Common use of Negative Discretion Clause in Contracts

Negative Discretion. Except during a Change of Control Coverage Period or after the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Compensation Committee may exercise negative discretion with respect to the 2015-2017 Incentive Performance Units and related Dividend Equivalents and may determine, in light of such Corporation or individual performance or other factors as the Compensation Committee may deem appropriate, that notwithstanding the levels of corporate and risk performance achieved by PNC, the Compensation Committee will not award Grantee the full applicable Calculated Maximum Payout Share Units and related Dividend Equivalents amount that the Compensation Committee is authorized to award pursuant to Section 8.2(b), or any of such amount. The Compensation Committee may use its negative discretion to reduce the size of the Final Award or to cancel the full applicable potential award amount. Among other things, the Compensation Committee may exercise its negative discretion such that a Final Award appropriately reflects considerations based on the totality of results over the full overall performance period, and may cancel the full applicable potential award amount if the Committee determines that the totality of performance results over the entire performance period adversely impacts the safety and soundness of PNC. If the Compensation Committee so determines to exercise its negative discretion pursuant to this Section 8.2(c), the Final Award, if any, will be further reduced accordingly; provided, however, that the Compensation Committee will not have authority to exercise negative discretion if a Change of Control Coverage Period has commenced and has not yet ended or if a Change of Control has occurred.

Negative Discretion. Except during a Change of Control Coverage Period or after the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Compensation Committee may exercise negative discretion with respect to the 20152014-2017 2016 Incentive Performance Units and related Dividend Equivalents and may determine, in light of such Corporation or individual performance or other factors as the Compensation Committee may deem appropriate, that notwithstanding the levels of corporate and risk performance achieved by PNC, the Compensation Committee will not award Grantee the full applicable Calculated Maximum Payout Share Units and related Dividend Equivalents amount that the Compensation Committee is authorized to award pursuant to Section 8.2(b), or any of such amount. The Compensation Committee may use its negative discretion to reduce the size of the Final Award or to cancel the full applicable potential award amount. Among other things, the Compensation Committee may exercise its negative discretion such that a Final Award appropriately reflects considerations based on the totality of results over the full overall performance period, and may cancel the full applicable potential award amount if the Committee determines that the totality of performance results over the entire performance period adversely impacts the safety and soundness of PNC. If the Compensation Committee so determines to exercise its negative discretion pursuant to this Section 8.2(c), the Final Award, if any, will be further reduced accordingly; provided, however, that the Compensation Committee will not have authority to exercise negative discretion if a Change of Control Coverage Period has commenced and has not yet ended or if a Change of Control has occurred.

Negative Discretion. Except during a Change of Control Coverage Period or after the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Compensation Committee may exercise negative discretion with respect to the 20152014-2017 2016 Incentive Performance Units and related Dividend Equivalents and may determine, in light of such Corporation or individual performance or other factors as the Compensation Committee may deem appropriate, that notwithstanding the levels of corporate and risk performance financial return from investing activities achieved by PNCthe A&L Unit relative to benchmark, the Compensation Committee will not award Grantee the full applicable Calculated Maximum Payout Share Units and related Dividend Equivalents amount that the Compensation Committee is authorized to award pursuant to Section 8.2(b), or any of such amount. It is anticipated that the Compensation Committee will take into account factors such as absolute A&L Unit financial performance, absolute trading results, cumulative performance relative to the benchmark, adherence to risk parameters, and Xxxxxxx’s contributions to the success of other PNC businesses when deciding whether and the extent to which to exercise its negative discretion. The Compensation Committee may use its negative discretion to reduce the size of the Final Award or to cancel the full applicable potential award amount. Among other things, the Compensation Committee may exercise its negative discretion such that a Final Award appropriately reflects considerations based on the totality of results over the full overall performance period, and may cancel the full applicable potential award amount if the Committee determines that the totality of performance results over the entire performance period adversely impacts the safety and soundness of PNC. If the Compensation Committee so determines to exercise its negative discretion pursuant to this Section 8.2(c), the Final Award, if any, will be further reduced accordingly; provided, however, that the Compensation Committee will not have authority to exercise negative discretion if a Change of Control Coverage Period has commenced and has not yet ended or if a Change of Control has occurred.

Negative Discretion. Except during a Change of Control Coverage Period or after the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Compensation Committee may exercise negative discretion with respect to the 2015-2017 Incentive Performance Units and related Dividend Equivalents and may determine, in light of such Corporation or individual performance or other factors as the Compensation Committee may deem appropriate, that notwithstanding the levels of corporate and risk performance financial return from investing activities achieved by PNCthe A&L Unit relative to benchmark, the Compensation Committee will not award Grantee the full applicable Calculated Maximum Payout Share Units and related Dividend Equivalents amount that the Compensation Committee is authorized to award pursuant to Section 8.2(b), or any of such amount. It is anticipated that the Compensation Committee will take into account factors such as absolute A&L Unit financial performance, absolute trading results, cumulative performance relative to the benchmark, adherence to risk parameters, and Xxxxxxx’s contributions to the success of other PNC businesses when deciding whether and the extent to which to exercise its negative discretion. The Compensation Committee may use its negative discretion to reduce the size of the Final Award or to cancel the full applicable potential award amount. Among other things, the Compensation Committee may exercise its negative discretion such that a Final Award appropriately reflects considerations based on the totality of results over the full overall performance period, and may cancel the full applicable potential award amount if the Committee determines that the totality of performance results over the entire performance period adversely impacts the safety and soundness of PNC. If the Compensation Committee so determines to exercise its negative discretion pursuant to this Section 8.2(c), the Final Award, if any, will be further reduced accordingly; provided, however, that the Compensation Committee will not have authority to exercise negative discretion if a Change of Control Coverage Period has commenced and has not yet ended or if a Change of Control has occurred.