| SIGNATURES | ||||||||
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 25, 2001
M&T BANK CORPORATION
New York
| 1-9861 | 16-0968385 | |
| (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| One M&T Plaza, Buffalo, New York | 14203 | |||||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (716) 842-5445
(NOT APPLICABLE)
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Item 5. Other Events.
M&T Bank Corporation announced on June 25, 2001 that its Board of Directors had authorized M&T Bank Corporation to repurchase up to 3,500,000 shares of its common stock, and disclosed that a previously reported repurchase program authorized in November 1999 had been completed on June 22, 2001, with the repurchase of an aggregate of 1,904,650 shares of common stock. The public announcement of the new stock repurchase program was made by means of a news release, the text of which is set forth in Exhibit 99 hereto.
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
The following exhibit is filed as a part of this report:
| Exhibit No. | ||||||||
| 99 | News release. Filed herewith. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| M&T BANK CORPORATION | ||||
| Date: June 25, 2001 | By: | /s/ Michael P. Pinto | ||
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Michael P. Pinto Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
| Report Dated: | June 25, 2001 | Commission File Number: 1-9861 |
M&T Bank Corporation
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Exhibit 99
| Contact: | Michael S. Piemonte | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | ||
| (716) 842-5138 | June 25, 2001 |
BUFFALO, NEW YORK —M&T Bank Corporation (“M&T”) (NYSE:MTB) announced that it has been authorized by its Board of Directors to purchase and hold as treasury stock up to 3,500,000 additional shares of its common stock. This represents approximately 3.6% of common shares currently outstanding. The additional shares of treasury stock will be used in connection with the possible future exercise of outstanding stock options granted under M&T’s 1983 Stock Option Plan. Under this authorization, shares of common stock may be purchased from time-to-time in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions.
The previous program to reacquire 1,904,650 shares authorized on November 23, 1999 was completed on June 22, 2001. M&T has 97,082,832 shares of common stock outstanding, and 56,515 shares held as treasury stock.
M&T is a $31 billion bank holding company whose subsidiaries, Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company and M&T Bank, National Association, operate branch offices in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia.