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Class I Prospectus | PNC OHIO INTERMEDIATE TAX EXEMPT BOND FUND | CLASS I
PNC OHIO INTERMEDIATE TAX EXEMPT BOND FUND
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks to provide current income exempt from regular federal income tax and, to the extent possible, from Ohio personal income tax, as is consistent with conservation of capital.

FUND FEES AND EXPENSES

The following table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Fund shares.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees
Class I Prospectus
PNC OHIO INTERMEDIATE TAX EXEMPT BOND FUND
CLASS I
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of net asset value) none
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends and Other Distributions (as a percentage of offering price) none
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed, if applicable) none
Exchange Fee none
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Class I Prospectus
PNC OHIO INTERMEDIATE TAX EXEMPT BOND FUND
CLASS I
Management Fees 0.40%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees none
Other Expenses 0.16%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 0.56%
Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in Class I Shares of the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Class I Prospectus PNC OHIO INTERMEDIATE TAX EXEMPT BOND FUND CLASS I
57 179 313 701
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 15% of the average value of its portfolio.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

As a matter of fundamental policy, under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes in debt securities (bonds) issued by the State of Ohio, its political subdivisions and their agencies and instrumentalities that generate income exempt from federal income taxes (including the federal alternative minimum tax) and Ohio personal income taxes. A vote of the Fund's shareholders is necessary to change the Fund's fundamental policy.


The Fund also invests in municipal securities issued by or on behalf of territories and possessions of the United States, the District of Columbia and their political subdivisions, agencies, instrumentalities and authorities. Some Fund distributions may be taxable, such as dividends that are derived from taxable investments and distributions of short and long-term capital gains realized on the sale of portfolio securities. Also, Fund dividends will generally be subject to state and local income taxes for any shareholders who are not Ohio residents.


In selecting securities for the Fund to buy and sell, PNC Capital Advisors, LLC (the "Adviser") considers each security's yield and total return potential relative to other available municipal securities. The Fund invests primarily in investment grade securities, which are those rated in one of the four highest rating categories by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization ("NRSRO"), or, if unrated, determined by the Adviser to be of comparable quality. If a security is downgraded, the Adviser will reevaluate the holding to determine what action, including the sale of such security, is in the best interests of investors. The Fund normally will maintain a dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity of between three and ten years, but may vary outside that range from time to time, including due to market conditions or if deemed appropriate for temporary defensive purposes.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

Credit/Counterparty Risk. The values of debt securities or other instruments may be affected by the ability of issuers or the respective counterparties to make principal and interest payments or otherwise meet their obligations to the Fund. If an issuer cannot or will not meet its payment obligations or if its credit rating is lowered or its financial strength deteriorates, the values of its debt securities or other instruments may fall. Obligations issued by U.S. government agencies, authorities, instrumentalities or sponsored enterprises, such as the Government National Mortgage Association, are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury, while obligations issued by others, such as the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and Federal Home Loan Banks, are backed solely by the ability of the entity to borrow from the U.S. Treasury or by the entity's own resources. Counterparty risk may be a greater risk for swaps and other over-the-counter derivatives than it is for exchange-traded derivatives.


Interest Rate Risk. The value of a debt security typically changes in the opposite direction from a change in interest rates. When interest rates go up, the value of a debt security typically goes down. When interest rates go down, the value of a debt security typically goes up. Generally, the longer the maturity or duration of a debt security (or a portfolio of such securities), the more the value of that security (or portfolio of securities) will change as a result of changes in interest rates.


Management Risk. The Fund is subject to management risk because it is actively managed. The Adviser will apply investment techniques and risk analysis in making investment decisions for the Fund, but there can be no guarantee that these decisions will produce the desired outcome. Additionally, legislative, regulatory or tax developments may affect the investment techniques available to the Adviser in managing the Fund and may also adversely affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective.


Market Risk. Market risk is the risk that securities prices will fall over short or extended periods of time. Historically, the stock markets have moved in cycles, and the value of the Fund's securities may fluctuate from day to day. Individual companies may report poor results or be negatively affected by industry and/or economic trends and developments. The prices of securities issued by such companies may decline in response.


Municipal Securities Risk. An investment in municipal obligations is subject to municipal securities risk. Changes in the local or national economy, and business or political conditions relating to a particular municipal project, municipality, or state in which the Fund invests may make it difficult for the municipality to make interest and principal payments when due and thus could decrease the value of the Fund's investments in municipal bonds. Municipal obligations also may be more susceptible to downgrades or defaults during recessions or similar periods of economic stress, which could have an adverse effect on the market prices of bonds and thus the value of the Fund's investments. The municipal securities held by a Fund may fail to meet certain legal requirements which allow interest distributed from such securities to be tax-exempt, or changes in federal or state tax laws may cause the prices of municipal securities to fall or could affect the tax-exempt status of municipal securities. Municipal securities are also subject to liquidity risk.


Non-Diversification Risk. The Fund is non-diversified, which means that the Fund may invest in the securities of relatively few issuers. As a result, the Fund may be more susceptible than a diversified fund to a single adverse economic or political and regulatory occurrence affecting one or more of these issuers, and may experience increased volatility due to its investments in those securities.


Prepayment/Extension Risk. Certain debt obligations, such as callable bonds, may be prepaid prior to their maturity dates. Additionally, the loans collateralizing certain mortgage- and asset-backed securities may be prepaid, affecting the value of the mortgage or asset-backed securities to which they relate. The level of interest rates and other factors affect the frequency of such prepayments. In periods of rising interest rates, prepayment rates tend to decrease, which lengthens the average life of callable bonds or mortgage- and asset-backed securities. The market values of securities with longer average lives (longer maturities) tend to be subject to greater interest rate risk and their values are more volatile as a result. In periods of falling interest rates, prepayment rates tend to increase, shortening the average life of a pool of mortgage-backed securities. This leads to the risk that the Fund may lose any potential price appreciation above the bond's call price and have to reinvest the proceeds from prepayments at lower interest rates.


Single State Risk. The Fund's focus on investments in securities of issuers located in a single state leaves the Fund subject to the particular economic, political and regulatory events relating to such securities to a greater extent than if its assets were not so concentrated. Because the Fund invests primarily in securities issued by Ohio and its municipalities, events in Ohio are likely to affect the Fund's investments and its performance. As a result, the Fund is more vulnerable to unfavorable developments in Ohio than are funds that invest in municipal securities of multiple states.


Tax Risk. Distributions of capital gains and other taxable income will be subject to applicable federal, state and local income taxes. Interest on certain municipal securities that are exempt from federal income tax may, nonetheless, be subject to the alternative minimum tax. Shareholders should consult with their tax advisors when determining the taxable nature of any fund distributions for federal, state or local tax purposes. An investment in the Fund may also result in liability for federal alternative minimum tax, both for individual and corporate shareholders.


All investments are subject to inherent risks, and an investment in the Fund is no exception. Your investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Accordingly, you may lose money by investing in the Fund.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The bar chart and the performance table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the performance of the Fund's Class I Shares from year to year and by showing how the average annual returns of the Fund's Class I Shares compare with those of broad measures of market performance. As with all mutual funds, the Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) does not predict the Fund's future performance. Updated information on the Fund's performance can be obtained by visiting http://pncfunds.com/Funds_Performance/Fund_Snapshot/
FundID_333/Overview.fs or by calling 1-800-622-FUND (3863).

Calendar Year Total Returns
Bar Chart

Best Quarter

   

3.69

%

 

(09/30/09)

 

Worst Quarter

   

-2.61

%

 

(12/31/10)

 

The Fund's year-to-date total return for Class I Shares through June 30, 2013 was -2.15%.

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (For the periods ended December 31, 2012)
Average Annual Returns Class I Prospectus PNC OHIO INTERMEDIATE TAX EXEMPT BOND FUND
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year
Average Annual Returns, 5 Years
Average Annual Returns, 10 Years
CLASS I
4.00% 5.11% 4.05%
CLASS I After Taxes on Distributions
[1] 3.81% 4.96% 3.98%
CLASS I After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
[1] 3.92% 4.86% 3.97%
CLASS I S&P Municipal Bond Intermediate Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
5.34% 6.12% 5.14%
CLASS I S&P Municipal Bond Ohio Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
10.23% 5.60% 5.02%
[1] After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.