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M&T Bank Corporation To Participate In Bank Symposium

BUFFALO, N.Y. - March 5, 2001--M&T Bank Corporation (NYSE:MTB)("M&T") will participate in the Eastern Regional Bank Symposium hosted by Keefe, Bruyette and Woods, Inc. in Boston, Massachusetts next week.

Representatives of M&T are scheduled to deliver a presentation to investors and analysts at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 8, 2001.

A live webcast of the presentation will be available via the Internet at: www.mandtbank.com, www.kbw.com, and www.streetfusion.com. The webcast will be archived and available for 30 days at the M&T website.

Materials that will be used in this presentation will also be accessible via the webcast and separately at M&T's website, www.mandtbank.com.

M&T is a $31 billion bank holding company based in Buffalo, New York. M&T's principal bank subsidiary, M&T Bank, operates in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia.