United National Bancorp Shareholders Approve PNC Merger Agreement

United National Bancorp Shareholders Approve PNC Merger Agreement 


BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Dec. 2  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United National Bancorp ,
parent company of UnitedTrust Bank, announced the results from its special
meeting of shareholders held today at the Company's headquarters.

Company shareholders overwhelmingly approved the proposed acquisition of United
National Bancorp by The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.  The transaction,
which also has received the approval of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System and the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance, is
expected to occur in January 2004.

"PNC shares our commitment to providing outstanding banking services," stated
Thomas C. Gregor, chairman and chief executive officer of United National
Bancorp.  "We look forward to joining PNC and being able to offer an expanded
scope of services and an even higher level of convenience for our customers."

United National Bancorp is a $3.1 billion asset holding company for UnitedTrust
Bank, a state-chartered FDIC-insured commercial bank headquartered in
Bridgewater, New Jersey operating 52 community banking offices throughout Essex,
Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Union and Warren counties in New Jersey
and Lehigh and Northampton counties in Pennsylvania.  The Bank provides retail
banking, alternative financial products, insurance services, business banking
services, commercial lending, construction and commercial real estate lending,
consumer and mortgage lending and trust and investment services.  Visit United
National Bancorp and UnitedTrust Bank on the World Wide Web at
http://www.unitedtrust.com/ . 

DATASOURCE: United National Bancorp



CONTACT:  media, Donald E. Reinhard, [phone], or investors,

Alfred J. Soles, [phone], both of United National Bancorp



Web site:  http://www.unitedtrust.com/ 

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