may
         deem proper, on certificates, or representations of responsible
         officers of the Company or the Guarantor and public officials.
         References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) include any
         supplements thereto at the Closing Date.

                  (c) The Representatives shall have received from Cravath,
         Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or
         opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the issuance and sale
         of the Securities, any Delayed Delivery Contracts, the Registration
         Statement, the Final Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto)
         and other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably
         require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such
         documents as they reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them
         to pass upon such matters.

                  (d) The Guarantor shall have furnished to the Representatives
         a certificate of the Guarantor, signed by the Chairman of the Board,
         the President, a Vice Chairman of the Board or any Executive or Senior
         Vice President and the principal financial or accounting officer of the
         Guarantor, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of
         such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement,
         the Final Prospectus, any supplement to the Final Prospectus and this
         Agreement and that:

                           (i) the representations and warranties of the Company
                  and the Guarantor in this Agreement are true and correct on
                  and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on
                  the Closing Date and the Company and the Guarantor have
                  complied with all the agreements




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                  and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed
                  or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date;

                           (ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of
                  the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings
                  for that purpose have been instituted or, to the Guarantor's
                  knowledge, threatened; and

                           (iii) since the date of the most recent financial
                  statements included in the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any
                  supplement thereto), there has been no material adverse change
                  in the condition (financial or other), earnings, business or
                  properties of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries taken as a
                  whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the
                  ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or
                  contemplated in the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any
                  supplement thereto).

                  (e) (A) At the Closing Date, Deloitte and Touche LLP shall
         have furnished to the Representatives a letter or letters (which may
         refer to letters previously delivered to one or more of the
         Representatives), dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance
         satisfactory to the Representatives, confirming that they are
         independent accountants within the meaning of the Act and the Exchange
         Act and the respective applicable published rules and regulations
         thereunder and stating in effect that:

                           (i) in their opinion the audited consolidated
                  financial statements included or incorporated in the
                  Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus and reported
                  on by them comply in form in all material respects with the
                  applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the Exchange
                  Act and the related published rules and regulations;

                           (ii) on the basis of a reading of the latest
                  unaudited consolidated financial statements made available by
                  the Guarantor and its subsidiaries; carrying out certain
                  specified procedures (but not an audit in accordance with
                  generally accepted auditing standards) which would not
                  necessarily reveal matters of significance with respect to the
                  comments set forth in such letter; a reading of the minutes of
                  the meetings of the shareholders and directors of the
                  Guarantor and the audit and executive committees thereof and
                  inquiries of certain officials of the Guarantor who have
                  responsibility for financial and accounting matters of the
                  Guarantor and its subsidiaries as to transactions and events
                  subsequent to the date of the most recent audited consolidated
                  financial statements in or incorporated in the Final
                  Prospectus, nothing came to their attention which caused them
                  to believe that: (1) any unaudited consolidated financial
                  statements included or incorporated in the Registration
                  Statement and the Final Prospectus do not comply in form in
                  all material respects with applicable accounting requirements
                  and with the published rules and regulations of the Commission
                  with


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                  respect to the financial statements included or incorporated
                  in quarterly reports on Form 10-Q under the Exchange Act; and
                  said unaudited consolidated financial statements are not in
                  conformity with generally accepted accounting principles
                  applied on a basis substantially consistent with that of the
                  audited consolidated financial statements included or
                  incorporated in the Registration Statement and the Final
                  Prospectus; or (2) with respect to the period subsequent to
                  the date of the most recent audited or unaudited consolidated
                  financial statements incorporated in the Registration
                  Statement and the Final Prospectus, there were, at a specified
                  date not more than five business days prior to the date of the
                  letter, any increases in borrowed funds of the Guarantor and
                  its subsidiaries or any decreases in the capital stock
                  (defined as each of the individual dollar amounts of preferred
                  stock, common stock, and capital surplus) of the Guarantor or
                  the stockholders' equity of the Guarantor as compared with the
                  amounts shown on the most recent consolidated balance sheet
                  incorporated in the Registration Statement and the Final
                  Prospectus, or for the period from the date of the most recent
                  audited or unaudited consolidated financial statements
                  incorporated in the Registration Statement and the Final
                  Prospectus to such specified date there were any decreases, as
                  compared with the corresponding period in the preceding year,
                  in total or per share amounts of consolidated net income of
                  the Guarantor or consolidated net interest income except in
                  all instances for changes or decreases set forth in such
                  letter, in which case the letter shall be accompanied by an
                  explanation by the Guarantor as to the significance thereof
                  unless said explanation is not deemed necessary by the
                  Representatives; and

                           (iii) they have performed certain other specified
                  procedures as a result of which they determined that certain
                  information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature
                  (which is limited to accounting, financial or statistical
                  information derived from the general accounting records of the
                  Guarantor and its subsidiaries) set forth in the Registration
                  Statement and the Final Prospectus, including the information
                  included or incorporated in Items 1, 5, 6 and 7 of the
                  Guarantor's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent
                  fiscal year incorporated in the Registration Statement and the
                  Final Prospectus, and the information included in the
                  "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
                  and Results of Operations" included or incorporated in the
                  Guarantor's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, incorporated in
                  the Registration Statement and Final Prospectus, agrees with
                  the accounting records of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries,
                  excluding any questions of legal interpretation.

                  (B) At the Closing Date, Ernst & Young LLP shall have
         furnished to the Representatives a letter or letters (which may refer
         to letters previously delivered to one or more of the Representatives),
         dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the
         Representatives, confirming that they were


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         independent accountants within the meaning of the Act and the Exchange
         Act and the respective applicable published rules and regulations
         thereunder and stating in effect that:

                           (i) in their opinion the audited consolidated
                  financial statements and financial statement schedules
                  included or incorporated in the Registration Statement and the
                  Final Prospectus and reported on by them comply in form in all
                  material respects with the applicable accounting requirements
                  of the Act and the Exchange Act and the related published
                  rules and regulations; and

                           (ii) they have performed certain other specified
                  procedures as a result of which they determined that certain
                  information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature
                  (which is limited to accounting, financial or statistical
                  information derived from the general accounting records of the
                  Guarantor and its subsidiaries) set forth in the Registration
                  Statement and the Final Prospectus with respect to periods
                  covered by consolidated financial statements reported on by
                  them, including the information included or incorporated in
                  Items 1, 5, 6 and 7 of the Guarantor's Annual Report on Form
                  10-K incorporated in the Registration Statement and the Final
                  Prospectus, agrees with the accounting records of the
                  Guarantor and its subsidiaries, excluding any questions of
                  legal interpretation.

                  References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (e)
         include any supplement thereto at the date of the letter.

                  (C) If provided for in Schedule I hereto, at the Execution
         Time, Ernst & Young LLP and Deloitte and Touche LLP shall have
         furnished to the Representatives a letter or letters, dated as of the
         Execution Time, in form and substance satisfactory to the
         Representatives, to the effects set forth above.

                  (f) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates
         as of which information is given in the Registration Statement
         (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Final Prospectus
         (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i)
         any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to
         in paragraph (e) of this Section 5 or (ii) any change, or any
         development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the
         business or properties of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries the effect
         of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in
         the judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make
         it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the
         delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration
         Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Final Prospectus
         (exclusive of any supplement thereto).

                  (g) Subsequent to the Execution Time, there shall not have
         been any decrease in the ratings of any of the Guarantor's debt
         securities by Moody's Investors Service, Inc., or Standard & Poor's
         Corporation, or any public



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         announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or
         review their ratings of any of the Guarantor's debt securities (other
         than an announcement with positive implications of a possible
         upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such
         rating), and if, in any such case, the effect thereof in the judgment
         of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed
         with the purchase of the Securities.

                  (h) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company and the Guarantor
         shall have furnished to the Representatives such further information,
         certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably
         request in connection with the offering of the Securities.

                  (i) The Company and the Guarantor shall have accepted Delayed
         Delivery Contracts in any case where sales of Contract Securities
         arranged by the Underwriters have been approved by the Company.

         If any of the conditions specified in this Section 5 shall not have
been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions
and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel
for the Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters
hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the
Representatives. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in
writing or by telephone or telegraph confirmed in writing.

         Section 6. Reimbursement of Underwriters' Expenses. If the sale of the
Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the
obligations of the underwriters set forth in Section 5 hereof is not satisfied,
because of any termination pursuant to Section 9 hereof or because of any
refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company or the Guarantor to
perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by
reason of a default by any of the Underwriters, the Company and the Guarantor
will reimburse the Underwriters severally upon demand for all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel)
that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase
and sale of the Securities. In no event shall the Company or the Guarantor be
liable to the Underwriters for loss of anticipated profits from the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.

         Section 7. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company and the
Guarantor jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter and each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of
either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages
or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become
subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state statutory law
or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the registration statement for the registration of the



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Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in the Basic
Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, or in any
amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and
agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however,
that (i) the Company and the Guarantor will not be liable in any such case to
the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is
based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company and the Guarantor by or on behalf of any
Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use in connection with
the preparation thereof, or that part of the Registration Statement constituting
the "Statement of Eligibility and Qualification" (Form T-1) of the Trustee under
the Trust Indenture Act, and (ii) such indemnity with respect to the Basic
Prospectus or any Preliminary Final Prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of
any Underwriter (or any person controlling such Underwriter) from whom the
person asserting any such loss, claim, damage or liability purchased the
Securities which are the subject thereof if such person did not receive a copy
of the Final Prospectus (or the Final Prospectus as supplemented) excluding
documents incorporated therein by reference at or prior to the confirmation of
the sale of such Securities, if any, to such person in any case where such
delivery is required by the Act and the untrue statement or omission of a
material fact contained in the Basic Prospectus or any Preliminary Final
Prospectus was corrected in the Final Prospectus (or the Final Prospectus as
supplemented). This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability
which the Company and the Guarantor may otherwise have.

         (b) Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
the Company and the Guarantor, each of their respective directors, each of their
respective officers who signs the Registration Statement, and each person who
controls the Company or the Guarantor within the meaning of either the Act or
the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company
and the Guarantor to each Underwriter, but only with reference to written
information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company and the
Guarantor by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives
specifically for use in the preparation of the documents referred to in the
foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any
liability which any Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company and the
Guarantor acknowledge that the statements set forth in the last paragraph of the
cover page, and, under the heading "Underwriting" or "Plan of Distribution" (i)
the list of Underwriters and their respective participation in the sale of the
Securities, (ii) the sentences related to concessions and reallowances and (iii)
the paragraphs related to stabilization and syndicate covering transactions and
penalty bids, and, if Schedule I hereto provides for sales of Securities
pursuant to delayed delivery arrangements, in the last sentence under the
heading "Delayed Delivery Arrangements" in any Preliminary Final Prospectus or
the Final Prospectus constitute the only information furnished in writing by or
on behalf of the several Underwriters for inclusion in the documents


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referred to in the foregoing indemnity, and you, as the Representatives, confirm
that such statements are correct.

         (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 7
of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under
paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 7, notify the indemnifying party in writing
of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying
party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any
indemnified party otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 7.
In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it
notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying
party will be entitled to participate therein, and to the extent that it may
elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after
receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the
defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided,
however, that if the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified
party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably
concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other
indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to
the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to
select separate counsel to assert such legal defenses and to otherwise
participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or
parties. Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified
party of its election so to assume the defense of such action and approval by
the indemnified party of such counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable
to such indemnified party under this Section 7 for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense
thereof unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in
accordance with the proviso to the next preceding sentence (it being understood,
however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of
more than one separate counsel (plus any local counsel), approved by the
Representatives in the case of paragraph (a) of this Section 7, representing the
indemnified parties under such paragraph (a) who are parties to such action),
(ii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the
indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time
after notice of commencement of the action or (iii) the indemnifying party has
authorized the employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the expense of
the indemnifying party; and except that, if clause (i) or (iii) is applicable,
such liability shall be only in respect of the counsel referred to in such
clause (i) or (iii).

         (d) In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in
circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in paragraph (a) or (b)
of this Section 7 is unavailable, the Company and the Guarantor, on the one
hand, and the Underwriters severally, on the other hand, shall contribute to the
aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending same)
to which the Company, the Guarantor and one or more of the Underwriters may be
subject in proportion to the relative benefits received by the Company and the
Guarantor on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of
the Securities, such that the Underwriters are responsible for


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that portion represented by the percentage that the underwriting discount bears
to the sum of such discount and the purchase price of the Securities specified
in Schedule I hereto and the Company and the Guarantor are responsible for the
balance; provided, however, that in no case shall any Underwriter (except as may
be provided in any agreement among underwriters relating to the offering of the
Securities) be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount
applicable to the Securities purchased by such Underwriter hereunder. If the
allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any
reason, the Company and the Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Underwriters
severally, on the other, shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate
to reflect not only such relative benefits as described in the immediately
preceding sentence but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantor
on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other in connection with the
statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages and
liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Relative
fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any
untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the
Company or the Guarantor on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other, the
intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The
Company, the Guarantor and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other
method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations
referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no
person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 7,
each person who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of the Act shall have
the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person who
controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act,
each officer of the Company and the Guarantor who shall have signed the
Registration Statement and each director of the Company and the Guarantor shall
have the same rights to contribution as the Company and the Guarantor, subject
in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d). Any
party entitled to contribution will, promptly after receipt of notice of
commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against such party in respect of
which a claim for contribution may be made against another party or parties
under this paragraph (d), notify such party or parties from whom contribution
may be sought, but the omission to so notify such party or parties shall not
relieve the party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any other
obligation it or they may have hereunder or otherwise than under this paragraph
(d).

         Section 8. Default by an Underwriter. If any one or more Underwriters
shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased
by such Underwriter or Underwriters hereunder and such failure to purchase shall
constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this
Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated severally to take up
and pay for (in the respective proportions which the amount of Securities set
forth opposite their names in Schedule II hereto bears to the aggregate amount
of Securities set forth opposite the names of all the remaining Underwriters)
the Securities which the defaulting


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Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; provided, however,
that in the event that the aggregate amount of Securities which the defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of
the aggregate amount of Securities set forth in Schedule II hereto, the
remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be
under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and if such
non-defaulting Underwriters do not purchase all the Securities, this Agreement
will terminate without liability to any non-defaulting Underwriter or the
Company or the Guarantor. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set
forth in this Section 8, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period,
not exceeding seven days, as the Representatives shall determine in order that
the required changes in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus or
in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in
this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if
any, to the Company and any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by
its default hereunder.

         Section 9. Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to termination
in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice given to the
Company and the Guarantor prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities,
if prior to such time (i) trading in the Guarantor's Common Stock shall have
been suspended by the Commission or The New York Stock Exchange or trading in
securities generally on The New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or
limited or minimum prices shall have been established on such exchange, (ii) a
banking moratorium shall have been declared either by Federal, New York State or
Pennsylvania authorities or (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or
escalation of hostilities, declaration by the United States of a national
emergency or war or other calamity or crisis, economic or otherwise, the effect
of which on the financial markets of the United States or any foreign
jurisdiction in which the Securities are to be marketed is such as to make it,
in the judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed
with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities.

         Section 10. Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The respective
agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the
Company, the Guarantor or their respective officers and of the Underwriters set
forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and
effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter
or the Company or the Guarantor or any of the officers, directors or controlling
persons referred to in Section 7 hereof, and will survive delivery of and
payment for the Securities. The provisions of Sections 6 and 7 hereof shall
survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.

         Section 11. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing
and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representatives, will be
mailed, delivered or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication, at
the address specified in Schedule I hereto; or, if sent to the Company or the
Guarantor, will be mailed, delivered or transmitted by any standard form of
telecommunication to it at One PNC Plaza, 249 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania 15222-2707, attention of the Vice Chairman and Chief Financial
Officer of the Guarantor.



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         Section 12. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and
be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the
officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof,
and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

         Section 13. Applicable Law. This Agreement will be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.



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         If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon
this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the
Company, the Guarantor and the several Underwriters.

                                      Very truly yours,

                                      PNC Funding Corp


                                      By:  /s/ Lisa Marie Kovac
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Name: Lisa Marie Kovac
                                          Title:  Assistant Treasurer and Vice
                                                  President


                                      The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.


                                      By:  /s/ William S. Demchak
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Name: William S. Demchak
                                          Title:  Vice Chairman and Chief
                                                  Financial Officer


Confirmed and accepted,
intending to be legally
bound, as of the date specified
in Schedule I hereto.

By:  J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

By:  /s/ Stephen L. Sheiner
    ----------------------------------
    Name: Stephen L. Sheiner
    Title:  Vice President


By:  Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

By:  /s/ Tara Mirchandani
    ----------------------------------
    Name:  Tara Mirchandani
    Title: Vice President


By:  PNC Capital Markets, Inc.

By:  /s/ Robert W. Thomas
    ----------------------------------
    Name: Robert W. Thomas
    Title: Managing Director



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                                   SCHEDULE I

Underwriting Agreement dated October 27, 2003

Registration Statement Nos. 333-69576 and 333-69576-01

Representatives:

        J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.          Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
        270 Park Avenue                      390 Greenwich Street, 4(th) Floor
        New York, NY 10017                   New York, NY 10013

Title, Purchase Price and Description of Securities:
Title:                                       5 1/4% Subordinated Notes Due
                                             November 15, 2015
Principal Amount:                            $600,000,000
Public offering price:                       99.618% of the Principal Amount
                                             plus accrued interest, if any, from
                                             November 3, 2003
Purchase price:                              98.943% of the Principal Amount
                                             plus accrued interest, if any, from
                                             November 3, 2003
Sinking fund
provisions:                                  None
Redemption provisions:                       None
Other provisions:                            None

Closing Date, Time and Location:             November 3, 2003, 10:00 a.m. at the
                                             office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore
                                             LLP, Worldwide Plaza, 825 Eighth
                                             Avenue, New York, NY 10019-7475

Type of Offering:                            Delayed Offering

Delayed Delivery Arrangements:               None

        Fee:  N/A

        Minimum principal amount of each contract:  N/A

        Maximum aggregate principal amount of all contracts:  N/A

Modification of items to be covered          Letters from Ernst & Young LLP and
by the letters from Ernst & Young LLP        Deloitte and Touche LLP to be
and Deloitte and Touche LLP delivered        delivered pursuant to Section 5(e)
pursuant to Section 5(e):                    at the Closing Date, not also at
                                             the Execution Time.







                                   SCHEDULE II


                                                     PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF
                                                   SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE
UNDERWRITER                                  NOVEMBER 15, 2015 TO BE PURCHASED
- -----------                                  ---------------------------------

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. ................          $270,000,000

Citigroup Global Markets Inc. ..............           270,000,000

PNC Capital Markets, Inc. ..................            60,000,000
                                                      ------------
   Total ...................................          $600,000,000
                                                      ============





                                  SCHEDULE III


                                 Not applicable.