SEC Follow Up Exhibits Part C SEC_OEA_FCIC_001760-2501

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SUMMARY
This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in, or incorporated by reference into, this prospectus supplement. As a
result, it does not contain all of the information that may be important to you or that you should consider before investing in the
securities. You should read carefully this entire prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus, including the “Risk Factors”
section and the documents incorporated by reference, which are described under “Where You Can Find More Information” in the
accompanying prospectus.
National City Corporation
National City Corporation is a financial holding company headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. National City operates through an
extensive distribution network in Ohio, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and
also conducts selected consumer lending and other financial services businesses on a nationwide basis. National City’s primary
businesses include commercial and retail banking, mortgage financing and servicing, consumer finance and asset management.
Operations are primarily conducted through more than 1,400 branch banking offices located within a nine-state footprint and over
380 wholesale and retail mortgage offices located throughout the United States. Including its subsidiaries, National City had
30,804 full-time-equivalent employees at March 31, 2008. As of March 31, 2008, National City’s consolidated total assets were
approximately $155.0 billion and its total stockholders’ equity was approximately $13.2 billion. Based on asset size, National City is
one of the largest commercial banking organizations in the United States.
National City’s principal banking subsidiary is National City Bank. National City is a legal entity separate and distinct from
National City Bank and National City’s other subsidiaries.
Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “NCC.” Our principal executive offices
are located at 1900 East Ninth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44114. Our telephone number is (216) 222-2000.
Recent Developments
During the last several months our board of directors and management determined that it would be prudent to engage in a strategic
transaction or to seek substantial additional capital in order to provide us with financial flexibility to address the asset quality
challenges posed by the disruptions in the credit and housing markets, to continue investing in our core businesses and to maintain our
capital ratios at well above previous target levels. The board of directors also concluded that in light of a variety of factors, including
capital markets volatility, rating agency actions and general economic uncertainties, it was important that any process to raise
additional capital be executed promptly and with a high degree of certainty of completion. After exploring and considering a broad
range of potential financing and other alternatives, our board of directors determined that the equity investment transactions described
below was the most effective means to address our needs on a prompt basis.
On April 21, 2008, we announced that we had entered into agreements to raise approximately $7 billion in the aggregate through
the sales of equity securities to an investment vehicle managed by an affiliate of Corsair Capital LLC and to other institutional
investors (“Institutional Investors”).
In the offering, we sold approximately 126.2 million shares of our common stock and 63,690 shares of Series G Preferred Stock,
and we also issued warrants (the “Warrants”), to certain investors to purchase shares of our common stock. Upon approval by our
stockholders of (A) the amendment of our Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock to
at least such number as shall be sufficient to permit full conversion of the Series G Preferred Stock into common stock and permit full
exercise of the Warrants for common stock, (B) the conversion of the Series G Preferred Stock into common stock for purposes of
Section 312.03 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual and (C) the exercise of the Warrants for common stock for purposes of
Section 312.03 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual (the “Stockholder Approvals”), as well as satisfaction of regulatory conditions
to the extent applicable, the Series G Preferred
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