Opinion ID: 796835
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Text: 1 This matter comes on before the court on an appeal by Sandra Register, Grace B. Merchant, Susan L. Wilson, Kristina Beckman, John J. Daggett, and Richard Rhoades, (appellants), from the district court's order entered on November 21, 2005, granting PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., PNC Bank, NA, Pension Committee of PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension Plan, and PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension Plans' (collectively PNC) motion to dismiss appellants' amended complaint. See Register v. PNC Fin. Serv. Group, Inc., Civ. No. 04-6097, 2005 WL 3120268 (E.D.Pa. Nov.21, 2005). The dismissed amended complaint alleged that PNC's conversion of its pension plan from a traditional defined benefit plan to a cash balance plan violated certain provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). The most significant issue on this appeal is whether the district court erred in holding that the PNC cash balance plan does not discriminate against older employees on the basis of their age. For the reasons that follow, we will affirm the district court's November 21, 2005 order in all respects.